The Princess Wei Yang

52.Winds Rising Inside the House

1瞎猫碰上死耗子: literally means a blind cat encounters a dead monkey; it is a phrase used to describe something happened simply because of pure luck

In the evening, Li Wei Yang was about to tell her servants to prepare her bath when she heard cries in her yard, she frowned and asked: “What is with the noise outside?”

Mo Zhu immediately answered: “Nubi will take a look.”

Li Wei Yang thought it over and said: “Bring the person inside.”

“Yes.”

“Da Xiaojie’s servants were bullying me ……” Mo Zhu bought in a little yatou who was crying and had the red mark of a handprint on her cheek.

“What is going on?”

“Xiaojie, hmm, hmm, hmm, it was almost time for Xiaojie’s bath, so Nubi went to fetch some water. When I finished fetching hot water, someone pushed me and made me drop the kettle. Nubi saw that it was Da Xiaojie’s servant so I held back my frustration and refilled the kettle. But who would have known that she would forcefully take it from me and gave me two slaps; Nubi couldn’t hold back any longer so I argued with her. Then, she held me on the ground and beat me, exclaiming San Xiaojie is a nobody, Da Xiaojie needs to bath, who dares fight with her!”

“Oh, really?” Li Wei Yang saw the injuries on the little yatou’s body, it didn’t seem like it was a lie.

The little yatou cried loudly: “Da Xiaojie has always used milk to bath, she never uses hot water, as a matter of fact, they simply wanted to bully us -----“

Li Wei Yang stared at her, she sighed and told Bai Zhi: “Give her some snacks and silvers.”

Bai Zhi quickly followed her instructions. Once the little yatou received consolations, she wiped her eyes and then fumbled off; as she left, her shoulders were jerking.

Li Wei Yang calmly shook her head, she said: “From this day on, without my instructions, no one in here is permitted to leave.”

“Xiaojie! How can you forbear anything!” Bai Zhi returned, her face still had on unappeased anger.

Li Wei Yang sat by the window with her cheek resting on her right hand, she swung her head as she looked towards the other yuanzi where performers were singing. Li Chang Le loved watching performances, originally Da Furen restrained her but now she complied with her every wish. Apparently, this mother-daughter pair was too joyous. Li Wei Yang’s pair of righteous eyes had on a layer of shadow under the candlelight, her tone lightly said: “Bai Zhi, let’s quietly watch.”

The progress of the development was contrary to everyone’s expectations.

Words had spread that the Empress Dowager might summoned Li Chang Le, Da Furen and her daughter thought it was time for them to be rewarded so they immediately tailored new clothing. They seek the top tailor of the best fabric shop to personally bring them fabric of superior quality and they hurriedly made the clothes for the day they get summoned into the palace. Everyone thought they would be rewarded next but who would have thought within half a month, things had suddenly changed for the worse.

The Li Family didn’t receive any rewards, on the other hand, Prime Minister Li was summoned into the palace by the emperor; the prime minister had his head down while he was scolded by the emperor. He returned in a bad mood, the first thing he did was rush into Li Wei Yang’s yuanzi, he exasperatedly said: “Wei Yang, come out!”

Li Wei Yang heard his voice in the room yet she was not flustered at all, she pleasingly smiled as she walked out and said: “Father, what has happened?”