Chapter 283: Enemies Meet On A Narrow Road
The next day, Li Xi’er crawled out from under the quilt and was washing up. She had dreamed of Miaomiao last night, dreaming that Miaomiao was chasing her from afar and shouting.
“Mother, Mother!”
The little one fell on the road, scraping her arms and knees.
Crying nonstop, she shouted: “Mother, wait for Miaomiao, don’t leave Miaomiao behind!” She stopped and wanted to blow on it for her, but there was a river in between, and she couldn’t cross it no matter what.
She didn’t know if it was some kind of telepathy, but when she woke up in the morning, her heart just felt really uneasy!
Deeply worried, she missed Miaomiao so much! She wondered if she was doing well. Had Li Sanmao made her food? Had she really gotten hurt…
At this moment, the maid Zisu came running in all the way, disrupting her thoughts, her face full of joy.
“Oh, Zisu, look at you, your little face is all red from running. Did you run into some good news?”
Li Xi’er’s eyes were a bit puffy. She lifted her gaze, dabbing her face while blinking at her teasingly.
The two maids Feng Qingcheng gave her, Zisu with a gentle and shy personality, Honglian a bit more spirited, she liked them both.
“Young Woman, it’s not that this servant has any good news. Please don’t tease this servant. It’s that the stinky fruit the Prince pulled back from oversease has arrived. Go pick a few quickly!”
“Oh? You want me to go pick them?”
Li Xi’er
This isn’t too good, right?!
“Our Prince had already given instructions beforehand. The Prince saw that Young Woman also liked eating this stinky fruit last time, so when this batch arrived, he had Steward Sun notify this servant to let the Young Woman pick them herself!”
“Oh, in that case, alright then!”
Thinking about how she was about to leave Yu Qing Palace soon, it wouldn’t be too much for her to make him a generator and eat a few of his durians, right!
Xi’er wiped her face clean, Honglian called her to sit down and styled her hair for her.
She really couldn’t figure out this ancient hairstyle; it was quite troublesome. “Young Woman, have a seat!”
“Good!” Sitting down in front of the mirror, looking at herself in the mirror with long hair reaching her waist, black hair draped over her shoulders!
Honglian picked up the ivory comb and slowly combed her hair, then coiled it into a bun.
“Our young woman has such fair skin, and her hair is also so silky and black. Actually, this maid has never seen such a good-looking master in all these years!”
Honglian spoke up.
“Hehe, Honglian, you pat the horse’s butt well, I like it! When your master returns, how about I tell him to bestow long moon offerings on you two?”
“Sigh, Master, this servant is speaking the truth!”
“Hehe! Honglian is so lovely and spirited, who knows who she’ll benefit in the future? Is she engaged?”
Actually, she is only about fifteen or sixteen years old, the most adorable age.
Honglian paused, “To report to Young Woman, when this maid was young, she had a childhood engagement with Brother Awang from the same village, but later Honglian’s home had a younger brother and was so poor they couldn’t afford food, so parents sold Honglian. At that time, Honglian thought her life was over, but unexpectedly she was fortunate enough to be selected by the Prince’s Mansion to be a maid. I don’t know if he has married now!”
Honglian said indifferently, “If we get married, the children will probably be three or five years old by then.”
“Does Honglian have any man she has feelings for now?”
“Young Woman, what are you saying?” Honglian blushed, feeling a bit shy!
“Hehe, looks like there is. Our Honglian is lovesick and too embarrassed to say it.”
“Young Woman Linglong, our Honglian ah, the person she likes is right under her nose!” Zisu came in with the clothing, just in time to hear their conversation and covered her mouth with a playful light chuckle!
“Oh?”
“Aiya, Zisu, and here I thought of you as my little sister. I’m not talking to you anymore.” Honglian stomped her feet.
“Alright, alright, I was just asking casually. Let me guess, could it be the Prince?”
“No such thing, young woman.”
Honglian shook her head hurriedly in fright.
Zisu also shook her head!
It’s probably afraid that she would overthink it. Halfway through combing, Young Woman Xi’er was getting a bit impatient. Ancient people combing hair is really troublesome!
She thought about it. Anyway, she had no plans to leave the manor today, so she simply parted her hair into two strands with her hands, braided two small plaits, “Look, isn’t this much better?”
Convenient and quick.
“But…”
Isn’t this too casual? Honglian and Zisu thought.
Young Woman Xi’er prioritized comfort, hopping and skipping toward the backyard of the Prince’s Mansion, where goods were being unloaded at the back gate.
The two maids hurriedly caught up. Just then, the horse carriage delivering the stinky fruit had stopped there and was unloading the goods! Steward Sun of the Prince’s Mansion was also there!
As soon as Young Woman Xi’er went out, Steward Sun saw Zisu and Honglian and immediately knew who the visitor was! His eyes narrowed like a shrewd person, he knew full well that although this one had no name or status, she was deeply favored. The Prince had specially instructed about this stinky fruit, even Princess Luoning had suffered a dull loss last time, and she would at least become a concubine in the Prince’s Mansion or something in the future!
“Paying respects to Young Woman Xi’er!” Steward Sun greeted Li Xi’er politely, and the others also hurriedly bowed to her!
Xi’er waved her sleeve. With her identity, she was nothing special. “Everyone, no need to stand on ceremony. Get up. Everyone, feel free, haha!”
As soon as Li Xi’er saw a pile of big durians stacked together, emanating the special taste of durian, her eyes sparkled, and she took a deep breath, “Wow! Such a familiar taste!”
With her eyes closed, she thought she’d returned to the modern era!
“Hehe, Young Woman Xi’er, pick whichever one you like!”
“Alright, thank you, Steward Sun!”
The weather was gradually getting hotter and hotter, so having a durian smoothie was very satisfying!
Consort Li was also greedy for food. When she heard the servants report that the stinky fruit had arrived, she couldn’t wait for it to be delivered to her Golden Joy Palace, so she hurriedly took Yi Nan and the others for a stroll and came over to check the quality of this batch of fruit!
From afar, she saw a strange young woman with two little pigtails, hopping around picking stinky fruit!
Her eyes sparkling, she was picking the biggest fruits!
She immediately frowned. When did such a girl come to the manor?
“Where did this wild girl come from? Clumsy and without any rules—these fruits are precious, how can she spoil them like that!”
“Who allowed her to come here and touch my stinky fruit?”
Yi Nan’s eyes widened in shock, and she quickly said, “Consort Li, this, this is Young Woman Xi’er from Zui Yue Pavilion!”
Yi Nan felt uneasy inside, “Why did she come?”
She knew the prince was determined to prevent Consort Li from contacting Young Woman Xi’er.
Although Yi Nan served by Consort Li’s side, she was Feng Qingcheng’s person.
“What? It’s her?” Consort Li said angrily, “Why isn’t she staying obediently in Zui Yue Pavilion? Why run over to rob my stinky fruit? I think she’s doing it on purpose!”
Hmph! It was her good fortune that she hadn’t gone looking for her, yet she dared to come touch her treasure?
“Your Highness, that’s not quite it. Perhaps, perhaps it’s because Young Woman Xi’er also likes eating this stinky fruit…” Yi Nan explained cautiously.
“She also likes?”
Why does she like taking hers?
However, what Consort Li found somewhat unbelievable was that Princess Luoning utterly despised this stinky fruit!
She couldn’t accept this stinky smell.
Speaking of which, this maid actually has a bit in common with her in terms of bad habits!
Li Xi’er was selecting a large durian when Consort Li stormed over aggressively with the servants.
“Put it down!”
Li Xi’er was stunned, her gaze turning to the person who spoke. She was still holding up a large durian in her hand.
“Consort Li has arrived!”
“Greetings, Consort Li!”
“Mm, rise,” Consort Li said indifferently, her eyes fixed on the woman on the ground performing awkward etiquette, “Who are you?”
“Your Highness Consort Li, I, I am……”
“Grandma Zong, slap her mouth!”
“Ah?” Young Woman Xi’er was speechless. How come she had just stepped out for a bit, and enemies met on a narrow road? She must not have checked the almanac before going out today. Who had she run into? Who else in this manor was an old lady with such an imposing presence?
“Ignorant woman, in front of Consort Li, how dare you refer to yourself as ‘I’?” Grandma Zong scolded!
Yi Nan was extremely anxious. Seeing that the stern Grandma Zong was about to strike, she hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words to Consort Li’s ear. Consort Li frowned,
“Stop! Grandma Zong!”
“Alright… you, just squat like this first. When you have thoroughly learned this etiquette, then you can get up!”
“Granny Zong, look!”
“Yes, this servant will strictly obey the noble decree!” Granny Zong looked at her sternly.
