Xu Chang An, as he expected, had a good night sleep. The sky was already bright when he woke up the next day. As long as Xiao Qing Yan was absent, he did not have the habit of letting people waited upon him. After he was dressed, he called to let the outside Yatou come in, let people prepared the hot water for his washing. In the past, the two small Yatou had a cheerful face, yet did not know what happened today? One by one, burying their heads carefully, did he got drunk and punished them last night?
"Wang Fei，You……You should go and see Yang Momo and them later. Don't know whether they are only locked up or also beaten." Two small Yatou had been in Wang Residence for a while. Naturally, they knew that their Wang Fei was very concerned about Yang Momo, ChunYu and DongXue. Looking at Wang Fei's mannerism, he seemed to be not remembering the last night event, they could only promptly reminded him.
"What is it about Yang Momo?" Xu Chang An's memory still remained at him being obstinately kept Momo and them drinking wine. Afterwards, he could not remember it. Did Xiao Qing Yan really come over last night?!
"Wang Fei，you don't remember？Last night……" Two Yatou played 'you-glance-me' signal before very carefully told about last night's matter all the way through. After Xu Chang An listened, he regretted it! Blame him! If it were not for him insisted Momo and them to accompany him, this would not happened.
"Where is Yang Momo and them being locked up?" Regarding this Wang Residence, Xu Chang An did not have the two small yatous familiarized, even not enough time to wash and dress, only just sorted out the hair a little. Xu Chang An then let people took him over to go.
He thought Yang Momo and they should be locked up in his own place, but he was taken out of the main courtyard by the Yatous. When they left the main door, Xu Chang An was nervous! Went as far as locking up elsewhere? This kind of thing can be big or small. How to punish them can entirely be seen by how Xiao Qing Yan decided at the end.
Anxiously rushed to the rear court of Wang Residence, that place of Wang Residence's servants and most lower-class servants rooms. On the way, Xu Chang An had a good plan. He first went to see them and let people gave them some food. After that, he would go to seek Xiao Qing Yan to plead. He believed they would be released very soon.
But when Xu Chang An arrived at the room, the people guarding that place unexpectedly did not allow him access!
Ever since he arrived at this Wang Residence, though everything needed to be cautious, but yet it had always been smooth sailing. Xiao Qing Yan never really made things difficult for him. Servants also respected him very much. Xu Chang An did not expect that he would be unexpectedly stopped by people.
Did not argue much with the servants guarding the door, nor made things difficult for them, Xu Chang An turned and walked away, went to Xiao Qing Yan's study. Since it was Xiao Qing Yan's command, then let's just went directly to him.
Xu Chang An was only thinking about rushing to Xiao Qing Yan to plead, so that Yang Momo and them would come out, even forgetting the present time, Xiao Qing Yan could be still holding office at the imperial court. Looking at the direction of Wang Fei's walk, the two Yatou audibly reminded. With this reminder, Xu Chang An endurance of fretful and restless finally uttered out.
“It’s all my fault, all my fault!” Ferociously giving his still somewhat dizzy head, two knocks, Xu Chang An really reproached himself awfully. Yesterday should not be carried away. Was not he already understood at an earlier time, in Wang Residence, everything must be handled with cautious? How could he even be happy without a care last night?!
“Wang Fei! You are hangover from yesterday, and now your body is uncomfortable. Go back first. You should take a rest, in a while nubi will send Momo them a little something to eat. When Wang Ye returns, you can go plead to him again.”
“Only able to do this, go, return back.” Xu Chang An was very scared. He knew that Xiao Qing Yan did not like him. Maybe he had waited for him to make a mistake one day…..
On the way back, Xu Chang An's head was full of thoughts, it would be a while when Xiao Qing Yan came back, how would he want to plead him. So when he went back to the courtyard to see the two women, he was not prepared to take care of them.
“Although I’m Wang Fei, but after all, I am a man. There is distinction between men and women. The two Cefei don’t have to come over every day to pay respect. Later, come over five seam will do it.” Just wanted to send people away quickly, he really had no intention to deal with them today. Xu Chang An thought that after he said this, the two should go. Who knew that the two were not only not going to leave, but also sitting on their own?
“Jie—Gege's talk is where about? Gege is Wang Ye's formal wife, we sisters paying respect to Wang Fei is an established rule. But today we are not entirely here to talk about the matter of paying respect, there is some matter we come to seek you.” Xu Chang An's scalp was numbed by Min Yu's voice calling 'Gege', from head to toe crawling with goose bumps. He always felt that this woman was not a good person. Although she always smiled sweetly when she spoke, but it could also indescribably made people be appalled.
Did not want to talk nonsense with them, also knew that they definitely had some other matter, Xu Chang An straightforwardly and directly said: “What matter is it, say it.”
Picking up the tea cup in front of him, Min Yu gave a look to Qin Xin when she bowed her head to sip the tea. Qin Xin could only toughen her scalp and said: “Wang Fei, that is….. we came today to ask you, how is the arrangement of Wang Residence's bedroom serve sleeping roster?”
After all, this was a shameful topic. Although Qin Xin said while toughening her scalp, she was a young girl who had just married, she got a very red face when she said it, but she still said it out.
They were not in the position of the legal wife Furen, who managed the household affairs, so having the favor of the person in charge was absolutely necessary. Otherwise the days in the future would be hard.
Xu Chang An initially thought that yesterday Xiao Qing Yan should have gone to one of two people's place, but there was still some fuzzy fragments in his own mind. Recently Yang Momo and them were detained, Xu Chang An guessed that Xiao Qing Yan certainly stayed at his place yesterday. Therefore, these two people came over today for a meet to openly talking about bedroom serve matter.
Xu Chang An knew that the imperial house had rules for bedroom serve sleeping roster arrangement, so he very straightforwardly answered them, then let people go to call the guanjia over.
When the errand person called the guanjia over, Xu Chang An was pondering in his heart, how to arrange the days. There were not many women in Xiao Qing Yan's house, and his status could be said to be a little pitiful. He now had named room concubines, they were the two Cefei who just entered the door. The other concubines were the two unnamed personal maids. Plus his male Wang Fei, Xiao Qing Yan's back house had only five people.
“I have already prepared the roster, but I still have to give Wang Ye to look over it. You can look at it first.”
“Wang Fei, this is not appropriate. Wang Fei, the imperial house's rules stated that on the first fifteenth Wang Ye and all the princes must stay in the legal wife’s room.” Xu Chang An directly handed the roster to Guanjia, that was to let Guanjia directly gave to Xiao Qing Yan. He felt that Xiao Qing Yan should be satisfied with his arrangement.
The first day to the seventh day was Qin Xin's, the next three days were Ziyu's, then the eleven to seventeen were Min Yu's, Ziyan and Ziyu were the same three days, and the rest of the days were left for Xiao Qing Yan to arrange for himself, where he wanted to go.
Xu Chang An felt that his arrangement was quite good, but he did not expect that the imperial house had such rules. They could only kick out these two days and let Xiao Qing Yan went to the main courtyard in grievance. The rest he would arrange it by himself. After all, Xiao Qing Yan liked who, he(CA) also did not know, how can he(CA) arranged it for him at will.
Everyone in the room really didn’t expect that Xu Chang An was not properly arranged for himself even a day. Originally thought that his and that personal maids' days be less than Min Yu's several days, and there was no reason to dissatisfy, just the heart was more disdainful! Sure enough ah, only just a man, not worth to fear at all. He himself was more self-aware, so it would be fine like this.
Having their intentions satisfied, Xu Chang An directly rushed to send people out, he really did not have the heart to deal with them, just thinking about Yang Momo and them who were still locked up, did not know how they were, whether they were sentenced, he hoped they were only being locked up and not being beaten.
After leaving Wang Fei's main courtyard, Min Yu pulled down her face directly! The reason why she came here today was because of listening to Qin Xin.
Yesterday she was trying so hard to catch the opportunity. Originally, she wanted to drop the man’s face in front of Wang Ye, but she was pulled away by Qin Xin. Early this morning, she wanted to teach the slave servants, unexpectedly was dragged by Qin Xin again!
“It’s all you! Didn't you said that Wang Ye have a mind toward him, made me concede a little? But what is this count as now? Since Wang Ye and him 'qin and se sing in harmony'¹, how can he not want him(XQY) to stay at his courtyard? He does not even left a day for himself, exactly know that Wang Ye detested him, don't want to incur more of Wang Ye's disliking him! If I had known earlier…”
“If you had know earlier? Even if Meimei had known it earlier, what can you do? Even if Wang Ye doesn’t like Wang Fei, but we have been in the residence for so long, Wang Ye has never stayed overnight in our courtyard, Meimei know the reason?” The two's parent families had Second Prince’s label. Wang Ye was originally the crown prince's primary candidate, now ended up to this point and the Second Prince would not shirk the responsibility.
"Wang Ye may not like Wang Fei, however toward us also may not merely dislike, even possibly be detested. This time, you even want to lump together to offend Wang Fei?"
"You! You…" Min Yu was so angry that Qin Xin actually talked to her like this, but momentarily she couldn't find a word to refute. She could only displayed a furious look; hatefully speechless. This once time, Qin Xin did not stayed to listen to her rebuke, but left straight away.
"Young lady，it's should be this way! You and Min Cefei are the same, together are Wang Residence's Cefei. You need not to give way to her."
“Luzhu, you don’t understand, she wants to continue this way is just fine.” Speaking of it, Qin Xin and Minyu were also maternal cousins. The birth mother of Qinxin was the concubine-borne younger sister of Minyu’s mother. Talking about family background, Min Yu's father was only a third grade Deputy Minister, Qin Xin's father was a Minister, and the official position was higher than that of Minyu’s father. It was said that the status of Qin Xin should naturally be higher than that of Minyu, but the fact was that although the two grew up together, the one who had to give way in everything yet was Qin Xin.
What about her father's higher status? Just because her birth mother was concubine-borne younger sister of Minyu’s mother, she then was destined to forever not raising her head in front of Minyu, because the person she and her mother depended on to eke out a living was in other people’s hands.
————— ¹qin and se sing in harmony= in perfect harmony (Qin and se= musical instruments/ marital harmony)