"Ah~ It's good that you think it through, Master. This has always been the way things are in the inner courtyard." Granny Qi sighed, and seeing that Yin Qingyi didn't want to talk about it, she stopped talking.
Yin Qingyi stopped talking and looked at the peach trees in the backyard. She hadn't been idle for the past two weeks; at least she had learned how to cultivate. For the past two weeks, she had gotten up every night to cultivate among these nine peach trees. How to put it? She had made great progress. At least now, although she couldn't fly over walls yet, the backyard wall couldn't stop her. She had tried, and she could easily leap over the high wall.
She even had a fleeting thought: could she punch through the wall right now? But she didn't dare try. What if she actually did? She didn't know how to fix it.
"My lady, have you noticed that your fragrance seems stronger lately?" Seeing Yin Qingyi's reaction, Granny Naqi changed the subject. She had actually wanted to mention this a few days ago, but she was afraid she might have been mistaken, so she didn't ask. Today, at such close range, with the breeze blowing through the window, Granny Naqi smelled the scent and confirmed it was true before she spoke up. Not only was it stronger, but it also smelled better. Every time Granny Naqi smelled her mistress's fragrance, she felt her fatigue lessen considerably, which was quite magical.
"Really? I can't smell it, Granny, you know that." Yin Qingyi raised her hand and sniffed, but there was no smell at all. She was helpless; why couldn't she smell it? But the smell seemed stronger? Was it because of her cultivation?
"Oh, right, this old servant forgot." Only then did Granny Qi remember the matter.
"Granny, you must have something to say to me now?" Yin Qingyi looked at Granny Naqi, who usually wouldn't come to see her at this time.
"Nothing can be hidden from you, Master. There is something. That Princess Fucha says she has been mistreated. Her food is always cold, and she hasn't been given any winter clothes. She's waiting for you in the front hall now. No matter what I say, she won't leave. She insists on seeing you to explain things clearly." Granny Qi was also troubled. After all, Princess Fucha was from a prominent family, and they couldn't very well send her away. Besides, the Master's attitude towards Luoxuexuan was unclear, and Luoxuexuan couldn't be as arrogant as it used to be.
"Fucha clan?" Yin Qingyi thought for a moment before realizing that this was the maid she thought had seduced Yinzhen that day. After that day, Yinzhen never set foot in Luoxue Pavilion again.
"I won't see her. If she has any complaints, tell her to go to the front courtyard." Yin Qingyi didn't want to see Fucha Shi. Seeing her would remind her of Yinzhen, and what did Fucha Shi's talk about cold food and clothes have to do with her? The food was provided by the kitchen, and the clothes were made by the sewing room. She had given her everything she was entitled to; if she didn't get them, that was her own business. Why could everyone else have hot meals but she couldn't? Why could everyone else wear winter clothes but she didn't? Yin Qingyi didn't want to think about the shady dealings involved, nor did she care.
"This...this isn't good." Granny Naqi didn't expect Yin Qingyi to give such an answer, and looked at Yin Qingyi with some surprise.
"What's wrong with that? It's all clearly recorded in the ledgers, and I reviewed and approved all of these things together. What can I do if these things don't reach her? I can't control the kitchen and sewing room in the back courtyard. The Fujin is under house arrest, so where else can she turn but the front courtyard?" Yin Qingyi said this, but she knew that she just didn't want to get involved. She never wanted the power to manage the household; it was Yinzhen who forced it on her, and now it was best to take it back! Anyway, she didn't want to get involved, and no one in the back courtyard dared to mistreat Luoxue Pavilion. Even if they did, she wasn't afraid now!
"Then this old servant will send Princess Fucha away." Seeing this, Granny Naqi knew that her mistress would not be able to see Lady Fucha, so she could only retreat. Of course, she and Lady Fucha could not say it like that, but she said it in a roundabout way. However, Lady Fucha was not stupid. How could she not understand Granny Naqi's implication? She was so angry that Lady Fucha got up and left Luoxue Pavilion and went straight to the front yard. But as expected, Lady Fucha was stopped when she entered the front yard.
"I want to see the master! The concubine is mistreating everyone in the inner quarters!" Lady Fucha shouted, looking at the eunuch blocking her way.
"Princess Fucha, I'm sorry, but the master is not in the manor today. Please go back." The little eunuch said respectfully.
"When will the master return?" Fucha asked unwillingly.
"This servant does not know." The little eunuch shook his head. How could a lowly eunuch like him know about his master's itinerary?
Fucha looked at the courtyard gate, stomped her foot angrily, and could only turn around and go back to her own Orchid Courtyard.
In Luoxue Pavilion, after Lady Fucha left, Granny Naqi returned and spoke to Yin Qingyi, who nodded indifferently. She continued playing with the three little ones. These children were over five months old and could already roll over, but the weather was too cold, and the three little ones were bundled up so tightly that they couldn't roll over anymore, so Yin Qingyi stopped trying. However, Yin Qingyi was surprised to find that, perhaps because they were dressed warmly, the three little ones could actually sit up. But Yin Qingyi didn't dare let them sit for too long; after about fifteen minutes, she would let them lie down and read them stories. The three little ones would obediently lie there and listen.
When Yinzhen returned in the evening, he heard about how Fucha had gone to cause trouble for Yin Qingyi a few days ago, and how she had come to the front courtyard to find him. Yinzhen's eyes turned slightly cold. This Fucha really hadn't learned her lesson! In the past two weeks, Yinzhen had only gone to Fucha's courtyard at the beginning, but he hadn't been there since. However, Fucha seemed to have been favored, running around in the back courtyard, causing Yinzhen to frown in secret countless times. This time, she had even gone to cause trouble for that little woman!
"Empress Fucha has committed insubordination and is hereby confined to the Orchid Courtyard!" Yinzhen issued the order directly, without even asking for a reason. The past two weeks hadn't been as pleasant as Consort Yin had imagined; he'd actually been quite resentful. He desperately didn't want to set foot in those women's courtyards, but he'd forced himself to go. How could he possibly be happy? And now Empress Fucha had inadvertently interfered, so Yinzhen was simply taking his anger out on her.
Then, within half an hour, the news of Lady Fucha being confined to her quarters spread throughout the inner courtyard. This truly baffled everyone. Was it because they disliked Lady Fucha, or because Lady Fucha had offended the concubine today? In an instant, everyone in the inner courtyard, whether they were intentional or not, became well-behaved.
When Yin Qingyi learned of this, she was taken aback, but she didn't take it to heart. After finishing her dinner, she went to the inner room early. After everyone had left, she quickly fell asleep. However, she hadn't been asleep for long when she sensed someone beside her. She didn't open her eyes, but her body under the covers was already tense. When a familiar scent entered her nose, she relaxed and pretended to turn around, turning her back to the person beside the bed.
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