Chapter 231 The couple got a bargain
"That's Princess Jiangzhu, Granny, watch your words." Although Qiu Hui also looked down on Daiyu's talent, she had been reminded of it before, so even if she was dissatisfied, she couldn't bring it up so openly in front of everyone.
Qiu Hui felt it was inappropriate for Zhong Fang to speak so openly about Lin Daiyu.
The Empress sent her to the girls' academy, not to study, but to help out.
What exactly did the Empress mean by this? Was she giving herself a warning?
Qiu Hui snorted coldly, thinking to herself, "Since that's the case, then I'll go and see what's so different about the girls' academy that makes women in the capital so proud to study there!"
The morning after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Grandmother Jia sent someone to fetch Daiyu to the Rongguo Mansion.
Whenever the academy was on holiday, Grandmother Jia would always send someone to pick up Daiyu.
Daiyu would go there five or six times out of ten.
Even so, Grandmother Jia still felt that Daiyu had become quite distant from them.
Grandmother Jia wrote to Lin Ruhai several times, subtly inquiring whether he intended to remarry.
Lin Ruhai wrote back as instructed, but never answered the question.
Although Grandmother Jia was unwilling, Lin Ruhai's behavior was only natural.
People come and go; it's been more than three years since Min'er passed away, and her relationship with Lin Ruhai has probably come to an end.
Grandmother Jia felt even more sorry for Daiyu.
Although Daiyu looks much healthier this year, with some extra flesh on her cheeks, she is more lively and cheerful than before.
But since the child wasn't growing up right next to her, Grandmother Jia wasn't entirely at ease.
Mr. Yuan said he could take care of Daiyu, and suddenly he became the head of the girls' academy. I heard that he was also given a third-rank official position, just like Zhu'er's father-in-law, the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy.
When Grandmother Jia learned of this, she was displeased: If a woman is unwilling to be a wife and mother, she could simply be a domestic helper; the Lin family wouldn't treat her badly. Why does she have to seek such prominence and become a high-ranking official!
Will her granddaughter be spoiled by such a nanny?
At first, Grandmother Jia was very worried.
Fortunately, since the beginning of this year, every time Daiyu visits the Rongguo Mansion, Yuan Hongqu accompanies her, remaining as well-behaved and efficient as before. She has not neglected Daiyu in the slightest just because she has become the head of the academy.
Grandmother Jia was then somewhat relieved.
Yuan Hongqu was too popular.
Wang Xifeng was also attending the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace. Their seats were not in the same place. Before the banquet started, she was still looking for Yuan Hongqu.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Hongqu came out with the Empress and became very close to her.
It would be a lie to say Wang Xifeng wasn't surprised.
When Yuan Hongqu brought Daiyu to the Rongguo Mansion, she took Daiyu to Rongqing Hall. Wang Xifeng then used the excuse of needing to talk to Sister Yuan to go with Yuan Hongqu to the small pavilion in Rongyue Courtyard.
Everyone in the Rongguo Mansion knew that the two had a good relationship, and they were used to seeing them leave. Every time Yuan Hongqu came over, she would chat with Wang Xifeng alone for a while. If the two didn't meet alone, they would find it strange!
"Sister Yuan, I finally accepted you as the headmistress of the girls' academy, and today you tell me that even the Empress is your student!" Wang Xifeng stared in surprise.
As soon as the two sat down, Wang Xifeng couldn't wait to ask.
Last night she almost couldn't resist going to the Lin family's house, but Jia Lian stopped her.
“I used to teach at a girls’ academy in Yangzhou. The Empress’s maternal family was in Yangzhou, and she was my student. There’s nothing strange about that.” Yuan Hongqu didn’t intend to tell Wang Xifeng too much about her relationship with the Empress.
"Why have you never told me this before?" Wang Xifeng couldn't help but feel disappointed.
She thought she was the only transmigrator in this world, but unexpectedly, Yuan Hongqu also came.
She thought she was the highest-ranking transmigrator in this world, but she never expected that Yuan Hongqu was a high-ranking official of the third rank, equivalent to the principal of the highest university in modern times. This was far more powerful than her, a woman who was just a housekeeper in the inner quarters.
She thought she could change the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, but she never expected that she would still need Yuan Hongqu's help to finally get out of her predicament.
......
Wang Xifeng thought to herself, "Fortunately, this Dream of the Red Chamber world isn't some game world where only one transmigrator can survive. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get past the first hurdle under my original sister's command."
Being a die-hard fan of the original sister in my past life was all good karma I accumulated for myself now!
Every like and comment I made was worthwhile...
Having transmigrated into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, it was only through these means that he managed to carve out a bright future by shamelessly pestering his elder sister.
"What's there to say? In this vast world, we're the only two who came from the same place. Even if you don't know my past, do you think I would harm you?" Yuan Hongqu didn't want to talk about the past.
"Sister Yuan would never harm me. I'm just afraid that some people have ulterior motives and will use things I don't know to hurt you."
Wang Xifeng wasn't without self-awareness; she feared being tricked and used to harm Yuan Hongqu. Therefore, after Yuan Hongqu became the head of the academy, even Wang Xifeng became much more cautious in her actions.
"Don't think so much, no one can easily hurt me." Yuan Hongqu patted Wang Xifeng's arm reassuringly. "But you, didn't you say that only the fruits sent to the officials were from your estate? How come the watermelon presented last night was also from your estate?"
"Sister, you know about this too?" This was the main thing Wang Xifeng wanted to talk to Yuan Hongqu about today.
"How could I not know that I sent you the extra-small phoenix melon seedlings?"
These watermelon seedlings were cultivated directly from the space. Originally, the Te Xiaofeng watermelon weighed only about three pounds at most, and its skin was thin and easily broken. After being enhanced by the space, it became the same size as a regular watermelon, and its skin was not easily broken.
Wang Xifeng was both amused and exasperated. "They planted them all together, and it's all a mess. Now there's another troublesome matter I need your help with."
The cherry tomatoes and juicy green cucumbers served at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to the officials all came from the couple's estate.
An unexpected incident at the banquet allowed the couple to snag another bargain.
The Xue family, imperial merchants, took on the task of presenting watermelons as tribute for the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. However, when the imperial kitchen opened the watermelons, they found that most of them were unripe.
The person in charge of the Xue family was immediately detained, and the Imperial Household Department made a temporary decision to use the Green Jade Watermelon from Jia Lian and his wife's estate to replace the Xue family's watermelons.
Their watermelons were originally just a backup plan, but given the formality of the banquet, even though they prepared a thousand kilograms of watermelons, they probably wouldn't need them.
I never expected to actually need it.
Moreover, Wang Xifeng herself did not expect that other varieties had been mixed in with the watermelons in their house. Some of the watermelons, when opened, were not green-skinned and red-fleshed, but green-skinned and yellow-fleshed.
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