The arms agent concubine takes the RV to raise a baby
Chapter 156: Palace Rules
Before the people in Washington DC recovered from their shock, the aroma of spicy chicken wafted out of Liushuang Garden. Taking into account that it was the first time for these ancient people to eat chili peppers, Hua Xiyu deliberately put less chili peppers. The slightly spicy taste seemed to bring out the ruthlessness hidden in people's hearts, and people couldn't help drooling.
"Unfortunately, there is no wine," she sighed.
More than a dozen people were divided into two tables, each with a large pot of chicken. The cook also fried a few other dishes and cooked two large pots of rice. Hua Xiyu asked everyone to sit down and enjoy the meal, but no one from Liushuangyuan dared to come forward to eat. Hua Xiyu looked at the timid crowd and reacted.
"Come on, come on, sit down. Here, there are not so many rules. It's more fun to eat together."
Although the lady said so, no one dared to sit over there.
"Qingxing, Lancao, Ziteng, Nanny Bai, Nanny Zhang, come quickly, come together," Hua Xiyu called out while asking people to set the table.
It’s not that they don’t want to eat, they just don’t dare. The lady’s performance today was so shocking, and they haven’t found a way to get along with her yet.
Hua Xiyu finally vented his anger from the morning. The slap he slapped on Aunt Zhou's face was equivalent to a slap on Liang's face.
Aunt Zhou wanted to wait until the evening to complain to the Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister never showed up, so she was still angry until the next day.
The Prime Minister has been very busy recently. He discussed matters with the Emperor in the palace until the end of the evening yesterday and returned home only after dinner. He went to bed early.
Yesterday the emperor received a secret report saying that Pan Renhui had frequent contacts with Northern Tang recently, and there might be another war in the north. The emperor and his ministers discussed for a long time. If a war really breaks out, can the Fu family army cope with it in the north? There are problems with food and grass, and support. The most feared thing is that Prince Kang's Mansion will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack. By then, we will be attacked from several sides, and I am afraid that South Vietnam will be in chaos.
Aunt Zhou sent people to tell the Prime Minister several times that she felt stomach discomfort and hoped that he would go and see her. Prime Minister Hua was quite impatient and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, go and get a doctor," and that was all.
Aunt Zhou went to the Prime Minister's route early in the morning to block him, and she was blocked as expected. Liang Yuejiao had already told the Prime Minister about what happened yesterday, but the Prime Minister didn't listen carefully. He was too busy with state affairs to care about such trivial matters in the backyard.
"She is the legitimate eldest lady in the mansion and the mistress of the family. You are a concubine, just a servant. If she hits you, you just have to bear it. So, do you want to go beyond her?" Prime Minister Hua hurriedly said this and left.
Aunt Zhou was very disappointed. She had never expected that the Prime Minister would be so indulgent to the eldest daughter. It seemed as if she realized for the first time that she was just a concubine. She had never been treated like this in all these years as a concubine in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Madam Liang had never made things difficult for concubines like them. But now she was slapped in public by the eldest daughter who had just been brought back from Shuiyue Temple. It was really a humiliation.
Aunt Zhou returned to her courtyard crying. Aunt Qian had already broken her leg, and the little maid beside her didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only follow her silently.
Early in the morning, Liang sent someone to tell her that someone from the palace had come and asked the eldest lady to pack up quickly and go to the small reception room.
Liang politely introduced Hua Xiyu: "Qianyu, this is the palace tutor Zhang Ma, sent by the Empress to teach the rules of the palace."
Nanny Zhang stood up and bowed respectfully to Hua Xiyu, then straightened her back and said with an arrogance that was not in line with her status:
"From now on, I will teach the young ladies the royal etiquette for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. In the evening, I will teach the young ladies how to serve the prince..." Nanny Zhang took up the post directly, her lips talking non-stop.
Hua Ziqi and Qin Fangru lowered their heads shyly when they heard this. Hua Xiyu became excited when he heard this. What the hell, what do you mean by "teach you how to serve the prince at night"? Could it be a reality show, where you give instructions and explanations while the two of them are having sex, and the other two are watching and learning? I really can't imagine that scene. Hua Xiyu shook his head with a scared expression on his face.
She did not notice the expressions of Hua Ziqi and Qin Fangru. To her, these people were not worthy of attention.
"Where is the eldest lady's maid?" Nanny Zhang said in a lukewarm voice, looking at Qingxing beside her.
"I'm here," Qingxing responded obediently, obviously timid. She was used to being casual with the young lady recently, and she was a little overwhelmed by the sudden seriousness of the young lady.
"Put your hand out." Aunt Zhang's voice was still without any emotion.
Qingxing obediently stretched out her hand. Hua Xiyu didn't know what to do, but Qingxing knew it, and so did Liang. Lancao, who was carrying tea in, was also very cautious, fearing that she would get into trouble.
Without saying anything, Aunt Zhang took out a bamboo ruler from somewhere and slapped Qingxing's hands twice. Qingxing trembled in pain, but did not dare to say a word.
"Hey, why did you hit her? She didn't do anything wrong?" Hua Xiyu snatched the ruler from her hand, but the beating was already over, and taking the ruler away would not help.
"She didn't do anything wrong, but her master was distracted just now. You are the future Princess Xuan, and I cannot hit you. When the master makes a mistake, she can only punish the servants around her." Nanny Zhang said it calmly, just like when she meets someone and says, hello, have you eaten?
"Damn gossip," Hua Xiyu muttered in a low voice, almost without making a sound, but Nanny Zhang also heard it. She knew without thinking that she was scolding her.
"It doesn't matter if the young lady scolds me. If you speak without restraint in the future when you arrive at the palace, you will get yourself into trouble. Fortunately, the emperor and the empress trust me and let me teach you the rules. I must do my best to teach you well, otherwise I will be ashamed of the emperor and the empress's grace, and also ashamed of the prime minister's residence. During the teaching period, I will be your master. You must listen carefully to my words. The sooner you finish learning, the sooner you can return to the palace to report. Miss, don't you agree?"
Hua Xiyu replied sullenly: "Yes, I will listen to Nanny Zhang's instructions."
Hua Ziqi and Qin Fangru came to greet Hua Xiyu together. The feeling of being flattered and fawned over made Hua Xiyu uncomfortable. Yesterday morning, they were targeting her and wishing she would get into trouble and look bad. Today, their attitude changed so much, it was very strange. Such obvious false closeness and warmth made people feel uncomfortable.
It is an absolute truth that those who show kindness to others without any reason are either treacherous or thieves. But there is no time to think about the mystery behind it. Anyway, we can just wait and see.
So, Hua Xiyu's miserable course of learning palace rules began. Walking, standing, sitting, lying, eyes, gestures, body shape, gait, posture, all kinds of etiquette. It was so damn difficult, more tiring than a day of special training.
After finally getting through two days, two of the three maids had their hands swollen from being beaten, but none of Hua Ziqi and Qin Fangru's maids were punished.
They didn't eat dinner properly. Everyone sat in the young lady's bedroom. Hua Xiyu was applying medicine to them. The three maids looked at their young lady bitterly:
"You can beat me tomorrow," Lancao, who was not beaten today, said loyally while helping Zi Teng apply medicine.
"Miss, you should work harder. You can't be worse than the second young lady and the cousin." Qing Xing felt that she had to encourage her young lady. She looked like a smart young lady, but why was she so stupid when it came to learning rules?
"I'm sorry, I will study hard tomorrow and I won't let you get beaten," Hua Xiyu said apologetically while helping to apply the medicine. She felt very wronged, but it was her fault that the maids got beaten.
While they were talking, Nanny Bai brought some midnight snacks. She felt sorry for the little girls when she saw their swollen hands.
"Miss, you have to study hard. You can't let the second young lady and the cousin steal your limelight in the future," Nanny Bai said casually while placing midnight snacks on the table.
"Just rob it if you want. She and I have our own family, and we don't live together," Hua Xiyu answered casually.
The four of them looked up at Hua Xiyu at the same time, all with puzzled looks on their faces.
Seeing four people looking at him with strange eyes, Hua Xiyu felt a little uneasy. Did he do something wrong or say something wrong?
She asked carefully: "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there a secret?"
After this series of questions were thrown out, seeing that the four people all stepped down, Nanny Bai was the first to get anxious. She was the oldest and knew the most. She pushed Hua Xiyu to sit on the chair and said, "My little ancestor, you are so careless. The second young lady and the cousin young lady have been arranged by the old lady to marry into the Prince's Palace with you and become Teng's concubines."
"What is a Teng concubine?" Hua Xiyu asked with a look of curiosity.
These words shocked the four people. They looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed.
Nanny Bai had a look of regret, worry and anger on her face. She endured it again and again before she said calmly, "Although I am also a concubine, I am more noble than a concubine. Besides, the second young lady is the second master's concubine's daughter. She can marry the prince as a concubine, which is something that many legitimate daughters can't ask for. And that cousin also wants to marry into the prince's mansion. As soon as they learned that you were going to marry into the prince's mansion, they all begged the old lady. If you are so careless, how can you deal with them in the future?"
"Wait a minute." Hua Xiyu interrupted Nanny Bai's lecture with a pause gesture. The other three maids who had been nodding in the room were also stunned at the same time and stopped what they were doing.
"You all know this, right?"
The four of them nodded vigorously.
"Then this matter must be approved by the man, right? After all, it is the man who marries the wife."
"A man's concubine is arranged by his wife, and besides, Concubine Teng was brought as a dowry, so there is no need to inform the man," said Nanny Bai.
"Haha, buy one get two free, the man got a huge bargain, he must be ecstatic" She paused and looked at the other four people who were speechless: "But who will he sleep with on his wedding night? Sleeping with three women in one night, isn't he afraid of being exhausted... um... um..." Hua Xiyu was really curious about this. Marrying three wives at the same time, from a man's point of view, the thought of it is so wonderful.
Qing Xing looked as if she hated her for not living up to her expectations. Her young lady really dared to say anything. If she continued like this, she would be disliked by the prince sooner or later. It would be strange if the second young lady did not take her place.
"Alas..." Nanny Bai let out a long sigh.
Lancao and Ziteng looked at their young lady sadly and let out a long sigh at the same time.
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