Scent Of Time

Chapter 8

For a few days in a row, I committed to the accounts of the various dowry stores. I suddenly realized that Hua Qian was rich. Even if I leave King Jin Mansion, my livelihood should not be a problem.

So now what I want to do is to hide the profit of these stores. King Jin Mansion’s family was big and wouldn’t care about this little money, so it was easy to deal with.

Thus, depositing money in the bank in disguise every month was my greatest pleasure. To prevent my identity from being exposed, I disguised myself as a man and made up the title ‘Young Master Mingyue’ for myself at the bank, and as I watched more and more money under the name of Young Master Mingyue, it was no exaggeration to say that I could wake up laughing in my dreams.

After a month of relaxing, I saw Zhong Yelan walk in with Mu Yao when I had breakfast at my house.

I guessed Mu Yao was busy resettling her exiled family members, so we didn’t see each other again during this period. Now that her family’s problems had resolved, she’s come to me to play out her sadistic love affair again.

As expected, Zhong Yelan sat beside me, deliberately and pretentiously held my hand, and said, “King Jin Mansion never kept any idlers. Ah Qian, I’ve sent a maid over for you.”

When Mu Yao saw Zhong Yelan holding my hand, she paled.

I — have a house full of people. Does it look like there is a shortage of maids?

What kind of sin did I create? For letting me, a single dog, watch the two of you display love in front of me.

It was not over yet. I saw Mu Yao say to Zhong Yelan with her red eyes, “If you dislike me, you can let me go. Why do you need to insult me like this?”

Zhong Yelan retracted his grip on my hand and said with hardened lips, “How can King Jin Mansion be a place where you can just come and go as you please?”

……

Although I can’t see it, I feel that my current expression is just like that emoticon of an old grandpa looking at his cell phone on the subway, which is really — unbearable to look at.

If it is the real Hua Qian, how can she not be infuriated? Even I, an outsider, can’t stand to watch.

Seeing they still want to continue to agonize, I hurriedly said, “I do not lack maids in this courtyard. The last time I went to the King’s study, it seemed extremely cold. Why don’t you just let Mu Yao serve there?”

So the two of you can get the hell out of here and don’t spoil my eyes.

Once these two heard my suggestion, they stopped arguing. One felt like keeping the other, and the other felt less ashamed and immediately left in one fell swoop.

And Mama Li and Qian Zhi really wanted to pry my head open or slap me awake.

“Why is the Princess Consort so confused? That Mu Yao looks like she’s plotting against His Highness. Even I, the old woman, can’t stand to look at her.”

“That’s right, why doesn’t the Princess Consort obey His Highness and receive her as a maid so I can fix her up nicely.”

“Princess Consort ……”

Don’t listen, don’t listen, I recited.

I don’t want Mu Yao in my room, watching them act out a dog-blooded idol drama for me daily.

Regardless of how diligent Mama Li and Qian Zhi were with their words plus intimidation, I had an unfazed and inscrutable expression. In the end, their mouths were dry from talking and giving up.

The days went by for over two months. I spent my days saving money and listening to maids chattering.

Perhaps it’s because women in love have zero IQ, so without my interference, the feelings of the male lead and female lead skyrocketed. Mu Yao didn’t have her mind set on tripping up the Hua Family, so I was temporarily without a life crisis.

Hopefully, they’ll miss me in the future. After all, I’ve created so many opportunities for them. So the problem left at the moment was to solve the misunderstandings from childhood and completely fulfill them.

I must give Zhong Yelan more favorable impressions to minimize his anger when he learns the truth. Thinking back to the novel’s plot, I suddenly had a flash of light. That incident should occur in another three months. I can use that incident to solve the misunderstanding with Zhong Yelan.

So, three months later, I could stop disguising myself as a virtuous wife and leave the King Jin Mansion. However, my happiness only lasted for a few days before I heard some bad news.

“Your Highness, Young Master is in trouble with someone in the restaurant.” Mama Li hurriedly came in and said to me.

Young Master? That fat dumpling?

“What’s going on?” I frowned.

“Just now, news came from the Hua Mansion that Young Master was arguing with someone over a woman in a restaurant. Please bother Your Highness to go and take a look.”

My brows furrowed deeper. Why did they come to me? “Why did the underlings ask the King Jin Mansion? Where are Father and Mother?”

Mama Li spoke with difficulties. “The prime minister and madam took leave yesterday to return to their clan and couldn’t come over for a while, so the subordinates could only come to seek out Your Highness.”

I immediately felt my chest tighten and my breath shortened. It turned out no one watched over him. So he became lawless again. I’ve only had a few days of relaxation, and that loser brother was finding things for me to work on again.

I tried to build a positive image to stay alive, but he gave me a bad feeling. But if I let him go on, the one lost face was still the Hua Mansion. Who told me to be surnamed Hua?

“Prepare the carriage!” I ordered Qian Zhi unhappily.

When I arrived at the place and got off the carriage, I saw many people watching outside the restaurant. It seemed that this matter had already made a lot of noise.

On the way here, I heard the subordinate report the general situation. It was that horny Hua Shen, who ate at the restaurant, fell in love with the girl who played the pipa. The girl’s temperament was unyielding, vowing to die. Some passing jianghu warriors couldn’t stand it and save the girl. As a result, Hua Shen ‘The Loser’ refused to let the girl go, and the two sides were at a standstill.

Some sharp-eyed people saw me and silently gave me a way out.

Once I entered the restaurant, I saw Hua Shen hiding behind the servants. His mouth was still unforgiving, shouting to make others look good. Opposite him were two people dressed in ordinary clothes but appeared to be martial artists, and a delicate woman holding a pipa hid behind them.

“Brother, have you made enough scene?” Entering the restaurant, I did not hesitate and directly scolded him sternly.

Hua Shen’s eyes lit up when he saw me and ran over, pulling my arm and saying joyfully, “Sister, are you here to help me? These two cheap people do not know good and bad. They also accused me just now, sister, help me teach them a lesson.”

This person — really has a brain problem. I looked at him angrily, and he still had an excited face, assuming I was there to help him.

I was about to start cursing when one of those two people, a gray-clothed man, opened his mouth, “The Hua Mansion is a bully. The identity of the Hua Prime Minister is not enough, so he added King Jin Mansion as a rescuer. Is this capital Hua Family going to cover the sky with only one hand?”

Gray-clothed brain’s eyes were shining. I frowned. These words were a great crime.

“Which eye do you use to see I’m here to help him?” I asked rhetorically.

The gray-clothed man snorted lightly and returned, “The sister that Young Master Hua shouted out of his mouth, we have heard it loud and clear. What kind of person is the King of Jin? He can’t even manage his backyard, plainly tainting his reputation.”

Why is this person so hostile towards me? I only said a couple words, and he stabbed me with every word.

“Does this…warrior have any misconceptions about me?” I asked.

“No. It’s just that I always like to separate things clearly. It is a pity that King Jin has amazing talent yet favors the fish eyes as pearls. Even a dirty woman could tricked him –”

Hmmm? Judging from his clothes, he looked like a jianghu person. Why does his language seem to know why I married Zhong Yelan? He practically pointed at my nose and scolded me for my shamelessness.

When I was still in contemplation, I saw a figure rush to pounce on the gray-clothed man and ruthlessly punch him.

Gray-clothed brain froze and immediately kicked the figure out but was not relieved and went up to make up for two punches, cursing: “Where is this dog slave coming from? Trying to claim credit? There are so many guards around Princess Consort Jin. Where is your turn as a restaurant runner to take the lead?”

Seeing that the scene had become chaotic, I hurriedly ordered someone to pull away the gray-clothed man. Judging from his clothes, the beaten figure was indeed the servant of this tavern.

“Men, tie him up for me.” I reached out and pointed at the gray-clothed man.

The man in gray froze and immediately roared angrily, “On what basis are you arresting me?”

“On the basis that you spoke out of turn and slandered the royal family.”

“Where did I …… ?”

Not waiting for him to reply, I raised my hand again and pointed at Hua Shen, saying, “Tie him up together as well. Send them all to the Magistrate.”

The atmosphere in the tavern was frozen. It would be a joke if it went on any longer, so I needed to make a snap decision on the spot.