The MC forgot the plot

一 FIFTY 一

五十 Mother's advice

Meng Jia Yi knew she couldn't stay here forever and so when the strikes of the afternoon rays flashed in their window lattices, it was time to go back.

"Observe and listen, do not take matters on your own without considering all the options and... make sure to have an heir"

Those were the words that Ban Rushi, her mother, instructed her. A last piece of advice that would be given to her and in the future, she wasn't sure if she could obey her guidance.

"I see mother" her palm clenched tightly to hers, remember this feeling.

Meng Jia Yi scoots down, her face reflected towards the matured yet still naive essence of Meng Qing Rui and softly stroked his hair.

"Listen to mother, do not fight if you do not know the weakness of the other and make sure to live well"

"I will, sister!" His eyes were a pair of jewel, shining brightly with the hope that she hopes to be corroded with. "Sister should as well! If you are bullied, come to my side!"

Laughing at his imposing yet short figure she cannot help the large grin that stretches on her face. A knock then resounded breaking the joyful ambiance in the room, the maid she took here called for her.

XiXi was not here and was giving practice to the new dowry maids and gathering information from the old servants in the estate.

"I will be there now" she informs, the sound of steps came back and soon she looked at the unrequited emotions of her family.

Family, what a wonderful feeling yet leaves you in such a fragile state.

Meng Jia Yi performed a bow towards her mother even against Nanny Shen and Ban Rushi's objection.

"I will be going now, mother"

Her head was placed on the floor as her lashes touched the warm wood floor, one that she has always stepped at the moment she accepts her mother, her new family. Head now lifted to the ground, she bids goodbye towards her tearful mother and her younger brother who aims to be strong to protect them.

This is goodbye for now but never forever.

...

"Is my wangfei sad?"

Fu Jun Fen wiped the wet lashes of his new wife, those red slightly puffy eyes aroused a pity and soft-heartedness of a man.

But not him.

"I am just sad to leave my concubine-mother and younger brother, I have been with them for so long" Meng Jia Yi softly stated, her eyes reddening with tears once more.

"Do not fret my wife, you can call for your concubine-mother and younger brother if you miss them. If you are bored you can play with the wives of officials and entertain yourself in the mansion"

A woman of importance to the man, no matter how low the status and troubling each action, a man would still look fondly over them. But once they have lost that favor, no matter how much a woman curry favor it is only a matter of time before they are disposed of.

Meng Jia Yi knew that principle, for Fu Jun Bei, she is the living evidence that a low-born person can also achieve fairness and respect among the snobby, arrogant nobles. This leaves the common populace to think that they also have that chance, that the third prince is a scholar that treats the people with the respect they wanted to have for years.

Admiration versus fear, the latter would only shackle the mass but the former would lead them to his side and follow his rule without evading.

"Your highness-"

"My wife, you can just call me Jun Bei" his smooth baritone voice sounds particularly romantic that it sends goosebumps to her skin.

"Ju- Jun B...Bei" tone full of bashfulness as she covers her face in so-called embarrassment. Truthfully she just covered her face to hide the disgust in her eyes.

Laughter booms into the carriage that made all the servants and the common people in the market curious. After seeing the emblem in the carriage, the people roused in their gossip natures and spread the harmonious relationship between the third prince and his new wife.

...

Tu Yi Guan, the minister of Justice, left the mercenary guild after sending out the plan that will take place the moment the fire of rebellion started. There is only one way out, to win the throne, if the fourth prince became the Emperor then they would live.

If not, he is ready to take his loyalty away from the fourth prince and start anew. There are no eternal enemies and friends, trusting someone other than yourself will get you killed.

"Master, here is the list of the noble ladies that Master has entrusted to this slave"

"Give it to me" he orders, his palm soon reaching scrolls of noble unmarried ladies that would be in a political marriage with the fourth prince.

After the fourth prince had the limelight on his existence, this brought those ministers who were still in cahoots; smart and as cunning as they are, they knew already the capabilities that the fourth prince continues to hide from the public.

"Leave this" his servant then backs away leaving him looking out of the sky.

It is time for the sacrificial for the spring, according to his spies in the palace grounds the Emperor has been calling for the Minister of Rites along with priests and monks. Those with the right mind knew that the emperor was not in good health and wanted miraculous pills to extend his already extinguishing life.

On the other hand, Concubine Yuan, the daughter of the Minister of Finance started to brush her presence to the Emperor; she was allowing more of her servants and the members of her family to secretly inquire for wandering doctors in the jianghui.

"Your majesty, is the wandering doctor that qie's brother found managed to enliven your majesty's spirit?"

"Yes, it is thanks to Concubine Yuan that zhen managed to endure the exhausting work presented to zhen" the emperor caressed her arm and said in a loving tone.

Concubine Yuan closed her mouth and almost shed tears but it stated pitifully on her lashes.

"Qie is happy to see his majesty active! For qie, his majesty's opinion and likes are what qie wanted to fulfill. Now seeing the rosiness on your majesty's cheeks was enough for qie to order another bowl of rice!"

"Good, good! My Concubine Yuan is truly good!" The emperor burst into laughter as the maids presented another bowl of rice to Concubine Yuan's table.

Women like Concubine Yuan knew how to retreat and push forward herself. Pleasing men was never easy but being with the emperor she has naturally learned more about pleasing men. She understood that men wanted their women to be fully in their control, to become dodder flowers that only grow under their garden. For when their world must only revolve around their men.

Sober and aware, Concubine Yuan took great advantage of that.

"Come! Reward my good concubine and her brother!" The emperor announced, there was satisfaction in his eyes and Concubine Yuan's smile became even sweeter.

The fight for the throne is brewing and it was the early risers that would catch their prey.

Notes:

• Every year Emperor has to sacrifice to the heavens at the beginning of spring, and pray that the weather will be smooth throughout the year.
• Jianghu, literally translates as "Rivers and Lakes", but figuratively refers to the "Martial World" or the "underground world of martial arts".

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