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Chapter 11: Three StoogesAdmin Aka Translator San

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Si Ping rolled his eyes, "You are the one who is having a fever! Haven't you see with your own eyes the mood that our Lord is in recently? All these are because of Big Madam. You still dared to look down on her?"

"Let me tell you this, our Big Madam is no longer a confused woman like in the past. Had you forgotten about the row that she had created in the kitchen? Today, after, she had been resurrected, she is very smart and resourceful."

"For example, you know what Madam Yun is like. How many money do you think she will give Big Madam? Think about it, if you are just an ordinary person, you would have starved to death a long time ago. But today, if you go to Mei Yue Lou, the place where Su Nuan Nuan is imprisoned in, you will find how well she and her two maids are doing!"

"How could this be? What is going on? Did a ghost possess her?" Shuang Xi's eyes were widened in surprise.

Suddenly they heard the roar of Duan Tingxuan, "What are you two standing there chattering about? Come in quickly!"

Si Ping and Shuang Xi immediately rushed in and smiled, "Lord, how may we serve you?"

Duan Tingxuan did not have any tasks for them. He just suspected that his servant, Si Ping was gossiping to his maid, Shuang Xi about his 'failures'. Looking at the looks of dread that they were giving him, he knew suspicions were true.

Duan Tingxuan was very annoyed. He wanted to kill them in a fit of rage. But he controlled his impulse with great difficulty.

Each time Duan Tingxuan recalled how helpless he is against Su Nuan Nuan, he was even more fl.u.s.tered. Twice he had tried to eat the food, and twice he was rebuffed.

These two idiots may not be the brightest mind in the world, but they are cunning and full of ideas. He controlled his temper and knocked against the table as he asked, "Shuang Xi, you heard about this issue? Tell me your opinions and suggest a way for me to go to the Mei Yue Lou to dine?"

Shuang Xi almost fainted. She looked at Duan Tingxuan with tears in her eyes, "Lord, you are the husband of Big Madam! It is your right to go the Mei Yue Lou to dine. As your wife, shouldn't she serve you?"

Duan Tingxuan rolled his eyes, "Of course! How could I not understand this? But… cough, cough, it is me who first put her there and ignored her. No matter how many mistakes she had made, she would not admit that she was wrong. Therefore, she was angry at me and hated me for ignoring her. And today, she is so formidable! I have not pacified her rage yet, and dare not to let her return to the mansion. Therefore, I need a good excuse. Understand?"

"What? Lord even wants the Big Madam to return to the main mansion?" Shuang Xi looked at the Lord in astonishment. In her heart, she wanted to ask, 'didn't you say that if she stays there for some time and did not die, you will divorce her?'.

If you did not say this, how could Madam Yun be so bold? How come in the span of a few days, you wanted her to move back into the mansion? Don't tell me that the food that Big Madam cook is heavenly dish? Is it that tasty?

"I was just thinking about it, and had not decided yet." Duan Tingxuan waved his hand in frustration.

Si Ping, who is more experienced in serving Duan Tingxuan, immediately knows that the Prince really wants to bring Su Nuan Nuan back.

He thought of what he had said to Shuang Xi just now, and suddenly he had an idea. Si Ping whispered to Duan Tingxuan, "Lord, I have a suggestion. But if I say it out, you must help me to keep it a secret. Otherwise, your servant dare not to say it."

"En, say it." Duan Tingxuan's eyes lit up, and his picked up a piece of Kirin Town paper from the table and played with it.

Regardless of what Si Ping had suggested, as long as he could dine at Mei Yue Lou, it is a good plan.

Before this, he does not know that he is such a picky eater. Right now, he does not lack good clothes or fine food. He had frequently dined at the best restaurants in the capital, and had even eaten the food from the imperial chefs, yet why does he crave for the food that was cooked by that woman? Was he under a spell or curse?

While he was thinking, Si Ping spelt out his plan, "Lord, after you have banished Big Madam to the Mei Yue Lou, Madam Yun's disburs.e.m.e.nt of the allowance and the food are …. Cough, cough, cough , not so timely."

"I was thinking that Big Madam may not appear as comfortable as she looked. Frankly, there are not many things left in the kitchen. When we visited that kitchen, you only scoured around for the food. I had seen the rice bucket. As expected, there is not much rice left, and there are not much fish, meat and eggs. If you want to dine that, why not take some ingredients from the kitchen and give her? If she accepts the ingredients you give, surely she would cook for you?"

Duan Tingxuan mulled it over, and his frown clear as he smiled, "Oh, you are full of good suggestions! I was too hasty. I took their limit food for myself without considering their situation. How could I forget to give them some food first?"

Si Ping immediately tried to flatter the prince, "Lord, your mind is filled with matters of the empire. Issues in the house are very minor compared to the importance of the empire. It is not strange that you have overlooked this."

This flattery did not work as intended. Instead, Duan Tingxuan sighed and shook his head, "Just minor issues in the house? There is an idiom that says that a clear head official should separate issues of the house and state. But issues of the house are the most complex. Without the ability to put the house in order, how could one be trusted to put the empire in order?"

Si Ping smiled and immediately agreed. Then he hears the dreaded question from his lord, "Si Ping, just now you said that Madam Yun had not given the Big Madam her allowance, food and clothes. Is this true?'

Si Ping cried in his heart. He was afraid that the prince will dwell on this matter. Right now he did not have a choice. Si Ping does not want to betray Madam Yun. But he really could not stand his Lord's persistent order for his mum to cook more dumplings.

These few days, he had enough of dumplings. Each time he goes home to eat, he had to eat the dumplings that the Lord had asked his mother to cook, but declined to eat it for one reason or another. Just the smell and sight of dumplings alone is enough to make him puke in disgust.

"Er…, Lord, that…. Madam Yun had to take care of all sorts of matters in the household, and sometimes forgetting something is common. She did not withhold the allowance on purpose." Si Ping tried to create excuses for Madam Yun.

But Duan Tingxuan was having none of it, "Oh, so you are telling me that she could not take care of the household matters and forgets something? Then why she did not forget to send the allowance to my mother or grandmother?"

He did not give Si Ping a chance to say another word, "Enough! You need not say good things about Madam Yun. I have married her so many years, and know her character well. She liked to be in power and is merciless on the fallen. The cause of this discord lies with me. Madam Yun is doing what she thought I want."

Si Ping heaved a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, 'I am glad you know'.

He did not know that Duan Tingxuan was shaking his head in disgust and was thinking, 'I did not want to starve these people to death, and I am sure my concubine knows about it. In the past, I think she is a smart woman who knows how to make the right decisions. It seemed that I was wrong. She is just a lame excuse.'

Duan Tingxuan was disappointed in Xu Ran Yun, but was not disappointed enough to stripe her of her powers.

Duan Tingxuan is someone who had a lot of love. Although the seed of love suffered a devastating snowstorm in the case of his main wife, the seeds of love were still growing vigorously when it comes to his other wives.

Especially at night, he wanted to visit his concubine, Xu Ran Yun. Even though the duck soup is bitter and he could not eat anything as tasty as what his main wife had cooked, she at least looks very pretty.

Even if he could not eat the food she made, he could still 'eat' her.

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