Side Story 2: Taking A Look – Luo Gao Couple (Part 1)
Lately Luo Tan’s mood was not very good.
Everyone in the Luo family had moved to Long Ye and was considered settled down. After Shen Miao had become the Empress, she was not as free as before. She had to take care of Chu Yi and Shi Wu and also manage the Inner Palace. Although this was very puzzling to Luo Tan’s eyes. After all there was only Shen Miao in Great Liang’s Inner Palace, so what was there to manage?
Anyways, Shen Miao indeed became busy and Luo Tan felt somewhat bored.
She had always been one who could not sit down thus she simply went out the whole day to the mountains and search for fun.
As such, the married couple of the Luo family’s Second household was not happy.
Madam Ma kept saying all day, “You are not young anymore, Jiao Jiao’s sons are already one years old. Other cannot control as you become a spinster but what about your carefree personalitiy?”
Luo Tan felt annoyed. She felt that being alone was good as she could eat, drink and play herself. It would be troublesome upon marriage as she has to manage this and that and even also control one’s husband’s heart. If the husband was a good one and did not bring in messy females to the inner courtyard, then she would need to quickly have offsprings. When the children were borned, one had to personally educate them. A female’s yourth was short so how could it be wasted on such matters? It would be better to take advantage of one’s youth and go out more. It was meaningful to visit the famous mountains and rivers.
In factthe Luo family was not a inflexible and conservative family and there was no need to worry early on about marry one’s daughter off. It was just that as parents, one hoped that one’s children would have a good home. Moreover Luo Tan was a loud and carefree person and did not seem to like anyone since birth. If one were to talk about like, then anyone that was casually seen on the streets that looked good, be it male or female, she would like. That was no different than liking flowers. One did not know which year or month it would be for Luo Tan to open herself to the matter of emotions.
Madam Ma asked, “Tan-er, tell me honestly if you truly do not have any male you are interested in?”
Luo Tan felt impatient upon the questioning, “Mother, where would the interest in a male be from?”
“Even Qian-er has a female he liked and Qian-er is younger than you.” Madam Ma heard the fustratuion and picked Luo Qian as an example, “There are many good men in the whole, so why do you not have one that you fancy?”
Luo Tan grinned, “There are a lot. I did not just see a few.”
“This cannot go on.” Madam Ma slam her hand on the table, “One cannot let you carry willfully like this. Jiao Jiao is currently the Empress and would know some young talents under Heavens. I will ask her to him to search and you will go and take a good look.”
Luo Tan looked at her incredulously, “Mother, that cannot be it right? It is not like I cannot get married.”
“It is not that you cannot get married. It is that you just don’t understand.” Madam Ma said, “You must go. If you don’t take a look, then watch if I would allow you to leave the house or not?” After finishing, she did not wait for Luo Tan’s reply and got up to leave.
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Madam Ma asked Luo Xue Yan to accompany her to the Palace to speak to Shen Miao about the matter.
Although Shen Miao was currently a noble Empress, her temperament had not changed and she would be her usual gentleness towards her family. The Luo family and the Shen family still got along with her as usual as if nothing had changed.
