Recently, it was time for ancestral worship, and He Yi wanted to entrust the entire matter to Granny Li. However, Granny Feng insisted on taking on all the responsibilities. Since she couldn't afford to offend Granny Feng, she could only let her do as she pleased.
“Princess, you can leave the important and minor matters of ancestor worship to this old servant. But then again, we are now true members of the royal family, and we cannot afford to make any mistakes in the details.”
Then, Granny Feng began to emphasize things like how to do things here and how to carry them out there, leaving Zheng Heyi completely confused and furious.
"We are performing a ritual, do you think this is a war?"
Granny Feng smiled, "Our Princess's residence cannot lose its decorum. Just do as this old servant arranges."
He Yi tightened her grip on the account book and looked up at Granny Feng.
Granny Feng's face was tense, and her eyes were piercing.
"Let's keep things simple, alright, you don't need to make things difficult for us anymore." In Zheng Heyi's opinion, Granny Feng herself wanted to take the lead.
Granny Feng's eyes turned colder. "Back when you were in the Minister's mansion, an orphan girl like you couldn't even enter the ancestral hall. Now that you're a princess, you're going to break the royal rules one after another!"
[Granny Feng's tongue is even more venomous than Madam Lin's! Her PUA tactics have been upgraded!]
[Heyi, hurry up and confront her! Otherwise, this old hag will ride roughshod over you!]
"Granny Feng!" He Yi stood up abruptly, unable to bear it any longer. "All along, I, the princess, have been tolerant of you because I respect you as an old servant sent by the county princess. But this is the princess's residence, not your side! If you find the rules here unacceptable, please leave."
She was genuinely furious, otherwise she wouldn't have said that.
But who knew, that's where the problem lay.
Before she could finish speaking, light footsteps sounded outside the door. Zheng Heyi turned around and saw Jiang Shu walk in, her face deathly pale.
Upon seeing her mistress arrive, Granny Feng immediately burst into tears, sobbing as she said, "Princess, please listen to this! This old servant has been utterly loyal, yet I have been humiliated like this by the Princess..."
[Oh no! This damn wife of mine is got some skills!]
[Granny Feng is trying to sow discord! Oh no, this time the villainous supporting character can't clear her name no matter what she does!]
He Yi moved her mouth as if to explain, but saw Jiang Shu force a smile, her voice dry and strained.
"It seems I've been meddling. In that case, Granny Feng, please go and pack your things now and leave."
Friendships can capsize so easily! Heyi, you'd better be more careful!
[The villainous female supporting character: Oh dear, that's not what I meant! Let me explain...]
[Jiang Shu's inner monologue: So in your eyes I'm just a tool for sending off the nanny?]
In the following days, Jiang Shu did not visit the Princess's residence again.
He Yi sat in the empty flower hall, listening to Liu Yun recount "A New Account of Tales of the World," her thoughts drifting to the outside world.
On this day, Zheng Yu came again to deliver someone's calligraphy and other works.
Seeing Zheng Heyi's absent-mindedness, the female teacher put down her book and said with a smile, "Green are your robes, long is my longing. Does the princess know the meaning of this line?"
[The lady's eyes are acting strange! Is she shipping a couple?]
【Liu Yun, so this is the real Liu Yun.】
That's a divine assist!
He Yi felt her cheeks burning. Before she could speak, she heard the sounds of lovemaking coming from outside the door.
“Princess, the day before yesterday, Young Master Zheng sent Princess Yong'an a plaster made of Wang Xizhi’s duck head pills, and yesterday he sent her a Shanlian Lake brush. Young Master Zheng is so kind to you, Princess.”
Jiang Shu stood outside, her gaze sweeping over the calligraphy and paintings by Wang Xizhi on the wall, finally settling on the inkstone on Zheng Heyi's desk, which was naturally priceless.
Yunyu continued to apply eye drops: "The other day, Young Master Zheng stayed until dusk, and even Granny Li couldn't get into the study to bring him tea."
[Yunyu, stop stirring things up, Jiang Shu is almost in tears]
【Yunyu, your scheme is truly brilliant!】
[Jiang Shu's face turned ashen! She was consumed by jealousy!]
[Waiting for the villainous female supporting character to meet her end.]
Hearing footsteps, Zheng Heyi hurriedly came out of the house, but all she saw was Jiang Shu's back as she turned and left. The words she was about to say stuck in her throat.
No, please. Zheng Yu insisted on giving these to you, Jiang Shu. Don't just leave like that.
[Oh no! Another mistake!]
【whee. 】
During this time, Zheng Heyi also went to see Jiang Shu several times, but every time she came here, Jiang Shu was either out or busy with something.
In fact, after a while, He Yi realized that Jiang Shu was distancing herself from her. Oh well, it was pointless to talk about anything at this point. She would explain her relationship with Zheng Yu in detail after Jiang Shu calmed down.
Seven or eight days later, Lin sent an invitation to the princess's residence.
Recently, Minister Zheng's condition has basically stabilized, and everything at the mansion is as before. Madam Lin has completely recovered; she seems to have gotten better.
Or rather, the Lin family member who used to sneak out in the middle of the night to deliver money and meet other men has long since disappeared, and has now been replaced by a mild-mannered and amiable concubine.
Even so, He Yi didn't like her at all. Moreover, He Yi knew perfectly well that this was all an act. However, her brother Zheng Yu had already reminded her to pay close attention to the changes in Zheng Yutang and Lin Shi.
After all, the previous events are not over yet.
They will definitely gather all their strength to find me, scheme against me, and deal with me. Since that's the case, it's better for He Yi to take the initiative herself.
In her words, it's better to stand up and hit someone than to sit and take a beating.
Qingju looked at the invitation with concern and immediately became angry. "Princess, what kind of time is this? The master has just recovered from his illness, and Lin Shi is already obsessed with holding a birthday banquet for the second young lady. It's really inappropriate."
Of course, He Yi knew it was inappropriate.
But what can be done? What needs to be done still needs to be done. Besides, Zheng Heyi really wants to see what kind of insidious and vicious plans the Lin family and Zheng Yutang have.
"Always, this servant will stay by your side at all times." Qingju knew that Heyi was determined to leave, and also understood that once she entered the Minister's mansion, the ruthless Lin would definitely scheme against her.
Since that's the case, why not go along too? He Yi looked back at Qing Ju. She knew Qing Ju's thoughts and understood Qing Ju's loyalty to her.
She smiled slightly and took Qingju's hand. "Alright, it's not a big deal. I'll take you with me. But we also need to give them a chance, otherwise how could they possibly slip up? Don't worry about this. I'll take care of things."
"but……"
Qingju hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
He Yi added, "You forgot, the banquet was held in the Minister's residence. In that case, of course my brother was there to protect me. Actually, my brother and I also have a plan, which you will soon find out."
"Well, that's fine too." It was clear that Qingju was still a little uneasy, but Heyi patted her on the shoulder, "Is your princess so easily schemed against, trampled on, and bullied?"
Qingju suddenly laughed, "No, that's not it."
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