The Rich and Powerful Chang An Chapter 8

There are errors in the previous chapters… So here the errors have been fixed… Because I have level up~

Chapter 8

When Xiao Qing Yan was here, Xu Chang An did not feel hurt, until when that person left did he felt that the hurt on his arm was unbearable. After Chunyu and Yang Momo were called, Xu Changan let Dongxue followed Chunyu to return to their room to put medicine on her. He had Yang Momo to serve him here.

The two yatous, he was going to marry them off, and now as long as it was a matter involving skinship acts with him, Xu Chang An could not allow them to do it.

“Wait!” When talking about the relationship with the two yatou, their Great Xiao Dynasty seemed to have such a tradition. The dowry also included the yatou as the personal yatou for the husband. As for whether this personal yatou could become a status of a concubine, it depended on their master's satisfaction, and Guye¹'s like or dislike.

¹Guye = paternal great-aunt's husband/ husband of father's sister

“Momo, is there such a rule ah?” Although Xu Chang An did not know the thoughts of the two yatou, but he himself was unwilling. It was the ordinary household concubine, also must live in the back house² and be dependent on the whims of others. Wang Residence's imposing dwellings and spacious courtyards, in the future, besides the two Cefei whom were about to enter the household, still did not know how many more concubines would be. It was hard to fathom a person's mind, those two yatou were not very scheming. If they really wanted to be Xiao Qing Yan's woman, then there was only one way to go.

²back house = harem

She did not expect that her own young master actually said this, although Yang Momo couldn't bear it, still said between clenched teeth: “Young Master, I know you cared about those two yatou. However, now they can be the best way out, and it is also the greatest help to young master, even to Wang Ye. Although young master is Wang Ye's formal wife, but you are a man who cannot bear children, this is a taboo! Although you had sanctioned marriage from the emperor, and Wang Ye cannot easily wish to cast you away. But if you don't have Wang Ye's respect, it will be very difficult for you to live in Wang Residence afterwards."

After seeing that her young master had no objections and still listening carefully, Yang Momo carefully gave young master medicine while continuing to say: "In a few days, the cefei are going to move in. If someone has won Wang Ye's attention, with some petting, it will be a matter of time before a child is born.

Young master, Laonu know that you do not like to listen to these, but you must listen to Laonu this time. You need to quickly arrange for Dongxue and Chunyu to be concubines. It is best to have a child before the two Cefei, so that the child can be raise under your name. In this way, you have the position of the formal wife, more over you have a child close by. In the future, you don't need to worry."

"Momo. You can rest assured, I will arrange it." There was the position of the formal wife, and there was a child close by to be able to rest without worry? Xu Chang An did not want to say anything to Yang Momo. He knew that Yang Momo was out of concerned for himself. What she said was a matter of course.

However, his mother was the best lesson. Why do he have, for the sake of uncertain tomorrow, losing Chunyu and Dongxue.

Was not his mother a formal wife too? Was not he, his father's legitimate eldest son? But what's the use? Since he could remember, his mother had lived in a remote small courtyard and she had never been able to obtain his father's love.

When he was four years old, he could read thousands of characters. At seven years old, he had already read five books. When he was nine years old, he was able to create poem. But what's the use? Contrary to Liu Shi's son, a ready-made ancient poem could make his father happy.

When thinking of his mother, Xu Chang An thought of the days before. After his mother had gone, he was driven away by his father to the farmstead. In the past, when living in Xu Residence, although his father was partial and not at all took interest in him and his mother, but he had never had any hardships since he grew up.

His own basic necessities of life, his mother had thoroughly taken care off for him. When he arrived in Zhuangzi, at that time he learned that he had resigned himself to hardship and he did not plan anything. At least when his mother was alive, he was pondering about what to eat and thinking about new tasty things, his mother would satisfy him. But arrived in Zhuangzi, the servants kept sneering at him. He usually had to put in order his own basic necessities. Even when he caught a cold by chance and had to take medicine; that was also Dongxue that girl's home, he personally went to the drug store because the servants in Zhuangzi simply could not get moving as ordered.

"Cough!" Every time he though of his mother and his bitter grudge at the farmstead, Xu Chang An's vital energy and blood would be agitated. All the limbs and bones were seeping with coldness, made him trembled all over.

“Young Master, your cold more or less has already gone better , but this cough does not seem good, it has dragged on for almost a whole month. Young master, it's better to ask Wang Ye to let the doctor in the palace look at it. You are now…”

“Momo, it's better not to say anything like this later. Wang Ye most unwanted to hear is the word you're about to speak just now.” Wang Fei? The identity of himself as Wang Fei would only make Xiao Qing Yan to feel embarrassed. He took a man as his Wang Fei. This was now his body rebellious scale, he was not tired of living. Why would he took initiative to go have a stroke of bad luck.

“Momo, you go call Guanjia over. I have something to ask him.”

“Young Master, you rest, I will go.”

After Yang Momo left, there was only one person in the house, Xu Chang An. He thought that there were still too few people in his courtyard. Although he liked peaceful and quiet, he but also could not be without established practices. He had better to let a few more yatou to come over, en… the desire to look at something nice. Xiao Qing Yan often came over, when he looked at the beautiful woman, he should be in a better mood, and he wouldn't focus on himself (XCA).

Wanting to be done with his own courtyard's matter, Xu Chang An thought of the matter Xiao Qing Yan had hand over to him. Just now Xiao Qing Yan said that he was about to bring home two Cefei; one was the eldest daughter of the Minister of Ministry of Works and the other was the daughter of the formal wife of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He could clearly stipulated that the young lady of Deputy Minister of Ministry of Rites was born from the legal wife while the young lady of Minister of Ministry of Works only raised as the eldest daughter, proved that the Minister family's young miss was not born of the legal wife.

The Great Xiao Dynasty, treated a formal wife's and a concubine's offsprings differently. Why was he arranged with a young lady of a formal wife of the Deputy Minister and a young lady of a concubine of the Minister?

Xu Chang An was in the middle of worrying, then the guanjia came over. Afterwards, the guanjia performed the greeting ceremony to Xu Chang An. Xu Chang An did nothing more than turned to rub the three-legged wine cup. He said directly: “Guanjia, where are the yatou that usually served Wang Ye now?” Here was principal rooms of Wang Residence and was the residence of Xiao Qing Yan in the past, but how could he not see the yatou who had previously served Xiao Qing Yan?

"Answering back to Wang Fei, the yatou that usually served Wang Ye were Ziyan and Ziyue that you've met. After the palace gifted them, Wang Ye sent them away to the other courtyard as an orderly. Previously Ziyan, Ziyue and two small yatous had managed this courtyard. When Wang Ye went on a journey, he was accompanied by my son to take care of him." Although ZiYan and ZiYue were still in name of a yatou, but all in all were the people who had attended to Xiao Qing Yan. Naturally, they had small yatous to serve them. As such, when Xu Chang An arrived in Wang Residence later, a few people followed after to move out.

“Wang Fei, you need not to mind, that ZiYan and ZiYue status are different. When they were living in this courtyard, they just lived in the servant room.”

Guanjia's supplementary, he did not know how to respond. He did not think of such, but after Guanjia explained it, he found it reasonable. Knowing that this Guanjia was Xiao Qing Yan's confidant, he should have only one master in his eyes. Xu Chang An was the doings of ghosts and gods*, made guanjia looked as if relief similar to a smile. Then quickly he asked another matter.

*(idiom) Doings of ghosts and gods = unexpected happenings

"Originally, the residence only have Wang Ye as master, and there are still a lot of courtyards. After Wang Fei instructed it, I started to set people to prepare it."

“That job, you have to prepare two independent main courtyards with a set up as the average person one-household courtyard. Then, properly decorated them with the contents of the inside are almost the same. The cefei will move in early next month so prepare yatou in the cefei courtyards ahead of time.”

“Sincerely obey Wang Fei's instructions, Laonu will immediately make arrangement.”

“Alright, then go.” After Guanjia left, Xu Chang An felt a little tired and wanted to rest for a while. He told Yang Momo to go out.

When Xiao Qing Yan entered the room, there was no servant to serve in the room and Xu Chang An was not here. Today, he was suddenly called out by Qing Yu and after returned he stayed in the study for a long time. Now he was a little tired. He wanted to return to the room and have a rest. He did not expect that there was not even one person waiting to serve him!

Turning around to go outside, he was just about step out, Xiao Qing Yan remembered that he had just seen Xu Chang An's injured arm. Since he was injured, he should have to rest in the house. Then, where did he go?

“Cough, Cough.” Xu Chang An never dared to sleep in the bedroom because he didn't know when Xiao Qing Yan would come. After he got married, he lived outside in the side room (flanking the principal room) where the night watch yatou lived. He now considered this room his own.

Two distinct coughs stopped Xiao Qing Yan's steps. When he turned to the door, he saw Xu Chang An's garment laid on a small bed. He looked as if he was asleep, but he would occasionally cough a few times.

Wanting to turn around and leave, but Xiao Qing Yan's steps were advancing toward the little bed. After getting close, he found out that the person on the bed seemed to be sleeping very unsteadily, his brows wrinkled, and his mouth murmured something.

Suddenly he wanted to hear what he (XCA) was talking about. Xiao Qing Yan took a light step and sat down by the bed. At such a distance, he discovered his newly-married wife, his face countenance was too ghastly.

His skin was very white but unbearably pale. His lips lustre was also extremely pale, bloodless. Obviously he had a good look, however, he looked rigid because of a somewhat sickly face that covered five points of brilliance, but…

"Niang…" Xu Chang An watched as his mother was plunged into a bowl of poison, and he desperately tried to get rid of those people. But he couldn't catch any of them, could only watched helplessly as his mother drank the medicine that had destroyed her life.

*Niang = mother

He was uncomfortable, painful, an instant, he had already stood at the grave of his mother. He could only hold the cold stone in front with regret, but he could no longer touched his mother's clothes.

Looking at the tears that slowly ran down the corner of his (XCA) long and narrow eyes, and the long lashes that quivered gradually, Xiao Qing Yan suddenly halted and stood up. Then hurriedly left the small side room. He was now only a prince who was either sympathized or ridiculed by others. So what qualification did he still have to sympathize with others.

The author has something to say: A lot of insects, heart tired … …

The translator has something to say: A lot of novels, heart fired … …

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