Chapter 78 The hidden aning behind the words
ijing heard concubine Yun pass on the ssage to the maids. She felt very dejected and couldn’t help herself from coming inside again. Seeing that Shu Huan was in a good mood and her face was full of smiles, ijing couldn’t help but say, "Second young mistress, I don’t understand."
Shu Huan looked blankly over, "What?"
ijing said angrily, "Last night, that miss Zhang was obviously being too overbearing. Why don’t you reveal your identity to embarrass her?"
It turned out to be for this.
Shu Huan smiled and asked a rhetorical question, "Miss Zhang should call cousin-in-law, right?"
"That’s right. Second young master is one year older than her."
"Isn’t it clear them?" Shu Huan threw the charcoal strip away and patted her hands. "I don’t think she is soone who likes to keep peace. No matter what identity I have, she would always want to get back at after suffering a loss. If I put my identity as her cousin-in-law out to argue with her, wouldn’t it be that I take my identity to bully her?"
"Oh...," ijing imdiately understood with a bit of hints. She nodded deep in thoughts.
Shu Huan laughed, "I also didn’t want to do it like that in the beginning. I felt that it was very awkward eting an outsider while dressing as a servant. I couldn’t reveal my identity, pull her hand, explain that I’m usually not like this and say that I didn’t expect to encounter you while occasionally dressed like a servant. I’m truly sorry..."
While she talked till here, ijing couldn’t hold in her laughter.
Shu Huan sighed and said, "At that ti, I only wanted to avoid the matter. Who would’ve thought that she was so unrelenting...?"
After ijing listened to that, she couldn’t help but looked for a long while at Shu Huan. Suddenly, she said, "Second young mistress, I feel that more and more you and second young master have similarity in features of a couple."
"..."
Shu Huan saw how she ran away after having said. Her lips curled up and said behind ijing, "I also discovered that you have beco more and more unruly and dared to say anything."
ijing giggles ca from outside the curtain, "I won’t dare next ti."
She said that she didn’t dare, but in fact, she beca more daring. She knew that this second young mistress was truly good-tempered. If it was miss Zhang, she would presumably be slapped till her teeth fall out.
A clear and loud "pa" could be heard.
At this mont at Heavily Scented Building was really playing the play of slapping. Zhang Hanfang swung the hand that hurt after slapping people. She huffed from anger, "I let you think of a way to et that second young mistress and tell her about the intimacy of my bastard cousin and that maid last night. Why didn’t you do as I have told you?"
The little and slow maid of last night was kneeling on the ground and cried while covering her face, "This slave has not seen Gu household’s second young mistress before...and mistook the wrong person for her. After I paid my respect did that girl tell that she is second young master’s concubine and said that if this slave has sothing to tell, this slave can tell her and she would go report to second young mistress...This slave rembered that miss said to tell this matter to second young mistress and didn’t say to the concubine. This slave didn’t dare to act on this slave’s own initiative and didn’t say anything..."
Zhang Hanfang pointed at her while she gritted her teeth. She was so angry that she was unable to speak for a while. It was still nanny Guan who stepped forward with half her face swollen and gently stroked her (ZHF) back to let her breathing beco even. Zhang Hanfang said with hate, "Hear her, she still thinks she is in the right. I have never seen such a stupid thing like her. Why are you still kneeling here? Get out (roll out). I get angry just by looking at your face."
That little maid got up slowly. She rubbed her eyes and went out while crying. Fortunately, she wasn’t so stupid to truly roll to outside. But her dilatory actions made the anger boil in Zhang Hanfang again. After suppressing it for a long ti did she press it down. She looked with gritted teeth at nanny Guan, "Deduct three months of her salary and dismiss her to sowhere far. Don’t let see her again."
After nanny Guan complied, the room imdiately beca quiet. The maids looked terrified at each other. No one dared to step forward and persuade her. They were afraid that they would also be punished. They suddenly heard soone outside the door say, "Miss Zhang, our second young mistress sent the people to let you choose."
Zhang Hanfang stood up and walked to the door. She saw a pretty maid and four old maids standing outside. The maid was ijing, but last night she didn’t pay attention. Therefore, she didn’t recognize ijing. Those old maids were one older than the other. The oldest one was presumably sixty years old. Just by looking at them, she felt repulsive. If she let them stay here to serve her, wouldn’t they dirty her place?
She couldn’t help but lift her sleeves to cover her nose as if she was afraid that the foul sll would dirty her. Her pair of clear eyes stared at ijing and gestured at her, "What is your na?"
ijing walked up to her and said smilingly, "Answering miss, this slave’s na is ijing."
Zhang Hanfang saw that she was lovable, sweet and her words were brisk, she liked her a bit. However, she still deaned her, "ijing? Such a poor taste. If you co and serve , your na would be Shu Qin."
What kind of good na was Shu Qin? It sounded like a na of a study companion.
ijing disapproved very much in her heart, but she still smiled on her face, "The na that miss gave is naturally very elegant, but unfortunately, this slave is not blessed..."
Not waiting for her to finish, Zhang Hanfang’s face darkened, "What? You are not willing?
ijing said feeling wronged, "Miss misunderstood this slave. To be able to serve you is a great blessing, but this ti when we ca here, second young mistress only brought this slave. This slave can’t leave her side for a mont. This slave only wishes to have the good fortune in the future to serve miss."
This refusal sounded more pleasing to the ears. Zhang Hanfang also didn’t dwell on this matter. She only glanced at those four old maids with a gaze full of spurn and said frowningly, "Since you can’t stay, then take these old maids with you."
She only wanted to use this opportunity to rectify the maid that offended her last night. Now, she wasn’t able to get her, she could only give up. There was no reason to let two filthy old things stay here to suffocate her.
After having said that, she didn’t want to stay outside for one mont more. She turned, wanted to enter the room and also shouted, "Mingluan, bring two buckets of water to wash the ground."
These old maids of Gu household had very sharp eyes. It took only a mont for them to see the contempt that Zhang Hanfang showed them. Every one of them felt indignant.
One had to know that they had served old master and old madam. At Gu residence, not too ntion the young masters and misses, even master and madam treated them with respect. They rarely bothered them to do sothing. When second young mistress sent them over to serve this miss Zhang, she also asked in kind words about their opinion. Her attitude was respectful and she felt apologetic. She explained that she didn’t brought enough people to the resort and had no way but to trouble them.
The lower the status of people were, the more they cared about faces. Their faces had been swept by Zhang Hanfang and it was in front ijing who didn’t have much seniority. How could they swallow this humiliation? So, they busily opened their mouths...
This one said concerned, "This old one is unsophisticated and didn’t dare to wish to serve miss, but I would ask boldly whether miss Zhang is living well here. If you lacked sothing, don’t be shy and tell this old one. This old one will go report to second young mistress and let soone sent it over."
That one took over, "That’s right. Our second young master and mistress don’t bother with the affairs when they are at ho. Now, they had to be the hosts at the resort. It couldn’t be avoided that they would be negligent about so matters. See, when second young mistress sent us over, she was worried and afraid that miss had suffered grievances and let us ask miss whether there was sothing that miss was not satisfied about. Otherwise, if she hasn’t treated the honorable guests well, when she returns old madam will bla her."
Last night, Zhang Hanfang received Gu Xiran’s cold treatnt and was angry. Hearing this now, she felt that she had imdiately beco honorable. She slowed down her steps and wasn’t in such a hurry to return to the room.
ijing felt that it was very funny. She knew the temperants of these old maids. They were people who wouldn’t suffer losses. Don’t take it that they were fawning now upon Zhang Hanfang. In fact, there were hidden anings behind the words. Every sentence was pointing out that Zhang Hanfang was a guest. They were respectful to a guest. That was why they didn’t bother with her rudeness. Incidentally, they also raised their own status. Now, they were in the position of second young mistress’s confidantes and that they were hosting the honorable guest in the stead of second young mistress. They were not so obsequious people that were sent over to let Zhang Hanfang choose.
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