Upon hearing her response, three black lines immediately appeared on Xu Jie’er’s forehead. She had hoped to at least mix in some “prophetic” reputation after studying history for years, but heaven was uncooperative and gave her an entirely fictional world. A computer science graduate from X University, she could only type on a keyboard, knew no medical skills, couldn’t sing, couldn’t compose poetry, couldn’t do business – how would she survive in the future?!
Wait, didn’t she just hear something about being married to an impressive Wang Ye? Well, Xu Jie’er thought, although she couldn’t shine like other sisters in ancient times, at least her food and clothing should be taken care of!
Xu Jie’er turned 365 degrees in front of the bronze mirror, then slumped down dejectedly. No wonder her royal husband would look down on her. This was hardly different from her modern self – just slightly younger in appearance, with slightly smoother skin. But overall, she was still quite ordinary, the type who would blend into a crowd and be impossible to distinguish.
“Miss, what’s wrong?” Butterfly looked at Xu Jie’er’s rapidly changing and gloomy expression with confusion, asking anxiously.
Jie’er sat listlessly on the corridor, propping her chin with her hands, and mumbled, “Butterfly, tell me the truth. Is your master’s husband looking down on you because you’re not pretty, so he’s married a bunch of beautiful concubines and deliberately abandoned you here, leaving you to fend for yourself?”
“That’s not true!” Butterfly hurriedly shook her head, her eyes sparkling. “Miss is not unattractive at all! Butterfly thinks miss is very cute!” Cute, cute, pitifully unloved! This girl’s consolation skills were really lacking.
Seeing Jie’er’s expression hadn’t improved, Butterfly continued, “The prince has only one wife and one concubine, and it was miss who chose to move to this separate residence!” Only one wife and one concubine – still relatively normal, better than she had imagined! However…
“So, why did I come here myself?” Jie’er blinked her big eyes like a curious child, persistently asking.
“This… Butterfly doesn’t know!” Butterfly’s gaze began to drift, clearly lacking confidence.
“Really?” Jie’er suddenly leaned in close, half-narrowing her eyes and staring intently.
The young maid looked increasingly guilty but still stubbornly insisted, “Butterfly really doesn’t know!”
“Never mind!” Xu Jie’er pursed her lips, turning away and casually playing with her fingers. “When we return to the prince’s residence, everything will naturally become clear!”
Seeing her stop questioning, the maid breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to escape, saying, “Butterfly will go pack the luggage so miss can return home soon!”
Watching her stumble away, Jie’er smiled and couldn’t help but call out, “Be careful!”
“I know!” Though Butterfly responded, her pace didn’t slow down, as if afraid Jie’er might change her mind at any moment. What a fun little maid…
Alas, it seems that Xu Jie’er has also become a “wolf grandmother” today. God, forgive her, she didn’t mean to deceive the children, it’s just that the other party was too easy to fool!
Damn it! This Ye Wang Mansion is too big! It’s almost comparable to the park in front of their home. Were rich people in ancient times always this extravagant?
As Xu Jie’er went from the front gate to the back gate, and then from the back gate to the front gate, the only thought in her mind was, “This Ye Wang must be a nouveau riche!”
The mansion’s walls were high on all four sides, without even a crack. Not to mention a person, even a mouse would have a hard time sneaking in! What to do? What to do? Was she really going to stand foolishly at the gate, waiting for her Wang lord husband to come out on his own?
No, she must find a way to get in, and take a look around while she’s at it!
Jie’er looked at the tightly closed gate and knew that walking in openly was out of the question, as she wasn’t ready to acknowledge her husband yet. There was only one way – climb the wall. She was thinking about this when her eyes were drawn to a towering tree at the corner of the west side of the Wang Mansion.
Aha… Even the heavens want to help her!
…
“NMD, coming back to one’s own mansion, to see one’s own husband, and having to climb a tree and jump the wall, what kind of world is this! Fortunately, this young lady has been unbeatable at wall-climbing since childhood. Ye Lishen, you better look good for the folks, look good for the people, and most importantly, look good for me, Xu Jie’er…”
As Jie’er fought with the tree trunk as thick as two waists, muttering to herself, just as she was standing on the branch extending into the mansion’s wall, preparing to climb over, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a man dressed in luxurious clothing standing under the tree, looking up at her with an expression of watching a good show, his eyes full of surprise, curiosity, and barely suppressed laughter.
Wow, a genuine handsome guy, Jie’er’s eyes immediately turned heart-shaped!
…
“Cough! Cough—” She swallowed hard, trying to calm her overly excited heart, coughing twice to cover the sudden awkwardness, forcing a smile, “That… that… I’m waiting for Hong Xing, do you want to come up too…”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Jie’er wanted to bite off her own tongue. OMG, what was she even saying! The first handsome guy she met in ancient times, and it had to be in such a situation?
Oh, her ladylike image! Ruined, ruined, completely ruined. She might as well smash her head into tofu!
“Ah, hahaha…” The handsome guy finally burst out laughing, staring at her with great interest: “Miss… you… you… you are really interesting… hahaha…”
That laugh immediately made Jie’er feel her initial assessment of him as handsome was an illusion. Absolutely an illusion. Look at him laughing without any dignity. Interesting? Apparently, he was looking at her like a monkey in a zoo!
Jie’er ungraciously sent him a big eye roll. After climbing walls for so many years, this was the first time she’d been caught red-handed. How unlucky! Now she was stuck on the wall, neither able to go forward nor retreat!
Just as Jie’er was hesitating whether to jump into the wall and pretend nothing happened or obediently sit on the wall waiting for Hong Xing, she heard the branch beneath her suddenly go “Crack—” and break.
Oh my god, Jie’er closed her eyes in terror, preparing to accept the fact that her poor bottom was about to meet the ground intimately!
“Huh, strange, why isn’t the ground hard at all?” Without the expected pain, feeling a solid yet soft surface under her hand, Jie’er opened her eyes in confusion, unexpectedly meeting a pair of deep, smiling eyes, like an unfathomable blue pool.
So she had landed in someone’s arms. Where had her hand just been touching? Jie’er followed his line of sight and looked down, “Oh!” She had actually been touching his chest for quite a while. Oh no, she was done for!
Jie’er immediately withdrew her “demon hand”, struggling to get up from his embrace, lowering her head in embarrassment, “That, that, thank you, sir, for saving me. This maiden will take her leave now, farewell!”
…
Having said that, she turned to flee. But someone was faster, quickly grabbing her about-to-escape form, “Uh, you want to leave like this? You’ve already eaten my tofu completely, you must take responsibility…”
What?
What era is this?
Did she hear that correctly? Since when does a big man complain about being touched a few times and grab a woman, demanding she take responsibility in public?
