Tsk tsk tsk~
And there’s this bit of past.
"Mr. Qin is still afraid of his seventy-year-old father-in-law, even now. The old man is very healthy."
Ye Zhi finished speaking and picked up a lotus seed candy, putting it in her mouth, her cheeks moving as she chewed.
Every family has its difficult scriptures; even the fierce Mr. Qin is no exception.
Li Qian’s eyes lit up: "Once I passed by Mr. Qin’s yard and saw Mrs. Qin. She’s very beautiful, but not as beautiful as my mother."
Your mother is an Imperial Concubine, how can you compare.
Ming Yan felt they were off-topic, so she returned to the main matter: "Miss, when were you at the rock mountain?" Don’t try to gloss over it, her intentions were rejected, all spotted by these kids.
She didn’t know the other two kids were prince and princess, which made interactions much more relaxed, without any special treatment.
The children taught at the Ye Mansion are approachable and easy-going, showing no signs of arrogance or savagery~
The servants do what’s proper, not overstepping their bounds; as long as it’s not excessive, it’s fine.
Ye Zhi glanced around nervously, not daring to make eye contact, after all, she had stumbled upon someone’s affair, which also counts as eavesdropping~
But on the contrary, Little Traitor candidly admitted, with a calm face: "We’ve been there all along, you guys came later."
So straightforward, yet he had a point.
Such a steel-hearted man, can’t be subtle at all.
So annoying, Ye Zhi wanted to knock his little head, if he can’t speak, let her do it then...
Li Qian, the little gentleman, wholeheartedly agreed, supporting his Brother Shen Chen: "We were going to play hide and seek when you came in. We kept quiet to not disturb your talk. Speaking of which, you interrupted our hide and seek game."
In this battle, Ming Yan admitted defeat~
She was a young lady, gathering courage to express herself, taking a risk, not only being watched by a few kids but also blamed for interfering with their hide and seek...
Lost for words.
Ye Zhi thought for a moment and came out to ease the atmosphere: "Ming Yan, don’t mind those two. I think that monk isn’t good enough for you. I’ll ask my mother to keep an eye out; if there’s a suitable family, we’ll arrange a match."
Might be a good approach.
The old goes, the new comes!
"Oh, oh, oh, thank you Miss, I’m not thinking of marrying now, I want to serve by your side."
Ming Yan panicked, she still didn’t want to marry so soon. Ye Mansion is her master family now, holding her slave contract, signed to a lifetime term. If they marry her off, she can’t possibly refuse.
Being sold into servitude means a low position, traded freely, subject to the master’s whims without any legal penalty.
The lifetime contract stipulates that after the deal, neither the family nor the individual can demand contract redemption. Whether a slave can officially renounce their slave status and become a free person is entirely up to the master.
Many maids, after being tarnished by their male masters, were not taken as concubines but paired with cooks, attendants, or managers.
Mrs. Chun of Yanyu Building had affection for Ming Yan.
Along with the good reputation of the Minister’s Mansion, without any dirty backhouse deals, she bought Ming Yan into Ye Mansion.
Minister’s Wife is also notoriously jealous in the Capital City; Lord Minister, for so many years, has had neither concubines nor maids, and the couple can be said to live in harmony like music.
Ye Zhi smiled and agreed to her: "As you wish."
Afraid she might do something foolish, later on, for purity, hang herself on some Bai Ling, that’d be a loss.
Where’d dare to force~
Ming Yan didn’t know what she was thinking, her eyes gleamed, and Ye Zhi’s position in her heart soared, gratefully saying: "Thank you Miss, thank you Miss."
Just like Ah Tao’s thought: Miss is like a celestial fairy descending to the mortal world.