Chapter 257: Vixen
“Zero Line!” Li Xi’er’s fair jade-like cheeks were streaked with fine dense beads of sweat, her cherry-small mouth spitting out a few words.
Two days later, there was a little progress.
At this time, she rolled up her sleeves, squatted on the ground, lowered her head and worked seriously, still wearing special material gloves on her hands.
Holding the newly made test pen, she changed a wire to test the copper wire she had fixed on the wooden board! “This one is the live wire!”
After Honglian came in, she put down the tea and stood aside, quietly listening to her talking about zero line, live wire, ground wire and other incomprehensible words, without stepping forward.
On the ground nearby, the young woman had tinkered out something called a magnet wheel, and the young woman had wound a circle of copper coil.
Because the young woman wouldn’t let her touch things randomly! Even less would she let her carry tea close.
She was now assembling those parts on the utensil called the stator, holding that mysterious pen to test something.
“How bold, servant, hurry up and get out of the way!”
“Reporting to Princess Luoning, Zisu dares not, it was the master who specifically instructed that no one is allowed to disturb the young woman in Zui Yue Pavilion!”
“What? No one? Am I, the Princess Luoning of Feng Lan Kingdom, considered no one? You’re called Zisu? How bold are you!” Zisu bit her lip and held back the tears in her eyes.
“It is the master’s intention, please Your Highness, for the sake of this servant’s many years of loyal service, spare Zisu!”
“What a loyal dog protecting its master, heh! Feng Qingcheng, you’ve really grown bold now, daring not to take even Mother and me, your elder sister, seriously, and daring to slight me with this cheap maid!”
“Tell me! Was it Feng Qingcheng who told you to treat your elder sister like this?”
“No, injustice, Your Highness, the master never said that, and this servant absolutely has no such intention!”
Ninth Princess Feng Zhi looked smug on her face, and said,
“Hmph! That’s right, I am his Feng Qingcheng’s elder sister, no way, I must see what vixen is hidden here? Hurry up and get out of the way!”
“Spare me, Your Highness!” Zisu knelt on the ground, kowtowing nonstop and shouting loudly.
Li Xi’er frowned, “Honglian, who is making noise outside?” She stopped her movements and asked puzzledly.
“Young woman, by the sound, it seems to be Princess Luoning, our God of War General’s elder sister!”
Honglian was still relatively calm, her face slightly red. Upon hearing it was the Ninth Princess, her heart actually skipped a beat!
Royal descendants, how many lives could they lowly servants have?
They were just servants; if they didn’t serve their masters well, anyone could take their lives!
Whether to let in or not would violate the masters’ intentions, but Yu Qing Palace only listens to the prince.
“Why is she in the manor?”
“Reporting to the young woman, because Princess Luoning and the imperial son-in-law are not harmonious as husband and wife. A few days ago, our princess in a fit of anger gave the imperial son-in-law a divorce letter and drove him out of the princess’s mansion. Therefore, when she doesn’t need to serve her parents-in-law or manage household affairs, she often comes to the God of War’s Mansion to visit Consort Li!”
“What? The consort is in Yu Qing Palace?” This was something she hadn’t expected. The consort was Feng Qingcheng’s mother, that is, Consort Li.
“That’s right! Our prince is greatly filial. After the late emperor passed away, the consort accompanied by dim lamp and ancient Buddha, and after the Ninth Princess married, she was brought over by the master to live with him in this God of War’s Mansion for convenience of care!”
Many things in this Yu Qing Palace could not escape her old lady’s eyes; it was just that before, she turned a blind eye and didn’t interfere!
Today, for some reason the Ninth Princess came, and these two days the consort had sent her personal maid to inquire about the young woman’s matters.
It was probably caused by that night when the long-tongued person was beaten to death with random sticks.
So that’s how it is. Li Xi’er felt touched in her heart. It seemed that the female master of this Yu Qing Palace in the future would not be that Si Kingdom Princess or the daughter of the Grand Marshal, but this old consort!
“Still not getting out of the way? Come on, this cheap maid dares to disrespect me, your Ninth Princess, beat her hard for me!”
Feng Zhi was three years older than Feng Qingcheng. Women marry early; at thirteen, she took a fancy to the then top scholar of the imperial examination, pestered relentlessly, and by the late emperor’s decree was married to the then top imperial examination graduate Hou Minghao!
Hou Minghao came from a prominent family, with a wealthy background, originally full of hot blood for revenge, but the imperial decree was hard to defy. After becoming imperial son-in-law, he could no longer take important official positions.
While the late emperor was alive, he was still decent to the Ninth Princess. After marriage, the imperial son-in-law walked on thin ice every step like approaching an abyss. For every big or small matter, Hou Minghao had to grovel. Their personalities didn’t match, so there were constant conflicts after marriage.
After the late emperor passed away, the crown prince ascended the throne. The Third Prince had been on good terms with the crown prince originally and later had military achievements, so the Ninth Princess lived very self-indulgently with the imperial son-in-law. After they had a daughter, the Ninth Princess drove him out of the princess’s mansion.
Although the late emperor had passed away, this mother and daughter now relied on Feng Qingcheng; no one in the entire Feng Lan Kingdom could do anything to them!
Li Xi’er got a general idea and felt a bit prepared in her heart. She took off her self-made insulating gloves, “Honglian, go open the door!”
“Yes!”
The door was opened, and Li Xi’er’s figure and face appeared in the Ninth Princess’s eyes.
Seeing her standing in the doorway, her hibiscus-like face fresh from clear water without any makeup, her clothing also very casual and natural, no jewelry adornments on her body at all, sleeves rolled up revealing half a snow-white arm.
The Ninth Princess sized her up thoroughly from top to bottom, and sneered contemptuously, “I thought it was some heavenly beauty and national grace, but it’s just so-so. In Feng Lan Kingdom, there are countless women of your type. You really think highly of yourself?”
“Common woman pays respects to Princess Luoning!”
Li Xi’er, according to the rules, first gave her a grand salute neither humbly nor arrogantly!
Princess Luoning nostrils to the sky, seeing her quite obedient without being spoiled by favor, “Mm! Get up!”
Looking at her with head lowered, no reaction to her cold mockery and sarcasm, quite rule-abiding, continued, “Speak, where are you from?”
Li Xi’er recounted in detail how she was a herb-gathering woman who fainted on Phoenix Mountain.
“Since you’re a herb-gathering woman? You look recovered now, why haven’t you left? Still clinging on and living in Zui Yue Pavilion for what?”
“Oh? This princess understands. You must have other ideas?”
“Reporting to Princess Luoning, nothing of the sort!”
“Heh heh! Lowly trash like you with ambitions higher than the sky, this princess has seen plenty.” Hou Minghao was just like that, finding women behind her back, mostly this kind of weak, helpless vixens!
He finds them, so she also finds them; now in the imperial son-in-law’s mansion, there are as many as a dozen handsome men serving her and entertaining her.
Li Xi’er hadn’t expected a princess of a country to speak so harshly; one could imagine how frustrated her daily life was.
Consort Li, Princess Luoning, and Feng Qingcheng were superficially foster mother and elder sister, but actually because of childhood matters, they had always been somewhat distant.
One married, one with dim lamp and ancient Buddha.
On days when Feng Qingcheng was absent, Consort Li was the master of Yu Qing Palace; no wind or grass movement could escape her old lady’s eyes.
Yu Qing Palace never had extra outsiders; suddenly such a woman came, and no one was allowed to disturb her. That boy had always not interested in women, so she pretended not to inquire, but this one was said to be a bit special!
It made them a bit uneasy, wanting to find fault with her. She had been staying in Zui Yue Pavilion without coming out, so she wanted to come inquire a bit.
The consort had always acted fairly toward him without interfering, so for this matter, she specially waited until Feng Qingcheng was busy with official duties to have the Ninth Princess come negotiate. If she could leave on her own, that would be best.
