Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 315 - 25: Master of Self-Destruction (2) (Three Updates)
Linlang smiled innocently, "This humble maid has tough skin, it’s no trouble at all. The master wants us to protect Miss Yue, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, we can’t let Miss Yue get hurt."
Upon hearing this, the crowd finally came to their senses, exchanging looks with each other.
Mrs. Zhao, being the wife of a military general, slapped the table and laughed, "What a good girl, you may seem simple-minded, but loyalty is a rare virtue. Even if your master doesn’t reward you, I will." Then she called for her personal maid.
The maid took out a bright red pocket from her sleeve and personally handed it to Linlang.
That pocket was clearly meant for rewarding people, and inside there were likely gold and silver ingots.
Linlang dared not accept it, only looked at Susu.
Susu smiled and said, "Madam appreciates your loyalty, since she is rewarding you, take it."
Linlang thanked Mrs. Zhao before accepting it.
Afterward, Qin rewarded a pair of golden hairpins, and seeing this, the other ladies hurriedly instructed their maids and old servant women to take out items they had with them to reward Linlang too. Even Wu, who was wearing a "golden powder hairpin," gritted her teeth and took out a piece of silver, asking someone to give it to her.
Through Mrs. Zhao’s unintentional gesture, Linlang gained a considerable fortune, making Susu feel a bit amused yet helpless.
However, seeing the stunned Yue Baiyou, Susu sneered inwardly, you wouldn’t get into trouble if you didn’t seek it!
Yue Baiyou knocked over the tea bowl while Linlang stood in front of her, an action that truly happened in the blink of an eye.
Perhaps even Yue Baiyou didn’t expect Linlang’s reaction to be so swift? Momentarily confused, who asked for your "protection"?
Especially seeing Susu’s smile, Yue Baiyou couldn’t help but shiver. Susu is absolutely no fool, can’t she see that I’m deliberately trying to make things difficult for her?
Is this about to be a counterattack?
Yue Baiyou only felt relieved that her hostility towards Susu was apparent and not hidden, so she absolutely couldn’t guess her identity, not expecting she had teamed up with Bai Lili!
Seeing the many rewards Linlang received, for the first time, Yue Baiyou wasn’t envious or jealous but followed with some nice words and reluctantly rewarded her a silver bracelet.
When Linlang went down to change clothes, Yue Baiyou shrank away to the side like a quail.
Only then did Susu look at Madam Jiang, whose smile seemed somewhat unnatural.
"What was Madam saying just now? Oh, right, asking about Miss Yue’s marriage. In principle, this should not be discussed with Miss Yue present, as she is an unmarried girl. However, it seems some ladies present have misunderstandings towards me, it’s a good opportunity for you all to bear witness for Miss Yue."
Susu smiled, her face showing some awkwardness: "Speaking of Miss Yue not being young, yet still not having a settled marriage, it appears I’m neglecting her, but my grievances are very real.
Firstly, I just got married here, and am not a proper sister-in-law, so interfering would only bring gossip.
Secondly, I’m young and have never experienced something so major, bringing Miss Yue here today partly coincides with White Madam’s thoughts, to allow her to broaden her horizons; and partly hope the mistresses can help with advice."
As Susu finished speaking, Yue Baiyou’s face had already turned pale then red, red then pale like a palette, at this moment she truly dared not speak.
What’s Susu doing? She wants to marry her off? That depends on her willingness!
Yet before she could think about it, she heard Susu continue: "Although Miss Yue has no relation to our family, she is ultimately the sister of our grandfather’s comrade.
Our grandfather is righteous; even if Miss Yue looks down on him as a coarse person, unwilling to recognize him as a brother, he has never spoken ill of her.
Brought into the family, given two taels of silver per month, and an additional three hundred taels per year for clothing and jewelry, treated like an actual daughter of the family."
Everyone was astonished upon hearing this, even the daughters in their families received similar treatment, and some illegitimate daughters didn’t get treatment this good.
While monthly salaries were given, clothing and jewelry worth hundreds of silver taels a year were already the utmost; no further beyond that. One’s own born daughters were better cared for, occasionally receiving private support, but besides those with considerable dowries, one had sons too, couldn’t give everything to the daughters, that’s not living!
Of course, what shocked them most was that Miss Yue and Commander Hong weren’t actual siblings at all?
Judging by the words heard, it seems Miss Yue was unwilling to acknowledge Commander Hong as her brother?
My goodness, could it be that Miss Yue was plotting to cozy up to Commander Hong since back then?
Everyone looked at Yue Baiyou, full of disdain!
Not to mention back then your real brother had just died, and you were already scheming to cozy up to men.
You went around calling yourself Hong Sheng’s "sister" to connect with girls inside and outside the circle, while secretly allying with the "brother," how shameless!
Now, someone wore a somewhat enlightened expression, no wonder Yue Baiyou dared confront Madam Su this openly, turns out she wasn’t a true sister of Commander Hong, naturally daring to compete openly for men with Madam Su.
Even if becoming a concubine, based on Commander Hong’s status, it’s still Yue Baiyou climbing up high.
But you’re a stranger, with no relation to Hong Sheng, at most a comrade’s sister, with no affection existing between them.
Not mentioning being provided food and residence, every month given two taels of silver’s salary and three hundred taels’ annual expense, yet you consistently cause trouble, don’t you feel guilty?
At this point, even White Madam couldn’t deceitfully claim Hong Sheng to be hypocritical in benevolence and righteousness, after all, real gold and silver are no falsehoods.
She stared at Yue Baiyou fiercely, this wretched girl never mentioned this matter, they formed a preconceived notion, naturally assuming Hong Sheng’s sibling relationship, without further inquiry, now they’re really caught in the gutter.
Not even an actual sister, tolerating your antics has already shown Susu’s tolerance. Why still expect them to manage your marriage? Based on your arrogance?
Yue Baiyou didn’t expect Susu to disclose all dignity, revealing these matters!
She lowered her head forcefully, daring not to let anyone see her expression at the moment, her contorted face filled with resentment.
She didn’t feel her thoughts or actions were wrong, she merely wanted to live better.
Why can Bai Lili spend money extravagantly? Why can Susu receive Hong Sheng’s affection? Why can she only maneuver between men for a bit of information? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Why?
Raising her head again, Yue Baiyou was full of tear stains.
"Sister-in-law, I know Brother Hong treats me well. It’s not that I don’t want to recognize him as a brother, but my brother and I rely on each other for survival, I only have him and he only has me. I just don’t want others to mention me by saying ’She’s Commander Hong’s sister’ and forget I have a brother named..."
By now Yue Baiyou was crying uncontrollably, "His name is Yue Yunpeng! A renowned hero." (Haha, I really like Xiao Yue Yue, enjoy the catchy Five Rings Song, whenever mentioning Yue, this name naturally comes to mind.)
Susu rolled her eyes secretly, are you trying to be funny, why doesn’t your brother’s name happen to be Guo Degang too.
Aside from Yue Baiyou’s sobbing within the drawing room, there was a moment of dead silence, then a few sobbing sounds resounded.
