A new day had arrived. The ce fei and qieshi of the wang fu all obediently went to the zhengyuan to pay their respects. The result was that after waiting for almost an hour, they still didn't see wang fei.
The other three were fine and just sat woodenly. Only Feng Zi Jin had a hint of impatience on her face. Even so, she didn't dare to flick her sleeves and leave.
Taking a sip of tea and suppressing the impatience in her heart, Feng Zi Jin lowered her voice and asked the yahuan behind her: "Chun Yu, what time is it?"
Chun Yu looked outside the door. The sun had risen and could only say: "Mistress, it's already past seven in the morning."
Jiang Yong Yu looked coldly at the actions of Feng Zi Jin and her servant. She looked down at the hem of her lotus coloured dress, like an unconscious piece of wood waiting for wang fei to arrive.
After a few minutes, they saw wang fei's first yahuan, Mu Jin, slowly walk in. She bowed deeply to the four with an apologetic expression: "Ce fei, yiniangs, please return. Wang fei said that paying respects every day is too troublesome. In the future, it's enough to pay respects once every three days."
"Wang fei is understanding." After waiting for half a day, they hadn't expected to get these few words. The four present had mixed feelings, their expressions different. Jiang Yong Yu, who was older and a ce fei, came forward and said with a smile, "If that's the case, we won't disturb wang fei."
"Wang fei is busy every day. If you had informed us yesterday, you wouldn't have bothered us today. We were rash." Feng Zi Jin added with a fake smile, "We are rough people and are used to being undisciplined. We aren't attentive enough. Wang fei, please forgive us."
Hearing Feng ce fei's ambiguous words, the smile on Mu Jin's face didn't change. She bowed again: "Feng ce fei doesn't have to worry. Wang fei is usually lenient and won't get angry over such a small matter."
The two's eyes met. Mu Jin's eyes were smiling, her chin slightly lowered as she put on a respectful appearance. Feng ce fei's smile became colder and colder. In the end, she just left with her personal yahuan, Chun Yu and Xia Yun.
The other three were much more humble and polite, leaving zhengyuan with smiles on their faces.
Once they were out of the main courtyard, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Luo Yin Xiu couldn't help but whisper, "The atmosphere in the main courtyard is getting scarier and scarier."
Jiang Yong Yu covered her mouth and smiled, but there wasn't much of a smile in her eyes: "That is the wangfei. Whether or not we are favoured, we cannot neglect her."
Han Qing He was the oldest of the four and was the yahuan that had been arranged by the Department of Household Affairs to be by Wang Ye's side. When she heard Jiang Yong Yu's words, she wasn't happy, but she had to admit it. She had originally thought that wang fei would have her serve the dishes today, but who knew that wang fei didn't even show her face and had them go back.
"It's fine if Wang Ye favors me, but if I don't …" She smiled bitterly and turned to look at the zhengyuan. "What kind of good days will I have in the future?"
When these words were said, the three fell silent. Now that they had no children, no one could predict what would happen in the future. If wang fei wanted to control them, it would only take a few words.
In zhengyuan, Qu Qing Ju sat in front of the copper mirror after washing up, playing with a jade ruyi. Seeing Mu Jin come in, she lazily stood. Holding Yin Liu's hand, she sat down in front of the table in the outer room before asking: "Were any of them dissatisfied?"
"The others were fine, only Feng ce fei said a few words," Mu Jin went forward to pick a few dishes for her, smiling as she said, "Nubi wasn't very polite to her, so when Feng ce fei left, her face wasn't very good."
Indicating that she didn't need anyone to serve the dishes, Qu Qing Ju rinsed her mouth and said: "This is very good. People say that in front of the Prime Minister, there are seven ranks. You are the head yahuan in front of me, your words and actions are the face of our zhengyuan. You can be polite, but you can't shrink back. When I took a step back, I didn't see any of them show me any respect."
Hearing wang fei's words, Mu Jin understood that wang fei was putting her first. Her heart was excited, but she maintained a smile on her face: "Nubi will remember."
Qu Qing Ju nodded and buried her head in the breakfast. When she put down her chopsticks, she rinsed her mouth and washed her hands. When everything was tidied up, it was the start of a new day.
"Wang fei, nubi doesn't understand. Why do ce fei and shiqie have to pay their respects every three days," Yin Liu said in confusion, "Not to mention other fu, even in the original Chang De Gong Fu, the ji furen had the yiniang pay their respects every day."
"It's good for me that they come every day. It saves me the trouble of not having a good breakfast," Qu Qing Ju held her hand as they walked over the threshold. Looking at the greenery in the yard, she said in a good mood: "I'm too lazy to get up early every day to dress and wait for them to pay their respects."
Yin Liu nodded in understanding. Carefully holding wang fei's hand, she walked into the yard. This yard wasn't small. There were fake mountains, ponds, bridges, and flowers. The servants all had their own duties, but Yin Liu always felt that this yard was too quiet.
"Wang fei, yesterday you said you were going to take in the little taijian into the inner compound. Do you want him to come and kowtow?" Mu Jin saw wang fei standing on the bridge and using fish food to tease the fish in the water. She asked in a light voice, "If you don't see him, what will you arrange for him to do?"
Throwing all the fish food in her hand into the water, Qu Qing Ju smiled as she watched the little golden fish swarm over: "Let him come over."
A short while later, she saw the taijian that she had renamed Huang Yang kneel in front of her. Qu Qing Ju carefully examined him. His face was delicate and he looked very honest. She instantly smiled: "Stand up. The taijian that serve in the yard also have a leader. In the future, you will be in charge of these people. As to what you have to do, you should know." Finishing, she saw this Huang Yang once again kneel down to express his thanks. Qu Qing Ju smiled as she looked at Mu Jin: "Mu Jin is the one that has served me for many years. If you don't understand something, go ask her."
Huang Yang said yes and then bowed to Mu Jin. Mu Jin returned the greeting and smiled: "Wang fei sees that you are obedient and is praising you. Don't waste wang fei's good intentions."
"Mu Jin guniang, don't worry. Nucai will carefully serve wang fei." Huang Yang didn't say anything unnecessary. It could be seen that he knew that wang fei didn't like to hear useless words. Seeing the situation, Mu Jin nodded inside. She didn't know how useful he was, but at least he had some insight and wasn't stupid. Wang fei's words just now indicated that in the future, all the servants in the inner yard would treat her as their leader. She had nothing to repay and could only pay attention to everything to show that wang fei valued her.
Huang Yang hadn't expected that he would be valued by wang fei. He was overjoyed. Not to mention that he only bowed to Mu Jin, even if he had to kowtow a few more times, it would have been enough. After he left, his face finally showed traces of joy. He turned back to look at wang fei who was still on the bridge. Who said that wang fei was a wooden person? In his eyes, there was no woman in the fu that could compare to wang fei niangniang.
Seeing Huang Yang leave, Qu Qing Ju sighed. She leaned against the pillar of the bridge in boredom. Suddenly, she heard the faint sound of a flute coming from the distance. The flute sound was sorrowful and seemed to be a woman crying. She looked in the direction the flute sound came from and asked curiously: "Where is the flute sound coming from at this time?"
The expressions of Mu Jin and the others changed slightly but no one spoke.
Seeing the situation, Qu Qing Ju laughed lightly: "Is it that I can't know about this person?"
"Wang fei, that's Cui You Yuan. I heard that the huakui that lives there is a daren who gave wang ye." Mu Jin saw that wang fei's expression was normal before she continued, "Nucai heard that this huakui called Yun Qing is famous in Jing. She is skilled in the four arts. Wang ye often goes to her place to sit. But Yun Qing guniang's personality is pure and virtuous. Even now, she is still a guniang."
So that meant that wang ye hadn't eaten this huakui yet? Qu Qing Ju laughed out loud. Instantly, her interest in the flute sound decreased by half. If she really was a pure and virtuous person, she wouldn't have allowed others to send her to the wang fu before putting on such an attitude. Refusing to accept was always a good tactic for beauties.
Clapping her hands, Qu Qing Ju held Yin Liu's hand: "Let's go look elsewhere."
They hadn't walked a few steps when they saw an unfamiliar looking little taijian running in their direction. When he saw Qu Qing Ju, he gave a deep bow: "Nucai Xiao Gan Zi greets wang fei. Wang ye has sent nucai to tell wang fei that wang ye is coming to zhengyuan to eat lunch."
"Ben wang fei knows," Qu Qing Ju's mind spun a few times before she remembered that this Xiao Gan Zi was the taijian that Duan Wang often used. She nodded to indicate that she understood, "Wang ye has already returned to the fu?"
Xiao Gan Zi replied: "Originally, but before he entered the fu, he encountered His Highness Cheng Wang. He sent nucai to pass on the message that he will return later."
If that was the case, then the flute sound in Cui You Yuan wasn't because of Duan Wang's presence. This was the time that Duan Wang was returning to the fu. The flute sound was too coincidental.
Such a beautiful flute sound, it would be too lonely if no one appreciated it. Why not go and enjoy it herself?
"Since wang ye will return later, then let the kitchen prepare lunch. Send someone to Cui You Yuan to say that ben wang fei likes Yun Qing guniang's flute sound very much and will pay a visit in a while." Qu Qing Ju touched the butterfly-winged buyao in her hair as she opened with a smile.
Xiao Gan Zi paused when he heard this. He then bowed and left, turning to walk towards Cui You Yuan. Wang ye might have some interest in the women in Cui You Yuan, but after serving by wang ye's side for so many years, he knew that a little huakui couldn't compare to wang fei.
Entering Cui You Yuan, he saw Yun Qing guniang leaning against the grape trellis and playing the flute. He didn't have time to appreciate the other's flute sound. Xiao Gan Zi went forward and said: "Yun Qing guniang, wang fei likes your flute sound very much. She will condescend to come over later. Please prepare well."
The flute sound instantly stopped. Yun Qing looked coldly at Xiao Gan Zi and said faintly: "My place is small, it's not worth wang fei's condescension."
Hearing this, Xiao Gan Zi gave a strange laugh: "Whether or not this place is good, this one doesn't know, but wang fei is giving you face by coming here. You just need to prepare well. Is it that wang fei needs to report to you about everything?" Just a plaything, did he really think he was some sort of important person? In this fu, other than the few people that wang ye used, who dared to put on airs in front of her? She really didn't want face.
Yun Qing saw Xiao Gan Zi flick his sleeves and leave. Her face was green and white, unspeakably embarrassed.
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