Fang Yacun waved her hand and said, "Don't bother, I'm going out soon."
Liu waved her hand to let the maids retreat, and then personally brought warm tea to Fang Yacun. She looked at Fang Yacun's face and asked carefully, "What's wrong with the master?"
Fang Yacun took the warm tea and took a sip, then said coldly, "What else can I do? The steward said that the old lady has already brought Ninth Brother's child over, and he will be coming into the mansion this afternoon!"
Mrs. Liu was shocked when she heard this: "How could it be so fast? The old lady didn't even send anyone to tell me so that I could arrange the yard."
Fang Yacun snorted coldly and said, "What arrangements? You don't need to make any. The child will live in the old lady's yard and eat and sleep with her."
"What about my ninth brother and his wife?"
Fang Yacun's face turned even darker when she heard this: "Ninth brother is not doing well. I asked the doctor to check on him and he said he won't last more than a few months. After he dies, his wife will live in the nunnery. The child will be raised by the old lady herself."
Liu was shocked: "How could this happen?"
The old lady arranged all these things secretly without telling them, and even she, the mistress of the house, only found out about them afterwards.
Fang Yacun looked at Liu and frowned, "She still refuses to see you today?"
Upon hearing this, Liu nodded with a worried look on her face. "I went to pay my respects today, and Mother sent someone to tell me she wasn't feeling well. I called a doctor in, but she sent him away. Master, the old lady's change of heart is too swift. Could someone be secretly instigating this?"
Mrs. Fang had a bad reputation since she was young, and before Liu married in, she worried about being harassed by her. But over the years, although Mrs. Fang wasn't particularly close to her, she never deliberately gave her a hard time, and always treated her with the proper respect she deserved. She always accepted her gifts with a smile, and when she was in a good mood, she would give her some gifts in return.
She had thought that the rumors were just false information and that Old Madam Fang was not that difficult to get along with.
Unexpectedly, after more than ten years of smooth sailing, and just when they were about to achieve their goal, the old lady started to cause trouble.
Fang Yacun narrowed her eyes slightly and said thoughtfully, "The old lady's attitude towards us must have started to change after the last time my eldest sister returned to her parents' home."
Liu thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case, but she still couldn't understand why. "We've been in constant contact with Big Sister over the years. I've also sent gifts to the Qin family every holiday. We've also given the most generous gifts to the Qin family for various happy events, all to give Big Sister face in her husband's family. I've run into Big Sister several times outside, and she's always been very affectionate to me. I really can't understand why she's trying to sow discord between us and the old lady. Could it be that by stepping us down and replacing a baby with the head of the family, she'll gain more benefits?"
Fang Yacun couldn't understand this either, but he said, "I heard that over the years, the eldest sister has been helping the illegitimate brothers and sisters without telling the old lady. Ninth brother was able to get married thanks to her secret help."
Mrs. Liu also sighed, "I've heard all this. I heard that the eldest sister was a kind-hearted person before she got married. Whenever the sisters made mistakes with the old lady, they would ask the eldest sister to intercede for them. I've met her several times, and I don't think she's the kind of person who says one thing to your face and another behind your back. Could there be some misunderstanding here?"
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