The Tenth Prince is finally returning to the manor. Mingyue received a message from him by carrier pigeon early this morning, instructing her to move Shuhui's room to a larger courtyard and to increase the number of servants. It's almost like the standard setup for a concubine.
"That bitch, she actually gave birth to a son!" Guo Luoluo Mingyue sat angrily on the main couch in her main room.
“Master, we should still put that room away. Otherwise, when the Tenth Prince returns and sees that you haven’t done anything, he will be even more biased towards that Niohuru Shuhui,” said Ru Shuang, the personal maid.
"You shameless woman, you shameless woman, I just can't swallow this!" Mingyue felt a turmoil of pain in her heart. When she married the Tenth Prince, she felt she had married below her station and even looked down on him. But when several concubines began to appear in the Tenth Prince's household, and his one son and two daughters were all born to these concubines, the Tenth Princess began to panic. However, she remained proud, perhaps because the Tenth Prince didn't really favor those concubines.
"Fujin, if you continue to argue with the Tenth Prince like this, the one who will benefit is Niohuru Shuhui!" Rushuang felt a little contempt for this Fujin. What was wrong with her? Her husband had already put all his attention on another woman, and she was still throwing a tantrum like this. Was she planning to completely lose her husband's heart?
The Tenth Prince's wife knew that if she continued to make a scene, the Tenth Prince would probably grow to hate her more and more and favor that wretched woman even more, but she just couldn't control her fiery temper!
“My lady, Ru Shuang is right. You should hurry up and get ready. Now that one of them has given birth to a son, she might already be betrothed to a concubine. If you keep making a scene like this, the master will be even less likely to come,” Ru Lu said from the side.
After thinking for a long time, the Tenth Princess Consort had no choice but to say to the two of them, "Go and have the large courtyard in the east prepared for her to live in. Ru Shuang, send a few more people over to serve her, but make sure to choose some capable people, understand?"
Seeing that the Tenth Prince's wife had finally stopped being willful, Ru Shuang went with her to decorate the new courtyard for Shu Hui and to place their own spies there.
Meanwhile, the Tenth Prince and Shuhui landed in a carriage, arriving right at the gate of the Tenth Prince's residence. Upon seeing the Tenth Prince, the servants at the gate immediately flung it open, and several guards rushed out to greet him and Shuhui. Because he hadn't informed his wife of his arrival time in his letter, there were no one to greet them at the gate. Normally, when a man returns home, his wife should send a procession to welcome him. However, this also shows that Guo Luoluo Mingyue didn't take the Tenth Prince very seriously; otherwise, she would definitely have people constantly watching over him and ready to greet him at any time.
Upon receiving the news, the person in charge immediately rushed to the front yard to greet him, exchanging greetings while discussing matters within the manor with the Tenth Prince. The Tenth Prince's wife also finally received the news and immediately arrived with her four personal maids.
Looking at the woman beside the Tenth Prince, with her plump figure and shy, delicate features, and the swaddled baby held by the wet nurse standing next to her, the Tenth Prince's wife gritted her teeth and went to greet her.
"I am late, sir. Did you have a safe journey?" Mingyue asked directly, ignoring Shuhui who was standing to the side.
"Has the Princess Consort arranged a room for Shuhui?" The Tenth Prince did not answer her question, but asked this question instead.
"It's all ready. I was overjoyed to hear that Consort Shuhui had given birth to a prince for you, sir. I specially prepared a room for the little prince." The Tenth Prince's wife was angry again, but she held back because the Tenth Prince had just returned.
"Alright, I'll accompany Shuhui to see the house first. You can go back first, my wife. I'll come over to talk when I'm done with my work," said the Tenth Prince.
Shuhui bowed to the Fujin, because the Fujin hadn't given Shuhui a chance to bow at all.
After the Tenth Prince helped Shuhui to the newly decorated room, Mingyue angrily threw her handkerchief and said, "I want to go see my sister. Rushuang, go get my cloak."
Seeing Mingyue like this, Ru Shuang shook her head inwardly: If this Fujin doesn't change her temperament, she's probably going to be completely ruined by this Shuhui Gege this time.
Then, Tenth Master and Shuhui arrived at the East Courtyard, and saw that the house was indeed much larger than the one Shuhui had lived in before. There was a row of people standing inside, all of whom had been arranged for Shuhui by Rushuang.
"Master, please bring the maids who used to serve me along with you," Shuhui said, seeing that everyone was a stranger and she didn't see any of the people from her room.
"Of course. They're all used to it. You were all sent here by the Fujin?" the Tenth Prince said to the four maids, two rough-working old women, and two errand boys.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Consort Shuhui, we servants were specially chosen by the Fujin (Prince Consort) to serve Consort Shuhui and the little prince after hearing that Consort Shuhui had given birth to a son for Your Majesty," said the leading maid.
"Hmm. Alright, from today onwards, you will serve outside this courtyard. Without permission, you are not allowed to enter the inner room, understand?" Tenth Master said this personally. He always knew Guo Luoluo Mingyue's temperament and was afraid that she would not tolerate Shuhui so easily, so he arranged for his own people to come.
The head maid tightened her grip on her hand hidden under her dress, and smiled, saying, "This servant understands."
After the Tenth Prince helped Shuhui, along with the wet nurse and young prince from the grasslands, into the house, he found it decorated in a rather fresh and elegant style. The Tenth Prince was a little surprised. He had originally thought that even if Mingyue hadn't caused a huge scene with him, she would still throw a tantrum and wouldn't even bother to prepare a room. He hadn't expected that she would prepare one, and quite well at that.
After a while, the two princesses who had been serving Shuhui and a servant arrived carrying Shuhui's belongings. They personally went to Shuhui to pay their respects, their faces all beaming with smiles, clearly pleased.
"Your Highness, Princess Shuhui, two wet nurses have also been prepared. Would you like to bring them over for a look?" the head maid said, standing outside the room.
Shuhui nodded to the Tenth Master. The wet nurses brought from the grasslands were probably not used to the weather and lifestyle in the Central Plains, so they would have to hire more wet nurses to take care of the children.
"Alright, go and let them in," Tenth Master instructed. "Hui'er, there should be at least four people in this room, and you need to choose two more to come in and serve you."
"I will obey your orders, Master." Shuhui's face was filled with happiness. From the moment she entered the room, the Tenth Master had always been on her side.
"Then I will personally select two personal maids to send over to you." The Tenth Prince was much more meticulous than before; he had never before selected maids for a concubine.
When the wet nurses arrived, Shuhui asked them some questions about daily childcare. Seeing that they answered them fluently, she decided to keep them.
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