After Yan Jinqiu left, the mama by the Empress Dowager's side came out with a cup of nourishing tea and said, "His Highness Xian Wang is so pure and kind. How can he achieve your goal for niangniang?"
"It's good that he is pure and kind. If he was a cold and emotionless person like Yan Boyi, aijia wouldn't dare to support him." The Empress Dowager took a sip of the tea, satisfaction in her eyes. "People with weaknesses are easier to control."
"Empress Dowager niangniang, you are one step ahead. You heard early on that Xian Wang Fei's beauty was not ordinary and thought of ways to make Xian Wang and Xian Wang Fei, this immortal couple. Now that the two have feelings as deep as the sea, this is the best." The mama's tone was full of admiration and praise, "You are really clever."
"The Nghi An Marquis is strict in governing the family, but it's not impenetrable." The Empress Dowager was praised by the mama and couldn't help but say a few more words. "A good daughter, if not raised in the general fu, then raised in the marquis fu. She pretends that she can't be seen and allows others to talk about her. Even if this Nghi An Marquis is a kind and honest family, they shouldn't be so magnanimous. So there must be a reason. As aijia expected, this di daughter of the Nghi An Marquis is not only a woman without beauty, but also beautiful. A few years ago, aijia had secretly investigated. Fahrenheit does not like to work and is very lazy. But she has a seductive voice and appearance. No matter which family this kind of woman is married to, they will be the best at making steel. Xian Wang has this kind of wang fei. Even if he ascends the throne in the future, he will lose his fighting spirit. To aijia, having this kind of emperor is the best choice. "
For the Empress Dowager, whether it was the Crown Prince or Prince Sheng ascending the throne, it was not a good thing for her. The Crown Prince was muddle-headed and had a biological mother. If he succeeded in ascending the throne, there would be no place for her in the inner palace as the Empress Dowager. Prince Sheng's methods were too ruthless. He was ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to others. She couldn't expect such an emperor to be filial to her.
Xian Wang was the only one who grew up under her care. He admired her and was fond of poetry and calligraphy. Although he knew a little about scheming, he was not a ruthless person. On the contrary, he valued friendship very much. Such a grandson was the best choice for her to ascend the throne.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager was lost in thought, the Mammy stepped aside silently. Her cautious attitude was totally different from her curious attitude towards Xian Wang just now.
Hua Xi Wan woke up from her sleep and found a dark shadow beside her. When she saw that it was Yan Jinqiu, she sat up from the bed and asked, "When did you come back?"
"Just came back." Yan Jinqiu put down the book in his hand, took a robe from the shelf and put it on her. "You have been wronged these two days. In the future, the Empress Dowager will not use this kind of thing to make things difficult for you."
Hua Xi Wan's hand that was holding the robe paused. She looked at Yan Jinqiu's calm face and asked, "What did you say to the Empress Dowager?"
"It's nothing, you do not need to worry about these troublesome matters." Yan Jin Qiu reached out to rub her soft hair. A smile appeared on his face. "I have already told the kitchen to prepare the evening meal. Get up first and walk with me in the yard. Only then will you be able to eat."
"Alright." Hua Xi Wan didn't know what method Yan Jinqiu had used to make the Empress Dowager stop, but she didn't want to spend too much effort thinking about these things. After changing into a simple dress, washing up, and casually tying her hair into a bun, she and Yan Jinqiu left the room side by side.
Some of the trees and plants in the yard already had small buds. It looked more lively than in the winter. Hua Xi Wan breathed in a breath of fresh air. She raised her head to look at the blue sky and then turned to ask Yan Jinqiu, "Is it true that the higher you stand, the more beautiful the scenery is?"
"If there is only one person appreciating the scenery, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will only be loneliness in the end. But if there is an intimate companion, even if the scenery is not so pleasant, it is still a pleasure in life." Yan Jinqiu held Hua Xi Wan's hand and said in a gentle tone, "Whether the scenery is beautiful or not depends on the mood of the person appreciating the scenery."
Hua Xi Wan smiled upon hearing this. "It is a pity that sometimes you don't have both an intimate companion and a beautiful scenery. There are always places in life that are not so perfect."
"How do you know it is impossible if you haven't tried?" Yan Jinqiu smiled and said, "There are some things that you have to try before you have no regrets."
Hua Xi Wan was silent. Was this guy feeding her chicken soup for the soul? And he seemed to have fed her this bowl of chicken soup before. Was he so worried that she wouldn't live with him?
"You are right." Hua Xi Wan felt that it was not easy for her to coax a man so patiently.
As expected, after hearing Hua Xi Wan's words, the smile on Yan Jinqiu's face became much gentler. His hand that held Hua Xi Wan's hand tightened.
The two of them walked slowly in the yard. Just as the atmosphere was good, the sound of porcelain shattering came from the corner. Hua Xi Wan turned her head to look and saw a servant girl in green robes kneeling at the end of the stone path. There was a shattered teacup in front of her. The rising steam formed white smoke and caused this servant girl kneeling on the ground to appear delicate and pitiful.
Hua Xi Wan saw the situation and smiled slightly. She said lazily, "Where do you serve? Why are you so careless?" Since the other wanted to be a white lotus, she was kind and had to be a domineering wang fei to not waste the other's efforts.
"Wang fei, please forgive this servant. This servant is a servant in the tea room. This servant accidentally fell and startled wang fei. Please forgive this servant." Without waiting for Hua Xi Wan to say anything, the servant girl in green put her head on the ground and respectfully kowtowed. Her black braided hair hung by her neck. It made people feel that her hair was black and her skin was white. It was indescribably beautiful.
Glancing at the expressionless Yan Jinqiu, Hua Xi Wan raised her chin slightly. "Raise your head."
Willowy eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and a delicate face. Coupled with her snow-white skin, it was a rare purple color. The premise was that the person standing in front of her was someone else and not Hua Xi Wan.
Sometimes, beauty came from comparison. No matter how beautiful this servant girl was, no matter how white her skin was, in front of Hua Xi Wan, she paled in comparison. Just like how no matter how beautiful a peacock was, in front of a phoenix, it was just an unremarkable little bird.
"Such a beautiful girl," Hua Xi Wan laughed softly. She turned and said to Red Tassel behind her, "I see that she can't compare to you."
Hong Ying and Bai Xia had been praised by the Empress Dowager in her verbal edict for their loyalty in protecting their master during the last assassination attempt. Therefore, after recovering from their injuries, the two of them had become first-class figures among the servants of the Wang Fu. The other stewards were all polite in front of them and did not dare to offend them.
Hua Xi Wan's joking words showed how much importance she placed on Red Tassel. So Red Tassel smiled and responded, "It is this servant's greatest honor to serve wang fei. With wang fei as a good master, looks are not important." Finishing, she took a few steps forward and used her index finger to lift the chin of the servant girl in green. After examining her closely, she said, "This servant feels that this appearance is just average. Only the skin color is acceptable."
"You serve wang fei all day and are used to seeing wang fei's appearance. Naturally, you don't see anyone as average." At the side, Zi Shan covered her mouth and laughed. "I'm afraid that if you look in the mirror all day, you will dislike your own face."
The servant girls who served Hua Xi Wan laughed softly as though they were all laughing at Red Tassel. Only the servant girl in green who was kneeling on the ground had a pale face. She felt that she had lost all her face. It was as though she had been stripped of her clothes and was being laughed at by everyone. But when she had taken that step, she had expected this possibility. The more domineering wang fei was, the more pitiful she would appear. She could endure this kind of humiliation.
They were all women. Red Tassel and Zi Shan could see that the servant girl in green had other thoughts. They exchanged a look. Red Tassel bent down to help the servant girl in green up. Then she said, "We were just joking. Don't take it seriously. It's fine if the teacup is broken. Just be more careful next time."
Zi Shan waved her hand, and two third-class maids walked forward and cleverly picked up the broken pieces of porcelain. There was also someone who used a rag to wipe away the small pieces of porcelain. In the blink of an eye, the things on the ground were cleaned up.
The servant girl in green was angry inside. Wang fei's servant girls were so cunning. They were clearly laughing at her, but they still pretended to be magnanimous. Wasn't this for Wang Ye to see?
"Seeing ben wang and wang fei in the garden, you didn't leave. You really don't know the rules. How does the steward of the tea room teach the servants?" Yan Jinqiu had lived in the Imperial Palace when he was young and was used to the methods of the imperial concubines. When he was young in the wang fu, he had seen many of the shiqie seeking favor. So he understood the thoughts of the servant girl in green at a glance. He was slightly tired of it, "The steward of the tea room will be beaten fifteen times with the cane. As for you … "
The servant girl in green's heart froze. She only thought of how to anger wang fei and how to make Wang Ye notice her. She didn't think of the consequences of Wang Ye being dissatisfied with her.
Didn't they say that the Empress Dowager was dissatisfied with wang fei? Didn't they say that Wang Ye would distance himself from wang fei because of the Empress Dowager and even take a concubine? Why was Wang Ye so protective of wang fei? Even wang fei hadn't spoken and he spoke for wang fei?
"Your highness … …" The green robed maidservant did not even have time to ask for mercy before she was blocked by the two maids. She wanted to pry open the maids' hands, but she found that these maids were as strong as oxen. She could not even make a sound.
"A good mood has been ruined by someone who doesn't know the rules." Yan Jinqiu hated inside. He had worked so hard to make his wang fei happy. Who knew that he would be interrupted by a troublesome servant girl. This was causing him trouble. It would be strange if he was in a good mood. "Since you can't serve tea well, you will be beaten twenty times, fasting for two days, and go to the laundry room."
The servant girl in green shook her head fiercely. She even looked hopefully at wang fei, hoping that she would plead for her. But she only saw wang fei's faint smile. Even when she was dragged away by the servant girls, wang fei didn't say a word.
"If there are people like this in the wang fu, beat them twenty times and throw them out. Ben wang is annoyed just looking at them." Yan Jinqiu said to Mutong beside him, "Wang fei doesn't need to deal with such a minor matter. Do it yourself."
"Yes." Mutong bowed his head, his attitude respectful.
After the dust had settled, Hua Xi Wan slowly said, "The steward of the tea room is very useful. It seems that there was some carelessness this time that allowed the servants to take advantage of the situation. The punishment of removing him from his position is too heavy. Why don't we make him an assistant steward?" She touched the tassel in her hair and said with a faint smile, "The laundry room just happens to lack an assistant steward. Let him fill the vacancy."
How could she let other people look at what was hers? Since they dared to reach out, then they should be prepared to have their hands cut off.
Hearing this, Yan Jinqiu smiled and said, "You're right. Let's do it this way." His wang fei still cared about him. His heart was instantly filled with joy.
Mutong silently buried his head even lower. Wang fei's move was really vicious. That steward had lost his steward position because of this servant girl. Now, he had been moved to the laundry room to be an assistant steward. What good could this servant girl who had been demoted to the laundry room do?
It could be seen that while wang fei was usually warm and friendly, she could not be offended. This servant girl in green was a lesson.
In his opinion, these servant girls who had thoughts were really seeking death. They didn't think about what kind of person wang fei was, and what they were. In terms of appearance, personality, and status, they could not compare. Even more, his master liked a woman like wang fei. Could other people compare?
In any case, in Wang Ye's eyes, wang fei breaking the fake mountain was called heroic. Wang fei liked to sleep in, that was called leisurely. Wang fei liked to listen to the gossip of Jing, that was called passing time. Wang fei liked to eat good food, that was called enjoying life. If other people's women did these things, then they were rude, lazy, meddling in other people's business, and lazy.
Even if wang fei had countless flaws, but to be able to make Wang Ye like her in all aspects, protect her at all times, and comply with her in all matters, that was skill.
In any case, even Wang Ye had changed many of his habits with wang fei. Other people should not have thoughts they should not have. When the time came, the first to be angry would not be wang fei, but Wang Ye.
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