frightfiction Chapter 748: The Concubine's Material
Chapter 748: The Concubine's Material
It was late in the afternoon and there were few vehicles or pedestrians on the official road.
With no more obstacles in their way, Xiao Jingyu and his entourage sped up, galloping towards Yunxiang Mountain, leaving behind the dust raised by their horses' hooves.
In the capital city.
Xiao Jingyi returned to his own Prince Yi's Palace in a carriage like a wandering soul.
As soon as I entered the gate, the old butler Yin Fu came to greet me.
"My lord, you are back!"
Xiao Jingyi seemed to be unable to see or hear anything. He didn't even lift his eyelids and walked straight into the mansion.
Butler Yin Fu looked at Jiang Fang and Tong Lian who were following Xiao Jingyi and asked them, but they just shook their heads slightly without saying anything.
So, in addition to Jiang Fang and Tong Lian, the people following Xiao Jingyi also included the old butler Yin Fu.
Xiao Jingyi walked towards the main hall and ordered without turning his head: "Send tea!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The old butler Yin Fu hurriedly ordered the maid to prepare tea.
Jiang Fang and Tong Lian glanced at Xiao Jingyi from behind and thought: Your Majesty, from morning till now, you have been drinking tea in your mansion, drinking tea in the teahouse, and now you come back to your mansion and want to drink tea again!
It's only been half a day, and you've drunk so much tea!
Can you put out the anger in your heart just by drinking tea?
Xiao Jingyi stepped into the main hall and ordered directly: "Everyone, please leave. You don't need to serve me here!"
After saying that, he walked over and sat down heavily on the Arhat couch in the middle.
Jiang Fang, Tong Lian, and the old butler Yin Fu, who were following behind, suddenly stopped and stood in a daze outside the threshold of the main hall.
Jiang Fang and Tong Lian looked at each other, bowed to Xiao Jingyi inside, gave the old butler Yin Fu a look that wished him well, and immediately left quietly.
Jiang Fang and Tong Lian were eager to leave!
There is no point in following the master in now.
Given the current situation, are you still counting on these two so-called counselors to give you advice?
What a weird plan!
They don’t even know what happened on Yunxiang Mountain, so how can they respond?
There are only four words we can do now - leave it to fate!
The old housekeeper Yin Fu hesitated in his heart... Should he leave first...
Seeing how quickly Jiang Fang and Tong Lian left, the old butler Yin Fu could see that if they stayed... nothing good would happen!
But my identity...
My identity is different from that of Jiang Fang and Tong Lian.
The two of them were considered the prince's advisers, and were hired by Prince Yi's palace. Normally, even the prince would call them "sir";
But I... I am a real slave.
It was only because he had followed his master for a long time and gained his trust that he became the steward of Prince Yi's mansion.
Because he was getting older, he put the word "old" in front of the title of housekeeper.
Old butler - this is just a little bit of respect given to me by my master!
If I don't do my job diligently, I'm afraid this bit of dignity will disappear at any time.
The old butler Yin Fu thought about it and stepped into the hall carefully.
Coming close to Xiao Jingyi, the old butler Yin Fu asked softly, "My lord, at this hour, have you had lunch yet?
If it has not been used yet, then I will have someone prepare it quickly.
"Your Majesty, please don't starve yourself!"
Xiao Jingyi sat on the Arhat couch, raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at the old butler Yin Fu, and said nothing.
Xiao Jingyi didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart: Under the circumstances today, if I still have the mind to eat... I would be a pig!
I thought this in my mind, but I couldn't say it out loud.
Seeing that Xiao Jingyi didn't say anything, the old butler Yin Fu knew that his prince had not had lunch.
Therefore, Yin Fu continued to persuade: "Your Highness, no matter what happened today... Your Highness' mood has been affected, you cannot skip meals. Your Highness must always take care of his own health!"
Xiao Jingyi was listening to the old housekeeper Yin Fu nagging, and suddenly he thought inexplicably... these words... seemed... like they should be said by his wife!
Thinking of his wife, Xiao Jingyi couldn't help but think of the group of women in his backyard...
How many women are there in my backyard now?
Xiao Jingyi couldn't tell the exact number at the moment, probably about a dozen?
Among these women, there was the concubine who had served him the earliest;
Some minor officials in the court who wanted to curry favor with him offered their daughters or sisters to him on their own initiative.
Because those petty officials were somewhat useful, they would reluctantly accept the women they sent to them;
As for the two concubines, it took a lot of effort on his part to get them into the palace.
There were two concubines, one was Hua Yinyin, the legitimate daughter of Hua Chong, the right vice minister of the Ministry of War, and the other was Shui Simiao, the illegitimate daughter of Shui Congyuan, the vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Shui Simiao, the concubine daughter of Shui Congyuan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, lost her reputation in an instant after she was hugged in the street by him.
So, she was taken advantage of and brought into Prince Yi's palace to become a concubine.
Shui Simiao was quite well-behaved and obedient, and also knowledgeable and interesting. He knew how to rely on himself and please himself;
However, on the other hand, she was originally a concubine's daughter, and she became a concubine in the palace...
She is called a concubine, but in fact she is just a concubine with a better reputation!
A concubine's daughter is just a makeshift material.