Chapter 94 (1/2)
Han shi’s nose nearly became crooked in anger.
Doing something as classless as getting in to a fight with others was something only Chen shi dared to do. Regardless of how bad she was, she knew to consider her and Fen Dai’s face. But this face… she had done her best to avoid being spotted, but she was still unable to avoid being detected by Feng Yu Heng’s eyes.
She helplessly explained: “I did not. It was because of my carelessness at night that I bumped something.”
“Oh.” Feng Yu Heng looked pensive, “It’s understandable for the forehead, but to make the entire half of your face swell from bumping into something. Concubine mother Han really is unique.”
The matriarch felt Feng Yu Heng had been speaking in a strange voice but did not think too much about it. She simply glared at Han shi and said: “How old are you that you can still bump into things at night. Did Feng family not provide you with a servant to take care of you at night?”
Han shi quickly stood up and replied to the matriarch: “It was all this concubine’s fault for being careless. Mother-in-law has been too concerned about it.”
The matriarch rolled her eyes. How could she put forth any energy to thinking about a concubine.
Han shi saw that the matriarch was no longer speaking, so she quickly sat back down in her chair, her head sinking even lower.
At this time, Feng Chen Yu stood up and took a box from a maidservant’s hands, giving it to the matriarch: “Grandmother, the money second sister wanted, granddaughter has acquired it from maternal uncle. In here is two hundred thousand taels in bank notes. I invite grandmother to take a look.”
Hearing these words, the matriarch’s eyes lit up. The money had arrived. The majority of which belonged to her!
Quickly having granny Zhao receive the box, she opened it up and counted. There was not a penny more nor less, it was precisely two hundred thousand taels.
The matriarch nodded, “Un, Chen Yu, you have done very well on this matter. You must remember, you are, at your core, a daughter of the Feng family. No matter how wealthy that Chen family is, they are still just a merchant family. Your future fate is controlled by the Feng family, so everything you do should place the Feng family first.”
Chen Yu bowed: “Granddaughter will remember it.”
Feng Yu Heng raised the corner of her mouth and said: “Grandmother is right. This is the Feng family’s money. It was not A-Heng who wanted it from the Chen family.”
The matriarch put on an act and had granny Zhao send the box of bank notes to Feng Yu Heng and said: “A-Heng, in the end, this is money that was earned by your shops, thus you should manage it!”
Feng Yu Heng pushed granny Zhao’s hand in a well-behaved manner, saying: “Of this two hundred thousand, fifty thousand will be given to third sister to help with her dowry. The remaining amount will be grandmothers. Of course, father’s portion will be passed over to grandmother. There will be no need for A-Heng to handle it.”
The matriarch was very content with Feng Yu Heng’s understanding of wealth. Like holding a baby, she held the box and very reluctantly handed fifty thousand in bank notes to granny Zhao to give to An shi.
An shi quickly kowtowed towards the matriarch and thanked her for her grace. At the same time, she also thanked Feng Yu Heng.
When Han shi saw this from the side, her eyes turned bright red from envy. She could not help but secretly blame Feng Fen Dai in her heart. If it were not for her nonsensical screams that day, there would also be a portion of the bank notes that went to her from that box! Now, the money was gone and replaced by a pair of old shoes. Fen Dai had even thrown a tantrum at her. She felt that there really was no justice.
“Second sister.” After the matter with the bank notes was settled, Chen Yu once again spoke to Feng Yu Heng: “The antiques you wanted, the Chen family will return to Wonderful Treasure House today. When the items have been returned, would second sister go over and check the inventory.”
Feng Yu Heng once again corrected her: “It isn’t that I wanted the antiques. They are antiques stolen by mother.” She especially emphasized the word stolen, making a glint flash through Feng Chen Yu’s eyes. “Eldest sister, do not worry. I will dispatch some people who are familiar with the industry to take the inventory.” As she said this, she turned her head to Wang Chuan and said: “Take a trip over to Prince Yu’s palace later and have his Highness send a person who knows antiques to Wonderful Treasure House.”
Wang Chuan nodded and accepted this order.
Hearing these words, Feng Chen Yu furrowed her brows.
The matriarch saw that the money had already been split and changed the topic. She began speaking to Yao shi about something she had been longing to talk about: “Oh, Qian Rou!” She simply called Yao shi by her name, “There is something I have been wanting to discuss with you.”
Yao shi looked at her and wanted to reply in her habitual manner “What is it mother?” But when the words were about to be said, she remembered that she was no longer the family’s head wife. She no longer had the right to call her mother. Now, she was a concubine, so she did as An shi and Han shi did and called her mother-in-law. Thus, with a turn of her words, she replied in an emotionless manner: “What instructions does mother-in-law have.”
The matriarch felt that she was a little cold, which made her a little unhappy, but she could not contradict her at a time like this. She could only take two deep breaths and adjust her mood before saying: “Zi Hao has been recovering from his injuries at home for a few days now. It is about time he returns to Xiao Zhou.”
Yao shi nodded, “Oh.”
Hm? The matriarch was startled. She did not think that Yao shi would have this sort of reaction. In her mind, Yao shi was someone who had always been easy to talk to; furthermore, she was someone who complied with the orders of the Feng family. So long as the Feng family had needs, she would, without any mention from the family, mobilize the connections of the Yao family to help the Feng family. But now…
She had no other choice. She could only speak directly: “Do you think you could speak with Princess Wen Xuan a little to allow Zi Hao to return to his studies at Yun Lu Academy?”
Yao shi blinked a few times, “Then my husband should go to Wen Xuan palace! I do not know what mother-in-law means by saying these things to this concubine?”