Chapter 680 The So-called Continuing Serving Her
“Madam Di has been locked up as before. No one cos to see her other than so people sent by Duke Yong’s Mansion, and Yuru seldom cos!” When Old Madam Qin spoke of Madam Di, the smile on her face faded away.
Shao Wanru understood what Old Madam Qin ant. Now Madam Di was really a nobody in Qin’s Mansion and was no longer a threat to Shui Ruolan. Nevertheless, since Duke Yong’s Mansion still sent so people to see her, it ant that they still attached great importance to her. So Qin’s Mansion could not be too harsh on her and just locked her up.
And she would not be treated unfairly in everyday food and clothing.
Soone like Qin Yuru probably would not show great gratitude towards her birth mother.
“Grandma, can I et Madam Di?” After thinking for a while, Shao Wanru finally raised her watery eyes and asked softly.
“You want to see Madam Di?” Old Madam Qin asked with a frown, wondering why Shao Wanru wanted to see Madam Di at this ti!
“Grandma, I want to ask if she knows so bygones. It’s most suitable to ask her!” Shao Wanru said bluntly.
She had a hunch that Madam Di knew about her origin much better than Old Madam Qin.
“Okay, but be careful.” Old Madam Qin said with a nod.
As she said, she instructed soone to take Shao Wanru there. Shui Ruolan intended to go there with Shao Wanru, but she was refused by Shao Wanru.
The old maid took Shao Wanru to Madam Di’s yard. At the door, there were two tall and sturdy old maids guarding. When they saw Shao Wanru, they froze for a while and then hurriedly stepped forward to bow to her.
Most of the servants in the mansion knew her, who had been the Second Miss of Qin’s Mansion and was now the Fifth Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion.
“Is Madam Di having a rest?” Shao Wanru raised her hand as a hint for them to forego formalities and asked.
“I don’t think so. I just saw Madam Di co out for a walk!” An old maid answered.
Shao Wanru nodded and walked into the yard. It had been almost three years since she ca here last ti. Now the things were still there but people were no more the sa ones. Everything seed to be the sa as before, but in fact, everything had changed.
“Second... Second Miss...” An excited voice ca from the side. Shao Wanru looked sideways, only to see a maid in plainclothes stand in the corridor and look at her emotionally.
It seed to be a maid in her twenties. Wasn’t she too old to be a maid?
“Miss, she’s Qing Xue!” Yujie reminded Shao Wanru.
“Second Miss, it’s really you... I kowtow to you!” In the corridor, Qing Xue had put down the tray in her hand, rushed over, and said with tears. She walked up to Shao Wanru, knelt down, and kowtowed heavily to Shao Wanru.
“You are... Qing Xue?” Shao Wanru looked at her face and asked hesitantly. In her mory, Qing Xue was young and beautiful. Was the maid, who seed to be old, in front of her really Qing Xue?
“Second Miss, I am Qing Xue.” Qing Xue cried.
Shao Wanru looked at Yujie, and Yujie hurried forward to help her up.
“Qing Xue... what... happened to you?” Shao Wanru looked her up and down and asked. Upon a closer look, Shao Wanru found that she was indeed Qing Xue, who appeared to old and haggard. She should be less than twenty years old, but she seed to be in her early twenties.
“I... I’ve been serving Madam Di...” Qing Xue lowered her head, wanted to say sothing, but stopped on second thought.
Shao Wanru understood. Qing Xue, who had served Madam Di for such a long ti, seed to have suffered a lot. Soone like Madam Di would definitely torture the servants around her crazily after being locked up and stuck in such a desperate situation.
She continued walking inside. Before she reached the front door of the main room, as the curtain was lifted, an old nanny ca out. When she saw Shao Wanru, she opened her mouth wide in astonishnt and couldn’t say a word.
This was Nanny Zhou, who had aged a lot and seed to be at least a dozen years older.
“Second... Second Miss...” Nanny Zhou stamred.
“Is Madam Di in the room?” Shao Wanru raised her eyes slightly and asked.
“Yes, yes...” Nanny Zhou said in a hurry. Another two maids, iya and ibao, ca to lift the curtain. They had served Madam Di as her principal maids for the longest ti.
Both of them also looked old and lifeless, unlike the two girls in their pri.
All the mbers of this courtyard seed to have aged a lot as if several three years had passed here in the past three years.
Shao Wanru stepped into the room.
“Who’s here?” A hoarse voice ca out from inside, making Shao Wanru feel extrely uncomfortable as if it were caused by sothing ground against a heavy sharpening stone.
Shao Wanru stepped in and saw Madam Di sitting in the middle chair.
Madam Di was very thin, almost as thin as a re bag of bones. Despite her gorgeous clothes, they seed to be too loose for her. She opened her eyes so wide that they almost popped out of her eye sockets, sohow looking horrifying and completely irrelevant to beauty.
Because she was skinny, her lips and cheekbones were protruding and her eyes were muddy. She couldn’t compare with herself, who was in high and vigorous spirits when moving to the capital three years ago.
She even looked like the mother of the lady she had been three years ago.
“You... you are Qin Wanru?” Madam Di looked at Shao Wanru fiercely and asked. Obviously, she had recognized who Shao Wanru was. Her eyes were vicious and gloomy as if they could devour Shao Wanru.
After saying that, she picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at Shao Wanru violently. The hot tea had just been brewed. Nanny Zhou, who stood beside her, scread in fear with her face imdiately turning pale.
Shao Wanru was no longer the humble Second Miss she used to be. If she was really smashed by Madam Di and got scalded, Madam Di would definitely be punished!
Yujie quickly pulled Shao Wanru aside to avoid the teacup. The teacup smashed the door heavily, making the stained curtain look even more filthy.
“I’m Shao Wanru! The Fifth Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion, the daughter of the forr Heir of Duke Xing and Infanta Qinghua, the granddaughter of Rui’an Great Elder Princess!” After standing firm, Shao Wanru looked at Madam Di unhurriedly with cold eyes and said.
“So what? You are just an unfavored Miss. Do you really think that Duke Xing’s Mansion wants you to go back and be a legitimate Miss?” Madam Di sneered hoarsely with a trace of madness flashing in her eyes.
At that ti, she used all sorts of intrigues in an attempt to make her daughter replace Shao Wanru to be the Fifth Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion. Unexpectedly, she failed on the verge of success, and Yuru fell into a difficult situation. How could she not hate Shao Wanru when she thought of this!
She wished she could avenge her daughter by biting Shao Wanru to death and eating her flesh bit by bit. All of these should belong to her daughter. If it weren’t for Shao Wanru, her daughter would be fine.
“I’m the Fifth Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion anyway no matter I’m favored or not. It’s sothing neither you nor Duke Yong’s Mansion can control. I heard that the First Miss Qin has been locked up in Duke Yong’s Mansion like you recently. Is she going to be locked up forever like you? The heir of Duke Yong may have a co-wife!”
Shao Wanru said unhurriedly and joyfully and then shook her sleeves splashed with a few drops of water accidentally.
“You’re talking nonsense!” Madam Di shouted with madness in her red eyes, which beca muddier and muddier.
“You know whether I am talking nonsense or not! How long has it been since the First Miss Qin ca to see you last ti? If she is not locked up, do you think she would not co to see you?” Shao Wanru said leisurely as if she did not realize that Madam Di had been driven crazy by her.
It was true that Qin Yuru had not co to see Madam Di for a long ti. Madam Di lived a miserable life now, so she almost counted the days while looking forward to Qin Yuru’s visit. However, Qin Yuru did not co, and she had indeed waited for a long ti and had a lot of speculations. Nevertheless, at the thought that Duke Yong’s Mansion was her mother’s ho, she convinced herself that Qin Yuru would be fine.
“You’re talking nonsense! You’re talking nonsense! Yu’er is fine! She’s definitely fine!” Madam Di shouted so crazily that she almost raved herself hoarse. But even so, her voice was not loud and hoarse enough to make Shao Wanru feel uncomfortable.
After all, her throat had been injured before, and she had not fully recovered yet.
“You should know whether I’m talking nonsense or not. Madam Di, you deserve to be hurt by your daughter that year. You did all you could to help Qin Yuru set up, but now you are abandoned by your daughter. You were almost killed by your daughter. Does it make you feel good?”
Shao Wanru said in an increasingly calm tone, but the aning of her words made Madam Di tremble all over and almost lose control of herself. She grabbed the armrest of the chair with her twitching fingers and curled up into a ball.
“You’re talking nonsense... You’re talking nonsense...” Her sharp voice almost pierced the ears of everyone in the room.
“You know clearly whether I am talking nonsense or not. Your daughter is so vicious, and now she is about to be despised by Childe Di. She’s going to follow in your footsteps soon and be detained in the backyard. Madam Di, this is the retribution for what you have done. You attempted to make your daughter replace to be my father’s daughter? Unfortunately, you failed, but Madam of Duke Xing benefited from it!”
Shao Wanru sighed softly this ti with a sneer and cold eyes. After that, she turned around and was about to leave, seeming to intend to stop talking with Madam Di.
“She... she benefited from it?” Madam Di asked while grabbing the armrest of the chair so hard that her knuckles turned white.
“Of course. Madam of Duke Xing has always been capable of getting whatever she wants in Duke Xing’s Mansion. Madam Di, you should know about her tactics, right? I had an accident before. I heard that Madam of Duke Xing shifted all the bla onto the First Miss Qin and made Qi Rongzhi bear witness. The First Miss Qin is really dood this ti!”
Shao Wanru said. After that, she turned around and left, ending her conversation with Madam Di, as if she ca here just to see Madam Di in a miserable situation.
Considering the hatred between her and Madam Di, it was reasonable for her to do so!
“Miss, please save !” Qing Xue knelt down at the door and pleaded with Shao Wanru.
In fact, not only her but also the other servants staying in the yard with Madam Di were almost driven crazy by Madam Di’s torture. They all wanted to leave, even including Nanny Zhou. It was said that she would also leave here after using so connections.
Shao Wanru looked at Qing Xue calmly. This ti, she didn’t instruct Yujie to help her up. “I will tell Aunt Shui about your business. You can be transferred out of the courtyard, but you can’t completely leave the work here aside.”
Qing Xue understood and imdiately beca overjoyed. She kowtowed hard to Shao Wanru and said, “Thank you, Miss. Thank you very much. I will continue serving Madam Di even if I am transferred out of here!”
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