Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Her Husband Always Has Ways to Deal with People_1

Xiao Changyi remained seated there, weaving the bamboo basket, and did not immediately call out. After a long while, he freed one hand and pointed at Li Wuyu, ”You, get up.”

”Thank you, Prince, Princess.” Li Wuyu then respectfully rose and stood to one side.

Linghe, who was not called to rise, could only continue to kneel, her legs already sore and aching from standing at the entrance of the courtyard. Now, kneeling like this, her discomfort was matched only by the tight clench of her jaw.

Especially when she glimpsed An Jing, leisurely and utterly composed, sitting beside Xiao Changyi from the corner of her eye, she nearly bit through her own teeth in frustration. How could this country girl compare with her, a Commandery Princess!

An Jing’s demeanor was indeed the epitome of ease, a faint smile on her face as she openly scrutinized Linghe and Li Wuyu without any hesitation.

For the sake of convenience on the road and to avoid trouble, both had disguised themselves as men. Although both were quite petite, their appearances were markedly different.

Linghe had a delicate and pampered look; Li Wuyu’s features were graceful, with a hint of valiance in her brow and eyes. Although she stood respectfully, there was nothing about her that suggested the frailty of a young lady.

Compared to the delicate Linghe, An Jing truly found Li Wuyu more appealing to the eye.

However, seeing Linghe uncomfortably maintaining her kneeling salute without daring to rise, An Jing couldn’t help but feel quite pleased inside.

Her husband always had his ways of dealing with people.

Xiao Changyi continued to work the bamboo strips into a basket, and An Jing occasionally passed him one. Each time An Jing handed him a strip, he would look up at her before turning his gaze away from the others in the courtyard.

And from beginning to end, he never once glanced at Linghe.

Linghe maintained her kneeling salute; without Xiao Changyi’s say-so, she didn’t dare to rise. Compared to Xiao Changyi, she was merely a minor Commandery Princess, and Xiao was so deeply favored by the current Emperor that the Emperor even preferred him over the Crown Prince. Should the Emperor learn of her disrespect towards Xiao, it wouldn’t just be her own future that would be troubled, but her father’s as well.

Meng Zhuqing and Li Wuyu both stood to the side with respect.

But unlike Meng Zhuqing, who just stiffly stood there, Li Wuyu, seeing that Xiao Changyi and An Jing were only interested in making baskets and paid them no mind, let her gaze wander all over, looking here and there.

An Jing saw this out of the corner of her eye and couldn’t help but smile, yet she didn’t say anything.

Seeing Linghe’s legs begin to tremble, An Jing felt not the slightest sympathy.

If it had been someone else, An Jing might have shown mercy and asked Xiao Changyi to allow the person to stop such a tiring salute. But this was Linghe, someone who had designs on her husband. An Jing was already being lenient by not dealing with her personally, so why would she ask Xiao Changyi to let Linghe rise.

Finally, Linghe could no longer bear it, her legs gave out, and she fell down. Then, she quickly scrambled up and once again assumed the kneeling salute, extremely respectfully, ”Linghe, the youngest daughter of the Prince of Pingjun, pays respects to the Prince, Princess.”

An Jing laughed. This Commandery Princess was not too obtuse; she knew why they did not let her rise.

Xiao Changyi ignored Linghe’s repeated salutes and continued with his basket weaving.

In her heart, Linghe actually looked down on Xiao Changyi’s basket weaving, feeling that someone of his exalted status should stay in the Imperial Capital, basking in glory and wealth. However, she couldn’t afford to care about that now, because Xiao Changyi had yet to allow her to rise, so she just had to continue maintaining the arduous kneeling salute.