To Be A Virtuous Wife

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Qu Qing Ju, upon hearing this, stood to beg for forgiveness: "It is erxi's fault. These past days have been filled with managing the houyuan and neglected to pay attention to the happenings outside the fu. Mufei, please set a punishment."

Jing fei felt the roots of her teeth seemed to ache. These words just didn't seem right. In the Da Long Dynasty, it wasn't as restricting towards women as it had been in the previous dynasty, but it was still men on the outside, women inside. What was forgetting to pay attention to happenings outside the fu? Did she, her popo, have to tell her erxifu to meddle with things outside the fu?

Facing the feeling of powerlessness in this chicken-talking-to-duck conversation, Jing fei, in the end, could only push the teacup further away. In her understanding of Qu Qing Ju of the past, this erxi didn't dare disobey her. So what she had said before, she wasn't suspicious, but when she heard the words, her heart felt like it was blocked up.

"Your body wasn't well the past days, it was correct to manage the houyuan these two days," Jing fei smiled and let Qu Qing Ju sit before dismissing Ding mama from reciting the story, "It isn't a major thing, mufei wouldn't punish you. Really, this incident doesn't have too much connection to you. It was Chang De Gong Fu's behavior that was lacking, it just spread to you, such a good good erxifu."

To say bad things about the home of the married erxi, wasn't this putting her erxi's face to the floor and stomping on it? It was a pity that Qu Qing Ju didn't think of Chang De Gong Fu as her home. She wasn't pained or tickled by Jing fei's words so just pretend that she didn't really care.

"Mufei has treated erxi so well, erxi doesn't know what to do," Qu Qing Ju, deeply moved, looked at Jing Fei, "Erxi had obtained some little playthings these past days, and wanted to let mufei play with them too, hopefully mufei wouldn't dislike them."

What was this deeply moved and then giving gifts? Do you know that ben gong is criticizing you? Do you know ben gong looks down at you? Do you know that this is ben gong being unsatisfied with you?! What are you moved about?!

Jing fei inhaled, smiled and said: "Come, come, you don't give stuff. As long as you are all fine, mufei is satisfied." Have to be calm, ben gong is Jing fei, ben gong is the high and noble Jing fei.

Qu Qing Ju saw that the smile on Jing fei's face become warmer and warmer, the childish admiration on her own face became even more visible: "Wang ye and erxi live outside the place, and cannot expresse our filial love daily to mufei. But we thought that these little amusements could make mufei happier. If mufei is happy, it is the best thing for wang ye and erxi."

Feng Zi Jin saw the harmonious situation in front of her and felt disappointed. Didn't niangniang not like Qu Qing Ju as her erxi, why was she smiling brighter and brighter? And these gifts, did niangniang like them that much that niangniang was that happy? In the past, what Qu Qing Ju had presented wasn't simple but niangniang hadn't given a hint of a smile then.

The most painful thing in the world wasn't being pointed at and scolded indirectly but you pointing at somebody and scolding indirectly but the person didn't understand and assumed that you were complimenting her. Jing fei had lived in the imperial palace for many years and was used to words that took nine curves and eighteen turns. And her opponents were the most skilled. Suddenly meeting a pig[4] of an opponent, she finally understood the pain of a punch landing in cotton.

Or was it that the dull personality of Qu Qing Ju had been a pretence and she was purposefully acting this way today to make her angry? Jing fei's eyes narrowed and she couldn't help but carefully examine Qu Qing Ju.

After the examination, she suddenly fell, this erxifu of her's had a pretty good appearance and her smile was very inviting. Remembering when the Emperor had just decreed the marriage, the dull look when the Duchess of Chang De took her into the palace to give thanks, Jing fei couldn't help but furrow her brows and look at Qu Qing Ju's present appearance.

She didn't know the Emperor had listened to the persuasions of which whore in this hougong to want to bestow Qu Qing Ju to her son. He kept on saying that this girl's eight words carried good fortune. After loudly formalizing the arrangement, he had no shame and said to her, he had given Heng'er a good wife. She really didn't know how bad his eyes were to see a dead fish's eye as a pearl.

Automatically blaming this onto her rival Shu fei, Jing fei came back from her thoughts. She tilted her head as she gazed at Qu Qing Ju. Originally, she had wanted to keep dealing blows at the other but that desire had retreated. There was no taste to playing music at the cow.

Jiang Yong Yu had been keeping her head down and drinking tea. She raised her head to look at Jing Fei and then at wang fei with a smile on her face and then silently lowered her head.

Instantly, the room sank into a strange sort of silence. But this silence was only a quick instant because the taijian outside made an announcement that broke the silence.

"Duan Wang has arrived."

The palace maids and taijian serving inside the room took a breath as though something terrifying just disappeared. They silently moved their heads lower towards the door.

Today … … the magic clouds on the soft palace boots that Duan Wang wore today were so good-looking.

[1] 云锦: brocade made in Jiangsu. In history, it was once exclusive to the Imperial Family and the common saying was one inch of gold, one inch of brocade (both brocade and gold have the same pronunciation in Chinese)

[2] 本宫: illeism for imperial consorts. "this palace"

[3] 贤内助: also means virtuous inner assistant.

[4] Pigs are considered dumb.