The eldest princess shouted angrily: "Shen, you are so brave!"
"After hearing what my second brother's wife said, I would rather die a thousand times than that! Mother, please make the decision for your daughter-in-law!" Fang's face turned pale and she knelt at the feet of the Grand Princess with tears in her eyes.
Yang was also shocked by Shen Xinyan's boldness. She stared at her as if she had seen a ghost, but an uncontrollable sense of excitement was spreading wildly in her heart.
Tear it off, tear it harder, it would be best if you could tear off all the skin of that bitch Fang!
A widow, instead of staying in her room to mourn her late husband and raise her children, she was clinging to Zhongyuan tightly and refused to let go. Not only that, her husband was already dead, but she still acted like the wife of a prince, looking down on others and having no moral integrity.
Bah! It's only because the master doesn't want to argue with her. If she does, she won't have any chance to do anything. The whole world in this mansion will be changed.
No, maybe the day is slowly changing...
"Ms. Shen, you are a woman from a wealthy family after all. How can you say such dirty words? I have misjudged you in the past!" The eldest princess was extremely annoyed and accused her in a fierce voice, scaring all the maids and servants in the room to kneel on the ground.
Shen Xinyan was oblivious. Facing the angry eyes of the Grand Princess, she said calmly, "I just told the truth. Even if my sister-in-law dies ten thousand times, it won't be enough. You know that people outside will talk about you and won't care about your face at all. My sister-in-law lives in seclusion and the house is quiet, so naturally she can't hear it. But the two masters in our house have to go out."
"If someone were to stir up trouble and make up some unbearable words, it would not only bring trouble to the two masters, but also damage the reputation of the Duke's Mansion. Mother, please don't worry and think carefully about whether what I said makes sense."
The Grand Princess sneered: "I didn't know you had such a clever mouth!"
"The daughter-in-law is just telling the truth."
"Everyone, go out and leave me some peace and quiet. None of you is causing me any trouble!" The eldest princess glared at her angrily and waved her hand at everyone in annoyance.
Shen Xinyan bowed and walked out without saying a word.
Yang followed her out.
Fang bit her lips unwillingly and wanted to say something, but the eldest princess had already gone into the inner room with the help of her maid. She was very upset and tightly twisted the handkerchief in her hand.
She was careless today, and was forced into this situation by Shen. She also underestimated Shen, thinking that she was a quiet person, but she didn't expect that she was actually treacherous and was just waiting for the right opportunity to deal with her.
"My second sister-in-law really impressed me today!" Yang sighed.
Shen Xinyan glanced at her, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "Third brother's wife has always made me dare not underestimate her."
Yang was choked by her and was a little speechless. Is it true that even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered?
She cleared her throat to cover up her embarrassment, and then asked about the issue that concerned her most: "Second sister-in-law, do you think mother will listen to you and really transfer the quotas of each hospital directly to us in the future?"
"You and I can't guess what my mother is thinking." Shen Xinyan smiled slightly and said instead of answering.
This third brother's wife is a shrewd person who will not do anything without profit, and she is also a fence-sitter. Although she doesn't like Fang, it doesn't mean she is willing to have a close relationship with her. It's better to keep some distance from each other.
As for whether the Grand Princess would agree to what she said, the answer was yes. No matter how much the Grand Princess loved Fang, she still valued the Duke of Ying the most. If she had not brought up the fact that the Crown Prince had taken money from the public treasury in advance today, but had directly proposed to return the share of each court to its own disposal, the Grand Princess might not have agreed.
With the previous foundation, the Grand Princess naturally thought more.
Of course, there was no need for her to explain all this to Yang.
No one knows which ancestor invented the management method of the inner courtyard of the Duke of England's Mansion, but this highly centralized method is indeed very helpful in enhancing the power of those in power. This is probably the reason why the backyard of the Duke of England's Mansion is cleaner than that of most other families.
This method, however, places high demands on the manager. If the mistress is shrewd and capable, the inner house will naturally be in order and efficient under the strong pressure; otherwise, the chaos in the inner house will be even worse than that of an ordinary family.
Fang was the candidate carefully selected by the Grand Princess to be the future mistress of the Duke's Mansion. Her intelligence and ability were beyond doubt. However, she had a fatal flaw - that was that she was not legitimate.
If she was still the wife of the Crown Prince, then neither Yang nor anyone else in the palace would have any objection to her being in power. But now she is not like that. Without the status of the Crown Prince's wife, she is in charge of the government with the favor of the Grand Princess. How can she possibly win the support of the people?
The first one is Yang’s dissatisfaction.
Moreover, as the saying goes: You listen to whoever you eat. Although servants have jobs in various courtyards, their salaries still come from the public treasury. In this way, the word loyalty is not very reliable.
In her previous life, Shen Xinyan suffered a great loss in this regard. In the Funing Courtyard where she worked, nearly half of the servants were from the Fang family!
Fang, relying on the unique and highly centralized internal management of the Duke of England's Mansion, was able to gain a firm foothold in the mansion step by step, thus having the capital to stir up trouble in the mansion.
In this life, Shen Xinyan directly cut off her possibility from the root! If she is fed, she can continue to be in charge, but it is unlikely that she can be as smooth as in her previous life.
Seeing her like this, Yang knew that it was unlikely to get a positive answer from her. She curled her lips secretly and was about to say something else when she suddenly saw Shen Xinyan pause, then hurried forward. Her anxious look really puzzled her.
She raised her eyes and looked forward, and saw a small figure rushing towards Shen Xinyan like a small cannonball. After looking closely, she recognized that the small figure was Wei Yingzhi, the fourth daughter of Shen Xinyan.
She shook her head in amusement, but after just one night of not seeing her, this little girl was actually quite attached to her mother!
"mother……"
"Fourth Miss, slow down, be careful not to fall!"
The little girl's soft cries of joy could be heard from far away. Shen Xinyan's eyes were slightly red, her body was shaking with excitement, and she stared at the small figure that was getting closer and closer.
The little girl was about six or seven years old. She had two flower buds tied on her head and was wearing a red butterfly skirt. She had a rosy peach face with a pair of big black eyes. She was coquettishly throwing herself into her arms.
Shen Xinyan opened her stiff arms and hugged her. The moment she held the soft and warm little body in her arms, her tears almost fell.
"Ying'er..."
"Mom, you're holding Ying'er so tightly!" The delicate humming sound was like a warm current, gently soothing her heart.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault." She slowly lowered her head and looked into the clear eyes of her daughter in her arms, which were clearly black and white.
Xiao Yingzhi's big eyes twinkled, and she suddenly revealed a sweet smile, and then kissed her on the face: "Mom is the best!"
Shen Xinyan's throat was choked up badly, and she quickly concealed her fluctuating emotions. After a while, she held the little girl's soft and chubby hand and asked softly, "Have you been good at grandma's house?"
"Of course there are good ones. My grandmother and aunt even praised me!" The little girl puffed out her chest, looking proud of herself as if saying 'I am very good and I am the best'.
Shen Xinyan had a gentle expression. She pinched her cheek lovingly and praised her generously, "Mother's Ying'er is so good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the little girl smiling with her eyebrows twisted, looking very happy.
Looking at this sweet and brilliant smile, Shen Xinyan felt so soft-hearted that she couldn't help but ask softly, "Did you have breakfast well today?"
"Of course I did! I ate a bowl of porridge, a piece of osmanthus cake, and one more piece of walnut cake than my cousin Hui. My grandmother said that as long as I eat on time every day, I will soon be as tall as my uncle." The little girl became even more proud, and she counted the things she had used for breakfast with her chubby fingers. She looked so adorable no matter how you looked at her.
Shen Xinyan stared at her with a smile, without disturbing her, and asked her a few interesting questions from time to time about her time at her grandmother's house, which made the little girl even more excited and her eyes sparkled.
Shen Xinyan held her daughter's hand and walked slowly towards Funing Hospital. The little girl's sweet and sweet voice echoed all the way.
"…Cousin Hui can make purses now. She said she'd make one for me soon. By the way, mother, look, this is the butterfly pendant that cousin Hui gave me. Do you think it looks good?"
Shen Xinyan lowered her head and saw that there was indeed an exquisite butterfly pendant on the little girl's palm, so she smiled and said, "It looks beautiful."
"I knew that if it wasn't pretty, Cousin Hui wouldn't give it to me. Cousin Hui said that when she learned how to tie a knot, she would give it to me so that I could tie it to the fan. Cousin Hui also said..."
The little girl kept talking about "cousin Hui", but the smile on Shen Xinyan's face faded unconsciously.
The cousin Hui that Xiao Yingzhi mentioned is the eldest daughter of the Earl of Jing'an. Her niece, Shen Huiran, is two years older than her daughter and is eight years old this year.
Although she didn't like her eldest sister-in-law very much, she loved this niece very much. She once thought of marrying her to her. No, in her previous life, she not only had such thoughts, but also put them into action again and again.
It had been her hope all her life that her most beloved niece would marry her most precious son.
However, her hope was completely shattered when Zhou Wanning appeared.
And after this...
She shook her head, forcing herself not to think about the things in her past life.
"Does Ying'er like cousin Hui very much?" Pulling her daughter to sit on the imperial concubine couch, she stroked the little girl's forehead lovingly and asked softly.
"I like it! Cousin Hui is the best! Give me anything that looks good, tastes good, or is fun." The little girl nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice.
"The fourth lady and Miss Hui have a relationship as good as sisters. Before returning home, the fourth lady held Miss Hui's hand and insisted on taking cousin Hui home. Lady Bo said with a smile, 'Give cousin Hui to your brother as his wife, so that she can go home with you.'" said Aunt Sun at the side with a smile.
Shen Xinyan's smile completely disappeared when she heard her last sentence.
She glanced at Madam Sun expressionlessly and said calmly, "Madam, you are not young anymore, how come you still can't tell what to say and what not to say."
Nanny Sun's face froze and she quickly knelt down to apologize.