Chapter 48: Jade Vase and Cinnabar Heart

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  Chapter 48: Jade Vase and Cinnabar Heart

  "Madam, what does Wei Yiniang actually mean?" Lu Hui couldn't help but ask Su Ying, who was calm and collected.

  Su Heng smiled faintly: "Perhaps it was her maternal instincts acting up, and she couldn't bear to be separated from her daughter." Su Heng had now completely confirmed that Wei Niang was not the original Wei Niang. If she wasn't mistaken, the look in Wei Niang's eyes when she looked at her before was not hatred or malice, but sympathy and pity.

  That sympathetic gaze almost made Su Ying choke and spit out her breakfast. When did she become the one being pitied by a concubine? Su Ying didn't expect that just as the second house had resolved the matter of Hu Po, another outsider would arrive at her place. Who knew what kind of person this newcomer was?

  Unlike the porcelain amber, a white lotus flower wearing mourning clothes, reciting poems and being kind-hearted. Thinking of this, Su Ying couldn't help but ask Lu Hui: "How is the second house?"

  The whole person was like swallowing a fly: "Because of the death of Miss Amber, the second master is very sad. When I sent someone to deliver the message, the second master was sitting in the courtyard where Miss Amber used to live, wailing and crying loudly. The people below tried to persuade him but couldn't calm him down. The second mistress invited a Taoist nun to perform a ritual, saying that it was to help Miss Amber's soul ascend to the afterlife, and the second master also agreed."

  "Oh? The second master has indeed treated Amber with great affection, and the second mistress is unusually kind and generous for once. This has fulfilled her relationship with Amber as a master and servant." Su Ying's tone was very sincere, sincerely praising the second master and Madame Chen, this couple, it's true that you can't enter one family without being one of them.

  However, if Wei Yiniang hadn't caused that scene yesterday, Su Ying wouldn't have exposed the beehive so quickly and would not have lost such a valuable enemy of her enemy - Huan Juan. Judging from the recent commotion in the second house, this Huan Juan is absolutely a master of domestic struggle, able to force Fu Mu to avoid her in just a short time.

  But who would have thought that misfortune could be a blessing in disguise? Thus, Hupo was simply and crudely dealt with by Madame Chen and Madam Fu. For Su Ying, it wasn't a huge loss anyway. Originally, she hadn't expected the second house to produce such a skilled player in the game of intrigue, but now that things had turned out this way, it wasn't impossible to bring back her original plan. The second master was heartbroken and needed someone with a gentle and considerate nature to comfort him.

  Lu Hui covered her mouth and smiled secretly after hearing Su Ying's words, then asked: "How should we respond to Wei Niang's servant?"

  Wei Yiniang's unreasonable request was to move the eldest daughter from the upper house back to her southern courtyard. Su Ying's attitude was ambiguous, neither saying no nor agreeing, and also hinted at Wei Yiniang, who was radiating maternal light: originally, Fu Yeyang and his mother had discussed moving the eldest daughter out to raise her, but she had strongly disagreed, and the reason why the eldest daughter was moved to the upper house to be raised by Fu's mother was that Wei Yiniang had played a role in it at the time.

  She keenly noticed that a hint of disdain and contempt flashed in Wei's originally calm eyes, and Su Ying was even more delighted in her heart. It seems that this newly appointed Wei has a soft heart, as if she hasn't inherited the original Wei's memories, which is interesting.

  "Let her recover from her illness first. Only when she's fully recovered can she take better care of the eldest miss. By the way, has anyone been selected to replace her maid?"

  Zisu carried in a lotus-leaf-shaped lacquer tray with a bowl of cow's milk and silver apricot stewed bird's nest on it. Upon hearing this, she covered her mouth and smiled.

  Su Ying took the bowl and looked at Zi Su with a puzzled expression, then turned to Lu Hui. Lu Hui replied seriously: "It's not easy to find the right person for the time being. I had to transfer a clever maid from elsewhere. Qian Yuan was originally serving in the flower house, both her parents are old people in the mansion, she is agile. And on Wei Niang's side, there is a second-class maid who filled the vacancy of a first-class maid, which also happened to fill all the vacancies."

  "Madam doesn't know, this gibbon is Jasmine's sister." Zi Su added from behind.

  Su Ying smiled: "Who would have thought of such a clever trick." Before, Zhengyuan had not suffered less from the dark losses of Nanyuan, so the maids in her courtyard were particularly happy to see Wei Niang eat bitter fruit, all of them covering their mouths and holding handkerchiefs to laugh. The happiest one was Bi, who didn't wait for Su Ying to finish speaking before taking out a plum blossom silver ingot from the box and handing it to Lu Hui. "Here, take it, you're the most clever."

  Lu Xiang pinched her and happily put away the silver ingot: "Serving as a maid for the mistress is my greatest pleasure."

  Su Ying finished drinking the bird's nest congee. Wiping her mouth with a handkerchief: "Tell them to take good care of Wei Niangniang, and let her recover first."

  Now this is going to be interesting, nothing else, it's just because the current Wei Niang is really kind.

  Just like before, Su Ying knew that Fu Mu would definitely use the fact that Wei Niang had hit her head against a pillar as evidence, and if it were still the old Wei Niang, Su Ying might have even had to hold her nose and admit it, but unfortunately, people's plans are not as good as heaven's plans, and Wei Niang has become more honest.

  When following Su Ying to pay respects, she saw Fu Mu's harshness towards Su Ying, and Su Ying lowered her head with a flattering smile. In Wei Niang's opinion, it was just a forced smile. Adding to that, Fu Mu had a stern face, making Wei Niang think that Fu Mu was an evil mother-in-law at first glance.

  Fu's mother intentionally or unintentionally asked about Wei's illness and encouraged her to speak out boldly, saying "Don't be afraid, I'll take charge for you."

  After a brief confrontation in the main room, Su Ying grasped Wei Niang's mindset. When Fu Mu said something that was obviously meant to provoke her, she became disheartened and lost her previous haughty and elegant demeanor as the mistress of the house. Wei Niang's sympathetic heart overflowed, and she didn't mention that she had fainted from hitting the pillar. She simply said that she had accidentally bumped her head and it wasn't a big deal. The mistress was so kind and benevolent, and she felt grateful but couldn't express it in time.

  It's better not to stir up trouble between the old lady and Madame, otherwise, not only would Madam Fu feel embarrassed, but even Su Ying's face would twitch with anger, and she was so disgusted by Wei Niang's Qiong Yao-like behavior that her skin crawled all over.

  But seeing Fu Mu's constipated face, Su Ying still endured Wei Niang's indiscriminate attack and secretly gave Wei Niang a thumbs up in her heart.

  This guy is a highly lethal human-shaped weapon after being trained, haha.

  But Su Ying's pleasant mood instantly turned sour when she saw the system-published triggered branch task.

  Ding——Congratulations, host, for triggering the branch task. Why must women make it difficult for other women? Women can also conquer women. Please be careful not to underestimate the sanctity of this flower and ensure she is deeply devoted to you, willing to go through thick and thin, with a heart full of sincerity towards you. Kneel down and sing your conquest, host! Task deadline: two months; task reward: Jade Vase Heart Pendant; failure penalty: forced pregnancy.

  A dense, malicious intent was conveyed through the mechanical voice of the system, devoid of any emotional ups and downs.

  Su Ying's mind was a complete blank, only with a sense of injustice. What kind of sin had she committed in her past life to end up in such a miserable state this lifetime? System, are you sure this isn't just bullying her?!

  Su Ying's face was gloomy, but no matter how she called out to the system, it had made up its mind to play dead and not make a sound. She could almost imagine the annoying little system with its nose pointed towards the sky saying "If you've got the guts, come and bite me~". And what's more, she really couldn't go and bite it!

  Facing such a focused pit host system for thirty years, Su Ying can only pinch her nose and admit it now. Whether it's a reward or punishment, it's very "moving"! Forced pregnancy is one thing, but she can't avoid getting pregnant forever. However, getting pregnant within two months was not in her plans; as for the reward, the Jade Vase Dan Xin Necklace, this is an extremely difficult item to obtain, and its effect is similar to that of a king's aura - just a slight leak and everyone will submit. Although the Jade Vase Dan Xin Necklace is rare, it's not something that all players are eager to get, because it only targets females who have a certain degree of goodwill towards the holder, and the conditions for triggering its effect are very harsh. In short, as long as it doesn't kill the player or make them starve, it's fine!

  Su Ying was about to kneel down to the system, can't we just have a good house fight, what's the point of playing such tricks?!

  Su Ying's mood wasn't great, and someone was going to suffer for it.

  Su Ying pretended to be ignorant of the real reason for the flooding of the second house, took Fu Mu's chicken feathers as a token, and loudly ran to the second house to visit Madame Chen. Those comforting words that came from her heart were spoken to Madame Chen, who was depressed to the point of being unable to move, every sentence sounded like sarcasm to Madame Chen, each one poking at her lungs.

  Madam Chen was refuted and could only swallow her anger, finally being swindled by Su Ying into using her own private savings to repair the burnt-down house.

  Su Ying's acting skills have been honed to perfection, and with those sparkling eyes looking at people, even if Mrs. Chen constantly reminds herself that Su Ying is being hypocritical and has ulterior motives like a weasel visiting a chicken on New Year's Day, she can't help but be won over by Su Ying's eight-treasured charm and her skillful words that flow like pearls from a jade mouth, causing Mrs. Chen's defenses to retreat step by step.

  "I think you're really lucky this time, sister. It's a good thing that girl Amber doesn't have the fortune to serve your younger brother again. With his filial piety, even if you two had some small conflicts, it would be easy for Old Lady to mediate. In this regard, I'm really envious of you, sister." Su Ying's words hit half of Chen's soft spot, but unfortunately, reality slapped her in the face soon after.

  Madam Chen had barely had time to feel pleased with herself when her senior maid, Feicui, rushed in and exclaimed, "Milady...it's not good!"

  Mrs. Chen was displeased and didn't want to lose face in front of Su Ying, so she put on the airs of the eldest daughter of the Chen family and coldly said, "What's with the flustered look? What's wrong?"

  Jade lowered her head and whispered: "The old lady said that the master was devastated by yesterday's disaster and couldn't be short of people to take care of him, so...so she sent two maidservants to serve the master!"

  "What?!" Mrs. Chen was furious and stood up, "How can Auntie treat me like this, who would rush to push someone into her own son's room? What is she trying to do to me?" In the heat of anger, she didn't think before speaking and asked: "Has anyone been pushed into Master's room?"

  This is a malicious and vicious world of infighting.

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