Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi walked quickly to Xiya Garden.
Xiya Garden was already in chaos, and the servants in the house were driven out by Wang Hanyu. Those servants didn't take her seriously before, but when they saw that she really made a fuss, they were afraid that it would end badly, so they stood in the corridor with their necks shrunk and pretended to be quails.
Xue Qin didn't go into the house either, but wandered anxiously in front of the door.
After Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi arrived, Xue Qin walked forward as if he had been pardoned: "Second uncle, second aunt, I'm glad you're here."
Zheng Xiu glanced at the corridor and saw that all the servants standing outside were from the Duke of Qing's Mansion. Wang Hanyu's two dowry maids were not among them. She thought they should have been called in by her.
"Why doesn't the prince go in to persuade them?" Zheng Xiu asked.
Xue Qin said in embarrassment: "She wouldn't let me in, and as soon as I went in, she hit me with a pillow."
Zheng Xiu couldn't help but feel that Xue Qin was too soft-tempered. Not only did he let the guests tease the bride, but now he couldn't even clean up the situation.
She and Xue Zhi looked at each other, and Xue Zhi said: "It's not convenient for me to go in either, you go in and persuade her."
As they were talking, Qiu Rui also arrived. Princess Guihe didn't come, so she was sent.
Zheng Xiu asked Qiu Rui to go into the house with her.
The door was closed from the inside and the bolt was inserted. Zheng Xiu knocked on the door and revealed her identity.
There was a faint cry from inside, but it suddenly quieted down at this time, and then soon, the door was opened from the inside.
Wang Hanyu's eyes were red like a rabbit, and she came over to open the door herself.
As Zheng Xiu walked in, she kindly advised, "Don't cry first. It's not right to cry on such a happy occasion. If you have any grievances, tell me and I will help you solve them." Then she held Wang Hanyu's hand and walked inside with her.
Wang Hanyu sobbed a few times before she said aggrievedly: "Don't blame me for being narrow-minded, they are really bullying me too much."
Zheng Xiu said: "How can I blame you? I have heard that it was indeed the servants in your house who were ignorant and bumped into you. Those guests were the same, they just had fun and talked without thinking."
Wang Hanyu pulled him to sit down at the table and said: "It would be fine if it was someone else. Even the prince was like that... I really..." She was of course impulsive to make a fuss about going back to her parents' home. If she really went back, the entire Xinyang Marquis's Mansion would be embarrassed. But she said that, and Xue Qin would not only give her a gift and apologize, but also not ask her what she was wronged for, let alone help her vent her anger. That was the person she wanted to be with for the rest of her life, and he was not on her side on the first day. She really didn't know how she was going to live the rest of her life.
Zheng Xiu was afraid that the young couple would have a rift, so she said, "The prince is the most gentle and kind person. He is just too good, so others dare to be unrestrained in front of him. He is not deliberately not helping you, but he doesn't know why you are angry. When I came, I saw him running around outside in a panic. You said that he is the prince of the Duke's Mansion, but he was hit by your pillow in front of a group of servants, but he was not angry. If he was not worried about you, why would he do this?"
Wang Hanyu twisted his clothes in confusion, "He is not worried about me, he is obviously worried about the reputation of the Duke of Qing's Mansion..."
"This reputation is only one aspect, but now he has been smashed by you and he doesn't care about his own reputation. If he is not worried about you, what is it?"
Wang Hanyu raised her head and said with red eyes, "So what you mean is, let's forget about what happened today?"
"That's not it." Zheng Xiu said sternly, "Servants who don't follow the rules must be punished." Then she asked Qiu Rui to call the maids and servants standing in the corridor in.
Things had gotten so chaotic that the maids and servants knew they were in trouble, so they knelt in two rows in silence after entering the house.
"The princess asked you to serve the prince's wife, and this is how you serve her?" Zheng Xiu asked coldly with a cold face.
Several maids and servants immediately begged for mercy. The oldest square-faced servant said, "Second Madam, we are just worried that the Madam's makeup will be ruined and it will be difficult to report to the emperor. We did not mean to be rude to the Madam."
Zheng Xiu smiled coldly, "You still dare to make excuses. I used a bamboo tube to feed the Madam water before. Are you all blind? Before the ceremony, I asked someone to leave cakes and bamboo tubes for us. Did I remember it wrong?"
The servant said she dared not, lowered her head and said no more.
"Each of you will be fined three months' salary and each of you will be punished with ten strokes of the cane." Zheng Xiu made the punishment.
The servant did not dare to say anything. First, Zheng Xiu's position in the Duke of Qing's Mansion was becoming more and more stable, and her words still counted. Second, Qiu Rui was still standing by her side. She was a favorite of Princess Guihe, and who would dare to complain?
After the maids and old women left, Wang Hanyu finally calmed down and her mood was much calmer.
Zheng Xiu advised again: "The servants have been punished, the prince did not support you, and you also hit him with a pillow. Please don't be angry, okay?"
Wang Hanyu calmed down and felt that her temper was a bit excessive. She nodded embarrassedly.
Xue Zhi outside also criticized Xue Qin. Xue Qin was too humble and polite. He actually let his wife be bullied in front of him. It was really unacceptable.
Xue Qin naturally listened to his words, and did not think that Wang Hanyu had gone too far by hitting him with a pillow. He just nodded repeatedly and said, "Second Uncle, I understand. Today I let those people go too far. I will definitely not do it next time."
Xue Zhi patted his shoulder with amusement, "Good boy, you are still thinking about getting married next time!"
Xue Qin smiled embarrassedly, "Second Uncle, don't tease me, I don't mean that."
In the room, Zheng Xiu also persuaded Wang Hanyu, so she stood up and said goodbye, ready to retire.
Wang Hanyu sent her all the way to the courtyard.
Zheng Xiu hurriedly said, "Don't send her off. After all, it's your wedding night. Go back quickly."
Wang Hanyu blushed and asked her maid to send her off instead of her, and she turned back to the room.
Xue Zhi saw this and pushed Xue Qin, who was still in a daze, and said, "Why are you standing there like an idiot? Go inside and coax your wife!"
Xue Qin bowed to Xue Zhi and Zheng Xiu and thanked them, then quickly went into the house.
Qiu Rui had been following Zheng Xiu without saying a word. After the three of them left Xiya Garden, she bowed to Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi and went back to Changfeng Garden to reply.
In Changfeng Garden, Princess Guihe had already bathed, changed into her pajamas and half-lying on the kang, with Chunzhi and Taozhi massaging her legs on each side.
After Qiu Rui came back, the little maid opened the heavy brocade curtain and let her in.
Princess Guihe was resting with her eyes half closed. When she heard her return, she opened her eyelids and asked, "Is Xiya Garden clean?"
Qiu Rui bowed and replied, "When I left, the Second Master and the Second Madam had already arrived. The Second Madam persuaded the Madam to calm down and punished a few ignorant servants. The situation has been settled."
Princess Guihe nodded. Seeing Zheng Xiu's attitude in the bridal chamber during the day, she knew that Zheng Xiu would definitely go there in person, so she was not surprised. She nodded and said, "It's good that it's settled down." No one else asked a question.
Qiu Rui didn't say anything more, just doing her job.
As for Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi, after returning to Haoye Hall, they were busy all day and just went to Xiya Garden again, feeling more and more tired.
After taking a bath and changing clothes, they went to bed to rest soon.
Before going to bed, Zheng Xiu was still worried, "I don't know how the prince and the others are doing?"
"As a young couple, they fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. They should be fine tomorrow." Xue Zhi thought it through.
"What you said," Zheng Xiu frowned and hit him, "Why does it sound so strange?"
Xue Zhi smiled heartily, grabbed her hand and kissed it on his mouth, "That's how it is. And you know Ah Qin's personality, he is the most considerate and gentle. As long as the bride is willing to listen to him, everything will be fine."
Zheng Xiu couldn't help but sigh, "The prince's personality is too gentle, and he seems to be easy to bully." She began to worry that Wang Hanyu looked a little strong, and whether she would bully Xue Qin in the future.
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