Chapter 119 Chapter 119 Fang Ying didn’t have the patience to watch her pretend…
Fang Ying didn't send anyone to tell them in advance that she was going back, so when Mrs. Pan heard about it, Fang Ying had already gotten off the car in the outer courtyard.
"Why are you here at this time for no reason?" Pan felt inexplicably uneasy and hurriedly sent someone to greet him.
Her personal maid reminded her, "Are you here for Chu Yin?"
"Chu Yin?" Pan frowned. "What happened to her?"
"She said she had something to do two days ago and went back to the Zhou residence. It seems she hasn't come back since."
Mrs. Pan's face was full of displeasure: "She is not a member of our family. If she doesn't come back, why would she look for me?"
She spoke with aplomb, but she was nervous, worried that Chu Yin would say something bad about her to Fang Ying. Seeing Fang Ying, she put on a smile, asked her to sit down, and asked, "Aren't Madam and Liu Lang leaving for the north today? How did you find time to come here?"
"I've sent them off." Fang Ying also had a faint smile on her face. "I won't sit down. Sister Chu Yin has something to do and won't be back. Where does she live? Mother can ask someone to show me the way. I'll pack her clothes and send them to her."
"Why...why won't you come back?" Pan hoped that Chu Yin would never come back, but looking at Fang Ying's attitude, she knew that things were definitely not that simple, so she became a little panicked.
Fang Ying looked at her stepmother and asked with a half-smile, "Don't you need me now, Second Mother?"
Pan's eyes dodged: "Where did you get this from?"
"Didn't Mother arrange for Madam Gai to teach Second Mother needlework? Why are you asking me?" Fang Ying didn't have the patience to watch her act so she said coldly, "It's my fault too. Why should a married woman be so involved in her parents' affairs? Not only do I get nothing good out of it, but people also think I have bad intentions."
She said this and walked out. Pan followed behind her, stammering in defense: "Who...who instigated this..."
Fang Ying stopped dead in her tracks and turned around to ask, "Who instigated this?"
"Ah?" Pan was stunned for a moment, then said aggrievedly, "If I knew who instigated this, how could I have tolerated her until now? Auntie, although I am not your biological mother, I am still your aunt. Why do you always trust outsiders and not me?"
She even sounded confident and righteous. Fang Ying couldn't help but sneer and said, "Okay, I believe you. Tell me, does Second Mother still need Sister Chu Yin's guidance?"
Pan choked and said, "This... this depends on whether they are willing or not, right?"
"Don't worry, you saw my friendship with the princess on the day of the full moon. As long as you ask for my help, I will definitely invite Sister Chu Yin back."
"..." Pan Shi really couldn't find the right word, so she could only defend herself, "I asked Madam Gai to go so that she could watch Second Mother learn needlework. She's grown up now. It's impossible that she can't even make a small piece of clothing and stockings when she's about to get married, right?"
"Second Mother is only ten years old. She's so young and yet she's being watched sewing from morning till night. Mother isn't afraid that her eyes will be damaged."
"Not from morning to night, who told you that? Second Mother is my flesh and blood, how can I not feel sorry for her?"
Fang Ying looked at Pan's face, full of self-righteousness, and found it very amusing. "Of course I know that Er Niang is your biological daughter. Aren't you regretting interfering in her upbringing?"
Pan quickly defended herself: "I don't have this..."
"It's best if you don't." Fang Ying didn't want to waste any more words and interrupted her, "Anyway, Sister Chu Yin doesn't need to come back, right?"
Pan's eyes flickered: "Then... the princess and the Zhou family want to use her, so we can't delay them, right?"
"Okay, mother, please ask someone to lead the way."
Pan felt that she had made herself clear, but for some reason, she still felt uneasy, so she advised, "Just pack your clothes and ask the servants to go. Why do you have to go in person?"
Fang Ying said, "I'm worried."
She didn't say what she was worried about, but the more she was worried, the harder it was for Pan to stop her. She had no choice but to let her personal maid take her there and report back in time if anything happened.
But Fang Ying really just went to pack clothes. She watched Mai Cao Lichun and others organize and pack up the things, and did not ask about anything else. However, Fang Quan heard the noise and ran over to see. Fang Ying was not as close to her as before, and only told her that Chu Yin would not come back.
Fang Quan's eyes were red. Because Nanny Gai was following her, she finally asked Fang Ying to thank Chu Yin on her behalf.
"I know, go and do your own thing." Fang Ying replied indifferently.
Nanny Gai also urged Fang Quan to go back. She lowered her head and turned to leave. Fang Ying suddenly asked, "Wait, who is serving in Second Madam's room now?"
Nanny Gai pointed at the two little girls following behind. Fang Ying saw that the two children were not much older than Fang Quan and couldn't help but frowned: "Just the two of them?"
"Don't worry, Auntie. I'm here." Aunt Gai said with a smile on her face and patted her chest.
Fang Ying ignored her and pressed on, "Has it always been just the two of them? Who usually serves Sister Chu Yin?"
"Ah, there was another one before, but she didn't serve well, so Madam sent her to do something else." Nanny Gai moved aside to block Fang Quan, preventing her from turning back. "Chu Yin doesn't want anyone else to serve her, so she just asked the little maids to carry water and sweep the dust."
Seeing this, Fang Ying knew that she couldn't get the truth out of them, so she nodded and let them go.
After packing up everything, she went back to say goodbye to Mrs. Pan, got in the car, and asked the driver to go to the back alley of Zhou Mansion.
When they arrived at the place, Mai Cao got off the car first, found Chu Yin according to the place Zhou Congshan told him, and asked her to get in the car.
Fang Ying was ready to apologize, but she didn't expect that when Chu Yin saw her, she looked ashamed and said that she had failed to live up to her trust.
"Sister, you said that. I'm so ashamed." Fang Ying held Chu Yin's hand. "It's obviously my family who are ignorant and neglected you."
Chu Yin shook her head and said, "This is none of my wife's business. Madam Pan is the elder after all, and she is also Second Mother's biological mother. If she wants to discipline Second Mother, no one can do anything about it. Besides, you are pregnant, so you don't have the energy to take care of this matter."
The more understanding and considerate she was, the more Fang Ying felt she was sorry for her. "Or maybe I wasn't thoughtful enough. If I had known what kind of person my stepmother was, I shouldn't have bothered you in the first place."
"My dear sisters, we are so affectionate, and Second Lady is indeed a very good young lady." When she mentioned Fang Quan, Chu Yin's face was still a little reluctant, "I have an unwelcome request..."
"Sister, just tell me what you want. As long as it's within my power, I'll do whatever I can."
Chu Yin said, "I know you must be angry, but please don't take your anger out on Second Lady. I really don't care about her anymore."
Fang Ying didn't expect that she was pleading for Fang Quan, and couldn't help but sigh. Chu Yin had only taught Fang Quan for less than two years, but she was still so considerate of her. Look at her stepmother, who kept talking about the flesh that fell from her body, but didn't seem to care about this "flesh" at all.
"Don't worry, sister. Even if I'm angry for a moment and say I don't care, I will never really ignore her."
Fang Ying had something else to say but was reluctant to tell Chu Yin - among all the people in her family, the only one she couldn't let go of and who would take care of her no matter what was her younger sister.
"If I don't care about her anymore, who will really care about her?"
Chu Yin agreed with this in her heart, but after all, it also involved the master of the Fang family, so she just said: "This servant also thinks that the lady will not do it, but I feel uneasy..."
Fang Ying smiled and said, "I know this is how my sister treats Fang Quan." She then told Chu Yin about what happened when she met Fang Quan today, thanked her on behalf of her sister, and asked about the maid in Fang Quan's room.
"After moving into this new house, two maids, one large and one small, were originally assigned to Er Niang's room. The older one was called Xiang'er, and the younger one was called Liuye."
Seeing that Xiang'er had learned the rules well and was organized in her work, Chu Yin often gave her advice on how to serve her master better.
After a long time, Xiang'er realized that Chu Yin loved her sincerely, so she told her that her mistress would call her over from time to time and report all the big and small things that happened in the second lady's room.
Chu Yin didn't take it seriously. Her mother was worried about her daughter and would ask the maid in the room to question her from time to time. This was a common thing in wealthy families.
But Xiang'er said that what her madam was worried about was not Er Niang, but Chu Yin.
"Mrs. Pan seems to feel that since I taught Second Lady to read, she has become less obedient and has her own ideas. She no longer gives in to her younger brothers like she used to."
"How else can I give in?" She herself was extremely partial to her son, so how else could she expect Fang Quan to give in?
Chu Yin sighed, "This brings us to Liu Ye. Liu Ye is the same age as Er Niang, and she's clever and lively. They play well together, but Da Lang in the mansion thinks the little girl in his room is dull and stupid, so he insists on switching her with Er Niang."
If it were in the past, Fang Quan would have definitely changed the servants out of fear of her mother, but she learned to read and study, and had her own ideas. She knew that the new servants in the house were all given by her sister, so she refused to change them. She also talked about some principles of seniority, which left Pan speechless.
Pan was very angry and called Xiang'er to ask her if it was Chu Yin who taught Er Niang to talk back to her parents. Xiang'er refused to say yes. Pan didn't hear what she wanted to hear, so she said that Xiang'er was instigating her master, beat her, and sent her to the kitchen to do rough work.
"Second Mother was terrified, but she still went to plead for Xiang'er, but..."
Chu Yin paused, but Fang Ying had already guessed the outcome: "In the end, even Liu Ye couldn't be saved, right?"
Chu Yin nodded.
Fang Ying saw the two little girls today with her own eyes. Neither of them was smart. She couldn't help but sneer: "Did they move to Fang Sheng's room?"
"yes."
"Sister, you've really suffered a lot in my family." Fang Ying sighed deeply and handed the box she had prepared to Chu Yin. "This is a gift from my heart. Sister, please accept it. It will make me feel better."
Chu Yin tried the box and found it very heavy, so she quickly refused. Fang Ying said, "Since my sister won't accept it, I'll have to ask the princess to give it to her instead."
Only then did Chu Yin accept it.
Fang Ying asked Mai Cao to take someone to take Chu Yin's clothes and send her back. After the people were far away, she asked Li Chun with a sullen face, "Has this month's money not been sent yet?"
"No, it is always delivered on the tenth day of the lunar month." Lichun replied carefully.
Since the Fang family moved into this house, they added servants and naturally the expenses also increased. Fang Ying and Ji Yanlang have to subsidize her parents' home a sum of money every month.
Now it seems that we can save money. Fang Ying ordered with a cold face: "Don't send it this month."
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