Chapter 25: Go lie down for ten days or half a month.

And then, that was it.

You Bingyue didn't even touch a corner of Li Rou's clothes. When she reached an inch in front of Li Rou, it was as if she was blocked by something. Not only that, the invisible barrier also had a very strong rebound force.

With a bang, You Bingyue was sent flying more than ten meters away, directly out of the courtyard.

Yu Zhiyi stared in surprise at the thin figure blocking her way, not even glancing at You Bingyue.

Li Rou stared in astonishment at You Bingyue's disheveled appearance, and belatedly realized that her legs had gone weak.

Seeing the little girl trembling but stubbornly refusing to fall, Yu Zhiyi didn't know what to feel. She just patted the girl's shoulder and asked, "Are you silly?"

Li Rou turned around, revealing a smile that looked more like a grimace: "It's good that the young mistress is alright."

Yu Zhiyi lowered her eyes, suppressing the emotions in them: "Don't worry, she can't hurt me."

When Du Ziheng rushed over, he saw You Bingyue lying helplessly on the ground, and Yu Zhiyi spouting nonsense to the person next to her.

His eyes were bloodshot: "Yu Zhiyi, how dare you!"

Coincidentally, You Bingyue also managed to get up, and at the same time she shouted coldly: "You bitch, what else can you do besides resorting to underhanded tricks?! If you have the guts, then remove the defensive formation and fight me one-on-one!"

In her rage, You Bingyue's voice was so shrill that it completely drowned out Du Ziheng's words.

She didn't hear Du Ziheng's voice, and instead unleashed a torrent of words at Yu Zhiyi: "If you have the guts to seduce men, then don't hide inside like a coward!"

Du Ziheng's words stuck in his throat, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He had assumed that You Bingyue had been summoned by Yu Zhiyi, but after witnessing Yu Zhiyi's abilities, he was afraid that You Bingyue would suffer a loss.

In fact, You Bingyue did suffer a loss.

But it seems that it wasn't the kind of loss he thought he was in, where he was being suppressed and beaten, but rather the loss he suffered after trying to provoke someone and getting beaten up instead.

silence.

Silence is Cambridge tonight.

He looked up and saw Yu Zhiyi's disdainful gaze.

He opened his mouth, about to say something, but Yu Zhiyi turned around, and at the same time the courtyard gate closed from the inside.

Bang!

The sound of the two doors closing was like two heavy slaps to the face.

"Yu Zhiyi, are you feeling guilty? Open the door for me!"

Yu Bingyue didn't notice the person behind her. She endured the excruciating pain that felt like her internal organs were being shattered and continued to shout.

However, due to the defensive formation, she did not dare to go forward again.

Looking at the shrewish woman, Du Ziheng suddenly felt that he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Yu Zhiyi didn't pay attention to what was happening outside, nor did she care how Du Ziheng persuaded You Bingyue to leave. All she knew was that this woman had been provoking her time and time again, and she was annoyed.

She intended to keep to herself and avoid conflict, but the other party clearly didn't appreciate it.

Since that's the case, go to bed for a few days and reflect on your actions.

The backlash from the formation this time is not as mild as it was a few days ago.

"Li Rou, go find Aunt Wen later and tell her that I'm short-handed and ask her to train Pan'er as soon as possible. I'm still waiting to use her."

Li Rou accepted the order and left.

She was too lazy to deal with You Bingyue herself, but she also didn't want the other person to come and cause trouble every day, so... she decided to give the other person something to do.

Aunt Wen received Li Rou's message, and although she didn't understand why, she still intensified her training of Yu Pan'er.

The young mistress said that Yu Pan'er should be trained in managing the household.

But Yu Pan'er's abilities are too poor.

Putting everything else aside, her illiteracy alone is enough to end her career as a housekeeper.

After all, as the mistress's confidantes, which one wasn't an expert at welcoming and seeing off guests? Moreover, they had to be familiar with the accounts; even if they couldn't be omniscient, they at least had to be able to understand and record them.

An illiterate person naturally cannot do this.

So she hired someone to teach Yu Pan'er to recognize and write characters.

Yu Pan'er is already sixteen years old and has basically settled down. She never liked studying before, so how could she possibly study now?

After three days of learning, she couldn't even recognize a few characters, let alone write them.

The female teacher was so angry that she slapped her palms eight times in three days.

At night, Yu Pan'er looked at her red palms, feeling the burning pain, and her eyes blazed with resentment and hatred: "That bitch, she just can't stand to see me have an easy time! What do you mean by making me learn to be a housekeeper? She's clearly just trying to make things difficult for me!"

She looked down on Yu Zhiyi for two reasons: first, because the other was not the real daughter of the Yu family; and second, because everyone's parents were ordinary people, so why could Yu Zhiyi transform into a young lady of the Yu family and enjoy wealth and luxury, while she could only serve others?

If she is also a master...

Her eyes lit up.

Yes, if she becomes the master, she won't have to do these messy things anymore, nor will she need to serve others.

Although given her current status, she can only be a concubine for the time being, but!

That utterly worthless imposter was utterly useless; even a peasant girl could ride on her neck and defecate and urinate there.

She's seen it all, the shady dealings of the inner quarters. It would be a piece of cake for her to take down an incompetent imposter and an ignorant peasant girl.

Perfect timing! Now, besides reading and writing, she doesn't have to do anything else every day, so she has plenty of time to "bump into" the young master!

Yu Zhiyi didn't need to specifically send someone to supervise Yu Pan'er to know what she was planning, and she was very much looking forward to it.

You Bingyue will have to stay in bed for at least ten days, which is a great opportunity.

Hopefully, this girl won't disappoint her.

Just then, an excited voice rang in my ears: "Miss, Miss!"

Zi Yuan was away for two days, and on the third day she excitedly returned to Linfeng Pavilion.

Yu Zhiyi could tell from her excited expression that she had done a good job, but she still asked, "How was it?"

"Thanks to your brilliant strategies, those shopkeepers are now completely obedient!"

The Du family's businesses were mostly located in Shengjing and several surrounding counties, totaling more than twenty shops of various sizes.

When the twenty-odd managers saw that it was just a little maid who had come, they didn't take Ziyuan seriously at all.

Let alone Ziyuan, even if the young mistress Yu Zhiyi went, they wouldn't give her a second glance. At most, they would be respectful on the surface, but in reality, they would probably look down on her.

Having been by Yu Zhiyi's side for so many years, Zi Yuan had long been accustomed to all kinds of disrespectful faces, so how could she not see their disrespect?

Without wasting words, she immediately played her trump card.

As she made accusations, she found the real account book in the dressing table in the gold shop manager's outer room, which completely shut the gold shop manager down. The managers were so flustered that they lost all their temper.

As a result, the subsequent work proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

“Miss, we have collected a total of 15,400 taels of silver and 500 taels of gold this time. I have checked the ledgers and there are no problems.”

Yu Zhiyi chuckled: "Those monkeys, seeing the chickens being slaughtered, are all afraid that they'll be next, so naturally they're incredibly obedient."

She quickly scanned the ledger, made sure there were no problems, and then took the ledger to Yimei Garden.

Coincidentally, Du Ziheng was also there.

At that time, Du Ziheng was talking to Yao Shi: "With the imperial examination approaching, I want to focus on my studies and have no interest in managing the shops for the time being. Bingyue is capable and decisive, and I think I will hand them over to her to manage after she recovers."

Upon seeing Yu Zhiyi, Du Ziheng appeared somewhat uneasy.

Yu Zhiyi didn't even look at him. Seeing that the mother and son were talking, she wanted to go back first, but Yao said, "It's alright, Yi'er, stay and listen to what this unfilial son is saying."

Du Ziheng: "..."

I suddenly find myself unable to continue.

Yu Zhiyi wasn't initially interested, but seeing Du Ziheng's ashamed and indignant expression, she changed her mind: "Okay."