It was only after his mother gave him a hint that he slowly came to his senses these past two days. He had rarely paid attention to matters concerning the inner quarters of the household before.
He had always viewed Rou'er through the lens of her father's love and rarely considered the deeper meaning behind her actions. He underestimated this eight-year-old child whom he and his wife had raised with such care.
He always subconsciously thought his wife was no good, but now that he had his parents and brothers and sisters-in-law to help him, his home life was relatively stable.
Who would have thought that today I would find out that the girl was treated worse than the head maidservant by their master's side after being brought back!
Isn't this a slap in his face?
Yu Qinchun wasn't overflowing with fatherly love; he was simply angered by the servant's overbearing behavior towards his master.
“But Granny Liu has taken care of Rou’er since she was little, and the child still can’t live without her. The servants in the main kitchen… are only neglecting that girl because they want to give priority to Rou’er. I’ve already punished her, so how about this time…”
Seeing her master's increasingly dark face, Madam Sun finally realized that she had said the wrong thing, and thankfully she didn't dare to say all of Rou'er's requests to her.
"Are we so poor that we can't afford to eat? Or is Rou'er's allowance not enough for her? She can't live without Granny Liu, so why don't we let her go to Granny Liu's house?"
Yu Qinchun grew angrier as he spoke, "Anyway, her original status and family background were not as good as Liu Mama's..."
"Third Master!" Madam Sun interrupted her husband angrily. "Third Master, how can you say such things about Rou'er? She is a child we raised with our own hands!"
Yu Qinchun was very annoyed that she had suddenly interrupted him, and felt offended and angry.
So she retorted, "Master, am I wrong? She should be a peasant girl, not so precious. Ginseng and bird's nest aren't enough for her, and she even has to steal my sister's food. Isn't that just being short-sighted?"
Sun Shuya tried to defend her beloved daughter, retorting, "These were all decisions made by the maids and servants around her; Rou-jie was unaware of them."
Yu Qinchun didn't want to argue with this stupid woman about whether Roujie knew or not, nor did he care.
He steered the conversation back on track, saying, "Therefore, Madam needs to properly manage the inner quarters. Whose servants dare to boss their mistress around? If word gets out that a dignified young lady is being bullied by a servant, what will become of our reputation?"
His father also analyzed with him that if this matter reached the emperor's ears, not to mention that he was not strict in managing his family, his ability to manage affairs would be questioned, thus affecting his future promotion and appointment.
Take his allowing his servants to bully their masters, for example. By extension, aren't the relationships between these officials and the royal family pretty much the same?
He turned a blind eye to this, so can we assume that he...
Moreover, because of the late emperor, the most powerful empress dowager, the emperor and empress all valued the legitimate and illegitimate children exceptionally. If we really talk about birth, Rou'er is not even as good as Zi'er and Lin'er, who were born to him by his three concubines.
After hearing what his father said, Yu Qinchun broke out in a cold sweat.
The Yu family has only been wealthy for a little over a hundred years. If it weren't for his great-grandfather following the right leader, when the new dynasty was first established, the Yu family, a small landowner, would not have had a place among all the nobles and high-ranking officials in the capital.
For the sake of their three sons' future, their father is now in a semi-retired state.
If they offend the emperor by mistake, the emperor, being a wise ruler, might not say anything, but when he wants to use them, he will inevitably have doubts.
For the Yu family, by the time it comes to these brothers, their future is not only over, but it will be extremely difficult for them to take another step forward.
"Take good care of Seventh Girl. Prepare her food, clothes, and jewelry. As for the servants, Mother will send a few over, so you don't need to worry about them."
It was rare for Yu Qinchun to worry about such trivial matters, but when he thought about his seventh daughter being added to the family genealogy next month, he couldn't help but tell his wife not to bring her out and be laughed at by the relatives.
"Seventh Sister will be added to the family register next month, and all the elders will be there. You should make preparations as well, so as not to be impolite."
As for the rules and regulations, the people his mother sent over will teach Seventh Girl herself. That child is smart and is said to be learning them very well.
"But you've been learning it quite well!" Yue Fuguang was afraid that her etiquette was not up to par and that if the Empress Dowager didn't take her to her birthday banquet, she would really have no future!
So these past few days she's been diligently learning etiquette from the nanny her grandmother sent over. If it weren't for the system giving her a health-boosting pill, the original owner, being a premature baby and having been depleted for five years, would have collapsed long ago.
Sometimes she couldn't help but admire how amazing the original owner of this body was. She was a premature baby who had survived for five years despite being hungry and cold. This showed how strong her will to live was.
It's a pity that the Zhou couple are so inhumane. Thinking of this, Yue Fuguang's lips curled into a cruel smile.
The Yu family doesn't care about the little girl's revenge, but Yue Fuguang is determined to take care of it!
Don't you want wealth and status?
Ha, she'll let the Zhou family know that what they've been seeking will ultimately come to nothing. Wealth and status? They'll never have them.
...
"Master, are you sure that Seventh Girl is really our granddaughter?" The old lady noticed something was wrong the day Yue Fuguang was brought into the Yu family.
The child looked somewhat like her family members, or rather, resembled her deceased aunt.
That's why she mentioned it to her husband, feeling that the child was destined for their Yu family.
Unexpectedly, the old man took it to heart because the child looked like his eldest sister, and sent someone to investigate.
She still can't believe that the third son and his wife would dare to fool them.
They raised their biological daughter as an adopted daughter, while the fake one enjoyed the treatment of a legitimate daughter.
“I’ve had someone investigate. You’re right. Seventh Sister is the child born to Third Brother’s wife in Qingning Prefecture. As for Sixth Sister Ning Rou, she’s the daughter of a farmer.”
The old man couldn't help but get angry when he talked about this. Not only was his daughter from the Yu family maliciously switched by the farmers, but they also abused the child for five years.
If the child hadn't been so clever and entered the Taoist temple as a Taoist nun at a young age, he might not have lived to see them find someone to take him back to the Yu family.
"What a tragedy! The third son and his wife are still trying to hide this from us. The third son is really becoming more and more outrageous."
The thought of her third son and his wife gave Madam Yu a headache.
"He abandoned his own daughter for a wild girl! If he marries a wife like that, none of the children from the third wife's family will amount to anything if they continue to raise them."
The old lady sighed again when she thought of the two grandsons of the third branch of the family. That stupid daughter-in-law, Sun, couldn't teach her children well herself, and she didn't even trust others to teach them.
"Keep an eye on Seventh Girl. Third Brother's wife's mind is all on her two grandsons and... Sixth Girl. She's hardly a loving mother to Seventh Girl. She hasn't cared for her since they took her back."
He only found out about the outrageous things his son had done in the last couple of days after investigating.
For the sake of his three sons' future, he stopped interfering in affairs early on. He left his most capable eldest son in the capital and sent his clever second son to a remote area.
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