Noble Lady

But within a few days, He Rujixiang looked more energetic.

He Shuang was unwilling.

Why does her own mother treat the concubine's daughter from the first wife better than her?

Taking advantage of her unpreparedness, he started thinking about how to embarrass her.

"What does the third lady want to do?"

He Shuang was about to pour the water on He Jixiang's bedding when she was held down by someone.

She struggled hard and ended up having the basin of water poured all over her head.

The person holding her down dodged faster than anyone else.

He Shuang: "Who is it?" Who ruined her plans?!

He threw the basin away angrily, turned around and saw his mother's expression of disappointment.

"Didn't I tell you to be a law-abiding person and do your duty? What are you doing? Are you tired of living?"

"Mother? Mother, I..."

"Pa!" A loud slap.

He Shuang was stunned by the beating. "Mom, you hit me for a concubine's daughter! She's not your daughter!"

For this sentence, the old lady from the second house slapped her again.

"Look at what nonsense you are saying. Is this what I taught you? Even if the fourth girl is just a concubine's daughter of the eldest wife, she is still your cousin in name. You can't treat her like this!"

"But didn't you say before that a concubine's daughter was just a thing and could be dealt with as you pleased?" He Shuang covered her face with her hands, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Xue Chenyu raised her eyebrows slightly: This is the Zhang she knew. Why did she change so suddenly?

“…” Zhang opened her mouth for a long time but couldn’t think of any words to refute.

But He Shuang was still dragged away by her and her daughter-in-law.

Before leaving, he apologized to Xue Chenyu, "It's my fault that I failed to teach your daughter well. I won't do that again."

"Ah."

After He Shuang returned, he was scolded by Zhang and punished according to family rules. He was then locked in a room to reflect on his mistakes.

Zhang also took this opportunity to arrange a marriage for her.

However, this is a story for another day.

Although she didn't know why Zhang cared so much about her attitude towards the second wife, Xue Chenyu always felt that Zhang seemed to know something.

It’s hard to say, maybe I was reborn just like her.

He Shuang was taken away, but He Jixiang was still in shock.

She looked confused.

She seemed to be unable to understand why He Shuang, whom she called "Third Sister", would wet her quilt, but she was not surprised either.

"Sister-in-law, I..."

"You can call me Madam, just like the Second Madam. You don't have to call me Sister-in-law anymore."

He Jixiang nodded blankly, not knowing why, but he obeyed obediently.

The servants' room was not a place to talk, so Xue Chenyu took her back to Furongju.

He Jixiang looked confused the whole time. She sat when she was asked to sit and ate when she was asked to eat.

Xue Chenyu sighed, "The fourth young lady has been living in the servants' quarters. Has she ever thought of asking the old lady to move out?"

He Jixiang was stunned for a moment, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly returned to a confused look.

"will not."

"what?"

"Mother wouldn't agree."

He Jixiang only said this and continued to eat the snack as if he had never eaten anything.

Yuzhu: The fourth girl may have never eaten these.

On the surface, they were praying for the deceased master and concubine in some temple, but what was the reality?

She lived in the servants' quarters, sharing a room with several maids. She didn't even have two decent pieces of clothes. She didn't even dare to speak loudly and looked timid.

Although the He family has fallen on hard times, it is really not presentable that their daughter has been raised like this.

Xue Chenyu gave Yuzhu a look, and she immediately understood and went to the small kitchen to get some snacks.

"Fourth Miss, you are a daughter of the He family after all. It is not appropriate for you to live in the servants' quarters all the time. However, the house is so small, and I think the old lady has no other place for you."

He Jixiang hesitated for a moment and nodded.

There was a flash of speechlessness in her eyes, and she looked timid, but in fact she wanted to be angry, but couldn't.

"Look, the He family can't accommodate us anymore, but I have an empty room here. If you don't mind, you can move in."

"what?!"

When he met Xue Chenyu's smiling eyes, He Jixiang realized that he was so surprised that he forgot to pretend to be timid.

If you reinstall it, the marks will be too obvious.

"The fourth girl has beautiful eyes, but they've been drooping like that. She looks listless."

"Husband, Madam, I..."

"Everyone has their own reasons for doing things. I just want to make sure that you have no ill will towards me." Xue Chenyu interrupted her explanation.

He Jixiang nodded. "My mother died early. Before she died, she told me that if I wanted to survive in this family, I couldn't be too smart. She also said that it's okay to suffer a little, as long as I can survive."

At first, Liu really planned to send her to a nunnery, but later, seeing that she was so timid and cowardly, she felt that she was no longer a threat, so she threw her into the maid's room and left her to fend for herself.

Xue Chenyu did not doubt the truthfulness of her words.

Not to mention how narrow-minded Mrs. Liu is, the fact that the fourth daughter of the He family in her previous life married Captain Chen after her cousin He Shuang escaped from marriage and yet was able to live a good life is enough to show that she is not a timid person.

Captain Chen is an official, no matter how strong his character is. If she is really as she has shown before, not daring to speak out when encountering problems, she will never be able to become the mistress of the house.

"If you've made up your mind, tell Yuzhu and we can move in anytime. But the old lady might give you a hard time, so be prepared."

He Jixiang thought for a moment, "They didn't let me live in the servants' room either. But, if I really move in, won't it cause trouble for Madam?"

"Do you think I'm in enough trouble now?"

This is true.

Xue Chenyu had said this much, and He Jixiang had nothing more to say.

She agreed to think about it and move in after a couple of days if she was sure.

Xue Chenyu had no choice but to ask Yuzhu to get her some snacks and send her back.

If this Fourth Miss He does not grow up astray, keeping her by my side for a while and introducing her to Captain Chen in the future would be considered as repaying the kindness of Captain Chen and other old subordinates of my father who did their utmost to endure the injustice after the incident in the Marquis' Mansion in my previous life.

Yuzhu came back with a visiting card, saying that Chen Lizhu, the third daughter of the Chen family, asked her to meet at Jinyifang the next day.

"Miss, you are truly a prophet. But how did you know that Miss Chen would come to see you again?"

Before Xue Chenyu could say anything, Yumei answered, "That must be because our daughter is beautiful, rich, and generous."

Yuzhu: What does it have to do with whether a girl is rich or pretty?

"No, what I mean is that she must not look good in her clothes, and she envied our daughter for being so good at wearing them, and wanted our daughter to give her some advice."

She had heard from Yuzhu Qiuhua about the last time she went to Jinyifang, and then she came to this conclusion.

Yuzhu thought about it and felt that what she said made sense.

Although Miss Chen San was good-looking and wore clothes made of good materials, she had seen those clothes twice and there always seemed to be something strange about them on her.

Xue Chenyu held Chen Lizhu's invitation card, but was thinking that his father had been away from Beijing for some time to train troops and should return home today.

She also wanted to go back and take a look.

……

While Xue Chenyu was still chatting and laughing, Miss Xue Er in the Marquis Wu'an's mansion was worried for several days.