Xin Liu picked a satisfactory birthday gift and exploited Yu Shu for a good meal. After the meal, he was still in high spirits. He wanted to drag Yu Shu to the theater in the south of the city to see the puppet show.
"I have other things to do. Let's go another day."
Yu Shu refused. She and Yu Xiaoxiu had agreed that they would take Aunt Cui to live with them after a while. She wanted to take advantage of these two days to see Aunt Cui. She didn't want to take Aunt Cui over and cause trouble for her.
After sending Xin Liu home, Yu Shu asked Liu Zhong to turn around and go to the west of the city.
.....
In the middle of the afternoon, Aunt Cui was lying on the bed, ordering Xiang Sui to massage her legs. She was half asleep. When she heard footsteps outside the door, she didn't open her eyes. She asked lazily, "What's the matter? Is the woman next door here to borrow oil and rice again? Go tell her that the rice in our house isn't picked up for free. If she doesn't want to spend money to buy it, she can go to the street to beg."
Yu Shu was outside the door. When she heard this, she stopped and couldn't help laughing.
"Mother, it's me."
After saying that, she lifted the curtain and entered the room.
When Aunt Cui heard Yu Shu's voice, she opened her eyes with a "whoosh". She kicked Xiang Sui's leg and sat up on the bed. When she saw the figure on the curtain was about to come in, she tilted her neck and lay back down.
"Ouch …"
When Yu Shu came in, she heard Aunt Cui moaning. Seeing her lying on the bed weakly, she knew that she was deliberately putting on an act for her to see.
"What's wrong with you? Did you sprain your waist or hurt your leg?"
Yu Shu walked up with a smile and glanced at Xiang Sui. The little servant girl shivered and quickly stood up to make room for her. It was obvious that she had learned her lesson after being slapped last time.
"Bah, I have such a good waist and legs. Do I need a jinx like you to curse me?"
Aunt Cui was a typical person who didn't learn her lesson. Last time, when Yu Shu lost her temper, she was so scared that her neck turned white and her face turned pale. After not seeing her for a month, she blabbered again.
Yu Shu didn't get angry. She sat down by her bed and asked, "Then why did you moan just now? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Do you want me to call a doctor to examine you?"
Concubine Cui turned her head and raised her neck to look at her. Her mouth was full of sarcasm, "You still remember me as your mother. I thought you found another parent and even forgot who gave birth to you and raised you. Are you here to show off again? Let me tell you, if you want to hit someone, you might as well kill her. She's a disobedient bastard anyway. "
Kaho's face instantly paled.
Yu Shu sighed, "Look at what you're saying. Didn't I get angry last time? Think about it, you are still Third Master Ji's concubine. The way I took you out of the Ji family was not very honorable. So, I placed you in this small courtyard because I was afraid that the Ji family would come looking for trouble. You, on the other hand, ran away with a servant girl without saying a word and went to live in someone else's house. You even told me an inappropriate marriage. How can I not be angry? "
After a few interactions, Yu Shu summed up a strategy to deal with Aunt Cui. It could be described as using both carrot and stick.
She had to let her know fear, but she couldn't just scare her. She had to know that even a rabbit would bite when cornered.
Aunt Cui was a worrisome person, but no matter what, she wouldn't harm her. Compared to those people who opposed her outside, such as Ji Xingxuan and Xi Wen, who wanted nothing more than to tear her apart and eat her flesh, Aunt Cui's acerbic and unkind treatment towards her could be considered amiable.
As expected, when Aunt Cui saw that Yu Shu and her were talking to each other kindly, her expression became much better, "What's wrong with that marriage? Don't tell me that Assistant Minister Yin's Third Young Master isn't a good match for you? Don't think that you've really been reborn just because you met Master Yi. You'll regret it in the future if you miss out on such a good family. I'm just thinking about you, yet you're blaming me. You really don't know what's good for you. "
Speaking of which, Yu Shu had inquired about Aunt Cui's former master, the Yin Family, so it wasn't strange that Aunt Cui wanted to establish a connection with them.
It turned out that Assistant Minister Yin was the illegitimate son of the current Left Prime Minister Yin Tianhou. This Yin Family was really a first-class family in Anling City. Just like the Xue family, they were loyal and virtuous for generations and were deeply favored by the Emperor.
However, there was a rule in the Yin Family that after a illegitimate son got married, he had to move out of the mansion and establish his own family. Therefore, Yu Shu didn't expect that the Yin Family that Aunt Cui found was not a side family, but a direct descendant of Prime Minister Yin's Residence.
Speaking of which, Third Young Master Yin was also the grandson of the Prime Minister.
However, Third Young Master Yin's grandfather was also a prime minister, but compared to Xue Rui, Third Young Master Yin was miles behind.
"Is it because I don't know what's good for me, or does mother not care about me at all?" Yu Shu snorted coldly. "Have you asked about the character of Third Young Master Yin? I've heard that he's ignorant and incompetent. He's always reluctant to leave the brothel and is dissolute. He's born to be a playboy and has a bad reputation. All the good girls in the family would avoid him when they see him. You're the only one who's stupid and still trying to get close to him. "
She only needed to ask Xin Liu a little to hear about this trivial matter.
Aunt Cui really didn't know. She was stunned and asked her foolishly, "Really? Is, is Third Young Master Yin really like this? "
"Why would I lie to you? Tomorrow, I'll bring you to a teahouse in the north of the city. Anyone can tell me one or two 'good things' about Third Young Master Yin."
Aunt Cui obviously lost her confidence, but still stubbornly said, "Men … are all like this."
Yu Shu sneered. "What about my father? He's like this too? I don't believe that if my father was really as shameless as him, you wouldn't fall for him and willingly leave your hometown to marry someone else. "
Hearing this, Aunt Cui's face stiffened. She blurted out, "I'm not willingly."
This time, Yu Shu was surprised. Looking at Aunt Cui's abnormal expression, she thought about how the "love story between father and mother" she heard from Aunt Liu in the courtyard in Yiyang City was not the original version.
"Mother, what are you saying? Aren't you willing to be with my father, or did someone force you?"
As far as she knew, Aunt Cui was originally a maidservant in the residence of Assistant Minister Yin, who was born of a concubine. Coincidentally, Yu Shu's father went to the capital to take the imperial examination. With some knowledge, he befriended this young master and temporarily lived in the residence. Who knew that he would get together with Aunt Cui and the two secretly got married. Until they were discovered by the master's family and Yu Shu's father failed the imperial examination. The Yin family felt that it was embarrassing, so they betrothed Aunt Cui to Yu Shu's father and let him take the pregnant Aunt Cui back to his hometown.
"What do you know?" Aunt Cui said unhappily.
The more she acted like this, the more curious Yu Shu became. She fished out a piece of silver from her sleeve and gave it to Xiang Sui, who was standing to the side as punishment. She said, "Go, today's weather is hot. Go see if there are any fresh fruits on the streets. Bring two catties back for my Mother to get rid of the heat. Also, tell Zhao woman to close the door in case there are more people who come to borrow rice and oil and make my Mother unhappy."
Xiang Sui hurriedly took the silver and obediently said yes. Like a rabbit, she slipped out, afraid that Yu Shu would regret calling her back.
Now that there was no one else in the room, Yu Shu picked up the banana leaf fan that had fallen on the ground. As she fanned Aunt Cui, she said with a smile, "At that time, I was still in your stomach, so of course I don't know anything. Mother, why don't you tell me how you and Father met?"
Aunt Cui didn't seem to want to talk about it, but it was rare for Yu Shu to ask her. At this moment, she really felt sullen. Her mind wandered for a moment, and she couldn't help but speak. "Thinking back to that time, I was still a servant girl by the Old Madame's side. The Second Young Master married a new wife and left the mansion. There was a lack of manpower, so the Old Madame sent me."
The Old Madame that Aunt Cui spoke of was the current Prime Minister's wife, Yin Tianhou's first wife. And this Second Young Master was the current Assistant Minister Yin.
"… Once, I did something wrong and lost an extremely valuable jade pendant of the Second Young Master. This angered the Young Master, so he no longer asked me to be in charge of his clothing and sent me to guard the courtyard gate."
Aunt Cui's tone was a little resentful. Before the Old Madame left, she had specially reminded her to serve the Second Young Master well. In the future, she would have good fortune. Of course, she understood what she meant.
Who would have thought that when she did something wrong, she would be disliked by her master. Before she could even become a member of the house, she was chased out of the room.
Seeing that the Old Madame was pregnant and that the two maidservants who accompanied her to the Old Madame's bridal chamber had already opened their mouths, how could she accept it? It should be known that when she was young, she was already very handsome and her figure was much more graceful than it was now. Among the servants by the Second Young Master's side, none of them were as good-looking and obedient as she was.
"Did you meet my father later?" Yu Shu interrupted.
Aunt Cui, who was reminiscing about her youth, rolled her eyes at her and nodded reluctantly, "Your father came to the capital later. That year, he came to take the imperial examinations. The Young Master appreciated his good handwriting, so he arranged for him to live in the outer courtyard."
At that time, Aunt Cui was only thinking about how to make her master like her. She did not even notice that there was a scholar with the surname Yu.
Aunt Cui still remembered that one night, at the end of the year, when she was taking turns to guard the entrance of the inner courtyard, Second Young Mistress's personal maidservant came out of the small kitchen with a pot of freshly brewed Huadiao wine and a few side dishes. She said that she wanted to send them to the study for the Second Young Master, who had stayed up all night studying.
That maidservant urgently needed to go to the bathroom, so she asked her to do it for her. Aunt Cui eagerly agreed. At that time, she never would have thought that it was this supper that would ruin her long-cherished dream.
She sent the supper to the study in the outer courtyard, but she did not see the Second Young Master whom she missed day and night. Instead, she saw Papa Yu, who was copying books at his desk.
“.....”
"Mother, why aren't you talking?" Yu Shu had just heard that Aunt Cui and Papa Yu had met, so she pricked up her ears and did not continue.
When Aunt Cui thought about that part, she felt sad and angry. When she came back to her senses, she stared at Yu Shu's face, which was somewhat similar to Papa Yu's. She gritted her teeth and said, "Your father is the same as you, a scourge. My entire life has been ruined by you and your father."
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