Chapter 99 from start to finish

  Fu Yiyang left from the main building.

  Lu Xiang came in with a lingering fear, helped Su Ying sit up and gave her a big pillow to support her waist, saying softly: "The master has called in Gui and Sun to ask questions, and also carried out many items from the warehouse, I saw that they seemed to be the ones given by the old lady before, and when leaving, he also called Sun."

  "Help me get up and wash." Su Ying had been lying in bed for a day, since everything was already set up, this play could only be performed well.

  "Yes."

  Su Ying sat in front of the dressing table, her face pale in the mirror, only her eyes were bright, and she didn't look listless.

  It's said that this face has some resemblance to her original one, otherwise, when looking in the mirror again, wouldn't she feel especially strange and uncomfortable - the self reflected in the mirror is a completely different face.

  Guī yíng yíng hóng zhe yǎn jing cóng wài miàn jìn lái, jiē guò lú huì shǒu zhōng de mù shān.

  Translation:

  Guiying's eyes were red as she came in from outside and took the wooden comb from Luhui's hand.

  "Is the mistress hungry? There's porridge simmering in the kitchen, I'll go take a look." Lu Hui knew that Gui Yatou and Su Ying had something to say, so she took the opportunity to slip away, leaving the room to Su Ying and Gui Yatou.

  "Madam, we've finally made it through." Su Ying's black hair was deftly styled into a high bun by Gui Yatou, who spoke with tears streaming down her face.

  Su Ying rummaged through her makeup box and handed a golden five-color butterfly hairpin to Gui Momo, saying somewhat helplessly: "Mother, stop crying. With Fu'er and Lu'er around, I have something to rely on. It's just that I shouldn't have been plotted against by someone who wants me dead."

  "This matter was exposed by Mrs. Dai and Bai Lu, but it's just a matter of time. It's said that the heavens are fair and the cycle is good, but in the end, it's just human nature to calculate goodness. Su Ying would not tolerate someone who deliberately plots to harm her and her child."

  If Fu Yiyang still endures it like last time, Su Ying really doesn't mind taking matters into her own hands.

  Su Ying pinned the double-brooch chicken heart pendant small silver hairpin to her temples, and softly asked: "Has Master taken Granny Sun to the upper house?"

  Gu Yan's mother was still pondering the profound meaning of Su Ying's previous words, and now being asked by Su Ying, she quickly wiped away her tears. She gave a positive response, and then sighed: "After all, the old lady is the old master's biological mother..."

  It has always been that only parents scolding or even selling their children is a matter of course, but turning it around is absolutely impermissible, especially for people like them.

  Su Ying sneered: "The old lady's meticulous plan. Wanting the second house to inherit the title, although favoritism towards the second master is one aspect, but what's most important isn't it for her own glory, to secure a high position in the Yongwu Marquis' manor?"

  "The second house's usurpation of the title is not legitimate, and it can only rely on the old lady's support. The second house can only rely on her everywhere, like worshiping a Bodhisattva. But now that the old master has succeeded to the title, he has the ability, and what the old lady fears most is that after the old master completely takes control of the Hou Mansion, she will be reduced to a mere figurehead with no real power."

  Su Ying said casually while opening the multi-grid makeup box. There were seven or eight small ceramic boxes filled with rouge and powder.

  Su Ying was taken aback for a moment, she had only casually mentioned it last time, and the rouge was almost used up. As a result, someone sent over several boxes the next day.

  Su Ying closed the lid of her dressing box and continued, "I didn't want to take the life of that child who was not destined for me. Isn't she most concerned about her dignity? Then let's take away all the dignity she holds dear, so she won't have the ability to harm Fu Er and Lu Er again."

  Madam Guan sighed and finally said, "I still hope you can live a good life with Master." Mingming was still the same person she had taken care of since childhood, but it seemed that after her miscarriage, many new ideas had emerged in her mind. Originally, she thought that having a son would solidify her position and make her relationship with Master as smooth as oil and honey.

  In her heart, she was still a proud person. Gu Yatou didn't want to see her return to the kind of days she had before, with Mrs. Tu's dignity and honor, swallowing who knows how much bitterness behind her back.

  Su Ying adjusted the eight-treasured hairpin on her temple, stood up lightly and nimbly, with a flying expression between her eyebrows, and smiled: "I already know."

  Upper house

  Camellia took the key to the warehouse, opened the door, and lowered her head. Things had come to this point, even if she didn't know anything about it, just because she was the old lady's personal maid, she would definitely not be able to escape.

  The cuckoo is still afraid in her heart. As soon as she thinks of the egret's miserable state, she feels cold all over and can't help but shiver.

  Fu Yiyang didn't have the heart to pretend anymore, "Go ahead and check, Auntie Sun, don't worry about anything else." His tone was light but made people tremble. Auntie Sun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, trying her best to hold back, so that her voice wouldn't sound fearful and trembling.

  Fu Yiyang turned around and walked towards his mother's bedroom. He didn't walk quickly, but his footsteps were very steady.

  It turned out that his wife's mother had already laid the seeds of trouble when she married him, no wonder before marrying him, his wife was healthy but couldn't get pregnant, at that time he even blamed his wife for being physically incompetent.

  She finally became pregnant, but it was not because of overwork or neglecting the fetus that led to a miscarriage. Instead, it was due to an object given by her mother-in-law that caused the miscarriage. The culprit is still his mother.

  Unexpectedly, before this, although he had already lost affection for his mother, he never thought that his mother would be so ruthless, strangling his offspring to death, and using every means to torment his wife, even wanting to come up with such a vicious plan to humiliate her. Fu Yeyang almost couldn't withstand such a heavy blow.

  Fu Yiyang dismissed the maid who was attending to his mother in her room. No one knew what the mother and son talked about inside, but when Dujuan went in to attend to her later, she found Fu's mother lying on the bed, seemingly asleep.

  Du Juan clenched her fists, swallowed hard, and called out to Old Lady Fu in a trembling voice. When there was no response, Du Juan hesitantly stretched out her index finger and placed it under Old Lady Fu's nose. Feeling that she still had breath, Du Juan let out a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the ground, her legs giving way beneath her.

  Fu Yiyang arrived at the hospital, Su Ying was gently teasing Fu Er, making the little guy giggle, the innocent laughter made people's hearts involuntarily soften.

  Su Ying seemed to have not noticed Fu Yeyang's arrival, and Bo He Zhang was about to remind her. She was pulled by Lu Hui, silently kneeling towards Fu Yeyang.

  Fu Yiyang looked at his wife, who was wearing a new bright red cloud-patterned satin jacket with intricate embroidery and makeup that covered up her illness, as she walked two steps inside.

  Su Ying let the wet nurse take Fu Lu's twins back to the house. Luhui and Bohen also followed down, Luhui frowned with worry and looked inside, closing the door.

  Fu Yiyang didn't say a word and directly sat down in front of the couch. He also didn't look at Su Ying.

  Su Ying was too lazy to do anything else, and if it were in the past when the so-called main task was still there, Su Ying would not have been so arrogant. Thinking back to the time of the Cui Qing Xiang incident, she was scolded by Fu Mu as a poisonous woman, hit her head against the pillar, and had her house ransacked. She endured such great humiliation, and even when venting her grievances, it was only after getting drunk, using drunken words to vent for a while.

  Now. Let her endure it again. How embarrassing. She won't play along anymore.

  Fu Yiyang didn't speak, and Su Ying accompanied him without opening his mouth. After a long time, he looked straight at Su Ying's eyes and asked slowly: "Why didn't you tell me?"

  Su Ying listened to this and thought it was a joke, so she asked him back: "Which thing are you referring to? Is it the bowl and dish that the old lady gave me when I entered the mansion, which had been soaked in medicine, causing me not to get pregnant for many years? Or is it the decorative piece that the old lady gave me, which caused me to have a miscarriage? Or is it that after I finally got pregnant again, the old lady still didn't change her ways and gave me another decorative piece that had been soaked in medicine? Or maybe even the medicine she gave me had something added to it? Sir, which one do you want me to tell you about? You have to make it clear!"

  Before Fu Yiyang could speak, Su Ying laughed again, with infinite sarcasm: "Even if I had told you at the time, would you have believed me?"

  "It's also, I've lived for 21 years and still can't believe that there are such vicious women in this world. Especially when this woman is a mother, I'm an outsider so I can understand, but she even doesn't spare the unborn fetus, it's unbelievable if you tell others!"

  Su Ying's sarcastic tone made Fu Yeyang involuntarily frown, he clenched his fists and said in a heavy tone: "I owe you an apology."

  Su Ying was taken aback, and she couldn't help but find his apology somewhat amusing, yet she couldn't bring herself to smile. She softened her tone, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and her bright smile made Fu Yeyang feel particularly uncomfortable.

  "What have I done to wrong you, old master? Is it because you think I've implicated you in the schemes of the old madam? Hehe, then please tell me who was the mastermind behind yesterday's plot against me! Was it the old madam?"

  Her tone was very affirmative.

  Fu Yiyang suddenly opened his eyes wide, and he involuntarily looked at Su Ying. His gaze was as if he had never recognized the person beside him before. She had never been so aggressive, and the sarcasm in her eyes pained his own. His throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton, and he couldn't utter any words to refute her.

  Su Ying smiled and casually sat down on the other side of the plum blossom table, poured herself a cup of tea from the teapot, slowly took two sips, then said slowly: "Perhaps before today, you would have been very curious why I thought it was an old lady, but thinking about it now, you should be clear, huh?"

  Yes, from the moment the daughter-in-law arrived, she started causing trouble, and now there's nothing that can't be done.

  Fu Yiyang suddenly spoke up: "The old lady is ill, from now on no one is allowed to disturb her easily." His expression was full of fatigue, as if saying this sentence had cost him all his strength.

  Su Ying said softly: "What's gone is gone and will never come back."

  Fu Yiyang suddenly felt a sour nose, he supported himself on the table, his head lowered even further.

  Su Ying put down the Rain Over Sky Blue tea cup in her hand, and said with a hint of nonchalance: "Actually, you don't have to be so self-reproachful. I'm not some kind of benevolent person either. Since discovering that Old Lady was secretly harming me, I never planned on swallowing this bitter grudge. At the time, I vowed that sooner or later, she would pay the price."

  "Don't say any more, I don't want to hear it." Fu Yeyang suddenly interrupted Su Ying's words, his voice steady and powerful. "Let bygones be bygones, let's live a good life from now on..."

  "Fu, Yi, Yang," Su Ying stared straight into Fu Yi Yang's eyes, calling his name one word at a time. "Over? How can it be so easily over just because you say it is?"

  "That wife who thought her husband was the sky and could be coaxed with a few soft words has long been dead! She died a year ago!" Su Ying couldn't help but spit it out, she stood up, "Do you know how she died? She was driven to death by all of you!"

  "The old lady is vicious, causing the young lady to be unable to give birth to children and suffering a miscarriage. She was also bullied by others, having her spine pierced, this is one; You, sir, favor your concubine over your wife, before your legitimate son was born, you had an illegitimate daughter, how can you still claim to be strict with rules? This is what you call being strict with rules, if it wasn't for your tacit consent back then, how would Wei have been able to give birth to the child? This is two; As for three, Wei's arrogance relies on what? Doesn't it rely on your favor and the big girl born under your favor? Do you know, sir, what people used to call Wei in private? Little wife!"

  Fu Yiyang was taken aback and asked Su Ying in a hoarse voice: "...... From start to finish, is this how you've seen me?"

  "Are you not like that? What did I say wrong?" Su Ying questioned him, "You ask yourself, when the eldest lady married into the Hou Mansion. As a legitimate wife, what is she lacking? She can't give birth to a legitimate son. Is it that she doesn't want to? Is it that she can't? Serving you and serving the old lady with all her might. What did she get in return? You dote on Wei Shi, she stays in the main courtyard not daring to cause trouble or offend anyone. She only regards herself as a decoration, is this how she has ever treated Wei Shi poorly? Even if Wei Shi's daughter is just a concubine-born girl, even if she doesn't treat her like her own, she still treats her well. Go ask, which family's concubine-born daughter can receive such treatment?"

  "The child was born prematurely, how many times have you come to see her? When she was lingering on her sickbed, thinking that it was her own negligence that failed to keep the child safe, but then found out that it was actually the old lady who had been serving her like a cow and a horse who was behind it all. From that moment on, the virtuous, generous, filial, and gentle lady died!"

  Fu Yiyang's eyes turned red from being questioned repeatedly by her, but he didn't have much confidence to begin with. However, his gaze fell on Su Ying's face, which had a cold smile, and his emotions became unstable. He clenched his fists and said in a low tone: "In the past, I was wrong to you, but this year, I've been trying my best to make it up to you. We also have Fu Chen and Fu Yun now, what more do you want?"

  "So, is it that for the past year you haven't truly put me in your heart? No matter what I say or do, are you actually indifferent and don't care? Or have you been using insincere words to placate me?" Fu Yeyang's voice suddenly rose, with anger that couldn't be concealed in his words. "You're not willing to believe me, not even half a true word, is this the duty of being a wife?"

  Fu Yi hadn't noticed Su Ying's choice of words when she spoke.

  Su Ying abruptly distanced herself from Fu Yeyang, "Her true heart has long been trampled by you to the point of nothingness!" She took a deep breath, pulled out the eight-treasured hairpin that was swaying back and forth on her head and threw it aside, "Forget it, I no longer have the right to accuse you of past matters."

  "You want me to tell you about this year? Fine, I'll let you know what I've been through in the past year. Anyway, today I was going to clear everything up with you!"

  "Last year when the old lady was celebrating her birthday, it was originally supposed to be you and Chen Wanqiu who were going to be framed, but Chen Wanqiu found out ahead of time and told me, so I turned the tables and switched the targets to Fu Xueyang and Chen Wancheng!"

  Fu Yiyang subconsciously spoke for Su Ying: "The second master and the third madam had secretly colluded long ago, even if there was no such thing, maybe in the future they would... I've already investigated this matter," he glanced at Su Ying and said dejectedly, "Forget it."

  Su Ying raised an eyebrow, somewhat disapprovingly, and said: "The downgrade of the imperial edict was my doing behind the scenes, and the downfall of the Chen and Hou families was orchestrated by my father."

  Fu Yiyang smiled bitterly: "Originally, the matter of Ping's wife was not worth mentioning, and the censor's impeachment was reasonable."

  Su Ying lowered her head, and this person really knew how to avoid danger zones. She said lightly: "Do you know? When I gave birth to Fu'er and Lu'er, a midwife's family suddenly got rich overnight. I found out about it and followed up on the investigation. Guess who helped the midwife?"

  Fu Yiyang's breathing became deep and painful, he opened his mouth with difficulty: "Why didn't you tell me!"

  "This problem has come again." Su Ying thought in her heart, however, that after careful consideration, she seemed to have really suffered a lot of grievances. The culprit was only solved by her now and was still alive and well. She had really lost out, all because of the system!

  "Let's not talk about my empty words, even if I present evidence, what would you do? I don't believe you haven't investigated anything yourself, but how did you handle it? You downplayed the big things and made small things disappear, pretending nothing happened. If it weren't for the more shocking things that are now in front of you, wouldn't you still be pretending nothing happened and continuing to act like a dutiful son?"

  Su Ying let out a cold laugh: "No, there's also the matter of yesterday. Tell me, if today hadn't exposed the truth about Old Lady poisoning me to make me infertile, making me miscarry, and putting Second Madam's unborn child in danger, what would you have done?"

  "Don't you think that since I'm now safe and sound, Fu'er and Lu'er are also safe and sound, so you think those existing hurts don't exist?"

  Fu Yiyang clenched his fists.

  "Look, I won't always be so lucky to find a way out or have someone to help me. Rather than waiting for your mother to put me to death at some unknown time, and not even Fu'er and Lu'er will be able to save me, I must do something!"

  Su Ying's voice gradually became icy, "Today's incident was me secretly manipulating from behind the scenes, and Bai He was also bought by me. Even if it means risking everything, I don't want to put myself and my children in danger again."

  After finishing speaking, Su Ying coldly looked at Fu Ye Yang, "Fu Ye Yang, ask yourself. What have you done in all of this?"

  Fu Yiyang suddenly lifted his head, his eyes reddening: "What do you want me to do? Kill my mother?"

  Su Ying was silent.

  "I can't do it." Fu Yeyang said these few words with difficulty, a bitter sweetness rising in his throat that he suppressed.

  "Yes, you can't. " Su Ying's tone was flat, with a hint of "as expected". "So, I'm not a good person, no need to mention compensation. But what about Fu Er and Lu Er, that child who was born without a fate?"

  Even if she talks openly with Fu Yiyang now, people are inherently selfish, and she can't just let Fu's mother off so easily.

  Su Ying had said almost everything she wanted to say, and seeing Fu Yiyang's dispirited appearance made her feel a bit uncomfortable. She pursed the corner of her mouth, stood up, and said: "It's getting late, you have an early court session tomorrow, so go get some rest."

  Su Ying had just finished speaking, and she wanted to slap herself. She absolutely said it smoothly, deciding to add a sentence: "Think about what I said earlier, anyway, I won't give up so easily."

  "Why are you saying these things?" Fu Yeyang had long lost his former spirit, and he didn't even notice that his tone still carried a hint of pleading.

  Su Ying's mouth curled up, "I, of course, don't want to be considered weak and vulnerable anymore. Who knows what kind of danger is waiting for me next time? As for other things, you can also think that I don't want to pretend to get along with you anymore. What's the point of us two being together when our faces and hearts are not in harmony?"

  Fu Yiyang said in a low voice: "You can't think of letting me go!"

  "Hehe, spare me the trouble, you can just pretend nothing happened and continue to dote on your concubine while neglecting your wife like before." Su Ying said nonchalantly. "Release Wei Shi, use her to bear you more sons and daughters, and let your whole family live happily in the Southern Courtyard."

  "Wei, if you're not satisfied with the current situation, you can also take in a new concubine. For example, that Pan Ruyue who calls you 'Yi older brother' is so gentle and lovely, with a slender figure like a flower. You can bring her in after the selection of imperial consorts."

  "Nonsense!" Fu Yeyang subconsciously frowned and retorted.

  Su Ying slightly raised her chin, nonchalant. "No need to see me off."

  For some reason, seeing Fu Houye's reaction after her words was like a breath of fresh air for Su Ying.

  Fu Yiyang remained silent for a long time, so long that Su Ying thought he might not leave after all. He covered his chest and stood up, opening his mouth to speak, but when he met Su Ying's eyes, which were devoid of any warmth or affection, he swallowed his words back down.

  "Take a good rest." With that, the old master went off to his study with an air of nonchalance.

  After Fu Yiyang went out, Su Ying picked up the Baibao hairpin that had been thrown aside earlier with a wooden face, and then heard the maid's exclamation outside. "Master! Master!"

  Fu Da Houye stumbled and fell when he was about to leave the room, hitting his head on the ground and losing consciousness.

  Gu Yan's anxious running back and forth, when Su Ying and Fu Ye were discussing in private earlier, everyone else was driven away by Gu Yan, who stood guard outside the door. When the two of them didn't notice the volume, Gu Yan vaguely heard some things, it was because she heard that, so she was nervous.

  Jian Su Ying was still standing there, and Gui's mother didn't say a word as she drove her away to take care of Fu Ye Yang who was lying in bed. "Go quickly, I'll go see if the doctor has arrived."

  Su Ying: “……” How come she still has a servant's fate until now.

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