GBP Chapter 188: Bed Climbing Palace Maid 2
Chapter 188: Bed Climbing Palace Maid 2
As soon as Wei Yan left, Aunt Fang walked in from outside.
"Aunt," Jiang Chunxi smiled as soon as she saw Aunt Fang's face, "Brother Yan brought me bird's nest. I just gave you half of it. Come and eat it quickly."
"Look at how useless you are. It's just a bird's nest, and you're so fond of it." Aunt Fang came over and sat on the chair with a sour face.
Aunt Fang used to be a maid serving the Empress Dowager. She was assigned by the Empress Dowager to serve the Emperor when he was six years old. That’s why Aunt Fang is so highly regarded by the Emperor. You should know that Aunt Fang almost lost her life in order to save the Emperor!
The fighting among the concubines in the late emperor's harem was quite fierce. The empress dowager was able to become the final winner with her son from being one of the four concubines. Countless loyal servants sacrificed in the process. For example, among the palace maids arranged by the empress dowager to serve the emperor, Aunt Fang was one of them. The other three had died long ago.
"Aunt Fang, this is bird's nest, why do you say it as if it is worthless?" Jiang Chunxi pretended to be cute and pouted unhappily, "Humph! I couldn't bear to eat it, so I left half for you to eat? But I didn't expect you to despise it."
"Aunt Fang is so mean. I will never talk to you again!"
"You, you," Aunt Fang poked Jiang Chunxi's forehead with her finger, "you were fooled by a little favor. What's wrong with bird's nest? No matter how precious it is, it's just food. Wei Yan, that little bastard, only knows how to use these things to coax you."
Aunt Fang was against the relationship between Jiang Chunxi and Wei Yan. How could a good girl become an affair with a eunuch and ruin her life?
Aunt Fang had already made plans. When Chunxi turned 25, she would go to the Emperor to ask for a favor and ask the Emperor to grant Chunxi a marriage and give her a royal guard.
But she never expected that when she wasn't paying attention, Chunxi was coaxed away by that bad boy Wei Yan. She was so angry that she almost strangled that bad boy Wei Yan to death.
Jiang Chunxi entered the palace at the age of seven. Among all the new palace maids, Aunt Fang somehow took a liking to her at first sight. So over the years, Aunt Fang could be said to have raised Jiang Chunxi as her own daughter. Now when she knew that Jiang Chunxi fell in love with a eunuch, how could she not be furious?
But she loved Jiang Chunxi so much that she couldn't bear to blame her too much, so she could only vent her anger on Wei Yan.
"Aunt," Jiang Chunxi squatted beside Aunt Fang and leaned her head on her thighs. "I know Aunt doesn't want me and Brother Yan to be together. She doesn't want to see me and a eunuch having sex. She hopes that I can leave the palace to get married and have children in the future. But if that's the case, then I won't be able to stay by Aunt's side for the rest of my life. After all, Aunt's status means that I can't leave the palace to live in old age."
As the confidant of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, Aunt Fang knows too many things, so the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will not let Aunt Fang leave the palace.
"Besides, is it really good to leave the palace and marry? The rules and regulations in this world are too unfair to women. I don't want to work hard to give birth to children for a man, be filial to my parents-in-law, and then have to put on a smile and let my husband take a concubine."
"Anyway, if I live like that, I would rather stay single and stay in the palace to take care of you in your old age. Besides, Brother Yan's master is the chief steward in front of the emperor, and I will definitely take over his master's position in the future. If I can become a married couple with him, then when my aunt is old, I won't be afraid that some ignorant people will look down on her and prevent her from enjoying her old age."
Aunt Fang is now an aunt favored by the Emperor. Even the Empress has to give Aunt Fang some face. But when Aunt Fang gets old and retires from the position of imperial aunt, who will take her seriously?
The reason why the original owner was with Wei Yan in her previous life was that on the one hand, she truly loved Wei Yan, but on the other hand, it was also for the sake of Aunt Fang's later years.
In the original owner's heart, Aunt Fang was no different from her biological mother. As for her family, she had already considered herself as having no family since she was sold into the palace by her parents.
"You silly child," Aunt Fang touched Jiang Chunxi's head, her eyes slightly moistened, "Forget it, it's better to stay in the palace. This world is so harsh on women. I would not feel at ease if I really married you out of the palace. It would be better to let you stay under my nose, so that I can feel more at ease."
Aunt Fang had never thought of letting Chunxi become the emperor's woman. She had followed the emperor and the empress dowager all the way, and she knew too well how terrible the fighting among the women in the harem would be. With Chunxi's simple nature, if she became a concubine in the emperor's harem, she would be eaten alive.
So! Aunt Fang assigned Chunxi the job of being responsible for the emperor's clothes. Although she was a palace maid, she had no chance to see the emperor normally.
Fortunately, although Chunxi was beautiful, she was not so beautiful that it would amaze people. Compared with the concubines in the harem, Chunxi's beauty was too inconspicuous, so there was no need to worry that she would be favored by the emperor.
However, despite this, it would be better for Chunxi not to show her face in front of the emperor.
"Yes! I will always stay by my aunt's side and be filial to her with my brother Yan." Jiang Chunxi said obediently:
At the same time, when Wei Yan returned to the door of the imperial study, his master Wei Zhongyan glared at him and said, "You little bastard, you just want to be lazy all day long. If it weren't for me, your master, to cover for you, you would have given up your position to others long ago."
Wei Yan's name was given by Wei Zhongyan. Among Wei Zhongyan's several apprentices, only Wei Yan took his surname. This shows that Wei Zhongyan trained Wei Yan as his godson and was optimistic that Wei Yan would take over his position in the future.
"Master, I just took some time out of my busy schedule to bring some food to Chunxi. You should be more magnanimous and don't take it personally," Wei Yan said with a shy look on his face. "Who made your disciple so useless that he feels so uncomfortable when he can't see Chunxi for a day?"
"Look at you, you are such a loser. I can't bear to look at you anymore," Wei Zhongyan rolled his eyes at Wei Yan. "I don't know what kind of luck you have that made Chunxi like you."
If it were an ordinary palace maid, it would be fine. After all, the reason why some palace maids are willing to marry eunuchs is to seek protection, not to say that they are truly willing to marry eunuchs.
But Chunxi was different. Wei Zhongyan knew very well that Aunt Fang raised the girl as her own daughter and had already made preparations. When the girl turned 25, she would use her merits to ask for a marriage certificate for her.
But no one expected that her girl would actually get together with that bad boy Wei Yan. She must love him so much to be willing to give up all the plans Aunt Fang had made for her, so she said that that bad boy Wei Yan was so lucky.
After all, eunuchs like them would never be so lucky as to get a true heart.
To be honest, even Wei Zhongyan couldn't help but feel envious and jealous of his own apprentice.