Chapter 51.2

She acted as if she didn’t see Yao Cheng’s wink and took a stab at keeping Jin Wang.

There was no opportunity for Yaoniang to speak before Jin Wang agreed.

Jin Wang agreed to have a meal at the Yao's, which made Mrs. Li ecstatic. She stood up and walked to the door to holler at Huiniang to go buy some food. Fearing that Huiniang would not be able to carry too much by herself, she called for Yan'er too. For some reason, Yan’er hid in her room and refused to come out, so in the end, it was Yaoniang who accompanied Huiniang.

Yaoniang and Huiniang would go out to shop for food. Yao Cheng would continue to accompany Jin Wang, and Mrs. Li and Yan’er would look after the three children. The eldest brother, Ming’er, already knew how to walk, but at his age, he wasn’t sensible enough not to bump into others. It would be terrible for him to collide into Jin Wang.

Huiniang grabbed a basket and left with Yaoniang.

Yaoniang felt irritable but it was hard to explain why. Her mind was elsewhere even as she walked down the street. She couldn’t understand why Jin Wang had come to her house, and why he had lied about giving her a ride back to the manor out of convenience. She even thought of the day before yesterday…

She had completely immersed herself in her thoughts. She didn’t even notice Huiniang staring at her multiple times.

Huiniang pulled her to a stop, looked around their surroundings and saw no one. Then she asked, "Tell your sister the truth, why on earth is his highness Jin Wang visiting our house? Is it… Did  you…"

Yaoniang was shocked. "Is it what? Sister, what are you talking about!"

Huiniang glared at her, and continued in a low voice, "Do you think your elder sister is a fool? A majestic prince, the prince of Jinzhou, would come all the way here for no reason? And even offered you a ride back out to the prince’s manor of convenience? You are only a wet nurse! Even if someone were to pick you up, it would be impossible for a prince to come in person to pick you up! You better tell me the truth. Does he fancy you?"

"Sister…"

Yaoniang stopped. Huiniang became even more anxious. "Tell me, how far have you guys gone? Did you only kiss or did you sleep under the same covers as him?"

It was still Huiniang who understood her sister the best. It was impossible for Yaoniang, with her timid character, to dare to do anything indecent. Huiniang observed Jin Wang’s behaviour today. If one didn’t consider the difference between their statuses, it would be like the time when Yao Cheng had courted her. Originally, she actually didn't want to marry Yao Cheng, but Yao Cheng would always find excuses to go to her house to pester her. Although that person looks tall and big, he is actually thin-skinned. Yet he could always come up with ridiculous excuses.

So Huiniang still held onto some luck in her heart. Maybe his highness Jin Wang took a fancy to her sister, but her sister was too timid to respond. The two of them were still innocent.

When has Yaoniang ever discussed this kind of topic with her sister? She was embarrassed to death. Plus with how hot the weather was, there’s no way she would sleep under the same covers as Jin Wang.

"No, no!" She didn't actually lie. She hasn't slept under the same covers as Jin Wang.

Obviously, this wasn’t enough to deceive Huiniang who was as sharp as a tack. She looked at Yaoniang solemnly. "Really? Do you know what it means to sleep under the same covers? It means that two people are naked and they do this and that…" In the end, even though Huiniang was already a mother of two, she still couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Yaoniang's face turned red, her eyes flickered, she didn't dare to look straight at Huiniang.

When she saw her sister like this, what else couldn’t Huiniang understand? She sighed. Holding the basket for groceries in one hand, she used her other hand to poke Yaoniang on her forehead. "You, you, how dare you! You have the nerve…"

"Sister—" Yaoniang looked at Huiniang pitifully, acting both nervous and timid. When Yaoniang was still a child, whenever she did something wrong, she would always make such a face, and Huiniang couldn't get angry with her.

"Why are you so stupid! You and him…" Huiniang was so frustrated that she turned around and looked at Yaoniang a little dejected. "Then what does he mean? Is he not willing to give you a status? The two of you are just going to be like that?"

Yaoniang thought for a while, then said: "He mentioned it but I didn't want it…" When she saw Huiniang glaring at her, her voice became softer. But she also knew that if she didn't properly explain herself, her sister would not let her go. Yaoniang continued, “There are so many women in his inner courtyard, and their fights are fierce. I don't dare to get involved."

What exactly ‘fights are fierce’ meant, Huiniang didn’t completely understand. But she did understand that since he was a prince, his wives and concubines wouldn’t be of low birth. Yaoniang and herself came from a poor and humble family. Her sister also has a child. If she did appear next to Jin Wang, she would be harassed to death by those women above.

But her younger sister’s body was also good at giving birth to children. With a man taking up her body in vain, Huiniang was angered. If Jin Wang was not a prince, she would have asked her husband to beat him up.

“Then what are you going to do? Go back with him? Then what’s going to happen in the future? Will he let you come back?" 

When she mentioned this matter, Yaoniang also had no good answer. She could only talk about her own thoughts. "As a man like him, what kind of woman has he never seen? He is merely after the novelty. Over time, he’ll get bored."

“But what if he doesn’t get bored? What’s going to happen to Xiaobao? "

Huiniang saw that her sister was at a loss for an answer. She also had no ideas. "You are also a mother. You need to have a plan and think it all through. Let’s not talk about this for now. We will continue to talk about it after we buy the groceries."

Then she hurriedly took Yaoniang to the morning market.