The MC forgot the plot

一 TWENTY-FIVE 一

二十五 A son, an heir, a backer

The summer heat burns their skin that XiXi has to place bing han in each corner of the room where the wind mostly appears. It did relieve some of the summer heat that has been irritating their skin but it did not alleviate the annoyance of Meng Jia Yi.

Clothes of the ancient period were notoriously known for being complicated and having too many layers. Towards the summer she only hopes to take a slow bath into the rivers where water pollution was not yet popular.

But this was the ancient period, women who show their skin will be criticized and will be talked about for only those in the prostitute house are known to be that vulgar.

"Ah fuck it" she cursed underneath her breath, her skin that has been washed clean is now feeling icky with that sweat.

She removed her clothes until it was only the thin, almost translucent inner-wear can be seen outside. Then she leaned closer to the bing han and let the wind cool off her heated body.

"Miss! What are you doing?!"

XiXi almost dropped the bucket of ice that was distributed from the ice cellar as her eyes staggered into the sight of her miss almost naked.

She then grew embarrassed when her miss peach blossom eyes looked at her innocently but beneath those doe eyes is a body of a young, blooming flower in its prime.

"Come here XiXi, you're red" her cheeks were certainly now blood red that even a rogue could not be on par with it.

She scoots closer to her miss than was taken aback at the unblemished, snow skin that was revealed under her inner-wear.

"Miss, if Concubine Ban knew this-"

"Concubine mother won't" her eyes flickered to hers. "-unless you tell her" with her head shaking like a rattle laughter comes off her miss.

"Miss!" She pouted and was patted on her hand lightly.

There was a change, albeit little, that Meng Jia Yi did not discover or perhaps never dared to understand. She can only hope that whatever the conclusion of her new life is in, she would be well in both health and wealth.

"You have already refused Matchmaker Ling, right?"

"Yes miss, I've done what you told me to!" XiXi looks confident at this point. "Matchmaker Ling was still delighted after hearing that you rejected her proposal, after the scholar knew of your origins he backed out"

She did have a backup plan with that, she could show up to the scholar's house and give him an abundant wealth of money if he accepted her as his wife— just an empty title. There would be no concubines and it would only be her that he would listen to in exchange for paying all rent and medicine for that frail scholar.

"Now that Concubine-mother decides the marriage, surely, XiXi will stay with me right?"

"Of course miss! XiXi will always stay with Miss!"

"You know it must be great if I have another brother... he would've carried me on his wedding day. A pity, truly" She chuckled lowly, ignoring the turmoil that surges into XiXi's eyes. "What do you think?"

She watches her bit her lower lip in contemplation, there was a hint of hesitation in her movements but XiXi did answer.

"Miss, we've talked about this" her entire body was closed off, XiXi's eyes wandered around the inner room with cautionary gazes.

"Well ignore me, I was just expressing my thoughts," she says in passing and took a deep breath. "Alright, let us go to concubine-mother's side and are who I will end up with"