Volume 1: Gathering Winds Chapter 44: Suddenly Arrived

  Rushing into the inner room, finally putting down a load of worries, a floating heart also slightly calmed down, throwing off shoes, clothes not removed, directly pulling over the quilt to cover herself, eyes closed, and fell fast asleep.

  She slept for two nights and a day, finally waking up to the call of hunger.

  She opened her eyes to see Si Jin and Si Yan standing in front of the bed, looking at her with worried faces. Seeing that she was awake, the two people's faces lit up with joy. Si Jin hastily said, "Miss, you've finally woken up."

  "Did I sleep for a long time?" An Xin yawned with her eyes still half-closed and asked.

  "Miss, you've slept for two whole nights and a day! You instructed us not to disturb you no matter what happens, but you're sleeping too much. If you continue sleeping, I'll have to wake you up." Siyan continued to complain, "The madam and the duke have both come twice, even young Master Ning came in to ask about you, and when he found out you were sleeping, he told me not to disturb you before leaving."

  "Ah, I was supposed to go out with Ling Yixue yesterday, but I overslept." An Xin patted her own forehead in frustration, annoyed at her own incompetence. Today was already the second day of their three-day stay, and she had wasted a whole day, what a pity.

  "Miss, are you going out with Young Master Ning today?" Si Jin brought over a brand new moon-white gauze dress and asked as she watched Si Yan help An Xin change clothes.

  "Yes, otherwise what's the point of staying in the mansion, waiting to get moldy?" An Xin looked at her own wrinkled clothes and asked with a hint of embarrassment, "Why are all my clothes white?"

  "This was all personally instructed by the general, saying that Miss should like it." Si Jin lowered her head to look at the plain but exquisite lace dress in her hand, her eyes puzzled, "Doesn't Miss like white?"

  "As for the inner nature, I like it, but considering other unclear factors, I don't like it." An Xin glanced at Si Jin's bewildered face and explained, "Translated into human language, that is to say, it's too easy to get dirty, and besides, this color doesn't suit me."

  "No, I think the young lady looks very good in it." Si Jin felt at ease wearing this moon-white brocade dress, with an ethereal aura as if she were a celestial being fallen to earth, but on one condition - the young lady must not open her mouth to speak, or else everything would be ruined.

  "It's fine as long as it covers the body." Zhang Kaiyan cooperated with An Xin, letting Siyan help her put on her clothes. Suddenly, her stomach growled loudly.

  "I knew you were hungry, miss. Hurry up and get out of bed to wash up and have some food. The dishes have been prepared for you all along." Si Jin said with a smile.

  An Xin nodded, changed her clothes and washed her face under Si Yan's service. She sat down at the table, and Si Jin had already brought over three dishes and one soup, remembering An Xin's previous instructions.

  Pick up your chopsticks and eat voraciously, the eating manner is uncouth. In a short while, the food on the table was swept clean. Si Jin and the others had seen this before, although they were surprised, but not out of place.

  "Has my sister gotten up?" Just as An Xin was lying on the couch, feeling extremely satisfied and content after eating, he heard An Mu Chen's cold voice coming from outside the courtyard.

  "Miss, the Duke has arrived." Si Jin hastily reminded her.

  "I heard it, don't I have to pick him up?" An Xin hummed twice.

  Si Jin had no choice but to glance at Si Yan, who was standing opposite him. The two of them hastily went over to lift the curtain and said to An Mu Chen, "The Duke is waiting, Miss has just woken up not long ago and has just finished eating!"

  An Mu dusted off his head and walked into the house, where he saw a messy table and An Xin half-reclining on the soft couch, looking at him with a sleepy expression. Despite her lazy demeanor, she looked refreshed and clean. He was taken aback for a moment before asking calmly, "Mother asked me to come check if my sister is awake yet. If she's awake, she'll start learning how to manage the household accounts with Mother."

  "What?" An Xin was startled, furrowed her brow, "Are you sure you're not mistaken? I only have two days before following Yu Hua to the Hanging Temple, and you won't even leave me this bit of free time?"

  "My sister is exceptionally clever and has a foundation in recognizing characters, so it's easy for her to learn. Two days' time is enough for her to learn most of it," An Muchen said.

  "I don't want to, my schedule for the next two days is packed, I won't have time to learn those boring things." An Xin shook her head and refused bluntly. She didn't come to Beijing to suffer, in her past life she had worked herself to death with no remains left, this life must be better than that.

  "You don't want to learn?" An Mu Chen looked at An Xin in surprise, isn't this what every woman dreams of? The women in the back courtyard of a large Kyoto family, whether they are wives, concubines or young ladies, all want to take charge of the household, and Yun Ming Yue is even more unwilling to give up this right.

  "I'd rather go out and have some fun, stroll around the streets, flirt with pretty girls. Why waste precious time on these things?" An Xin shook her head firmly.

  Si Jin and the other person listened to An Xin's plan, their mouths twitching slightly.

  "You are everyone's beloved daughter and also the emperor's personally appointed Princess of Chang'an, how can you be so reckless?" An Mu Chen frowned and said.

  "My temperament is determined by heaven, I was not born to be a obedient and conventional material. If you want to train me into an obedient and rule-abiding young lady, brother might as well give up on that idea. Mother has tried for nine years, but ended in failure." An Xin raised her wooden horse leg, with a somewhat smug expression.

  The wrinkles between her eyebrows deepened, just as she was about to speak, a maid rushed in hastily, bowed and said anxiously, "Miss, something's wrong! Your pet has bitten the second young master!"

  Upon hearing this, An Xin's eyes widened as he straightened his back and furrowed his brow, asking, "Who did Qi Qi bite? And who is the second young master?" No wonder he couldn't find any sign of Qi Qi when he got up early; it turned out that she had gone out for a stroll.

  "The son of Father's concubine, he is five years old this year." An Mu dusted off his eyes, his voice somewhat low and melancholic.

  "What about my Qi Qi? Where is she now?" An Xin asked, indicating that she knew, and then asked the maid who had come to report.

  "The young lady's pet was caught by the hidden guards of Mistress Mingyue, who said they wanted to kill it to avenge Second Young Master." The maid replied with her head lowered.

  She slammed her hand down on the small table by the couch, but this time she controlled her strength and the table didn't break. "It seems that the lesson from that day still hasn't sunk in for her. Well, since she's being so stubborn, I'll be kind to her all the way to the end and send her off to see King Yama!" With that said, she stood up, put on her shoes, and was about to head out.

  Digression

  This click rate is so heartbreaking, wailing and wailing, the computer is also not powerful enough, it's either the network cable has a problem or the system crashes, I'm going crazy with this rhythm