Chapter 58 Grounded
Ji Yunqing picked up the hem of his clothes, ran to Concubine Liu and hugged her tightly.
As if that wasn't enough, Ji Yunqing acted faster than his brain could think and leaned over to give concubine Liu a kiss on the forehead.
Didn’t he say he didn’t want to get close to her? He even asked her to stay away.
She didn't avoid it, not only did she not avoid it, she even got closer.
Ji Yunqing felt much more comfortable. He stared at Concubine Liu with provocation in his eyes. Let's see what she can do.
You think she's unlucky, right?
Then she will be unlucky forever!
Feeling the moist and soft touch on her forehead, Concubine Liu stiffened in disbelief.
"you you……"
Concubine Liu hesitated for a long time but couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Her face blushed as she thought, how could Concubine Ji do this?
"what happened to me?"
Ji Yunqing smiled triumphantly, with a look of happiness from successful revenge on her face: "Oh no! Sister Liu, now you are also stuck with my bad luck, will you become unhappy?"
The maidservant brought by Concubine Liu, who had just shouted loudly, quickly pulled her master to block behind her and said vigilantly: "Concubine Ji, what are you doing? This is too much."
Concubine Liu seemed to have finally reacted and said with a straight face, "Sister Ji, please respect yourself."
She said again: "Just pretend this never happened. I won't be polite to you next time we meet."
"Red Date, let's go"
After saying this, she left in a hurry with her maid.
Ji Yunqing looked at the backs of the master and servant as they left, "Xuancao, is my idea okay? I'm afraid Concubine Liu must be mad now, haha."
Hemerocallis looked at her master with a strange expression.
Master, how on earth did you come up with this way of revenge?
No matter what the process was, there was indeed no one stopping them anymore.
Ji Yunqing had walked halfway and heard several versions of the rumor along the way when he met Nanny Lou coming towards him.
"Concubine Ji, the whole mansion is full of rumors about you. I wonder if you have heard about them?"
Ji Yunqing squeezed the hands hidden in her sleeves, feeling that the person coming was not friendly: "I've heard about it, Madam Lou, I was just about to go find the princess."
Madam Lou smiled and said, "Concubine Ji, I am here on the orders of the princess. There are too many rumors like this, and it is difficult to clarify them at once. I have no choice but to ask you to return to your courtyard and wait patiently."
Wait patiently?
Ji Yunqing subconsciously asked: "Mammy, how long do we have to wait?"
"Once the situation calms down, or the person who spread the rumors is caught, you can go and pay your respects to the princess again."
Ji Yunqing accurately grasped the key information: "In other words, I don't have to pay respects during this period of time?"
"Yes," Madam Lou was in a good mood, "Not only do you not need to pay respects, but you, Concubine Ji, don't even need to leave the courtyard."
The plump flesh on her face shook, waiting for Concubine Ji to fearfully ask her to plead with the princess. This situation was equivalent to house arrest!
What's more, there is no time limit. If the confinement lasts for too long, people will forget about it.
Unexpectedly, Ji Yunqing did not panic, but looked calmer.
"Since the princess said so, I have no choice but to do as she says."
After Ji Yunqing finished speaking, he didn't hesitate any more and turned around to go back.
This really surprised Madam Lou. She watched in shock as the other party left without a single pause. For a moment, she had no idea what this concubine Ji was up to.
"Concubine Ji really left like this without saying a word."
Nanny Lou was full of complaints, and she added a lot of personal emotions when reporting to the princess.
"Princess, I feel that this concubine Ji seems to be dishonest. She might be up to something bad."
Under normal circumstances, she is the most trusted nanny around the princess. Everyone has to be polite when seeing her.
He also tried to find ways to give her money, but he hit a wall with Ji Yunqing.
Ji Yunqing: “…”
Giving her money is totally useless, it's just a waste of money!
Since this time it was the princess' order and he didn't even want to see her, it shows how serious the situation is.
Use your toes to figure it out. Would that old woman plead for her just for a few taels of silver?
The princess put down the ink-stained letter in her hand, waited for it to dry, and carefully put it into the envelope: "Send this letter."
Seeing that the princess was indifferent, Madam Lou couldn't help but say a few more words: "Princess, you must be careful of Concubine Ji. That little devil doesn't look like a good person."
The princess emphasized her tone: "Madame Lou, stop talking nonsense!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Lou was so frightened that she apologized repeatedly, then took the envelope and went out.
When they reached the gate of the main courtyard, Nanny Lou paused. The princess's explanation didn't make sense, but there was still a way out of this problem.
After Ji Yunqing returned, she closed the gate of the courtyard. After that, she would not go out again unless the ban was lifted.
Before entering the door, Ji Yunqing looked in the direction of Baihua Courtyard.
Last time it was concubine Zhao who was under house arrest, and she hasn't been released yet, so this time it's her again.
Ji Yunqing sincerely wondered if there was something wrong with the feng shui of this place.
Seeing the direction the master was looking, Xuancao quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, master. Concubine Zhao is also under house arrest. You are not the first one."
Ji Yunqing: “…”
That was a good comfort. Don’t comfort me next time.
"Hey, look who I see, isn't this our Concubine Ji, Sister Ji? Why don't you go in?"
Hearing the voice, Ji Yunqing turned around to see who was coming.
She raised her eyebrows: "Concubine Zhu, Concubine Mei, why are you here?
By the way, Concubine Zhu, aren't you in confinement after childbirth? Why did you come out all of a sudden?"
In fact, she usually doesn't like to poke people in the sore spot, but it was Concubine Zhu who was sarcastic first.
When Concubine Zhu heard the word "confinement", her face twisted for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.
"Don't you know that you won't be able to see me soon, Sister Ji? I want to see you off no matter what."
She emphasized the words "last journey", fearing that some people might not hear clearly.
Ji Yunqing said directly: "There's no need to say that. I'm just confined to my house. Besides, I think Concubine Zhu is in good health. She should be able to live until I'm released, right?"
She just said it casually, but she didn't know that Concubine Zhu hated to hear the word "strong" all her life, especially when it was used to describe herself.
Because when she was lucky enough to become a maid, the housekeeper said that she was stronger and stronger than others, so she asked her to eat less on a daily basis.
Also, the other maids in the room always liked to make fun of her figure.
He sneered and said, "Don't worry about that, Sister Ji. You should just think about how you are going to live in the future!"
Mei, the concubine, spoke softly, "Sister Ji, Sister Zhu has been in a bad mood since... since then. Please forgive me."
Ximei, the maid following behind her sister, felt uncomfortable when she saw her sister was so nice to her: "Sister, why are you so polite to her?
In my opinion, she should apologize to me for robbing me of the prince. If it weren't for her, I might be pregnant now."