The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 146

“Okay, okay,” Wu Zhen agreed readily.

The two sisters sat down and started chatting. The Empress remembered something and asked, “I heard from the servants that Minister Mei is very popular in the Ministry of Justice these days. Do you know that?”

Of course, Wu Zhen knew about it. She had nothing to do the day before, so she turned into a cat and walked around the Ministry of Justice. She saw with her own eyes a group of men in the Ministry of Justice trying to talk with her husband. It was so outrageous that she almost couldn’t hide her laughter. If those people saw a cat laughing like a human, it would probably cause big trouble again.

“I know.” Wu Zhen couldn’t hide the smile on her face, and she boasted in a casual tone about her husband bringing all kinds of food home those days.

The Empress was originally listening with a look of satisfaction, but the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong. Finally, her face darkened, and she raised her hand to stop Wu Zhen from continuing. She asked in a dangerous tone, “Mei Zhuyu let you eat giant turtles, bear gall, and hawthorns?!”

Wu Zhen: “What’s the problem?”

What’s the problem? The Empress almost laughed out of anger. Concubine Mei beside her explained at the right time, “Zhu Yu is really confused. How can he give you these? These are not suitable for pregnant women. If you eat a little too much, you may miscarry if you are not careful.”

The Empress caught her breath and angrily said with a dark face, “I thought that among the two of you, Mei Zhuyu is younger but more stable and reliable. I didn’t expect that he is just as unreliable as you. You were given things that you couldn’t eat. Fortunately, I found out early. If you two continued to mess around like this, I don’t know if you could have the baby!”

Wu Zhen was not as excited as her sister. She even crossed her legs and said with a smile, “It’s not that serious. I didn’t eat too much.”

“You can still smile!” The Empress was angry when she saw her playful look. Imperial Concubine Mei patted her hands and said, “Don’t be angry. Zhu Yu is just too concerned. He heard about some unconventional recipes from somewhere. He didn’t know the taboos and wanted to give them to Zhen because he heard they were good for the body. They are a young couple, pregnant with their first child. They didn’t know anything, and there was no elder to watch over them. It is inevitable that there will be omissions.”

When the Empress heard that, she thought of her own mother, who had died early, and her anger subsided. After thinking for a while, she said to Wu Zhen, “In that case, you can go back to Duke Yu’s Mansion with Minister Mei during your pregnancy. The place is big, and there are many people to take care of you. There are old servants in the kitchen, and they will definitely take good care of your diet.”

Wu Zhen refused without thinking, “No, I’m used to living on Changle Street, and I’m too lazy to move back.”

The Empress frowned. Concubine Mei looked at the two sisters helplessly and tried to smooth things over in a gentle voice, “How about this? There are some old maids in the palace who are good at taking care of pregnant women. We can send two to go back with your sister to take care of her.”

Wu Zhen thought about it and realized that she didn’t know when her husband would bring back something unpalatable again, and she could use the words of the old palace maids as an excuse to refuse to eat it, so she readily agreed.

The two old ladies in their fifties followed her into the Mei family’s house. Wu Zhen forgot about the matter in a blink of an eye. When she returned home the next day, she ran into one of the old ladies scolding her husband.

Her powerful husband, who could draw a sword and slay monsters, was speechless after being scolded by an ordinary woman. He stood there with his lips pursed and listened silently. Seeing her husband like that, the woman became even more arrogant, her tone disrespectful and her face full of contempt, “How can these street goods be eaten by a noble lady? Madam Yiguo was born in Duke Yu’s Mansion; she is so noble. How can you bring such things back for her to eat?” The gesture was as if she was scolding a junior or a palace slave of low status. 

Wu Zhen’s face immediately darkened, and she stepped forward and whipped the woman with the whip in her hand, who had her head held high, to the ground.

The woman rolled on the ground while holding her head in her hands. When she found out who was attacking her, she was immediately terrified and begged for mercy. 

Wu Zhen whipped her mouth with the whip, and she dared not speak again. Fortunately, Wu Zhen only hit her twice and then stopped. The woman was fine except for rolling on the ground with a dusty face and a red mark on her mouth. She trembled and knelt beside him, not daring to say a word.

“Who gave you the guts to scold my husband?” Wu Zhen pointed the whip at the woman with a cold tone. She was not a person with a good temper. If someone offended her, she would whip them even in the palace. That year, with Mei Zhuyu by her side, she unconsciously restrained her temper and rarely got angry. But seeing that scene, how could she hold back? If Mei Zhuyu hadn’t been watching, she would have whipped that old thing from the house to the street.

“Madam, please spare my life. I am only here to take care of your food and drink on the orders of Her Majesty the Empress. I only gave him a few words of advice because I saw him bringing back inappropriate food…”

As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Zhen sneered, “Advise him? Who told you to advise him?” 

She should have thought of it earlier that these old palace maids were usually awarded to princesses. After entering the palace, they had to suppress the arrogance of the Prince Consort in order to raise their own status. Relying on being from the palace, they all had a very high attitude.

Wu Zhen had heard of that, but she had never expected that her husband, who was not a royal consort but a Minister in the Ministry of Justice and a powerful Taoist priest with the strength of a thousand pounds, could be bullied by such an old slave.

She was too lazy to say anything more, so she called someone to tie up the cunning woman and send her back to the palace.

The woman really panicked. If she was sent back to the palace, not only would Her Majesty the Empress be angry, but even the Imperial Concubine would not forgive her. She begged for mercy again but was still dragged out.

Wu Zhen was still not satisfied, and she cracked her whip and ordered, “Aren’t there another woman? Call her over and send her back to the palace.”

Mei Zhuyu, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up at this moment, “Leave one behind.”

Wu Zhen looked at him and said sternly, “Why? Haven’t you been scolded enough?”

It was rare for her to talk to Mei Zhuyu like that, but he didn’t care and said seriously, “I really don’t know what foods you can eat and what foods you can’t eat. I need someone to teach me.”