Chapter 25: The Wet Nurse (Three)

  "Yes, I didn't bring her today, she stayed in the house watching over it!" Yao Cun Hui smiled.

  Hongzhi heard them mention herself, and her discontent was overflowing. She didn't bother to hide it, and her dissatisfied gaze stared straight at Rong's mother, who walked over expressionlessly to help Yao Cunhui onto the carriage: "Second Miss..."

  "How dare you!" Yao Cunhui immediately shouted, her face falling cold as she glared at Hongzhi: "I have always been lenient with those below me, but it seems that all of you are taking advantage of my kindness and not putting me in your eyes?"

  The crowd jumped in unison, and their eyes turned to Hongzhi. Seeing Yao Cunhui's anger, they didn't dare make a sound, unsure of the reason.

  Hongzhi's face turned bright red with shame and embarrassment, her snow-white complexion flushing deeply. She thought of the things in her heart and her eyes immediately reddened. She stammered: "Slave, slave doesn't know where she did wrong, provoking Second Miss to anger!"

  "How dare you talk back!" Yao Cunhui said coldly: "Rong Ma is my nanny, and even in front of my mother, she has dignity. What was your attitude just now? What kind of eyes did you have? You actually treated Rong Ma with such disrespect! I'm telling you, you're the one who's being wronged!"

  Hongzhi only then knew the reason why, and was filled with regret that Yao Cunhui had seen it. She would not admit it, still lowering her head and softly explaining: "I dare not!"

  "You dare not? You've done it all and yet you say you don't dare!" Yao Cunhui sneered: "You are my trusted maid, why would I wrongly accuse you for no reason? Today, I'm going to make things clear with you. Rong Mama is my wet nurse, I respect her and am grateful to her. If anyone dares to be disrespectful to her, or secretly harms her behind my back, don't blame me, Yao Cunhui, for not being polite! Hongzhi, I think you're not young anymore, your thoughts must have grown too. You can't stay by my side forever! Once we return to the manor, I'll inform Mother and let you go wherever you want! We've been master and servant for a while now, parting ways amicably is also a good story!"

  "I was wrong, I was wrong! Please, Second Miss, don't drive me away!" Hongzhi was shocked and felt a chill in her heart. She finally understood the severity of Yao Cunhui's temper and hastily knelt down, tearfully begging for mercy. She belatedly realized that she had once again touched Yao Cunhui's reverse scales, and their relationship, which had just begun to improve, was ruined by her own hands!

  Everyone including Wen's mother was shocked and frightened, never expecting Second Miss to be so protective of Rong's mother.

  Hongzhi bitterly begged, Yao Cunhui coldly faced him without saying a word.

  When she saw that the time was almost up, Rong's mother smiled lightly and stepped forward. As she bent down to help Hongzhi up, she said with a smile to Yao Cunhui: "Second Miss, this is just a small matter, why must you get angry? Hongzhi is still the same as before, straightforward and unable to hide her feelings on her face. She probably didn't mean to offend you intentionally. Spare her this time for my sake!"

  Yao Cunhui snorted coldly, glared at Hongzhi and said: "Considering it's for the sake of Rong Mama, I'll spare you this time. If there's a next time, I won't be lenient!" After saying that, he ordered to return to the mansion and got on the carriage with his wife's hand in his.

  "We're off too!" said Mrs. Yung with a smile, hastily pulling Hong Zhi along as they got into the carriage one after another.

  Wen's mother was also very uninteresting and got on the horse-drawn carriage.

  Yang Guanshi dispatched another vehicle carrying four large baskets of fruit behind them.

  Yao Cunhui had just been cold-faced, but suddenly her mood improved, and she pulled along with Rong Ma, chattering and laughing non-stop. Wen Mama listened carefully, but they were all trivial matters, so she lost interest in listening and began to worry about her own future and fate.

  When Yao Cunhui brought Rong's mother back to the Yao Mansion, Madam Ma had already received the news. Yang, the steward, feared being implicated in this matter for no reason and thought it over carefully before personally riding a horse to take a shortcut to the Yao Mansion, where he reported the events to Madam Ma.

  Ma heard this and immediately became furious, unable to help but scold Yang.

  How could she have expected that? The Yu's mother, who had finally managed to send her away, hadn't left Beijing after all. She had been living in hiding under an assumed name at their family's farm, and then she was coincidentally encountered by Yao Cunhui, who even brought her back directly!

  Ma thought more and felt more angry, scolded Yang the manager to vent his anger, then turned around and comforted him with a smile, rewarded him with silver and ordered him to leave from the back door again.

  To be fair, how would Yang know the wet nurse of Second Miss? Since Concubine Rong deliberately kept it a secret, it's not Yang's fault that he was deceived! All these years, didn't she herself also remain completely unaware of any rumors?

  Yang Guanshi kowtowed and thanked him for his kindness, and only then did he truly feel at ease.

  Madam Ma leaned on the imperial couch, propping her elbow and concentrating intently, furrowing her brow for a moment before coldly laughing and summoning Old Mother Qiao to come over and give her some instructions, ordering her to go prepare.

  Rong's mother wants to return to the manor, but it depends on whether she allows it or not.

  Unexpectedly, after Yao Cunhui entered the city, he did not return to the Yao residence directly, but instead ordered the carriage to change direction and went to the Zhuque Street Yao's Rice Store headquarters.

  When Yao Cunhui entered the main room of the shop, Old Master Yao was discussing business with two or three managers. Upon hearing from the shop assistant that Second Miss had arrived, he couldn't help but furrow his brow, feeling extremely displeased in his heart.

  One of the old servants smiled and said that maybe Miss Second had something urgent, but no matter what, it was not a matter of life and death, so Master should see Miss Second first.

  Mr. Yao always maintained a benevolent fatherly demeanor in front of outsiders, and upon hearing this, he nodded and sighed with a smile: "This daughter of mine is getting more and more unmanageable, I'm afraid she's making fools of all of you!"

  Everyone was busy laughing and chatting for a while before burying their heads in their work.

  "Daddy, Daddy!" As soon as Yao Cunhui saw her father step inside, a sweet and lovely smile appeared on her delicate face, and she curved her eyebrows to welcome him with a smile: "Daughter has come specifically to see Daddy, didn't disturb Daddy's important matters, did I?"

  Mr. Yao originally still had a burning fire in his heart, but seeing his daughter smile so warmly and ask such a question, the little anger he had instantly disappeared, and his heart suddenly softened by two points, and he couldn't help but reveal a smile as well. He pulled her down to sit together and laughed: "You're not staying at home to accompany Zan'er, what's the special reason for you to come over? Are you looking for your father because something's up?"

  Yao Cunhui smiled and said, "Zan'er said yesterday that she wanted to eat fresh grapes and pears. I went to our family's Xiling Farm outside the city early this morning and picked some. Here, I'll send some to Father as well, let him try some too! Yang Guanshi said they were all freshly picked this morning, so the taste must be better than what you buy outside! Father, have your servant wash them clean for you to try in a bit!"

  Yao Cunhui presented the treasure, and Yao Lao said as he looked over, indeed on the round table in the hall were placed two baskets of fruit, grapes purple and shiny, pears fresh yellow, extremely good feng shui!

  Mr. Yao was overjoyed in his heart, this little fruit is nothing, what's precious is the face! His daughter is so filial to him as a father, he naturally gains face in front of everyone! He can already imagine how many envious glances he will receive when he distributes these fruits to everyone later.

  Mr. Yao burst out laughing and repeatedly praised Hui'er for being sensible, jokingly saying: "Today Dad has indeed basked in the glory of Zan'er!"

  Yao Cunhui also smiled, pursing her lips and said: "Dad, are you still eating vinegar? If Dad says he wants to eat it, Hui'er will definitely go pick some too. Who told Dad not to say it was Zan who said it?"

  The father and daughter both burst out laughing.

  Yao Cunhui pulled Rong's mother in front of Old Man Yao, her eyes shining brightly with a smile: "Dad, take a look, do you still recognize her?"

  Mr. Yao was taken aback for a moment, pondered for half a while, and tentatively asked: "You... are Mrs. Rong?"

  Rong's mother quickly knelt down and kowtowed, nodding and smiling: "Yes, I am Rong's mother. Rong's mother greets the master, wishing the master a long life of one hundred years and good health!"

  This was the wet nurse personally chosen by his ex-wife for their daughter. Suddenly seeing her, Mr. Yao was moved by memories of the past and couldn't help but feel a little charitable. He hurriedly ordered Yao Cunhui to help Rong Ma up with a smile and asked: "I seem to remember that your family didn't return to your hometown? How can you be here?"

  Yao Cunhui then smiled and explained the whole story, and asked Old Master Yao to agree to let Rong's mother return to the mansion to accompany herself.

  This was just a trivial matter, and Old Master Yao wouldn't have paid attention to such a small thing. He immediately agreed offhand and only instructed Yao Cunhui to return to the manor and not forget to tell Madam Ma about it. He also blamed Rong's mother for being muddle-headed: if she couldn't bear to part with Second Miss, why had she hidden in the villa all these years instead of returning to the manor?

  Rong's mother smiled and said a few words. Old Master Yao didn't mind, these words were just casual remarks after all.

  Yao Cunhui saw that her goal had been achieved, so she smiled and stood up to bid farewell: "Daughter won't disturb Father's busy affairs anymore, Daughter will take her leave first."

  Mr. Yao, of course, wouldn't keep her any longer, so he smiled and told her to hurry back to the mansion, and couldn't help but remind her that Zan's stomach was delicate, and although the grapes and pears were fresh, she shouldn't let him eat too much of them either.

  Yao Cunhui smiled and agreed, then smiled again: "Today's weather is really hot, Father should also pay attention to rest at noon!"

  Mr. Yao was overjoyed and nodded with a smile.

  Yao Cunhui and her entourage returned to the Yao residence, but before she could enter the Plum Blossom Courtyard, she led Rong Ma over to Madame Ma's main courtyard, ordering someone to bring those few baskets of fruit into Madame Ma's main courtyard as well.

  Mrs. Ma is the mistress of the backyard, so it's natural for her to distribute these fruits.

  Ma had prepared a belly full of reasons to refuse Mrs. Rong's return, but Yao Cunhui preempted her by speaking up and reporting that in just one sentence, she was able to stuff all of Ma's reasons back into her belly: Father has already agreed!

  Mr. Yao is a man with a strong desire for control, the authority of the head of the household does not allow others to provoke him, and in his own shop, he agreed in front of so many people, how could he go back on his word?

  Ma didn't expect Yao Cunhui would play this trick, and it took him a good moment to regain his composure.

  What a coincidence, she happened to think of going to the shop to send some fruit to her father, what a casual mention, all fake! If you say she didn't plan it, she wouldn't believe it even if you beat her to death! Rong Ma must investigate this matter thoroughly!

  "Father said, let Hui'er go back and tell Mother, from now on, let Rong Ma stay by Hui'er's side, it's also good to help take care of Zan'er together!" Yao Cunhui said softly and gently, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.

  "Zhu Men Chun Shen" latest chapter is released by Yun Qi Shu Yuan, the fastest and most popular online release site! (This site provides: traditional pagination, waterfall two modes, can be selected in settings)