boyutpedia Chapter 128 It is virtue for a woman to have no talent
Chapter 128 It is virtue for a woman to have no talent
As luck would have it, today the concubine's team took until three quarters past noon before arriving at the gate of the Shangshu Mansion.
"Welcome, Queen Concubine!" Xia Liu had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and finally the visiting team arrived. She watched everyone salute without any carelessness.
Xia Yanxiang stood there stiffly. She had just recovered from a serious injury and now had to endure such suffering in this icy and snowy place. She was furious in her heart, but her face showed a very restrained expression.
"Stand up." The voice from the eight-person sedan was familiar to everyone, but its temperament had changed greatly. Surrounded by layers of gauze curtains, it was difficult to see who was inside or what they looked like.
The huge team struggled for most of the day before Xia Pinxiang finally entered the Shangshu Mansion.
Xia Yanxiang was extremely disgusted with herself for having nothing to do and suffering here. After Xia Pinxiang entered the Shangshu Mansion, Xia Yanxiang slipped back to Ao Yanxuan.
After Xia Liu led everyone through the complicated etiquette, Xia Pinxiang looked down and found that Xia Yanxiang was nowhere to be seen. For a moment, she felt both annoyed and happy.
"Father, I didn't see my third sister today. Is she feeling unwell?" Xia Pinxiang suppressed her emotions and asked after looking around.
Xia Liu hurriedly looked back down, and indeed, there was no sign of Xia Yanxiang. She was unhappy, but she did not show it. "My dear Concubine, my daughter has caught a cold recently, and I was afraid that she would pass on the disease to you, so I did not let her come to pay her respects."
"Since the third sister is unwell, I, as her elder sister, am naturally worried and should go there in person." After saying this, Xia Pinxiang stood up, and everyone who was sitting down stood up.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. However, you are a precious girl, so please don't catch a cold." How could Tu not know that Xia Yanxiang had been here? It was a good thing that she left now.
Xia Yanxiang has been impatient lately, so it is inevitable that she will come into conflict with this giant Buddha.
Xia Pinxiang glanced at Tu and sat down again: "Madam is right, but the third sister has always been weak, and I don't know how the servants take care of her. Please don't neglect the third sister."
Tu felt unhappy after hearing this. Why was Xia Pinxiang being so sarcastic?
"But the etiquette and rules are here. It's not right for Third Sister to not even show up. If people tell others about it, wouldn't they laugh at Third Sister for having no etiquette? This is about her reputation and the face of our Shangshu Mansion, right? Someone, go to Ao Yanxuan to invite Third Miss." It seemed that Xia Pinxiang was well prepared. She probably expected Xia Yanxiang not to come, so she prepared this excuse.
Before the maid beside her could speak, Xia Yanxiang's voice came from outside the door: "Thank you for your concern, Concubine. Yanxiang is late."
Xia Pinxiang narrowed her eyes and sat up straight: "It seems that my sister really has a cold from drinking!"
"Xia Yanxiang from the Shangshu Mansion greets the Concubine, Concubine Lang Wan'an." Xia Yanxiang performed the equal salute to Xia Pinxiang in a very "formal" manner.
Xia Pinxiang, who was waiting for Xia Yanxiang to pay her respects, suddenly looked very unhappy. Cuihuan, the maid in her room, immediately scolded her in a stern voice, "How dare you! You can't even pay your respects to the concubine!"
When Mrs. Tu heard this, she subconsciously grabbed the handrail, but did not stand up and say anything.
"Your Majesty, you forgot that Yanxiang is now Prince Luo's fiancée and principal wife." Xia Yanxiang said slowly, "So, the etiquette is enough for equals."
Xia Yanxiang never worried that Xia Pinxiang would use her status to bully her. Even if she didn't have the status of Prince Luo's fiancée, just because she was the niece of the Right Prime Minister and the biological sister of General Pu Wei, no one would dare to say anything even if she didn't show courtesy.
Xia Pinxiang was so angry at her words that her face almost twisted. She gritted her teeth and said, "I am now the imperial concubine. Can't I bear your kneeling ceremony?"
"That being said, after all, you haven't officially married Prince Luo yet, so you can't be considered an imperial consort. According to the rules, even if you are now conferred the title of a county princess, you still have to kneel down and kowtow to me three times and nine times. No detail can be missed." Xia Pinxiang looked down at Xia Yanxiang from above.
Xia Yanxiang was not unhappy at all, as if she accepted Xia Pinxiang's statement: "Ah! Your Majesty is right."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xia Yanxiang knelt down inch by inch without bending her back even a little. She knelt three times and kowtowed nine times without making any mistakes in the details: "Xia Yanxiang from Shangshu Mansion greets the Concubine. May the Concubine be well."
Tu held on to the handrail tightly and tried to get up several times, but was stopped by Yukui.
No one present spoke, especially Xia Liu, who didn't even look at Xia Yanxiang.
Xia Pinxiang was relieved: "Stand up! This is the proper way! Otherwise, outsiders will think that the rules of Shangshu Mansion are so high that even the royal family dares to be disrespected."
"Thank you, Concubine, for your advice."
He told Xia Yanxiang to stand up, but he didn't offer her a seat, and he didn't close the door, so he let Xia Yanxiang stand.
"I heard that my sister caught a cold. Is she feeling better now? How about I ask an imperial physician to come and see you? You're weak, so you need to take good care of yourself." Xia Pinkan was holding the hot water bottle in her hand, her bright red nails lightly pressing on it, making a slight "click" sound.
"Thank you for your concern, Concubine. I'm almost recovered from my cold. Thank you for your kindness." What a bullshit. Everyone in the capital knows that Xia Yanxiang is proficient in medicine. Why would she trouble the imperial physician for a minor cold?
Xia Pinxiang didn't say anything, but gave Cuihuan a look. Cuihuan understood and took a step forward: "Miss San, Concubine Langniang has good intentions. You are refusing like this and disregarding the Empress's feelings!"
Xia Yanxiang had guessed it long ago: "It turns out that the queen has a lot of things to do, and she doesn't want the queen to be too overworked. Since aunt thinks that Yanxiang has hurt the queen's kindness, Yanxiang has no choice but to obey her orders."
Cuihuan choked. This Third Young Lady really had a powerful tongue!
Xia Pinxiang didn't expect this, but since it had come to this, she had no choice but to send someone to invite the imperial physician.
"Look at me, Madam. I've been here for a long time, but you still forgot to give me a seat. Come on, sit down. Don't stand in the wind and hurt yourself." Xia Pinxiang said in annoyance as if she remembered it unintentionally.
Xia Yanxiang leaned forward: "Thank you, Concubine."
She was afraid of cold, and having just recovered from a serious injury, she had been standing in this windy place for a long time, so she was afraid that she would really catch a cold.
When Xia Pinxiang saw that Xia Yanxiang's face had turned pale, she felt very happy and her face looked much happier. She also had a big gift for Xia Yanxiang!
"I feel really sorry to see that my sister is still so thin. Please stop being picky about food. Otherwise, with your weak body, how can you marry into Prince Luo's Mansion and compete for favors with those beautiful concubines in the future?" It was really ironic that Xia Pinxiang looked concerned about Xia Yanxiang.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. However, my sister will marry into Prince Luo's palace as his principal wife in the future, and she will be busy with many things. I'm afraid she won't have the time to argue with those concubines." Who doesn't know how to be sarcastic, right?
Xia Pinxiang became furious when she heard this. Xia Yanxiang was clearly mocking her for competing for favor with her aunt and not caring about the affairs of the mansion!
"Miss Third, what you said is not right! As a woman, especially the mistress of a mansion, the right thing to do is to take care of the family and serve your husband." Before Pinxiang could speak, Cuihuan beside her scolded her.
"Aunt may have a point, but Yanxiang is still young and knows very little about the affairs of the inner house. I personally think that a woman should not only take care of her husband and children in the inner house."
"A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. Whether in the boudoir or in the inner house, a woman should cultivate her character, learn the rules of women, and take care of her husband and children after getting married. Miss Third is so old that she doesn't even understand such a simple truth? In this case, Miss might as well study hard in the mansion. I will also report to the Imperial Concubine and ask her to find a good nanny to teach her."
"Since when does it become the turn of outsiders to comment on the affairs of Anyue Palace?" A male voice came in slowly, the voice arrived before the person arrived.