GTB Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Feeling Like Her Face… Is Dirty

Chapter 76: Feeling Like Her Face… Is Dirty

As the morning sun began to shine, Jiang Jiuchu finished folding the bedding on the floor and then went to fold the bedding on the couch.

Today was her second day as a lowly maidservant. She wondered if Shí Yan was doing it on purpose, but he had stayed in the room all day yesterday, as if to monitor her, making it impossible for her to slack off.

Having never done such work before, she managed to turn Madam Lan’s less-than-an-hour chore into nearly half a day’s work, sweating profusely. As a result, she felt sticky and uncomfortable all over when she went to bed at night.

After the two had breakfast, Jiang Jiuchu saw Shí Yan leaning lazily against the chaise lounge with the little fox in his arms, looking relaxed and comfortable.

She hesitated for a moment, then asked casually, “Is Your Highness not busy today?”

Shí Yan, with one hand as a pillow and the other teasing the little fox on his body, glanced at Jiang Jiuchu and said, “Not busy. This prince’s seven-day honeymoon has only been three days so far.”

“Oh!” Jiang Jiuchu thought, that’s right, he was a prince who hasn’t taken on any important responsibilities. Even if it weren’t a honeymoon, he wouldn’t be busy.

But, couldn’t he go out and have some fun? What was he doing staying in the house all the time, supervising her work?

But then she thought, he should be worried about the Empress Dowager’s side, not daring to go out and have fun within three days of the wedding.

She thought for a while, and then pleaded, “Your Highness, the floor and cabinets were just wiped yesterday, they’re very clean. Can we skip wiping them today?”

Shí Yan didn’t look at her, but turned his head to look at the ginkgo tree outside the window, and said easily:

“Alright, then we won’t wipe them today. Go to the bathing room and take the clothes I took off to wash.”

Jiang Jiuchu was stunned when she heard this. She looked at Shí Yan, who was facing the window, frowned unhappily. He really wanted her to wash clothes for him?

She snorted and turned around, hoping that he would always be able to win against her and never fall into her hands, otherwise she would tear apart his nonchalant demeanor.

She came to the inside of the bed in hatred, pushed open the secret door and walked in. After passing the screen behind the door, she saw light gauze surrounding the central area of the room, with a circular bath pool looming.

Looking at the pool in front of her, she gasped in amazement, such a large pool, and it was paved with jade.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the surrounding water outlets, which were constantly delivering hot water, creating wisps of mist in the pool.

Having not taken a bath for three days, she really wanted to soak in it at this moment, but she just thought about it. She suppressed the desire in her heart and raised her hand to pull the white undergarment on the rack.

As she pulled, a white pair of underwear fell down, brushing against her face…

She looked down at the white underwear at her feet, stunned for a moment, then felt bad all over. She immediately raised her sleeves and wiped her face, feeling like her face… was dirty.

Whether it was out of anger or shame, her small face was red. She spread out the undergarment and wrapped the underwear before picking it up.

After walking out of the bathroom, Jiang Jiuchu rolled her eyes at Shí Yan on the chaise lounge and left the room.

Shí Yan seemed to sense something. He turned his head to look at the back as she crossed the threshold, his thin lips curling up, as if he had found something fun to relax him in these turbulent and boring days.

“Miss, what is this…?”

Lüluo and Luyi looked at the undergarment that Jiang Jiuchu handed over, and asked in confusion.

Thinking about it, she had already taken the undergarments that the young lady had changed out of this morning to wash them! Why were there more?

“These are Seventh Prince’s clothes. The two of you help me wash them.”

Lüluo and Luyi were a little confused by Jiang Jiuchu’s words. Why did she need help washing them?

But they didn’t dare to ask more about their young lady’s orders. They immediately took the clothes and walked to the well in the yard to start drawing water and washing clothes.

Jiang Jiuchu turned her head and looked at the door that she had closed, thinking that since he couldn’t see who was washing them anyway, she wouldn’t be so silly as to wash them for him!

She moved a small chair and sat next to the well, and asked another little maid to bring her a plate of melon seeds. She cracked the melon seeds while watching the two of them wash the clothes.

“Miss, aren’t you going in to keep His Highness company?” Lüluo washed the clothes in her hand and looked curiously at her young lady.

If she didn’t know her young lady’s personality, she would have thought that her young lady was supervising them.

“Keep him company for what?” Jiang Jiuchu blurted out, then said again, “His Highness is sleeping.”

“Oh!” Lüluo and Luyi looked at each other. Others didn’t know, but they knew that their young lady had someone in her heart, so she naturally didn’t care so much about this Seventh Prince.

After Jiang Jiuchu finished cracking a handful of melon seeds, the two of them had already washed the clothes. She clapped her hands, stood up and said to them:

“Let’s go, let’s take a walk around this mansion. I haven’t walked around this mansion in the three days since I came here?”

She was really bored. It was only the third day of her marriage, so it wasn’t good for her to go out and find Ji Shutíng to play with. However, she would be able to go back to see her parents tomorrow.

In the East Palace, the Empress looked at her son, who was sitting in a wheelchair and had no energy, and said:

“Jue’er, don’t worry, even if you can’t sit on the throne of the crown prince, no one else will want to sit on it. Shí Jìn can forget about it, this Empress will not let him go.”

“Mother, this position will eventually be taken by someone else. How can you make it so that I can’t sit on it, and others can’t sit on it either?” Shí Jue didn’t quite understand what his mother meant.

The Empress picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea in her hand, “Your father has many children, and I’m afraid he has forgotten Shí Xiu in Ling Mountain Temple. This Empress protected them and their son back then, and now it’s time for them to repay the favor.”

“Mother wants him to come back and support him in seizing the throne?”

The Empress nodded, “To be precise, it’s to help us seize the throne. He’s just a chess piece in my hand. As long as we have the power, when you have children in the future, it will be time for him to retire.”

“But isn’t Mother afraid of raising a tiger?”

Although Shí Jue had doubts about the Empress’s decision, he had already agreed with it in his heart, after all, there was no better way.

“Don’t be afraid. Even if he is a tiger, he is a paper tiger. You and I can crush him and knead him at will. Without me, he is nothing.”

The Empress was very confident. After all, his mother was just a maid of hers, without power or influence. Without her, Shí Xiu wouldn’t even be able to enter the palace gate, and he had no ability to break free from her control.

“If that’s the case, then Mother should do it this way! It’s just that Father has always been taboo about him, and he hasn’t asked about him for so many years. Will he agree to let him enter the palace?”

“Yes, Mother has her own way to convince your father.” The Empress had already thought of a reason for this.

A trace of ruthlessness appeared on her face. As long as she didn’t die, none of the sons of those bitches would want to ascend the throne.

The sun was setting and the warm breeze was gentle.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the sky, got up and said to Lüluo and Luyi, who were drinking tea, chatting, and cracking melon seeds with her:

“Let’s go back. I’ll bring my qin over another day.”

She thought that this viewing pavilion was very good, not only was the scenery beautiful, but there were very few servants passing by, so it was very quiet.

After returning to Cuizhu Courtyard, Jiang Jiuchu did not see Shí Yan’s figure when she entered the room. She found a small maid in the courtyard and asked, “Where is His Highness? Did he go out?”

The little maid respectfully replied, “His Highness went out with Mu Feng an hour ago, and he seemed to have something to do.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded and entered the side hall. After having dinner, she returned to the room, looked at the big bed, hesitated for a while, then lay directly on it, “Ah! The bed is still comfortable.”

The soft bedding made her squint and close her eyes directly. The soreness after sleeping on the floor for three nights felt relieved at this moment.

She prayed in her heart that this Seventh Prince had better not come back tonight, she really didn’t want to sleep on the floor anymore.