Chapter 135: Obedient
"Yuzhu, are you in trouble?" Chunzhi said gently, "If you have any difficulties, just tell me. I will definitely help you."
In the past, when she was working in the tofu workshop, Chunzhi didn't know Huo Zheng's identity, but she still tried every means to help Yuzhu. Now that she is about to become the Princess of Chang'an, she also has a certain deterrent effect on Gu Yuanjia.
The current situation is much better than before.
Yuzhu lowered her voice and said, "I... After I left Linshui Town, I went to the capital. I wanted to abort the child, but the doctor told me that the child was already formed and aborting it would be fatal, so I..."
Chunzhi asked gently, "What's wrong with you?"
Yuzhu said, "I married a distant cousin and gave birth to a child..."
Chunzhi paused for a moment before asking her, "What about the child?"
Yuzhu said, "The child is at home, and is usually taken care of by my mother-in-law."
Chunzhi looked at Yuzhu with eyes full of heartache, "How do your cousin and mother-in-law treat you?"
"My cousin is a very good man and treats me very well. My mother-in-law..." Yuzhu paused, "She was a little dissatisfied when she saw that I came into the family pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. But things have improved a lot recently. I work in the Princess's Mansion and my monthly salary has increased. Now that I have money, she is much more agreeable."
Since ancient times, getting along between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been a huge problem.
Not long after Yuzhu gave birth to her child, she went to work at the Princess's Mansion, which shows how difficult her mother-in-law was.
Chunzhi asked about Yuzhu's recent situation.
Yuzhu said that his cousin was a palace guard and rarely came home.
Upon hearing this, Chunzhi understood more and more that Yuzhu was in a difficult situation. She wanted to give Yuzhu some money as subsidy, but now the money in Yuzhu's hands would just change hands and end up in her mother-in-law's hands.
Chunzhi thought for a moment, then took off the priceless pearl hairpin from her hair and placed it on Yuzhu's head. "This hairpin suits you very well. When you go back, tell your mother-in-law that it was a gift from the eldest princess..."
Yuzhu understood what Chunzhi meant.
Princess Anyang is very famous in the capital. Yuzhu takes this pearl hairpin back with her so that she can let her mother-in-law know that her status in the Princess's Mansion is much better than before, and she can also avoid being exploited by her mother-in-law.
Yuzhu's eyes were filled with tears. "Thank you, sister. But I can't accept this pearl hairpin..."
"Since we are sisters, giving you a pearl hairpin is nothing." Chunzhi said, "Wan'er never refuses me."
Yuzhu wanted to say something else.
Chunzhi continued, "Or do you not really regard me as your sister?"
Yuzhu quickly said, "Of course I sincerely regard you as my sister..."
"Then accept it." Chunzhi said, "You've been helping out at the Mu Mansion for several days now. You haven't been home these days, so you must be missing your daughter. So, go back and rest today, and come back in a couple of days to continue your work."
Yuzhu said with some embarrassment: "But..."
"Don't say but." Chunzhi said, "Go back when I tell you to. Be obedient."
Yuzhu naturally knew that the Mu Mansion was so big with so many people, so she would not stop coming if one of them was missing.
Chunzhi said this and asked someone to prepare some cakes for Yuzhu to take back.
Since we want to make Yuzhu look like she is highly valued in the Princess's Mansion, we naturally have to do everything well.
It was afternoon at this time. Yuzhu took the cakes given by Chunzhi and put on the hairpin she gave to Zhuzhi and returned to Qingyi Lane.
This area was inhabited by ordinary people, and the houses were much lower. The Mu family's carriage entered the alley and stopped in front of the Ji family's courtyard.
"Thank you Uncle Zhang for taking me back. I'm here now. You can go back now."
As Yuzhu said this, she got off the carriage carrying the food box.
When the houses on both sides saw the carriage coming into the alley, they opened their windows and looked out. When they saw Ji's daughter-in-law coming back, they closed the windows and went back.
Yuzhu pushed open the gate and walked in with the food box, then she heard the child crying loudly.
Ji's mother kept on bawling, "Why are you crying? You're just like your mother, a money-loser!"
The child didn't understand what she was scolding, and cried even louder amidst the scolding.
"Still crying!" Ji's mother was upset and raised her hand to slap the child's buttocks twice.
The little baby girl cried loudly, and Yuzhu's heart was broken.
"Mom!" Yuzhu pushed the door open and walked in.
Mother Ji had just hit the child and was feeling guilty. She quickly put her hand back into her sleeve and turned to ask Yuzhu, "Why are you back?"
Yuzhu stepped forward, picked up the child, and coaxed him softly, "Nian'er, be good, don't cry."
The little baby girl named Nian'er was held in her mother's arms. She stopped crying after being coaxed. She looked at her mother aggrievedly, with two tear marks on her face.
Yuzhu held onto the thought and looked up at Ji's mother with a somewhat cold look in her eyes.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ji's mother said with a guilty conscience, "When you weren't home, I was the one helping take care of the child. She's so young and can't leave anyone alone. I slapped her because I was afraid she'd cry and get hurt... Could I really have hurt her?"
Yuzhu said, "If you don't want to help take care of the child, just return the monthly allowance and I'll ask someone else to help take care of Nian'er."
"What can you do with that little monthly allowance of yours? Everything we eat and drink at home is bought with my son's money, and you're asking me for money? I don't have any money!"
Ji's mother is a Pixiu person, and money only comes into her hands but never goes out.
Yuzhu ignored her and wondered if she could hire someone to take care of Nian'er after the next monthly allowance was paid.
Nian'er is still so young, and she can't even say anything when Ji's mother treats her harshly. It's really pitiful.
Yuzhu no longer paid attention to Ji's mother, and asked Nian'er softly if she was hungry, preparing to get her something to eat.
When Ji's mother saw the priceless pearl hairpin on her head, her eyes lit up immediately. "Where did you get this hairpin? Did my son buy it for you?"
As Ji's mother spoke, she raised her hand to pull out the pearl hairpin on Yuzhu's head.
Yuzhu dodged sideways and said, "This pearl hairpin was given to me by the eldest princess. Do you dare to touch it?"
"Princess?" Ji's mother knew that Yuzhu's monthly allowance had doubled in recent days, and it seemed that she had won the favor of Princess Anyang. This pearl hairpin looked very valuable. It was true that her son regarded Yuzhu as a treasure, but his monthly allowance was so little that he could not afford to buy anything for her.
Ji's mother didn't dare touch the things given by Princess Anyang. Instead, she opened the food box and took out the exquisite snacks to eat.
Yuzhu ignored her.
Mother Ji thought the snacks were delicious, so she took the whole food box away. "Since you're back, you can take care of Nian'er yourself. Sister Liu and the others at the end of the alley invite me to play mahjong every day, and I haven't been able to catch up for a few days..."
Ji's mother left after saying this. Yuzhu walked over, closed the door, went to the kitchen, and started to cook rice porridge for Nian'er.
Nian'er loved her mother the most and sat aside, looking at her eagerly.
Yuzhu was busy when someone walked up to the gate and knocked.
Yuzhu thought that Ji's mother had forgotten to bring something and came back again. She walked over to open the door, and when she looked up, she saw Gu Yuanjia——
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