Who Cares

72

Chapter 72 Concubine

The carriage drove into the inner lane and gradually approached the mansion. Zhao Luli had only been away from home for dozens of days, but it seemed that half his life had passed, he couldn’t help but lift the curtain and stared in trance.

Sensing that the coachman wanted to stop at the west gate, Guan Suyi instructed, “The master of the east mansion is back, what are you doing taking him to the west gate? Go to the east gate.”

Now that the wall of the two mansion have been built, because Zhao Luli was stripped off his title, many things above the regulation in the East mansion could no longer be used, the redundant pavilions and halls were banned, some noble utensils were put on the high cabinet, and the plaque of “Masquis Zhenbei Mansion” hanging on the door beams had been replaced with ordinary word “Zhao Mansion”. On the contrary, the West Mansion was still magnificent and majestic, and even the plaque of “General Zhengbei Mansion” was extraordinary.

The carriage stopped at the west gate for a while, and then slowly circled around to the east gate. Zhao Luli stared at the five powerful characters on the plaque and asked, “Whose handwriting is this? It actually have a lustrous sound with killing spirit. With this sign, the momentum of the West Palace has risen a lot.”

“This is written by mom.” Zhao Wangshu glanced at his stepmother with a blushing face, and said obediently, “Dad, I will never be naughty again, I will practice calligraphy, study hard, and earn back the title of our family.”

“Good, Wang Shu has grown up.” Zhao Luli was very happy, he couldn’t help but grasped his wife’s white fingertips and sighed, “Suyi, thanks to you, our family didn’t break up. I will not say any words of apology and vows,  you just see how I will perform in the future.”

Guan Suyi smiled lightly, but she was very alert in her heart. When the carriage stopped, she immediately jumped out of the carriage, slapped Zhao Luli’s outstretched hand, and hugged Mu Mu instead. Zhao Luli was not annoyed at all, but smiled softly and stepped forward to help his elderly mother. There were many misunderstandings and estrangements between their husband and wife, which could not be solved overnight. As the saying goes, gold and stone yield to the power of sincerity*, as long as he treated the other with sincerity, as long as Madam was not hard-hearted, sooner or later, she would forgive him.

While thinking like this, the east gate squeaked open, and Minglan greeted her with a smile, followed by a servant with a brazier in her hand.

“Miss is back? Quickly cross the brazier to get rid of the bad luck.” She only greeted her master, without even looking at Zhao Luli.

“Master, you cross first.” Guan Suyi turned to the side, let everyone cross the brazier one by one, and only went in by herself at the end, then ordered the servants to prepare water and pick grapefruit leaves, let everyone who went to Heavenly Prison to soak for one or two quarter of an hour and ask for peace of mind.

Everyone went back to the room to take a bath without saying a word. After a while, they all came out with water vapor and went to the main hall to eat the reunion dinner. Before the dishes were ready, they heard the sound of gongs and drums from outside, interspersed with women’s cry.

“Is this a wedding or a mourning?” The old madam was displeased. “Housekeeper, go out and see who is this demon, and let them go away!”

The housekeeper took the order and left, only to came back with a bitter face after a short while, followed by the smiling Zhou Tian and the pitiful Ye Fan. Ye Fan seems to have been groomed, wearing a brand new pink dress with a set of emerald pearl hairpins on her head, her dark yellow cheeks were slightly flushed, and before she could stand still, she bowed down and choked out, “This lowly concubine Ye Fan has seen husband, has seen Madam, has seen old madam.”