Chapter 102: Piercing Eyes Like Gold

  Looking at Fu Yeyang, who was no longer hiding her words, and her dazzling eyes, Fu Yeyang felt inexplicably annoyed. He somewhat uncomfortably averted his gaze, his lips moving as he wanted to say "I didn't mean to maliciously speculate about you".

  It can't be denied that when Fu Yang heard about his mother's serious illness, the resentment he felt towards Su Ying yesterday surfaced again. Now, it was pierced by Su Ying's simple words, and she even gave him a good reason, making Fu Yang feel somewhat embarrassed in his heart.

  Fu Yiyang didn't say anything.

  Su Ying unknowingly let out a soft sigh: "Master has the time to come here and interrogate me, why not go upstairs first to see the old lady who's fallen ill again?"

  Su Ying used the word "again", which was full of meaning. Who knows if this old lady is not resorting to her old tricks again, pretending to be ill in order to show off her unique position in the Hou Mansion?

  Fu Yiyang clenched his fists and looked at Su Ying, but Su Ying had already lowered her eyes and stopped looking at him. The few small dishes on the small table were still neatly arranged, not a single chopstick had been moved.

  Fu Yiyang didn't say a word, and quickly walked out of the house. The soft curtain with flowers on it was probably slammed too hard, and the silver hooks hanging on both sides were shaking along with it.

  Su Ying's eyelids didn't even lift, but she heard Fu Yeyang say outside: "Since the lady is ill, take good care of her."

  Su Ying was taken aback, and after reacting, she realized that Fu Yeyang was helping her get out of trouble, so she pursed her lips.

  Zisu brought over a bowl of chicken noodle congee and hesitated for a moment before saying: "The mistress isn't going to the upper floor, is that okay?"

  Su Ying's attention was all on the chicken porridge emitting a nose-twitching aroma, and she said carelessly: "The old lady doesn't lack my filial piety as a daughter-in-law, let alone you see, Second Madam and Third Madam shouldn't be in a hurry to go either."

  Fu Yiyang walked quickly to the upper house. The yard was no longer stained with the blood that had flowed all over the ground yesterday, and even the pillars were scrubbed clean, but somehow Fu Yiyang felt the bloody smell lingering on his nose, refusing to disperse for a long time.

  Fu Yiyang found Dujuan and asked her about the situation. Dujuan wiped away tears: "The old lady went to bed early, got up once in the middle of the night, and this morning I heard the old lady's voice. I thought the old lady was getting up, so I came in to serve her. Who would have thought that the old lady couldn't even speak clearly? I didn't dare to delay, so I immediately sent someone to find the old lady's maid to invite a doctor."

  Just then, the imperial physician arrived.

  When Fu Mu woke up, the imperial physician had already left. Fu Yeyang and Fu Xueyang were not by her bedside either, so all she could see was Du Juan's mournful expression.

  Fu's mother was very displeased, she wasn't even dead yet. Who is this performance for! But her mouth still wouldn't listen to orders. Mumbling unclearly, her mouth couldn't close and saliva actually flowed out.

  Fu's mother had never suffered such humiliation, and with the half of her body that could still move, she pulled at the curtains. Du Juan couldn't help but wipe away tears, "Old lady, the doctor has examined you, this is a stroke, you need to take medicine and get injections, you can recover, don't worry."

  Yes, the old lady of the Yongwu Marquis's estate... had a stroke and was paralyzed!

  The doctors all said that she was overthinking and got stimulated, which led to her stroke. Half of her body is now paralyzed, and it's likely that she'll be like this from now on.

  Bai Ji suppressed her joy and came in to tell Su Ying about it, while Zi Su was changing the dressing on Su Ying's hand - she didn't use the medicine given by Chen Wanqiu, but instead used aloe vera and peppermint, and the one on her hand was made by the system, which was painless and itchless, just wrapped in gauze.

  "The old lady is paralyzed, she's paralyzed."

  "Oh." Su Ying's expression remained unchanged, seemingly unaffected by the news of Fu Mu's stroke. She asked again: "How is Wen Yu?"

  Bai Zhi restrained her joyful expression and said: "The doctor says it's just a cold, drinking a few doses of medicine will cure it."

  Su Ying nodded to show that she understood, and the wet nurse brought the well-fed twins, Fu Lu, to Su Ying's side. Fu Er saw Su Ying and wanted her to hold him, but Su Ying didn't hold him, so he pouted and looked like he was about to cry.

  "Little clever guy." Su Ying took an embroidered ball and shook it in front of Fu Er, the ball had a few small bells on it, shaking and ringing, teasing the little guy's grape-like eyes to follow the ball as it turned around.

  The young master thought to himself that he also wanted to learn and imitate, and unconsciously sucked his fingers into his mouth. The wet nurse hurriedly and gently pulled out his fingers and wiped away the drool with a cotton cloth.

  Su Ying shook the embroidered ball over and said in a spoiled tone, "Lu Er is really not obedient, didn't I say you can't eat your fingers?"

  Lucky felt a deep malice in the spoiled tone, but his childlike instincts took over and he couldn't help but listen to the clear sound of the bell. Next to him was a real kid, Tongtong, chattering away in a childish language, trying to get attention. Lucky also opened his small mouth and made two "yiya" sounds.

  Just finished, and met Su Yun's ambiguous gaze, Lu Wa clenched her small fist, it's really being bullied for being young, waaah.

  Compared with Su Ying's indifferent attitude here, Er Fang seems more sincere.

  "Overthinking? I think it's... " Heartless and ruthless, the last few words were mumbled by Mrs. Chen, "This time, the old lady really suffered a great deal, supporting me to the small Buddhist hall, to burn incense sticks, and let the Bodhisattva bless the old lady to suffer less."

  Suffer less, but it's not an early recovery.

  Third Mistress saw Madame Chen being led to the small Buddhist shrine through the window, couldn't help but giggle, and twisted the handkerchief in her hand into a tangled mess.

  Compared to Mrs. Chen, who only felt comfortable in her heart, the third wife thought more about it. The old lady Fu was a mountain pressing on her body, and now that this mountain has been overturned, she should be able to breathe a sigh of relief. If she's not happy in her heart, that's fake.

  It's worth thinking about the days to come, Fu Xueyang is still single until now, and also because of the marriage with his wife last year, he was demoted by the Emperor. Originally, it was all arranged by Mrs. Fu for him, although in the end it was a waste of effort, not only did they fail to get the chicken, but they also lost a jar of rice.

  No matter what, with Old Lady Fu presiding over the household, the second branch of the family had some confidence. But now that Old Lady Fu has passed away, Third Madame thought about how she would have to rely on Eldest Madame in the future and felt as if a stone was stuck in her chest, even her breathing became somewhat labored.

  On the one hand, she felt resentful. She was born into a higher family than the first wife. Now she had to fawn on someone who was not as well-born as herself but married better and was now living more comfortably than herself. Third Madame felt indignant about this. How could it be said that she and Madame Chen were sisters from the same womb?

  On the other hand, she felt guilty. In the past, the third madam had not been afraid to bully Su Ying, relying on Fu Mu's prestige to oppose her everywhere. She had also repeatedly lost face in front of the servants, and now she felt ashamed to lean over again.

  Chen Wan'ning thought too much and felt that Fu Xueyang was not making progress, and her heart still had some resentment.

  Liu Yiniang was still busy in the main courtyard, Su Ying didn't explicitly tell her to leave, so Liu Yiniang pretended not to know. Since Fu Yeyang wasn't in the main courtyard, Liu Yiniang went to Su Ying and offered herself as a substitute for the night.

  Su Ying was directing Bai Zhi to cut a few branches of peach blossoms that were about to bloom and put them in a slender-necked vase. Before she could speak, Liu Niang had already paid her respects. Half-kneeling and not yet standing up, she said with shame: "I, your servant, have not fulfilled my duties. It's really shameful."

  "What's going on here?" Su Ying raised an eyebrow, and the smile on her face cooled down.

  Madam Liu stiffened, turning the words over in her mouth twice. "Ma'am..." Madam Liu looked up at Su Ying with a hint of expectation, but Su Ying was not oblivious to what she was asking for. With a cold tone, she said: "You just need to serve Master well, that's all you need to do, I don't need you to go out of your way here."

  Liu Yiniang stepped out, replaying Su Ying's words over and over in her mind, but she couldn't make up her mind. Catching sight of Fu Yeyang entering, she immediately went to greet him without stopping.

  Fu Yiyang was already in a bad mood, frowning as he came in. When he saw Liu Niangniang, who had changed out of the pink dress she wore yesterday and into a bright green, gold-flowered, silver-blue bordered one, his eyes were again offended. He forced down his anger and said coldly, "Didn't I tell you to go back? From now on, there's no need for you to come to the main courtyard unless it's absolutely necessary."

  After saying that, he didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Niang who was stunned on the spot and walked into Su Ying's temporary residence with big strides. He lifted the soft curtain and said to himself: "The imperial physician said that Mother was overthinking and got stimulated, so she had a stroke."

  Su Ying raised her eyelids, somewhat embarrassed and furrowed her brow, speaking as usual with a hint of sarcasm: "What reaction does Master want me to give? Should I applaud with joy or be evasive?"

  Fu Yiyang also came over, walking up and pinching Su Qing's wrist, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth: "Is this what you call being dutiful?"

  Su Ying raised her head and stared straight into Fu Yeyang's eyes, her voice hoarse as she retorted: "I'm not a cheap skull, if someone slaps my left cheek, I shouldn't offer my right cheek to be slapped again!"

  "Ah!" Fu Yeyang's eyes were about to turn red, and from outside came Yongping's voice: "Master and mistress, the woman from the north courtyard has come to report that Liyue is gone."

  Su Ying also stopped struggling and didn't pretend in front of Fu Yiyang, coldly saying: "Dead? Dying is really a bargain for her."

  Fu Yiyang was taken aback by her words, subconsciously releasing his grip on her wrist. He glanced at the red mark on her pale wrist and looked away uncomfortably, asking: "What's going on?"

  This was originally a question for Su Ying, but the outsider Yongping didn't know that and thought it was directed at him. He lowered his head, swallowed some saliva, and replied: "The woman in charge of the North Wing heard the noise inside, opened the door to take a look, and saw Liyue hanging herself. She said she had already stopped breathing."

  Fu Yiyang furrowed his brow to look at Su Ying, but saw that she had an indifferent expression, and then thought of what she said earlier, "Do you know what's going on?"

  "You shouldn't ask if Lianyue was harmed by me." Su Ying didn't want to tell him what had happened, so she called in Bai Zhi: "Help me get cleaned up, I'll go take a look."

  Fu Yiyang's eyebrows were tightly furrowed: "You're still ill, what are you going to that inauspicious place for? I'll let Yongping go and take care of it."

  Su Ying was really surprised, wondering if his attitude was trusting her that nothing had happened, or thinking that even if she did it, he would only think it was a small matter and help her clean up. Su Ying thought for a moment, feeling that the second possibility was greater, and then smiled and said: "Wen Yu had a fever yesterday, at first I thought it was acne. What a coincidence?"

  After finishing, she didn't care about Fu Yeyang. After washing and dressing, Zi Su found a light honey-colored orange wide-edged cloak for her to wear. As soon as Su Ying walked out, she bumped into Fu Yeyang who was pursing his lips with a cold face. She paused for a moment, raised her hand to rub her eyebrows: "Wait until I come back and talk to you then."

  Her tone was also affirmative, Fu Yiyang would wait for her to explain, and not wait for Fu Yiyang's reaction, she went out. Bai Zhi and Zi Su quickly knelt down to Fu Yiyang and followed up.

  The North House had been deserted for a long time, the main gate was already sealed, leaving only a side door. The meals were all prepared outside and sent in by the old woman who kept watch, easy to enter but hard to leave.

  At first, when sending Wei Yiniang and Lihua in, there wasn't even a small maid. At the time, Su Ying's intention was to let Lihua serve Wei Yiniang. However, at that time, not even Su Ying had thought of this. Now that things have turned out like this, they can still come up with such tricks, especially Lihua - she really underestimated her.

  The old woman guarding the door was already waiting at the entrance, trembling with fear. When she saw Su Ying arrive, she knelt down on the bluestone ground with a thud and said: "Speak, what's going on?"

  The old woman didn't expect that she would have to work so hard for the mistress, her heart was racing. Originally, this job wasn't going to bring any benefits anyway. Fortunately, in daily life, she could still get some benefits from them. There were still some gains to be made, but who would have thought that someone would actually die inside, this is really unlucky!

  The person didn't die just this morning. It's been a while since she cooled down, how would she know what happened inside? Staring at Su Ying's gaze, he was so scared that his voice trembled: "The old lady came to deliver food in the morning, called out to Liyue several times but got no response, and only discovered her hanging from the beam after entering."

  Su Ying said "oh" and when she was about to leave, she added: "But you've gained a lot of benefits, haven't you?"

  The old woman was so frightened that her teeth chattered, and she immediately forgot everything else and wanted to kowtow for mercy. However, Su Ying didn't listen and walked past her into the house. It was Bai Ji who said, "Madam hasn't punished you, just get up."

  The old woman's wailing suddenly stopped. Bai Ji pouted and quickly followed Su Ying, entering through the side door.

  This yard can't compare to the South Yard of the past, when we first brought Wei Niang and Li Yue in, we could only make do with the original furniture and tidy up two rooms, there's nothing else, it's really not as good as sending them to the Zhuangzi.

  Wei Yiniang has not been well since being kicked by Fu Yiyang and vomiting blood. At first, it was said that she was bedridden, but in fact, she was just under house arrest. At that time, she was lying down, more than half of which was pretending to be pitied or hiding her shame. From the favored concubine of the past to being under house arrest now, with her child taken away and herself being discarded, it's strange if she didn't think too much about it.

  Later on, she gradually became bedridden and didn't go out anymore. Her body gradually lost strength. Later on, she was really abandoned by Fu Yiyang. Wei Niang had truly fallen ill, her body was always unwell, every day taking medicine from the medicine stove to drink, even when they moved to Beiyuan it didn't stop.

  Even Su Jing didn't think that Wei Yiniang could still hold on, and had the strength to be used as a gun, bravely rushing forward and colliding with the muzzle of Su Jing's gun. She was determined to sacrifice herself to pull Su Jing down from his horse, and this bravery made Su Jing admire her greatly.

  Su Ying just wanted to go in and take a look, but was stopped by Bai Zhi. "Madam, it's unlucky in there, you'd better not go in." Besides, the dead person's appearance wasn't pleasant to look at.

  "What about him?"

  The old woman who was guarding the door had just escaped with her life and was no longer shaking so much. When Su Ying asked, she quickly replied: "I didn't dare to touch anything, I immediately came back to report to you, this child has changed clothes and is lying on the bed."

  Su Ying narrowed her eyes and glanced at the old woman, saying lightly: "Take everything away, burn it all clean, this house probably can't be lived in anymore."

  The old woman was startled and indeed something was amiss here. In her heart, she secretly regretted snatching Liyue's bangle so quickly, it was really too unlucky!

  Sun Ayi came out of the small cottage where Wei Yiniang lived, shook her head at Su Ying, and Su Ying lowered her eyes and walked towards Wei Yiniang's house.

  The room was dimly lit, with no heating inside, only a charcoal brazier had been lit, and the charcoal in it was about to burn out. The old woman's forehead was covered in cold sweat, but she didn't dare wipe it off with her sleeve, instead, she smiled and added a few more pieces of charcoal while panting.

  Su Ying still wore a thick cotton-padded jacket, and her cloak hadn't been removed, but she didn't feel cold. Wei Yiniang lay on the bed, covered with several quilts, so thin that she was almost unrecognizable.

  Su Ying blinked, suddenly remembering when she first came here last year, she was also lying in bed with a gaunt face, and even getting up felt laborious, the grey defeat between her eyebrows was unbearable even for herself.

  At that time, Gui's aunt couldn't stop Wei's wife from entering the inner room to visit. Su Ying still remembered that she was wearing a pink dress with a white collar and a straight skirt at that time. Inside, however, it was a bright red undergarment that dazzled the eyes. The lower part of her body was also dressed in a bright red skirt. A large, colorful phoenix hairpin was inserted diagonally on her temple, with three strands extending to the top of her head. The phoenix's mouth held a string of crimson beads, swaying gently, truly an indescribable charm.

  At that time, Su Ying was still thinking, this is the gentle and elegant appearance she should have had. Who would have thought that she would also change from a charming and flirtatious aunt to a dignified and generous wife who could only swallow her bitterness?

  But now, the wheel of fortune has turned.

  The servant brought over a pear-wood carved flower chair, and on top of it was placed a square piece of fox fur as a cushion. Su Huan sat down. The two maidservants stood on either side, suddenly feeling like they were in a TV drama, with themselves playing the role of the evil and cruel lady of the house, while Wei Niang was the favored concubine being bullied by the evil lady.

  Mother, thread the needle.

  As she thought about it, Su Ying's hand, which was holding onto her cloak, paused, and she really disgusted herself.

  Su Ying is now running out of patience, and the tolerance she had for Wei Niang's antics before was only because Wei Niang hadn't crossed her bottom line yet, and she had the ability to deal with her. But now she understands that some people just can't be tolerated, they need to be knocked down once and for all, so they can never get back up again.

  Su Ying saw Wei's wife with a gentle smile, clearly awake for some time but still pretending to be asleep, leaning against the back of the chair. With a hint of majesty, her lips curled up into a half-smile: "Wei Shi, do you know why I came looking for you today?"

  "Hehe, isn't the lady here to laugh at me?" Wei's wife said in a hoarse voice, like the sound of a bellows being pulled, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time.

  "You're right." Su Ying agreed, feeling more and more like a vicious villain, but somehow it felt quite fitting. "In the past, you, Wei Shi, were so glorious, not only raising Old Master's only child, but also pushing the first wife to the corner. Tsk, tsk, look at now, paralyzed in bed, unable to move, and no one even talks to you, no, the last person who could talk to you, Li Yue, even hung herself."

  Wei's aunt was unmoved.

  Su Ying also felt it didn't matter and continued: "Do you know why Li Yue was so desperate that she went to seek death?"

  Wei's aunt grasped her quilt and coldly laughed: "Wasn't it you, Madam, who drove him to death?"

  Su Ying brushed off the wind, stood up, and hung a malicious smile at the corner of her mouth. She walked two steps to Wei Niang's bedside and stopped, looking down on her with disdain. "Come to think of it, I should thank her too. With her help, I got rid of someone who has been making me sick for a long time. Guess who that person is?"

  Without giving Wei Yiniang time to react, Su Ying continued to say lightly: "Before the eldest son was born, a illegitimate eldest daughter was born who didn't follow the rules, trampling on the face of the first wife and being ridiculed by others, having her spine pierced!"

  Wei's aunt's eyes suddenly narrowed, her already pale face turned ferocious, and she bared her teeth and shouted: "What have you done to my elder daughter!"

  Su Ying clapped her hands, and Sun Ayi immediately brought over a box. Su Ying took the box and showed the embroidered pouch inside to Wei Niangniang, who stared blankly and said: "This... I made it for Big Miss, how did it end up with you?"

  Su Ying raised an eyebrow: "This pouch contains dirty things, and Wen Yu got a fever after wearing it. Hehe, Wei Shi, even a tiger wouldn't eat its own child, how could you bear to harm your own biological daughter?"

  Su Ying secretly sucked her tongue, she was really too into the play.

  Wei's aunt was like a madman, shaking her head wildly on the bed, tears streaming down, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me!"

  "Is it Lixue that cheap woman? Is it her, right?"

  "That's why I said thank you to her," Su Ying took a step back, "She originally wanted to use your hands to pass this dirty thing to the eldest girl, and then use the eldest girl to infect my child with the disease. Unfortunately, she didn't expect that I had completely prevented the eldest girl from approaching my child, destined to disappoint her."

  "Wei, it's your fault for being so gullible and trusting others. You're even helping them count their money after they've cheated you."

  Su Ying didn't think that Li Yue could still stir up trouble in this situation, but Wei Yiniang had already been fooled once by hiding things in the main courtyard, and everything had to pass through Sun Momo's sharp eyes first. The problematic handbag was destroyed early on. What Su Ying held in her hand was just a fake one, anyway, Wei Yiniang's old eyes were dim and couldn't see clearly.

  "Please, madam, save Wen'er, save her. I'll do anything you want, I'll be your servant, I'll do all the chores for you. Madam, I'm kowtowing to you, I only have her left. Please, please." Wei's wife was crying uncontrollably, struggling to get down from the bed and falling to the ground, not caring about her disheveled appearance, begging incoherently.

  ps：

  Thank you for finding Yuqin children's shoes, muah muah ~~