Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Zhan Zheng had just carried Yin Yin to the outside of the main courtyard when he encountered Qiu Rui, who had rushed over.

Qiu Rui's face was still covered in sweat, clearly she had been looking for Yin Yin for a while. When she saw the two of them, she first breathed a sigh of relief before coming forward to greet them.

“Young master, if you are taking Miss to Madam’s place, why don’t you wait a bit?” Qiu Rui said with a troubled expression. “Just now, Granny Zhao brought Master Qin over to complain to Madam.”

"They've started complaining," Zhan Zheng said, still fuming. He managed to keep a straight face, already showing the composure he would display in the future.

He strode forward, stopping the maid who was about to bow, and stood openly in front of the door to listen to what was being said inside.

"Madam, Miss has always been unruly and doesn't study properly. You've always been lenient with her, but she hasn't appreciated your efforts. Now, she's even run away while the music teacher isn't looking. What if something happens to her?!"

Listening to Granny Zhao's seemingly well-intentioned but actually provocative words, Yin Yin gripped Zhan Zheng's clothes even tighter.

Then, the fiddle master chimed in, "Madam, your young lady really needs to be taught properly. It's one thing for her to be inattentive in class and disrespectful to her teacher, but to do something like this now, I'm afraid I can't teach such a student. You'd better find someone more capable!"

“Oh dear, that won’t do,” said Granny Zhao. “Master Qin, your skill is widely recognized. Not to mention the young ladies of the Liu and Xu families, they are all famous for their superb qin skills.”

"My young lady may be a little immature, but that's only because she's young. You can't just leave like this!"

"Madam, Master Qin was specially invited by our family, and it's only been a few days, this..."

“Brother,” Yin Yin whispered in his ear, “that’s how it is. They always talk badly about me in front of Mother. How… how can I talk back to them?”

Now Zhan Zheng understood. If it really was like this, with everyone secretly complaining under the guise of doing what was best for you, a young girl like Yin Yin, who had never seen anything like this before, would naturally suffer.

If he hadn't learned the truth from Yin Yin first, he might have believed it too, given the singing, recitation, acting, and his trust in Granny Zhao.

Zhan Zheng gave a slight gesture, and the maid beside him quickly reported inside: "Young Master and Miss have come to pay their respects to Madam."

Granny Zhao was still inside trying to persuade him, but when she heard this, she immediately fell silent, her face showing a hint of surprise and doubt. How did the young lady and the young master end up together?

Zhan Zheng carried Yin Yin through the door and bowed. However, Yin Yin did not run to Yu Miaoqi's side as before. Instead, she glanced at the people present and buried her face in Zhan Zheng's arms, refusing to lift it up.

Yu Miaoqi sensed something was amiss and asked, "Where did you see Yinyin?"

“It’s right here in the garden,” Zhan Zheng glanced at the now reserved Granny Zhao and the still indignant Qin Master, and said to Yu Miaoqi with a smirk, “I was outside just now and I really saw a good show. Mother often puts on big shows here, but she never tells me so I can come and watch more often.”

"A big show?" Yu Miaoqi frowned.

“Yes,” Zhan Zheng said coldly, showing Yin Yin’s hand to Yu Miaoqi. “Mother, we paid for a tutor to teach us, not to beat us up. Spending our money to beat our people, how dignified is that!”

At this point, Master Qin realized something was wrong. She glanced at Granny Zhao subconsciously, put on a frank expression, and said, "Jade must be carved to become a useful object. Your family spent a lot of money to hire me, so I must teach your young lady well in order to live up to your trust."

Seeing Master Qin's actions, Granny Zhao's face darkened, and she quickly said, "Oh dear, why did she even resort to violence? This... this is perhaps because Miss is too unruly, and Master Qin was just angry for a moment. Master Qin is a talented person, although she has a bit of a temper, but it must be for Miss's good, Madam!"

But this time, Yu Miaoqi wouldn't listen to them. Looking at Yin Yin's little hands, she felt extremely distressed and repeatedly told Hong Fu to quickly call the palace doctor to bring medicine for her injuries.

"For the good of Miss?" Zhan Zheng snorted. "So-called 'for the good of Miss' means teaching our good young lady how to please high-ranking officials and nobles, sowing discord between my sister and speaking ill of my mother?"

"What?" Yu Miaoqi's hand trembled as she looked at Zhan Zheng.

Zhan Zheng nodded and gently patted Yin Yin's back: "Yin Yin, be good, tell your mother what you just told your brother."

Yinyin then raised her head, revealing her red eyes, and looked at Master Qin timidly before repeating what she had said. She quoted exactly what Master Qin had said, without changing a single word, leaving him no reason to refute her.

Yu Miaoqi trembled with anger: "Fine, fine, I spent so much money and this is all I got?"

Yu Miaoqi glanced at the nervous Zhao Mama and the pale-faced Master Qin, and took the initiative to attack Master Qin: "Master Qin, have you really thought it through before coming to see the capabilities of the Zhan family and the Yu family?"

Upon hearing this, Master Qin could no longer stand and knelt down with a thud, completely losing her previous arrogance and integrity: "Madam, it was Granny Zhao who told me that you took Miss as your goddaughter in order to keep her for future use, and hinted that I should teach her in this way!"

Granny Zhao immediately retorted, "You're talking nonsense! I only told you to properly teach Miss, never to slander Madam in front of her, nor to teach Miss to behave in such a vulgar way!"

“I’m not lying!” Master Qin said. “I specialize in teaching girls like this. I originally had several orders on hand, but you spent a lot of money, saying that your mistress was in a hurry for your daughter to graduate, so you specially invited me. Your daughter refuted what I said several times, and it was you who came out to suppress her on my behalf and complained to your mistress. Otherwise, how could I dare to do this!”

The implications of those words were numerous, so much so that Yu Miaoqi and Zhan Zheng looked at Granny Zhao as if she were already dead.

Granny Zhao quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the two men: "Madam, young master, I'm innocent! It's all this zither player's fault! He pushed all the blame onto me to lessen his own mistakes!"

"Madam, Madam, I am your wet nurse. How could I not think of you? Don't you agree?"

Yu Miaoqi let her kowtow until her forehead was red, ignoring her and only trying to coax her daughter: "It's all my fault. I only listened to outsiders and didn't listen to Yinyin's explanation. I was wrong. Yinyin, please don't ignore me, okay?"

Seeing her like this, Yin Yin quickly shook her head: "It's not Mother's fault. They complained about Yin Yin, but Mother didn't punish Yin Yin. Mother loves Yin Yin."

These thoughtful words startled Yu Miaoqi, and tears suddenly streamed down her face.