Chapter 35 (1/2)

Chapter 35 (V2): The Chained Incident Caused By A c.o.c.katoo (2)

Liu Ya’s situation was not any better too. Whenever Second Old Mistress saw her, she would recall her husband’s embarra.s.sing act and thus wishes to never see her anymore. Concubine Shui and Concubine Fang both saw her as an eyesore and a thorn in the flesh, and thus, they thought of many ways to toss her around. In less than a year, Liu Ya was tortured into a soulless husk and would often fall ill. Thereafter, she was sent to the farm and no news of her was ever heard since then.

In this lifetime ever since Sang Wan entered through the main doors of the s.h.i.+ family, she had always stressed upon not easily letting Liu Ya leave Ning Garden, and if there was a need for her to leave, she would always be accompanied by a young servant; all to prevent the incident from happening again.

But who would have thought that there was no escape from fate? The wheel of fate was truly biased, where a slight twist to the route still led her back to the checkpoint!

In the end, Liu Ya had once again caught Second Old Master’s eyes.

Today, Second Young Mistress did not open her mouth to speak of the topic, but who knows maybe tomorrow it would be Second Old Mistress’s turn to speak about it.

On that thought, Sang Wan’s eyes reddened and she asked, “Nanny, what do you think should be done?”

Nanny Li frowned, “This isn’t a task that’s easy to handle. Young Mistress may not know, but even Second Old Mistress is afraid of the Second Old Master and his temperament. Whatever catches his eye, even if it were just a brief moment, he would want to get his hands on it! Second Young Mistress may not have spoken today, but tomorrow, it may be Second Old Mistress’s turn to ask for Liu Ya personally! It will be difficult to refuse since she is an elder in the end! What’s more, although the matter isn’t clear, but many of the maidservants had already caught wind of it. If Second Old Master insists on having Liu Ya, then I’m afraid that in the future——who would dare to enter into a relations.h.i.+p with her?”

As Sang Wan’s personal servant, her only way out were three options. One, was to attain the highest position a maidservant could get by closing the deed with s.h.i.+ Fengju; and once she lived up to her expectations, her position can be raised to become his concubine. Two, she could marry to a head servant from the s.h.i.+ household; And three, to receive her master’s grace and be released from her position, allowing her to roam free and search for her own husband!

But now that Second Old Master had already opened his mouth, s.h.i.+ Fengju would not likely take her in in any case. And even the family’s servant would not dare to marry her. It would also be the same for those not within the household!

Sang Wan’s heart instantly sank and she trembled slightly.

The meaning behind Nanny Li’s words was to tell her to compromise. After all, if Second Old Mistress were to open her mouth to ask, her being the younger member of the family had no rights to go against an elder. If an argument were to spark, Nanny Li also wishes for that to not happen.

“Liu Ya that la.s.s!” Nanny Li sighed deeply, “How unfortunate!”

That meaning was to have Sang Wan fully give up on her personal maidservant.

“Nanny,” Sang Wan reluctantly relaxed her facial muscles. Clenching her teeth, she spoke with great difficulty, “But, I’ve already spoken with Liu Ya privately that I would hand her over to Lord in the future. As for that matter, Lord has already known! If I were to hand her over to Second Old Master, how am I supposed to tell Lord? I’m afraid that he might——”

“There was such a thing?” Nanny Li became surprised and frowned, “That,”

Since Sang Wan said so, and Lord had already known, then Liu Ya was already considered as one of the young master’s people, so of course Second Old Master could not have her.

For those who belonged to the young master, Nanny Li was determined to never compromise.

“Then things are now made simpler!” Nanny Li cut the chase and spoke, “Since the matter has already gotten to such a point, Liu Ya definitely cannot go to Second Old Master. Young Mistress just needs to Liu Ya to be in the same room as Young Master! Since the matter with Second Old Master isn’t openly disclosed, then we’ll act as if we didn’t know. When tomorrow comes, there’ll not be any way for Second Old Mistress to ask for Liu Ya!”

“That——” It was Sang Wan’s turn to be taken aback. Nanny Li truly was talented!

The more Nanny Li thought, the more she felt that her idea was good and gave a firm confirmation, “Let’s just do that!”

Seeing that Sang Wan’s expression was a little off, Nanny Li thought that she was being jealous. Warmly, she persuaded, “Young Mistress, since you’ve already told Young Master that Liu Ya will belong to him, then it is just a matter of time only! You ah, should be more open-minded! From what I see, Liu Ya isn’t frivolous and would one way or another feel extremely grateful towards your actions! If in the future, a storm really stirs up, this old servant has many means up my sleeves to handle her! So long as this old servant is present, no one in the entire Ning Garden will dare to show disrespect to Young Mistress!”

The matter had already reached this point and Sang Wan could only dodge the bullet by agreeing for Nanny Li might otherwise begin to doubt her words.

“Then it seems that’s the only way!” Sang Wan sighed deeply and continued, “Lord should still be in the study room, right? Then I will have Liu Ya accompany me to bring him supper and conveniently have her stay to serve him!”

“That’s good! A logical way of thinking!” Nanny Li laughed and praised, “Young Mistress truly is both intelligent and courageous!”

Sang Wan smiled bitterly to herself. Intelligent and courageous? She wasn’t worthy of those words! At the very least, she wasn’t for now with all the lies she was telling. s.h.i.+ Fengju and Liu Ya, being the two affected parties; even they did not have the slightest clue.

“Since things have ended up this way, Nanny, I’ve got a few words to give to Liu Ya.”

“Of course you do!” Nanny Li nodded. “Smoothing out the uneven surface would definitely save you a lot of trouble in the future! Young Mistress, please take your time then, this old servant shall go and call for someone to prepare the supper!” With that, she left.

Sang Wan gently sighed and ordered for Liu Ya to enter.

“Young Mistress, this servant is here!” Liu Ya grinned. Her black eyes were clear and brilliant, and her cheeks were a little red. The vibe she gave as she smiled was no doubt a peaceful one.

Sang Wan could not help but felt a little sad. Sang Wan was extremely certain that Liu Ya’s behavior clearly showed that she was unwilling to go with Second Old Master. Therefore, the words she spoke just then, though little, was her trying to make her stand. However, the problem now lies in whether s.h.i.+ Fengju would be willing to help her! If he doesn’t——no, he has to help her!

In accordance with the agreement between them, in the future when she leaves the s.h.i.+ family, she will be taking Liu Ya away with her. The s.h.i.+ family cannot take away her own personal maidservant.