"Master, please do justice for me. I have already been betrothed to Young Master Xiao. How can a woman be betrothed to two families? Please do justice for me."
The lover cried so hard that he banged his head heavily on the ground.
Young Master Xiao is handsome and kind. She is fond of him, and he also has feelings for her. She would rather die than marry Granny Liu's nephew.
“Master, I will marry no one but Young Master Xiao. If you want to break me up with him, I am willing to die.”
Yiren Qingyun and Xiaoshunzi knelt at the door to plead for mercy.
Nan Yi looked bewildered at the maids kneeling on the ground. "What are you talking about? What do you mean by 'second family' or 'third family'? I have already agreed to your marriage with Xiao Ran, and I will not go back on my word, let alone arrange a second family. Am I really that unreliable?"
Sitting next to him, Yinzhen's face was dark and gloomy. He thought that his wife had gone against his wishes and secretly found a lover, wanting to preemptively establish her status.
Regardless of whether the Fujin was right or wrong, this girl made a scene in front of Madam Tong because of this matter, so she should be punished.
If you don't want to, just tell Madam Tong in private. Cry and wail, 'I'm a prince, do I need a maid to sleep with?'
Yinzhen coldly stared at the girl kneeling on the ground. Very good, she has backbone just like her master.
Xiao Shunzi, seemingly oblivious to his master's cold expression, climbed into the room. "Master, it's Liu Jizong, Liu Mama's nephew. He met me and Qingya on the street. He said he has already asked Liu Mama to ask the Fujin for a favor and is determined to marry Qingya."
The lover kowtowed again, sobbing as she complained, "Liu Jizong has approached me privately several times, saying he wants to take me home. I don't like him, but who would have thought he wouldn't give up? If the Fujin speaks up, what will I do, my mistress?"
After she finished speaking, she collapsed on the ground and sobbed, wiping away her tears.
When Nan heard the whole story, he looked bewildered. He turned to look at Fourth Uncle, whose expression was quite strange.
"Hey, give me a word, how should we handle this?" Nan Yi nudged him, looking very unhappy.
"Let me make it clear beforehand that I have already promised the girl to someone else. As for that Liu Jizong, let him go cool off somewhere else. Marriage is about mutual consent. Even a princess consort cannot force someone else's marriage apart just for her own sake."
Yinzhen glanced expressionlessly at the servants, ignoring the girl who was crying sadly, and fixed his gaze on Nan Yi's face, speechless for a moment.
"Hey, what's wrong? Say something. Why do you look like you've swallowed a fly?" Nan Yi urged, puzzled.
Isn't it as disgusting as swallowing a fly?
Her maid had someone she loved, and the servants in the outer courtyard also had their eyes on her, but the Fujin wanted her to serve her.
With a stern face, Yinzhen commanded in a deep voice, "I will explain this matter to my wife. You may leave."
The lover glanced at Nan Yi.
"Don't worry, I'm here. Go down now," Nan Yi comforted her.
Only then did his lover feel relieved enough to retreat to the outer room.
Nan Yi wanted to have a serious talk with the Fourth Prince about this matter, but then a thought suddenly struck her. She grabbed Yinzhen's sleeve and said, "Did you already know about this? You even reminded me that something might go wrong. So you were waiting for me here."
"Nonsense, I was just mentioning it casually." Yinzhen turned and walked into the house, thinking to himself that his wife was becoming more and more unpredictable, and he roughly understood the reason behind it.
Granny Liu said that her lover had the appearance of being able to have a son and wanted to ask for him to marry her nephew. The Fujin heard this and had other ideas, which led to this whole incident.
Yi Nan, he lacks sons, but looking at his brothers, he has quite a few sons, unlike his eldest brother, the eighth brother, and the ninth brother, who had no sons at all.
"You're kidding me, I don't believe you're just making things up." Nan Yi made a face behind him.
Nan Yi wasn't worried. The girl was hers, and the Fujin couldn't possibly take her away by force. She didn't follow them into the room. "I just ate so much, I'm going to digest my food."
"Bring me a bowl of sweet soup." Yinzhen's voice came from inside the room.
Nan Yi pouted and stepped out of the house. Yi Ren was waiting outside. She asked, "Where's your lover?"
Yiren said, "Inside the house, she was terrified, which shows that she had already decided on Xiao Ran."
"That proves I'm a good matchmaker, I've found the right person every time. Go and comfort her later. She's someone I brought from my own family, and it's my decision to decide her life's most important matter."
"Understood, I'll go right away."
Yiren is gone.
Nan Yi walked alone towards the small kitchen. In Wanyue Pavilion, Yinzhen had ordered people to plant a large golden osmanthus tree in the courtyard. August and September were the season when osmanthus flowers were in full bloom, and the courtyard was filled with fragrance.
She actually preferred gardenias, as their fragrance was more intense. In her previous life, when she lived in the mountains, there were many wild gardenias on the back hills, and when they bloomed, the whole mountain was filled with their fragrance.
In the small kitchen, Granny Zhao was simmering broth. She had bought fresh beef bones from Xiao Shunzi, and she planned to simmer them over a low flame overnight so that she could use them to cook noodles for her master the next day.
The young maid tending the fire in the kitchen, smelling the aroma from the pot, interjected, "Granny, it smells so fishy! But Master loves this flavor."
Granny Zhao was gentle and easy to talk to. She smiled and explained, "That won't do. Well, we need to add some seasonings. You and Huan'er will take turns tonight to make sure the fire doesn't go out. The soup will be ready by tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Granny." The little girl replied, glanced at Granny Zhao, then looked warily at the door, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Granny, there's something I don't know whether I should say or not."
Upon hearing this, Nan, who was outside the door, withdrew his leg as he was about to step inside.
The young maid hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice, "I just went to the outer courtyard to ask my cousin to bring some money home. I saw her rushing out of the main courtyard. I noticed something was wrong with her expression, so I asked her a few questions. She said she seemed to have heard the Fujin say that she wanted to give her lover sister to the master."
"Clang?" Upon hearing the news, Granny Zhao dropped the spatula into the pot, her eyes widening in disbelief. "No way! The master has promised his lover to Young Master Xiao!"
The young maidservant also expressed her worry, "Yes, mistress, what are you going to do? Your lover will be devastated."
Granny Zhao patted her chest and took a deep breath. "Good job, girl. Pretend you didn't hear this. Don't tell anyone. I'll go and discuss with Lady Yi to find a solution."
When a mistress becomes the master's woman, not only the mistress is heartbroken, but the master should be the one who is most heartbroken.
She was wholeheartedly planning for her lover's future, but in the end, this girl became the master's woman, which put the master in an awkward position.
Granny Zhao took off her apron, and the sound of her footsteps startled Nan Yi, who was frozen at the door. She was so angry that she was trembling all over. She immediately used her lightness skill to head back to her residence.
Nan Yi was radiating fury, her eyes bloodshot. The servants standing outside were startled by her appearance and quickly moved aside.
Yinzhen sat at the table reading official documents. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the curtain being lifted, but the faint smile on his lips did not unfold.
Nan Yi, furious, rushed over and started fighting, cursing, "Aisin Gioro Yinzhen, you big bastard! No wonder you're unhappy and your expression is so strange. It turns out it's because you didn't sleep with my maid. I told you long ago, you can touch anyone, but don't even think about the maids in the courtyard. Isn't a gentleman's word his bond? A dozen women in the backyard aren't enough for you to sleep with. You're so desperate. I despise you."
"What nonsense are you spouting? Who wants to sleep with your maid? You're acting crazy and talking nonsense. What kind of behavior is this?" Yinzhen said angrily.
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