"Madam, that girl... that princess saw the general off early this morning and stood in front of the mansion gate for everyone to see. Now it's all over the place, saying she's the general's new love..."
"I think she did it on purpose. She's here to destroy the relationship between you and the general!"
Yan Zhu said bitterly.
She felt the urge to tear the woman apart.
When going out to buy things, they would meet the maids from other mansions, and some of them would not be able to help but chat about the current situation of their own masters at home.
"My wife had a fight with that favored concubine yesterday and her face was cut. What do you think the master did when he found out?"
Yanzhu had only one wife in both the Qin and Rong families, and had never seen the spectacular scene of wives and concubines tearing each other apart, so she listened with great interest.
"Help the madam fight back, or put the concubine in solitary confinement." She responded seriously.
The lady is the master of the house, and a concubine is simply a servant who does not have to work and only needs to serve the master. If anyone dares to scratch the mistress's face, he will definitely be punished.
When the maid heard Yan Zhu's words, she rolled her eyes speechlessly.
"How is that possible? I told you from the beginning that the concubine is very favored. She acts coquettishly and cries a bit to the master, and the master takes her side and accuses the mistress of her faults."
"This is too much!" Yan Zhu was angry for a moment, paused, and asked, "Was it Madam who started it first?"
"Well... but it was the concubine who provoked me first. She acted like the mistress outside and even mocked my mistress to her face, saying she was old and ugly, like a rooster that doesn't lay eggs. My mistress was so angry that she started to attack..."
They would get together to gossip almost every few days.
How did the lady fight back against the concubines' competition for favor and provocation, how did they help the lady, what did they do in secret, etc.
Yanzhu is always the one who can only listen.
Because there are only two masters in her family, the lady and the general, there is no such kind of house fighting that is comparable to the palace fighting in the harem.
Although she has never actually practiced it, she has heard and seen a lot.
She believed that with the methods she had heard over the years, she would be able to help the lady fight off the vixen princess who dared to approach the general.
Yan Zhu rubbed his hands together and looked at Qin Nanjing, "Madam, let's go and give her a warning, otherwise she will think you are easy to bully!"
Qin Nanjing stopped sewing, looked at Yan Zhu's angry expression, and couldn't help but smile slowly.
She placed the ball of thread in Yan Zhu's hand and said gently, "Sit down and concentrate on sorting the thread. Don't listen to those unrealistic rumors outside."
Seeing Qin Nanjing's nonchalant look, Yan Zhu became even more anxious, "Madam, aren't you worried?"
"What are you worried about?" Qin Nanjing asked slowly while concentrating on embroidering the phoenix pattern.
"General..." Yan Zhu put the ball of yarn back into the box and moved closer to Qin Nanjing. "The general didn't refuse. He let the princess send him to the door!"
"According to the general's previous temper, he wouldn't tolerate a woman getting even ten steps away from him. This time, he actually let the princess follow him to the door, and she was seen by so many people."
"I think the general has changed his mind. He is no longer the same prince as before. He just wants to be with someone younger and more beautiful!"
Among Yanzhu's sisters, the wife of one of them was told by her master how much he loved her, but then he kept getting entangled with other women and finally distanced himself from her little by little.
Once, the lady saw the master and that woman being affectionate with each other outside. She couldn't stand it and slapped the master and the woman twice in public.
In the end, the lady was divorced by her master because of her reputation for jealousy. With no other options left, she committed suicide by hanging.
Even though his wife has the Qin family behind her, she won't be in dire straits.
But she had been with the general for so many years, how could she give him up so easily? She had to at least cripple both of them before leaving.
This is called "the heroine of a cool novel", she saw it in the storybook of the eldest lady.
I also learned a lot of tricks in the harem from it.
"Yanzhu, stop reading those nonsense." Qin Nanjing said with a helpless smile, "Don't think I don't know that you and Luokui went to Xuqing's place to read storybooks when you had nothing to do. They were full of stories about the inner secrets of the inner house. We are very good in our mansion, don't learn bad things from storybooks."
"I have my own ideas about Princess Qianluo's affairs, so don't worry."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "I already have a plan in mind, but the time has not come yet. When I need you to take action, I will naturally call you."
"Really?" Yan Zhu was skeptical.
Qin Nanjing looks lazy now, and doesn't seem to have any plans at all.
"Really? Do you think I, your wife, am so weak that I can't take care of myself?" Qin Nanjing looked at Yan Zhu with amusement and asked.
Yan Zhu shook her head. She knew her wife was delicate but not weak.
"So now... sort out the vermilion and red gold embroidery threads for me. I need to finish embroidering this phoenix today." Qin Nanjing's eyes were full of helplessness.
"The New Year is coming soon. I have to make time to go to Huairong Village in the next few days."
Yanzhu's kindness to her began when they were young. He even refused to marry, wanting to stay by her side forever.
She is now twenty-nine and still alone.
Qin Nanjing had introduced her to some of the Qin family's retainers or soldiers in the army many times.
But those people asked her to go home to take care of her husband and children after getting married, but Yanzhu was unwilling to do so, so she has been delaying it until now.
People simply get married and have children just to have a companion to rely on and someone to take care of them in their old age.
With her by his side, none of this would be a problem. We would grow old together and support our children together.
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