Chapter 121: Treason 2 (2/2)
”A'Zhu? General Lu is back at the capital?”
”Yes my dear, he can back two days earlier. Sadly it is not permanent, he is back for official duty. He will go back as soon as that is handled”
She smiled, ”you must be glad to see him after all these weeks, You should meet up with him more often. Ningzhuo is such a far place to go, I heard that the weather dear isn't very good”.
”A'Zhu is used to dealing with harsh conditions while on military campaigns, he looked okay”
”Thank the gods”
”He sent over a wedding gift for you from Princess Qin. I had Dong Yi hand it over to Xiao Chu. For his wife to give you a gift, she is tge type that remembers old sentiments. She is a good match for A'Zhu”
Zhu Fenfang was taken aback when she heard him mention that Su Liya sent down a wedding gift for her. Her relationship with Su Liya wasn't so good that she would send her a wedding gift. Zhu Fenfang just assumed that this was Su Liya's way of trying to get favour from her now that she was married to the Crown Prince.
She just replied ”Yes” and changed the topic immediately. She wasn't comfortable with a discussion about someone like Su Liya. Zhongshan Ling stayed for some time before leaving.
She could barely sit still, she waited a few minutes after he left before calling her maid over. ”Xiao Chu!”
Xiao Chu who stood just by the door replied ”Yes” and ran in.
”Get out the Princess's gift” Zhu Fenfang pointed to the small storeroom door at the side with her head while massaging her neck gently,
Xiao Chu nodded and rushed to the side. She brought the key out of her bucket and unlocked the door. Zhu Fenfang watch the door silently until she saw her come over with a wide wooden box.
”Is her gift that big, how wonderful. I think that by now that bitch knows her place. Open the box”.
Xiao Chu placed the box on the small table net to Zhu Fenfang. She turned the box to her mistress and unlocked the box. Zhu Fenfang gasped as she looked into the box, ”that bitch! She pushed the box to the ground.
Xiao Chu fell to her knees immediately I fear, she looked to the content which had all spilt out. Inside the box were three books and a small box. She glanced at her mistress and pulsed her lips while thinking, 'what is wrong with my mistress, while is she getting angry over a couple of books and a small box. Maybe it is because it wasn't what she had expected.
She walked to where the box fell and picked it up, the box was very sturdy because it was still firm. She picked one of the books and turned it around to see what had made her mistress angry. Written in bold were the words
”Four Virtues of gentle born women for Dummies.”
Xiao Chu had never seen a book like this must have been specially prepared by the Princess. The titles of the next book weren't any better.
”A discovery of a scheming wife”
The last book took the cake, unlike the other two this one was more explicit
”Once a concubine born daughter and now a concubine.”
Xiao Chu glanced at her mistress and sighed. ”I will keep it away immediately”.
”I don't want that in my storeroom, burn it. Burn it all!!!!”
”Yes Madam”, Xiao Chu heard a click as she picked up the small box. ”There is something else in here Mistress”. She left the bigger box on the ground and brought the smaller box to her mistress.
Zhu Fenfang glared at the box intently, as if the glare would somehow reach the owner of the box. She took the box from her maid and unlocked it. Inside was a gold Phoenix hairpin, it was good quality gold.
Xiao Chu's face darkened when she saw the hairpin, ”what game is that low born maid playing mistress. His can she sends you such things, his disrespectful. Like she doesn't know that Imperial concubines can not wear Golden Phoenix hairpins, only the Principal wife of a prince is allowed to”.
Zhu Fenfang shut the box and threw it aside, ” Su Liya you bitch. Just wait, I will deal with you!”