"You cried all night, aren't you tired?" Miss Wei opened her eyes with a yawn, her tone helpless.
She could have slept a little longer, but the person in her arms cried more and more aggrievedly, disturbing her peace and quiet. She wrapped her arms around Yu Zhi's smooth and slender waist and said, "What's done is done, crying won't bring it back."
She had no skill at comforting people, and Yu Zhi cried even harder when she heard this.
She was delicate and frail, and only after experiencing it firsthand last night did Wei Pingxi believe that she was five years older than her.
It was indeed perfectly ripe and extremely delicious.
The difference between doing it and not doing it is huge. This is the first time Wei Pingxi has ever been involved in this matter in both his lives. Even the worst-tempered person has some tenderness towards Yu Zhi at this moment.
"If you cry again, I'll bully you even more."
Yu Zhi, with an accusatory look that seemed to say, "Are you even human?", sobbed softly, then suddenly hiccuped, feeling utterly ashamed.
Wei Pingxi hugged her and laughed heartily.
Amidst her unrestrained laughter, Yu Zhi hiccuped twice more, slowly covering her mouth and turning red in the face. It took her several dozen breaths to finally stop the hiccups.
Starting last night, her life entered a new phase. She no longer needs to worry about making a living or about her mother's eye disease day and night. She only needs to please one person and serve one person.
"I, I..."
Her voice was hoarse; she was surprised that her throat was so hoarse.
Wei Pingxi lowered his eyes: "What?"
Rui Feng's eyes were long and captivating, filled with shimmering light. Yu Zhi was momentarily stunned by her gaze, her toes curling as she whispered in her ear, "I want..."
"Can you even get up?"
"I can get up," Yu Zhi said defiantly, but her body didn't seem to cooperate after several attempts.
She collapsed from exhaustion for the third time, and Wei Pingxi asked with a mocking look, "Shall I help you?"
"No!"
"You even told me 'no'? I said yes, so it's okay."
She lifted Yuzhi up in her arms and lightly stepped off the bed.
Stepping onto the smooth wool carpet, Wei Pingxi carefully observed the beauty's expression, a smile playing on his lips: "What are you ashamed of? You were quite diligent when you moved yesterday, consider it a reward from me."
Yu Zhi remained silent, wanting only to play dead.
"Have finished urinating."
"I...I want to get down."
The beautiful fourth young lady had many ways to play tricks on people. Her methods were so fast that it was impossible to see how she did it. Yu Zhi couldn't stand it and surrendered.
We have no choice but to back down.
The pattering sound filled the small space, and Yu Zhi was so embarrassed that she could hardly breathe, her eyes welling up with tears.
"Are you made of water?" Wei Pingxi carried her back the way they came. "You cried all day yesterday without stopping, and you're still crying when you woke up today. You can't do anything about me, so you're trying to drown me with your tears?"
She was fearless, but Yu Zhi was timid: "I didn't."
"I hope you don't." She smiled. "Anyway, I'm not good at comforting people; I only know how to bully you."
Breakfast time had passed, but Wei Pingxi and her concubine still hadn't gotten up.
The old man, wanting to avoid trouble, went to the opera house early to listen to a play. The three young masters of the Wei family gathered together, and the second young master of the Wei family, whose finger bone was broken, sarcastically remarked that his fourth sister was very lucky.
“Our sister has ruined such a beautiful woman.”
Wei Er harbored resentment and sneered, "That concubine in Jingzhe Courtyard is unlucky to have met this freak of ours."
His words were grating. Wei San picked at his ear and said, "Second Brother, what you're saying is ridiculous. No matter how absurd Fourth Sister is, she is still a member of the Wei family. Yesterday, His Majesty's imperial edict congratulated Fourth Sister on taking a concubine. It is an unparalleled honor. There is no other concubine in the entire Great Yan Dynasty who is as glamorous as her."
"No matter how glamorous you are, a child can't crawl out of your belly. I hope Fourth Sister won't get cuckolded one of these days."
Wei San was startled: "Second Brother, what you're saying—"
Young Master Wei slammed his hand on the table: "Insolence! Who gave you the audacity to speak like that?!"
The eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest son has great prestige in front of his two younger brothers. Wei Er spoke recklessly and said whatever came to mind. Now he regretted it and obediently got up and bowed to his eldest brother to admit his mistake.
The three brothers felt uneasy.
The joyous atmosphere in Jingzhe Courtyard hadn't yet dissipated, and Wei Pingxi was still enjoying himself in bed. The three brothers had to slowly learn to read their sister's moods.
How humiliating and frustrated he was!
With the Yan family and the Empress as her backers, who can say for sure whether the old man or Wei Pingxi will be in charge of the Wei family in the future?
The three brothers looked ashen-faced.
In Liulan Courtyard, Madam Wei slowly emerged from the small Buddhist hall, a string of prayer beads twirling between her fingers: "Where's Pingxi? Is he awake yet?"
“She’s awake…” Li Le said with a troubled expression, “According to the servants of Jingzhe Courtyard, the Fourth Miss hasn’t come out of her room yet.”
The person didn't come out, but they made quite a fuss.
Madam Wei looked up: "Take me to see."
"Fourth Miss..." Yu Zhi said, suppressing her emotions, and placed her hand on Wei Pingxi's slender wrist.
"If you've thought it through, stop making a fuss. Have you forgotten what I said?"
Last night, the word she said most often was "be obedient." Yu Zhi listened to her and went through several near-death experiences.
As a concubine, one must always abide by the rules, and the Fourth Miss's words are the rules.
She let go of his hand, lay down on the bed, and covered her face with her hands.
I'm too ashamed to look at it any longer.
Wei Pingxi chuckled: "How can you be so thin-skinned? If you go out and sell flowers, and people don't buy your flowers, are you going to cry in front of them?"
She teases people with her words, though her words are not gentle, her actions are.
Yu Zhi bit her lip and remained silent as she was ridiculed, her shoulders trembling and her throat occasionally letting out a groan.
After applying the ointment, Wei Pingxi wiped his fingers, effortlessly turned her over, and kissed her gently and tenderly.
"Fourth Miss..."
Call me Xi Xi.
“Xi Xi…”
As Madam Wei stepped into the Jingzhe Courtyard, Agate called out "Greetings, Madam!" which Wei Pingxi heard clearly through the door.
"Mother has arrived."
Yu Zhi lay there, her face and neck flushed, her bones limp and her voice soft: "Should we offer tea to Mother?"
Do you want to offer a toast?
Offering tea was a prestigious courtesy from the principal wife to her mother-in-law in the Great Yan Dynasty. Generally, concubines who were brought into the courtyard would simply kneel outside the mother-in-law's courtyard the following day.
"think."
Wei Pingxi stroked her leg: "Pray if you want."
She stopped what she was doing, and sat up while holding Yuzhi.
Yu Zhi, having just tasted something new, couldn't resist Wei Pingxi's methods. She clung to the Fourth Miss and begged her twice before Wei Pingxi finally let her go.
The main house door opened, and the fourth young lady led her newly arrived concubine out one after the other.
"I have met my mother."
Madam Wei held a steaming bowl of nourishing soup in her hands. She lifted the lid, and Wei Pingxi smiled broadly: "Mother knows I worked hard yesterday, so this soup is just in time."
She reached out to take it, but Madam Wei avoided her, saying, "What are you talking about? Don't you know ashamed of what you just said?"
Despite being glared at by his mother, Wei Pingxi smiled and said, "It's for Zhizhi, that's fine. We can drink together."
Yu Zhi was flattered and about to bow when she hesitated.
Madam Wei, with her keen insight, said: "We're family, so let's not stand on ceremony."
“Mother is right.” Wei Pingxi casually helped Yu Zhi up, then changed the subject: “Mother, please come in. Zhizhi and I still need to offer you tea.”
Upon hearing this, Li Le, who had accompanied the group, raised an eyebrow slightly: "Serving tea? Fourth Miss is really giving a concubine quite a bit of face!"
"It is time to offer tea."
Yesterday, Madam Wei didn't make it in time for her daughter to pay her respects, so she came here this morning specifically for this one bow.
Despite the pain, Yu Zhi knelt down to serve tea, and after the matter was settled, she received a white jade bracelet as a gift from Madam Wei.
"You can go down now and get some rest."
"Yes, Mother."
As soon as Yu Zhi was helped out of the house by her maid, Madam Wei scolded her, "You are also a woman, how can you bully someone like this?"
“It’s not like I bullied her.” Wei Pingxi had a beautiful and intelligent appearance. When she met her mother’s teasing eyes, she shamelessly said, “It’s just that she’s timid, doesn’t know her own strength, and is simple-minded.”
She wouldn't dare stop unless she told her to.
When they got there, they were so flustered that they completely forgot everything that Granny Wu had taught them.
With his reckless spirit, he managed to amuse her, and to be honest, her tearful appearance was truly beautiful.
Wei Pingxi's mind was wandering, and he didn't hear his mother's admonition.
Seeing that her heart was full of lust for women, Madam Wei scolded her, but in the end she patted her daughter's head affectionately and said, "Don't tire yourself out."
"I'm not tired."
The maidservant prepared water and respectfully invited Yuzhi to bathe.
With no young mistress in Jingzhe Courtyard, Yuzhi, a concubine, became the only charming maid. The maid was the fourth young lady's person and the mistress of everyone in the courtyard.
Yu Zhi was not used to having people around her while she bathed, and even when she was being disciplined in the courtyard, Granny Wu always kept a screen between her and Yu Zhi.
After dismissing everyone, she stepped into the bathtub alone. As soon as she entered the tub, the warm water made her kneel down and cover her face, saying that she had failed her nanny's teachings.
I didn't use any of what I learned, and instead, I made myself faint.
"Fourth Miss".
"Greetings, Fourth Miss."