Chapter 81 Husband and wife quarrel
Wanyan came in wiping her tears. Seeing her like this, Jiufujin rolled her eyes and said, "Madam, thank you for carrying Liuliu to find the eldest princess in the mansion."
When the wet nurse saw Yihuan nod, she immediately took Liuliu away.
"Fourth sister-in-law, you have to make the decision for my sister-in-law." Wanyan sat down next to Yihuan, tears rolling down her eyes. She was such a pitiful beauty.
"What happened to my sister-in-law? Tell it to Sister-in-law." The Ninth Lady was eating cherries, her face full of gossip.
Wanyan stopped crying for a moment: "Ninth sister-in-law is here too."
"Yes, as neighbors we have no peace every day. As your sister-in-law, I can only find a quiet place by myself." The Ninth Lady was harsh in her words, and Wanyan's face turned pale and blue.
"My two sisters-in-law are not outsiders. Please judge for me." Wanyan ignored the Ninth Lady and continued to pull Yihuan's sleeve. The nanny who came with her wanted to speak but didn't dare to.
"Yuxiao, get a clean towel and wipe Fourteenth Lady's face." Yihuan pulled out her sleeves, "Don't get excited, talk slowly. If it doesn't work, we can go to the palace and ask the Queen to make the decision. She will definitely not let you down."
"You don't have to trouble mother." Wanyan felt a little guilty and continued, "I am not afraid of being laughed at by my sister-in-law today. Since the wedding with Fourteenth Master, I have promoted all the maids who served him to concubines and assigned a little maid to serve him. I thought that everyone could share in the joy of the wedding and have something to look forward to in the future."
"Who would have known that there was a maid named Yao'er who couldn't even touch me."
"I have good food and drink and maids to serve me, but I am unlucky enough to get sick."
"Sisters-in-law, can I still control who gets sick?" Wanyan felt very aggrieved. "Fourteenth Master actually said that I was vicious and tortured her on purpose."
"I am the legitimate wife of a prince, and I have lost all my face when I am questioned by my master because of a maid." Wanyan felt insulted, especially after she found out that the Fourteenth Master was defending that maid.
"Fourth sister-in-law, Ninth sister-in-law, who doesn't have a few favored concubines in their house? It's not that I can't tolerate others, but Fourteenth Master didn't even give me basic respect." Wanyan said this and shed tears sadly. "Today, Master actually took that girl back to his side. How will the people in the house think of me?!"
Yihuan felt a bit of a headache after hearing this. As a sister-in-law, it was impossible for her to interfere in her brother-in-law's bedroom affairs. Besides, Wanyan was vague about the details, so there must be something else behind this matter.
"She is just a concubine. You can't treat your sister-in-law lightly or seriously now." Yihua gathered her clothes and said, "Husband and wife don't hold grudges overnight. Fourteenth brother is not an unreasonable person. You should admit your mistake to him and then sort out the matter and that will be over."
"I apologized to him?!" Wanyan stopped crying. She looked at Yihuan, who was still smiling, in shock. "Fourth sister-in-law, it's obvious that he is the one who favors his concubine..."
"Sister-in-law, be careful with your words!" Yihua suddenly raised her voice, her tone much colder, "Others would avoid such a hat, why do you want to put it on Fourteenth Master's head?"
Wanyan pursed her lips. She knew that she had indeed spoken out of turn. After thinking for a while, she softened her tone: "Fourth sister-in-law, if you were me, would you be willing? You are just a girl!"
"Yes, she's just a girl." Yihuan repeated, "If my sister-in-law is willing to listen to me, she can go and admit her mistake to the Fourteenth Master. The Fourteenth Master is a person who will only respond to soft words and not to hard ones. My sister-in-law should understand this better than I do."
Wanyan gnashed her teeth in anger, and suddenly she had an epiphany: "Fourth sister-in-law is deeply respected by Fourth Brother, can't she just rely on endurance?"
The Ninth Lady couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "My sister-in-law is really naive."
Wanyan didn't look happy towards the Ninth Lady either: "What do you mean by that, Sister-in-law?"
Seeing that Yihuan had closed her eyes, the Ninth Lady continued, "Although we are the prince's wives, we are also servants of the Aixinjueluo family. If a servant is against the master, is it the master who is wrong?"
Wanyan couldn't stand it any longer and stood up: "Husband and wife are one, how could I, Wanyan, become his slave? The two sisters-in-law lowered their status like this, which is really not the style of a prince's wife."
Seeing Wanyan leave angrily again, Ninth Lady sighed, "For the sake of the Fourteenth Master, I tried to persuade her with kind words, but she really doesn't have the comprehension. I wonder what kind of trouble she will have to suffer this time before she knows how to bow her head."
Yihuan opened her eyes and looked at Wanyan's back, showing some appreciation: "Speaking of which, I personally like Wanyan's master mentality. We are all slaves, and she wants to be the master, which is a good thing from a mental point of view." Jiufujin was a little confused: "Fourth sister-in-law, what are you talking about?"
Yihuan smiled and said, "I mean, Wanyan is a person of temperament. What a pity."
She was born in the wrong dynasty. If she were born in modern times, she would be a heroic urban beauty.
In the Qing Dynasty, she had not yet realized that not only herself, but the entire Wanyan clan had to bow down to the royal family.
Now she can still jump around and complain everywhere, but it’s just that the Fourteenth Master doesn’t care.
I hope she understands this sooner.
Yihuan witnessed the follow-up of this lawsuit with her own eyes. Wanyan did not get support from Yihuan, so she ran to the palace to ask for help from Concubine De in despair.
It happened to be the time every half month when Yihuan and others went to the palace to pay their respects to the Empress, and Wanyan again brought up this excuse to complain to Concubine De about the Fourteenth Master's favoritism.
Yihuan saw that Concubine De was comforting her daughter-in-law without changing her expression, and she even called Yinzhen back from the study.
He acted as a peacemaker in front of the two of them, but the private affairs in the rear house were revealed to his mother by his wife, and the Fourteenth Master looked a little embarrassed and annoyed.
He reluctantly apologized to Wanyan, and the two seemed to be reconciled as before.
At this time, Concubine De suddenly spoke up: "To be honest, the Fourteenth Mansion is indeed short of caring maids. Your wife is right. Don't keep those who can't serve well."
"Madame Lu, are there any maids in our palace that can be used?"
Madam Lu understood what she meant and immediately said, "Your Majesty, Shuifang and Shuixiu are of the right age and pretty. I was just thinking of arranging some tasks for them. I didn't expect that I would have the chance to ask you today."
"Well, it's fine as long as you look at it well. The important thing is to be gentle and docile. You should regard your husband as your God and the wife of the head of the family as your God. You should not cause trouble in the family and disturb the peace of the whole family. That would be your fault."
"The servant is awake."
Wanyan understood a little and suddenly opened her eyes wide. She wanted to say something but was pulled back by her wet nurse.
"In that case, Wanyan, you can take these two back. The rules and regulations outside the palace are better, and I'm sure they will suit your and your wife's wishes." Empress Defei said, her tone full of undignified attitude.
Wanyan wanted to refuse, but she had no reason. Suddenly, she saw Yihua drinking tea with her eyes downcast, and began to blame others: "The people in my mother's palace are naturally very good. Why don't you take one back with you, so that we can all enjoy my mother's grace."
Yihuan just felt that it was a pity that someone was sitting on the pot at home. It would not be very cute if Wanyan said so.
Every time Defei added a person to Yinzhen's family, she would communicate in advance. This son was different from the fourteenth, and directly giving him a person might cause him strong dissatisfaction.
"Wanyan, are you dissatisfied with my decision?"
"My daughter-in-law doesn't dare."
Yinzhen was impatient to hear this, and immediately knelt down and said: "Thank you, mother, for your grace. I will go back to study now."
Wanyan led two beautiful palace maids out of the palace with a gloomy face, without even looking at Yihuan.