Chapter 40 (1/2)

Beiding

City, summer, middle ten days of July

Chinese

tru role adorning verdant

and lush on white walls and black tiles, during the breakout of anger it seemed

even more tranquil

The old

housekeeper of the wang fa into the distance

out of the , uncertain if he was looking at the view of the garden or

those rowdy people, in a moment, the unhappy expression on the old person’s

face also showed kindness

A young maid

with practice offered refresh a look, with a

s master, this year is the first time he has come

here, the old housekeeper must not have seen him before”

wang

housekeeper oken with a start, clasping the tea cup, he still didn’t

drink, s: “Indeed I have not seen him before, but the master has

mentioned him in his letter, said the mistress’s adopted son was naturally the

master’s adopted son This old servant of course accept the young master as the

young master”

The youngmaster is difficult to deal

with, the other young masters in the residence cannot beat him”

wang

housekeeper as in charge of everything inside and out, trifle and miscellaneous

matters of the residence, had already found out about the new young master by

other means However, the old man was overconcerned, he only ever listened and

not spoken In contrast the elderly lady who had just come in heard what the

youngmaid immediately

quivered, lowering her head in a well-behaved ht

posture was already tre

The elderly

lady won’t enforce rules in front of outsiders, she would only display an appropriate

s master Fen has been with the Xia

farown up under General Xia General Xia

as father and as teacher, young master Fen studied martial arts under a

general, inevitably he would be quite strong”

wang

housekeeper appeared to not have heard as said, only standing up, and

greeted the elderly lady, asking: “Is the lady well?”

“Fine” The

elderly lady lead the way in front, “I just finished speaking with the oldwang housekeeper had

arrived, I got up again”

This

elderly lady had a Buddha like expression, sle

line,it so people couldn’t see her expression within them, but every

sentence came out like a knife, clearly she didn’t like the old housekeeper

But this old wang housekeeper had also perfected hi a word

or being vulgar he followed behind, following the other person turning two or

three ti the corridors, in the distant he saw a pond, on top there

was a not too big water pavilion

Muslin hung

from the three sides of the water pavilion, ice chunks were placed underground,

e out from minuscule holes, even the surface of the pond emitted a bit

chilly steam Inside was a couch with a marble beauty with inlaid conch, the

youngout laid

on top of it, a head full of sweat, clearly having just fallen asleep Xia Ling

Mei held onto a circular fan unhurriedly fanning him, the small wind tickled

the youngmaster Fen muttered: “So hot”

He still

wanted to tear open his clothes, Xia Ling Mei pressed down on his small hands:

“It’ll be fine in a while, don’t move”

The young

s, his lips shrivelled, in a daze for quite a while

before falling asleep

wang

housekeeper respectfully bowed, quietly saying: “This old servant has met the

mistress before”

Xia Ling

Mei pointed at the circular bench to the side, wang housekeeper sat down, a

young nore her,

drinking it down unhurriedly

The bitter

tea was bitter ste Mei

had returned to the Xia fa housekeeper every few days would come to drink

a cup of bitter stem tea The bitter taste, when it was heated up and drunken

it would still ue turn, if it was steeped in hot water

then ice was added, that bitter and astringent taste would hover on the back of

the tongue not leaving, it was the best for torturing someone who one didn’t

want to see but couldn’t get rid of

Sadly, wang

housekeeper was just like his young master, inadequate in other

things, but completely patient The mistress had returned over half a month

ago, this was the still the first ti master, he couldn’t

help carefully froh

Young

htly tanned, it must be from the years at sea,

his skin was also not exquisite enough, the small hairs on his head were

sticking up, incessantly displaying his anger Unlike the soft like satin of

the younglike the octopus’s

leg’s being waved about, forced down onto a green jade coloured pillow, giving

up The young , he wasn’t tall, his small hands

were also not chubby enough, his red feet had been cleaned by the maids, the

main difference between this child and others was, he wasn’t holding a book in

his ar handle On the handle was

an exceptionally glossy agate jadeite, evidently the young master often touched

and used it

This child,

other people ’s son, but can

definitely be certain he was Lady wang’s son

Xia Ling

Mei knew the reason for wang housekeeper’s visit Although wang Yun Feng had

not said, based on feelings and reasoning this ti

Mei ought to return to live at the wang residence After experiencing so many

things, wang Yun Feng still felt asha Mei, on the face of

things he didn’t want to s difficult for her, he could only ask the

wang housekeeper with his back bent clear up things for Xia Ling Mei to return

home

This

household, Xia Ling Mei had left behind for seven years, so called familiar

feeling of returning home…

During the

seven years she never once asked about wang Yun Feng’s life, and did not ask

the Xia fa residence, she

was faintly scared

In the

seven years, which men of the influential family would sincerely preserve their

oife’s integrity on their behalf, did not take on another wife, did not

take maids and concubines, so much so that even the most considerate person did

not? In front of other people, Xia Ling Mei could overbearingly say: wang Yun

Feng having Xia Ling Mei as a wife is the blessings from several lifetimes, if

he dares to bullies me, I will kill him However only she understood in her

heart, the , in fact the weaker she was

And the her

like this, could re the short-lived tender

wang

Yun Feng

After the

wang housekeeper had drank three cups of bitter tea, then did he bring out two

gold gilded invites Xia Ling Mei tilted her head to take a look, one invite

was addressed to the current residence of Lord Li imperial tutor This Lord Li was

the greatest scholar of the great Dayan, whatteacher of the young late E the criminal laws

of Dayan, experiencing through three ens, most severe in the

interest of others, he was also the backbone of the current Ministry of

Justice The second invite was addressed to the residence of the general of the

national auxiliary General Zhao The current en, most of

the generals had achieved their position fro at the risk of their own

lives on the battlefields This General Zhao was the same as General Xia,

protecting the borders all year round, only having been transferred into the

I on a position with practically no

obligations Even so, they are still fondly looked upon by the emperor, because