Jin Wang Dotes on His Concubine

She woke up again when she felt someone come in. Wet nurse Wang and Yucui came very early just after dawn. She helped them clean the little princess’ room and then returned to hers.

As she went downstairs, she turned to look at the small building behind her.

At the break of dawn, the exquisite small building stood like a Behemoth. Yaoniang thought of the person on the second floor and wondered if he was gone.

In the previous life, she would not get up until the afternoon after she was on night duty. But today she only slept for an hour in the room and then got up.

She doesn’t know why but she just couldn’t sleep.

Since she can’t sleep and had nothing to do, Yaoniang went to the small kitchen.

Naturally, the small kitchen is the most lively place in the whole small lateral courtyard. It is independent from the large kitchen of the mansion and it controls the food in the small courtyard.

The one who manages the kitchen is a woman named Mo. She is good at cooking and specializes in special cuisine.

There were ordinary and special meals in the small kitchen. The special meal refers to more refined food. For example, wet nurses, Mammy Mu, Yucui and others have special meals, while the ordinary meal is prepared for other women and maids.

As soon as one enters the small kitchen, there is a large table in the middle used for processing food. There are three stoves on the front side of the wall for special meals. On the left is a communal pot and on the right is for boiling water.

Yaoniang walked into the small lively kitchen.

Several women carried out their duties and two other little girls were squatting at a corner to cut vegetables for cooking. Everyone were talking and laughing. After seeing Yaoniang walk in, a woman named Wang greeted her with a smile: “Why did wet nurse Su come so early? Are you hungry?”

Madam Mo, who was chopping vegetables in front of the table looked at Yaoniang, “If you are hungry, there are buns left on the stove.”

Yaoniang shook her head and said with some embarrassment, “I am not hungry but I have nothing to do when I woke up.”

Everyone nodded in understanding. One of the women went to move a stool for her and handed her some anise beans, “Sit here and talk to us.”

Yaoniang didn’t take it, “Thank you, but I can’t eat this.”

A woman next to her interjected: “How could you?! Wet nurse Su breastfeeds the little princess. She can’t eat those.”

Madam Wang didn’t get upset and said with a smile, “I forgot.”

Yaoniang was a little uneasy: “I’ll find something to do. I’ll go help Xiangcao.” Then she went to the open space near the right side of the door where two girls were squatting.

One is called Xiangcao and the other is called Xiangxiang. They are both maids in the kitchen.

“Wet nurse Su, please have a sit.” Xiangcao went to find a small stool and handed it to Yaoniang, then said to her, “How can we let you help us? It’s just a few vegetables. Xiangxiang and I will finish soon.”

She took out a cucumber in the vegetable basket and washed it outside then brought it back to Yaoniang.

“It’s very fresh. Have a taste!”

Yaoniang could only take it and eat it slowly while watching Xiangcao and Xiangxiang cut vegetables.

Everyone started to ask if the little princess slept sweetly during the night and then talked about other things.

There were some gossips in the mansion, such as a woman quarreled with someone or a maid scolded by the master. The mansion seemed to be quite large but, in fact, the backyard accounts for only one third of it. Everyone meets regularly and some trivial things would inevitably be passed on to everyone.

“Hey, you don’t know. Today I went out and saw that Ling’er of Liuchun Pavilion and Meng’er of Rugui Pavilion argued with each other.” The woman who spoke is called Zhao. Her tone showed that there is a great drama that happened.

For a moment, everyone looked at her and some people couldn’t help but ask her to say it quickly.

“What can it be? It’s just some trivial matters. People in the main kitchen gave food boxes prepared for Liuchun Pavilion to Rugui Pavilion. Liuchun Pavilion stole the show at present while Wangye is still in the mansion, so Ling’er is exceptionally arrogant. She stopped Meng’er halfway and slapped her twice on the face.”

“Well, Meng’er looks quite pretty. Her face must be swollen after two slaps.”

“Exactly! Her little face was as red and purple as an eggplant. I remember that Ling’er and Meng’er had a quarrel before. It is said that Meng’er is the same as her master and doesn’t respect anyone in Liuchun Pavilion. Side consort Hu is also a bad-tempered woman and she must have previously scolded Ling’er. So all the old and recent grudges made them fight.

Ling’er and Meng’er are both responsible for fetching dishes. In Jin Wang Mansion, except for Zhaohui Hall where Jin Wang lived, the Siyi Yard where consort Jin lived and the small lateral courtyard of the princess, all meals come from the main kitchen. Side consort Hu also mentioned setting up a small kitchen in the Liuchun Pavilion. Unfortunately, it was rejected by consort Jin, so meals in Liuchun Pavilion are all provided by the main kitchen.

“Well, people in Liuchun Pavilion cause trouble as soon as Jin Wang comes back. When Wangye leaves the house…” She didn’t finish the sentence but everyone knew what it meant.

It meant that side consort Hu takes advantage of Wangye’s power to show she is currently being doted .

Actually, she is really doted on by Wangye now.

When they talked about this, everyone’s eyes became very ambiguous.

“Hey, if it continues like this, Wangye keeps staying at Liuchun Pavilion in the past two days, maybe consort Jin will do something…” Then the woman seemed to suddenly realize the origin of Yaoniang, and immediately she shut up.

A few women winked at each other and turned to another topic.

Yaoniang listened to this but she was thinking of whether they also talked about her like this in her previous life.

At the same time, she was more concerned about Jin Wang staying in Liuchun Pavilion for two nights. But why did she see Jin Wang in the small building? Was he a fake Jin Wang?

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