Chapter 148 Aunt Becomes Consort
"oh?"
Shen Ning walked to the lounge chair in the corridor and sat down, leaning lazily: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Xue raised her chin and said, "Young Miss has just arrived and is not familiar with many of the rules of the mansion. I just saw that the maids in your yard are ignorant and worried that they might bully their master, so I thought of setting some rules for them on your behalf..."
“Bang!”
Before Xue could finish her words, July slapped her in the face, making her dizzy and dazed.
Coming to her senses, the woman covered her face and burst into tears: "What are you doing, young lady? What are you doing? You are beating me for no reason... I have been in the mansion for almost twenty years, and even the mistress and the old lady have only given me a little face..."
July raised his hand and slapped him again.
Not long after, Xie Yunqing had just sent away the shopkeeper who came to report the bill when she heard Qingcheng say that there seemed to be some movement in Lianchi Garden. Fearing that her daughter had just returned home and had been upset, she immediately rushed over there.
As soon as Xie Yunqing entered the small archway of the Lotus Pond Garden, he saw a person kneeling there. His youngest daughter, Shen Nian, was softly admonishing him, "Sister, Aunt Xue always abides by the rules. She has good intentions, but she has a blunt temper..."
Xie Yunqing frowned slightly, and at this moment, he heard Shen Ning speak suspiciously: "Why, in our Shen family, the master has to accommodate the servant's temper?"
Shen Nian immediately said: “That’s not what my sister meant.”
Xie Yunqing walked over: "What happened?"
Shen Nian quickly turned around and saluted: “Mother.”
Chen Ning also stood up and pointed at Xue, who was kneeling there and had been beaten into a pig's head by Qi Yue. "Mother, I just returned to the yard and saw this cunning servant who came out of nowhere actually interfering with my duties and teaching the people in my yard a lesson... He even boasted that he was afraid that I didn't know the rules and wanted to teach me."
Xie Yunqing's expression suddenly turned cold: "Who are you? How can you set rules for the young lady?"
Xue knocked her head loudly and cried in great grievance: "Madam, please understand, this servant has absolutely no intention of disobeying your superiors. This servant saw that the maids in the eldest lady's yard were lazy, and I was worried that they would bully the eldest lady who had just returned home, so I thought of establishing my authority for the eldest lady.
"My feelings towards the eldest and second young ladies are the same, madam. Madam, you are very perceptive."
Chen Nian also wiped the corners of her eyes and apologized softly: "It's all my daughter's fault. I used to respect our wet nurse and let her take care of the yard. She was confused for a moment and treated me as her own daughter. It was too inappropriate."
Shen Ning sighed: "Then my sister really needs to change. A servant doesn't act like a servant. If she shows off and wants to teach the master the rules, if it gets out, others will laugh at our Shen family and may even suspect that Grandma and Mother can't manage the harem well."
Shen Nian gritted her teeth secretly: “Sister is talking about…”
Xie Yunqing was relieved to see that his daughter hadn't suffered any loss. He then glanced coldly at Xue and said, "Take this idiot who doesn't know his own identity away and teach him the rules. Fine him a year's salary."
Xue was shocked: "Madam, please forgive me, I know I have wronged you."
As she was shouting, two burly women covered her mouth and dragged her away.
Shen Ning walked to Xie Yunqing and asked with a smile: "Mother, do you think your daughter is too flamboyant?"
Xie Yunqing was helpless and took her hand: "Mom is just worried that you are not outspoken enough. If you are asked to swallow your anger when you return home, then it means that your parents are too incompetent."
Shen Nian sighed silently.
Xue, this idiot, had told her not to act rashly but she didn't listen. Now she fell into Shen Ning's hands again.
At this moment, she heard Shen Ning suddenly ask: "Sister, will you be angry that your sister didn't give your wet nurse face? She was really too arrogant just now. Sister, I have never seen such a servant who wants to set rules for the master. It is really unbearable."
Shen Nian immediately said, "How could my younger sister blame my elder sister? Xue Shi relied on her favor and became spoiled and lost her manners. She deserved to be punished. I'm glad that my elder sister didn't suffer any injustice."
Shen Ning showed a happy look and took Shen Nian’s hand: “That’s great.”
At this time, a figure hurried in from outside. It was Lu Yue, another maidservant beside Xie Yunqing.
"Madam, someone is coming from the palace."
Lu Yue's face was full of joy: "It is said that Xie Guiren has been made a concubine."
Xie Yunqing's sister and Chen Ning's aunt Xie Yunyan entered the palace in her early years, but she was straightforward and did not know how to be humble, so she was never favored. Even after giving birth to a prince, she was still just Concubine Xie.
In the huge harem, her position was neither high nor low. In addition, her own prince, Xiao Nanjin, was notoriously timid and cowardly. Therefore, she did not have much presence in the harem.
If it weren't for the General's Mansion as her mother's home, her situation would probably be even worse.
But unexpectedly, she was suddenly made a concubine?
Xie Yunqing took Shen Ning and Shen Nian's hands and walked out, overjoyed: "This is really great news, your aunt finally made it, she finally made it."
There is only one word difference between concubines and concubines, but their status is very different.
Soon, Shen Ning and Xie Yunqing met the palace maid who came out to deliver the message. The palace maid congratulated Xie Yunqing with a smile and delivered the message on behalf of Concubine Xie. In addition to informing Xie Yunqing that Concubine Xie had been promoted to concubine, she also said that Concubine Xie wanted to see her niece who had been separated for many years, and summoned Xie Yunqing and Shen Ning to the palace.
Shen Nian secretly clenched the handkerchief.
In the past, Xie Yunyan's aunt was not very close to her.
Because Xie Yunyan had been a noble lady for more than 20 years and had no hope of promotion, and her prince was also not very promising, Shen Nian did not deliberately take the initiative to get close to her aunt. However, she did not expect that she would suddenly rise to fame without any warning.
Moreover, the eunuch just passed on the message that Concubine Xie wanted to see Shen Ning, but did not mention her at all.
After the palace servant who brought the good news took the reward and left happily, Shen Ning happily pulled her mother to ask about her aunt.
Xie Yunqing explained everything to her very patiently and meticulously. At the end, he smiled and said with emotion, "I had originally thought of waiting for your grandmother to return home after worshipping Buddha, and then going to pay my respects to her first. But now I can see your aunt first."
"When you were born, your aunt also held you in her arms. Later, you...your aunt also shed a lot of tears."
Xie Yunqing gently warned Chen Ning: "Your aunt is straightforward. Ning Ning, when you see your aunt after entering the palace, you don't need to be restrained. Don't be estranged from your aunt and make her sad for no reason."
Shen Ning agreed one by one: "My daughter has made a note of it."
Xie Yunqing patted her hands and said, "Tomorrow we will go to the palace and meet your aunt first. After a few days, when your grandmother and uncle return home, I will take you to meet your grandmother... She has been thinking about you for many years."
After saying that, Xie Yunqing remembered something, took Shen Nian's hand and explained softly: "Your aunt made a special trip to ask your sister to go, maybe there is something to say, when you go to the palace again another day, mother will take you with her."
Xie Yunyan had been in the palace for many years, and Xie Yunqing had heard a lot about the palace from her. He knew that the palace seemed magnificent and noble, but it was also full of dangers and one had to be careful at all times. Since Xie Yunyan had specifically said that she wanted to see Chen Ning, Xie Yunqing would not take the initiative to bring his little daughter with him.
Shen Nian lowered her eyes and hummed softly: "My daughter understands."
He looked so timid and pitiful...
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