The wife can punish the concubine with just any excuse.
Zhao Xifang punished Fang Youting to kneel at the door. She ate slowly and waited until she was full before she slowly said, "It seems that I was too lenient to you. You have no idea what's good for you."
The concubines knelt down one after another and said, "I dare not."
"You say you don't dare, but I don't know why you resent me in your heart." Zhao Xifang sneered.
The concubines kowtowed and said, "The princess has always been kind to us, and we have no resentment in our hearts."
Zhao Xifang squinted her eyes and looked at them. "You are the prince's concubines. It is your duty to serve the prince, but the prince's health is the most important. If any of you dare to use such despicable means and damage the prince's health, I will not forgive you, and the concubine will not forgive you either."
"I dare not, I dare not." Several concubines kowtowed heavily.
"Okay, there's no need to stand here. Let's all go back to the yard. Fang will kneel for another half an hour as a small punishment." Zhao Xifang did not dare to go too far.
After sending the concubines away, Zhao Xifang called in the maid from the night before. "You are the maid I brought from my mother's home as a dowry. I have treated you well, but you have evil intentions and want to kill me."
"I didn't. I just panicked for a moment. I am the princess's maidservant. If anything happens to the princess, I will not stand to gain."
Zhao Xifang walked up to the maid, bent down, stretched out her hand and lifted her chin, "I have always thought you were taciturn, but now it seems that you have a mouth that can speak well."
"The servant is telling the truth."
"Pa!" Zhao Xifang slapped her in the face. "You betrayed your master, and you deserve death."
"I didn't, I didn't betray you, princess, I am loyal."
"Pa" Zhao Xifang slapped her again, "If you don't want to tell me now, you will have to tell me later."
Zhao Xifang was still ill and did not have much energy to deal with the maid, so she sent someone to send her back to the Zhao family and hand her over to Zhao's mother for disposal.
Half an hour later, Zhao Xifang showed mercy and let her maid carry Fang Youting away.
After returning to the courtyard, she untied her skirt and pulled up her pants. The maid saw that Fang Youting's knees were already red and swollen. "Madam!"
"It's okay, you won't die. Just go get some medicinal wine and rub it open." Fang Youting said calmly.
As early as these few days, when she tried every means to keep Prince Yu, she had anticipated that this would happen.
The maid found some medicinal wine and rubbed Fang Youting's knees. Seeing Fang Youting's expression of enduring pain, she said angrily, "The princess is really too much."
"Shut up." Fang Youting shouted in a deep voice.
Zhao Xifang had gone too far, but scolding her wouldn't solve the problem.
She will definitely repay Zhao Xifang for the humiliation she suffered today.
The commotion in Prince Yu's Mansion did not spread outside the mansion, but the fight between the wives and concubines of the eldest son of Prince Qing's Mansion became known to everyone.
"A concubine actually dares to fight with the wife. It's really true." Zeng Zhaofu was at a loss for words.
Wen Bingqing smiled and added, "It really is outrageous."
"Yes, yes, that's unreasonable."
"A woman who can climb into her cousin's bed during the mourning period, what can't she do?" The Prince of Changshan spat out the melon seed shells in his mouth and said disdainfully.
Wen Bingqing held a small party to welcome the Spring Festival and invited several people to his house to get together and exchange gossip that they knew about each other.
During those days at the Temple of Heaven, there were other people around and we didn't have much fun chatting, so today we got together and talked freely.
"The Crown Prince's Consort is her aunt. She has someone to rely on, so she doesn't take Xu seriously." Jiang Changning picked up a piece of apple with a silver stick and ate it.
"What are they fighting about?" Zeng Zhaofu asked curiously.
The Crown Prince's Consort of Changshan glanced at her and said, "What is the point of asking this question? What could the wives and concubines fight over?"
"The cat in Duke Zhao's family gave birth to four kittens, and one of them had eyes of a different color." Zeng Zhaofu changed the subject after hearing her.
"What's so strange about this? Princess Jiashan used to have a cat with heterochromia, its left eye was blue and its right eye was yellow," said the Crown Princess of Changshan.
Wen Bingqing smiled and said, "If the cats in the Zhaoguo Mansion had blue and yellow eyes, it wouldn't be unusual, but this kitten's left eye is red and its right eye is green."
"A white cat with red and green eyes must be beautiful and cute. Would you like to adopt it?" asked the Crown Princess of Changshan.
Jiang Changning interrupted, "I advise you not to hold it. This kind of cat is weak and sickly. It's very troublesome to raise it, and it won't last long."
"Has Xiao Ning ever raised this kind of cat before?" asked the Princess Consort of Prince De.
"I raised a cat with blue and yellow eyes, but it died after only half a year." Jiang Changning was telling the truth, but the one who raised a cat was not the present Jiang Changning, but the modern Jiang Changning.
"Now that you mention it, I remember that the cat of Princess Jiashan didn't seem to be as strong as other cats. It died suddenly after being raised for eight months." said the Crown Princess of Changshan.
"It's a pity that such a beautiful cat cannot be kept for long." Zeng Zhaofu sighed.
Jiang Changning explained to the group, "This type of cat with heterochromia is born with a defect. The reason why their eyes are different colors is that they are sick. And nine out of ten cats are deaf."
"From what you said, we can't keep this cat." Several people said.
Wen Bingqing was not interested in continuing the conversation, so she said with a smile, "This year is the year of the big competition, and we can see who will be the son-in-law again."
Zeng Zhaofu curled his lips and said, "It's said that they are looking for a son-in-law from the list, but in fact, it has been discussed long ago."
"Then we have to discuss it first. Otherwise, how will it end if we catch someone who is already married?" Wen Bingqing said.
"I heard it!" Prince Changshan's wife lowered her voice.
Zeng Zhaofu gently nudged her and said, "What did you hear? Tell me now. You always keep me in suspense."
Changshan Wang Shifei smiled and waited for the four people to come closer, "Xiaochang fell in love with a poor student."
Jiang Changning pondered for a moment before remembering who Xiaochang was, Zheng Mingzhu, the daughter of Princess Yiya.
"Princess Yi Ya has already announced that she wants to find a good-looking man of equal status for Xiao Chang. I'm afraid this poor student won't agree." said the Crown Princess of De Wang.
"Xiaochang has been on a hunger strike for several days and threatened to commit suicide. Parents cannot prevail against their children." The Princess Consort of Changshan Prince felt that Zheng Mingzhu would get what she wanted in the end.
"This concerns her entire life, Princess Yiya will never give in easily."
"I heard that Princess Yi Ya said that if the student can pass the imperial examination and become an official, she will agree to the marriage."
"It seems that the poor student is quite outstanding, otherwise Princess Yi Ya would not have let him go."
Jiang Changning thought that this was just some gossip she and a few others were chatting about, but she didn't expect that Miao and Luo would come to her house the next day to tell her, "The Princess of Xiaochang County has taken a fancy to my third brother."
"Du Xin doesn't like Princess Xiaochang?" Jiang Changning speculated.
If they were in love with each other, Miao and Luo's expressions wouldn't be so grim.
Note: This chapter was typed using a mobile phone, so there are probably many typos.
But I don’t have the energy to change it for the time being. I went to get an injection for a sore throat, and for some reason, the blood came back, and my whole arm was so sore and numb that I couldn’t lift it.
Please point it out to me and I will revise it after I recover.
(End of this chapter)