Chapter 84 Zhou Baili kneels down to serve tea to Liu Mingyue
"I, your servant, serve tea to the mistress." This short sentence almost came out of Zhou Baili's mouth with gritted teeth.
Liu Mingyue smiled and nodded, without making things difficult in front of others. She took the teacup and took a sip calmly.
"Since you have entered the Marquis' Mansion, you are a member of the Marquis' Mansion. Although you are a concubine, you must abide by your duties, be humble and respectful, serve your husband, and abide by the rules in your words and deeds when you are outside..."
Liu Mingyue handled the mistress's role very well, but she deliberately slowed down her speaking speed, and spoke each rule slowly, so that Zhou Baili would kneel longer.
However, Liu Mingyue spoke slowly but appropriately, making people feel that she was steady and dignified.
"There's not much I can teach you. Go meet the Marquis's wife." Liu Mingyue smiled and looked at the Marquis's wife who was sitting at the elders' table.
The Marquis had seen Zhou Baili before and knew that she was beautiful. Seeing her good manners today, she liked her even more. Compared with her ugly daughter-in-law, the Marquis liked Zhou Baili more.
Before Zhou Baili entered the Marquis's mansion, Tan Zhuoyan had already told the Marquis's wife that they had had physical contact. You know, before this, the Marquis's wife knew very well that her precious son was not capable of doing this, but she did not expect that she would be able to do this with Zhou Baili!
Perhaps it was because her son and Zhou Baili had a mutual understanding, the Marquis' wife felt relieved, thinking that perhaps her own precious son would soon have an heir.
"My concubine greets the Marquis." Zhou Baili bowed to the Marquis' wife tenderly. The Marquis' wife was overjoyed when she heard this and sincerely felt that her son should marry such a woman.
"Okay, I know you are a good child. When you enter the Marquis' Mansion, you should live in harmony with the Prince and have children for the Mansion as soon as possible..." The Marquis's wife said a lot of things, which made everyone in the flower hall look different.
Among all the people, only Liu Mingyue looked calm, drinking tea sip after sip. Zhou Baili blushed under the red veil at the expectation of the Marquis' wife, but she was planning to do so.
She must give birth to her eldest son as soon as possible. Only in this way can she become the prince's consort soon. As long as she takes advantage of her newlywed relationship and pesters the prince more, she will be able to get pregnant as soon as possible!
Once she gets pregnant, she will drive the ugly girl Liu Mingyue out of the mansion!
Zhou Baili thought she had a good plan, so at night she took out a light red gauze dress from the cupboard and put it on. The dress was light and had Zhou Baili's long hair draped behind her head. The dress had a unique charm under the candlelight.
"You all go down." Zhou Baili sent the servants away and sat down beside the bed shyly.
Qin Zhuoyan's burning gaze fell on Zhou Baili, unable to take her eyes off her.
Today, Zhou Baihe entered the family and officially became Tan Zhuoyan's concubine. Behind closed doors, the two of them no longer had to be restrained by etiquette and rules from getting too close to each other.
"Your Highness." Zhou Baili called Qin Zhuoyan shyly, then took off her clothes and lay down beside Qin Zhuoyan.
Qin Zhuoyan's breathing was slightly heavy. She leaned down, raised her hand, pinched Zhou Baili's chin and rubbed it ambiguously.
Zhou Baili did not have a clear memory of what happened before, but she was conscious now. They looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed. Zhou Baili pulled the quilt up a little and stared at Qin Zhuoyan with blinking eyes.
Everything was going smoothly, but soon, Tan Zhuoyan's expression became a little strange, she let go of Zhou Baili and stood up. Zhou Baili didn't know what was going on, and looked at the man beside her curiously: "Your Highness?"
"You have entered the mansion today and performed so many rituals. You must be tired. Take a rest today." Qin Zhuoyan said vaguely, then let down the gauze curtain and lay down.
Zhou Baili couldn't believe her ears. On their wedding night, Tan Zhuoyan actually let her rest? Zhou Baili was unwilling to give up. She lay on her side and gently climbed up Tan Zhuoyan's collarbone.
She did not make any obvious move, but scratched Qin Zhuoyan's skin with her nails mischievously.
Zhou Baili thought that such teasing should be able to arouse her emotions, but Qin Zhuoyan did not respond to her actions at all. Even after that, no matter how many times she hinted, Qin Zhuoyan remained indifferent.
As a woman, Zhou Baihe could only hint but not speak explicitly. Seeing this, she thought Tan Zhuoyan was tired and had to give up.
Little did he know that Qin Zhuoyan was lying beside her, his hands clenched in hatred until they ached. Zhou Baili teased him in every way, and he also wanted to respond, but his body was the same as before, like a pool of stagnant water.
Late at night, Tan Zhuoyan got up and went to the study to call over her confidants. The guard was a little surprised to see that her master did not rest on the wedding night but summoned her instead: "I wonder if Your Highness has any important instructions?"
"Go and check for me. There might be some incense or food in the room that day when I had a secret meeting with Zhou Baili. Report back to me immediately if you find any clues." Qin Zhuoyan's eyes flickered when she thought of her strange behavior that day.
That day, she had physical contact with Zhou Baili in a daze, and when Qin Zhuoyan woke up, she realized that she had been drugged.
But at that time he was happy that he could act, and wanted to appease Zhou Baili first, so he forgot about the important things for the time being. Now that he thought about it, he didn't recover that ability, but something caused him to temporarily recover that function.
Qin Zhuoyan's confidant investigated the matter quickly. He checked all the incense and food that Qin Zhuoyan mentioned, but found no clues.
"You mean everything is normal?" Qin Zhuoyan couldn't believe what the guards told her. How could everything be normal?
"To make sure nothing is missing, I have checked carefully and there is indeed nothing wrong. Your Highness, you are suspicious..."
Realizing that he had overstepped his authority, the guard immediately stopped talking. Qin Zhuoyan knew what he wanted to say and waved her hand to let him go first.
Qin Zhuoyan didn't understand. If the food and incense were fine, how could she have lost her mind and still have any reaction that day?
At the moment, Tan Zhuoyan didn't think that Zhou Baili had drugged him. After all, it seemed unnecessary. This woman was hypocritical and vain. She had ignored him before because she knew that the Marquis's house was in a bad situation. How could she suddenly go to the trouble of drugging him?
Taking such a gamble... Although Qin Zhuoyan felt unhappy, she knew it was not worth it.
On the wedding night, Qin Zhuoyan and Zhou Baihe each had their own thoughts. In the following days, Liu Mingyue heard from her spies that there had been no movement in their room for days. She was very worried, as she had already guessed that the prince's plan would not succeed.
Zhou Baili entered the mansion as a concubine. Liu Mingyue wanted to completely get rid of the mansion. The only way was for the other party to get pregnant and give birth to a child as soon as possible. But in the previous life, they were superficially married for three years. How could she not know what was going on with Tan Zhuoyan?
"Madam, you're in a hurry. Where are you going?" Peanut expressed his concern but was quick to help.
"There are important things to do." After putting on her boots and making sure that there was no one in the yard, Liu Mingyue walked out of the house like the wind and headed straight for Zuixianlou.
Recently, Bai Ziyu has been treating Zuixianlou as his "base", often staying in the side rooms until very late before leaving. However, to outsiders, he seems to have a weird personality and is not good at talking to people. He often sits alone in the private room and drinks alone. The waiter will not disturb him without his instructions.
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