I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 57 War and Chaos
For several days in a row, Xie Fei's job as the head of the family was not going smoothly.

In Huiming Hall, the old lady looked through the account books of the past few days.

Mother Deng said, "Su Lu said that Xiao Niang Xie has no talent for housekeeping. She can't even read the accounts. She is also careless and flustered in daily management. She can neither control the concubines nor the servants."

The old lady's eyes seemed to hurt from the handwriting on the account book that looked like chicken claws.

She threw the account book far away with one hand and said coldly: "I didn't expect this little concubine to be able to do things in an orderly manner."

After a pause, she asked again, "Does the guy in Qiong Yu Garden know that he was wrong?"

Mother Deng said tactfully: "The eldest lady is from a noble family and has been spoiled since she was a child."

"She has been married for several years, but she still can't change her bad habits. It's because my sister dotes on her too much." The old lady wrapped the Buddhist beads around her hands, and couldn't help feeling annoyed when she thought about Xiao Shirong's stubborn appearance.

Xiao Shirong refused to admit his mistake regarding the Miao family incident.

Pei Yuan was so angry that he spent several days in brothels, reveling in music and debauchery, and did not want to go home for a moment.

Seeing that the Pei Mansion was in chaos, the old lady was not worried about what the outside world would think of the Pei family, but was worried about giving the Xiao family a bad reputation.

If Xiao Shirong was said to be unable to manage the household and unable to be the principal wife, the other unmarried girls in the Xiao family would inevitably also be talked about.

The Xiao family wrote several times, hinting to the old lady to discipline and educate the children well and not to bring shame to the Xiao family.

But the old lady punished him and advised him, but Xiao Shirong wouldn't listen to a word she said.

In a rage, the old lady brought Xie Fei back to the house.

No matter whether Xie Fei does well or not, as long as he can make Xiao Shirong feel a sense of crisis, it will be fine.

The old lady was deep in thought when Madam Deng asked again, "Madam, Miss Xie has made the house a mess, and the servants are also quite lazy. If we continue to let her manage the household, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?" The old lady looked at the silent Buddhist temple and said coldly, "It has always been like this."

In Songyuejuli, Xie Fei finished a portion of cake and heard Su Lu say that the old lady continued to let her manage the household, and she couldn't help feeling discouraged.

She is in charge of everything now, and you still want her to be in charge?

Did the old lady intend to let her destroy the Pei family?

"I heard that Miss Su Lu was the housekeeper before?" Xie Fei picked up a silk handkerchief to wipe his mouth and said softly, "Even if the lady is not feeling well, the lady should take over. It's a waste of time for me, an outsider, to show off my skills in front of an expert."

Su Lu held an incense burner and lit the incense. The elegant scent of snow wood turned into wisps of clear smoke, lingering in the room.

"You are joking, little girl. I am just a servant. How can I be called a housekeeper?"

Placing the incense burner at the bedside, Su Lu lowered the curtains and bowed to Xie Fei, saying, "The bed is already made. Please go to bed early. Tomorrow at 3:30 pm, I will go to Huiming Hall to pay my respects to the old lady."

After saying that, Su Lu took away the plate of pastries and left.

Xie Fei laughed angrily.

Three quarters of an hour in the morning?

That’s equivalent to 3:45 in the morning. Are you getting up so early to steal?

Usually, Xiao Shirong would sleep until noon.

He would pay his respects to the old lady every few days, and would only go there slowly when the sun was shining.

When it's her turn, she has to get up in the middle of the night, right?

Xie Fei bolted the door, poured out a cup of tea to extinguish the incense burner, and then went to bed and fell asleep.

It was not yet the hour of Yin when Su Lu came to wake Xie Fei up, but found that she could not open the door.

She had no choice but to knock on the door and shout, "Xie Xiaoniang, the time has come. You must bathe and burn incense in advance and go to the Buddhist temple to serve the old lady. There is no time to waste."

There was no movement in the room. Su Lu's forehead was instantly covered with sweat. If Xie Fei was really delayed, she would inevitably be blamed.

"Thank you, young lady. I know you are awake. Please don't be so stubborn. The old lady is always strict and punctual. If you don't go, you will be punished!"

"My dear, if you have any questions, just tell me and I will work with you to find a solution. It is really hard for me to handle this situation when you ignore me like this."

"Little girl? Little girl, are you okay? Stop making a fuss, let this maid in quickly and let this maid serve you!"

……

No matter how loudly Su Lu screamed outside, Xie Fei plugged his ears, covered himself with the quilt, and slept soundly.

It was not until 2:15 am that someone from the Buddhist hall came to urge them to come in. Su Lu had no choice but to ask the maids to work together to push the door open.

When he lifted the curtain again, he saw Xie Fei wrapped in a quilt, sleeping soundly, and the sound of banging on the door did not wake her up.

Without even bothering to bathe or burn incense, Su Lu and several maids fished Xie Fei out, washed and dressed him simply, and carried him to Huiming Hall as if he were being sent to the emperor's bedchamber.

The sedan was shaking violently, making creaking sounds as it could not bear the weight, and was blown by the chilly night wind. Xie Fei finally woke up.

She rubbed her forehead with one hand and smiled apologetically at Su Lu who was walking quickly after the sedan chair.

"Miss Sulu, please don't be angry with me. Last night, when I thought about serving tea to the old lady, I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep, so I had to drink some calming tea to help me sleep. Who knew that after drinking this calming tea, I couldn't wake up."

Su Lu thought, what you drank was not calming tea, but Meng Po soup, right?
Being tricked, Su Lu just pretended to be polite and said, "I am just a servant, you don't have to mind me. When you are in front of the old lady, just don't make her angry."

Xie Fei leaned against the sedan chair and continued to rest with his eyes closed.

When he arrived at the Buddhist temple, Xie Fei was not idle either.

Sometimes he clumsily knocked over the incense table, sometimes he impatiently broke the exquisite glass vase, and even threw the scriptures into the bucket.

She even knocked over the butter lamp, and the flame ignited the curtain, causing flames to spread everywhere.

It was a good morning, but Xie Fei's arrival turned it into chaos.

The old lady's expression was as cold as an executioner about to carry out an execution, and she was going to take Xie Fei to the guillotine in the next moment.

"you do this delibrately?"

Xie Fei's eyes were filled with tears. She knelt down and cried, "I am really rude and clumsy, but I beg the old lady to punish me!"

Although the old lady was extremely angry, she had been a vegetarian and chanted Buddhist scriptures for a long time, so her concentration was extraordinary.

She was not a fool and could not understand why Xie Fei did this.

But if she forced Xie Fei to stay, she was really afraid that this woman would burn down the Buddhist temple.

After taking a deep breath, the old lady said, "You can leave now. You don't need to come to pay respects in the future."

Xie Fei couldn't hold back his smile, and raised his head happily and asked, "From now on, you don't need it anymore?"

“…Come back another day!”

Xie Fei said disappointedly: "Yes."

After leaving Huiming Hall, Xie Fei looked back and saw thick smoke rising into the sky from the main house. Maids and servants were running back and forth with buckets of water, and there was a lot of noise everywhere. It was not at all as peaceful as before.

Su Lu greeted her at the archway and said with a vague meaning, "Ms. Xie is really different."

Reckless madness, lawless insanity.

Xie Fei smiled and said, "I am a helpless child who just wants to live a stable life. I don't want wealth, fame, favor or status."

She put away her smile, and her tone suddenly turned cold, "But I have already given in so much, but everyone is trying to pick a fight with me. Miss Sulu, although I am a weak woman, I can't wait for others to tear me apart and swallow me, right?"

(End of this chapter)