zChapter 974 - With Me Here, Do Not Fear (2/2)

The letter was written to the Zhu family’s eldest young miss, and the contents were within expectation. They were all about what Zhu Kongshan had done in the capital. It was very detailed and even mentioned the happenings in Zhang Ning Palace, but among the narration, there was even more of A-Huan and A-Ruo’s reviews and analysis of Zhu Kongshan’s actions.

Of course, these reviews were all negative. They were filled with the great dissatisfaction that the two maidservants felt toward Zhu Kongshan. This included Zhu Kongshan and the eighth prince working together to suppress them and distance themselves from them. It was such that they could not even send out a letter, which caused them to miss quite a few matters. Zhu Kongshan had done so many good deeds, but they were all attributed to the eighth prince and the two aunts in the palace. She had never said half a word for the Zhu family.

The two servants even jealously added that Zhu Kongshan was very bothered by her status as a daughter of a concubine, and she was very bothered that her mother was just a concubine, asking the eighth prince to support her in propping her mother up and to have the current head wife and daughter of the first wife of the Zhu family step down.

Feng Yuheng laughed while reading this, saying: “The two maidservants from the Zhu family really are talented! With this letter, Wang Chuan’s movements in Peng Zhou will be much more effective. Let’s also send a letter to Wang Chuan to tell her about the situation over here. We need her to move quickly. It would be best if this matter was not delayed until the new year.”

Huang Quan nodded and quickly went to make preparations.

Peng Zhou’s Zhu manor

The Zhu family’s head wife was not feeling well and brought in a doctor from Hundred Herb Hall to be examined. After the examination, the doctor wrote a prescription. There was a prescription for normal medicines and a prescription for Western medicine unique to Hundred Herb Hall. There were two prescriptions, and they were a bit complicated. The Zhu family’s eldest young miss, Zhu Kongyue, looked at them for a while then ordered a roughly-20-year-old maidservant: “A-Chuan, you go. Mother’s people are all busy. You handle are steady when handling matters, and I am at ease with leaving it to you. Go with the doctor.”

The servant called A-Chuan bowed then respectfully said: “Eldest young miss, don’t worry. This servant will definitely take care of it.” After saying this, she took the two prescriptions. Seeing that the doctor had received his payment for the examination, she also left the manor with him.

After the two left the manor, they continued with their heads down until they turned out of the street where the Zhu family lived. Only then did the doctor say: “It’s fortunate that the eldest young miss sent you out; otherwise, I fear that things would have needed to be done in a roundabout method. I was worried that you would not understand the signal that I was gesturing to you!”

The maidservant who had been called A-Chuan was none other than Wang Chuan, who had been sent to Peng Zhou to investigate. Ever since she had managed to get into the Zhu manor, she had quickly become favored by the eldest young miss and was brought over to be a personal maidservant. A sixth-ranked official’s family did not have as many rules as the former left prime minister’s manor or the Yu Palace. The use and lives of the servants were also not very complicated. It was mostly just being used when the master took a liking to them. The requirements for servant contracts also were not very strict; moreover, Wang Chuan quickly went to have fake identification made through Hundred Herb Hall as soon as she arrived. There were no problems when using it.

She replied to the doctor: “It’s fine. If I wanted to go out, there is nobody in the Zhu family who can stop me. Is there news from the capital? Has the young miss sent a letter?”

The doctor nodded, “There is a letter. One is for you and one is from the two maidservants that the young miss of a concubine from the Zhu family brought to the capital. But they were both sent by the boss. I just don’t know if the letter was intercepted or if the Zhu family’s maidservants sent them through the boss. The letter is still at Hundred Herb Hall. I will give it to you later.”

The two did not continue speaking and continued to Hundred Herb Hall. After arriving, they fetched the medicine first. After the doctor fetched the letters, he stealthily shoved them into Wang Chuan’s hands. Only then did Wang Chuan leave.

Returning to the Zhu manor, she brought the head wife’s medicine to the kitchen. She then returned to Zhu Kongyue’s side to help take care of her for a while. It was only when Zhu Kongyue was about to rest in the afternoon that she found a chance to return to her own room. She then opened both letters to take a look.

She was not interested in A-Huan and A-Ruo’s letter. She just carefully read the letter sent by Huang Quan. Not only did the letter provide a detailed account of the situation in the capital, but it especially emphasized that she had to sow discord in the Zhu family. They would have the Zhu family tear Zhu Kongshan down. Only like this could they obtain the best outcome. It would also prevent their young miss from dirtying her own hands.

Wang Chuan felt that this was a very good idea. She thought for a brief moment then placed Huang Quan’s letter in the fire to burn it. She then stuffed A-Huan and A-Ruo’s letter into her sleeve before hastily leaving the manor.

Not long after going out, she returned while openly holding the letter and headed straight to Zhu Kongyue’s room.

Zhu Kongyue was still sleeping, and Wang Chuan just woke her up. At the same time, she apologetically said: “It’s not that this servant wanted to disrupt young miss, but there is something urgent.” While saying this, she handed over the letter, “This servant just went out and wanted to buy some pastries that young miss loves to eat for after young miss woke up. But just after going out, a young child hastily handed over a letter. This servant saw that the Zhu family’s eldest young miss’ name was written on it, thus I quickly returned and woke you up. Young miss, quickly take a look!”

Zhu Kongyue heard that there was a letter and quickly received it. Looking at the envelope, she saw “To the Zhu family’s eldest young miss” and nodded, “It’s A-Ruo’s writing. Those two servants still remember that I am their master? I thought that they had followed Zhu Kongshan and had forgotten their origins!”