Seeing her mistress's eyes light up, Hollyhock's cheeks twitched: "Princess, shouldn't you be more concerned about Lord Ling's affairs?"
Li Feiyi waved her hand: "That man is too boring. You can imagine that after marrying him, I will be alone in my boudoir. I must find some fun in the long years to come, right?"
Hollyhock stared in disbelief: "So, so you, you..."
Li Feiyi nodded seriously: "You guessed right, I just want to find a man to relieve my loneliness in the future."
Hollyhock asked incredulously, "So, Princess, you want to find Xiao Yuan, the Prince of Fenyang, to be your... lover?"
"Why not?" Li Feiyi gracefully waved the round fan in her hand, a sly smile on her face. "Since he is such a libertine, shouldn't I seek out a lover like him?"
"But that's the Prince of Fenyang!"
Aren't you afraid of losing your head?
Li Feiyi looked at her maid speechlessly, then reached out and tapped her forehead: "Stop trying to boost others' morale, okay? My father is still the King of Chu!"
In her opinion, her own father was far more capable than the Prince of Fenyang.
"From what we've gathered since arriving in Hangzhou, this Prince of Fenyang is actually a good-for-nothing who only knows how to drink and eat. He owes his current position entirely to Ge Huai'an, Ling Qingxue, and the staff of Juxiantang."
Li Feiyi said with a look of disdain, "In my opinion, the only thing about Xiao Yuan that catches my eye is his handsome face and his figure."
If you're looking for a lover, this is an essential condition.
She had been secretly waiting in front of the east gate of the Prince's mansion for the past few days, and finally met the Prince of Fenyang.
When she saw Xiao Yuan that day, she immediately beamed with joy.
With looks like that, what kind of good-for-nothing prince would she be? She should just be her gigolo.
Hollyhock's face twitched: "Then why don't you ask to marry him directly, Princess?"
Li Feiyi clicked her tongue and scolded, "What do you know? Love is something you have to steal to feel pleasure!"
Why should I be the Princess Consort of Fenyang?
Just like her mother, who served her father along with a dozen other women, she only saw him a few times a year, which was practically the same as living as a widow.
Marrying Xiao Yuan and treating Xiao Yuan as a lover are two different things.
Seeing that Hollyhock was looking at her speechlessly, Li Feiyi immediately smiled and said, "Miss, don't pout. Your princess will not forget her father's instructions and will definitely bring Hangzhou under the control of Shu."
Hollyhock let out a long sigh.
She didn't know what to do with such an unreliable master.
Li Feiyi listened to the rumors about the Ge family at Fenglelou for a long time. After eating and drinking her fill, she left the restaurant.
While waiting for the carriage, a man in a patched Taoist robe stepped forward with a fawning expression and said, "Madam, you are so blessed! You look like the daughter of an official!"
Hollyhock glared at him irritably: "Go away!"
The guards beside him immediately stopped the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest, hoping to win some good fortune, hurriedly stepped forward, intending to say some flattering words. But when he saw Li Feiyi turn around and look at him, he froze.
Hollyhock covered her nose with a look of disgust: "Get out of here!"
Li Feiyi waved her hand dismissively and asked, "What? You didn't want to ask me for a reward? Why don't you say something more auspicious?"
She was in a good mood today, and she would give money to the poor Taoist priest as long as he praised her.
Unexpectedly, after examining her for a moment, the Taoist priest swallowed with a strange expression and hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, my lady, take care of yourself!"
After saying that, he fled as if he were running away.
Hollyhock stomped her feet in anger, saying, "What nonsense is this stinky Taoist priest spouting?"
Why would you tell her master to take care of herself? What does that mean?
Li Feiyi, however, was unconvinced: "It's all because you scared him senseless! Let's go!"
After her people boarded the carriage and left, a person who had been keeping watch from a distance turned and walked into the crowd.
The South Courtyard of the Prince's Mansion.
When Cui learned that Xiao Yuan had not yet returned from the villa, her face darkened considerably.
Madam Xu, standing nearby, quickly said, "Perhaps something important has really held you back..."
Cui glanced at her coldly: "Only you would believe such stupid things!"
Her eight years in charge of the household affairs in the Prince's mansion were not in vain; she had indeed planted some spies in the East Courtyard.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuan ran out in the middle of the night for that sickly man in the Ge family!
What's infuriating is that, besides the sickly man, Madam Su was also in the villa.
When Cui learned of this news, she was utterly bewildered.
She watched her nephew grow up, and he was so outrageous in matters of love and sex!
He doesn't want a noble lady, but prefers a married woman!
Leaving aside the Su family, what about that sickly Zeng family?
Cui's intelligence network was limited to the periphery of the East Courtyard. As for Xiao Yuan's villa or even further away, she had no way of getting involved and therefore no way of knowing the real inside story.
“What I’m worried about isn’t his attitude towards women, but rather that if someone were to sabotage him behind his back, he wouldn’t have time to defend himself, and that would be terrible!” Cui said with exasperation.
If Xiao Yuan really likes women, he can bring them into the Prince's mansion.
But what if that Su woman becomes arrogant and tries to become the legitimate princess by taking advantage of Xiao Yuan's affection for her?
Lady Cui would never tolerate a common woman becoming her nephew's legal wife.
If that Su woman really became her prospective niece-in-law, she felt that she would have no face to see her poor sister in the afterlife.
Thinking of this, Cui felt both sad and helpless.
"Madam, why don't you let this old servant go and take a look at the other courtyard?" Madam Xu volunteered.
Madam Cui dabbed at the corner of her eye with a handkerchief, then frowned: "What use would you be if you went?"
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