Xie Wanqing naturally didn't want to let her go, but she also didn't want to alienate the second wife either. Even in her previous life, when she didn't know her identity, he still doted on her quite a bit. Naturally, Xie Wanqing had deep feelings for her, but from a certain point of view, she had lived two lifetimes and only the two concubines gave her the feeling of a home.
This had never happened before.
Xie Wanqing had only wanted to expose the schemes of the Concubine Fang at first, it was enough for him and the Madame Ye to recognize each other. However, the warm care and concern that Xie Heng and the Madame Huang had for her in the second room today made her experience something completely different. She finally understood why Xie Huaixing could be so carefree and joyful. Now that she was living a new life, why would she reject the kindness of others?
Furthermore, Xie Wanyun and Xie Huaijin might not necessarily be on good terms, so she nodded and said: "Then, I'll bring Big Sis along next time."
Concubine Fang wiped the tears off her face and said: "Good child."
He coaxed her into bed and sat down to tell her a story. He looked like a loving mother.
Xie Wanqing felt disgusted when she thought of the Concubine Fang's face before her death and then seeing how she was trying to curry favor with him. She asked: "Is Aunt not going to rest?"
Concubine Fang put Xie Wanqing's hand under the blanket, tucked it in, and touched her face: "Qing Er will go to sleep first, Aunt will accompany you."
Logically speaking, her objective had already been achieved, but Xie Wanqing did not understand why she was still staying in her house.
Concubine Fang sat on the bedside and spoke about her past. After a while, she called out to Xie Wanqing a few times, but there was no reaction. Thinking that she had slept soundly, she stood up and walked to the side of the censer.
As the door closed softly, Xie Wanqing slowly opened her eyes.
She got out of bed and poured some tea into the incense burner. She watched as the sparks inside were extinguished before returning to the bed. Xie Wanqing calculated the time in her heart. When she guessed that Concubine Fang had already returned to her room, she opened the door and called Yue Xin in.
It was already late, and most of the servants were already resting. Xie Wanqing instructed Yue Xin to change out the incense burner and light it up again, so that the Concubine Fang would not be unable to smell the fragrance of the incense the next day.
She didn't know what Concubine Fang added to the incense she had ordered, but it was definitely not good stuff.
Tomorrow was the middle autumn. In her previous life, Xie Wanqing suddenly got sick during the middle autumn with a high fever. Naturally, she did not attend the family banquet.
This made the madame, who didn't like her in the first place, feel even more disgusted with her. A good feast was incomplete because of the lack of her. When the doctor came to see her, he only said that she had a cold night and didn't say anything else.
Xie Wanqing didn't remember that she had kicked her blanket at night. Even if she had slept soundly, when Mama Feng came to check at night, she would naturally tuck her in.
Later on, Mama Feng was even punished by the madame for this matter, and this made it possible for her to return to her hometown.
However, she didn't know what had gone wrong in her previous life, but her high fever was definitely not due to cold. After her rebirth, Xie Wanqing was worried that dinner was not clean, hence she decided to avoid the second room in the afternoon.
Tonight, when the Concubine Fang came, Xie Wanqing was on full alert. At the beginning, when Concubine Fang mentioned about Xie Huaixing, she thought that it would be fine after she had fooled him.
On the other hand, Concubine Fang had always been scheming against her.
"Yue Xin, put this thing away and hide it. You didn't come to my room tonight, you know? "
Yue Xin lowered her eyebrows and said: "This servant understands."
With that, she wrapped a handkerchief with spices and stuffed it into her sleeves, gently opening the door, but Xie Wanqing suddenly spoke out: "Yue Xin, you are my servant."
had walked a few rounds in her previous life, and now she was most afraid that if she did not use her servants wisely, she would fall back to her previous life's Wheel of Destiny. Hence, her trust and caution. Even if Yue Xin had been good to her in her previous life, at that time, Yue Xin was Madame Ye's servant, and now, she hoped that Yue Xin could be of use to her.
There were some things that would be useless even if Madame Ye found out about them. Madame Ye's personality was soft and kind, but knowing about them would only add to one's worries. The thing that happened last time with Madame Ye was just to show her weakness and let her notice him. As expected, the Madame Ye had been very concerned about Xie Wanqing recently. That was enough.
Yue Xin knew that Xie Wanqing was punching her, and turned to pay her respects: "Yue Xin is Miss's servant, I only heard from Miss."
Xie Wanqing waved her down.
She got up from the bed and opened a small box that was placed beside the bed for her to use. In the past, she had put some candy on the table and it gradually became a jade bangle gold hairpin and so on. She had brought these before but did not want to throw them away.
Using the weak flame in her hand, Xie Wanqing flipped through the box and found a small book among the jewelry. He didn't even need to look at it to know what was inside.
Sure enough, someone let something in this afternoon.
However, they had already sent the items over. She would feel bad if she didn't return the favor.
The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the madame was very happy. She gave out orders, gave out rewards to the servants, and arranged a feast for the family.
As the gentlemen were all going home to celebrate, Xie Wanqing took a break, thus she slept more in the morning before slowly getting out of bed to pay respects to the madame. When she arrived, she saw that the second room was already there, and Xie Huaixing leaned on the madame's chest and said something that made the madame laugh happily. Xie Wanyun and Xie Huaijin sat at the side.
Xie Kai should have gone to the imperial court, while Madame Ye came, but she could not be liked by the Old Mistress, so she only smiled. Seeing Xie Wanqing enter, Madame Ye's face immediately lit up. Xie Wanqing smiled at her, went up to pay respects to the old lady, and bowed towards her elders, then sat down next to Xie Wanyun.
"Isn't Xianqing sick?" The Old Mistress looked at Xie Wanyun with her sharp eyes.
Concubine Fang had been secretive since the night before. Furthermore, Xie Wanqing woke up late today, so she was certain that Xie Wanqing was sick, and told Xie Wanyun to pass the news to the old lady when she went to pay respects. As for herself, as an aunt, she naturally could not be taken seriously by the old lady.
It was a nice Mid-Autumn Festival, she had said so early in the morning that she was sick and did not come to pay her respects. When the old mistress heard it, she would naturally have a grudge towards Xie Wanqing. Even if she was really sick, the old mistress would only feel that she was unlucky.
No wonder the old lady had a weird look when she looked at her, it was all thanks to Xie Wanyun.
Xie Xianqing felt a chill run down her spine. She had accompanied the madame for so many days since her rebirth, it was impossible to say that she had no feelings for her. However, just because of a few words from Xie Wanyun, she had developed a bad impression of her. From this, it could be seen that the madame did not like her very much. Perhaps there were some who liked him a little, but they preferred her grandson and the Anyang Mansion more than others.