Qin Yuhang draped a white cicada-wing gauze shawl over her back: “I’m not telling you to accept the county magistrate’s son. I’m disgusted even by men trying to get close to you. It’s just a meeting, and it’s good to give face to Li Weichen, isn’t it?”
“I’ll listen to you,” Ye Hui walked out of the bedroom, telling the waiting A’jin: “Summon the county magistrate’s wife.”
A’jin’s face showed joy, responding and going out to invite the Xu family mother and sons inside.
Ye Hui observed Madam Xu, in her thirties with a passable appearance, accompanied by two handsome teenage boys. They entered the hall and knelt down properly. She had A’jin offer seats, and the county magistrate’s wife thanked her, not daring to sit fully, with the two young men standing behind her, their sideways glances stealing looks at the noble person in the main seat.
Go ahead and look openly, like some husbands, frank and direct.
Ye Hui disliked coyness and spineless men who were neither accepting nor rejecting.
“Did you come for something?” Ye Hui glanced briefly at the two young men, showing no interest, speaking in a calm tone.
“Our home is simple, and I’m worried Your Highness might be uncomfortable…” Madam Xu said, pulling the two boys forward: “They are my sons, well-versed in etiquette since childhood, respectful above and below, able to play instruments and compose poetry. If Your Highness likes them, you might keep them to serve tea and water.”
Ye Hui’s gaze was indifferent: “I’m not short of poetry-writing and instrument-playing servants. However, I heard yesterday that the horse trainer needs an apprentice for hard labor. Are your sons capable of enduring hardship?”
The county magistrate’s two sons, pampered since childhood, were embarrassed by Ye Hui’s words, blushing.
Madam Xu’s face was awkward: “Your Highness is joking. Stable work is…” She bit her tongue, not wanting to say it was work for lowly people, and changed her approach: “I heard Your Highness took a side husband who is the son of Lord Li?”
Ye Hui stood up: “You can leave now.” This county magistrate’s wife was truly brainless, inquiring about personal matters.
