The next day.
The Marquis of Zhenbei's residence.
"Wanglai, go and bring the food from the kitchen."
Wang Lai is a servant of the Marquis of Zhenbei. After learning yesterday that the Marquis of Zhenbei had been imprisoned, he was temporarily summoned by Zou Shuang'er to serve him.
Wang Lai stood to one side, looking distressed, and said, "Madam, all the maids and servants in the manor are gone, where will we get food?"
"Now, in this manor, there are only the personal maids of the four concubines, Guihe who guards the gate, the maids by your side, and myself."
"From now on, I'm afraid I'll have to cook for myself."
Upon hearing this, Zou Shuang'er's face lit up with anger. She reached out, grabbed the teacup beside her, and smashed it over Wang Lai's head.
"You dog of a servant, you want me to cook? Don't you have hands?"
Wang Lai, his head covered in bumps and bleeding profusely from Zou Shuang'er's blows, endured the pain and said:
"Madam, Master is coming out today, and tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I have a lot to prepare."
Zou Shuang'er was sitting on a small wooden chair.
This wooden chair was moved from the woodshed; otherwise, she wouldn't even have a place to sit.
If only she had known, she shouldn't have let Master Xuanchan come to her courtyard to check the feng shui last time. Now the Marquis's mansion is smashed to pieces, and there isn't a single good spot left.
It's just an empty shell.
"And... now the manor has run out of food."
"No more? How could that be? I clearly remember the master using his salary to have the servants buy it."
For some reason, Zou Shuang'er always felt that this road was getting narrower and narrower.
"Madam, when the maid left, all the food and vegetables in the kitchen were taken away. Now there is only water."
Zou Shuang'er gripped the handkerchief tightly.
It's Ye Lanyin again!
It must have been Ye Lanyin who did this!
"Go to the old lady and tell her that the household is out of grain and ask her for money to buy more."
"yes."
After Wanglai responded, he went to the old lady's Yufu Hall.
The old lady had just returned from the brink of death last night, and upon hearing Wanglai's words, she fainted again.
Wang Lai was extremely nervous.
He hurriedly ran to Zou Shuang'er's courtyard.
"Madam, something terrible has happened! The old lady has fainted again."
"What?"
Zou Shuang'er was planning to swindle a few taels of silver from the old lady, but unexpectedly, she failed to swindle any silver and fainted again.
Yesterday, she took out her own savings to hire a doctor for her.
"Madam, please fetch a doctor quickly!"
Zou Wanqing came out of the house.
"Mother, why has Grandmother fainted again?"
"Who knows, that old geezer might as well just die, he's a cheap commodity that I'd pay to get rid of!"
“Mother, if Grandmother dies, Father will definitely blame you when he comes back. If Father finds out that you didn’t save her, he will be very angry.”
She touched her cheek; the slap he gave her yesterday still hurt.
She clenched her fists tightly.
One day, she will have to leave the Marquis's mansion!
This damned, dilapidated manor is not as comfortable as when her mother was a mistress!
Zou Shuang'er sighed and glared angrily at the maid beside her.
"Xianglan, take one tael of silver to hire the cheapest doctor."
Xianglan curtsied and said, "Yes, Madam."
It was past lunchtime, and the people in the Marquis's residence had not eaten yet.
Liu Ruyan and the other concubines came to the front hall, ready to go find the old lady.
Who knew that they would run into Zou Shuang'er carrying chairs from the front hall.
"Zou Shuang'er, what are you doing?"
Upon hearing this, Zou Shuang'er stopped what she was doing.
"I don't have any chairs in my yard, what's wrong with bringing one back?"
"Zou Shuang'er, the front hall is the face of the Marquis's mansion. If guests come, where will they sit?" she said angrily. "Cuiyun, move them back!"
Cuiyun curtsied and said, "Yes, young mistress."
He then walked directly to Zou Shuang'er, snatched her chair, and put it back in the front hall.
"Of all the properties in the Marquis's mansion, only the front hall is something I have been working hard to protect. What right do you have to take it away?"
"Even if my father-in-law comes back, I'm still in the right!"
A hint of disdain flashed in Liu Ruyan's eyes.
If Ye Lanyin were her mistress, she could still respect her, but what is Zou Shuang'er anyway?
A concubine with no status, trying to show off in front of her, the new mistress of the Marquis's mansion?
dream!
"you--"
"I am your mother-in-law!"
Zou Shuang'er roared in anger.
Instead of being angry, Liu Ruyan smiled and said, "Mother-in-law?"
"Who do you think you are, mother-in-law?"
"Is it listed in the family genealogy? Have the elders acknowledged it?"
"Don't forget, you were once a concubine, and now you are of lowly status in the Rulai Marquis's mansion."
"Oh, right." Liu Ruyan flicked her hair, "There was no contract of sale for you in the box my mother gave me!"
Reminded by Liu Ruyan, Zou Shuang'er showed fear.
"Not...not here?"
"Um."
"Then...where did they go?"
"I don't know, I'm afraid I'll have to ask my mother."
Mother, Mother, Mother!
Zou Shuang'er got angry when she heard that.
One day, she will make Liu Ruyan call her "Mother"!
Then, his gaze fell on the concubines behind Liu Ruyan, and he pointed to the maid next to Yu Shuang.
"You, from today onwards, will go to the kitchen to cook."
"You, go clean the chamber pot!"
"You, go and sweep my yard."
"And you, go and serve the old lady!"
The four maids of the concubines were given orders in turn by Zou Shuang'er.
The group already hated Zou Shuang'er.
If it weren't for her shamelessness in having a child with the master, the madam wouldn't have had to leave the Marquis's mansion.
Now that the person is gone, they have lost their pillar of support and are being bullied by this harlot.
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