Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Ji Nianyin had never looked forward to the princess before, but since Meng Xiyue entered the mansion, she began to look forward to it.

She wanted to see how Meng Xiyue felt like falling from the clouds.

Let her know who she really is.

Knowing herself well, Meng Xiyue smiled bitterly, as if everyone was asking her to accept her fate, but she refused.

At night, when Xie Junyi came to Mengxi Garden, he saw Meng Xiyue reading a book, which was the history of Yuanqing Kingdom.

This was strange, because he knew that Meng Xiyue only liked to eat and sleep, and would occasionally read books, usually storybooks.

"Why did you think of reading this book?"

"I want to be closer to you."

Meng Xiyue replied seriously that if she wanted to change him, the first step was to get close to him and understand everything about him.

"You don't have to bother trying so hard to please me. I will take the initiative to approach you. You just need to be obedient."

She just didn't want to be obedient. "I want to have more common topics with you, not just flowers and moonlight."

"I understand, but this history book is too obscure and difficult to understand. I will find you some other books tomorrow."

"You can practice your calligraphy while reading and copying."

"Okay, I'll read this history book as well, and I'll read the other books you found."

Isn't it just about being a well-educated lady who knows the Four Books and Five Classics? She can do that too.

Even though she didn't like reading, she was willing to read these books if it was to be with him.

She was full of confidence and wanted to study hard, but when she saw the book that Xie Junyi had sent to her, her face instantly fell.

This box is full of things like women's precepts and training.

She couldn't help but let her tears flow down her cheeks. She felt that her desire to change was a joke.

"Miss, shall we still watch it?"

"No, burn them all."

"This is the prince..."

If you burn the things given by the prince, you will be punished with a stick.

"I told you to burn them all, didn't you hear me?"

Zhiyue and Qianxiang were both shocked by Meng Xiyue's sudden hysteria.

Meng Xiyue was usually cute and lively. Although she had some naughty ideas, she never lost her temper with them and seldom even spoke loudly.

Especially Zhiyue, it was the first time to see her like this.

The two looked at each other and quickly carried the box away.

Meng Xiyue sat on the chair in a daze, and those books seemed to be slapping her in the face.

Let her understand that this is a society where men are superior to women and men have three wives and four concubines, and women have no choice but to stay at home to take care of their husbands and children.

She wanted to change, but there were countless mountains pressing in front of her that she couldn't get over.

When Xie Junyi came back from court, he saw her lying listlessly on the chair.

He thought it was because there were too many books and she lost interest.

He walked forward and teased, "Who was it that was so full of fighting spirit yesterday, saying that he would finish reading all the Four Books and Five Classics, but couldn't continue reading after only reading a small part?"

He reached out his hand and wanted to scratch her nose affectionately, but Meng Xiyue tilted her head to avoid it.

"Are there any female instructions or female precepts in the Four Books and Five Classics?"

Xie Junyi was slightly stunned, then understood what she meant. He sighed, "The Four Books and Five Classics are for men to read, and women read the Women's Training and Women's Precepts. This king is not trying to use these books to restrain you, but if you don't read them, how can you fit in with those ladies from wealthy families?"

"If I can't fit in, then don't. Anyway, I won't read those women's rings and women's trainings."

Meng Xiyue was determined. In her opinion, those books were written by men to deliberately suppress women and set rules. She would never give in.

"You don't want to melt? I have tried my best to pave the way for you, to bring you into my circle, so that you can stand beside me openly. This is how you treat me. Well, if that's the case, then I don't have to work so hard."

Xie Junyi's tone was heavy, filled with anger and sadness, but Meng Xiyue was suddenly awakened as if she had been hit by a stick.

"My lord..."

Seeing him turn around and leave, she quickly stood up and hugged him from behind, "I'm sorry, I didn't know, I thought you wanted to trap me and make me an obedient and thoughtless concubine. You know, I don't want to be a concubine."

"This is why I didn't force you to be my concubine."

Otherwise, as the most powerful prince of Yuanqing Kingdom, why would he need to try to please a woman so much?

From the first time they met, he was sincere to her. He liked everything about her and he never thought of changing her.

"Don't worry, I will work hard to be your princess in the future."

Princess? Xie Junyi's body stiffened slightly. He was not talking about the princess, but the concubine.

But looking at Meng Xiyue's happy expression, he couldn't bear to say it at this time.

Never mind. She will understand it sooner or later. When our relationship becomes deep, she will not quarrel with me just for the sake of a legitimate status.

He held her in his arms, as if he wanted to integrate her into his bones, but in the end he felt that she was like a gust of wind, difficult to catch.

"Yue'er will not leave me, right?"

"As long as the prince treats me sincerely, I will always be by his side."

Meng Xiyue didn't know what happened to her. Why did she suddenly fall in love with the man in front of her?

Perhaps, I fell in love with it at first sight.

Unlike the Jiang Chubai of the past, she just wanted to live an ordinary life with Jiang Chubai. Once Jiang Chubai could not give her that, she could turn around and leave without any reluctance.

But when it comes to Xie Junyi, she can never take that step. Even though she knows it's impossible to live an ordinary life with him, she still wants to give it a try.

Although she had to sign the indenture contract in the beginning, it was also her intentional act to give the two of them a chance.

Both of them were trying to get closer to each other, and this feeling made Meng Xiyue feel at ease.

"Then tell me, what do the young ladies in the capital like on a daily basis?"

This question really made Xie Junyi feel a little embarrassed. Those ladies would always have an infatuated look on their faces when they saw him. He didn't even have time to dodge, so how could he possibly pay attention to what they were doing?

"Maybe it's poetry, chess, calligraphy and painting."

She can recite poems and compose couplets, at least she can recite them. She is also good at calligraphy and painting, but she doesn't want to expose them.

Chess? She only knows Gobang.

As for the instrument, she can play the piano and the violin, but not the guqin.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind: "I can play the erhu."

This is her neighbor, a erhu master. She has been learning from him since she was a child and she plays it quite well.

"Erhu?"

Xie Junyi frowned, those were not worthy of being performed in a formal occasion, they were just performing to make a living.

I didn't expect that Meng Qingxiang, a county magistrate, would let his daughter learn this kind of thing.

"Forget about this, do you know anything else?"

"My best instrument is the violin, but it's not available here."