Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Yu Zinyin followed Madam Yu out of the carriage. Behind them was another carriage from the Yu family, with two girls getting off. These two were the illegitimate daughters of the Yu family, Yu Fangfang and Yu Zixi, who were one year younger than the original owner. Even though they were still a little young, Madam Yu, out of her duty as a legitimate mother, still brought them out to see the world. This was equivalent to building momentum for the two first, so that she could find a good marriage for them in the future.

In the original owner's memory, these two half-sisters were not content to stay put, which later led to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion having a very bad reputation. First of all, Yu Fangfang was a brother-supporting demon raised by Concubine Yun. After getting married, she would constantly take things from her husband's family and bring them back to her half-brother. Although the Right Prime Minister's Mansion had no shortage of food and clothing, Yu Fangfang would give her half-brother a lot of gold, silver and jewelry during every festival.

At first, the man's family was afraid of the pressure from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, so they didn't dare to say anything. But later, Yu Fangfang became more and more excessive, and the man couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to Madam Yu and told her about it. Madam Yu then realized that the things Yu Fangfang brought back every time were not earned by herself, but were saved by deducting the monthly wages of the servants in the man's mansion for various reasons, and by pathologically reducing all expenses of the people in the mansion. If this got out, all the girls and boys in the Yu family would be laughed at.

Madam Yu naturally couldn't just sit there and watch, so she took action. But later, Yu Fangfang was still dissatisfied with this, thinking that Madam Yu wanted to harm her aunt and half brother. But her husband was also strict, so she could only secretly help her aunt and half brother.

As for Yu Zixi, it was even more extraordinary. Before they had any engagement, she hooked up with a young man from a noble family who was notorious for his playboyism, got pregnant with him, and ran away to become his concubine without caring about the face of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. You have to know that the Right Prime Minister was the head of all officials and the emperor's right-hand man. Even if his daughter was a concubine, she was much more noble than the young man from a noble family who was notorious for his playboyism and was already the eldest son of his wife.

Then, Yu Zixi, without any self-respect, ran off to become someone else's concubine. This really upset the Right Prime Minister and Yu Zixi's aunt, and made the Right Prime Minister's Mansion a laughing stock in the capital. Later, the Right Prime Minister was so angry that he simply drove Yu Zixi out of the Mansion and no longer treated her as his daughter. The aunt who gave birth to Yu Zixi did not dare to say anything. After all, this incident really slapped the face of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. The Right Prime Minister and Madam Yu were merciful in not beating the mother of Yu Zixi, the culprit, to death.

When Yu Ziyin came, she naturally had to intervene in this matter, because the affairs of these two people would affect the reputation of the Yu family's children. Even if Yu Ziyin got married in the future, it would be affected. She didn't want anything outrageous to happen that would affect her reputation when she had the upper hand, so before coming, she talked to Madam Yu and asked several capable maids to watch these two people, especially Yu Zixi.

Yu Ziyin didn't know when exactly Yu Zixi met the young master from aristocratic family. The original owner's memory couldn't be that clear. The original owner was a little vague about the specific time when some things happened. So she could only rely on Yu Ziyin to send someone to monitor her. She was only thirteen years old now, and she only had a personal maid, Cuiguo, who she could trust and use. If Cuiguo was sent to keep an eye on the two of them, not to mention that Cuiguo couldn't split herself to watch over the two of them, after she left, Yu Ziyin would be left alone, and would be laughed at. Young ladies from wealthy families would have maids around them, not only to show their superiority but also to allow them to have someone to rely on in case of emergencies.

Besides, Yu Zixi and Yu Fangfang both know Cuiguo, so naturally they can't use her.

Madam Yu was puzzled as to why the maids were asked to watch over the two of them. Yu Ziyin explained, "My sisters are still young, and this is their first time attending a banquet like this. I'm afraid they'll do something that will embarrass our Right Prime Minister's Mansion. But it wouldn't be a good idea to have the maids watch over them openly. People would think our Right Prime Minister's Mansion doesn't tolerate concubines, and my sisters would definitely be unhappy about that. So, we can only watch them in secret."

Madam Yu thought about it and nodded. Originally, she thought that Yu Zixi and Yu Fangfang were relatively quiet and self-restrained in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, so she didn't send anyone to watch them. She just asked the maids around them to keep an eye on them and not run around. But after her daughter said that, she felt it was quite right. After all, the maids around them were not very old and had never seen a big scene. If Yu Zixi and Yu Fangfang really did something to embarrass the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, the two maids might be afraid of being scolded by her and would take the initiative to cover up for the young master. So someone had to watch them secretly to feel at ease.

So, according to what Yu Zinyin said, they sent two maids to watch secretly to prevent the two from doing anything stupid. If the two maids saw that the two were about to do something detrimental to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, they would stop them immediately.

Yu Zixi and Yu Fangfang were unaware that their actions were being monitored. They happily followed their mistress and elder sister, looking around excitedly. They thought that the flower-viewing banquet held here was not much different from the one held in their Right Prime Minister's Mansion. They thought that this family must be a high-ranking official of the third rank or above.

This is indeed the case. The Chen family is of the second rank, and his father is the Minister of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue is the emperor's purse, so naturally this family is very prosperous.

During the flower-viewing banquet, little children would occasionally shuttle among the guests, with childish smiles on their faces and holding exquisite food boxes filled with crispy and delicious snacks for the guests to taste.

Because the banquet had not started yet, the children of the noble families either gathered together to play chess or recite poems under the flowers and trees. Of course, most of the time their attention was not on the chess game or the books, but on the colorful flowers in the garden.

There were young noble ladies chatting and laughing. They were dressed in light gauze and colorful ribbons, like a group of fairies wandering among the flowers. They gathered in groups of three or five, or sat quietly with their maids to appreciate the flowers, their faces filled with happy smiles. Similarly, the noble ladies would look towards the pavilion from time to time with shy and expectant eyes, hoping to find their ideal husband at this banquet.

Among them, Yu Zixi was the most excited. This was her first time attending a party. In the past, her stepmother deliberately didn't bring her out to see the world on the grounds that she was too young to go out, for fear that she would steal the limelight from her stepmother. But now, her stepmother was probably afraid that outsiders would say she was mean, so she started to pretend to bring her and her third sister, Yu Fangfang, out to see people together. This made her feel that her stepmother was even more hypocritical.

But before she found a suitable marriage partner, she could not express her dissatisfaction, and she had to pretend to have a good relationship with her stepmother and step-sister, so that outsiders would think that she was someone who had a say in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. Only in this way would a noble young man fall in love with her. This was really unfair to her. When she found someone to rely on in the future, she would definitely make her stepmother and step-sister angry to death.

If Yu Zinyin knew her inner thoughts, she would definitely tell her that Yu Zixi in the original world had done it. After all, she was so lowly as to become someone else's concubine, which really angered Madam Yu and the original owner.