Chapter 93: Demanding with ample reason (1/2)

Lady Xu thought her son was being shameless, but now her heart cheered at the sound of his cursing. She gave a cold smile towards Han Yunxi, waiting for her to refute him! Han Ruoxue hadn’t expected this either and couldn’t help but gloat over the misfortune.

“Aiya, Lady Xu. Who’s eldest young master cursing about? Sounds offensive.”

“He’s cursing at someone who deserves to be cursed. Whoever steals is a thief, so of course they deserve the abuse,” Lady Xu laughed, pleased that someone was singing the same tune as her.

“Is that so? Heheh, a thief deserves condemnation. They’re even smellier than the sewer rats, living with no sense of shame!” Han Ruoxue chimed in.

“That’s just so. It’s a pity that there’s still so many of these people around in this time and age.”

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Lady Xu and Han Ruoxue seized the chance to make disparaging remarks, expecting Han Yunxi to flip out. Yet she remained indifferent. Seeing this, the two felt like their fists had rammed into cotton; unable to exert full force, they couldn’t help but to feel extremely stifled. Han Ruoxue couldn’t accept this and was about to speak when Han Yunxi beat her to it.

“Second Madame, did you invite everyone here to listen to eldest young master curse loudly?” As she spoke, she lowered little Yi’er to the ground and handed him over to Seventh Madame. “The respectable eldest young master of the Han house has this sort of character? It’s no different from a shrew.”

Lady Xu was about to reply when someone suddenly tossed out a vase from indoors. “Scram, slut! All of you, scram!”

Hearing this, Lady Xu’s smug face became twisted and ugly. What was wrong with this damned Yuqi? Were his brains muddled? Why was he cursing everyone else now? Han Yunxi shot a glance at the shattered vase and smiled slightly, the corners of her lips lifting into a mocking curve as she remained silent. But that smile was like a needle piercing Lady Xu’s heart as she suddenly felt disgraced. She was the one who made everyone wait here, but who knew her son would act so shameless? It was obvious that it was inappropriate and Han Yunxi wouldn’t be happy. But if everyone went inside, Heaven knows what kind of mess Yuqi had made indoors. Wouldn’t she just be letting Han Yunxi see a joke?

Lady Xu thought it over, wondering whether they should head to the main hall instead, but Han Ruoxue spoke up. “Lady Xu, how about we not go in? Eldest young master needs somewhere clean and quiet to recover. Since my mother hasn’t arrived yet, why don’t we go to her courtyard instead? It’s very nearby, so it won’t take more than a few steps.”

Han Ruoxue didn’t want to miss such a good chance! She wanted to see Lady Xu immediately trouble Han Yunxi about the storehouse key! With her paving the way, Lady Xu was naturally glad to follow along and nodded her head.

“That’s good as well.”

“Esteemed wangfei, please allow the change. My mother has some excellent high-grade spring tea,” Han Ruoxue was in a great mood.

Spring tea?

Han Yunxi was puzzled. Right now, it’s still wintertime in Tianning Country. There’s a month left before spring arrives, so where did this spring tea come from?

“Let’s go. No matter how far away it is, this wangfei will still go if it means drinking spring tea in wintertime,” Han Yunxi smiled softly.

“Third Madame might be a northerner, but she’s an old fiend when it comes to tea. I’m guessing that this spring tea must have been bought from some high class store by the southern borders?” Lady Xu asked, smiling as well.

So it’s from the southern borders. It should be springtime there by now. Han Ruoxue wouldn’t avoid topics that gave her face, and flaunted her knowledge of tea leaves the whole trip over. Han Yunxi listened intently. She really didn’t know that Third Madame and Han Ruoxue had put so much research into tea before.

Third Madame’s Sunset Cloud Enclosure really was closeby to Lady Xu’s courtyard, so they reached it after crossing a section of grass. When Han Yunxi and the others arrived, Madame Li was just about to leave. Seeing these arrivals, Madame Li hurried forward and made a respectful bow towards Han Yunxi. “This commoner Madame Li greets esteemed wangfei. May esteemed wangfei meet with 10,000 blessings.”

Truthfully speaking, Madame Li gave Han Yunxi a better impression than Seventh Madame. Seventh Madame was too humble and timid, but Madame Li was neither haughty nor humble and made everyone comfortable. Han Yunxi didn’t have a deep impression of Madame Li, but in her memories this Third Madame had never had conflicts with any of the other houses. No one dared to provoke her, but she wouldn’t provoke others on purpose, either. In public view, she was always generous and appropriate. Nobody would overlook her, but neither would she attract much attention to herself. Han Yunxi mused, if Han Ruoxue had been a boy, perhaps Han Congan would consider passing the title of head to the Third House.

Though Han Ruoxue could still find a husband to marry into the family, it wasn’t considered honorable. Besides, the Han house still had male heirs.

“Rise,” Han Yunxi waved a hand to allow Third Madame up.

She rose but remembered to greet Lady Xu and Seventh Madame as well, polite and extremely self-possessed. She even smiled at little Yi’er. Han Yunxi saw everything but didn’t change her expression.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, the scent of tea assailed their nostrils. It was said that Third Madame never stopped brewing tea in her quarters. Once inside her rooms, Madame Li personally fetched a tin of spring tea and smiled. “I only got this tea a few days ago and wanted to give everyone a sample to try. Luckily, this day came. Lady Xu, no matter what business you have, since you’ve come, let’s all try this tea first.”

Of course Lady Xu agreed, though she was preoccupied and gulped down multiple cups. Seventh Madame didn’t understand tea, nor was she interested. Her face was etched with worry as she tried to figure out a way to warn Han Yunxi. But Han Yunxi wasn’t hasty at all. She tried the tea with gusto. This spring tea was much fresher than the tea she had used for her experiments!