Chapter 21: (part 3)

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Jin Wang did not return.

Consort Jin has always been a quiet person. Seeing that Jin Wang did not return, she did not even hold a banquet. She advised everyone to spend the festival in their own courtyard and delivered money and goods according to the festival rules.

Every year, the Dragon Boat Festival is the most active and busiest time in Jin Wang’s Mansion. It’s rare for it to be so quiet. Since Wangye didn’t return to the mansion and consort Jin also gave the order, everyone naturally celebrated well.

In the small lateral courtyard, three tables have been set up for the banquet.

Anyway, the dishes were all prepared. If it is not enough, they could take from the main kitchen and also cook by themselves. Because there are not that many people in the small lateral courtyard and no important errands, they held a banquet to celebrate the festival as soon as they closed the gate.

The little princess also participated in it but she couldn’t eat, so she just watched. Fortunately, she didn’t know the grain (dumplings) incense at this moment, otherwise she would be eating a lot.

They feasted until the night fell. Because they drank a lot of Xionghuang wine, they were all a little drunk.

They cleaned up the mess together and returned to the room to rest.

Yaoniang can’t rest. She still has to take care of the little princess in the evening. Because she has to feed her at night, she didn’t drink the Xionghuang wine.

Yucui was also on night duty. Unfortunately, Yucui could not hold her drink. She just drank a few cups of wine and got drunk like a fish. Yuyan was slightly better than her but was also unable to stand. So Yaoniang has to be on night duty alone.

Originally, the little princess no longer cries at night so she is not busy. She could take care of the little princess alone. Mammy Mu still felt a little uneasy so she ordered a little girl who didn’t drink to rest outside to help Yaoniang at night.

As long as Yaoniang calls her, she can get up. She doesn’t have to be afraid of anything unexpected.

All is quiet at dead of night. Only a yellow lamp is lit in the corner.

Yaoniang sat in front of the Arhat Bed and looked at the little princess who is sleeping soundly. Since the little princess could turn over, she moved from the cradle to the bed to sleep. The bed is big enough for her to move without fear of falling.

Under such ambience, Yaoniang’s drowsiness gradually grew stronger and she could barely keep herself up. She yawned and looked at the little princess on the bed. She neither woke up nor urinated, so she moved her to the inner side and just laid down on the bed on her clothes.

The weather was a little but stuffy. Since Yaoniang didn’t take off her clothes, she perspired while sleeping.

She woke up due to the heat. She got up, touched the little princess’ diaper, and found it a little moist. So she changed her diaper again. When she laid down again, Yaoniang took off her outer shirt.

In the room, there were only the little princess and her. There were no men in the whole small lateral courtyard so she was normally not afraid of being seen by others.

After taking off her outer shirt and only wearing underwear, Yaoniang finally felt more comfortable.

The little princess seemed to have awakened.

Yaoniang reached out and took her in her arms. She opened her clothes without opening her eyes, dragged her bellyband to the side and stuffed the nipple into the mouth of the little princess.

Finally getting what she wanted, the little princess was immediately pacified. She sucked with her little mouth and closed her eyes again.

Both of them slept soundly.

Even in the dark, Yaoniang felt someone watching her.

She opened her eyes and saw the little princess sleeping deeply. But the source of gaze was behind her, so she looked back subconsciously.

She saw a pair of stern and black eyes as cold as a pond. The eyes are indifferent and lonely, although bright, there is no reflection in them.

It’s Jin Wang’s eyes. Yaoniang has only seen Jin Wang’s eyes like this.

She suddenly reacted. Jin Wang? Had Jin Wang returned to the mansion?

When she looked down, she saw a cold face without any emotion like an iceberg of ten thousand years.

Yaoniang immediately got up. Because her breasts bounced up and down heavily she was naturally embarrassed. She fell asleep with the little princess after breast feeding. She did not even pull back her clothes and ‘her white jade rabbit’ was exposed.

Yaoniang almost screamed but held back. She was flustered at hiding ‘the white jade rabbit’ and hurriedly tidied up her clothes.

She was only wearing her underwear, her shirt and socks were also taken off. At this time, she curled up timidly like a little sheep who encountered a hungry wolf. Apparently her extremely low posture made her look enticing.

Yaoniang hugged her chest, and her two legs inside the thin silk pants were tightly intertwined.

The clothes were issued by the mansion, not only the outer shirts but also the inner shirts. Mammy Mu thought Yaoniang took exceptional care of the little princess, so she sent Yaoniang two more sets of clothes. The dark color is the same as before but the material is better.

The thin pants are made of silk. The texture of it is originally thin, so it makes one feel cool when worn during summer. It’s fine to wear a few layers, but she only wore one layer. Under the light, it seems to be a bit transparent.

With the turquoise wide-leg pants, her legs looked even more slender. Her small feet with transparent nails are slightly pink. Especially since she is curled up at this time, it made her look even more tempting.

Jin Wang did not expect that this stiff wet nurse who is rigid in his impression can make such an expression! He glanced dimly at her chest and somehow remembered the scene he had just seen–

The pink parts are watery and shiny. An innocent little baby face is beside it.

The fire in Jin Wang’s body exploded and he couldn’t hold it down, which made him think that it is a full moon tonight.

Yaoniang was so embarrassed that she wanted to hide. She reacted quickly and grabbed the clothes on the foot of the bed and covered herself casually.

“Wangye, please forgive this servant. It’s inconvenient for this servant to give a salute at this time.”

Jin Wang murmured in an unprecedentedly obtuse sound, “I’ve come to see the little princess.”

“The little princess is good…”

Jin Wang nodded and paused for a bit then left.

Yaoniang didn’t dare to delay and quickly put on her clothes and shoes to follow.

Jin Wang had gone away. Fucheng’s back disappeared at the corner of the second floor and the little girl Xiangxiang was sleeping sweetly.

Yaoniang shook her head. The little girl is too young. She couldn’t be compared with other maids like Yuyan, her vigilance is quite inferior. Thinking of herself, she is no better than her.

Meanwhile, she breathed a sigh of relief and stood in the hall briefly and then went back to the inner room.

It is very quiet in the room. The arrival of Jin Wang did not even wake the little princess up, she still slept soundly.

Yaoniang blushed. When she thought of the situation just now, she couldn’t help but cover her face.

She accidentally let him see such a scene. Would he think she was trying to seduce him intentionally? It’s also due to her negligence that she made such a mistake.

At the same time, Yaoniang was also confused. Why did Jin Wang stay on the second floor again? Why didn’t he go back to Zhaohui Hall?

Yaoniang couldn’t sleep after such an incident. She sat silently on the edge of the bed for a while.

Suddenly, there is a sound of footsteps outside. As soon as Yaoniang stood up, Fucheng came in.

“Wet nurse Su, bring hot water to the second floor.”

Yaoniang hesitated. She looked at the little princess who was asleep and back at Fucheng, “The little princess…”

“I will help you look after her.” Fucheng said with a wave of his hand.

Since he said so, Yaoniang could only obey. Of course she wondered why Fucheng didn’t fetch the water by himself and instead asked her to. On second thought, after looking at Fucheng’s status, he would have never done any rough work like boiling water so she did not doubt anymore.

Yaoniang first went to the tea room to boil water. Then she filled the copper basins and took it to the second floor.

Yaoniang has never been to the second floor of the small building before. The stairs are located behind the painting hanging on the wall of the main hall.

She stepped on the second floor and turned to face a small hall with only one door leading to it.

The door is half-covered at this time.

Yaoniang entered with the basin and saw dark brown floors.

The floors are clean and a dark purple woven patterned mat is laid in the middle of the room. Yaoniang couldn’t recognize what the pattern is but it looks good and matches the furnishings of the room.

A row of windows on one wall has a table right below. Purple tulle curtains are hanging on the window. Currently, two windows are widely opened so that the night breeze blowing in from outside stirred the curtain up and down.

On the right, there is a row of antique shelf and doffing hoods. Under the dim moonlight, she could see bookshelves and book cases, as well as several round-back chairs and flower tables. On the left, there is also a row of antique shelf and doffing hoods, which are lit with candles. She could see an Eight Immortals Table and a chaise lounge under the window.

Yaoniang didn’t focus on these things but on the door of the half-hidden inner room, where light is streaming out.

Yaoniang took a deep breath and walked over holding the basin.

She couldn’t hold the basin in one hand, so she could only put it on the ground and knock on the door lightly three times.

“Come in.” It’s Jin Wang’s usual indifferent voice.

Yaoniang pushed the door to walk in. It is a simple but elegant room. In the corner of the room, there is a three-legged incense burner with golden gliding dragons. There is a unique and special scent in the air.

The scent that belongs to Jin Wang awakened Yaoniang’s memory because she often woke up in the aroma of this scent in her previous life.

Inexplicably, she was a little flustered. When she looked up, she saw Jin Wang sitting on the bed behind the curtain. His clothes half opened and his long hair scattered around his shoulders. She felt suffocated.

Her heart pounded heavily and started to palpitate.