Chapter 398 Cold Reception



She had tasted daughter-in-law tea once and had no desire to have it a second time.

But not caring is one thing, and whether the other party comes to offer tea is another.

The rebellious son of the seventh brother didn't take her seriously, and she had learned her lesson. So, was the seventh brother's wife following her husband's lead?

Love the house and love the people in it. The same is true when you hate a person.

Concubine Xian had no love for Yu Jin. She only felt disgust for being offended and disrespected by her son, which naturally affected her opinion of her daughter-in-law. What's more, this daughter-in-law was the daughter of someone she disliked, so she disliked her even more.

Concubine Xian felt that the combination of the two of them was a great nuisance to her.

"Your Majesty, Prince Yan and Princess Consort are here."

The sun had already climbed high, cicadas were chirping outside the window, and the weather was extremely hot.

Concubine Xian's face was covered with ice.

"Just say I'm tired of waiting and am taking a nap. Let them wait in the hall."

The palace maid took the order and went outside, then conveyed Concubine Xian's words with an expressionless face.

Yu Jin and Jiang Si looked at each other.

"Okay, the princess and I will wait."

Yu Jin was wearing a dark red robe today, which made his fair skin look even more handsome and radiant like the bright moon.

He spoke in such a casual tone, with a faint, casual smile, that the palace maid who was delivering the message couldn't help but blush, and for a moment she couldn't keep a cold expression.

Despite this, the palace maid still remembered Concubine Xian's dissatisfaction and did not greet the couple.

Time passed little by little, and they both waited quietly.

Just when the palace maid standing in the hall thought that Concubine Xian was about to meet the two of them, Yu Jin suddenly grabbed the teacup and threw it hard to the ground.

The teacup suddenly broke into pieces with a loud noise.

This was a huge incident for the palace maids who had to walk as quietly as possible.

Several palace maids turned pale and were at a loss for a moment.

"Seventh Brother, what are you doing?" The curtain swayed, and Concubine Xian came out, supported by a palace maid.

The broken porcelain on the ground hurt Concubine Xian's eyes, and the lack of fear on the faces of the newlyweds made her even more angry.

Concubine Xian stared at Yu Qi and sneered, "Old Seven, do you still remember that I am your mother?"

Yu Jin lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Of course I remember."

"Remember?" Concubine Xian raised her voice, "I think you don't remember! You idiot, I waited for you for nearly an hour, and when I was tired, I went to the back to rest, but you actually came to Yuquan Palace. Do you still take me, your mother, seriously?"

Yu Jin smiled: "My Lady, I treat you as my closest person, so I want to help you teach these ignorant slaves a lesson!"

Concubine Xian waited coldly for Yu Jin to continue.

Yu Jin was not uncomfortable at all, and the smile on her lips did not fade: "The queen is sleeping, and the princess and I should wait as long as we want. But we have waited for so long, and the servants of Yuquan Palace did not even bring us a cup of tea. It can be seen that these servants do not know the rules at all. This is because they met my son and daughter-in-law, so they can ignore it. If it was someone else, it would be a disgrace to you. After all, my son is your own son, so of course I have to consider the problem from your perspective. Considering this, these servants must be taught a lesson..."

As Yu Jin continued to speak, the palace maids had already knelt on the ground, all of them looking terrified.

They only wanted to please the Queen, but they didn't expect the Prince of Yan to be so overbearing.

Concubine Xian also didn't expect that Yu Jin would turn hostile and overturn the table on the spot just because he didn't get to drink the tea. What he said was irrefutable, especially the words "your own child", which sounded like sarcasm to Concubine Xian.

"I was too lenient to them. But today is the first time you bring the princess to Yuquan Palace. Don't let these ignorant servants ruin your good fortune." Concubine Xian glanced at the palace maids kneeling on the ground and said lightly, "Why don't you step down and accept your punishment?"

Several palace maids apologized and left.

Jiang Si couldn't help but smile.

After Yu Qi's disturbance, the palace maids would not dare to neglect them on their own initiative when they come to Yuquan Palace next time without Concubine Xian's explicit instructions.

Soon, a palace maid cleaned up the mess on the ground and served new tea.

Yu Jin raised the cup and offered tea to Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian said indifferently, "I thought I could only drink this cup of tea at noon."

Yu Jin smiled and said, "I have wanted to come here for a long time, but my father insisted on keeping me here to talk, so I was delayed accidentally."

He was very impatient to enter the harem and say these nonsense, but this was the first day of his wedding, and for the good omen of him and Asi, he had to endure it.

When Concubine Xian heard Yu Jin mention Emperor Jingming, her heart moved.

The emperor asked the seventh son to speak? What does this mean?

"Your father is not a talkative man." Concubine Xian asked tentatively.

Yu Jin smiled and pulled Jiang Si over: "People are in high spirits when they are happy."

The corner of Concubine Xian’s mouth twitched.

People are in high spirits when something happy happens. The emperor has married his daughter more than ten times and has married his son six or seven times. It's rare that he doesn't feel bored.

Concubine Xian suppressed her doubts, took Yu Jin's tea and took a sip.

Then it was Jiang Si's turn to offer tea, but Concubine Xian did not take it.

"Don't drink the tea yet. I have something to tell the princess."

"Please give me your instructions, mother." Jiang Si continued to serve tea with a gentle expression.

Her gentle and respectful attitude undoubtedly gave Concubine Xian a false impression.

Concubine Xian started by talking about how women should be chaste and calm, and she didn't seem to stop even after drinking a whole cup of tea.

My son is a reckless person who doesn't play by the rules and I can't do anything about him for the time being. It would be ridiculous if my daughter-in-law couldn't control him anymore.

Jiang Si held the tea in both hands and counted silently in his heart: one, two, three...

Sure enough, before she could count to ten, Yu Jin snatched the teacup from her hand and placed it heavily on the tea table.

"Your Highness, drink slowly. It's almost noon, and your son still needs to take you to the next place."

Seeing Yu Jin pulling Jiang Si to the door, Concubine Xian went from being shocked to furious. She picked up the teacup and smashed it to the ground: "Nonsense, I don't want to drink this tea anymore."

Yu Jin paused, turned to look at Concubine Xian, and said, "If your majesty doesn't like to drink tea, then please do as you please. Of course, your son and daughter-in-law cannot embarrass an elder."

In front of the maids in the hall, Concubine Xian was so angry that she trembled all over: "You idiot, do you know that if I don't drink this tea, the Princess of Yan can't be considered legitimate?"

Yu Jin was startled.

Seeing his surprise, Concubine Xian sneered.

Even in an ordinary family, a bride would be very nervous when offering tea to her mother-in-law, and she would have to endure it no matter how difficult it was for her. Otherwise, if the mother-in-law refused to drink tea, it would be tantamount to not acknowledging the daughter-in-law.

If this happens, the bride will never be able to hold her head up in the clan again.

She wanted to see what the King and his wife of Yan would do if she didn't drink the cup of bridal tea!

Yu Jin suddenly laughed: "Her Majesty, have you misunderstood something? Just now, both my father and mother drank the tea offered by the princess, and my mother also gave the princess a Lingxiao bracelet as a reward. So if we talk about legitimacy, no one else can be more legitimate than the princess."

He stopped talking and walked away taking Jiang Siyang with him.

Concubine Xian stared at the swaying pearl curtain, her well-maintained face turning pale and blue, and she almost died.


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