Chapter 672: Far From It
Zhang Qiuye called Chuncao and asked her to find someone to arrange a carriage to take Tian Caihong out of the house.
Chuncao was really speechless. What was going on? She had never seen such a shameless mother and daughter.
Just as she was about to find an excuse to shirk responsibility, Zhang Qiuye glared at her, "Chuncao, why are you still standing there? Can't I order you around anymore?"
Chuncao hadn't found a new husband yet, and she didn't dare offend Zhang Qiuye easily, so she had to bite the bullet and accept the task, "Eighth Concubine, I'll go right away."
After leaving the yard, Chuncao thought to herself that if she went directly to the housekeeper about this matter, she would probably be scolded.
Chuncao also took the risk and simply came to Qian Yulin's yard.
Aunt Liu was also worried when she saw Chuncao. "What's going on? Our wife has sent someone to invite your eighth concubine's mother, but she's still not satisfied. What else does she want?"
Chuncao felt a little embarrassed and began to stammer.
Aunt Liu seemed to have guessed half of it, "Eighth Concubine's mother, do you want to see the child?
Didn't we say it long ago? The young lady is too weak. The doctor has warned her eight hundred times. She's not allowed to see anyone now. She needs to get better before she can see anyone.
You don't even need to make excuses, just tell them what the doctor said.
After all, they are the young lady's relatives, so they have to take care of her health."
Chuncao felt more and more embarrassed. If this matter were not so bad, the problem was that the other party did not even ask if the young lady was okay.
Aunt Liu was getting impatient. "Madam has a lot of things to do. I don't have the time to chat with you here."
Seeing that Aunt Liu was about to leave, Chuncao knelt down and pulled Aunt Liu's clothes, "Aunt, please have pity on me. Our Eighth Concubine asked me to find someone to send her mother home. Me?"
Aunt Liu was speechless. "It's not even dark yet. There should be oxcarts in the town heading back to the village, right?"
"But our Eighth Concubine's mother said that it was our carriage that brought her here, and we should send her back."
Qian Yulin heard every word Chuncao said, and she said from inside the room, "Madam Liu, what they said is right. We should send people away in the same way they came.
Also, take two gifts from the storeroom and have her take them with her, saying they are from me."
Nanny Liu agreed to Qian Yulin's words and took Chuncao with her to do the work.
Tian Caihong was overjoyed to see that not only was there a carriage to take her home, but there were also gifts to bring back, and she said, "I knew my daughter was blessed.
That’s right, my daughter has given birth to a baby for your family, so even if she has no credit, she has worked hard.”
Tian Caihong got into the carriage mumbling something, and Chuncao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After Tian Caihong left, Zhang Qiuye was alone in a daze. She was not affected at all by the occasional noise coming from outside.
After Chuncao entered the house, she asked Chuncao some questions about the outside world. Chuncao answered truthfully as long as she knew.
"Eighth Concubine, there's no need to make things difficult for yourself. No one can handle this kind of guessing.
However, there is no need to belittle ourselves. You should actually stay by my side, little lady."
Zhang Qiuye sneered and asked Chuncao, "She's so young, can you guarantee that raising her with me is better than raising her with Madam?"
Chuncao thought about it and agreed!
She didn't dare tell the truth, but just looked at Zhang Qiuye sympathetically.
Now the rumor in the mansion is that the master and the mistress want to dismiss all the concubines. If there are no children to raise around her, this one will probably be dismissed from the mansion as well.
Zhang Qiuye didn't have the time to pay attention to what Chuncao was thinking. She had already checked Chuncao's questions and what Tian Caihong had just said to her.
The twenty acres of land that Li Jinyi gave her some time ago should have been obtained from Tian Caihong by the officials.
She felt very uncomfortable. She had originally thought that since she had given birth to two children for Li Jinyi, he should still have her in his heart.
But in the final analysis, she was nothing. She was just taken into Li Jinyi's mansion to bear children.
Now that she can't have children and is no longer of any use to him, he's going to kick her away.
Why should she be treated so unfairly?
Zhang Qiuye twisted the handkerchief in his hand, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Seeing Zhang Qiuye's face turn pale and then fierce, Chuncao was worried. "Eighth Concubine, you've been tired for most of the day. Why don't you go to bed and rest for a while?"
Zhang Qiuye suddenly asked, "Chuncao, have you heard how Liu Hong is doing now?"
When Chuncao saw Zhang Qiuye asking about the Liu family's affairs, she looked at Zhang Qiuye in confusion, wanting to say something but hesitating whether to say it or not.
Zhang Qiuye sneered, "I've already given birth to two children for the master. Do you think I'd still be thinking about the third young master of the Liu family?"
Chuncao shook her head. "Eighth Concubine, you misunderstood. I thought Mrs. Zhang just told you about the Liu family. You felt sorry for the Liu family!"
"Pathetic? How do you say that? My mother lives in the village every day. How could she know what's going on in our town? She didn't tell me anything. What happened to the Liu family?"
"You really want to know?"
Zhang Qiuye nodded, but thought to himself, the worse his family's situation is, the better. My current miserable life is all caused by the Liu family.
Chuncao then told him everything she had heard.
After hearing this, Zhang Qiuye smiled comfortably, "So, the Liu family is now penniless?"
"I can't say I have nothing, but it's almost there."
"What about Liu Sanle?"
"I heard that a while ago, he went to the shop of his wife's wife and caused trouble. He was taken away by the government and thrown into jail.
As for what it looks like now, I don’t know.”
Zhang Qiuye slammed the table with joy, "It's so satisfying, it's really satisfying, this is the result of your plot against me.
Heaven is truly merciful. If my life is not easy, yours won’t be much better either.”
Chuncao rolled her eyes and said, "Eighth Concubine, why are you having such a hard time? Are we in the Li Mansion short of food or clothes for you?
You are not feeling well now, and you are being taken care of with good soup and good medicine every day. If you were in an ordinary family, you would not be able to enjoy such a luxury."
"Enjoy life? Chuncao, if you think my life is good, how about we switch?"
Chuncao shook her head repeatedly, "Eighth Concubine is really joking. I'm not as pretty as Eighth Concubine, nor do I have her blessings."
Zhang Qiuye asked Chuncao to bring a mirror, "Chuncao, am I really beautiful?"
Chuncao nodded and said, "Eighth Concubine, don't you know what's going on? Our master has a very sharp eye. How can ordinary people catch his eye?"
Zhang Qiuye flipped the mirror over and said, "What's the point of being beautiful? What's the point of catching your master's eye? In the final analysis, I'm just a lowly concubine now!
Compared to the title of Zhang Juexia's wife, it's still far behind."
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