Chapter 177: Testing When Greeting
Nanny An looked at her master who was laughing and talking in the crowd.
She just heard such big news, but now her expression didn't even change. She was still able to hold her child and chat and laugh with everyone in a normal tone, as if nothing had happened.
She was filled with admiration.
The master was so indifferent. She used to think that the master was simple-minded, but now it seems that she was superficial.
Ji Yunqing didn't know what Nanny An was thinking of her.
She listened to the maids chattering about various things and then giving solutions one by one, but she didn't notice any other problems.
Or maybe there is a problem that others can't find, but there is only one Nanny An.
But she wouldn't feel at ease unless she let Nanny An take a look!
Ji Yunqing thought so and then looked at Nanny An.
Nanny An suddenly felt cold.
Soon, she found that her feeling was correct, and for the rest of the time, she kept wandering around the room and the yard.
After checking this, he had to check that, but those little maids kept shouting like ghosts.
If she had WeChat, her step count would be at least 30,000!
But now there is no such thing. Nanny An can only drag her tired body and finish her work completely when the sky is full of stars. She can finally rest!
The maidservant in the same room saw Nanny An coming back and took the initiative to prepare water for her feet. She said with a smile, "Nanny, you have worked hard today. The master specifically asked me to take good care of Nanny and gave her a small purse to bring back.
"Mammy, is there something going on between you and the master? What's in this?"
Zhaocai looked at Nanny An curiously, his eyes full of curiosity.
Nanny An glared at her unhappily: "Why are you so talkative? Go and have a rest!"
Zhaocai didn't hear what she wanted, so she puffed her cheeks secretly, thinking that when she touched the purse just now, it felt like there was silver in it, but why did the master give silver to Nanny An for no reason?
She thought so in her heart, still smiling, her voice clear and pleasant: "I haven't finished yet, the master also said that you should open it and see what's inside, and then have a good rest tomorrow, and you don't have to be on duty."
Lying on the bed, Nanny An quietly opened the purse.
When she saw the ten taels of silver inside, all of Nanny An’s fatigue disappeared in an instant!
She said, the master is still good.
The next morning, Ji Yunqing, who was very good, greeted Ji Er after he had finished his greetings, and then he heard that Ji Er was ill.
Everyone looked at Ji Yunqing.
Everyone knew that Ji Er's illness must be related to kneeling in public for an hour yesterday.
Ji Yunqing was suddenly the center of everyone's attention. Could she bear this injustice?
I looked back at them one by one.
She looked puzzled: "Why are you looking at me? It's not me who made her sick. She scolded me yesterday, so she can't be punished?"
Concubine Lou smiled and said, "Concubine Ji, you misunderstood. The sisters didn't mean that. They just thought..."
Ji Yunqing didn't listen to the rest of the words, forcibly interrupted the other party's spell, and said happily: "I said that there is justice in the world. Look, Concubine Lou is very powerful. She knows that I am the good one."
Concubine Lou: “…”
Forget it, just be happy.
Concubine Cen's eyes sparkled: "Speaking of which, you are the best, Sister Ji. As soon as you are wronged, the prince will immediately appear to help you. Sister Ji is really in the prince's heart!"
As soon as these words were spoken, other people looked at Ji Yunqing with a hint of hostility.
In the mansion, the prince is the eternal topic.
When this was mentioned, everyone's face looked unhappy.
Recently, the prince has indeed paid more attention to Ji Yunqing.
Ji Yunqing smiled and said, "Look at what you said. If you were the one being scolded, would the prince not help you? The prince has always been fair and strict. I was just a little bit luckier.
Who told me that when I was being bullied, the prince was there. I don’t know how the prince suddenly stood there. It was quite magical. His sudden appearance scared me a lot.
Fortunately, I didn’t say anything that shouldn’t be said, otherwise I would be too embarrassed to face people today.”
After Ji Yunqing said this, everyone's expressions looked much better.
Indeed, no one knew that the prince happened to be standing there.
What happened yesterday was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse!
Cen Xi was speechless. Everyone was talking nicely, why did you suddenly start praising the prince?
However, Ji Yunqing was staring at her now, and Cen Xi could only keep a stiff face and praise the prince for his kindness.
But her praise was not enough, Ji Yunqing simply said: "That's it?"
Cen Xi could only rack his brains to continue praising.
Fortunately, the person being praised was the prince. If she were to praise Ji Yunqing, wouldn’t that be more painful than death?
Suddenly, Ji Yunqing felt a vicious gaze. She looked immediately, but found nothing. Only Concubine He lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.
Ji Yunqing raised his eyebrows. What concubine is envious of?
She also wants to praise the prince in public?
The princess sitting at the top looked at Concubine Cen who was gradually running out of words, and saw that every time she wanted to stop, Ji Yunqing would say something provocative, causing Concubine Cen to continue praising with a stumbling hand.
She held her forehead with her hand and began to question again whether she had made a mistake in bringing her cousin Cenxi into the house.
Why didn't she check the people first, at least find a smart one to come in?
But now it's too late to regret.
It was already very difficult for the prince to allow her to bring someone into the palace. He would not agree to any girl from any family appearing in the palace in large numbers.
At that time, Concubine Li's sister came to live with him for a few days. At that time, Concubine Li had just given birth. After that, the prince never stepped into that courtyard even once.
As for Ji Yunqing, her family background is not prominent, and her younger sister who came into the mansion is just a concubine. All the smart people present understand that as long as Ji Yunqing does not fall, there is no possibility for Ji Er to turn things around.
The princess thought about it for a while and finally spoke up to stop this farce.
"Okay, it's getting late. If there's nothing else, let's all go."
The princess has spoken, who wants to continue staying here?
Everyone bowed and left.
But Ji Yunqing said he had something to ask for.
Now everyone is no longer in a hurry. They want to know what can happen to you, Ji Yunqing?
Concubine Wen also looked over with surprise in her eyes.
The princess also became curious.
"Ji, what do you want?"
Concubine Cen spoke again, and said in a veiled tone, "Some people have nothing to do on weekdays, so they just find some weird things to do. Don't you find it annoying?"
Ji Yunqing looked at her and said, "I am happy with it. Is it your business?"
"you……"
This made Concubine Cen so angry that she was speechless.
Ji Yunqing looked at the princess again: "Princess, it's like this, I thought of cleaning the yard yesterday while the weather was good..."
As she spoke, she subtly observed the expressions of everyone present, focusing on those who had been in the mansion for a long time.
People who have been in the palace for a short time usually do not have such great abilities.
But after observing it several times, there was no trace at all.
what happened?
Is it that the mastermind behind this is so psychologically strong that he would not show any sign even after hearing those words, or is it that the person who did this is not here?
After coming back to her senses, Ji Yunqing continued, "I was in a rush yesterday and couldn't finish cleaning the entire yard. Today, I want to continue cleaning.
It’s just that there are some spices and other things used in the yard, and I don’t know how to store them separately, so I was thinking if I could borrow the palace doctor to help take a look.”
Concubine Cen added, "You are indeed a bumpkin from the countryside. You don't even know how to make spices, and you still have the nerve to say it out loud. It's really embarrassing—"
"Cen!"
It was the princess who scolded her. She frowned and stared at Cen Xi, feeling increasingly annoyed: "You are becoming more and more tactless in your words, and your mind is full of nonsense. Go back and copy three volumes of Buddhist scriptures. You are not allowed to leave until you finish copying them. Go now."
He couldn't bear it even for a moment and sent the person away.
Concubine Cen was shocked and sweat broke out on her back. Only then did she realize what the hell she had just said.
"Princess, cousin, I was just confused for a moment..."
"Send Cen out!"
"No, cousin."
Soon, Cen Xi was "invited" back by two maids.
The princess looked at Ji Yunqing again and smiled at her soothingly, "Do you want to see the palace doctor? Let someone go and get him. By the way, Concubine Ji, do you have any good news?
You can ask the court doctor to help you take care of your body and give birth to another child for Ruirui. Should I call him Ruirui? To keep Ruirui company."
Ji Yunqing didn't want to give birth. Not to mention that Ruirui was not even one year old yet, and her body might not be able to bear it, it would not be good for her to give birth to a child now.
The princess has no children yet. If she gives birth to another one, who knows who the child will be for.
But in ancient times people valued having many children and were blessed, and the main job of a concubine was to help give birth to children. Ji Yunqing could only shake his head slightly with a look of expectation and disappointment.
"What the princess said is very right, but there is no good news yet. Maybe I am not blessed enough? Alas!"
Ji Yunqing looked at the princess with a look of concern: "Princess, you should also take good care of your body. It will be a blessing for the palace if you give birth to a little prince."
The princess couldn't hold back her smile, but Ji Yunqing was right. She said calmly, "It all depends on fate."
"Yes, once fate comes, it can't be stopped!" Ji Yunqing nodded repeatedly: "Princess is right, isn't that the truth?
By the way, do the other sisters have any good news? Does Concubine Lou have a child? How about Concubine Xu? And Concubine He, you look so happy, is there any news?"
Ji Yunqing called out the names one by one, and the gloating on everyone's face disappeared.
This Ji Yunqing really brings up things that are not relevant to the topic.
Seeing her like this, the princess calmed down a lot. It seemed that Ji Yunqing was not trying to make her angry on purpose. She treated everyone equally.
The princess said, "Well, if there is good news, would you keep it hidden and not let it out?"
"You can't be like you last time, not even noticing the birth was about to begin, right?"
His inquiring eyes fell on Ji Yunqing. Ever since Ji Yunqing suddenly gave birth to a child, after a long time, even the dumbest person would start to think about it.
Ji Yunqing exclaimed, her eyes widened, and she stammered, "No, no way? I had never given birth at that time, and I thought I was sick when I saw the bulge in my belly, but I didn't dare to say it out loud for fear of being sent away..."
Once concubines and servants fall seriously ill, they cannot stay in the mansion and must be sent out.
Seeing how sincerely Ji Yunqing spoke, everyone present was speechless. Could it be that they were thinking too much?
"By the way, Concubine He, you have been in the mansion for so long, are you pregnant? Are you like me back then, and you couldn't feel it even if you were pregnant?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked at Concubine He.
Concubine He's face turned pale with anger. Her period had just ended, how could she possibly have a child?
Ji Yunqing wanted to change the subject, so why did he have to point at her?
Ji Yunqing said sincerely: "Since Ruirui was born, I have learned a lot of knowledge. I heard from the old people that if this person could have a child, he would have been pregnant so early.
If it’s not easy to get pregnant, then you have to wait. If you’re unlucky, it could take ten or eight years.”
Several people present had their eyebrows moved.
Ten or eight years?
No, no, no, if I’m old, I won’t be able to receive favors, let alone have children.
The princess came back to her senses and said: "The court doctor will go to the Osmanthus Courtyard in a while, don't worry"
When she spoke the second half of the sentence, the princess' tone softened visibly.
Everyone knew that Ji Yunqing had hit the nail on the head about the princess's concerns.
Ji Yunqing immediately said happily: "Thank you, Princess!"
"Okay, let's all go away."
After everyone left, the princess looked at Nanny Lou who was serving on the side.
Without anyone else, her majesty as a princess disappeared a lot. Her eyes were full of vulnerability, and she asked for help: "Mammy, do you think what Ji Yunqing said is right? Is he lying?"
Seeing the princess like this, Aunt Lou felt very distressed. She half-hugged her with one hand and said with a loving tone: "This must be true!"
"Princess, think about it carefully. Some people do get pregnant very quickly. When you first entered the palace, you also..."
The princess' eyes were filled with pain. She grabbed Madam Lou's wrinkled and spotted hand and said, "Madam, stop talking!"
Nanny Lou knew she had said something wrong, so she paused and patted the princess' back soothingly, continuing to coax her, "Later, you had Miss Zhiyao, which shows that you can give birth, but the time is not right and the fate has not come yet."
"Yes, it must be that fate has not yet arrived."
After listening to what Lou Ma said, the princess gradually calmed down and murmured to herself: "It must not have come yet. The child might be blaming me. When he stops blaming me, he will definitely come."
Nanny Lou frowned but still said nothing.
She rolled her eyes and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, there is a saying among the people that if you take a child and raise it, as long as the child has brothers and sisters, then you will definitely be able to have children."
The princess used to think that raising a child was not easy, and since there was no suitable one, she gave up for the time being.
Now that time has passed and she still hasn't had a child, she has begun to feel uncertain.
"But Mammy...my cousin hasn't gotten pregnant yet, so we can only wait for now."
Although she knew that it was the prince who had never been to Concubine Cen's courtyard, it was also her fault. However, she tried hard and thought of more solutions. After so long, the prince would probably have calmed down.
Thinking this in her mind, the princess decided to supervise Concubine Cen carefully in the coming days.