Chapter 148 – Qing Transmigration Tale (57)
Lin Yu Tong could not understand why Eighth Princess Consort had come to their garden to cry? If you want to visit, just visit. Why come crying? It was about to be the new year. Who did you want to bring misfortune to?
Originally, Lin Yu Tong had felt some apology. Now it was instantly gone.
In the end, what did this have to do with me?
If Eighth Prince had not recruited Nian Geng Yao, the other would still be Si Ye’s servant. Then the new year cake[^1] would be up to me to digest.
However, Eighth Prince was such a kind person. Even when I was blind, he removed the biggest danger I may encounter.
While he had helped me as a result, his own intentions are not pure. Lin Yu Tong laughed inside. She had no need to thank him.
Eighth Princess Consort made a fuss like this. Lin Yu Tong was not good at all. You find me, for what? The imperial edict had been announced.
She originally wanted to ignore the other. This was the emperor’s garden. She could not charge in. But they would meet in the future, and she could not block the other from coming in. The other was crying and shouting outside the gates. If she did not enter, people would watch and laugh.
Lin Yu Tong called Granny Yuan to receive the other personally, but she remained on her chair.
In the little bowl in front of her were grapes which had been thawed. Lin Yu Tong used a fork to eat them, and they were very delicious.
“Fourth Sister-in-law has carefree days.” Eighth Princess Consort’s eyes were red, and she looked at Lin Yu Tong with resentment.
Lin Yu Tong smiled and pointed at the chair at the side. She said jokingly, “Sit! Quickly sit. I know you do not feel well, I will not hold a grudge against you.” She ordered the servants. “Do not serve Eighth Princess Consort any tea, just bring some fruit milk.”
This fruit milk was a fruit salad, made from pieces of fruit and yogurt. The children and Si Ye all liked it. When the floor heating started in the winter, the rooms were dry. This was both nourishing and decreased the fire.
Eighth Princess Consort looked down. Snow pear, apple, banana, and even yellow peach and skinned grapes covered with white yogurt. On top of the yogurt were some cherries she did not know how they were able to last until now. There was a layer of raisins and walnuts sprinkled on top.
It looked delicious.
She wanted to just push it off the table, but her mouth was dry after shouting outside for a while. She did not care, sniffed, wiped her tears, mixed with a spoon, and finished it in a few bites.
“People will eat fruit with yogurt in the summer, I have not seen people eat fruit in the winter with yogurt. Fourth Sister-in-law is different from everyone else.” After Eighth Princess Consort finished eating, she did not forget to criticize Lin Yu Tong.
Lin Yu Tong rolled her eyes. “Then hold the bowl well for me. It is a complete set. If its smashed, it cannot be used.”
Eighth Princess Consort had been preparing to smash the bowl. But could she do it after this was said?
Lin Yu Tong saw her look very fragile and pushed her hand down. “You just ate mine and will smash the bowl, it is not good. We can just talk and reason with each other.”
Eighth Princess Consort wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and glared. She said, “That Nian Family is your family’s servant?”
“In the past,” Lin Yu Tong swallowed the grape in her mouth and then said, “Didn’t your ye dig at our walls? I have not made trouble for you yet? But you come to me first.”
Eighth Princess Consort was shocked by the other’s shameless act of blaming the victim. “Fourth Sister-in-law, we have to speak reason. You were not like this before!”
Lin Yu Tong laughed. “Am I not talking reason to you? Also, you only have seen me talk reasonably, you have never seen me unreasonable. I am not always reasonable.”
Eighth Princess Consort was choked up. She stood up, glared for a while and even her fists clenched.
Lin Yu Tong laughed. “You want to fight? Even if I am pregnant right now, you are not a match for me.You look like this, if I truly fight, I will throw you out in a few moves. Do you believe it? So, let us talk properly.” Then she pointed at the chair. “Sit down, sit down to talk.”
Eighth Princess Consort panted. “That miss of the Nian Family, was she originally prepared for your family by the Nian Family?”
Lin Yu Tong shook her head. “How would I know that?” She looked at Eighth Princess Consort., “You think that I thought of a way to shove one of my ye‘s people to your establishment?”
“It isn’t? Hong Hui is with the emperor. Fourth Sister-in-law will be able to do this much easier than anyone else. Talking about this by the emperor’s ear……” Eighth Princess Consort glared at Lin Yu Tong, feeling very sorry.
Lin Yu Tong put down her own bowl hard. “You can say anything about me. Because you are not in a good mood, I will not argue with you. But as an aunt, do not try to blacken my son. Do not dare to give my son the crime of gossiping and sowing discord. If you dare to speak nonsense again without any evidence, then let us talk together in front of the emperor. This is the first time, I will spare you. If I heard this again, we will not end in peace like this.”
Eighth Princess Consort saw that Lin Yu Tong’s expression was not false. “It truly is not you?”
“I have a princely lady who has three children in the establishment. Will I care about a young girl?” Lin Yu Tong saw Eighth Princess Consort’s expression relax and lowered her voice to ask, “Did you not know of this at all before?”
“If I knew, would I have let this succeed?” Eighth Princess Consort’s eyes flashed with viciousness. “If I know who plotted this, I will teach them a lesson.”
“That Nian Geng Yao had been refused entry by my ye. He knelt outside in the snow for half a day. You do not know that in the end, your ye came to take him away?” Lin Yu Tong tested.
Eighth Princess Consort’s expression changed. “When did this occur?” She knew that her ye wanted to recruit the Nian Family. But she knew the Nian Family. If they could have their two sons bet on two people, they would not place all their eggs in the same basket. So, she had believed that Nian Geng Yao would grab onto Fourth Prince and not let go. The daughter of the Nian Family would enter Fourth Prince’s establishment to connect Fourth Prince and Nian Geng Yao, or she would enter her establishment to connect Eighth Prince and Nian Xi Yao. But from start to end, Yin Si had never mentioned the daughter of the Nian Family. The only possibility was that someone had plotted. And other than Lin Yu Tong, no one else could have done this because the daughter of the Nian Family and her were closely connected. The emperor had sent an edict silently. Hong Hui was with the emperor and had motive and the ability to accomplish this. How could it not be her?
Lin Yu Tong looked speechlessly at Eighth Princess Consort. This person did not know anything, and came here to make a fuss with her. What did she want to do? “Our ye did not meet Nian Geng Yao. If there is anything, it is just what happened a few days ago during the snow. I do not remember the specific day.”
Eighth Princess Consort knew that on a previous night, Yin Si had said he had been waiting for He Zhuo and had not returned the entire night. Later, when she asked what He Zhuo had went to do, Yin Si had not explained, just saying it was a minor matter.
Thinking about it now, if it had been a minor matter, he would not have waited the entire night.
She depressedly sat on the chair, seemingly robbed of energy.
Lin Yu Tong said, “You are fussing now, fussing to the point that everyone knows, do you want your good reputations in the palace? I do not understand, sleeping with the servant girls is sleeping, sleeping with other women is not sleeping? Aren’t they all women? When a man is not faithful, what does it have to do with the kind of women they sleep with and if these women have titles? Do not say stupid things like he only has you in his heart, who believes such things? Only women say this to fool themselves and comfort themselves.”
“Fourth Sister-in-law!” Eighth Princess Consort suddenly shouted, frightening Lin Yu Tong.
“What?” Lin Yu Tong patted her chest. Seeing Eighth Princess Consort glare like the other wanted to eat her, she said, “What? Why are you so disturbing and alarming?”
“Could you not be so cruel?” Eighth Princess Consort’s tears came down. “You speak so clearly, how can people comfort themselves in the future?”
People would feel an impulse to cry at this.
Lin Yu Tong said, “Look at yourself in the mirror right now, look at what you have become? You do not care for yourself, can you hope for others to do so?”
Eighth Princess Consort covered her face with a handkerchief. “Fourth Sister-in-law, I do not feel good.”
Of course I know you do not feel good. Anyone would not feel good with these things happening.
In the study, Si Ye faced Eight, Nine, and Ten. He did not even give them a cup of hot tea.
Ten sat like there were nails on his bottom. He wriggled around. Inside, he blamed Nine. He did not know what the other was thinking to insist on coming with Eight. Why meddle in the matter between husband and wife? Now, this was good, they were watching Four’s expression.
It took half a day to travel from the city to the garden. They did not even get to eat. He was both tired and hungry, and now, he was even thirsty.
The fragrant tea in Four’s cup was tempting.
“Fourth Brother, do you have some pastries in the study?” Tenth Prince could not resist asking.
Si Ye had been attending to work in the rooms in the inner courtyard. He rarely stayed in this study, and of course there were no pastries.
Ninth Prince glared hard at Tenth Prince. Such a disgrace!
Si Ye nodded at Su Pei Sheng. After a while, the pastries were brought. Green steamed dumplings, soup dumplings. They could be used as pastries or as a meal.
Tenth Prince was very content and felt that Four was not so unreasonable.
But what vexed Ninth Prince was that only Ten had a share.
Si Ye did not look at him and just said to Eight, “A few days ago, I misunderstood you. You want the daughter of the Nian Family so you went to Nian Geng Yao. If you explained earlier, it would have been good. Us brothers would not have harmed our relationship for a servant. It is nothing for a gentleman to pursue a beauty, you can talk about it. Look at the trouble this caused.”
Ninth Prince had just stolen a dumpling from Tenth Prince to eat. When he heard Si Ye’s words, he almost choked.
Eighth Brother feared Eighth Sister-in-law’s jealousy the most right now. He feared trouble in his inner courtyard. But Fourth Brother said that Eighth Brother wanted the girl. Was this not pouring oil on the fire?
Four, if he did not kill Eighth Brother, he would not rest! [^1]: Little New Year Cake is the nickname for Nian-shi. She was known for being greatly favored by the Yongzheng Emperor. In history, after she married in, she and Yongzheng had three sons and one daughter, none of which survived to adulthood. What is exceptional was that Yongzheng did not have any children with other women during this time. She was only one of two women who was buried with him.
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