After listening to Wu's tearful account, Yi Hua described Li as a ruthless and destructive demon king, while she herself was a delicate white flower swaying in the wind.
At this moment, Xiaobaihua put in two hundred percent effort to flirt with Yinzhen, but his heart was as hard as iron. Yinzhen's full fatherly love was focused on Liuliu. He was currently trying to cover the little girl's ears to prevent these gossips from tainting her pure heart.
Liu Liu thought the game was fun. She stretched out her chubby little hand and tried to wave at Yi Hua in the same way. Yi Hua bent down to cooperate.
As a result, Liu Liu, that naughty girl, actually tugged hard at Yi Hua's earring. Luckily, she was wearing a simple pierced earring today, otherwise it would have hurt for quite a while.
Yi Hua covered her ears for a while to calm down, then took Liu Liu from Yin Zhen's arms and gave her a couple of smacks on the bottom: "What did your mother tell you? You're not allowed to move around like that without permission. Go stand in the corner as punishment."
Seeing that Yi Hua was really angry, Liu Liu didn't dare to argue back. She rubbed her little bottom, found a wall to stand against, and drooped her little head, looking pitiful.
Seeing this, Yinzhen cleared his throat: "Liuliu is still young, Princess Consort, teach her slowly, is standing as punishment...?"
Yi Hua glanced at him sideways: "A doting father often spoils his son."
Yinzhen helplessly wiped his nose and gave Liu Liu a helpless look.
It's not that Father didn't help, it's just that Mother was too fierce.
Wu knelt on the ground watching the interaction between the family of three, her face turning pale and red in turns. This feeling of being disregarded was even more humiliating than Li's actual physical confrontation.
Seeing that Wu was shifting her knees uncomfortably, Yi Hua said, "Get up and sit down."
"Li is now a concubine in the household, so it's your good fortune that she's willing to teach you." Yi Hua didn't sympathize with Wu. With all the little tricks Wu had done to Li, if it were her, she would have made sure that Wu disappeared from the household long ago. How could Wu still be jumping around like this?
"My lord, praying for the Empress's well-being is of utmost importance. Why not have Sister Wu kneel and chant sutras for an hour every day until the Empress's birthday? Sincerity will bring results. There's no need to go to Sister Li's courtyard; she's busy taking care of the Third Prince and might not have time to look after Sister Wu." Yi Hua thought for a moment. She still needed to let Li Shi vent her anger, otherwise she would always be thinking of causing trouble. However, her own standards certainly wouldn't work, so she gave her a time limit for punishment, which also gave Wu Shi some hope.
If there is hope, people will not take risks.
As expected, although Wu Shi's expression was still reluctant, she accepted it willingly. After all, she didn't have to go to Li Shi's courtyard, so no one would know whether she knelt or not, or for how long. If word got out, she could gain a reputation for filial piety.
Yinzhen nodded: "We will do as the Princess Consort wishes."
Yi Hua picked up her teacup, as if to say, "You can leave now."
Wu pretended not to see it, her eyes darting around: "My lord, I have recently learned to play the erhu. If you and the Fujin have some free time, would you like to hear me play a piece?"
Yinzhen waved his hand: "Go down, I'll come to see you another day."
Upon hearing this, Wu's eyes lit up for a moment, then dimmed again. Her master had said this many times, but he never came. This was hardly believable.
However, since Yinzhen had already told her to leave, Wu Shi had no choice but to reluctantly withdraw.
Yi Hua never cared how Yin Zhen interacted with the concubines in the mansion. She simply pretended not to see it. Seeing that it was getting late, she told the wet nurse to take Liu Liu to bed and announced the terrible news that he would continue to be punished by standing for half an hour the next day.
Yinzhen couldn't bear to see his little girl's puffed-up face and tried to plead again: "Yihua, although Liuliu is naughty, she is clever and cute. She knows she was wrong, so how about..."
Yi Hua changed into casual clothes: "Master, Liu Liu says she knows she's wrong, but she's determined not to change her ways."
"How can you control Honghui? I didn't interfere at all. How old is he? You actually took him to... that kind of place is worse than a brothel. Aren't you afraid that the child is too young and will be corrupted?" Yi Hua couldn't help but roll her eyes. This was just as shocking as a mother in modern society discovering that her husband had taken their elementary school-aged child to a gay bar.
"However I manage Liu Liu, Your Highness shouldn't interfere either." Yi Hua was unusually assertive. She didn't know how boys could live better in this dynasty, and she trusted Yin Zhen more. But if girls were too willful, they wouldn't be tolerated by the world.
Yi-hua hopes her daughter can live freely to the maximum extent possible within the bounds of the rules, and this line must be clearly drawn from a young age.
"Very well, very well, it's true that there's a tiger in the house." When it came to Honghui's visit to Wenyunxuan, Yinzhen felt somewhat guilty. He leaned against the bed, casually flipping through the book in his hand.
“Master, Tenth Uncle is too unrestrained, and Honghui is at the age where he is curious about everything, so we need to keep a close eye on him.” Yihua and Yinzhen chatted casually.
"I know what I'm doing." Yinzhen put down his book and started fiddling with Yihua's hair.
The matter concerning the tenth prince openly points to Nalan, also known as Prince Zhi, but Yinzhen suspects that the eighth prince was involved.
Now that the ninth and tenth brothers are considered his right-hand men, the eighth brother wants to cut off one of his arms, and also wants to create a rift between his side and the Prince Zhi, so that he can take the opportunity to retaliate against the two brothers who left their group.
This technique achieves multiple goals with one stroke and should not be underestimated.
Did Prince Zhi know that such a fierce tiger was lurking under his command?
Perhaps we should find him something to do to stop his constant petty antics.
Seeing that Yinzhen remained silent for a long time, Yihua said, "Your Majesty, I have something I'd like to discuss with you."
"What's up?"
“Yu Xiao was part of my dowry. She’s twenty-five now. She should have gotten married long ago, but she’s been putting it off because she’s thinking of me.”
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