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Chapter 117 I Want to Be the Queen Mother (10)

Xingyue and Heyue were very wary of these palace maids in the beginning, but now, seeing them surrounding their young lady and trying to show their courtesy, they felt very complicated.

Aren't these the concubines given to the prince by Concubine Hui? Why do they feel like concubines given to her daughter?

Having their job of serving taken away from them, Xingyue and Heyue could only sit aside and rest.

Suddenly Xingyue felt a chill on her back. She turned around and saw Prince Huai standing at the intersection with a cane, looking at his daughter with a dark face and a sinister look.

Xingyue was startled and quickly pulled Heyue to squat and salute, shouting "Your Highness" to remind Fang Qingci.

The singing and dancing stopped abruptly. The few people who were serving Fang Qingci in the pavilion looked at the gloomy face of King Huai and felt a little uneasy. They subconsciously moved closer to Fang Qingci and then squatted to salute King Huai.

"Prince"

Fang Qingci knew about it when Qin Yu came, and didn't want to pay attention to him, so he didn't say anything.

Unexpectedly, he just refused to leave. Fang Qingci had no choice but to open his eyes and stand up.

"Your Highness, why did you come out? Is your foot healed?" Although he asked this, Fang Qingci had no intention of going out to help him.

Qin Yu gritted his teeth silently. He always felt that there was an inexplicable mocking tone in Fang Qingci's words.

Qin Yu was already in a bad mood because he was almost caught as a thief and injured his foot during a one-night stand with Fang Ruoyan. Seeing Fang Qingci looking so leisurely, he felt even more upset.

Qin Yu was helped into the pavilion by the servant beside him and walked directly to Fang Qingci's seat and sat down.

His eyes fell on the tea, fruits and snacks on the table, and then looked at the group of beauties surrounding Fang Qingci. Qin Yu sneered, "The princess is living a very happy life!"

Fang Qingci sat on the stool that He Yue had brought back and waved the fan in his hand. "It's not that bad!"

Qin Yu saw that Fang Qingci had no guilty conscience at all, and said very dissatisfiedly, "Your husband is injured, but the princess is only concerned about her own happiness. Is this your duty as a wife?"

Fang Qingci blinked and retorted directly. "Ah? Didn't the prince not want them to serve him? I was just following the prince's wishes."

She strictly followed Concubine Hui's instructions and brought the person back and sent him to Qin Yu on the same day. It was he who didn't want them to serve him, so why was he blaming her?

Humph, what a difficult man to please.

Qin Yu's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help getting angry when he thought about what happened that day.

Fang Qingci pushed the person directly in front of him and said that Concubine Hui was worried that he would not be able to have children, and asked him to try harder, as Concubine Hui was waiting to hold her grandson.

Listen to what he said. He was so angry that he drove the person out, and now Fang Qingci is using this to stop him.

"So, just let them serve you."

Fang Qingci said confidently, "Really? Is it not possible?"

Qin Yu stopped talking. It was indeed in accordance with the rules for a concubine to serve the mistress, but which mistress would want a concubine to serve her like this?

Dancing, singing, massaging and feeding fruits, he had only seen those dandy young men in brothels enjoying the service of beauties in this way.

Qin Yu felt that everything Fang Qingci did subverted his cognition.

Qin Yu simply looked at the people standing behind her.

"I thought the princess came from a famous family, and her family background and upbringing were excellent. I didn't expect you to be so vicious and torture them like this."

"Your Highness, what are you talking about? How did I torture them?" Fang Qingci was confused.

He was picking on her on purpose, wasn't he? Was he hallucinating? Which eye saw her bullying someone?

"You force them to dance and play music to please you. If this isn't torturing them, then what is it?" Qin Yu said righteously.

"Tell me, has this princess tortured you?" Fang Qingci pointed at Yunxiang and the others and asked.

Several people hurriedly shook their heads, "Your Highness, the princess has not tortured us. Since we entered the palace, the princess has treated us very well. We danced and sang just to please the princess. We did it voluntarily."

"Your Highness, you have misunderstood the princess. The princess is kind and generous. She has never tortured us. We did all this voluntarily."

"The princess is the mistress of the family, and it is our duty to serve her."

Several people rushed to explain, fearing that the prince would be angry with the princess.

They still want to live a good life, but they must not let the prince misunderstand the princess.

Not everyone in this world has the ambition to become a phoenix. They were born as palace maids with low status and are often helpless.

Palace maids like them who were bestowed upon the emperor were lucky enough to please their male masters for a while and have their status raised to become concubines.

If they are unlucky, after being favored once, they may be forgotten by the male master in a blink of an eye without any status, and waste their whole life. Sometimes, they may not even see the male master, and just fend for themselves in the yard.

If they are lucky enough to meet a kind-hearted mistress, they can still barely survive. But if they meet a jealous mistress who takes her anger out on them, then they will have no good life.

Even if they are lucky and are favored for a while, who can guarantee that they will be favored for a lifetime? They have no mother's home, and when they fall out of favor, they will be at the mercy of others.

Don't think that they are granted by the Imperial Concubine and can rely on her for support. The Imperial Concubine won't care about them. After all, they still have to make a living in the palace.

When they were driven out by the prince that day, they all thought their lives were over.

They really didn't expect to find a way out from the princess.

It was just dancing and singing, which was what they were good at. They were not noble ladies, and they had a strong sense of self-esteem. They had originally learned how to please people, and they did not feel that this was an insult to them. For them, as long as they could get benefits, it didn't matter who they pleased.

Moreover, the princess was extremely generous, and every time they served well they would receive a lot of rewards.

"Your Highness, did you hear it clearly?" Fang Qingci looked at Qin Yu with a smile.

Qin Yu:......

What kind of magic potion did Fang Qingci feed these people to make them protect her so much?

Qin Yu found the harmonious relationship between his wife and concubine extremely annoying.

Qin Yu couldn't stand Fang Qingci's smug look, but he couldn't bring himself to ask for these people back. He always felt something was wrong.

Seeing that he was silent, Fang Qingci glanced at Qin Yu's bandaged feet and suddenly said, "What a coincidence. My mother told me that a few days ago, a thief broke into my house and entered my sister's yard. Fortunately, my father found out early, so my sister's innocence was not tarnished by the thief. However, the thief also injured his foot when he escaped."

Qin Yu's face froze, and he subconsciously retracted his injured foot. He said angrily, "Why are you looking at me? Are you doubting me?"

What does Fang Qingci mean? Could it be that she knows something?

"How could I doubt you, Your Majesty? You are a noble man, you have always been upright and intelligent, how could you do such a shameful and dissolute thing?

I just want to tell the prince to strengthen the guards patrolling the palace at night. The flower thief has not been caught yet. It would be bad if he ran into our palace one day. "

Qin Yu:......

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Fang Qingci was scolding him on purpose.

But he couldn't admit it, so he could only hold his nose and endure it.

After Qin Yu, who was looking very angry, left, Fang Qingci asked Xingyue to change the cushions on the chaise longue, and then waved her hand to signal

"Come on, let's continue, keep playing music and dancing."

Xingyue and Heyue looked at each other, wondering why it seemed that the prince was unhappy, but the princess was even happier.