Chapter 242 Hatred Should Not Be Let Out Overnight
This wasn't the first time Xichun had made this request. Ever since Daiyu moved back to the Lin family, Xichun would bring up this topic whenever she had the chance to eat dishes cooked by Yuan Hongqu herself.
However, Daiyu never gave in.
It wasn't that Daiyu was stingy; it was that she knew her nanny too well.
The old woman was lazy and indolent, and apart from herself, she had treated Sister Feng differently from others over the years.
She couldn't bear to see the old woman so tired.
"I told you long ago, let your cook come to my house to learn. I won't hold back. Once your cook learns, what can't you eat? Why do you, the dignified Fourth Miss, have to live in my house? Besides, my nanny works at the academy during the day, she's so busy she's practically running around. It's only during this long holiday that she has time to take care of these things. I've been looking forward to it for so long!" Daiyu smacked her lips, leaving Xichun no room to maneuver.
Xi Chun's face fell in disappointment.
“My family doesn’t have a clever cook. They only know how to make the same old dishes. We’re tired of eating them. The few new dishes were taught to them by Granny Yuan when she was here.”
"Then let's find some new cooks. There will always be some clever and eager-to-learn ones," Daiyu comforted Xichun.
While the young girls were enjoying their meal, Wang Xifeng was also inquiring about the academy from Yuan Hongqu.
"According to your understanding, it was former students of the academy who stabbed you in the back?"
"It's not that exaggerated. Do you think I have to take every attack she makes? If this knife doesn't reach the academy, someone will deflect it." Yuan Hongqu didn't take it to heart.
If Wang Xifeng hadn't asked, Yuan Hongqu would never have thought of telling her.
"The Empress?"
"Why are you being so gossipy? The fire won't affect us. Yesterday, Mi Ling rushed over in such a hurry, and I was genuinely worried for a while."
"Why aren't you worried now?"
"Because I hold a high-ranking position!" Yuan Hongqu said deliberately.
"I know you're a high-ranking official!" Wang Xifeng said irritably. "No need to brag to me. Be careful, or I'll come after you for a living!"
Yuan Hongqu chuckled, "No problem, I can afford to raise them."
"Granny, I just declined Fourth Sister's offer to come to our house. Who are you going to support now?" Daiyu happened to hear this. Not understanding what was going on, she frowned slightly, looking very distressed.
"Sister Lin, Sister Yuan said she wants me to come to your house and take care of me from now on!" Wang Xifeng had the idea of teasing Daiyu again, her phoenix eyes full of smugness.
As expected, Daiyu pouted, and then her eyes darted around.
"Sister Feng, have you discussed this with Second Brother Lian? Are you two going to separate? What about your eldest daughter? And who will you entrust with managing the household affairs?"
Wang Xifeng was overwhelmed by the questions Daiyu posed, and replied irritably.
"Honestly, what's the point of being so smart at such a young age? It's not funny to joke with you anymore."
"Hmph, you think you can fool my nanny with such a little trick? Don't even think about it." Daiyu proudly raised her head and pulled Yuan Hongqu up.
"Granny, let's go home. There are always people trying to take advantage of you here, and I can't protect you anymore."
Despite her young age, Daiyu spoke with a commanding air, which made the others chuckle.
As Yuan Hongqu had told Daiyu earlier, she would take her to the estate today.
After morning tea, the group boarded a carriage and headed towards Goose Village.
Leaving aside their day in Goose Village, the Empress did something significant in the palace today.
She made the Dowager Empress so angry she vomited blood!
But the emperor still protected his beloved wife and showed no sign of blaming her.
"Jing'er, I hadn't realized that you can be so ruthless when you get angry that you don't even recognize your own family." The Emperor teased.
Zhao Huajing was a little embarrassed at this moment, but she remained confident and self-righteous:
“Your Majesty, my teacher taught me that some anger cannot be tolerated. If you keep holding back, you will only suffer in silence while your loved ones grieve and your enemies rejoice. Besides, I am now the Empress. If anyone above me, besides you, can make me feel bad, then it means I am too incompetent and unworthy to be your Empress and stand with you!”
"Jing'er is right!" The Emperor grasped Zhao Huajing's hand. "I didn't marry you to be someone else's punching bag. If they dare to make you suffer, it means they don't respect me as their emperor. I don't need to be polite to them."
As he finished speaking, a cold glint flashed in the emperor's eyes.
"You did the right thing today. That old concubine was my grandfather's concubine, but she thinks she's someone special just because she's of higher seniority and has lived a longer life," the Emperor continued.
"You are my Empress, and there is no Empress Dowager in our palace. You are the most honored woman in the world. Don't think that there is an old concubine. You are the one who calls the shots in the entire harem. In the harem, my words are not as effective as yours."
The Emperor spoke very solemnly. He was not a muddle-headed person, nor was he an arrogant emperor.
The Emperor was very satisfied with Empress Zhao Huajing.
Zhao Huajing is beautiful and dignified in formal occasions, a true mother of the nation, and no one can find fault with her.
However, when she is alone with the emperor, she acts like an ordinary wife, sometimes getting angry, sometimes acting coquettishly, and sometimes giving the emperor a cold shoulder when she is unhappy.
The Emperor found it incredibly real; this was what a married couple should be like!
Unlike when he went to other palaces, where everyone was extremely respectful and had to carefully consider every word he said, without ever feeling tired.
What reassured the Emperor even more was that although Zhao Huajing came from a good family, she had long since severed ties with her maternal family.
Zhao Huajing's stepmother used underhanded methods repeatedly and almost killed her.
After she became empress, she no longer invited her family members to the palace individually, and she wouldn't even let them attend any palace banquets, big or small.
The emperor was not worried about the problem of relatives of the empress at all.
The Empress herself said that she did not have a maternal family, and even if she did, her maternal family was a girls' academy.
She grew up and received her education in a girls' college, which shaped her current personality and style.
So when the palace maid attacked the girls' academy this time, the Empress wondered if someone was out of their mind and dared to mess with her "family."
In an attempt to impress the Empress, the Emperor went out of his way to support her, only to find that he was completely unnecessary to her.
Zhao Huajing didn't need any torture instruments at all. She relied solely on reasoning to get the palace maid to reveal the truth. In the end, the maid pointed out that it was because the Dowager Empress had agreed to step forward to overturn her father's case that she implicated the Girls' Academy.
The Dowager Consort, though old and shrewd, was not as psychologically vulnerable as the palace maids. Zhao Huajing took a different approach, starting from another angle, and in the end, the Dowager Consort insisted on pretending to faint in an attempt to escape.
However, Zhao Huajing did not let her succeed. The eunuchs and maids who were being directed by her to help the Dowager Consort were in such a flurry that they bumped into the display cabinet, and a bronze antique on it happened to fall down and hit the Dowager Consort.
The Dowager Princess wasn't seriously injured; she only lost two front teeth and coughed up blood.
Zhao Huajing was overjoyed: As Mr. Yuan taught her, grudges should not be held onto overnight. Otherwise, it will waste time and make you angry just thinking about it, which is not worth it!
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