Ambitious Favored Consort: How To Become A Wangfei

Chapter 71: Return

"What?" Lu Yufei was shocked and suddenly stood up, the chair made an ear-piercing screeching sound on the ground, "Are they here already?"

"Yes ah. Madam Xi said that Shizifei asked her for help. She did not dare to be careless and hurried over as soon as the curfew was opened. Shizifei, Madam Xi has entered the second gate and coming to the Yinian courtyard now."

Lu Yufei cursed secretly, and the letter in her hand was like a hot potato, neither could be thrown nor kept away. She shuffled the letter under the clutter, and hurried out to greet her, "Where is Madam Xi? Take me there quickly."

Lu Yufei did not walk for long before she met the Xi family's mother and daughter outside the Yinian courtyard. Madam Xi looked high-spirited. When she saw Lu Yufei, she greeted her for the first time on her own initiative, "Good morning Shizifei! I am anxious today. So, I came here first thing in the morning. I did not disturb Shizi and Shizifei, right?"

Lu Yufei refused to tell others that Zhao Zixun did not share a room with her, so she made an effort to smile more and said, "No. Shizi wants to study and practice martial arts. So, he always gets up early and won't disturb him."

"That's good." Madam Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and said excitedly, "I'm afraid of disturbing the young couple. That's good. Shizi can busy himself while we can deal with the rear court matters freely. When Shizi comes back, everything will be cleaned up and will not disturb Shizi. Shizifei, where is she?"

Lu Yufei was speechless. She promised Zhao Zixun yesterday that she would not mess things up today. Lu Yufei tried to persuade Madam Xi, "In fact, it's not a big deal. Since this is my first experience, I wrote to Madam while I was panicked. When I thought about it later, there was nothing difficult about it. It was enough by myself."

"Shizifei, what are you talking about?" Madam Xi interrupted Lu Yufei, raising her eyebrows while saying, "You are the new daughter-in-law who just entered the mansion with a tender face. How can you manage those old foxes in the rear court well? Besides, she is after all the maid next to Jing Wang who is one level higher than you in terms of position and reason. Even if it's reasonable for you to intervene, it becomes unreasonable. Shizifei, don't worry. I don't dare to say anything about my other abilities, but I can deal with those concubines in the rear court. Jing Wang called me an "elder" in any case. If I don't come forward for his private affairs, who else can come forward?"

When Xi Yunchu saw this, she held Madam Xi's arm and responded, "Shizi, after receiving your letter yesterday, my mother worried about it all day. She temporarily entrusted the internal affairs of the house to my second aunt and even took leave from greeting my grandmother. Isn't my mother tossing so much just to help you? You can just accept my mother's good intentions and don't refuse it."

Lu Yufei was having a hard time now since both Xi Yunchu and Madam Xi said this. She really could not say such things as "I'm all right here, you can go back" these types of words. Finally, Lu Yufei could only sigh as if admitting her fate, and said dejectedly, "Thank you, Madam. Thank you, Sister Chu. You go sit inside first. I'll send a message to Shizi, and I'll come right away."

Lu Yufei truthfully relayed the situation here to Zhao Zixun, especially emphasizing that the Xi family's mother and daughter came too early, rather than Lu Yufei's inaction. After passing the message, Lu Yufei went into the room while suppressing her nervousness and accompanied the Xi family's mother and daughter.

Madam Xi was sitting in the Yinian courtyard impatiently as she was wholeheartedly thinking of solving the obstacles of Tang Shishi and smoothing out the hindrance before her daughter's marriage. Madam Xi repeatedly mentioned going to see Tang Shishi, but it was interrupted by Lu Yufei several times. It was not easy to wait for Zhao Zixun's arrival.