Chapter 704: The Mystery of Ruyi’s Ident.i.ty
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Ah Yu pulled Hua Rou along and talked about philosophy for nearly half an hour. In the end, Hua Rou reflected on herself. “I was wrong. I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. 1 should have dug out more beautiful qualities from those n.o.ble ladies and become friends with them early. That way, I wouldn’t have come to look for you in the middle of the night…”
[Child, that’s enough. She’s almost crippled by you.]
“It’s not that serious.” All Yu held back her laughter and hurriedly comforted Hua Rou.
At this moment, the w.a.n.g Family had yet to wake up. All Yu thought that if she wanted to entertain her friend, she had to set up some food. Otherwise, just chatting wouldn’t be interesting.
As she gestured to the two secret guards hiding, indicating that they did not have to be too nervous, she turned to the kitchen to fill the pot with the soup. She also took out two plates of pastries from her spatial pocket and placed them on the tray, planning to use it to entertain Hua Rou.
As soon as Hua Rou arrived, she looked like she wanted to confide in her. If she still didn’t let her speak, she probably wouldn’t let the matter rest for the next hour. She still had to work during the day and could not delay the time when she was on duty.
The matter with the Astrology Divination Bureau had yet to be resolved, so she could not be careless.
At this moment, Tang Yuan woke up in the middle of the night and heard the commotion in the courtyard. She ran over and saw that there was another person in the courtyard. She subconsciously lifted the top latch by the door and almost called out to Hua Rou.
“Who is it?”
Hua Rou hurriedly responded and said, “It’s me, it’s me. Tang Yuan, you’re so vigilant!”
“Oh, it’s Miss Hua. I’m sorry. I thought some thief had broken in. Why did you sneak into the courtyard? There’s a gatekeeper on night duty. Wouldn’t it be better to walk through the main door?”
“I also know that it’s better to use the main door, but the main door will wake up the others in your family. 1 thought that your little master should be awake at this time, so I wanted to come and talk to her as soon as possible.” Hua Rou didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Tang Yuan yawned and said, “Oh, my little master sometimes wakes up at dawn. In any case, I’ll only wake her up when Young Master Qin arrives. At this time, she definitely won’t be awake. She’s still young and is still growing. She won’t grow tall if she doesn’t sleep well.”
Usually, in the w.a.n.g Family, Tang Yuan would address Ah Yu as Little Master. When outside, she would address her as Village Lord. When they entered the Imperial City, she would address her as Commander.
While saying this, Tang Yuan’s tone did not change, but she was a little resentful. Even if this Miss Hua Rou was married, she did not look very calm. How could she come to look for a young lady in the middle of the night?
If she was treated as a thief by those secret guards, she might even be beheaded now!
Of course, more importantly, it was not good to disrupt her Little Master’s sleep.
Hua Rou waved her hand. “Got it, got it.”
“Big Sister Tang Yuan, it’s still early. Go to sleep first. I’ll wake you when it’s time.” Ah Yu also came over.
However, Tang Yuan refused to go back to sleep no matter what. Soon, she tidied herself up and helped All Yu wash up. Her movements were very agile. After doing all this, she helped Ah Yu prepare the items she wanted. Then, she stood far away.
“Your personal maid is really not bad. She’s even better than many of the first-grade palace maids I’ve seen. She looks loyal.” Hua Rou sighed and said, “Do you think your family is some kind of treasure land? I think your w.a.n.g Family is more interesting than the rest. Even the most ordinary servants are quite pleasing to the eye. Sigh, unlike my family, my father has a decisive personality. He spent the first half of his life in the military, but in the end, there’s still a lot of trivialities at home. It’s so annoying.”
“It’s alright. Our family members handle our own tasks well, and we don’t think about how to squeeze the servants dry.”
As the number of servants in the w.a.n.g Family increased, the concept that the w.a.n.g Family did not treat servants as servants and only treated them as family had also subtly changed. After all, there were too many servants in the family. If they were really too lax in their management of them, there would be huge problems in the future.
Therefore, among the servants who really had a status in the w.a.n.g Family, there was only Tang Yuan, Chang Fu, Chang Shun, and the very unique chef in the kitchen.
Other than them, the others had their specific roles. They couldn’t squeeze them dry. Distributing their monthly allowance on time was enough to make them loyal.
“It’s quite good already. There aren’t many families who can do this.”
There were many masters in large families who did not treat the lives of their servants seriously. Hitting and scolding them at every turn was a light punishment. If they provoked their master, they could be sold to a remote place, and their lives would be ruined.
Continuing on this topic, Hua Rou began to talk about her own worries. A new person had arrived at her home, and it was the much-talked-about Princess Ruyi, who had been brought back to the palace with great difficulty.
It turned out that after Princess Ruyi was defeated by Ah Yu, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. However, she knew that her relationship with the Empress and the Empress Dowager was not as harmonious as others thought. If she really complained to them, she might be the one punished.
Therefore, after some thought, Princess Ruyi went to the Hua Mansion.
General Hua from the Hua Residence was the one who was ordered to bring her into the Imperial City. Thus, Princess Ruyi knew him well. He was a serious and upright general who was loyal to the Emperor. He believed in ethics the most and valued rules the most.
He was not a playboy and was a fair and upright person. Such a person was most suitable to be used as a weapon.
Hence, Princess Ruyi complained in the Hua Mansion, saying that Ah Yu was an arrogant person who relied on connections to disregard authority. Just because she had some royal favor, she ignored even the Emperor’s biological daughter and was very disrespectful to her, a princess of the country.
Originally, under Princess Ruyi’s plan, General Hua would have surely joined forces with her against this common foe. She expected him to immediately express his unwavering loyalty, followed by him doing just as she had antic.i.p.ated—causing trouble for Ah Yu. When that time came, she could distance herself by claiming that General Hua had jumped to conclusions and caused such an outcome based on his own wild guesses.
However, what she didn’t expect was that General Hua wasn’t as impulsive as the legends depicted. Instead, he asked her several probing questions in a row, to which Princess Ruyi had no satisfactory answers. She then directly commanded General Hua to find a way to restore her reputation. At that moment, Hua Rou had heard everything. Without waiting for General Hua’s response, she burst out and confronted Princess Ruyi in a heated argument. It was the second time Princess Ruyi had suffered a setback in the hands of women, and her dissatisfaction had reached its peak. As a result, she ordered General Hua and Chen Chu to protect her and preserve her dignity as a princess of a nation..