In the Jade Elegance Courtyard, Concubine Li, reclining on the beauty couch, felt both delighted and regretful.
She had temporarily gained the power to manage the household for a few days. Under normal circumstances, she would surely take this opportunity to give Su Hele a hard time. However, her body was simply letting her down.
Come to think of it, wasn't it all because of Su Hele that she was in this state? It seemed that they were just incompatible by fate.
When the matchmaker had checked the compatibility of the birth - dates for the betrothal, they had only looked at the compatibility between Su Hele and A Jin, forgetting to check hers with Su Hele. What a blunder!
As she thought about it, Concubine Li felt another bout of dizziness and had no choice but to close her eyes and rest.
"Concubine, shall I summon the Second Young Mistress to tend to your illness?"
Nanny Wang was gently fanning the medicine bowl beside her, trying to cool it down faster.
Taking medicine on such a hot day was really a pain.
Concubine Li closed her eyes and waved her hand:
"Even when she was in good health, she always found excuses not to come. Now that she's ill, she'll probably refuse even more blatantly. I really don't have the energy to deal with her for now. I'll wait until she recovers."
"Humph, in this servant's opinion, she looks lively and energetic, even more so than usual."
Nanny Wang really felt sorry for Concubine Li, and her words lacked the usual caution.
She really couldn't stand Su Hele. She and Concubine Li had met many young ladies from noble families, but Su Hele's personality was truly... unique.
"Sigh, at least A Jin listened to my words in the end."
As long as He Jin followed her instructions step by step, it was only a matter of time before he divorced Su Hele.
It had taken so much effort to make He Jin a bit dissatisfied with Su Hele. They couldn't let Su Hele seize the opportunity to fight back.
If one couldn't endure the small things, one would spoil the whole plan. Just ignore her. When the time was right, she would surely get her comeuppance.
Just as she was thinking, she heard a faint commotion from outside.
Nanny Wang immediately frowned. These servants were becoming more and more disrespectful.
"Why is it so noisy? Go and find out what's going on."
Concubine Li still had her eyes closed, and her voice was full of dissatisfaction.
Nanny Wang immediately responded. Since Concubine Li couldn't move, it was up to her to handle it. They couldn't let chaos break out in the mansion.
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"Dig up these peonies. Their colors are so gaudy and vulgar. They don't match my bamboo."
"You, move those yellow chrysanthemums here, and put those pink ones over there."
Su Hele was sitting in the pavilion, directing everyone's actions from afar.
The summer was dry, and dust was floating in the air. The air was a bit turbid, making it hard to breathe.
"Someone, go and sprinkle some water. The dust is getting on the flowers."
Su Hele covered her nose with her hand. Her voice was calm, but there was a faint glint in her eyes.
The garden was bustling with activity, which left Nanny Wang, who had come following the sound, stunned.
She looked at the peony petals on the ground and the peonies piled up in the corner, looking completely dumbfounded.
The Wei purple peony was the queen of flowers, and the Yao yellow was extremely rare. There was also the Golden - Belted peony specially transplanted from Yangzhou.
Nanny Wang mechanically raised her head. Had the sky fallen?
In her daze, she heard a young servant shout:
"Young Mistress, where should we put these bamboo poles?"
Immediately afterwards, one - person - tall thin bamboo poles were carried in one by one. The bamboo leaves swayed, forming a vast green sea.
But Nanny Wang felt dizzy looking at this sea of bamboo. A blazing anger that could turn this sea of bamboo into ashes rose from the bottom of her heart and burned all the way to the top of her head.
"Stop everything!"
Nanny Wang, who had been dignified all her life, let out such a loud roar for the first time.
"What are you all doing? Are you trying to rebel? Huh?"
Nanny Wang was the most capable nanny beside Concubine Li. With her shout, all the servants immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at Su Hele.
A hint of disgust flashed across Su Hele's face. She was an old servant in the mansion, yet so vulgar and rude.
"I'm just renovating the garden scenery. Why is Nanny shouting like this? It's quite unbecoming."
Su Hele rubbed her head, her voice weak.
Nanny Wang's ears roared. At this moment, she finally understood why Concubine Li had fainted from anger. Her chest was really blocked.
To hell with decorum!
"If you're renovating the scenery, why did you dig up all these flowers, Young Mistress? Do you know how precious they are?"
Nanny Wang's finger pointing at the flowers was trembling.
Were they just flowers? They were silver and the dignity of the Anshun Marquis Mansion, but Su Hele had just dug them up like this?
Su Hele glanced at the remains of the flowers and said calmly:
"No matter how precious they are, as long as they're associated with money, they're vulgar things."
She said it so confidently that Nanny Wang was momentarily at a loss for words.
After a moment, Nanny Wang composed herself and looked at everyone:
"If any of you dare to make a ruckus here again, you won't get your monthly allowance."
Su Hele was the mistress, and she naturally couldn't do anything to her. But she still had ways to deal with these servants.
The servants were already reluctant in their hearts. Hearing this, they immediately scattered like birds, running faster than ghosts.
In the blink of an eye, only Nanny Wang with a trembling lip and Su Hele with a furrowed brow were left in the garden.
"No servant has the right to decide things in this mansion. You don't have this power!"
Su Hele's voice was still calm, but the corners of her eyebrows had slightly raised.
She just wanted to show Chen Wanrong her abilities. Why were there always so many obstacles?
"This old servant doesn't have this power, but the person who can make decisions in this mansion is not just you, Young Mistress. The mistress has said that Concubine Li will manage the household on her behalf these days, and you're just here to assist."
Nanny Wang's voice was cold. It was rare for her to argue with the mistress.
If she wasn't afraid that Concubine Li would get even more angry and fall ill, she would have asked Concubine Li to come out and teach Su Hele a lesson long ago.
She now deeply regretted that she had advised Concubine Li to calm down before. This anger should have been vented out.
Hearing this, Su Hele rolled her eyes and rubbed her head:
"I've been propping myself up despite my illness to renovate the garden. It's all to relieve Concubine's burden. If she can't understand me, there's nothing I can do."
With just one sentence, she explained the reason for her actions and blocked any possible blame from Concubine Li.
Nanny Wang nodded heavily. Very well, very well.
No wonder the Second Young Master was willing to oppose Concubine Li for her. She really had some tricks up her sleeve. They had underestimated her after all.
"If you want to relieve Concubine's burden again, Young Mistress, it's better to inform her in advance."
Nanny Wang took a deep breath and withdrew her sharpness, then turned around and left.
She had to go and take care of Concubine Li and get her well soon. Otherwise, the sky would really fall.
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Su Hele frowned as she looked at the mess in front of her. She was very dissatisfied.
She had only just started this task, and there was no way she would give up halfway. Otherwise, how could she amaze Chen Wanrong?
"Su Mo, go and call the maids from my courtyard to come and continue cleaning up this mess. It looks so untidy."
Even if that Nanny Wang was abusing her power, could she still control the people in her courtyard?
"Also, wait at the courtyard gate later. As soon as A Jin comes back, tell me immediately."
He Jin was the future master of the Anshun Marquis Mansion. As long as he supported her, everything would be fine.