Meng Qi looked at the rows of glittering gold on the Duobao Pavilion and nodded, "Have you not heard the famous saying, 'The most vulgar is the most elegant.'"
Fanghua thought for a moment and asked, "Who said this famous quote?"
"My second sister." Meng Qi sat opposite Fanghua and smiled.
Fanghua rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "That seems to make sense."
"That's right. Let me tell you, my second sister has a very unique perspective on some things, especially when she says something. You might not think much of it at first, but if you think about it carefully, you can understand more."
"So, Zhou Yu has found a treasure?"
"What do you mean by picking it up? Zhou Yu must have done great deeds in his previous life."
"Don't pretend with me. No matter how good she is, you don't want her. That's Zhou Yu. What would you do if it were someone else? You think you would marry my sixth brother? You're dreaming." Fanghua said unhappily.
"Of course I wishful thinking, and my dream has come true." Meng Qi turned her head to look at her with a half-smile on her face.
"Okay, tell me how you came up with the idea of making this bet with me?"
Meng Qi looked at the waiters in the room, and Fang Hua said, "They are all my regular waiters."
Meng Qi swirled the tea she had just poured and whispered, "I heard that the servants around the princess are replaced every two years on average."
Fanghua thought for a moment, waved at Qinxiang, and when she saw everyone had left, she squinted at Meng Qi with a hint of disappointment in her tone, "Do you think I want to change every two years?"
Meng Qi was stunned. So that's how it was. She turned to look at Fang Hua, thought for a moment, and said softly, "No wonder your sixth brother is so close to you. It turns out that you two siblings really share the same fate."
Fang Hua was surprised when Meng Qi mentioned this. She looked at her from head to toe for a long moment before asking, "Did Sixth Brother tell you that? How much did he tell you?"
Meng Qi looked Fang Hua in the eye and smiled faintly. "He said it all. He said you're the only one among his siblings who feels a sense of family affection. He said you're extremely intelligent, yet helpless. He hated himself for not being strong enough to protect you at all times. He also told you not to worry, and that when he has the ability, he'll definitely let you live freely and unrestrainedly. Although you're free and unrestrained now, the freedom you'll have at that time will be different from the freedom you have now. It will be the freedom you truly want."
Fanghua listened to Meng Qi's words like a tongue twister, her eyes misting over, but she stubbornly refused to let the tears fall. She raised her head and put her hand over her eyes, "You're talking nonsense! My Sixth Brother would never talk like that. He would only do things silently, caring about things, and sometimes he wouldn't even care if you knew."
Meng Qi took out a handkerchief and handed it over. "That's right, your sixth brother never said it, it was his eyes that told me. What do you think? Am I right?"
Fang Hua pulled Meng Qi's handkerchief and said disdainfully, "Don't be complacent. If Sixth Brother hadn't said you were excellent, I wouldn't have given you a chance. Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Meng Qi understood, and her thoughts on youth changed significantly. Her incompetence and willfulness were a performance for others to see. Unlike her previous life, she was truly incompetent and willful.
"Didn't you say we should bet three times? Why are you giving up after just one?" Meng Qi said with a light tone.
"If you are a good person, once is enough. If you are a fool, thirty times will be useless. Tell me what happened just now." Fanghua was affected by Meng Qi's tone, and the sadness she had just felt disappeared.
Meng Qi smiled slightly, stood up and walked to the window. The room where the princess lived was really nice. The main room in Jing'an Garden was also inlaid with glass, but the transparency was obviously not as good as here in Fanghua.
"I'm afraid this arrangement of attending to the Empress' illness was the idea of the Noble Consort and the Virtuous Prince."
"You don't even need to tell me that," Fanghua said disdainfully. "Yong'an must be scheduled during the day. After all, she's the Queen's daughter. If anything really happens, she'll naturally make the decision. Their own daughters-in-law are scheduled one during the day and one in the first half of the night. One won't be tired or have to stay up all night, and the other will always be visited by the Emperor, his brothers, and the ladies of the inner and outer courts during these two hours, giving them a chance to perform.
"It's just the two of us, and we're scheduled for this time. Humph, I don't know if it's because of you."
Meng Qi turned around and smiled, "It seems that I have implicated the princess. This is indeed a sin." After saying this, he bowed to Fang Hua, who burst into laughter. "I now believe what my sixth brother said. You are indeed different from the rumors."
"I also believe what my husband said. You are even more different from the rumors." Meng Qi smiled.
Meng Qi walked back and said, "I hadn't guessed they would arrange the shifts like this, but they expected me to live in your West Courtyard. Everyone knows that we two love to fight over things, and they're eager for us to make some noise while the Queen is ill, whether it's for you or me, they'd love to see that. So, they'll definitely cause trouble from the moment I enter the courtyard."
Fanghua nodded, then laughed at herself, "Look, there's not a single maid or eunuch in the whole courtyard who's close to me. You guessed it right, I really did arrange for you to stay in the side room, and then spread the word that I look down on you and don't like you living in the main room, humph."
Meng Qi said darkly, "You're using this to instigate a quarrel between me and you. Even if we don't quarrel, it will show your pettiness and my unforgiving nature. Although I am indeed unforgiving even when I am right."
"I'm not a stingy person. Are you really no longer thinking about Hong Zhe? You will live a good life with my sixth brother, right?" Fanghua suddenly changed the subject.
Meng Qi sighed, "Didn't you see what I've become because of Hong Zhe? You also said that your sixth brother is the best brother in the world. How could I not feel it after being with him for so long?"
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