Capítulo 996: Chapter 994: Unwavering Loyalty
Madam Zhou had just taken a sip of tea when she was caught off guard by Qiu Xiang’s words, and she froze for a mont, looking up at her.
“What do you want to say?”
Qiu Xiang felt a slight chill in her heart, thought for a mont, and told Madam Zhou about the stepdaughter story she had heard before.
Madam Zhou’s expression changed several tis as she listened, and she placed the teacup on the small table beside her, her face cold as she said: “Are you saying, Mr. Wu wants to take over his biological daughter’s property?”
Qiu Xiang was startled, and knelt down with a thud: “This servant dares not!”
“But your words imply just that.” Madam Zhou did not, as before, quickly tell her to get up, she just looked at her and said: “Step-mothers have never been good, but Mr. Wu, is Wufu’s biological father!”
Qiu Xiang, hearing this, secretly lanted in her heart, step-mothers might not be good, but there were quite a few scumbag dads like Wu Lihong. Not to ntion, the awkward identity she and her daughter have now.
“Madam, since this servant ca to this house, the young lady trusted , elevated , and only then did I co to serve by Madam’s side. This servant was sold as a maidservant since childhood, and has had several masters, yet none were as good as the young lady and Madam!” Qiu Xiang said with a face full of loyalty: “This servant is not a heartless person. Madam and the young lady treated this servant well, this servant knows gratitude, and does not want to be like a rootless duckweed, sold around. This servant knows, as long as Madam and the young lady are well, this servant will be well. This servant’s heart only thinks of Madam and the young lady, nothing else.”
She spoke sincerely, and Madam Zhou’s expression slightly softened, raising her hand she said: “I know your loyalty, stand up and speak!”
“Thank you, Madam!”
Madam Zhou looked at the longan and red dates in the cup, sighed, and said: “Actually, what you said is for our own good, I know.”
“Madam?”
Madam Zhou showed a self-deprecating smile: “I have thought about it these days, if I really take Wufu to recognize her ancestors and return to that place, I’m afraid soone like
would live under others!”
Qiu Xiang said: “Madam, you an to?”
“I don’t know.” Madam Zhou shook her head: “I want to be with him, yet I don’t… But in this world, there are many dilemmas, and there is no such thing as having both the fish and the bear paws at the sa ti. If we really go back, no matter how well he treats , it won’t change the awkward fact of our identity. By then, without a hold in hand, I’m afraid my daughter and I will be at the rcy of others!”
Qiu Xiang sighed a long breath upon hearing this, and said: “So Madam understands, this servant was overthinking!”
Madam Zhou laughed with a “ha”: “They all think I am foolish, I may be clumsy and weak, but I am not truly stupid.” She looked at her own fingers, now well-cared for, and said: “Without silver, what good would we have? Even these hands, probably wouldn’t look as nice as they do now!”
Hands doing hard work cannot compare to those that are well-maintained!
“Then what is Madam’s thought?”
Madam Zhou glanced at her, and said: “I just can’t figure out whether in his heart he genuinely thinks for the good of my daughter and , or if he has other thoughts?”
“Regardless of the master’s thoughts, Madam, you only need to think of yourself and the young lady’s days.” Qiu Xiang boldly said: “Forgive this servant’s disrespect, the property in your and the young lady’s hands is likely unmatched by many in that household. If you and the young lady were to return to that place, unable to compare in status and position to the main wife, and if there’s also a lack of silver to smooth things over, I’m afraid… the position of the main wife is there, and the rules are in place. Not even the master could interfere.”
Madam Zhou’s face tensed and tensed again, and after a long while, she said: “I understand now.”
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