He Heng might not be the most favored of the four wang ye, but there were many that sent invitations to Duan Wang Fu. Today, someone would send tea leaves, tomorrow, someone would send new crops from the farms, the day after, someone would send famous paintings.
All invitations from the womenfolk would be delivered to Qu Qing Ju's hands. Some would be met, some would have their invitations withheld and it was enough for the servants to receive them.
It was said that the door of the Prime Minister was a fourth-grade official. She wasn't the only wang fei, even the paternal families of the qieshi in the fu were flattered. So when she saw someone from Han Qing He's family come in with an invitation, Qu Qing Ju hesitated slightly before ordering: "Let the servants receive this person, and tell him that the fu has rules. On the New Year and Mid-Autumn, or if there is pregnancy and childbirth, the shiqie of the fu can receive the family. On normal days, there is no need." Not just this was a wang fu, even the relatives of the qieshi of a normal family didn't have the custom of visiting without reason.
"This family really doesn't know the rules. Even wang fei, your relatives don't have the custom of visiting for no reason. This yiniang is so special," Yin Liu looked disdainfully at the seemingly nondescript invitation, "Nubi still remembers Han yiniang's arrogance at the beginning. She was just relying on the fact that she was the first to serve wang ye."
"Alright," Qu Qing Ju looked faintly at Yin Liu, "Get someone to deliver the things this person has presented to Han shiqie. Tell Luo shi, it's not that I'm not accommodating, but the fu has its own rules."
Right now, all the wang ye were eyeing that position. It was better to interact less with people that weren't familiar with the wang fu. Otherwise, if there was a problem, Duan Wang would probably strangle her to death. It was better to die from arrogance than to die from being framed by others.
In Xi Yuan, Han Qing He looked at the things on the table. It was just some small trinkets that weren't worth much. She didn't know how the gatekeeper would laugh at her looking at these things. She forced out a smile and said to Shu Kui standing in front of her: "Thank you, Shu Kui guniang. Please, Shu Kui guniang, help nubi give thanks to wang fei."
"Yiniang doesn't have to be so courteous. Before nubi came, wang fei had said that it was a woman's good fortune to have family. It's just that there are rules in the fu, so I can't let you see each other. I hope Yiniang can forgive me. " Shu Kui had originally been a member of the wang fu. Now that she was a first-rank yahuan by wang fei's side, the servants in the fu were very polite to her. So facing Han shi's politeness, her expression was normal, but her actions maintained the role of a servant. She kept her head bowed to show her respect to Han shi.
"What is Wang Fei saying? It was this servant's family that disturbed them. Wang Fei was kind enough to leave their things. This servant will remember Wang Fei's kindness." Han Qing He was much more obedient now. She understood that originally, these things could not have been presented to her. Wang Fei letting her get these things, no matter if wang fei was sincere or not, she had to admit that she had to be grateful to wang fei.
Her maternal family's status was low and they couldn't send anything good. These things were the little things she liked before she entered the palace. But ever since she followed wang ye to the wang fu, she had never received anything from her family. Looking at it now, it seemed that her family had sent something every year, but the servants had never sent it in. Remembering that before wang fei had entered the fu, the one with the most power in the fu was Feng Zi Jin, Han Qing He smiled coldly inside.
She hated her maternal family for being so weak that she was ashamed to even mention it. But looking at these things, her heart was very complicated. There seemed to be something sour and bitter that she couldn't get out.
The second of the twelfth month was an auspicious day. Qu Qing Ju sat on the main seat. Below her sat Feng, Jiang, Luo, and Han. At this time, the gazes of the four weren't on Qu Qing Ju but were examining Yun Qing who was standing in the middle of the room dressed in a light pink dress.
Leaning on the armchair, Qu Qing Ju used her hand to prop up her head and lazily took a sip of tea. Looking at the five women below, she slowly opened: "Since wang ye wants to take you as a tongfang, we don't have any objections. Tongfang can't be compared to yiniang and can't host a banquet. I can't bear for you to silently enter his highness' room, so you should give this princess and everyone else a bow. This will let everyone know that you are no longer a guest of this palace, but one of his highness' people. "
"Yes, at the beginning, I had thought that wang ye would take you as a tong. Who knew that you weren't willing and became a guest of this fu. But at least the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks. You finally entered our fu," Feng Zi Jin smiled as she looked at Yun Qing, "Look at this little face, it's so tender, no wonder wang ye likes you." Who in this fu didn't know the cause and effect of the matter. Feng Zi Jin's tone was full of disdain. It was clear that she didn't want to leave any face for Yun Qing.
Yun Qing's face paled. She bit her lower lip as she replied: "Feng ce fei is joking. Yun Qing was born lowly. It's just that wang ye took pity on me. I can't compare to wang fei and everyone else who is favored by wang ye."
"It seems that Yun Qing guniang doesn't understand the rules of the wang fu," Feng Zi Jin smiled coldly, "This tongfang, in front of the mistress of the fu, has to call herself xiba. Even where her hands are placed, how her feet stand, there are rules. If you don't understand, you can get the mamas in the fu to teach you. "
"Nubi will remember." Yun Qing hesitantly bent her knees, her head drooping even lower.
Qu Qing Ju, who was sitting at the front, saw the bloodless corner of her lips and the tightly clenched hands hidden in her sleeves. This was like the teacher and student standing on the platform in her previous life. The student thought that his little actions were done in secret but didn't know that the teacher had seen everything clearly.
Feng ce fei saw Yun Qing's state and snorted in disinterest. She didn't speak again.
In front of Qu Qing Ju, Jiang Yong Yu and the others didn't speak much to begin with. At this time, they couldn't continue the conversation and could only bury their heads to drink tea.
"If that's the case, then start to kowtow." Qu Qing Ju slightly straightened her body and smiled as she looked at Yun Qing standing below.
For a tongfang to bow three times and nine times to the wife, that was the wife's benevolence and the tongfang's glory. But if this happened to Yun Qing, it would only be humiliation, not glory.
When a qieshi bowed, they could offer tea. She, a tongfang, bowed three times and nine times, what face was that? But even so, she could only endure the humiliation and kneel down. She slowly bowed, kowtowed, kowtowed, and kowtowed again. After standing and repeating it three times, she trembled as she opened: "Nubi greets wang fei."
"En," Qu Qing Ju nodded. She took out a gold-plated round hairpin from the silver tray that Jin Zhan was holding and gave it to her, "In the future, serve wang ye well."
Yun Qing knelt as she received the gold hairpin with both hands. She kowtowed to Qu Qing Ju before standing to kneel in front of Feng Zi Jin. She made a bow and three kowtows: "Nubi greets Feng ce fei."
"I'm not as rich as wang fei. I've long heard that you disdain gold for being vulgar and silver for being dazzling. You're also talented, I'll let you play with this book." Feng Zi Jin handed the book to Yun Qing. She smiled as she commented, "I think you'll like this book."
It was a story. It was about a rich young master who was schemed against by a huakui and almost lost his beloved daughter. In the end, the rich young master and the daughter married. That huakui, due to her many evils, was imprisoned and sentenced to a great punishment. Qu Qing looked at the book that Yun Qing had wrinkled.
Qu Qing Ju looked at the book that was wrinkled by Yun Qing and silently buried her head to drink a mouthful of tea. It wasn't until Yun Qing finished curtseying to the two qieshi that she slowly opened: "Right now, there are three tongfang in the fu. Ban Xia came from my side, Bai Zhi and Yun Qing were sent from outside the fu. There aren't many rules here, you don't need to go to zhengyuan to serve. In the future, if wang ye doesn't ask you to serve, you can stay in the yard and rest, don't worry about other matters."
Hearing this, the hearts of the other four people were filled with joy. Everyone in the fu didn't know that wang ye normally didn't like serving by yahuan. The yahuan that was close to him were all old and two of them were married in the fu. Right now, these three tong fang couldn't appear in front of wang ye every day. What else could they do?
"Wang fei is kind and loves them so much. If it was in another fu, they would hold pots and hang curtains." Jiang Yong Yu smiled as she followed up, "Yun Qing guniang, thank wang fei?"
Yun Qing knelt down again: "Nubi thanks wang fei."
Qu Qing Ju looked at her and waved her hand, "Stand up, kneeling here and there makes me tired. If you don't have anything else to do, you can all leave." She was too lazy to watch this show.
After finishing the noon meal, Qu Qing Ju saw the sun come out of the clouds and took the others to the garden to take a walk to digest the food and bask in the sun.
There was never a time when the wang fu's garden had dried up. Even in the twelfth month, the garden was still lush with greenery. There were even many blooming flowers. Looking at some of the flowers, they didn't bloom in season. They must have been planted by the servants.
"Get out of the way, who are you, how dare you search me!"
"Ban Xia guniang, in my opinion, you should hand over the thing. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if other people knew there was a thief here."
Walking past a lush bush of flowers, the place seemed very dark and remote. Qu Qing Ju saw a young woman wearing an embroidered jacket surrounded by yahuan and mama. Her hair was disheveled, as though she had fought.
"You are the thief. I am wang ye's person. How dare you search me? Also, the thing is gone, why don't you suspect anyone else, but me? "
"Oh, Ban Xia guniang really thinks of herself as a mistress?" A slightly plump mama sneered, "You are just a tong fang, a servant. Do you really think you are that kind of person? Why don't you look at yourself in the mirror. The thing that was lost was left in the room. Only you passed by. Other than you, who else could it be? "
"Peh!" Ban Xia spat, "All of you just saw that wang fei is in favor now and came to make things difficult for me, wanting to curry favor in front of wang fei. Why don't you take a look at how wang fei likes you? All of you are dog servants, pretending to be bailiffs of the yamen. What are you pretending to be! Tomorrow, when wang fei loses favor, who knows who she will go curry favor with! "
Mu Jin, who had been following beside Qu Qing Ju, heard the words and coldly said: "What show is going on here today? Such a good garden, what's the commotion?"
The others turned to look and their faces changed in fright. They instantly knelt down with a thud. Only the woman called Ban Xia was left standing.
Qu Qing Ju expressionlessly examined this Ban Xia. She raised an eyebrow: "What is going on?"
The path she had chosen, even if she had to kneel, she had to walk it to the end. Yun Qing was like that, Ban Xia was also like that. Since Ban Xia had betrayed her mistress in the beginning, she would have thought that there would be a day like this. She, as a wang fei, was in favor. Even if they didn't punish her, there would be people who would try to curry favor with her, a tongfang who wasn't even a mistress.
Some choices couldn't be reversed. Qu Qing Ju looked at Ban Xia who was still standing. Did she regret it now?
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