A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace

Chapter 1311 - 1309: Too Luxurious

After their lovemaking, the two of them went back to sleep.No one knew how much time had passed when Tang Xun suddenly shivered and woke up. She glanced at the sky outside, and her expression changed at once.

"Oh no!"

"This is bad, this is bad, how could I sleep for so long!"

As she spoke, she hurriedly got up to dress, then called out toward the outside.

"Xiao Chuan! Quickly bring in some water! I need to wash up and change!"

She herself scrambled off the bed to get dressed, picking up the clothes they had tossed aside last night.

By the time she had tidied everything up, she noticed there was still no movement outside and felt a bit puzzled.

"Xiao Chuan? Xiao Chuan?"

"Stop calling!"

From the bed, Xia Jingfeng said with a lazy smile.

Tang Xun was a bit confused.

When she turned her head, she saw that half of his body was bare. Her face flushed red and she quickly looked away, asking somewhat embarrassedly,

"What’s wrong?"

"Where did you send Xiao Chuan?"

Xia Jingfeng spread his hands, looking perfectly innocent.

"Where could I have sent her?"

"Second Madam and Sister-in-law had something to discuss and called her over! Maybe they want to have someone teach her some rules!"

"Don’t worry, no one in this household will bully her!"

Tang Xun’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"Rules?!"

"That’s right!"

Xia Jingfeng raised an eyebrow.

"You’re now the Prefectural Lady, and in the future you’ll be returning to the Capital City with me, and might even have to enter the palace to pay respects to the Empress. Xiao Chuan is your personal maid—how can she get by if she doesn’t understand anything?"

"Sister-in-law is doing this for your own good!"

"Don’t worry, she’ll be back in a few days!"

"Oh."

Tang Xun nodded half-doubtfully, then glanced toward the door, feeling a little at a loss.

"Then..."

Xia Jingfeng got up with a smile, slipping on his inner robe with smooth, easy movements, then pulled her into his arms and said with a laugh,

"Don’t worry, Madam, your husband has already thought of everything for you!"

With that, he clapped his hands toward the door.

"All of you, come in!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the door creaked open.

Three maids entered, all dressed in identical clothes, with identical hairstyles, and even their heights and builds were almost the same.

They walked in with light steps and lined up neatly in front of Tang Xun, then performed an extremely standard, extremely proper curtsey in unison.

"Greetings to Madam!"

Their tones were courteous and humble, their bearing graceful, their movements light, their figures elegant.

Tang Xun stared, dumbfounded.

Are these really maids? They look more like young ladies of good families! No, someone like her, a so‑called young lady, is not even as good as they are!

She felt a flush of shame and grew even more flustered, feeling that she could neither stand nor sit, like a... little ugly duckling.

No wonder they want someone to teach Xiao Chuan the rules, she thought to herself.

"Don’t be afraid."

Xia Jingfeng knew she had never seen this sort of thing before, so he gently comforted her.

"From now on they will be your personal maids, just like Xiao Chuan. Altogether you’ll have four!"

Tang Xun was somewhat surprised and frowned.

"Four? That’s too many, isn’t it?"

Four maids felt far too extravagant. She didn’t do anything herself, so what would she need so many people for?

Xia Jingfeng smiled.

"Of course you’ll need them!"

"From now on you won’t have to do anything. Brewing tea, boiling water, needlework and embroidery, airing clothes and folding quilts, arranging your food and sleep—leave all of it to them!"

Tang Xun blurted out,

"Then what about me? What will I do?"

Her bright eyes were filled with bewilderment.

Xia Jingfeng rubbed her long, black hair with a smile.

"You? You just need to focus on taking good care of your health, and then..."

He leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.

Tang Xun’s face turned red at once and she pounded lightly on his chest.

"You... what are you talking about!"

Trying hard to have babies—how long had it been since they got married!

This man usually looked so proper, yet now he was acting like some lecher.

Xia Jingfeng tugged playfully at her sleeve.

"They’re all here, you know."

Tang Xun immediately didn’t dare move again and stood up properly and primly.

Xia Jingfeng found her both adorable and amusing.

"All right now."

He affectionately ruffled her long hair, then beckoned the maids over.

"Serve Madam as she washes her face and combs her hair."

"From now on Madam is your only mistress. If any of you dare disobey, I will not let it slide lightly!"

The three maids hurriedly answered with respect.

"We obey, my lord!"

Then the three of them dispersed.

One went to draw water, one fetched cotton towels, and another brought combs and scented pomade.

With the three of them serving her, Tang Xun hardly needed to move at all to finish washing up.

When she sat in front of the dressing table to put on makeup,

the two maids moved with tender care and practiced skill, and the hairstyle they created was both dignified and beautiful.

"It looks wonderful!" she couldn’t help praising.

The two maids bent their knees with smiles to thank her.

"Many thanks for Madam’s praise!"

Xia Jingfeng produced an entire box of jewelry from who knew where.

He set it on the dressing table and opened it, and the box was filled with all sorts of brilliant, dazzling ornaments, stunning Tang Xun into speechlessness.

She had never seen things like these before.

"My lord, this is..."

"All for you!" Xia Jingfeng said with a smile.

"For me?" Tang Xun’s face lit up with delight.

"These are far too valuable! They are beautiful, but wearing them on my head..." Wouldn’t that be too extravagant?

"What’s wrong, you don’t like them?" Xia Jingfeng was puzzled.

Weren’t all women fond of such things?

He had specially asked people to scour the major jewelry shops in both the Capital City and Jinling City for these.

Large pieces, small pieces—the very best store treasures of those shops had almost all been bought by him.

He had wanted to win a smile from his beauty, yet she didn’t like them?

"No..."

Tang Xun shook her head at once.

"It’s not that I don’t like them, it’s just... I’m not used to it yet," she said softly.

She twisted her handkerchief, looking somewhat at a loss, her head lowered like a child who had done something wrong.

Xia Jingfeng pulled her into his arms, heart aching, and for a long time he said nothing.

"Xunxun!"

"These past years... you must have had a very hard time."

She probably had never even seen such things.

From what he knew, the Tang Family was not only well-off, they were rolling in wealth.

Moreover, they ran several jewelry shops of their own.

To say that a young lady of that household had no Silver to buy ornaments was absolutely impossible.

So it was obvious—this was neglect, mistreatment, humiliation, bullying!

As he thought of this, his expression went taut, and the cold glint in his eyes was frightening.

Tang Xun shook her head vehemently, tears in her eyes but with a smile on her face.

"What are you thinking?"

"My life wasn’t that hard."

"Didn’t we agree that we wouldn’t bring up those things again?"

She struggled out of his embrace with all her might and forced a smile.

"All right, all right!"

"We still have to go serve Second Mother tea later. We’re late enough already, we can’t keep delaying!"

Xia Jingfeng was silent for quite a while before finally letting out a breath and nodding.

"All right."

Tang Xun also breathed a sigh of relief.

She picked out a few simple and tasteful pieces of jewelry from the box, then chose a bright red dress.

Xia Jingfeng put on a black robe trimmed with bright red, with a jade crown inlaid with agate on his head, and several finely carved Jade Pendants hanging at his waist.

Once the two of them were dressed and prepared, they went together toward the backyard courtyard of Lady Wen.

Although Lady Wen was not Jingfeng’s birth mother, Xia Jingfeng was grateful for her kindness and had always treated her with the respect owed to a mother.

So this tea to the mother-in-law would naturally be offered to Lady Wen.