in2ebook Chapter 246 Who has changed?
Chapter 246 Who has changed?
Feng Zizhou was stunned: "That...that's not the case."
The emperor sighed and pondered for a moment, remembering the second daughter of the Si family. She was a stunningly beautiful woman, and in terms of appearance and family background, she was a good match for Zizhou. It was a pity that she was from the Si family and had been married before.
For a woman like this, Ziheng would never agree, let alone disagree.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Alright, your elder brother has his own reasons for doing things. You must obey him from now on. Do you understand?"
Feng Zizhou felt very aggrieved.
The emperor added, "I order you to be sent back and your elder brother not to punish you any further."
Feng Zizhou pouted. His purpose of coming here was certainly not just to ask his elder brother to stop punishing him by making him kneel in the ancestral hall. He wanted to make friends with the Si family.
"Uncle the Emperor..."
The emperor understood his thoughts and said, "Alright, I can't interfere in your family's affairs. Don't go to the Si family in the future. It would be embarrassing for both families."
Feng Zizhou asked, "Uncle Emperor, if I see my cousins on the street and hang out with them, my eldest brother won't be able to beat me up."
The emperor laughed heartily: "Okay, I order him not to beat you."
Only then did Feng Zizhou happily follow the eunuch back.
After returning, Feng Zizhou asked someone to guard outside the Si family and tell him if any girl from the Si family went out.
It’s a pity that another half month passed and the Si family still didn’t go out.
Originally, Si Muyan planned to take a look at the farm, and also wanted to let his younger sister go to the shop to see what kind of business he could do.
So one day after class, she didn't go to bed early to read and rest, but went to her younger sister's yard. She saw that the yard was quiet, with only the gatekeeper sitting on the porch and taking a nap.
Seeing the eldest lady coming, the old woman hurriedly bowed and went to report.
Si Muyan was surprised and called her: "Why is the yard so quiet? Where are the servants?"
The old woman replied, "To answer the eldest lady, she doesn't like to be served closely, so at night she sends everyone off to rest. Only Madam Tian and Ginkgo stay in the room to serve."
Mother Tian is my younger sister’s aunt, and Ginkgo is her personal maid.
After they returned to Kyoto, each of them had a head maid, two second-class maids, and two third-class maids.
These five maids can be approached, and there are also many other maids and old women who do rough work.
The second sister was unhappy at first: "We are alone, why do we need so many people to serve us? More people means more money."
But Aunt Jin said, "All noble families are like this, raised in luxury. You have been like this since childhood. Now that you have returned to the capital, you must remain the same as you were before. This is the emperor's grace, and you cannot refuse it."
As for my younger sister, because she was granted the title of county lady, her status was higher, so she had eight personal maids.
Of these eight maids, only one came to serve at night?
Si Muyan was surprised, and without letting the maidservant know, she ordered You Mama and the maidservant to wait outside, and she went into the yard alone.
When I got outside the bedroom, I heard a faint sound coming from inside, as if someone was practicing their voice.
Si Muyan became even more curious. He walked forward and stood outside the door to listen for a while, but his expression changed drastically. He immediately pushed the door open and walked in.
The little girl in the room was wearing thin clothes, half lying and half kneeling on the ground. The bronze mirror in front of her reflected her graceful figure. Mother Tian was giving her careful guidance, telling her what posture would look best.
My younger sister continued, "But I always panic when I fall. How can I ensure that every time I fall, I will look this beautiful?"
Mother Tian said, "It's all about forming a habit. If you practice every day, when you really fall, you'll be used to falling in this position."
"This is much more difficult than walking, sitting or lying down..."
The little sister's voice was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. She turned around in surprise and saw Si Muyan's angry face.
"Big...Why is Big Sister here?"
The younger sister hurriedly pulled up her clothes and looked outside again, wondering why no one came to report.
"I told people not to report it." Si Muyan walked to the chair next to him and sat down, looking coldly at the people in the room.
Mother Tian and Ginkgo had already become silent, kneeling on the ground and not daring to say anything.
The younger sister hurriedly said, "Big sister, it was my order for them to..."
Si Muyan raised her hand: "Let them go out. We sisters haven't talked alone for a long time."
After everyone left, the younger sister felt uneasy and sat opposite Si Muyan. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
"What do you want to do?" Si Muyan asked, "This kind of behavior is a trick only women in brothels do. Who are you doing this for?"
The younger sister lowered her eyes and gritted her teeth, saying, "I didn't do it for anyone, big sister. I just wanted to increase my leverage."
"Bargain, what bargaining chip?" Si Muyan sighed. "Little sister, everything you do is to please a man. Are you planning to pin everything on a man for the future? Haven't our experiences since childhood taught you that men are unreliable and the only reliable person is yourself?"
Hearing this, the younger sister stood up suddenly. "Yes, I've long understood that men are unreliable, but I don't think I am. Big sister, let me ask you, thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor. If the emperor issues another decree tomorrow, what should we do?"
Si Muyan frowned: "We..."
"Ten years ago, the imperial decree exiled our entire family to Lingnan. Back then, the Empress Dowager was still alive and could have done something to prevent us from all dying tragically in a foreign land. What about next time? The Empress Dowager is no longer able to protect us. Our lives and property are now entirely dependent on the Emperor's whim."
Si Muyan really couldn't understand: "What does this have to do with your practice of pleasing men?"
The younger sister lowered her eyes, quickly adjusting the indignation on her face, and said, "We... are from the countryside. We are different from the noble ladies in Kyoto. I..."
Si Muyan was furious: "So you practiced all this because you thought you could win your husband's heart in the future? Si Muwan, you are so confused. No matter if we are from the countryside or not, whether we marry well or not in the future, we will definitely be the legal wife. If the legal wife uses these tricks, isn't it just futile and makes people laugh?"
"Big sister, you've changed." The younger sister raised her head. "Big sister, you used to not care about what others thought of you. You just did whatever you wanted to do. Big sister, back then, I even felt like you were out of tune with all of us."
Si Muyan was completely stunned.
The younger sister continued, "But you've changed since returning to the capital, especially after being taught those rules and etiquette by Nanny. You've become even more pedantic than my second sister."
Si Muyan stood there in a daze, her inner panic suddenly bursting out.
She was not from this world, but after just over a month, the framework of rules had penetrated deep into her heart without her realizing it.
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