GTB Chapter 75

Chapter 75: Worse Than a Lowly Maidservant

Chapter 75: Worse Than a Lowly Maidservant

Shí Yan pondered for a moment, then turned to Jiang Jiuchu and said,

“Aunt Xing took three days of leave this afternoon, so there’s no one to clean the house or do the laundry. Why don’t you do it?”

Jiang Jiuchu was a little surprised. Was he making her a lowly maidservant?

“Why not just have another maidservant come in and clean?”

She thought about it. She didn’t think she had offended him in any way. Hadn’t the matter with that girl been explained clearly? Why did he still want to deliberately torment her?

This house was so big that she would have to scrub the floors until her back was straight. And do his laundry? How could he even think of that?

Her Green Luo and Green Intent had never been so tired. No, if she did these chores, she would be worse than the lowest maidservant in the yard. At least they had a bed to sleep on.

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s unwilling expression and explained to her,

“This Prince simply doesn’t like others entering my room, and even less do I like others touching my things without permission.”

He finished speaking and looked at Jiang Jiuchu, “Never mind if you can’t do it.”

“Yes, yes, yes, what’s a little cleaning! It’s nothing.” Jiang Jiuchu said, quickly grabbing a jar of white pieces.

Thinking about it, she was confused with anger. She wouldn’t lose easily. Why was she arguing with him?

She directly picked up a chess piece and placed it in a good position first, then looked at Shí Yan, “Your turn!”

Shí Yan saw this, picked up his folding fan, moved the black jar containing the chess pieces in front of him, took out a black piece with his slender and handsome fingers, and placed it around the white piece, then opened his folding fan and waited for Jiang Jiuchu to make her move.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the position of his piece and paused slightly, not understanding why he placed it so far away. Shouldn’t he be following closely behind?

After she continued to place a chess piece, she saw Shí Yan place another piece around it without hesitation, still not following closely.

Jiang Jiuchu was a little confused now, not understanding what Shí Yan was planning. If he continued to play like this, she would gain the upper hand. All the powerful positions would be hers.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Shí Yan, seeing him urging her with a tilt of his head, with a light and breezy expression, yet with a hint of disdain for her.

And his smiling face, set off by his red clothes and the candlelight, looked extremely enchanting.

Jiang Jiuchu suddenly understood that it wasn’t that he was not what he seemed, but that his appearance came from within. Because his appearance wasn’t handsome, but ‘enchanting’.

She withdrew her gaze. This game was of great significance. She couldn’t lose. She couldn’t be disturbed by his playing style.

Brother Fu said that she sometimes thought too much, which was why she fell into other people’s traps.

Shí Yan saw that she had already placed two favorable pieces, but didn’t take the initiative to encircle and suppress. It seemed that this little girl was quite calm. Interesting. Then he would play with her.

After a stick of incense passed, Jiang Jiuchu frowned, staring at the chessboard. Concentrating, she only found the sound of the folding fan waving beside her ear very annoying.

Finally, with a tired yawn from Shí Yan, she dropped the chess piece in her hand. Two rounds later, she… lost.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the chessboard, her expression extremely serious. So this was how she fell into the trap step by step? It was truly impossible to guard against.

She raised her eyes and re-examined the person in front of her. If chess was like a person, then Shí Yan must be an extremely deep-minded person.

Shí Yan saw her looking over, closed his folding fan, threw it aside, “This Prince didn’t cheat. Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No, I just think Your Highness’s chess skills are very good,” Jiang Jiuchu said truthfully.

“Is that so? Could it be that your… chess skills are too bad?” Shí Yan said, not looking at Jiang Jiuchu’s dark face, got up and leaned back on the bed.

Jiang Jiuchu thought to herself, it seemed that outsiders’ comments about him were not entirely wrong. He was indeed arrogant, aloof, and extremely annoying.

She snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the floor mat, but behind her came the man’s light and faint voice, “Put the chess game away.”

Her footsteps paused, then she turned around and went back, putting the chess game away in its original position, without the slightest dissatisfaction. The winner is king, the loser is villain. She understood.

But in the Jiang residence, Jiang Jiuche, who was embracing Shí Qingya and whispering sweet nothings, was inexplicably criticized by his younger sister, and couldn’t help but sneeze several times in a row.

Jiang Jiuchu felt that her brother was a liar. He obviously couldn’t pass the top scholar, but he insisted that the Emperor thought he was good-looking, so he reluctantly let him be the third scholar.

In her opinion, it was clearly not enough strength, so appearance made up for it. Otherwise, why would she lose to him in chess? And praise her chess skills?

It made her blindly confident, not only could she not beat Brother Fu, but she couldn’t even beat this annoying person.

The next day, the two people in the room woke up almost at the same time.

Jiang Jiuchu had just put away the bedding and put it in the cabinet when she heard Li Mama’s voice from outside the door.

She quickly picked up the blood-stained handkerchief she had placed on the box yesterday, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, waiting for Shí Yan to tie his belt and open the door.

Shí Yan looked at the blood-stained handkerchief in Jiang Jiuchu’s hand, his movements paused, and he glanced at Jiang Jiuchu strangely.

He thought to himself, did a woman’s first time have so much blood? Wouldn’t she lose too much blood… and faint on the spot?

If he remembered correctly, when Chu Yifeng was telling dirty jokes in front of them, he seemed to have said it was like a red plum blossom, right?

He withdrew his gaze, tidied his clothes, and turned to walk towards the door.

Jiang Jiuchu was extremely embarrassed by Shí Yan’s gaze, as if the blood was really hers.

She put the handkerchief aside, then picked up her outer garment and put it on.

“Greetings, Seventh Imperial Consort.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded, stopped putting on her clothes, turned around, picked up the handkerchief from the bed, and handed it over shyly.

Li Mama looked at the red handkerchief in front of her, the corner of her mouth twitching. She forgot to reach out and take it for a moment.

Thinking, the Empress Dowager was indeed as wise as a god. However, could it be any more fake?

“What’s… what’s wrong?” Jiang Jiuchu looked at Li Mama’s stunned expression, a little doubtful. Could it be that she had been found out?

“Oh… it’s nothing. This old servant was just thinking that today I have to kill a chicken for the Seventh Imperial Consort to nourish her.”

Li Mama said, quickly took the handkerchief and retreated. If she didn’t leave, she wouldn’t be able to hold back the expression on her face.

It seemed that their Seventh Prince, although mixed with that group of playboys, had not experienced anything yet! He didn’t even know how much blood a woman’s first time was.

Oh my! So gratifying! The more Li Mama thought about it, the more she couldn’t hold back the smile on her face. She had to hurry back and tell the Empress Dowager so that the Empress Dowager could also be happy.

Shí Yan looked at Li Mama, who had a smile on her face and hurried footsteps, and glanced at Jiang Jiuchu, who was putting on her clothes, with a leisurely expression. It was bad enough that she was stupid, but she even embarrassed him…

In Fengning Palace, the Empress Dowager looked at the handkerchief sent by Li Mama, and Li Mama’s vivid description, and laughed until tears came out.

She had actually guessed that her grandson probably had not experienced anything yet. Otherwise, with such a beautiful wife in the same room, how could he not be tempted?

But seeing the handkerchief in front of her, she still found it hilariously funny. She didn’t expect that her usually intelligent and aloof grandson would have such a stupid time.

Li Mama said with a smile, “It’s fortunate that the handkerchief is so big. If it were any bigger, we would have to kill several chickens.”

The Empress Dowager suppressed her laughter, “In that case, you can go again early the day after tomorrow. It just so happens that they will be returning home the day after tomorrow. Let them get to know each other for two more days first.”

“I’ll leave this important matter to you. If it’s not done, don’t rush back. This old woman has people to serve her here, so don’t worry.”

“Yes.” Li Mama responded with a smile. If this matter was successful, she would have made a great contribution.