Chapter 362 Yixiu 40
The news that Concubine Nian was released by Concubine Fujin was an important matter for the subordinates but they had no right to interfere. However, for Yixiu, it was something she had expected but did not care about.
After making a comeback, Nian Shilan resumed her daily "friendly communication" with her in the meeting room, but it was obvious that Nian Shilan, who invited Qi to her room as soon as the ban was lifted, finally understood the importance of an external brain.
Although Yixiu could feel her strong reluctance, she still endured it all.
In that case, Yixiu didn't mind giving it a push at all. It just so happened that the Fourth Master, who only wanted to be handed a ladder, was still lacking an excuse to reconcile with Little Pepper.
"Has Nian been managing the household affairs well these past few days? Has she not caused you any more trouble?"
Look, now she's here to find a ladder.
Yixiu considered carefully for a moment and finally placed the black piece in her hand. Yinzhen glanced at it and immediately placed a piece on the other side, without any need for thought.
She pursed her lips and put the black piece aside for the time being: "No, I can't do two things at once like you do. My chess skills are average to begin with, and after listening to you talk, my brain is even slower."
Then he tilted his head and looked at him: "What did you ask me just now?"
Yinzhen glanced at her expression, which showed no clues, and repeated, "I'm asking, hasn't Nian caused you and your wife any trouble recently?"
"No, Sister Nian must have reflected on it. She has been very decent in helping me manage things these days. She is also very clear about rewards and punishments, and has a decisive and ruthless nature. After two years of experience, I will be able to become your right hand."
Yixiu's praise was sincere, not at all deliberate, as if she truly regarded Nian as a younger sister who needed to be tempered. "Actually, Sister Nian has done very well before, but young people are always a bit pretentious. Being a girl makes her even more delicate, which is also what makes Sister Nian so lovable. Just be careful not to overdo it."
Yinzhen nodded repeatedly, clearly agreeing with Yixiu's comments. After she finished speaking, the Fourth Master put down the white piece in his hand and said with a smile on his face:
"I was originally thinking that with her personality, she wouldn't be able to accomplish anything. I was planning to let her be an idler in the mansion when she got out, and then just entrust the matter to you. But after hearing your praise today, I feel embarrassed to speak."
Oh, hypocrisy.
Yixiu knew he was just putting on an act, so she had no choice but to respond. She quickly said with a smile, "Please don't. Although my health has improved over the years, I'm not willing to worry about you these days just to be on the safe side. But your health is more important. I can only manage it, but if it goes on for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to support you."
"Sister Nian is different. She comes from a military family and has a straightforward personality. She's good at everything from managing the household to managing the board. She just lacks some experience, so it's inevitable that she's a little green when faced with big things. But she'll be able to get through it in a year or two. It would be a shame if such a good person were left unused."
Yinzhen then smiled helplessly and said, "I see, you're clearly trying to slack off. But you do have a point. If that's the case, I'll let that past incident go. I just wonder if she's truly changed for the better after this incident."
Yixiu lowered her head and put away the black pieces on the chessboard one by one. After hearing Yinzhen's question, she suddenly changed the subject: "Master, do you think my chess skills have improved recently?"
“…Not bad.”
Although he didn't know why she suddenly brought it up, Yinzhen still considered giving her some face.
Unexpectedly, Yixiu smiled and said, "It's hard for you to tolerate my chess skills."
"But fortunately, my cooking skills are pretty good." Yixiu said as she brought over the assorted snack box on the table. It contained eight kinds of snacks, each of which looked delicious.
"Sir, please have a look. How is it?"
Yinzhen casually picked up something that looked like an egg roll and took a bite of it. From time to time, the two of them drank some jasmine tea to relieve the greasiness and chatted for a while. As expected, hands were particularly uncontrollable in winter. When Yinzhen came to his senses, he had already filled his stomach with a lot of snacks and drank three cups of tea.
"It seems that my cooking skills are much better than my chess skills."
Yixiu also noticed his gaze, joked a few words, and asked someone to come in and pack up the things.
The next day, Yinzhen went to Nian's room as expected. Just by looking at Nian's radiant face behind him, he knew that the two of them must be a good match, at least Nian Shilan herself thought they were a good match.
Her cooperation with Nian gradually became smooth, and although it was not completely compatible, they finally reached a general agreement.
Although there were some unwilling concubines who tried to take action again and again afterwards, Nian Shilan was still obedient after this incident. With the help of Qi, she managed to hide, not to mention Yixiu.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye, and the palace was now completely ruled by the two concubines. Of course, if one had to decide who was the most important, Yixiu would still be the main one, with Nianshi as the auxiliary.
Fortunately, Yinzhen favored her during these years, and Nian was quite satisfied with it. The two of them actually lived in peace for several years.
There were many things going on during this period, but only three are worth mentioning:
One was that a year earlier, around February of the 50th year of the Kangxi reign, Fei Gege unexpectedly became pregnant. Because she had always been dependent on Nian Shi and lived in the same courtyard with Qi Shi, the baby was left to their care. Unfortunately, perhaps due to bad luck, Fei Shi miscarried before the third month of pregnancy. However, this also earned her the favor of Yinzhen, and her current favor was second only to Yixiu.
Second, in August of the same year, Yinzhen accompanied the emperor to the Rehe Palace, and Honghui was also on the entourage. The father and son witnessed a great drama.
For some reason, the Eighth Prince, while drunk, had sex with a palace maid from Rehe, who was said to be plain-looking and nearly thirty years old. Somehow, word of this reached the emperor, who gave him a severe reprimand.
The relationship between the father and son, which had been slightly eased due to "resolving misunderstandings", became much colder again. However, this was at most a personal hobby, and the emperor was just angry at the eighth prince because he thought that his dear prince also had those strange hobbies.
It was obvious that the Eighth Prince had been plotted against, and everyone probably knew who was behind the plot. Yinsi had originally thought that he could just keep silent about this loss for the time being, and after two years, everyone would naturally forget about it.
There was no immediate reaction, but about a month later, the palace maid gradually became too ill to get up. Coincidentally, at this time, someone discovered that she was pregnant...
Yixiu even heard the follow-up of this news from Yinzhen. In March of this year, the palace maid who was nominally pregnant and could not be moved, but was actually abandoned in Rehe and ignored, successfully gave birth to a son (a very healthy one).
Even though it is just a healthy son, it means different things to different people.
After all, it is well known that the Eighth Wise King is perfect except that he has few offspring. Up to now, he has only one son and one daughter. Moreover, his only son, Hongwang, often suffers from disasters.
It is unknown what the Eighth Master did specifically, but the palace maid brought the child into the mansion and never gave birth again. I only heard that her son, like Hongwang, was registered under the name of the Eighth Lady.
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