Yu Shu only stayed in the backyard for a short while. She greeted the womenfolk and then went back to the front. This made Madam Ren, who wanted to quarrel with her, lose her plan.
Madam Ren had long heard that this female fortune teller was unwilling to be at a disadvantage. She even dared to scold Royal Princess Xi Wen. Madam Ren thought that if someone went to learn from Yu Shu, she would definitely not let it go. The bigger the trouble, the worse her reputation would be. Unexpectedly, Yu Shu came in a hurry and left in a hurry, as if she didn't know that someone was talking behind her back.
Second Madam Xin saw that Yu Shu smiled and greeted all the high-ranking women present, and then left as if nothing had happened. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then Xin Liu came back and quickly pulled her daughter to the corridor and whispered, "Where did you go just now? Mother told you to remember that you can't repeat what Madam Ren said to Miss Yu in front of her."
These words could only be told by family members. If others said half a word, it would be deliberately stirring up trouble.
Xin Liu said carelessly, "Why didn't you say it earlier? I already told her."
Second Madam Xin choked and slapped her back, 'Who told you to speak too fast!'
Xin Liu gritted her teeth in pain, but didn't dare to make a loud noise. She looked at her mother with grievance and was unconvinced, "I'm the best friend of the lotus master. Why didn't I tell her when someone said bad things about her behind her back?"
Second Madam Xin couldn't do anything to her. It wasn't easy to educate her at home, so she could only wait until they went back to deal with this wicked girl. Thinking of Yu Shu's normal expression just now, she said to Xin Liu with disappointment, "Learn from others. You only know how to play all day long. You don't have a good memory."
After Yu Shu held a big housewarming banquet, there were more voices in the capital talking about her, the female official. People's focus was obviously different. Some people praised Official Yu for her cheerful personality and eclectic personality. Some people secretly criticized her for not being dignified enough and not having the cultivation of a woman.
Some people envied Maid Yu for holding an important official position at a young age and that women were not inferior to men. Some people ridiculed her for being too shrewd and arrogant.
In short, it's a mixed bag.
There was also some gossip mixed in — it was said that Female Envoy Yu's mother had been a maidservant in Prime Minister Yin's household and was the mistress of the current Assistant Minister Yin of the Ministry of Revenue. After they reunited, Lady Yin didn't mind Female Envoy Yu's pitiful life and arranged a marriage for her youngest son. At first, Female Envoy Yu was greedy for power and had agreed. Who would have thought that in just a few months, she would enter the court and gain the favor of the emperor? She looked down on the ignorant and incompetent young master of the Yin family and went back on her word.
Before this gossip reached Yu Shu's ears, Madam Yin, who had heard the news, was furious.
Assistant Minister Yin wasn't invited to Yu Shu's housewarming banquet, so Madam Yin naturally didn't attend as well. However, there was no harm in some busybodies running to her for confirmation.
When Madam Yin heard that her precious son was placed together with the daughter of that lowly person and was even said to be the daughter of her family who refused to let go of the girl, and in the end, she was despised. Even though she knew it wasn't the truth, she was still furious and said without thinking, "That kind of lowly person who shows her face in public doesn't even have enough status to be my son's concubine!"
At that time, she was really muddle-headed to find her son a capable wife who could control him and was easy to manipulate!
Madam Yin was so regretful that her teeth itched. Seeing her change in attitude, the busybody quickly found an excuse to leave.
However, Madam Yin's anger wasn't appeased. No matter how bad her youngest son was, he was still her biological son. How could others look down on him, especially when he was born out of wedlock by a maidservant?
People's thoughts were so strange. There was a kind of preconceived notions. For example, there was a beggar on your street who had been begging for food with a broken bowl for more than ten years. Then one day, he passed by your door on a big horse in bright clothes and said hello to you. No matter how you greeted him with a smile on your face, you must think in your heart, "Humph, he's just a stinky beggar. What's there to show off?"
Aunt Cui, who used to be Madam Yin's maidservant, was this stinky beggar in Madam Yin's mind. No matter how good her daughter was, there was always a lingering sense of superiority in Madam Yin's heart.
Therefore, after hearing the rumor, Madam Yin selectively ignored Madam Ren, who used her family as a scapegoat. Instead, she blamed Yu Shu and her daughter who didn't know what was good for them.
Near the Mid-Autumn Festival, Assistant Minister Yin couldn't get away from the Ministry of Revenue and didn't return home for two days. Madam Yin inquired about the address of the Yu's Mansion. Without discussing with him, she took advantage of the evil atmosphere and sent someone to Baochang Street to find Aunt Cui to talk about the old days. At the same time, she invited a few ladies and madams who were on good terms to her home for tea.
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Speaking of which, Concubine Cui wasn't able to come out on the day of the banquet at the Yu Residence to show off her prestige as the mother of a high-ranking official, so she had been holding back her anger and privately complained to Yu Xiaoxiu.
"What's there to be afraid that I'll be shy and make a fool of myself in front of the guests? I think your sister just dislikes me as her mother and doesn't want me to come out to meet people. She told me the truth so that I can go back to my small courtyard and don't make things difficult for her."
Of course, this was just a casual remark. Being able to live in this big house as a proper madam and enjoy the treatment of being surrounded by people, Aunt Cui was very unwilling to go back to the past. There was only one bad thing. Yu Xiaoxiu had to go to school every day and went to find Zhao Hui, who was always looking after the child. They didn't go out at all. She didn't even have someone to gossip with.
Therefore, when Madam Yin's servant found the gatekeeper of the Yu's Mansion and asked someone to go in to inform her, Aunt Cui received the invitation and almost happily asked someone to reply.
Aunt Cui freshened up and sent a little servant girl, Xiang Sui, to the front to find someone. When Zhou Hu, who was the steward in the front yard, heard that Madam was going out, he didn't dare to neglect. He immediately asked someone to tie a stable mule cart and chose a clever manservant to follow.
Aunt Cui sat in the cart happily and said to Xiang Sui, "You girls only think that I'm a disgrace. Even the wife of the Assistant Minister came to me for tea."
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