The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 102 The Name of Yixiu
Su Peisheng reported the truth.

"My lord, it's Hu Gege at the door, saying she wants to pay her respects to you."

Yinzhen picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and ate it, then spoke.

"Concubine Jin is in charge of the household affairs. In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

Nian Shilan put down her chopsticks and tried to stand up, but Yinzhen held her back.

"My Lord, I thought that you had already given the order, but Mrs. Hu insisted on coming. Firstly, it was against the rules, and secondly, it did not take into account the dignity of the Lord."

After Nian Shilan finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Hu in the distance. She saw that she was wearing a light blue Manchu dress today, and she looked very bright from a distance.

Yinzhen also put down his chopsticks and said.

"What does Concubine think should be done?"

Nian Shilan listened to Yinzhen's increasingly serious tone. This was the second time he asked her what to do. She knew that Yinzhen was fed up with Hu's repeated stupid behavior.

She reached out and picked up the soup bowl in front of Yinzhen, filled it with pear soup, placed it in front of Yinzhen, and said seriously.

"I have just been granted the power to assist in the household affairs by the grace of my master. I have no experience in this field. I hope my master will give me clear instructions."

Are you kidding me? Nian Shilan just took over the position of assistant manager and the next day she started to deal with Hu Gege?
Although she also disliked this Hu Gege, she didn't want to be talked about by people in the mansion. On the second day after she came to power, she started to attack the concubines in the mansion. She must be a vicious woman.

Yinzhen smiled and shook his head, thinking to himself, this fox is afraid of offending people. He wanted to support her to reach a higher position, but she was a little hesitant.

This is a good thing. It’s not as ostentatious as Nian Gengyao, and it can also save a lot of trouble.

"Then just watch and think of it as me teaching you."

Nian Shilan nodded and said yes, looking respectful.

"Su Peisheng, tell all the courtyards that Mrs. Hu refused to listen to admonitions and repeatedly violated her superiors. As the new year is coming to an end, she will be confined to her home for a month and fined a month's salary to see if she will be effective. The servants who followed her were unable to advise their master and will be fined two months' salary. Go and spread the word."

Su Peisheng agreed and went to convey the master's order to Hu Gege. Under Hu Gege's astonished eyes, two young eunuchs almost pushed her back to Liufang Pavilion.

Yinli looked at Yinzhen curiously.

"Fourth brother, what did she do wrong? Didn't Eunuch Su say that she just wanted to pay you respects? Why did you confine her?"

Yinzhen had lost his appetite, so he stopped eating and patiently explained to Yinli.

"This is not the first time. I forgave her for the previous times because she is a princess in my mansion. But I didn't expect that she would become more daring. Today, she knew that I was entertaining guests, but she still pretended to be arrogant and came to pay her respects. Do you think she should be punished?"

Yinli shook his head, still confused, and Nian Shilan spoke with a smile.

"Master, please don't tell Seventeen about this. He is still young and doesn't understand. I just hope that if I say something wrong or do something wrong one day, Master, please consider my face and punish me quietly, okay?"

Yinzhen also laughed.

"You are such a smart woman. If you say something wrong or do something wrong, it must be intentional. When the time comes, I will not let you off easily, and you should not beg for mercy from me." When Ulanara heard that Hu Gege was under house arrest, she just waved her hand.

"She refuses to serve me and is extremely stupid. I'll just ground her and teach her a lesson."

Qiu Mei said.

"Concubine Qi will enter the palace at the end of next month, and then there will be the Laba Feast in the palace, and then the New Year's Eve. Master, would you like to ask for mercy from the master and release Hu Gege in advance so that she can follow you wholeheartedly from now on? Besides, I can't figure it out. She was just a dowry maid before. After all, with the same status as me, she should be loyal to the master."

Ulanara held the teacup in a daze for a long time before speaking.

"You have been with me for so many years, you should understand. I am a concubine's daughter, and since I was a child, all the good things belonged to my elder sister. From food, drink, playthings, and things to use, I was taught to respect my elder sister. There are only my elder sister and I in the mansion, but the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate daughters is clear, and I was born for my elder sister. I do what my elder sister doesn't want to do. She throws the food she doesn't like to eat to me. She gives me two pieces of out-of-season clothes and jewelry when she is in a good mood. Until... the person my elder sister didn't want to marry forced me to marry. Hu and Shu were not originally my friends since childhood. They were found by my legitimate mother for me when I was a substitute marriage, just to save face. Do you think such people would be of the same mind as me?"

After saying that, Ulanara lowered her head and continued to drink tea. The tea was cold, but Ulanara swallowed it as if she didn't feel anything.

Qiu Mei was also silent. She had followed the Ulanara family since she was a child, so how could she not know all this? But today, her unintentional complaints brought up her master's sad memories.

Ulanara had a name, and before the eldest sister entered the palace, Yinzhen and her were in harmony. Although she was only a concubine at that time, there were no other concubines in the palace, not even a maid.

When Ulanara was forced to marry, she felt hopeless. But after she got married, she found that her husband was handsome and kind to her. She thought that she would no longer have to live in fear.

At that time, Yinzhen always called her "Yixiu" affectionately.

Yixiu has been living under the shadow of her eldest sister in her mother's home for too long. She feels ashamed of herself and even the name Yixiu is a disgrace.

She was not originally called this name. The servants in the family only called her the Second Miss, and her eldest sister and family members only called her the Fourth Miss because she was the fourth child in the family.

Only her biological mother, Aunt Shu, would call her Yunhe when no one was around.

Yes, her father named her Yunhe, but her elder sister had always been unlucky since she was a child and didn’t allow anyone to call her by her name. She was like a puppy without a name, being ordered around in the mansion.

When she heard that the emperor was going to marry her eldest sister to the Fourth Prince, she cried and made a fuss, forcing her father Fei Yanggu to beg the emperor for mercy, saying that the Ulanara family had two daughters and the younger daughter had long admired the Fourth Prince, so she asked for this marriage on behalf of the younger daughter.

The emperor pondered for a while and changed the originally planned marriage with Fei Yanggu's family from Yinzhen marrying a principal wife to a concubine.

There are six rituals for a marriage: Nacai, Wenming, Naji, Nazheng, Qingqi and Qinying. Yunhe's name started at Wenming and was later changed to Yixiu.

The mistress said that the name "suitable for the family, cultivating virtue and establishing innovation" was chosen to remind Yixiu that even as a married woman, in addition to having children for the palace and consolidating her own position, she should not forget the kindness of her mother's family in bringing her up.

The so-called grace of education meant that on the day of her wedding, a maid from the palace was invited to teach her the rules all night long.

After entering the mansion, Yinzhen said.

"Your name is Yixiu, but it comes from the Chuci? Beauty is like looking at Yixiu, and Peiwu rides on the Guizhou boat. It's a good name."

From then on, Yixiu forgot about her mistress's interpretation and was only happy with Yinzhen's explanation.

"Yixiu" is used to describe a beautiful appearance with appropriate decoration. It is a sentence praising a beautiful woman.

(End of this chapter)