Meng Qi was impatient with having those women come to pay their respects every day, saying insincere words and wasting her time dealing with them, so she simply changed the date for their pay of respects from every day to every five days.
Last night, Song Chengze, as expected, rested in Bibo Hall again. Nanny Hai arrived at Jing'an Garden just before dinner, and she kept saying how lonely Song Chengze was, that he finally got married but had to sleep alone in Bibo Hall. She said that if Concubine Lian knew about this, she would be heartbroken.
Meng Qi watched Nanny Hai speaking while pressing a handkerchief against her eyes. She smiled coldly and said, "I thought my legitimate mother-in-law and my biological mother-in-law were both in the palace, so it would be a lot easier without someone nagging me. But I didn't expect there was another one back home."
Upon hearing this, Matron Hai was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded, "Princess, your words are truly humiliating to me. How can I possibly bear this?"
"Why can't you take on this responsibility? You're the old man who's been accompanying the prince. For all these years, if you weren't by his side, he wouldn't have been able to wear warm clothes or eat enough. If it weren't for you taking care of everything, the Rui Palace would have collapsed."
Nanny Hai knew she had come to the wrong place today. This person was still angry and was targeting her. But since she was already here, and she was an elder by the prince's side, even if she said a few words, it was for her own good, so it shouldn't be too much.
"Your Highness, you are too kind. I am just doing my duty. Everyone in this palace has his or her own duty. No matter what it is, I only believe in one thing: we all depend on the prince for our livelihood. If the prince is not a good person, or if we make him unhappy, that would be the biggest mistake. What do you think, Your Highness?" After saying this, he looked at Meng Qi with his triangular eyes.
Meng Qi snorted coldly. She had originally thought of starting with Baochun in the courtyard. But a maidservant was so cunning that she seduced Song Chengze right under her nose, completely ignoring her, the princess.
This time, Matron Hai appeared again. Meng Qi had originally planned to let her go, as she was the one who sincerely considered and cared about Song Chengze. Compared to the Lin, Li, and Wu families, she trusted Matron Hai's loyalty more.
And since she has made such a decision, if the palace has a new princess in the future, or if Song Chengze has great luck like in his previous life, she will still need someone like Nanny Hai who knows the palace and Song Chengze better to guide her.
But now it seems that this Aunt Hai is too confused. She takes advantage of the fact that I don't bother with her and keeps nagging at her every few days. She really treats herself as her mother-in-law.
In her previous life, this Hai Mama was like this at first. Back then, she married into the family with a grudge, and anyone who approached her would be met with a resounding rebuke. After a few exchanges, she hadn't given her any face at all, and Hai Mama really didn't dare to act like an elder in front of her.
This was great. Her indifference in this life had resulted in this old woman becoming even more demanding. Since this was the case, she didn't need to be polite. At worst, she could go to the palace the day after tomorrow to apologize to Concubine Lian.
"I don't know whether the prince is happy or not, I just want to tell you one thing." Meng Qi leaned forward and said sharply.
"What does the princess want to say?" Nanny Hai raised her eyes and looked directly at Meng Qi.
"You have made me unhappy today, no, since I entered the palace. You are a servant, but you are just relying on the fact that you serve the prince early. I call you Ma, do you really think of yourself as your mother-in-law? What, do you need me to pour you tea or water?" When he said the last sentence, he slammed his hand on the table.
Nanny Hai was stunned. She hadn't expected Meng Qi to be so ruthless. Although there were no outsiders in the room, this was the first time she had ever been treated this way, and she had never experienced it before from the prince.
Nanny Hai knew she had hit a nerve with Meng Qi, but since she had said it, there was no point taking it back. She wasn't really afraid of what Meng would do. She was even more confident that the prince wouldn't take his anger out on her over such a worthless princess.
Thinking of this, he tilted his head back and said, "Princess, what do you mean? This old servant is just worried about the prince. I think about how you have repeatedly upset the prince, making him worry about trivial matters at home while worrying about important matters at the front. This is really not what a qualified princess should do."
Meng Qi stood up from her chair and slowly walked towards Nanny Hai, snorting a laugh. "Who is the qualified princess? Lin or Gong? Which do you prefer? Or do you have other candidates? I'm telling you, stick to your duty. I won't bother with you for what you said today. If I hear you speak nonsense again, no matter if you are an old man by the prince's side or who left you by his side, I will punish you. Do you understand?"
Nanny Hai's face flushed crimson. "You, you, you are the daughter of a marquis's family, yet you don't understand your duties as a wife. Why do you bother your husband every day? I'm not afraid of your displeasure. This old servant is loyal to me, so of course I'm not afraid."
"Okay, okay, you're here to pick a fight today, right? Do you think I'm giving you face?"
"You, how could you be like this?" Nanny Hai's face turned even redder.
"You're right. You're an old man beside the prince. I won't touch you."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Hai's fear, which had just held her back, rekindled her fighting spirit. She was right, this Meng was made of paper. And a young lady from a high-class family who did something so utterly tame as getting into someone's carriage to elope was naturally a fool. How could she possibly be calculating?
Thinking of this, Nanny Hai raised her head proudly again.
"Since you only recognize the prince as your master, then I will go and tell the prince that now that I am the mistress of the palace, I really can't afford to use you anymore. Don't worry too much and tire yourself out. I think you should just take good care of yourself." Meng Qi stopped Nanny Hai from taking over the conversation, "You don't have to talk about the prince anymore. The prince's sons are all over the place, so he naturally doesn't need a nanny around to give him orders. However, you don't have to worry, you can wait and see. Since you have relied on Lin and Gong, maybe you can use your strength to rely on me too. A new princess will come and satisfy you. When the time comes, you can come back and it will have nothing to do with me. As long as I am the Princess of Tianrui, you, Nanny Hai, are not allowed to enter the inner house and hang around me again. Do you understand?"
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