To Be A Virtuous Wife

6

Chapter Six, The Beautiful Times of Lunch

Coming out of Cui You Yuan, Qu Qing Ju raised her hand to touch the buyao in her hair and the corners of her lips lifted. She hadn't thought that this Duan Wang was interested in this aspect of a woman. That stare when he had been touch this buyao, she didn't dare look directly at it. This wang ye was to be pitied, he had to hide even this little fetish.

Unaware that her wang fei had made wang ye into a little cabbage in the ground during winter, Yin Liu said: "Wang fei, nubi doesn't understand, why move Jian Yun to zhengyuan?"

"You dummy, how can you not understand such an easy thing?" Mu Jin looked at the surroundings before saying lightly, "That Jian Yun is one of wang fu's servants and wouldn't have much loyalty towards Yun Qing. Today, wang fei moved Jian Yun to zhengyuan, tomorrow, other people will have the same idea. Water will flow to the lowest grounds, people will walk to the highest grounds. Who knows if there are people beside the other qieshi that want to walk higher."

Yin Liu had a brief trance and was surprise at Mu Jin's understanding of wang fei's mind. She now understood a little bit at why wang fei put Mu Jin at the first position. She looked at wang fei and Mu Jin and realized for the first time that wang fei was different than in the past.

The news that wang fei had disciplined that beautiful huakui in Cui You Yuan had already spread. Qu Qing Ju hadn't reached zhengyuan but on the way there she had encountered a few bowing yahuan and all of those yahuan were in the service of other ce fei or qieshi.

Just reaching the entrance to zhengyuan, Qu Qing Ju saw Yu Zan and Jin Zhan standing at the door. Seeing her return, the two shows expressions of happiness as they moved forward: "Wang fei, Qian Chang Xin came over with others and delivered a lot of good stuff. He said it was what wang ye picked especially for you. Xian Chang Xin is still here, do you wish to meet him?"

Qu Qing Ju nodded and entered the outer room of the zhengyuan. She saw Qian Chang Xin and a few taijian standing respectfully with eyes down. On the table in the room were a few moderately-sized boxes and bolts of cloth. There seems to be a lot of stuff.

Seeing wang fei enter, Qian Chang Xin bowed and said: "Greetings to wang fei. These are what wang ye ordered nucai to deliever to you. Wang ye also said, if wang fei needs anything else, to just order the servants to do."

"Thank wang ye for me," Qu Qing Ju opened the box on the very top. Inside was a speckled blue-green jade sparrow hairpin. She smiled as she closed the box, "Qian gonggong had to make a special trip, it must have been such a bother."

"No bother, no bother," Qian Chang Xin quickly replied to the contrary, and with both hands presented a box with good fortune embossed on the top, "This box, wang ye said specifically ordered nucai to present to wang fei in hopes that wang fei would like it."

Mu Jin received the box and delivered it into Qu Qing Ju's hands. Qu Qing Ju opened the box, her eyebrows raising slightly. She took it out with her hand and the room instantly filled with sighs.

It was a luan buyao but the craftsmanship was impeccable. A slight movement created the illusion that the bird was alive and in flight. Mu Jin stood the closest and was able to distinguish every line on the luan. The eye was an inlay of bright agate. Mu Jin was instantly dumbstruck.

"Such a beautiful buyao," Even Qu Qing Ju was shocked into exclaiming. This was a masterpiece. Even in her previous life, she hadn't seen such an intricate piece. This was probably the legendary nobility of the Imperial House. Qu Qing Ju smiled widely and looked at Qian Chang Xin: "Thanks for your labors, Qian gonggong, I really like this buyao."