Chapter 25 - Spiteful Servants Impose Upon Their Mistress (1/2)

Chapter 25 Spiteful Servants Impose Upon Their Mistress

“I have no idea what your granny meant by giving the box to you. Maybe it was from your mother. Just put it away and look at it when you have time. At least it’s something that can let you feel comfortable with memory of the past.”

Lady Tu did not know that the box in her package actually contained a dark golden case. She was also stunned.

As the Tu family had deep connections with the royal family, Lady Tu knew very well about what the case represented.

Normally, such an article could not appear in her family, not even in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang despite the marquis’s position as a senior officer. When Lady Tu thought of her unusual mother-in-law, she considered that it was unnecessary to say anything else. She had come here at the request of her mother-in-law to back Wei Yuewu up and give the case to her.

Wei Yuewu pondered for a little while before she nodded and put the case away. It was not the time to study the casket. She was sure that it must have something to do with her and was of great importance to her since granny had especially asked her aunt to bring it to her.

“Wu’er, although the engagement between you and Marquis Jing Yuan must be broken off, you should have it in mind that it might not be an easy thing if Marquis Jing Yuan resolutely refuses your demand. After all, you have no substantial evidence. Besides, Zhaoyi Tu’s face is also involved.”

Lady Tu said to Wei Yuewu after passing on the messages from her mother-in-law. Then she looked at Wei Yuewu with a solemn face.

She was worried that Wei Yuewu was too optimistic about the situation, which prompted her to warn her niece of the possible ensuing trouble.

“No worries, auntie. Even if I couldn’t break off the engagement now, I should at least have the issue put on the agenda so that people would know that the two mansions were bound to break off the engagement and the engagement is in fact null and void.”

A glimmer of deep thought flashed in Wei Yuewu’s eyes: she had actually guessed what was going on at Mo Huating’s side. She knew she could not break off the engagement as easily as it appeared on the surface when she thought about the fact that Mo Huating had schemed to murder her rather than openly proposed to break off the engagement.

Seeing that Wei Yuewu got a mind of her own, Lady Tu nodded and went to the guest house with her servants to have a rest. She was really tired by now due to the hasty journey.

“Miss, those servants are shockingly lazy. They even declined my demand with all sorts of excuses when I asked them to prepare the toiletries for you. One or two of them said they need to ask the Second Lady, saying that the Second Lady didn’t order them to prepare those things today so that there are no enough toiletries for the moment.”

Jin Ling reported in an indignant mood as soon as she lifted the curtain and came in!

Wei Yuewu was also exhausted after her trip to the capital. Now that she had settled all the trouble and could call it a day, it was absolutely necessary for her to have a bath. For this reason, Jin Ling had given orders to the servants make preparation.

But Jin Ling had not expected that the maids and old maidservants in this yard mentioned the Second Lady all the time without taking Wei Yuewu as their mistress at all. Jin Ling’s face had turned pale from anger at their slackness. She would teach these servants a lesson if she didn’t consider that fact that Wei Yuewu had just arrived at the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang and that it was inappropriate for her to raise her hand against the servants in her capacity as a maid.

Sitting at the table, Wei Yuewu took a sip of tea gently. She waited for the bitter tea to go down her throat before she raised an elegant and cold smile at the corner of her lips. “No worries. Ask all of the servants to wait in the yard. I will let them know who is the mistress of this yard!”

Wei Yuewu had been really surprised when she first saw this large, beautiful and well-located courtyard. But she soon sneered in her heart as she realized the true intension of Lady Li. She guessed Lady Li must have prepared this yard for Wei Yan in her name. In their vicious scheme, she was nothing but a dead person, so the yard would finally fall into Wei Yan’s hands.

It was highly likely that the servants in the yard were confidants of either Lady Li or Wei Yan.

They would certainly refuse to serve her.

Since they rushed forward to her gun by themselves, she might as well use this opportunity to demonstrate her power in front of them!

“Understood, miss.”

Perceiving the contempt and ridicule in Wei Yuewu’s words, Jin Ling made sense of her meaning immediately. She assumed a look of severity, walking out of the room again and calling an old maidservant to come over by with a nod of her head. Then she raised her head and ordered proudly, “Go to tell everyone to come here. The mistress has something to say.”

“But, Miss Jin Ling, there are so many people…” The old maidservant said hesitatingly as she took a look around.

“There are many people, so what? Are you saying the mistress can’t talk to them because of that?”

With arms akimbo, Jin Ling shot a glare at the old maidservant.

“No, no… I’ll go and tell them to stop all their work and come here at once.”

Although the old maidservant did not have any respect for Wei Yuewu, she also knew that although they could slack off before the Second Lady gave a final statement about the arrangement of the yard, they were not allowed to be open disobedient to the Sixth Young Lady. Hence the old maidservant had no choice but go back to ask other servants to come over.