Chapter 186 Evil
It has been almost ten years since I came to the Dayin Dynasty. As the daughter of a minor official in the capital, the Su family has moved four times since I was born. The first place I lived in was a place rented after Su Yanli passed the imperial examination.
Although it is a shabby alley, most of the neighbors are like Su Yanli. They are either scholars or minor officials in Beijing. They are either well-educated or have a decent job. In addition, Su Yanli is a stay-at-home and does not like to deal with people. He almost never has any dirty dealings with his neighbors. If the landlord had not wanted to sell the house, the Su family would probably still live in that alley.
The second time they moved was when Su Ruojin was three years old. At that time, Su Yanli's salary was not enough to support the family. The rented place was small but clean and tidy, and the landlady was a very nice person. They lived there for more than a year. For some reason, good people always don't seem to be rewarded. Such a nice old lady gave birth to a bad gambler who gambled every other day and ended up mortgaged the family's houses one by one.
Finally, the Su family had no choice but to move again. This time, Cheng Yingzhen was about to give birth to Su Sanlang, and she fell into the trap of the broker and Mrs. Xu in a hurry. Not only did she rent a public housing unit from the building store at a high price, but she was also blackmailed by Mrs. Xu for Dong's mother. Not only that, in real life, Su Ruojin's cooking recipes at home were either stolen or blackmailed by the old woman.
Of course, now we know where Xu Pozi used the recipe, but at that time, who would have known that one day she would have something to do with the youngest son of King Jin who got the recipe! Putting this aside, in just less than two years, Xu Pozi's family and the tenants around Xu Pozi were simply a small cannibalistic society, which made Su Ruojin, who lived a thousand years later, deeply feel the evil of human nature.
Whether it's torturing their daughter-in-law to death, setting up a scheme to defraud people, or tricking a good girl into selling her to a brothel, all these greedy people take advantage of the poor's opportunity to beg for food and degrade people to the dust. Among them, Xu Po's family is the worst.
When Zhao Lan was dealing with the Xu family, there was a moment when Su Ruojin really wanted to ask him if she could go and see the poor Xu who had been beaten like a drowned dog. However, the Su family was already better off than those miserable poor people at the bottom of society who had even lost their lives. Gradually, the Su family digested these grievances on their own.
But today, when faced with another kind of evil again, Su Ruojin had a lot of words to say to vent her anger, but when she saw Cheng Yuzhu in person, she suddenly couldn't say anything.
This is not a woman with such low IQ that she will give you the opportunity to scold her. On the contrary, she is mercenary and cunning, with a sanctimonious appearance and a sinister heart. She is full of tricks and is hard to guard against. If you cannot absolutely crush her with your strength, she might bite you and make you win without warning.
The first move - a show of force, had no effect on Cheng Yuzhu. She was not anxious or irritated at all and sat calmly in the guest seat. She didn't care at all that she was not served tea or entertained. If Su Ruojin and Qiuyue hadn't kept their composure, this evil woman would have almost gained the upper hand.
It's just a competition of who has more patience. This is my home. Su Ruojin sits in the master's seat, looking so carefree. Do you think I'm afraid of you?
As expected, she was a maid trained in the palace. Qiuyue stood beside Su Ruojin, seemingly calm, but in fact, her "arrogant eyes" swept over and fell on the pretty girl. She was dressed in red and green, looking rich and luxurious, but in fact, it was just an old style that was refurbished and ironed. If you look closely, there are wrinkles on the waist and hips. How can it be said to be new clothes?
Qiuyue did not try to hide her disdainful expression at all;
The pretty girl shrank her head and neck when she was looked at by her, and she wanted to reach out and pull the folds of her clothes at the waist. Compared with the smooth and shiny new silk jacket of the girl from the Su family, she was simply embarrassed.
His eyes moved to the old woman, who was wearing gold and silver, and had five rings on her ten fingers. The gold hairpin was gilded, the hairpin was gold-covered silver, and three of the five rings were fake jade, one was gold-inlaid jade, and one was fine silver. She was so fakely rich, just trying to fool the ordinary people who had never seen the world.
Qiuyue raised the corner of her mouth and made a sound like a sneer. She successfully saw the old woman's face turn the color of liver.
Only then did she move her attention from the old woman to the mistress of the house, Madam Yao, with satisfaction.
She was wearing a dark green satin dress with floral patterns and a persimmon red brocade jacket with coiled flowers. She looked dignified and elegant, but she looked old and gloomy, which was not the appearance of a lady in her early thirties.
Qiuyue simply ignored it.
Seeing Cheng Yuzhu's face, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, darken, she must have been cursing in her heart, "I'm going to kill you, you bitch."
(⊙ o⊙)Ah! Ah! Ah!
Su Ruojin almost jumped up with excitement. "Young Prince Zhao, is the person you worship so powerful?"
Three parts disdain, four parts ridicule, and seven parts indifference, Qiuyue's expression is simply amazing!
Seeing Cheng Yuzhu lose her sense of superiority, Su Ruojin chuckled, "Sister Maoya, go and invite the lady."
Mao Ya bowed politely and generously, "Yes, Second Madam." After bowing, she walked out of the main hall slowly and leisurely, and when she reached the door of the Madam's bedroom, she called softly, "Madam... Chunxiao, Second Madam, please—"
You see, it’s not Madam Yao who invited us, it’s the Second Lady.
Cheng Yuzhu's face became darker.
How arrogant and domineering she was in front of Cheng Yingzhen before, how aggrieved she felt today. How could she have boasted in front of her mother and accepted this thankless job!
Cheng Yingzhen felt someone was looking at her, so she raised her head and looked towards the study. Her eyes met her husband's through the window. Feeling his gentle and passionate gaze, Cheng Yingzhen, who was panicking just now, had fallen into her husband's gentle embrace. There was no fear in her heart anymore.
With a sweet look on her face, she was supported by Chunxiao and slowly walked to the main hall.
Mao Ya sang towards the main hall: "Madam is here——"
What a grand ceremony... If Su Ruojin hadn't dealt with the maids at home every day, she would have thought they had rehearsed it like a play?
The atmosphere in the Su family is relaxed, and there are no such rules at all. Su Ruojin thought to herself, these girls are simply performing beyond their normal abilities. Well done, they will be given extra chicken legs tonight.
In the afternoon, the sun moves westward.
Cheng Yingzhen was supported by a maid and walked into the door against the light.
She was dressed in magnificent clothes, looking elegant and luxurious under the light. Her jet-black black hair was tied into the recently popular Chao Yun Jin Xiang bun. Gold hairpins and ornaments decorated her hair, making her black cloud-like hair look even softer, brighter and more moisturized.
There is brilliance in her beautiful eyes and a faint smile on her red lips.
When she came, Cheng Yuzhu herself was disdainful of a marquis's wife coming without any notice, but for the sake of her natal family, she didn't care about the face of the marquis' wife. Just now, when she was standing at the gate of the small courtyard rented by the Su family, she was still disdainful. So what if he was promoted? He was just a small official in the capital. She couldn't control him if she couldn't meet him. When she met him, that concubine sister who was as scared as a mouse when she saw her would not let her control her.
But at this moment, is the woman standing in front of her like a rich and beautiful flower still the concubine sister who allowed her to bully her?
After not seeing him for a few years, he seems like a completely different person.
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