Chapter 150 - Flogging Wicked Servants, Zi You Establishes Her Prestige [1]
Chapter 150 Flogging Wicked Servants, Zi You Establishes Her Prestige [1]
Zi You then looked at Old General Mu and said, “Grandfather, tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. Let’s talk about this after the New Year. Someone wants to see the General’s Manor be made into a laughingstock, wants our New Year to be unhappy, and wants father and daughter to hate each other and father and son to fight. We will not do as she wishes and have a happy New Year.”
Old General Mu understood Wang Yiping’s malicious thoughts when he heard Zi You’s words. He angrily glared and scolded Mu YingRui. “You idiot. I really don’t know how you are an official. You don’t feel ashamed being played by a woman like a monkey all day long? Even I turn red for you.”
Zi You looked at her slag father’s depressed appearance and hated that she couldn’t go over and punch him. She took a deep breath to suppress her evil thoughts. Then she pretended to look distressed at him and said, “Father, you have to judge who is good to you and who is not. Don’t just listen to someone’s nice-sounding words.
“Whether mother gets pregnant or not, daughter doesn’t need to do anything. Not to mention, if I really want to cause trouble, I wouldn’t use Liu Yanhong. Whether it is loyalty or appearance, Shiyun and Haiyun are above her. Since Liu Yanhong is your person now, daughter will gift her to you. Take it as daughter’s New Year’s gift to you.”
This gift is very special. I believe that you will firmly remember this matter.
Indeed, Mu YingRui’s face turned red. His swollen face burned bright again.
He had once teased Shiyun before. He thought this matter was hidden very well. Now, it seemed like his daughter actually knew about it.
Zi You smiled mockingly. Then she went to the main hall. She saw Nee Liu sitting and looking at the servants below her. She was just drinking tea and didn’t say anything. Zi You knew that Nee Liu was showing off her power. She was also waiting for some people who can’t help it to jump out and make trouble.
So, Zi You went over and curtsied. Then she sat down next to Nee Liu. She looked towards the first household’s servants. She didn’t see Wang Yiping’s confidant and nanny, Wei mama and first-rank maidservant Liulu. She immediately whispered into Nee Liu’s ear.
Nee Liu’s eyes sunk. She turned around to Sun mama and said some words.
Sun mama went to Yiping Ju and curtsied to Wang Yiping.
Sun mama was not longwinded and went straight to the point. “First Furen, Second Furen called all the servants over. Almost all of the servants in the fu are there. Even Lao TaiYe’s personal attendants went. But Wei mama and Liulu guniang are missing. Second Furen wanted Laonu to come over to urge Wei mama and Liulu guniang over for Second Furen’s instructions.”
Wang Yiping was shrinking in her tortoise’s shell. She didn’t want to poke her head out. But Zi You did not let her get away with it and gave her a poke.
However, Wang Yiping was really smart this time. She actually did not fall into the trap. Sun mama thought that she would get angry, but who knew that she would gently smile? Wang Yiping turned to Wei mama and Liulu and said, “Go over and hear what Second Furen has to say. When you come back, tell me, so I can be well informed too.”
Although her words were sarcastic, Sun mama could not pick out any faults. She curtsied and walked outside.
In the hall, Wei mama and Liulu curtsied to Nee Liu. Nee Liu coldly smiled. “The people from sister-in-law’s courtyard really have prestige. The whole fu’s servants have to wait for you two.”
Afterwards, she put the teacup onto the table heavily. She looked majestically, but not angrily at everyone. “This furen told you repeatedly that you cannot inquire about your masters. It seems that you did not listen to this furen’s instructions. Tell me. Who had you gather in front of First Furen’s courtyard today and listen in on the masters? All the stewards come over to answer.”
The stewards in the General’s Manor stepped forwards. Zi You took a look. There were more than a dozen. The first one to speak was Steward Jiang, who managed the whole fu’s daily operations.
“First Furen’s Wei mama came over and told me that First Laoye wanted all the servants to go to Yiping Ju to reward money to the servants. In the end, we servants went there and did not get any reward. Instead, we saw First Laoye unconscious and carried out from the study.”
The steward responsible for purchasing ingredients for the kitchen stepped out and agreed. “That’s right. We didn’t go over at first because we were busy. But First Laoye’s Steward Yang came over to urge us, so we had no choice but to go over.”
“……”
The stewards’ answers were basically all the same. They all confirmed that First Laoye’s Steward Yang and First Furen’s Wei mama and Liulu called them over to Yiping Ju.
Nee Liu then looked at Wei mama and Liulu. Then she shouted to Uncle Jiang. “Bring First Laoye’s Steward Yang over.”
Yang Qingjun was “invited” over. Nee Liu pretended that she didn’t understand and asked, “Steward Yang, when did First Laoye had you call the servants over to Yiping Ju to reward the servants with money?”
Yang Qingjun deliberately pondered. He shook his robes and replied haughtily, “No matter how First Laoye had me call the servants over, Second Furen has no right to ask, right? Don’t forget. First Laoye and Second Laoye are Lao TaiYe’s sons. They are the real masters of the General’s Manor. Can it be that they need Second Furen’s approval if they want to do something?”
Yang Qingjun had decided that Nee Liu wouldn’t dare to do anything to him. So he looked at Nee Liu without fear and showed a contemptuous smile.
Nee Liu was so angry that her liver hurt, but she could not refute his words. That was because he was right. Mu YingRui was Old General Mu’s son and her elder brother-in-law. He didn’t need her consent to do anything.
Zi You secretly sneered when she saw how arrogant Yang Qingjun was. She secretly thought that Wang Yiping was really powerful. She only needed one night to use her body to bribe Yang Qingjun.
Yes. No one, besides Zi You, knew that when Mu YingRui and Liu Yanhong were in the study last night, Wang Yiping had also snuck to the study.
Wang Yiping saw Yang Qingjun sprawled on the study window, eavesdropping and peeking. She immediately had a thought and walked over to him. She faintly sighed. “Ai……”
Yang Qingjun was startled. He saw that it was First Furen. He was embarrassed and anxiously tried to explain. Wang Yiping quickly reached a jade-like hand out and covered his mouth.
Because Yang Qingjun was eavesdropping and peeking on the scene in the study, he was burning. With a fragrant and soft small female’s hand was over his mouth, his blood pumped faster.
Wang Yiping had on a white fox fur cloak with red embroidered peonies. An enchanting and charming sad small face wrapped in a snow hood. Her moving appearance made his heart jump. He turned numb immediately. He reached out and held Wang Yiping’s hand, stunned silly.
Wang Yiping looked bashfully and angrily at him. Then she turned to look at the little room next to the study.
As a normal and strong male, Yang Qingjun, who had followed Mu YingRui to lots of red-light district places and could only see, but not act, immediately understood what she meant.
He excitedly opened the door to the room piled with Mu YingRui’s old paintings and calligraphy. Then he pulled Wang Yiping inside and into his arms. While biting her lips non-stop, he murmured, “Furen…… Furen……”
Wang Yiping was originally a lascivious woman. In the dim light, although Yang Qingjun’s square face wasn’t as handsome or elegant as Mu YingRui’s, he was tall and strong and masculine. He exuded masculinity. He was also a martial artist. She didn’t have to think, but knew that he must be better in that area than Mu YingRui, her worthless fifth brother, and the over-fifty years old Imperial Doctor Chen.
Her heart surged. She moaned and immediately collapsed into Yang Qingjun’s arms and allowed the man to move as he wished……
Even if you beat Mu YingRui to death, he would never think that his precious wife and most trusted confidant betrayed him in the room next to his study. They put on a bright green cuckolded hat on him. This New Year’s gift was big and surprising.
Yang Qingjun already liked Wang Yiping. Now that he had sampled her, how could he not listen to everything that she said?
So, when Wang Yiping cried sorrowfully and helplessly in his arms afterwards, Yang Qingjun immediately hated that he couldn’t stand up for her.
Wang Yiping said, “If I knew it was like this, I would have married you instead. Do you know? Laoye is not only fickle, but he is useless. He turns soft after two or three times. My wish to have a child won’t be fulfilled.
“Why don’t you give me a child? If it’s a son, I will think of a way to give him the whole General’s Manor. You have to help me. I heard that the Emperor rewarded the General’s Manor would several thousands of acres of farmland and countless shops. They are all in second household’s Nee Liu’s hands. I am not willing. Why am I the eldest son’s wife, but have to suffer such grievances?”
The next day, Wang Yiping told him, “Bring all the servants to Yiping Ju. This time, I want Nee Liu obediently hand over the management power.”
He didn’t say anything and went to do Wang Yiping’s bidding.
Zi You looked at this guard that grandfather had sent to protect Mu YingRui. It would be a lie to say that she wasn’t angry. He actually could not withstand temptation.
No wonder when she sent letters to the General’s Manor about how she was bullied by Zhao HongXiang and Yu Lanxuan in her previous life, they were like stones in the ocean. So it was like this. He was already on Wang Yiping’s side. She even foolishly thought he must be trustworthy since he was someone sent by her grandfather to her father.
Zi You’s eyes darkened at the thought of her previous life. She gritted her teeth and snapped, “You’re lying. Father was explaining the misunderstanding to grandfather in the study. He didn’t ask you to gather the servants to reward them. You actually impersonated father to inflame the brotherly relationship between father and uncle. Who gave you such courage?”