"Yes, then ten days. While Your Highness is away, please give her a proper lesson. Forget about everything else, but can you handle her temper?" The Crown Princess shook her head.
“In that case, I will teach her for you.” Shu Chengfeng raised an eyebrow and smiled.
The Crown Princess blushed.
He knew all too well how to please the Crown Princess. Of course, instructing concubines was the primary wife's responsibility, and he couldn't overstep that bounds.
So when he said he would teach her, how could the Crown Princess not be happy?
Regardless of how much everyone understood, they all knew that Ye Liangdi had lost.
Even when geese fly south, they are still favored.
After something like this, she was still managed to be taken out...
Ye Liangdi was so angry that she fainted.
Of course, whether she genuinely fainted or used fainting as an excuse to escape embarrassment is unknown.
Anyway, Shu Chengfeng still asked Yun Ji to take her back.
"Yan Shi, you should have the imperial physician examine your face. A woman's appearance is of utmost importance; you mustn't leave scars," the Crown Princess said.
"I feel fine, the physician can take a look," Yan Nangui said with a smile.
Everyone rose to take their leave, and Shu Chengfeng glanced at Yan Nangui: "I'll go take a look too."
Back at Jiyue Pavilion, Shu Chengfeng said, "It seems you've been holding back your temper for the past few months, and it's really getting to you."
"What are you talking about? If she didn't provoke me, would I have done anything to her?" Yan Nangui frowned.
"Backyard squabbles are nothing more than that. Is this how you're going to deal with them from now on?" Shu Chengfeng took a sip of tea, his tone somewhat indifferent.
Yan Nangui understood instantly, her expression turning into a smile. She took a few steps over and sat in his lap, hooking her arms around his neck: "Your Highness is angry?"
Shu Chengfeng remained steady, not hugging her, but simply looking at her: "Should I be angry?"
"Your Highness must be angry. I know I was wrong." Yan Nangui's tone softened, and she kissed him on the cheek affectionately. "I truly know I was wrong. Please don't be angry, Your Highness."
"But little do we know, how much of Nan Gui's remorse has he truly realized?" Shu Chengfeng remained unmoved.
"Your Highness is so mean, knowing all this and still telling me. But Your Highness is also so kind, so protective of me." Although this protection certainly wasn't out of love.
“In the future, if anyone provokes me again, I will consider the circumstances. In the future, I will restrain myself.” Yan Nangui sighed, “Today I really couldn’t hold my breath and lost my temper.”
Shu Chengfeng finally put down his teacup and embraced her, saying, "You always talk to me about the future, so you should know that you have a long life ahead of you."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"Alright, you've been wronged in this matter, let's just let it go." Shu Chengfeng suddenly smiled and pulled her closer: "Anyway, everyone in the palace knows that General Yan's eldest daughter is willful and domineering, so this is normal for you, isn't it?"
"Thank you again, Your Highness." Yan Nangui smiled as well.
"Alright, no need to thank me. You're quite cunning. The new lady just entered the manor, and you beat up Ding Zhaoxun first, and then beat up Ye Liangdi later. I suppose the new lady won't dare to openly provoke you." Shu Chengfeng shook his head: "If we're talking about establishing your authority, you're truly the best."
Yan Nangui didn't refute it. She must have been in a bad mood today, but the way she hit Ding Zhaoxun that day was partly out of anger and partly intentional.
Shu Chengfeng summoned the family physician to examine her face.
It's not too serious; it's just a scratch from a fingernail, only the surface layer.
She didn't use any medicine. Instead, after Shu Chengfeng left, she washed the wound with hot water, gently dabbed it with a silk handkerchief, then washed it again with strong liquor, and then just left it to air dry.
The wound isn't deep, so I won't use any medicine today. I've just washed it with hot water; disinfection will suffice.
The girls all looked like they were in pain; how could it not hurt if the alcohol was used to wash it?
However, after washing with alcohol, I did feel a reduction in the effects.
It started to scab over quickly, leaving a thin scar. It should heal completely in about a week, and in a few more days.
These past few days, I haven't been able to sleep on one side of my head.
“I imagine Consort Ye must be quite angry about what happened today. Do you think she’ll go to the palace?” Chanyi asked.
Logically speaking, concubines should not be allowed to enter the palace at will, but since Consort Ye was a member of the Ye family, things were not so simple.
"The Empress won't help her." Could it be that the Empress would bypass the Crown Princess to discipline this concubine?
That's it then.
“But I’m worried about Her Majesty the Empress and her…” Chanyi continued.
“From the day I entered the manor, this day should have come. How could there not be a fight? I didn’t come here to retire.” Yan Nangui smiled and said, “There’s no need to worry about that. But after today… people in the backyard should have some ideas.”
Despite the commotion, Shu Chengfeng only punished her with a ten-day house arrest and some money.
Others will surely have their own thoughts.
Yan Nangui gently tapped the table: "There's no need to think so much, after all, I still have things to do."
I'm going abroad next month, aren't I?
In the main courtyard, the Crown Princess was admiring the flowers. She had planted several peonies there, which had just bloomed and were in full bloom.
"Yan is quite capable; she doesn't often serve His Highness in bed, yet she has managed to win him over."
"From what I can tell, it's probably because of her family, isn't it? If she were truly favored, Your Highness wouldn't need to refuse to go, would you?" Jianchun said.
“There are still some differences. I used to think that His Highness would also mind Yan’s background. But look at him now… it’s clear that His Highness doesn’t care much anymore,” the Crown Princess said.
Having been through similar experiences, she knew better than to hurt His Highness in the slightest while they were in bed.
But Yan Nangui dared to do it; not only was he injured, but he was also unharmed.
“That doesn’t matter, she can’t have children anyway,” Jianchun said.
"Yes, Your Highness must think so too. Favoring someone is meaningless, it ultimately has no future. My biggest worry right now is still the Ye family. Ye Ziyue is stupid, but the Ye family isn't without daughters. In this generation, there are girls who have grown up. Doesn't the second branch of the Ye family have two girls who are thirteen or fourteen years old? The Ye family can't possibly arrange a marriage between their children and other princes. With a fool like Ye Ziyue in the past, the Ye family would never raise someone like that."
What she didn't say was that His Majesty was pleased to see her at odds with the Ye family, and that he might agree to let the Ye family send in another one.
His Highness doesn't favor Ye Ziyue because she's foolish. But what if a smarter one came along?
After all, she was a girl from his mother's clan.
“That’s still a long way off. You’ll have plenty of opportunities in the next few years. It would be better to have a child first,” Jianchun said.
“Ning Chenghui should be giving birth in June.” The Crown Princess smiled. “Since the main courtyard has no children, they will be uneasy if they give birth, right? Why don’t we bring her here to raise her first? We can send her back after I have my own child.”
Jianchun smiled and said, "That's the rule, it's only right."
They are all of Ning family blood, and it is more honorable to raise them under the care of the principal wife.
The master and servant exchanged a smile, not caring whether Ning Chenghui was willing or not.
Whether it's Cheng Hui or Ning Jia's status as an illegitimate daughter, neither is something the Crown Princess would look down on.
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