by Ning er
Mi mama immediately answered Yun Qian Meng’s question, “This morning, the weather was quite cool, so Hua yiniang brought her servants along to take a walk in the garden. Just coincidentally, Su yiniang also brought Wang mama and her servants along on a walk! When they crossed paths on the cobblestone walkway, Hua yiniang considered that xiangye had been treating her more favorably recently to stand her ground in front of Su yiniang. On the other hand, Su yiniang considered that xiangye had always cared for her over so many years and didn’t want to step aside either. Neither of them were willing to let the other pass! After that, Hua yiniang brought you up and said that you had passed on to her some of the gifts that Rong fu and Chu wangfu had given you a while ago, making Su yiniang so angry that she gave her a slap to the face! That was not all, Hua yiniang was naturally unresolved and both of them started to hit each other! But all of a sudden, someone hit Su yiniang from somewhere, making both her fall into Hua yiniang! As a result, Hua yiniang couldn’t keep her balance and hit her tummy on a flower pot! All of the servants were frozen in shock and panicked to bring Hua yiniang back to Fu Liu Yuan! By the time Liu yiniang managed to get a doctor, the child was already no more! Hua yiniang went crazy and shouted for someone to bring her to Feng He Yuan, where she started shouting and scolding at the people inside! The things she had to say were definitely unpleasant to hear. xiaojie, this kind of woman from a small family really can’t understand how to survive on a grand stage. Just because she was slightly favored, she thought that she could strut around with something precious in her belly. How can she not realize that there are plenty of jealous and bitter people hiding around in the corner?”
Yun Qian Meng listened to Mi mama’s take on the matter and lightly nodded in agreement. She continued, “Hua yiniang is certainly quite foolish, but Su Qing is just too shrewd for something like this! This incident might be someone trying to pin the blame on Su Qing! Did anyone else appear in the fu today?”
Mi mama thought for a while before exclaiming in realization, “Today, Pan Lan returned to the xiangfu to visit Su Qing! Does xiaojie suspect that it was her doing?”
Yun Qian Meng made a mysterious smile and asked instead, “Why shouldn’t we suspect her? The incident before had definitely caused Pan Lan to hate Su Qing to the bone! Even if we don’t talk about that, Pan Lan already had someone she loved, but Su Qing forced her to become a concubine for her brother, Su Yuan. With that kind of disgrace, as well as how long Pan Lan had served Su Qing before, it’s not farfetched for her to be so vicious and merciless. After all, how can she not be familiar with these kinds of dirty tricks?”
Hearing her explanation, Mi mama immediately felt that it was extremely likely!
However, Yun Qian Meng was now quite interested in Liu Han Yu’s attitude at the moment. She continued to question, “When did Liu yiniang receive the news? And when did the doctor arrive at Fu Liu Yuan?”
As Yun Qian Meng’s smile became wider, Mi mama carefully tried to recall all the details before finally answering, “As soon as they started fighting, some maids already went to report the matter, but Liu yiniang only showed up after Hua yiniang was hurt! And it was probably half an hour before a doctor entered Fu Liu Yuan!”
“It seems that she also had some dissatisfaction in her her heart!” After something like this happened, Su Qing will definitely be treated coldly by Yun Xuan Zhi. And Hua yiniang probably wouldn’t receive any favor after this either. In the end, only Liu Han Yu gets all the benefits without even needing to expend a single pawn of her own.
If she didn’t purposely tarry in finding a doctor, perhaps Hua yiniang’s child wouldn’t have been lost so easily.
The carriage steadily journeyed until they reached the gate to the xiangfu. After Yun Qian Meng got off and said goodbye to Qu Zhang Qing, Liu yiniang immediately came over and welcomed her, “da xiaojie, you are finally back! nubi has waited for a long time!”
Yun Qian Meng looked at her worried frown and smilingly said, “What’s troubling Liu yiniang so much? Are the servants not doing their jobs properly?”
Liu yiniang knew that Mi mama would have definitely explained the entire story about Hua yiniang to Yun Qian Meng. And, knowing Yun Qian Meng’s intelligence, she would definitely have figured out everything. Hence, she didn’t hide anything and approached Yun Qian Meng with a whisper, “da xiaojie, nubi was definitely selfish at the moment! But they still have a place in xiangye’s heart. If nubi rushed in headfirst, the only one who loses will be nubi!”
Yun Qian Meng saw that Liu Han Yu was actually telling her the truth through her pained expression and didn’t bother to criticize her harshly. After all, she also knew that Hua yiniang had become more and more brazen recently. If she hadn’t expected that Liu Han Yu wouldn’t dare to do anything to her, Hua yiniang wouldn’t have acted so rampantly in front of Feng He Yuan. Letting out a sigh, Yun Qian Meng just helplessly said, “Fine, let’s go to Feng He Yuan. I also want to see just how crazy Hua yiniang is acting! Oh, that’s right, does father know about this matter yet? When will he be coming back?”
“Butler Zhao is already rushing to the Imperial Court to inform xiangye, so he might be back in about half an hour!” Liu Han Yu was visibly relieved when Yun Qian Meng promised to go over to Feng He Yuan and immediately sent for a sedan to be carried over. Helping her on, they quickly set off towards Feng He Yuan.
However, before they even reached the gate, they could hear a sharp voice shrieking non-stop. Everyone also couldn’t help but frown at the words they heard.
“Stop the sedan!” Yun Qian Meng commanded before Mu Chun immediately helped her off. They stood at the bend looking at the woman shouting towards Feng He Yuan while sitting on a sedan and covered with a thin quilt. She had a hand on her waist and was pointing with the other as she shouted, causing all of the servants who passed by to stop and watch from the sidelines.
As she noticed that more and more people were gathering, the disheveled woman’s shouting became more and more unpleasant, invoking disgusted expressions from everyone there.
Yun Qian Meng saw that Hua yiniang was really being too ridiculous. Even if everyone understood the pain of losing a child, since she had married into the xiangfu, she should know that she couldn’t be so unbridled. She didn’t even think twice before spouting vulgarities, even blurting out insults for all to hear. Not just the young ladies and young maids that haven’t married, even some of the seasoned and elderly maids couldn’t help but blush in embarrassment at her terrible language!
In just a moment, everyone’s sympathy for Hua yiniang gradually transformed into disgust. Some of the servants even started gossiping amongst themselves, saying that someone who could scold and curse so vigorously didn’t seem like a person who just suffered a miscarriage. They even wondered if her prior pregnancy was all just a ruse!
At this moment, the tightly closed gates to Feng He Yuan opened suddenly. Pan Lan, dressed completely like a concubine walked out. When Hua yiniang saw her, she immediately sat up straight, almost pouncing directly at Pan Lan. Fortunately, the servants beside her quickly grabbed onto her tightly and stopped her. Otherwise, there was surely going to be another violent fight!
Pan Lan only looked coldly at Hua yiniang’s exaggerated actions and said dismissively, “Did yiniang take a proper look at your surroundings? Is this the right place for you to cause such a scene? If xiangye knows about this, you should know what serves you right!”
Pan Lan’s voice was not particularly loud, but the people who had gathered to watch the excitement all heard her clearly. Those who had come just to watch Su Qing get embarrassed quickly remembered how important Su Qing was to Yun Xuan Zhi as well as how Su Qing used to handle the fu in the past. Terrified, they dispersed immediately.
When they turned to look back, they realized that the eldest miss was actually watching the entire scene from a short distance away. Trembling in their hearts, they all bowed slightly before running away as if their lives depended on them leaving
this no man’s land.
Hua yiniang watched as the people she had managed to gather together with her big display got easily dispersed by just a few words by Pan Lan. Feeling extremely angry, she was just about to flare up when she noticed that Pan Lan was looking behind her and had respectfully bowed, saying, “nubi greets da xiaojie!”
Hearing this, Hua yiniang quickly turned around to see that Yun Qian Meng was leisurely walking over. Her heart tightened for seemingly no reason before she thought to herself that the eldest miss had given her some of the gifts that had come from Rong fu and Chu wangfu. Hence, she started sobbing and said, “nubi greets da xiaojie! da xiaojie must help nubi find justice, help nubi’s dead child find justice!”
Yun Qian Meng saw that she still didn’t understand when to restrain herself and only felt annoyed at her desperate acting. Still, her eyes remained clear as she calmly asked, “What’s the matter that can’t be properly discussed? Did you need to cause such a big scene so that everyone in the fu knows about it before you are satisfied? Also, as servants, do any of you even know how to do your jobs? Your master is still ill, but you let her come out in such a disheveled state, how could you do that? Do you want me to call the middleman and send you all out to find another place to work?”
The servants by Hua yiniang’s side had thought that Yun Qian Meng was easy to bully, and were all looking at the eldest young miss that they heard was sick for two months with mocking smiles, acting haughtily without bowing.
However, with Yun Qian Meng’s direct, severe criticism, they couldn’t help but tremble in terror. When they heard that she was going to call the middleman, they even kneeled down on both knees shamelessly, begging tearfully for Yun Qian Meng not to sell them off from the xiangfu.
After all, even though they only served a concubine, it was more or less the same thing as serving a master. Hua yiniang was also someone who tried hard to rise up in status, and had managed to gain some of xiangye’s favor in just a few months. This allowed them to pass their days rather happily. Besides, saying that they worked in the xiangfu actually gave them some dignity. But if they were sold off, and the other families heard that they were let go from the xiangfu, no one would be interested in hiring them!
With these thoughts, the servants’ sobbing only became louder, even gradually obscuring Hua yiniang’s noise!
At the moment, Hua yiniang was also completely stunned. She had thought that the eldest miss had given her the gifts to curry favor from her. But from what she had seen today, it seemed that Yun Qian Meng didn’t particularly like her at all, otherwise, why would she be scolding her servants?
Like this, Hua yiniang only felt that she was being bullied by everyone in the xiangfu. No longer caring about manners or etiquette, she sat on her sedan and slapped her thighs, sobbing loudly while scolding, “That heartless woman has her own child but was still jealous of mine! Just great, my child has been killed, and she can sleep peacefully now! That bitch should just die! Even if she manages to give birth to her child, it will surely be a retard! I curse her to have a painful death, I curse her to have a stillborn child! da xiaojie, if you help that slut, there won’t be any good……”
“Impudent!” But before Hua yiniang could finish cursing, a fierce shout was heard from the distance.
Yun Qian Meng didn’t even need to turn to look to know that Yun Xuan Zhi had just managed to rush over. Everyone hurriedly bowed to Yun Xuan Zhi with terrified expressions, and Hua yiniang’s expression was, needless to say, extremely colorful. After flipping through the various colors of the rainbow, her face finally decided on a deathly pale white.
“xiangye, nubi……”
Smack! Hua yiniang still wanted to explain, but Yun Xuan Zhi had dashed over to give her a slap. Then, he shouted with a face full of rage, “Are you stupid? You can’t even protect your own child and still dared to curse the eldest miss in front of everyone! Why don’t you take another look at your own status. Do you think that you can blame the eldest miss? benxiang sees that you’ve swallowed the gall of a bear and a leopard! Butler Zhao, get the middleman, banish Hua yiniang away from my xiangfu!”
Hua yiniang was just stunned by Yun Xuan Zhi’s slap, but when she heard him say that he was going to banish her, she immediately rolled off the sedan in a desperate plea for her life, hugging Yun Xuan Zhi’s legs while begging profusely, “xiangye, nubi knows her faults! nubi shouldn’t have been rude to da xiaojie! But nubi is innocent, if Su yiniang didn’t purposely push nubi down, nubi’s child would still be fine! xiangye, please think, nubi’s pregnancy has already passed three months, the child was already stable! It was Su yiniang’s fault, otherwise my baby wouldn’t have died so easily! Please, xiangye, think about how nubi has served you! Please have mercy and don’t banish nubi away from the xiangfu!”
After that, Hua yiniang also crawled over to Yun Qian Meng and kowtowed while begging for mercy. Finally, worried that she would be dragged away by Butler Zhao, she forcefully hugged Yun Qian Meng’s legs and cried, “da xiaojie, nubi must have gone crazy today. Please just treat what nubi said as nonsense and don’t take offense with what nubi did! nubi just lost my child and my heart was in too much pain, that’s why nubi misspoke! Please say a few things to help nubi, don’t let xiangye kick nubi out, nubi will work like an ox and a horse to repay you in my next life!”
Yun Qian Meng saw that she was able to flip around faster than one could flip through the pages of a book and sighed in amazement at just how experienced the women from ancient times were at crying and begging.
However, if Hua yiniang was really banished from the xiangfu now, the only person who gained from it would be Su Qing. Yun Qian Meng lowered her head and looked at Hua yiniang who continued crying pitifully. Seeing that her white skirt was still slightly bloody, she spoke up, saying, “Father, Hua yiniang must not have done it on purpose! If she didn’t lose her mind because of the pain of losing a child, there was no way that she would do something like that! Besides, if she was driven out of the xiangfu at such a state, what will the people say about us? They might say that father is a fickle and uncaring person! We should let her recover before we do anything else. What’s more important now is to find out exactly what happened! Liu yiniang, when something so serious happened, why didn’t you go inform zumu? If she was here, there’s no way that the courtyard would be in such a mess, right?”
Liu Han Yu, suddenly called out for questioning, saw Yun Xuan Zhi glare at her with his knifelike gaze and immediately stepped forward to answer with a small voice, “nubi already sent someone to inform laotaitai, but today, laotaitai and si xiaojie were entertaining a few young misses from other families, so she said that she didn’t have time to take care of this matter! nubi had no choice but to send others to Fu Guo gongfu and the palace to seek help from da xiaojie and xiangye!”
Yun Xuan Zhi was already extremely pissed that he had lost a child because his concubines were fighting for favor. But when he heard Liu Han Yu speak about the old madam’s attitude, he suddenly felt his heart become cold like ice. The mother and son relationship he had with the old madam vanished just as easily as his lost child.
Still, the most important thing to him right now was to find out just how everything had gone down. Yun Xuan Zhi lowered his eyes to glance at Hua yiniang who was now powerlessly crawling on the ground, wrinkling his brows to let the servants help her back to her sedan. Then, he flung his sleeves and burst into Feng He Yuan.
Hua yiniang saw that Yun Qian Meng managed to change Yun Xuan Zhi’s decision with just a few sentences and knew not to be rash any more. She also now knew that she should fear this eldest young miss!
Yun Qian Meng just glanced at Pan Lan who had not spoken since she stood to the side before she followed behind Yun Xuan Zhi and entered Feng He Yuan.
Chapter 74: Part 1: Argument in the Yuan, Xiaojie gains favor | Chu Wang Fei
Peng!
The delicately crafted door was forcefully kicked open by Yun Xuan Zhi!
The group of people rushed in with angry faces and beheld a pale-faced Su Qing lying weakly on the bed. Yun Ruo Xue wept beside her while Wang mama dabbed a cool handkerchief on her forehead. The other servants were scuttling about bringing cold water or blowing on hot tea.
When the angry party suddenly entered, the inhabitants of the room quickly scrambled into kneeling positions “Nubi greets xiangye!”
Yun Xuan Zhi took in the scene and his heart felt sorrowful and angry at the same time. If Su Qing hand just obediently stayed inside Feng He Yuan she wouldn’t have clashed with the other yinyiang. But Su Qing was not content and started to become restless, and it lead to the death of the other child, how could it not make him angry?
Moreover, Bai Shun Tang’s old madam was wholly biased towards her second son. Her second son’s two sons were already nearing the age of ruo guan. The thought of it made his expression turn cold. He was already extremely anxious before, he was only hoping for these two people to give him two sons.
But now, Su Qing directly caused the death of Hua yinyiang’s child. He immediately grabbed Su Qing from the bed to scold her. But when he saw Su Qing’s face gasping for breath, his hand stilled, he forced down the anger, and yelled at Wang mama, “I let you take care of her, and then you let her become this way? Hua yinyiang is also like this, why didn’t you call the doctor yet? Are you too old? You don’t know how to do your job anymore? Do I have to spell out every single detail?”
Then he sniffed loudly in anger, intimidating Wang mama who repeatedly kowtowed, “Xiangye, please don’t be angry anymore! Laonu’s is also very anxious, it’s just that…”
As she was speaking, Wang mama’s voice became smaller and smaller, she stole a glance at Hua yinyiang who had been lead in by the pozi. She became visibly scared and her eyes and she immediately lowered her head again. She pressed her body to floor and didn’t dare speak!
