To Be A Virtuous Wife

8

It was another day for paying respects. The ce fei and shiqie arrived early to wait in the outer rooms of the zhengyuan. This time, their attitude was much more careful and they were much more courteous to the servants there.

Jin Zhan, along with a few little yahuan, came to pour tea for the women before standing silently to one side.

"Jin Zan guniang, we came a bit early today, did we disturb wang fei's rest?" Feng Zi Jin's face was full of apology and looked towards the inner room, "Wang fei must be very busy these past days and exhausted." She had to be busy. Not just managing to gather all of houyuan into her hands, she also had the skill to let wang yeremain every night in her rooms. Wang fei had some smarts.

"Feng ce fei exaggerates," Jin Zan bowed, her brows containing humor, "This fu hasn't been very busy lately and wang ye also cares for wang fei, so there is no tiredness. Please don't worry, Feng ce fei, wang fei will arrive shortly."

Feng Zi Jin didn't expect that her words would be rebutted. She paused slightly before saying: "Wang fei's good health, is the greatest fortune for us sisters."

Qu Qing Ju had walked to the door when she heard what Pin Zi Jin's said. She laughed as she entered: "Feng ce fei's concern, I will remember."

The four heard the laughter and simultaneously looked towards the doorway. They saw Qu Qing Ju, wearing a complicated and sweeping embroidered silver luan and red clouds dress, walk in. That long dress trailed on the floor as though it was dragging on their hearts and inexplicably made them feel depressed.

The women stood and bowed towards Qu Qing Ju. As they bowed, they saw that red-colored dress stream across their eyes, the beautiful tail of the luan was painful to the eye.

"No need to be so courteous, sit already." Qu Qing Ju sat down at the front and waved for the others to sit down. She looked at the color of the sky and said with a touch of remorse: "Today I woke up a bit late, sorry to let you wait."

The others naturally didn't dare accept this apology. They only smiled and said they didn't wait long and then waited for Qu Qing Ju's next words.

"All of us here are wang ye's people. I don't have anything to say. You should all serve wang ye to the best of your abilities." Qu Qing Ju's left hand held a teacup, her right hand lifted the lid, not looking at the faces of those sitting below her, "Wang yehas placed the houyuan in my hands. I am not a harsh person, I just cannot stand those who do not follow protocol. If somebody breaks a rule, I don't need to care about any others, I only control the punishment. When the time comes, don't blame me, this wang fei, for not showing mercy. You can all do your best."

They didn't expect wang fei to talk so plainly. Feng Zi Jin paused slightly. She felt that these words seemed to be targeted at her but she couldn't say anything. Seeing the other three stand and express they would follow protocol, she also stood and weakly concurred.

"Since everybody understands, I don't have anything more to say." Setting down the teacup, Qu Qing Ju's expression lightened slightly, "I heard Qian Chang Xin say that the wang fureceived a shipment of fabric previously. Later, somebody will deliver them to your residences. The weather is getting colder, you should make some new clothes from the fabric." Concluding, her hand raised the teacup and motioned towards the outside.

Everybody was perceptive enough to see and stood to leave. Coming out of zhengyuan, Feng Zi Jin snorted: "Using a few bolts of clothes to pretend to be a good person, it's like dispatching a beggar!"