zChapter 962 - Measures Must Be Taken to Deal With the Wife (1/2)
When Feng Yuheng was pushed over, she was in the middle of thinking about the last battle in the South. Suddenly being pushed onto the bed caught her off guard, and she reflexively attacked the person at her side.
Xuan Tianming used his skills to stop her and very helplessly said: “Dear wife, why is it that you’re using martial skills?”
Only then did she manage to react. Looking at her current situation, how could she not understand what this wolf wanted to do. She could not help but smirk: “Can you think about something else for once?”
A certain person very seriously said: “During the day, when I was in court and in the palace, I was thinking only about official matters. But who said that I needed to continue thinking about official business after returning home? Your man is also quite tired and needs to relax.”
Manual labor was more tiring, alright? She rolled her eyes and tried to change the subject: “I need to speak with you about something important. These past few days, I have been feeling regretful. Back in the desert, I really shouldn’t have killed Bi Xiu and lost someone to levy accusations against the eighth prince. It’s such that old eighth is still causing waves in the capital. He caused such a big disturbance in the southern part of Da Shun, but he continues to live as if nothing happened?”
“Hmph!” Xuan Tianming coldly snorted, “Old eighth has laid out a large chessboard. It can’t possibly be destroyed so easily. Moreover, look at the old man’s attitude. From time to time, he will suppress him; however, it’s completely harmless. It’s as though he’s playing around. I already said it. The old man is getting old and can’t bear to watch his sons engage in a fight to the death. That’s one aspect of things. Most importantly, he is unreconciled with having the throne be handed down in a calm and logical manner. He is the ruler of Da Shun, and he has the mission of selecting a good successor. He cannot just give it to whichever son he is biased towards. He needs to see which son has the ability to allow Da Shun to prosper even more. Do you think that the old man is unable to understand the disturbance that old eighth created in the South? In truth, he understands everything, and what he understands, even more, is that even if Gu Shu took some cities, once old eighth took the throne, he could not possibly just leave those cities alone. In the end, he would go against what he had said. The old man is his father and understands him too well. In summary, the old man is not foolish. He’s quite sharp. Old eighth also is not foolish and is quite sharp. As for dear wife, you are even less foolish and even sharper. That’s why… don’t change the subject on this prince. It’s time to eat!”
Feng Yuheng felt a gust of wind rush towards her, and she subconsciously closed her eyes and loudly said: “I’ll tell Huang Quan to prepare the meal.”
He ignored her and pulled out a silk sash from somewhere, directly placing it on the phoenix-shaped birthmark on her left wrist. Feng Yuheng was cold: “What are you doing?”
“Preventing you from escaping.”
She cried! The previous night, the night before that and the night before that, as a result of this hungry wolf’s pleas, she had gone to hide inside her space for three consecutive nights. Today, she had been caught, and he had come up with a counterplan. She tried to reach for her left wrist but found that she really could not hide in her space with the wrist being covered up. She could not help but quietly say her prayers, hoping that this wolf could be a little more human today…
Snow fell throughout the night. The large snowflakes covered the wintersweet in a thick blanket.
Noble Lady Yuan woke up early in the morning. Just as the sky was starting to lighten, she went to the imperial garden with her personal servant. Her servant, Yue Xiu, was holding a large porcelain jar. While walking, she said: “Master, this matter could have been taken care of by this servant and some palace servants. Why bother coming out yourself on such a cold day.”
Noble Lady Yuan shook her head and said: “Since something good must be done, it must be done as fully as possible. Why bother doing it if it’s not enough to attain a higher position when I’m unwilling to accept a lower position. Mo’er is right. It’s for no other reason. I will just treat this entirely as being for him. Like this, I won’t feel uncomfortable.”
Yue Xiu sighed: “Master has suffered a grievance.”
Indeed, she had suffered a grievance. Because of the heavy snowfall the previous night paired with her getting up too early, it was such that the palace servants did not have a chance to sweep the ground on this side. Just walking to the garden, her shoes and socks had already become a little wet; however, she still endured until they were under the wintersweet. Having Yue Xiu hold the jar, she used her nail protector to gently move the branch. The snow piled up on the tree fell in a torrent, landing in the porcelain jar.
“Everyone says that brewing tea from the melted snow that came from atop a wintersweet would make the tea more fragrant. In the past, I myself never had such an interest. My first time getting some actually turned out to be for her.” Even if Noble Lady Yuan had thought about being more magnanimous earlier, she still felt quite uncomfortable. But this sort of feeling did not get in the way of gathering the snow. Master and servant worked for four hours before the jar was finally filled.
Yue Xiu took a look inside and said: “Master, there’s roughly enough. Either way, it’s only enough for one pot of tea. There’s no need for too much.”
Noble Lady Yuan nodded, “Then let’s go back. My feet are freezing. I fear that I will be suffering tonight.”
“Tonight, this servant will use fresh ginger for your soak. It would be best if illness could be avoided.” Yue Xiu quickly hurried Noble Lady Yuan back. It was only after they returned to Cun Shan Palace that they ordered for the snow to be used to make tea. Noble Lady Yuan also got changed before the master and servant headed for Zhang Ning Palace with the pot of tea and banknotes worth 100 thousand taels of silver.