C118 (1/2)
The reason why Aunt Fang had been so generous recently was probably because Gu Heng wasn't in the manor. She wasn't someone who was willing to surrender easily, and wouldn't give up what she wanted just because of Gu Heng's warning. Instead, she wanted to take this opportunity to sever all distractions quickly.
A few of the manager lady s had united together to create a disturbance. The Marquis Mansion s that were being taken care of, to the point of having to eat and sleep in their daily living, all of them appeared to be in a state of paralysis, requiring almost all of the manager lady s to be self-sufficient. All of them surrounded together to eat and play cards, ignoring the things that they had to do everyday, even Fang Dai's advice was useless.
”Miss Fang Dai, it's not that we don't want to give face to Grand Mistress, it's just that we're forced to do this. As long as Aunt Fang doesn't roll back to the second courtyard, we won't work for a day, and we don't have any complaints if she wants to resign from the Marquis.
”That's right, Miss Fang Dai, we will remember your relationship with Grand Mistress. As long as she is still a butler, we will personally go over to her and ask for her forgiveness. This is not our intention, Aunt Fang has gone too far.”
Fang Dai was helpless and could only change the topic to Xie Jingxi, ”Fortunately we are not living together with them, otherwise we won't even be able to eat. We do not know if Aunt Fang is really smart or just stupid, we don't know what will happen to her after this, just look, before tomorrow, we will be able to arouse Marquis's interest.”
”Aunt Fang is not afraid, I was hoping she could find out something.”
When Ming Yu heard that there was no food left in the Marquis Mansion, he said in shock: ”They won't come to our courtyard to snatch our food, right? I need to quickly hide those pigeons, the fish that were sent over from the manor, and the grape lychees that were brought over from the south … …”
Xie Jingxi, ”...”
Fang Dai bellowed with laughter, ”Madam, I think that we can probably get Ming Yu to guess the truth. Aunt Fang was originally suspecting that we might be rich, so we might as well use the Marquis Mansion's money to get along, if we don't investigate it, how can we leave it at that?”
”Investigate?” It's not up to her. ” Xie Jingxi snorted, ”You can give her so much face, but if you want to behave atrociously in our courtyard, that is impossible.”
Xie Jingxi indulging her wasn't for no reason, and was even deliberately using her, but towards Fang Wanqing, she had never had any thoughts of retaliating against him. She was more than smart, but her thoughts were too distant helplessly. Whether it was towards Gu Heng or the scenery of glory that she had lost in the past, she had a determination that was different from ordinary people and there was simply no leeway between her and this kind of person. If not for this, Fang Ziqing would never, no matter what, marry Fang Wanqing into Marquis Mansion as a concubine.
Indeed, during lunch time, Aunt Fang had personally brought someone to the door and said that he would routinely investigate major wife's purchase accounts. His attitude was extremely sincere and friendly, but he was unable to even step into the courtyard, and was blocked outside by Fang Dai.
Fang Dai received Xie Jingxi's orders and immediately became a God of Faces. As they stood towards the door, not even a fly could dream of flying in, so when the Aunt Fang nuns tried to force their way in, they were instead knocked to the ground by Fang Dai, and immediately went to complain to Lady Zeng while wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves.
”Madam, Miss Fang Dai is really outrageous. She dares to hit people when she's in the Marquis Mansion, even causing the few mama in front of me, along with the few mama in your room, to suffer losses.” Aunt Fang's tone was filled with grievance, ”I just wanted to make a routine check and explain how the debt was settled. Grand Mistress has always been a kind person, but I never would have thought that I would anger Miss Fang Dai for it.
The Lady Zeng's face did not look good, ”It is indeed a bit outrageous, how can you attack so easily, but you should have told me beforehand, it is better not to cause trouble in the young master's yard, and they did indeed open fire by themselves, they did not even use the mansion's money, it is fine if not checked.”
The Aunt Fang suddenly changed the topic, ”Madam is teaching me, I was careless, even when I heard that the Grand Mistress eats three luxurious meals everyday, and seeing that you ate so little, I feel that it's a little strange, no matter what, we are still family, I shouldn't have known each other so well. Since we live in the same courtyard, why does it feel like we are separated?”
There was no need for her to mention it, Lady Zeng was also dissatisfied with major wife, but no one really cared about this matter, since Aunt Fang did not say anything, they knew that major wife was very different from what they thought, so these normal ethics rules did not apply to them, and they did not bring it up again.
Forget about the rest, just eating three meals a day was already a problem. No one would be able to buy it in the first day, but they would be able to do it in the house, and on the second day, they would be unable to continue on. The kitchen had no ingredients to open fire with, so even if they did not cause trouble, they would have to stop work.
truthfully told him, ”Father, I don't know why a few manager lady s suddenly went on strike, but I heard a few mothers say that the Palace was going to change managers, so I guess they are afraid of losing their jobs, so I think I should ask for an explanation. My wife advised them not to listen to rumours, it's just that the words of my wife are not important, it's just that my wife did not manage the household properly.”