Chapter 196: Indenture
Without the crown prince, and with Xiao Jingzhan removed from the list, Song Zichuan's name would never be among Zhu Yingyan's choices.
Zhu Yingyan was worried about leaving this matter to someone else, as Qiufen was not ready to leave.
Qiufen shook her head and argued with Zhu Yingyan:
"Miss, I am a useless person."
"Only if I stop meeting Mr. Song can I wake up and stop having improper thoughts about him."
"But if I meet Mr. Song from time to time like before, I will definitely be confused and do wrong things."
"It's not a pity for me to die. What if I make mistakes and harm Miss?"
"Then I will die with all my heart."
Qiufen was really tough today. She said she would not meet Song Zichuan and
she would not meet him anymore. Zhu Yingyan's orders as a young lady were useless. She
was scolded so badly by Zhu Yingyan just now. If she was stupid again and continued to follow orders,
she would become a short-lived ghost in the future.
Qiufen insisted, and Zhu Yingyan's threats were useless. Even punishment was used, but Qiufen still refused to change her mind.
Seeing Qiufen's behavior, Zhu Yingyan was angry and simply demoted
Qiufen's status from a first-class maid to a third-class maid, making her a rough maid who did cleaning.
Qiufen naturally did not dare to resist, but just accepted her fate honestly and refused to ask Zhu Yingyan for mercy. In
fact, Qiufen's family handled so many private matters for Zhu Yingyan and earned a lot of money.
Qiufen's parents wanted to redeem their daughter, but Qiufen and Yijia refused.
Qiufen wanted to stay with Zhu Yingyan in order to find a better husband in the future.
But there is Song Zichuan, a ready-made candidate, and she will accept him no matter if he is a concubine or a maid.
Yijia thought that as long as Qiufen works for Zhu Yingyan,
he will have plenty of opportunities to do things for Zhu Yingyan in the future, and he will definitely have a chance to come to the fore.
When the current incident happened, Qiufen completely changed her mind.
It is better to redeem this body.
Even if she is a wild girl from the countryside, she dare not compare with the eldest lady.
When the eldest lady was dealing with the second lady, she was ruthless and never treated the second lady as her own sister.
The eldest lady also calculated a lot when dealing with the lady, her own mother.
But the lady only loved the eldest lady and ignored the second lady.
If you think about it, this Zhu Mansion is just a pile of mud, dirty and messy. It is better
for me to redeem my parents as soon as possible, so as to avoid being trapped in Zhu Mansion and never being able to return.
It is rare that my daughter has thought clearly and does not want to be a slave. My son's opposition is useless.
With three votes against one, Qiufen's family redeemed Qiufen at an extremely fast speed.
When Zhu Xuntao knew about this, Qiufen had already returned home with her parents and became a good person again.
Zhu Yingyan was very dissatisfied with this and went directly to find Mrs. Sun:
"Mother, Qiufen is my maid. Why didn't anyone tell my daughter about such a big thing as her redemption?"
If she knew, it would be impossible for Qiufen to redeem herself.
Wouldn't it be better to do it for her?
As long as she protects him, she guarantees that Yijia will have a good future, and even Qiufen will be able to marry into a good family in the future.
Without Song Zichuan, she had plenty of good things to do for Qiufen.
Seeing her beloved daughter lose her temper, Madam Sun was still puzzled:
"Madame Li told me that you hate Qiufen and dislike her for being clumsy."
"Since you don't like her and she hasn't made any big mistakes, our family is not a heartless place, so naturally we agreed to her request for redemption."
This is a common thing. Madam Sun didn't think there was anything wrong before this.
"Why don't I like Qiufen?!"
"She is the eldest maid by my side!"
She is the most trusted maid!
Shouldn't she be the only one who has the final say on the stay or departure of a maid like Qiufen?
Thinking of something, Zhu Yingyan's face turned pale:
"Mother, don't tell me that Qiufen's indenture has always been with you and you have never given it to your daughter?"
If Qiufen's indenture was in her hands, it would be useless even if her mother agreed to redeem her.
Madam Sun stood up and touched Zhu Yingyan's forehead:
"Yan'er, what's wrong with you? You are starting to talk nonsense."
"It's you who thinks it's troublesome to manage the indenture of the servant. I gave you the indenture of the servant in your room a long time ago, but you gave it back to me and insisted that I take care of it for you."
Madam Sun would play tricks on everyone in the world, except Zhu Yingyan.
But because Zhu Yingyan knew this too well, the young Zhu Yingyan simply pushed all the things to Madam Sun, letting Madam Sun take care of it for her so that she could feel more relaxed.
In her previous life, she became the prince's woman and then realized that it was so important who was in charge of the indentures of the people who served her. When she
was just reborn in this life, Zhu Yingyan hated the prince so much that she
didn't think about the indentures for a while.
Later, as time went by and the people in the Zhu Mansion had never held her back in her previous life, she couldn't remember it anymore.
Until now, she was shocked that she had overlooked such an important point.
If Qiufen hadn't been redeemed, I'm afraid she wouldn't have remembered it yet.
"So that's how it is. It turns out that Qiufen's indenture has never been in my hands."
After knowing this, Zhu Yingyan realized that
Qiufen had no courage to confront her this time.
It turned out that this situation was already within Qiufen's calculations.
But she, as the master, was still being foolish, waiting for Qiufen to suffer and admit her mistakes.
Be loyal to yourself and learn to obey orders.
"Miss, the Madam is not well yet, don't make a fuss for a maid."
When Li Mama saw Zhu Yingyan coming to look for Madam Sun, she couldn't help but frown.
"What's your attitude?"
"I haven't settled the score with you about Qiufen yet, and now you dare to act wildly in front of me, and you don't take me, the eldest lady, seriously at all!"
As she said that, Zhu Yingyan was furious and wanted to hit Li Mama.
Although Qiufen's indenture was in Madam Sun's hands, Zhu Yingyan didn't believe that Li Mama had no hand in this.
Li Mama didn't say anything, so how could her mother think that she hated Qiufen?
With Qiufen's status, it was not easy for her to run to her mother to beg for mercy.
Therefore, the fact that Qiufen was redeemed must be the work of Nanny Li.
"Yan'er, what are you going to do? She is Nanny Li!"
Madam Sun grabbed Zhu Yingyan's hand and asked her to calm down.
Nanny Li has been serving Madam Sun since she was a girl, so her relationship with Madam Sun is naturally different.
"So what if she is Nanny Li, she is still a useless old woman."
"Otherwise, how could her status be higher than that of my daughter, a young lady?"
"Do you want me to bow and give way to her when we meet in the future?"