Chapter 28: Be a Dutiful Concubine
The past few days have been really terrifying, but fortunately, everything has been resolved satisfactorily.
After that night, Yun Qiao didn't see the Marquis for a few days, nor did she hear any news about him.
However, I have heard a lot of gossip about the eldest daughter of the Wang family.
She didn't want to hear it, but there were many people in Xiaoxiang Garden who were paying attention to the eldest daughter of the Wang family, so naturally many people wanted to know about her. As they talked about it so many times, the words finally reached her ears.
Yunqiao was embroidering, and Xiaotao sat beside her, arranging the needle and thread used by Yunqiao today.
"I heard that it will be coming the day after tomorrow."
"The Marquis has not been here these past few days, and I don't know if he will go to see Miss Wang when she comes."
Xiao Tao was talking to herself, and when she saw Yun Qiao didn't say anything, she didn't even raise her head.
"Girl, you really don't care at all?"
As the Marquis's concubine, her daughter was too obedient to her duties.
Yun Qiao put away the needle and cut the thread, looking at the embroidery in her hand, two lifelike koi fish. She embroidered this for herself, intending to make a purse to hang on her body to pray for good luck from the koi fish.
"I'm just a concubine. There's no point in me caring about it. I'd better just keep to myself."
"The young lady has confirmed that she will come to the Marquis' Mansion. We need to prepare some things and try to please her superficially."
She has not gone out these days and has been concentrating on doing embroidery in the house.
This embroidery was the only thing she had to show off.
She doesn't care what others give her, and she can't compare.
Yun Qiao has been busy these days and she really has no time to think about the Marquis. Naturally, she doesn't think about him, and she will not let her servants inquire about the Marquis's whereabouts.
Her silence made the Marquis of the main courtyard a little impatient.
The emperor in the palace finally had more trust in him, but regarding his marriage, the emperor did not want him to marry the eldest daughter of the Wang family. Tutor Wang had many students who became high-ranking officials in the court.
The emperor was also worried that the military general Chen Jingyan would marry the daughter of the Grand Tutor.
In this way, wouldn't it strengthen the power of Chen Jingyan, the Marquis of Zhenbei?
But the emperor did not say it explicitly. However, the ancestor was very fond of the eldest daughter of the Wang family and had already invited her to the Marquis's Mansion. He absolutely could not refuse directly. If he did so, he would be slapping Taifu Wang in the face. In the future, when the descendants of the Chen family wanted to ask Taifu Wang to teach them, they would not be able to do so.
Thinking of this, Chen Jingyan felt a little annoyed.
Dealing with these troublesome and difficult matters would be more satisfying and quicker than sending him to the battlefield to fight.
Putting down the book, Chen Jingyan looked at the attendants serving him.
"Is there anything going on at Xiaoxiang Garden?"
Wang Xiaodong paused as he was working on the ink. It was really strange that the Marquis, who basically didn't care about the affairs in the backyard, suddenly asked about the situation in Xiaoxiang Garden.
The Marquis would go to see Miss Cheng in the past few years, but there were a few times when Miss Cheng acted like a spoiled child and avoided the Marquis. The Marquis was busy, so he didn't go often anymore, and later he just stopped going altogether.
Now I ask about Xiaoxiang Garden again.
Could it be...
Wang Xiaodong felt that the Marquis must be thinking of Miss Qiao from Xiaoxiang Garden.
"In reply to the Marquis, everything is fine in Xiaoxiang Garden, especially Miss Qiao, who spends all day embroidering in the house. I heard that Miss Qiao's embroidery is unparalleled."
"Really?" Chen Jingyan didn't want to see Yun Qiao's embroidery. He wanted to see Yun Qiao as a person.
"My Lord, are you going to Xiaoxiang Garden? I'll go inform you and have Miss Qiao's room prepare well..."
Wang Xiaodong asked tentatively.
Chen Jingyan said, "Not yet, let's talk about it after dinner."
Wang Xiaodong continued to grind ink. The most important thing for a servant is to learn to guess the master's thoughts, and guess them accurately, otherwise how could he be allowed to serve the marquis closely.
When it was time for dinner, Chen Jingyan had dinner first.
After Wang Xiaodong took care of the Marquis, he took the opportunity to go to Xiaoxiang Garden.
Yun Qiao was having dinner with her maid. Today's dinner was quite simple, consisting of some bok choy, two meatballs, two plates of pickles, two steamed buns and two dumplings.
The staple foods provided in the Marquis’ Mansion include rice and flour.
Yunqiao is from northern Shaanxi. She is used to eating noodles. She can eat rice occasionally, but not often. She prefers noodles mostly.
The dinner was simple, but enough to fill them up. They didn't work in the fields or do anything strenuous, so eating until they were 50% to 60% full was completely fine.
Yun Qiao had just finished dinner and was making tea in the way described in Dream of the Red Chamber when she suddenly heard a figure at the door.
She was so scared that her chest tightened.
Xiao Tao hurried forward and said, "It's Brother Xiaodong, why are you here at this hour?"
Xiaotao looked around and didn't see the Marquis outside.
"Good evening, Miss Qiao." Wang Xiaodong was still very polite and said, "Excuse me for a moment. The Marquis may come tonight. Miss Qiao, please tidy up the inner room."
"Here are two sets of fine silk sheets I prepared."
Yun Qiao immediately understood what Wang Xiaodong meant.
So, the Marquis is too delicate to use coarse sheets, so if he wants to sleep with someone, he has to prepare silk sheets.
Who wouldn't want such an enjoyable job? Yun Qiao didn't refuse. After all, they had slept together for the first time, and it would seem too pretentious for her to refuse now.
"Thank you so much, Brother Wang."
"Miss Qiao, you're too polite."
Wang Xiaodong delivered the things and left. He came in the dark, and the time he arrived was when everyone was having dinner, so he was not discovered by other people in Xiaoxiang Garden.
Xiaotao went into the inner room carrying the silk bed sheet.
"Miss, what do you think the Marquis means? Is he dissatisfied with the fact that your bed is not comfortable?"
By the way, Chen Jingyan never slept in her bed, but it is true that he had slept in her bed.
"Put it away for now. If the Marquis comes, spread it out. If not, put it away and keep it in the bottom of the box."
She wouldn't dare sell this thing.
Thinking that the Marquis would come tonight, Yun Qiao didn't dare to sleep, but until the second half of the night, the old maid guarding outside the door fell into a deep sleep, and even the old yellow dog outside the yard stopped barking.
"Turn off the lights and go to bed. It seems the Marquis won't be coming..."
"Who said I won't come?"
As soon as Yun Qiao finished speaking, someone came in from the door.
Isn’t this the Zhenbei Hou Chen Jingyan whom she has been waiting for all night?
"I was just busy with some official business, and seeing that the light in your room was still on, I came over."
Chen Jingyan walked into the house by himself, and Yun Qiao curled her lips behind him.
[You didn't come earlier, you didn't come later, you had to wait until I closed the door and was about to go to bed before you came]
Chen Jingyan suddenly turned to look at Yun Qiao: "What? You don't welcome me?"
Not only did she not welcome him, she didn't want him at all and didn't expect him to come at all.
"I dare not, thinking that the Marquis is busy with official business, and it would be inappropriate to disturb the Marquis's rest."
"No problem." Chen Jingyan walked forward and saw that the mattress was made. Wang Xiaodong told him that everything had been arranged at Xiaoxiang Garden. So this was the arrangement. Since everything had been arranged, if he refused, wouldn't it be a waste of a great opportunity?
"Rest in peace."
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