"What? He actually dares? How did he promise me that?" Luo Changqing was very angry when he heard his daughter's words.
"Dad, he also said that I was jealous and unvirtuous. It's bad enough that I have no children myself, but I monopolized him and refused to even prepare a room for him, so he had to find one himself..." Luo Yaqing felt so aggrieved that tears fell from her eyes. She sobbed and said what Zhou Wencun had accused her of.
Luo Changqing was so angry that his face darkened. He said to Luo Yaqing, "Zhou Wencun is a man who is untrustworthy and lacks character. Qing'er, you must not forgive him easily this time. Don't go back these days. Just stay at home. Dad will definitely seek justice for you."
Luo Yaqing finally felt relieved and said to Luo Changqing gratefully: "Dad, you still love me. If you didn't support me, what would I do?"
"Qing'er, although I can support you, you also have to be tough in the Shunyi Palace and don't let others bully you." Luo Changqing rubbed his temple and said helplessly.
"I didn't let anyone bully me. I just had a big fight with my husband and ran back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. If he doesn't think about how to coax me, I won't go back." Luo Yaqing argued with a pout.
Luo Changqing listened to his daughter's words, sighed, and said, "Qing'er, you didn't handle this matter properly. The maid who had an affair with Zhou Wencun was your dowry. She had an affair with Zhou Wencun, which was already a betrayal of you as her master. You could have just gotten rid of her, whether by sending her to the farm or selling her."
When Luo Yaqing heard what her father said, her eyes widened. She had never expected this method to work. She asked in astonishment, "But, but my husband likes that little maid quite a lot. If I sell her off, he'll get mad..."
"This is where you should be tough. You are only dealing with a maid who betrayed her master. Even if your husband likes her very much, so what? He is in the wrong in the first place. He turned against you, his wife, for a maid. Does he want to make an enemy of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Luo Changqing explained patiently.
Luo Yaqing suddenly realized: "Yes, Dad, you are right, he definitely doesn't dare to turn against you, so should I go back and sell the maid now?"
"You have missed the best opportunity. If you had promptly dealt with the maid when you first discovered that they were having an affair, not only would Zhou Wencun not dare to turn against you, but you could also take the opportunity to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, killing two birds with one stone. It's a pity that you missed this opportunity." Luo Changqing shook his head and said.
For the first time, he felt that protecting his daughter too well was not a good thing. But the matter was done and he could only help his daughter clean up the mess again and again.
Luo Yaqing was disappointed and regretful when she heard her father's words: "Then, then is there nothing my daughter can do about that maid?"
"Not really. You can still get rid of her when you go back this time, but the effect won't be as good." Luo Changqing said.
Luo Yaqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and the frustration in her heart disappeared.
However, Luo Changqing did not think that without the maid, Zhou Wencun would be able to live wholeheartedly with his daughter.
As a species, most men are fickle and amorous due to biological instincts, but some men can hold back due to various subjective and objective reasons, while some cannot, or do not want to hold back.
Obviously, Zhou Wencun had promised to be a loyal man because of Luo Yaqing's status and position, and to suppress his nature. Unfortunately, he didn't last long before breaking the promise. This was an exception once, so how long would it take for the next one to happen? Is it possible to raise the lowered moral standards back up again
For the sake of his daughter, Luo Changqing had to find Zhou Wencun and give him a severe reprimand. He also caused him a lot of trouble in the officialdom, making him complain bitterly.
After being disciplined, Zhou Wencun finally realized that Luo Yaqing was not someone he could treat casually, so he had to grit his teeth and go to the prime minister's residence to ask for forgiveness from Luo Yaqing, apologized and reflected on his actions with tears, promised that he would never be lustful again, and promised to sever ties with the maid... He made many conditions before he coaxed Luo Yaqing back.
However, Luo Yaqing was not in a clear mind. After Zhou Wencun promised to break up the relationship with the maid, she happily forgave him. She once again believed his promise and was coaxed into returning home with Zhou Wencun with a smile on her face.
Luo Changqing looked at his daughter who was being coaxed around by Zhou Wencun, feeling upset and tired. He felt that he would have to stand up for his daughter in the future.
While Luo Changqing was worrying about his daughter's affairs, Xu Shichu had already arrived in Jiangnan with his little nephew. In early March, peach blossoms were in full bloom in Jiangnan. The roadsides and hillsides were all covered with patches of red and pink, which was so beautiful that one glance at the blossoming peach blossoms made people feel happy and cheerful.
"Aunt! Flowers!" Little Zhaozhao was used to seeing flowers blooming in Xu Shichu's garden, but the peach blossoms blooming all over the mountains looked particularly familiar to him, so he excitedly shared them with Xu Shichu.
"It's peach blossoms. Do you like them, Xiao Zhaozhao?" Xu Shichu said as she signed the fat boy out of the carriage. She then ordered the guards to find an inn while she took Xiao Zhaozhao to walk and enjoy the flowers and go shopping.
"I like it, it's beautiful! Auntie can make perfume with it..." Little Zhaozhao naturally knew that many flowers could be used to make perfumes because of what she had seen and heard.
"Aunt is out for fun, so she doesn't want to make incense. But you can pick one and put it on your hair." Xu Shichu said, and then he reached out with a smile and picked a peach blossom in full bloom and put it in the small bun on little Zhaozhao's head.
Little Zhaozhao was delicate and pretty, with red lips, white teeth and a round face. She was cute and pretty. With a peach blossom pinned on her head, she looked even more lovely.
"Oh, little Zhaozhao is so pretty, just like a little fairy boy." Xu Shichu said with a smile.
Xiao Zhaozhao was immediately delighted by the compliment. She raised her short hands to touch the flower on her head and smiled with curved eyebrows: "Is it really beautiful? Thank you, auntie..."
"No need to thank me, I want to wear a flower in my hair too..." Xu Shichu said, and picked up another flower with two flowers in bloom, put it next to his ear, and asked the little fat boy: "Auntie, do you like it?"
"It's beautiful, it's beautiful!" Little Zhaozhao was very supportive, clapping her hands and cheering, "Aunt is the most beautiful in the world!"
"Aunt thinks so too." Xu Shichu smiled proudly. She started to act more lively ever since she left the capital, and she had thrown away her solemn and steady disguise long ago.
She was in her twenties at this time, like the most prosperous and colorful flower, at her best time.
She stood under a peach tree, with a bright red peach blossom next to her ears, her cheeks as red as fresh litchis, her smile as bright as a spring peach, her nose as white as goose fat, and her eyes full of radiance. People passing by could not help but stop to look at her, dazzled and stunned.