The beauty of the lady

Chapter 212 The Situation (3)
On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, the luxurious coffin was slowly sent into the imperial mausoleum under the erratic movement of a large wave of imperial guards and many white flags. Ye Zhen, who thought he should be idle, did not return to the palace until the night of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

As soon as he came back, he summoned several ministers in the court to discuss matters in the study in the front yard overnight, and stayed up all night.

On the morning of the 25th, Zhou Mei was instructing the servants in the mansion to tidy up the mansion. It seemed that the Chinese New Year was about to come. Although it could not be too grand, at least the mansion must be kept clean.

After working for half the morning, she returned to Mufang Courtyard, at this time Ye Zhen had already rested in the bedroom.

When he woke up, it was already dusk, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the little woman sitting by the window looking at the account books.

"What time is it?" he asked hoarsely.

"It's time to apply, has your lord rested yet?" Zhou Mei looked up at him who looked a little sleepy. He must be really tired these days.

"It's okay, I'll have a good rest at night." Calling outside, Liao Fan walked in, waited for Ye Zhen to wash and change, and served dinner.

In the days that followed, Zhou Mei was even more busy. There were carriages going back and forth several times a day, all of which were to give New Year's gifts to those relatives in Beijing, and Xu Ying also came to Zhou Mei's place to help every day these days. At first, I thought she was inferior to me, but who knew that she could handle those troublesome interpersonal relationships in an orderly manner, and the annual rituals of the exchanges were also exactly the same, which was better than her handling. I originally wanted to see her joke, who Knowing that you will be oppressed even more.

"Chunqin, prepare the annual gift according to the list, and send it to the wives' natal families."

"Yes, princess."

Chunqin left, while Xu Ying looked at the account books on the desk and asked, "My lord, is there still going to be new clothes in the mansion this year?"

"The Empress Dowager has just left, so I won't make any intentions this year. I will directly make summer clothes next spring. Doesn't Concubine Xu want to be disrespectful to the Empress Dowager?"

"The concubine dare not, the concubine said something wrong, and asked the concubine to make amends."

"Get up, just pay more attention in the future." Zhou Mei glanced at Xu Ying lightly, "I thought you were a safe person, but it seems I was wrong. You can hand over everything in the backyard, it's okay If not, talk to the other wives and stroll around the garden."

"My lord, my concubine really knows I'm wrong, and I ask my lord to forgive me." If she handed it over, how could she have any face in front of those concubines?

Zhou Mei didn't want to listen to her anymore, she looked down at the account in front of her, and said coldly: "My princess said, don't try to touch my bottom line, it's because you think you are too important, or you think this What does the princess dare to do to you? You are just a side concubine, even I, the princess, dare not say that I am irreplaceable, don't think too highly of yourself, go back."

Xu Ying's spirit seemed to be broken, she stood up and staggered away.

"Miss, this Concubine Xu is trying to encourage Miss to make mistakes." Xia Qi looked at Xu Ying who left with some displeasure.

"Yeah, it seems that I still feel a little unwilling." Zhou Mei said indifferently.

After dealing with most of the things, she didn't feel free until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

At noon, sitting in the warm pavilion, lying on the thick brocade couch with eyes closed lazily.

"Xia Qi, you can go back today. It's okay to lose one of you here. You're married too. Don't keep running this way. I've given you the deed of prostitution. You're too unconscious."

Xia Qi's pretty face is slightly red. She got married in early November. At that time, the prince gave her 500 taels as a dowry. Now she will not stay in the palace tonight. Every morning, Le Zhao will send her to the palace first. Then I will return to the store, every day.

"Miss, do you despise the servants? The mother-in-law is in good health, so she doesn't need the servants to come and serve her. The mother-in-law said that the young lady is the benefactor of our family. Now it's a busy time, so she rushed the servants over."

"No, you'd better go back and take good care of yourself, and wait to give birth to a son for Le Zhao. I don't have too many things for you to do here."

Seeing what Zhou Mei said, Xia Qi was very grateful, "Since the miss said so, the servants will not be able to come here from tomorrow. Of course, if the miss needs the servants to do something, just ask."

The original plan was to do it today, after all, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and I have a lot of things to do at home. Although I bought two little girls, she and her mother-in-law seemed a little uncomfortable.

"That's good. Now that you meet someone who treats you well, you should cherish it. Everything is fine on my side, so you don't have to worry at all."

"Is it the same for the young lady to the prince?" Sometimes she felt that the young lady liked the prince, but sometimes she felt that the young lady gave her a feeling of being out of place and even alone in the palace.

"Ok!"

"..." Xia Qi was silent, why did Miss answer after being silent?

But these are no longer what she can ask. Although she has been freed from slavery, in her heart, Miss is still her master, and she will be for the rest of her life.

Because there are no elders above, Zhou Mei doesn't have to worry about anyone in this life. Who would say such days are boring, but she enjoys them very much.

The few women in the backyard will not let her have any worries. Anyway, if they are not pleasing to the eye in the future, they will be imprisoned and not allowed to step out of the courtyard for a lifetime. This is a trivial matter.

The New Year's Eve dinner was for two people, and the other five women set up a table in Xu Ying's yard.

"I think it's a bit deserted this year." Zhou Mei muttered while looking at the sumptuous but simple food, holding her chin.

Ye Zhen squinted at her, put a piece of bamboo shoots in her bowl, and said with a smile: "It will be fine in the future, you still have to give birth to a few more children for this king."

"What do you do with so many children? Having more brothers is not necessarily a good thing." Zhou Mei drank the wine in her glass, and then refilled the glasses for the two of them.

"Brothers are always different. Besides, the children of this king and Mei'er must be different from other families."

"You really think highly of me." How hard it is, education is one thing, the key is life, how painful is that?

However, she also wants a child of her own, preferably a boy and a girl, twins are the best, but this kind of thing needs to pay attention to fate, the most important thing is genes, she knows, whether it is her mother Still, there are no twins on my father's side, so it seems that I have no hope.

Because it is the national funeral now, as Ye Zhen, he will not be able to have sex with his wife for at least three months, but Ye Zhen doesn't care, now he seems to be used to sleeping with Zhou Mei's fragrant and soft body in his arms.

Besides, it's not too hard to do without her for three months.

(End of this chapter)