Chapter 70: Turning Against Each Other

  Search; Yongping is also a one-ask-three-don't-know, he might know something, but it's complicated and not good to tell Su Ying, just like a chick with its neck pinched, that's called bitter.

  Su Ying's eyebrows furrowed even tighter: "I don't even know what happened, how can I persuade Master?"

  Yongping knelt down: "Madam, it's not that I don't want to say, but actually..." The master doesn't allow me to speak!

  Su Ying was speechless, and it seemed that she had been pushed out to collide with Master Fu's gun. She looked up at the tightly closed study door. Su Ying kept rubbing her fingers, thinking that according to Fu Yiyang's strong self-esteem, he wouldn't want to see anyone else at this time, so she didn't need to go forward and ask for trouble.

  Su Ying stopped talking, and Yong Ping lowered his head even further. The master didn't speak, so he didn't dare to remind him, and sweat broke out on his forehead but he didn't dare to wipe it away.

  "From last night till now, Master has been busy and hasn't even had a bite to eat. I was worried, so I asked the small kitchen to prepare a few dishes." As Su Ying spoke, Lu Hui came over and handed the food box to Yongping's hands, then asked: "How many years have you followed Master?"

  Yongping couldn't quite grasp what Su Ying meant, took the food box over, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hung his head saying: "I've been serving Master since I was young, it's been fifteen years now."

  "Hmm, you're a loyal one." Su Ying glanced at him, "Take good care of the old master, some things can't be spread outside, so let's just drop it."

  Even Su Ying, this wife, can't know who is involved in this, isn't it obvious? Su Ying stroked her waist and didn't go to the study room to do anything with Ruo Yu Hua, using her broad mind to comfort Master's wounds.

  This time, as expected, the truth will also be buried.

  Back to the main courtyard, Zi Su brought a bowl of sour plum soup. Su Ying stared at the floral pattern on the bowl for a while, and after a long time, she took a sip of the sour plum soup. The taste of the sour plum soup suppressed the faint feeling of annoyance that had risen in her heart.

  Lü Hu still had a worried heart, his mind racing with guesses about what the mistress was thinking. They were already outside the study, so why didn't they go in? "Mistress, shall I send someone to ask again?"

  The taste of being deceived is really bad. Su Ying pursed her lips and said, "Let's take a look at what's going on with the old lady."

  often?

  And then Su Ying left, Yongping carried the lunch box with a bitter face, wishing he could slap himself in the head. What kind of business was this? He hadn't pleased the old master, and on the other hand, he had offended the madam!

  He glanced around the study again, gritted his teeth and wiped away a bead of sweat. Just as he reached the door, he heard Fu Yeyang's cold voice, like ice shards, coming from inside, particularly chilling in this sweltering season: "Yongping, roll in here and attend to me!"

  Yongping rolled in, bringing a lunch box with him.

  As he entered the study, he took a glance and saw that it was in disarray. Yongping looked up at Fu Yeyang and said, "The mistress knows you're busy and haven't eaten yet, so she specially sent over a food box. Would you like to eat something? It would be better for me to report back to the mistress, so she won't worry."

  If it were before, Yongping would not have brought Su Ying out basically. He had been serving Fu Yeyang since he was a child and understood his temper clearly. Before that, he didn't have much contact with the madam. On the contrary, Wei Niang tried every means to win him over, knowing that the madam was a dignified person but not liked by the old master, and respected her instead.

  When he first learned that his wife had a miscarriage, Yongping sighed in his heart. He thought that the Zhengyuan would be like this from now on, but unexpectedly, Madam's temperament seemed to have softened a lot. When Fu Yeyang opened the private warehouse and let him go deliver things to the Zhengyuan, he thought that the wind direction of the lower house was about to change.

  Yongping also couldn't have imagined that the old master would have such a glorious day, he served Fu Yeyang closely and knew more clearly that the old master had taken many things from his private storage. Thinking of this, Yongping secretly wondered, in these six months, the old master has been favoring only one person, the mistress, almost exclusively doting on her, even when Wei Niang was favored, it wasn't like this.

  He was still pondering the deeper meaning of Su Ying's words earlier, when he suddenly felt Fu Yeyang's cold gaze piercing through him. Yongping's palms began to sweat, and just then, Fu Yeyang asked: "Has Madam come?"

  Yongping shrank his head and didn't dare to conceal it: "I have committed a crime, seeing that you are not comfortable, I took the liberty of inviting Madam."

  Fu Yiyang's face sank, and he thought that even if he had eaten a leopard's gallbladder, he wouldn't dare to reveal the matter to Su Ying. But Su Ying didn't come over to ask, which made Fu Yiyang feel somewhat guilty. This matter couldn't be revealed at all; family scandals shouldn't be spread outside, and even if his arm was broken, he would still have to hide it in his sleeve. He forced himself to suppress the depression in his heart, but seeing Su Ying's drooping head, he felt annoyed and thought: "What a troublesome servant!"

  Half a day passed without Fu Yiyang responding, Yongping lowered his head even further, and it wasn't until after a good while that he heard the person sitting behind the desk let out a sigh and ordered him to clean up the study.

  Yongping narrowly escaped with his life and as he walked out of the study door, he thought to himself that from now on, he would tightly cling to his wife's thigh.

  Fu Yiyang himself was a bit upset and vented for a while, but he really was hungry. Yesterday, Su Ying's delicious meat dish was just about to be served when someone called him away, and he didn't sleep all night. When breakfast was served, this gentleman had no appetite, so he just drank a bowl of porridge before rushing off to court. Despite his poor complexion, nothing out of the ordinary happened during the court session.

  He returned to his study, willing to vent as he pleased, but he had always been introverted. Every time he felt uneasy in his heart, he would often write with his head down. It was rare for him to sweep everything off the desk like this, let alone smash things.

  Su Ying instructed the small kitchen to make it according to Fu Ye's taste, and the porridge that clears the heart and fire is also real. After eating his fill, Fu Ye's mood improved a little.

  After tidying up the study, Yongping walked in with his head hung low and took a glance at Fu Yeyang sitting at the top. He thought to himself that this master's mood was probably better now. He turned his head and made eye contact with a young servant on one side, signaling him to go inform the main courtyard.

  This little fellow was also clever and immediately went to deliver a message to the main hall.

  Yongping turned his head and saw Fu Yeyang staring at him with a gloomy expression, so he shrank his neck like a quail. However, Fu Yeyang didn't say anything to him, and Yongping felt a bit relieved in his heart, thinking that not being scolded meant he wasn't being blamed for being nosy.

  Although Fu Yiyang pinched some things that he didn't want to spread outside, what happened on the surface couldn't be hidden. Let alone Su Ying's control over the entire Hou Mansion's rear house increased, and after a little inquiry, only a few words were returned to Su Ying, piecing together the general situation.

  To put it bluntly, the whole thing is about the fight between the second wife and the concubine in the backyard. The third wife almost had a miscarriage when she came out of Wang's house, which shocked Fu's mother. Something bad for pregnant women was found in Wang's room.

  Wang Yiniang said she was wronged, and her words were also very reasonable: "If something happened to the third wife in my house, everyone would think that I couldn't avoid blame. How could such a thing be easily found? Anyone with discerning eyes can see that it's being used to frame me."

  "I don't know how it ended up being about Madame Chen, but: 'Madame has no ability and can only use despicable means to keep the masters around, and yet she wants to use my hands to get rid of the flesh in Third Madame's belly. What a ruthless heart! I am after all the noble concubine hired by Master, and my family is also an official one. Even if I am just a concubine, it's not like I'm someone who can be trampled on like this. Please, Old Madam and Master, judge for yourselves.'"

  "Madam Chen was furious: 'How dare you! You're clearly hiding something. Your mind is full of malice. You want to harm the master's own flesh and blood, and the evidence is all here. You're still trying to talk your way out of this and even slander me? Who gave you the nerve? Your father was just a low-ranking official, and you have the face to call yourself an aristocratic family? I'm ashamed for you!'"

  She never thought that poor Second Master was still a bachelor until now.

  Madam Chen again cried to Old Lady Fu Xueyang, "Even if not for the sake of my reputation as the second wife, just for the sake of my sister who almost lost her unborn child, we can't let this wicked woman off lightly!"

  Mrs. Fu had just comforted the third madam who almost miscarried, and was scolded by them until her head hurt. At this time, Fu Xiyang kicked his two legs and rushed over, adding fuel to the fire, making things even more chaotic.

  The doctor came over to diagnose. After saying a lot of nonsense, everyone was confused, but Mrs. Chen was impatient and asked directly: "What's the disease?"

  The doctor vaguely explained that it was not another illness, but mainly due to frequent sex leading to kidney deficiency.

  Madam Chen was furious upon hearing this. Can't they be more discreet in her house? She scolded the maids loudly: "You stupid and shameless women, you're all going to die a terrible death! You've corrupted all the good masters, you deserve to be sold off!"

  There were also two people who had been sent to comfort Fu Xueyang after his mother was burned to death in the amber, and they were all counted together. Fu's mother looked even more ugly than before, and she stared fiercely at Chen Furen, who was showing off her power.

  Fu's mother still held power, and when she gave Chen a stern look, Chen initially shrank back out of conditioned reflex. But after thinking about it, she felt even more indignant. At this time, the old lady was still favoring those few seductive women. Besides, as the legitimate wife of the master, she couldn't be scolded by those lowly maids, so she let out a loud shout from her throat.

  "Can't the old lady just let these fox spirits off lightly? The second house was fine, but they've made it all dark and gloomy. Now even the master is like this, these fox spirits can't be kept any longer, especially that suspicious one with an unknown origin, who has even brought disaster to the master's study. If word gets out, it'll make a laughing stock of our second master!"

  Madam Chen herself had finished yelling and didn't even bother to look at Madam Fu's face, she just let the servant come over and tie up those who were annoying her, waiting for dawn the next day to sell them off. Especially the two slender and seductive ones that Madam Fu had sent over earlier, relying on Madam Fu's authority to act presumptuously, not putting on a good appearance, and hadn't caused less trouble for Madam Chen.

  This time finally found an opportunity, how can Mrs. Chen let it go.

  Fu's mother was so angry that her temples were throbbing, and she scolded Chen Furen: "Every day you only know how to stare at some trivial matters, but you don't even take good care of your husband. Now he's sick and you're not taking care of him, instead you're using this opportunity to show off your power as the second wife, what a ridiculous sight!"

  Fu's mother was angry that Madam Chen dared to show off in front of her, making the second house a mess, and yet she didn't hear any rumors about it in the main house. This made Fu's mother even more dissatisfied, and now she used this incident as an excuse to vent her anger at Madam Chen.

  Madam Chen's face turned red with rage, and seeing that the woman who was pulling those servant girls didn't move again, she became even more furious. Pointing at the women, she scolded: "What's going on? Are my master's words no longer effective now? Don't you dare take them away, or else they'll pollute this place. If something bad happens to Master Er, I'll skin you all alive!"

  Those two old women were scolded by Mrs. Chen with red eyes and didn't dare to make a sound, although they had been in a difficult position because of the old lady's dark face before, but from now on they would be living under Mrs. Chen's thumb, so they hastily nodded and pushed away the few maids who didn't dare to speak and retreated.

  Fu's mother was about to get angry, her eyes slanted, and she said lightly to the white egret beside her: "What are you still doing here? Useless thing, such a big thing happened and you only came to report it to me now. Do you think I'm old and useless, can't even control others, let alone you?"

  Fu's mother's words were clearly a veiled insult, and Madame Chen heard them loud and clear. The handkerchief in her hand was almost torn to shreds, but she smoothed it out and placed her hand on her belly. Her period was already several days late, and she suspected that she might be pregnant.

  At this time, Feicui came to see Madame Chen's face looking very bad, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The doctor is inside giving the old master a pulse diagnosis, Madam, do you think he will diagnose it?" Feicui was Madame Chen's confidante, and Madame Chen had entrusted her with handling some matters that she couldn't handle herself. When Fu Xuyang came over, Madame Chen used some tactics to keep him here, which Feicui naturally knew about.

  Fu Xueyang is now ill. Feicui's heart naturally panicked. Afraid of being found out by Madam Chen, if this were to be known, Madam Chen's reputation would be ruined, and as her personal maid, she couldn't escape either.

  Madam Chen clenched her fist, and her heart also rose with it, but she couldn't panic now. "You quickly go and get rid of that thing," no, Madam Chen thought of that crazy Wang's wife again, one plan failed and another was born, "Bury the thing outside Wang's wife's house."

  Jade naturally understood Mrs. Chen's meaning and hurriedly avoided the crowd, doing what Mrs. Chen had said.

  Originally, the medicine that nearly caused Third Madame to miscarry was found in Wang shi's room. According to Fu mother's importance on Third Madame's unborn child, Wang shi had nothing to say for herself and her future days would not be good either.

  Madam Chen, however, had to go and add insult to injury. The jade shoe was in her hand, but unfortunately, it was seen by Wang's wife. Wang's wife hated Madam Chen to death. She was certain that Madam Chen had framed her, and even if she didn't like the child that Third Mistress was carrying, she wasn't stupid enough to leave evidence behind.

  Caught the jade ghost sneaking around, it's easy to say, let people take the jade to see Fu Mu.

  Seeing the emerald being twisted, Madame Chen's face turned white immediately. Fu Mu understood a little as soon as she saw it. She was resentful of Madame Chen for not being able to make good use of her, but no matter what, Madame Chen was still her niece from her maternal family. Originally, because of Chen Wanqing's affair, there was already a rift between them and their maternal family, and they couldn't let this rift expand further.

  Fu's mother can call the wind and rain in the Hou Mansion, enjoying the highest honor. Firstly, all of Old Master Hou's sons were born from her womb, and now Fu Yeyang has inherited the title and is filial to her; secondly, she had a high status in her natal family, although the Chen family cannot compare with the noble title of the Fu family, but after all, they also have an hereditary title, which is also one of the reasons why Fu's mother looks down on the Su family.

  Mrs. Chen felt a sudden emptiness in her chest, closed her eyes and fainted.

  From this point on, she and Fu Xueyang are indeed a couple. Mrs. Fu scolded herself in her heart for being an idiot, but still had someone help Chen's wife up and called the obstetrician from the third madam to take Chen's wife's pulse.

  The doctor took Madame Chen's pulse and diagnosed a slippery pulse, meaning that Madame Chen was pregnant, about one month along.

  Madam Chen was sent away to rest, and Wang's mother-in-law was punished by Madam Fu to be confined at home.

  The two houses were originally shrouded in a haze of gloom, and it was fortunate that Lady Fu had come to take charge, but just as she was about to exert her authority, a series of unfortunate events occurred one after another. Although Lady Fu's prestige still lingered, it had weakened considerably with the passage of time.

  When Fu Yiyang arrived, he immediately restrained the subordinates from panicking and soon everyone was busy in an orderly manner. This is the aura of a family leader!

  This matter was handled by Fu Mu, who was more handy than Fu Yeyang. However, she made a mistake with Feicui, and that aphrodisiac incense was the same one used on Fu Xuyang and Chen Wanning that day. It turns out that it's also related to the doctor often used by the Hou Mansion, who is the same doctor, with a deep impression.

  This is going to be fun.

  From the time Madame Chen was diagnosed with pregnancy and Wang's mother-in-law was confined at home, what happened next is not for outsiders to know.

  Su Ying roughly pieced together the outline of events, and it was also around this time. But if that were really the case, Fu Yeyang would still have blown up in such a big way, and he would still be saying something like "can't say" with an air of trying to cover it up. Su Ying smiled slightly, since the great master had already made some indication about it, she also pretended not to know that so-called "unspeakable secret".

  But Su Ying couldn't just stand by and do nothing, even though she was pregnant with twins and lacked energy. After all, she was now the mistress of the house. Although in the past, Su Ying didn't like to interfere with the second wife's side, but this matter involved the inner courtyard, so she couldn't let Fu Yeyang handle it herself. If something got out, it would be the entire Hou Mansion that would be slandered.

  Even if Su Ying didn't mind, and was secretly pleased, she still wouldn't want others to question her ability as a housekeeper. But thinking about it again, it's really rare that Madam Fu didn't summon her over.

  Su Ying leaned against the autumn-colored pillow, and Gui Yatou returned from outside after a busy circle. Bai Zhi hurriedly went to pour her a cup of tea, and Gui Yatou thanked her and drank the tea before mentioning what Su Ying had entrusted her with earlier. "Fortunately, many of the family's children who are of suitable age have already been taught some rules, and those vacancies were filled by selecting from among these people according to the old example."

  Obviously, Gui's aunt also received Fu Yiyang's instructions in advance. When Su Ying was thinking about things, Fu Yiyang didn't idle around and was doing the final work for this matter.

  Although everything that should be pressed down has been pressed down, things still need to be done. Fu Yeyang's appearance in handling the back house can be counted on one hand, with a very majestic and powerful momentum. Madam Fu didn't even have time to intervene, those slaves who were implicated were beaten, sold, or driven away to the farm, without any mercy, each with their own reason, not allowing for any distinction.

  Also thinking of the doctor saying Fu Xueyang's illness, Fu Yeyang's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, private life was actually so lax, making the back house hazy and smoky, it was really too unreasonable!

  Fu Yiyang thought of his mother's usual favoritism towards Fu Xueyang, and thinking of their actions, he couldn't help but feel a surge of inexplicable anger and slammed his fist on the table.

  The voice outside was clear and distinct, Yongping tucked his tail in, wishing he could make himself a background board. At this time, hearing the voice, he couldn't help but go in to serve, not even daring to breathe loudly. Yongping's heart was bitter, but his face still had a smiling expression as he asked: "Madam just sent someone to ask, sir, do you want to go over for lunch?"

  From start to finish, Fu Yiyang didn't communicate with Su Ying at all, and he handled the matter on his own. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and he didn't want Su Ying to worry about this annoying thing, let alone that it involved some "unspeakable secrets". With a strong sense of self-respect, he wouldn't take the initiative to tell Su Ying.

  When Yongping asked this, Fu Yiyang took a deep breath, put down the pen in his hand, and said after a long time: "Go to Zhengyuan."

  When they arrived at the hospital, Fu Yiyang saw Su Ying's smiling face with her bulging belly, and her eyebrows finally relaxed a bit. She forced a smile, which was even worse than not smiling at all.

  Fu Yiyang didn't say anything, but Su Ying couldn't help asking, "This matter still troubles Old Lady, it's my fault. Originally, those things were all under my responsibility, and at the very least, there was also Gui to assist me."

  Because she mentioned Fu Mu, Fu Yiyang felt a bit uneasy and coughed with his hand covering his mouth: "This has nothing to do with you, Second Brother and the people in his house have no limits, making a big fuss, it's really unbearable!"

  "Mother's place," Fu Yeyang said after pursing the corners of his mouth, "was upset yesterday and is not feeling well. She needs to calm down and take care of herself. In these two or three months when I'm not around, don't bother her unnecessarily."

  Su Ying was taken aback, what did this mean? She pretended not to understand and asked back: "Is the old lady seriously ill?"

  Fu Yiyang really is considering Su Ying and the child in her belly, but finding such an excuse makes him feel a bit awkward. What kind of son curses his own mother to fall ill? But Fu Yiyang still came up with this lame reason.

  Being countered by Su Ying, he felt a bit embarrassed, and grasped Su Ying's hand slightly: "I'll take care of those things, don't worry about it anymore, just listen to me." Fu Ye Yang's way of thinking was simple, if he said not to let Su Ying worry, then he wouldn't let her worry, especially since he felt that his wife had suffered so much injustice recently because of him.

  Fu Yiyang stared at Su Ying's bulging belly, still not feeling reassured, thinking that it would be better to invite her former nanny, Qi Nian, back to take care of her.

  Su Ying pretended to be confused and listened to Fu Yiyang, it was good for Su Ying that Madam Fu didn't come out to make trouble. She took a glance at Fu Yiyang, had they become enemies?

  Haha, she loves watching this kind of play the most.