The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 81 A Different Ye Chulian

The morning and evening visits in Fuluyuan were over, everyone left, and only the old lady stayed behind, leaving Ye Jingsheng behind.

She asked Ye Jingsheng, "I don't object to you taking a concubine, but Xichun was born a slave after all. She is not presentable and it would be embarrassing to take her out. What's the difference between her and Liu? Why do you want to take another maid?"

Ye Jingsheng didn't tell the truth, he just complained to his mother: "You know Shubai's temper. My son has been controlled by her all these years. Apart from Liu, there is no one else serving him. And because she is jealous, my son has not dared to enter Liu's room for many years. My son is also a human being, and he also wants to breathe. How can it be good for her to keep suppressing me like this? Xichun is a maid, but it is precisely because she is a maid that she knows how to love people better. What's more, she used to be someone close to the fourth girl. If my son can win her over, he can get a lot of information about the fourth girl."

The old lady nodded after hearing what he said. "If you think so, then I won't say anything. Well, I think Chu Lian is pretty good today. She looks a bit like the fourth girl. If Hongzhuang is not good enough, you should teach Chu Lian a lesson! If you expect Xichun to give birth to a child, and then raise that child, it will take another ten years, and the cucumber will be cold."

Ye Jingsheng nodded repeatedly, "Mother is right. Chu Lian used to learn dancing from Hong Zhuang, and the teacher praised her. Later, Shu Bai looked down on her and stopped her from learning. I thought she was just a concubine's daughter, and I was not the head of the family. Our family could not rely on me in the future, so I did not care much. But now the burden of the family is on me, and many things can no longer be the same as before. Since mother is optimistic about Chu Lian, I will ask someone to find a master for her. Not only should she learn dancing, but also the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, just in case they can be useful in the future!"

The old lady said "hmm" and said nothing more, waving her hand to let him go. Jun Tao saw that the old lady was unhappy, so she asked softly, "The second master knows how to train the fifth lady. Is the old lady unhappy?"

"Hmph, why should I be so happy? No matter how I train her, she will just be a concubine's daughter. What use can a concubine's daughter be?"

"But the legitimate daughter is now only the one from the first lady's side." Jun Tao said this, and suddenly remembered something, "Oh, there is also the second daughter. The second daughter was raised by the old lady herself and has always been close to us. The old lady might as well help the second daughter so that she will have someone to rely on in the future."

The old lady sighed, "I am fifty-three years old, and I will be fifty-four after this year. How many years do I still have left to live? What's the point of me relying on others? Jingsheng is the one who should have someone to rely on the most. I always thought that the Xiao family was behind the Xiao family, and that the old lady Xiao was distantly related to the empress dowager's family. I thought that marrying such a woman would be more or less helpful to Jingsheng. I didn't expect that Hongzhuang would have such a thing. If the baby is a girl, then both mother and daughter will be ruined. So I have to find a support for Jingsheng, so that he can have a promising younger generation to help him fight for his future. Alas, it's a pity that this move is too late. Even if Xichun is born soon, it will be too late!"

The old lady was beating her chest and stamping her feet, and she even scolded Xiao. However, Ye Jingsheng had already walked a long way with his followers, and asked as he walked, "How is the madam doing?"

The attendant Yan Li said: "What else can we do? The Second Madam is just always angry!"

He was so angry that he kicked Yan Li and said, "I'm not talking about this lady."

Yan Li realized that he had misunderstood, and quickly corrected himself: "Mrs. Chang is still the same. Miss Wushuang occasionally goes out, but she only goes to the streets of the outer city to buy things and never goes far."

Ye Jingsheng sighed, "Xue Qiao and Wu Shuang are the most sensible ones, and they never cause me any trouble. Only when I am with them can I feel that life is truly a life, and that I can live a serious life. I don't know how long this life of running back and forth will last, and when I can bring them back to the mansion." Yan Li asked him, "Master, are you going to the outer city today?"

Ye Jingsheng looked at his hand that was wrapped like a dumpling and shook his head, "Wait a little longer. Xue Qiao will definitely feel distressed when she sees me like this. Wu Shuang will also start crying. I can't let them worry."

Izumo-in.

The maid knelt on the ground with joy, raised the tea in her hand high, and said respectfully: "Miss Fifth, please have some tea."

Ye Chulian sat in front of the dressing table, turned her eyes away from the bronze mirror, glanced at the tea in Sui Xi's hand, slowly took it, tasted it lightly, then put it on the table and said indifferently: "Get up!"

"Thank you, Miss Fifth." Sui Xi stood up and took a small step back.

Ye Chulian started looking at herself in the mirror again, and got tired of looking at herself over and over again, so she simply slammed the bronze mirror on the table, making a loud bang. Sui Xi immediately knelt down again, "Fifth Miss, calm down, Fifth Miss, calm down."

Ye Chulian closed her eyes for a while, then opened them again, and said helplessly, "Get up. No matter how much I pretend, I am not the real legitimate daughter of the Ye family. No matter how respectful and obedient you are to me, you can't respect me to the point that everyone is afraid of me. A concubine's daughter is a concubine's daughter. She will never be the one who can't be on the stage. She will never be loved and feared like my fourth sister. This is how my life will be. In two years, when it comes to marriage, I will either be the wife of a concubine's son of a wealthy family, or the concubine of a legitimate son of a wealthy family. Even if I want to marry a commoner, it's not possible."

Sui Xi quickly advised her: "Miss, please don't think like that. We can't belittle ourselves. The Second Master only has two daughters. The Third Miss is in such a state now. It's not certain whether she will be sad or happy in the future. If it is a tragedy, then the Second Master can only rely on you. By then, you will have everything you want and can marry whoever you want."

"Can I really marry whoever I want?" Ye Chulian snorted coldly, no longer showing the timid look she had in front of others. "I want to enter the palace and marry the emperor, but who can help me? When my grandfather was alive, he only thought about my eldest uncle's children. Now that he is gone, they are focused on cultivating my third sister. Who has ever thought about me? Look at my face. Isn't it much worse than my third sister's?"

Sui Xi looked at her carefully for a while before saying, "I have always thought that you are as pretty as the Third Miss, and even a little bit better than her. The Third Miss is more beautiful, but beauty is not lasting. The Fifth Miss is the type that becomes more beautiful the more you look at her."

"How about me and my fourth sister?"

“The fourth young lady is…” Sui Xi was a little at a loss for words. The fourth young lady was so pretty, how could she be praised? Got it! “The fourth young lady used to be really pretty, very, very pretty. Don’t be offended by what I have to say, you were really not as good as the fourth young lady before, just a little bit short. But things are different now. Ever since the fourth young lady came back from Prince Su’s Mansion, she has had a pale face all day long, like a living dead, and it’s scary to look at her. Haven’t you noticed that she hasn’t put on makeup these days? She probably knows that her face is so pale that she looks even more like a dead person with makeup on, which is even scarier.”

Ye Chulian was very satisfied with this statement. "She really looked like a dead person. She was holding a seventh-day sacrifice that night. I knelt beside the brazier and looked at her, but she didn't look alive. So if that's the case, do I really have hope?"

"Miss, there is definitely hope. After all, you are the only capable daughter of the Second Master now."

As the two were talking, a servant's voice came from outside: "Fifth Miss, the Second Master has sent someone to deliver a message."

Ye Chulian quickly sat up straight, put away her previous expression, and put on her usual timid look again.

Sui Xi went to open the door, and the person who came in was Yan Li.

When Ye Chulian saw that it was Yan Li who came, she quickly stood up to pay her respects. Yan Li immediately rushed to pay her respects and said, "Fifth Miss is the master. If the master were to pay her respects to the servant, then the servant would die young. Fifth Miss, you can just sit down. The Second Master asked me to come and tell you something." Ye Chulian did not sit down. She stood there twisting her handkerchief and asked, "What does father want to tell me?"

Yan Li said, "The Second Master has already ordered someone to find a master for the Fifth Miss. She will need to learn all the arts, such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and dance. Please prepare for it, the lesson will begin in a few days."

Ye Chulian was surprised. "Why does father want me to learn these? I am a concubine's daughter! In the past, only my third sister could learn these. I am not qualified."

Yan Li smiled, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. The old lady also mentioned the fifth young lady to the second master today and praised her a lot. The master arranged all these for the fifth young lady, hoping that the fifth young lady can complete her studies soon."

Yan Li left after he finished speaking, and Sui Xi went to see him off. Ye Chulian stood alone in the room, unable to hide the joy on her face.

Ye Wenyan’s courtyard still has no name, but people have gradually gotten used to it and are no longer obsessed with whether to give it a name or not.

The kitchen sent over lunch, and she asked Xiangdong to wait on her in the room while they ate, "You saw it today, too. The maid who used to serve me has changed her status now. When you see her again, you must kneel down and greet her, saying hello, Aunt. I remember you begged me to spare her once before, do you regret it now?"

Xiang Dong knelt down and kowtowed to Ye Wenyan. "I regret it, but if I could go back in time, I would still do the same thing. Xichun and I were assigned to serve the Fourth Young Lady together. We have been together for many years. I have done my best to say a word for her. As for whether she is good or bad, that is her fate. Although she is now a concubine, I do not think that she is lucky. That is not what a person should do. Sooner or later, she will be punished."

She kowtowed again when she said this. "If the young lady hadn't hidden flowers in her room, she would have been chosen by the Second Master based on her own ability. I would have congratulated her and sincerely wished her a good life. But after that incident, I felt that she was acting as a concubine in a sneaky way. I don't know why she was suddenly taken in by the Second Master."

Xiang Dong frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Miss, you tell me, Xichun was able to enter the Second Master's room despite the Second Madam's strict defense. Could there be something wrong?"