Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

On the other quarter, Madam Qu was pouring all of her complaint to Nan Shu Cheng. She was feeling angry and vexed because everything didn't go in accordance to what she wanted.

She thought that by letting Nan Hua came, she would be attacked fiercely by Empress Dowager Mei. There was indeed a short period of time when Nan Hua was being interrogated by Empress Dowager Mei, but it was too short to even had any effect.

But of course, she would not reveal all of her plans to Nan Shu Cheng.

What she complained was simply the fact that Nan Hua was acting impolite in front of the Imperial Family.

"Are you listening?" Madam Qu noticed that Nan Shu Cheng seemed strange. He didn't seem like he was listening to what she was telling him.

"I'm listening," Nan Shu Cheng grunted. His mind was thinking of the result of his plan not long ago. If there was even the slightest bit of mishap, it would be over for him and all of his dream.

Madam Qu pursed her lips. "Can't you help me persuade Nan Hua to start studying?"

"You're her mother but you can't persuade her?" Nan Shu Cheng countered, looking at Madam Qu with dissatisfaction.

"That's…"

"You should think of a way to convince her without forcing her." With that Nan Shu Cheng walked out of the room.

Madam Qu was dumbfounded before she smashed the new porcelain beside her table. It had just been replaced but it was already smashed into pieces once more because of her anger. She knew that Nan Shu Cheng was busy, but couldn't he at least spare some time to listen to her problems?

She wanted him to listen!

Outside the door, Nan Hou Xiang sighed when he listened to his mother's outburst once more. He began to wonder whether to call a doctor or not because his mother's mood swing was exceptionally great.

He waved his hand to the servant, asking her to announce his arrival.

"Second Young Master Nan is here, Madam Qu."

"Ah Xiang?" Madam Qu asked carefully, turning her head to the door. She saw her son walked in and felt a bit relieved. "Come here, Ah Xiang."

"Mom," Nan Hou Xiang greeted. He looked at the pieces on the floor and furrowed his eyebrows. "Come and clean up the mess."

"Yes, Young Master."

"Just leave it be and listen to me."

"Yes, Mom."

With Nan Shu Cheng couldn't listen to her problems, Madam Qu sometimes poured it out to her son. It might have been a habit too since she had done it from the time when Nan Hou Xiang was nothing more than a baby. After all, she was under heavy pressure because of her lower position and so on.

After Nan Hou Xiang grew up, Nan Shu Cheng began to pay more attention to her, so Madam Qu had rarely poured her heart out like this. It would only happen when she was so stressed out and Nan Shu Cheng was busy.

Nan Hou Xiang sighed.

The servants had left after cleaning out everything. They didn't want to stay inside either when Madam Qu could have an outburst anytime.

"So, what do you think I should do?" Madam Qu asked.

Nan Hou Xiang looked at his mother and shook his head. "I don't know too well about your problems, Mom. However, if you really need to do something, why don't you try to invite people inside to probe her deeper."

"Your father didn't allow it."

"Then give him an excuse that he can't say no." Nan Hou Xiang tilted his head. "Nan Xin is going to be 13 soon, right? She would need to get engaged either this year or next year since women need a long time for marriage preparation."

Madam Qu's eyes brightened when she heard what her son was saying. That was true. She also got several offers from families who wanted Nan Xin to be part of their family members. Even if she would not agree in the end, she could invite their family over and showed them how unfilial Nan Hua was….

Looking at his excited mother, Nan Hou Xiang took a deep breath. He was glad that his mother was finally energetic once more and no longer tried to smash everything to the ground.

But thinking about his own homework from the academy, Nan Hou Xiang felt another headache coming. There were still a lot of materials he had to go over if he wished to be able to pass the Imperial Examination.

…

Time passed swiftly.

Nan Hua didn't see anything that was worthy of her notice from Nan Family Residence. There were only some occasional clash between Madam Qu and the concubines who were trying their best to appeal to Nan Shu Cheng. The last two meal together was quite disastrous for Madam Qu as Nan Shu Cheng kept on picking that Concubine Su.

It was clear that in his heart, the beautiful Concubine Su was much better than his current legal wife.

"Miss, there are visitors today."

"Visitor?" Nan Hua repeated in a strange voice. She was sure that Nan Shu Cheng said strictly that no one should visit Nan Family because of the politic imbalance not long ago.

"Yes, there are people from Kai Family coming."

Kai Family.

It took Nan Hua some time to remember that Kai Family was a rather small family with their head was even at a rank lower than Nan Shu Cheng. They didn't have any remarkable achievement either and could only be considered as an average family without much trait to be worthy of remembering.

Their head also have several siblings, but they were not in the Capital City. In fact, they stayed in another city as ordinary villagers and probably owned a store or something. Nan Hua was not sure since she didn't purposely investigate deeply on all officials.

"What's their reason of coming?" Nan Hua asked calmly.

Mu Yan's face a bit strange as she answered, "They come here to discuss about marriage with Nan Xin."