The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 79: The picture shows the dagger
Youshi was wearing loose mourning clothes and kneeling behind the brazier on one side of the mourning hall, silently shedding tears. Her eyes were red and swollen like peaches. Others thought she was crying, but Master Zhan knew that she had been crying last night.

In order to preserve this evidence, he deliberately did not restore her body and fed all the treasures that could strengthen her body to Keqing.

The plump and juicy body was wrapped in the white mourning clothes, which made Master Zhan swallow his saliva after tasting it.

Hmm... maybe we can do it in the funeral hall tonight... No, no, Brother Zhen is watching from heaven, it's not appropriate, it's not appropriate...

"A guest has arrived..."

Xue Pan, who was at the door, was playing the role of welcoming guests and shouting loudly, interrupting Mr. Zhan's thoughts.

He quickly calmed himself down and welcomed the new guests who came to pay their respects.

Those who came today were usually small and medium-sized officials and distant relatives. There were too many dignitaries who came yesterday, so they couldn't fit in at all, so they had to sit in the back row.

If you really think about it, it's hard to say how close they are to Jia Zhen. It's very likely that they are taking the opportunity to make friends, get familiar with him, and see if they can find any opportunities.

Mr. Zhan introduced himself to the man, exchanged a few simple courtesies, expressed his gratitude, and strengthened their friendship, then handed over the incense.

Xue Pan then shouted again:

"Guests burn incense...Family members return the greetings..."

The official burned incense and bowed respectfully in front of Jia Zhen's spirit, then went to Youshi and Jia Rong, saluted each other, took Jia Rong's hand, called him "brother", said a few words of comfort, and was then led by Lai Er to the back of Huifang Garden to sit in the sacrificial shed.

Mr. Zhan watched the man go into the backyard. When he turned around to look at Jia Rong, he saw him yawning there.

He tossed and turned and didn't sleep well last night. He kept thinking about what Youshi said. He wanted to cheer up and not have to care about anyone's face in the future, but he couldn't bear the hardship and didn't want to give up those comfortable days.

After wavering between intermittent cheering up and continuous slacking all night, he finally fell into a deep sleep at dawn. Not long after sleeping, he was woken up again to greet mourners.

Jia Rong and Jia Zhen no longer have any father-son relationship, so how could they have the patience to deal with the endless stream of guests here all day long?
If it weren't for his status and the pressure of worldly eyes, he would have just wanted to hold the funeral simply and be done with it.

Originally, Jia Rong should have been the one to build relationships and build connections. He wouldn't need these people when there was nothing to do, but when there was a real need, at least he would know who to look for with the money.

But Jia Rong was not interested in these things, and as a loser he could not handle them. Even if they met now, he would surely forget about them in the future. When something happened in the future, he still would not know what to do.

As a result, the job of welcoming guests and entertaining guests was thrown to Zhan Ershisi.

After another day of busy work and seeing off all the guests, Mrs. You suggested holding a family dinner to entertain Mr. Zhan.

This kind of family dinner had happened frequently before, so Jia Rong agreed without giving it much thought.

When the family dinner was served, Jia Rong sat down in his seat as usual. Then he realized that he was the master of the house now. He immediately stood up with a smile and went to the seat where Jia Zhen usually sat.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to sit down, he was pushed away by Youshi and pressed back to his original position.

He was stunned, and then he saw that Youshi's ulterior motive was revealed. After asking Master Zhan to sit down at the main seat, she turned her head and sneered at him:

"Brother Rong, my family has discussed this together and feels that this family cannot be without a leader for a day. We need a man who can stand up to the sky and support this family. Don't let this family fall down."

"It just so happens that your uncle Zhan is a man of good character, with a lot of family wealth and a generosity, so he is just the right person to be the head of the Ningguo Mansion. Oh, no, there is no Ningguo Mansion now, so he should be the head of the Jia Mansion."

"We have unanimously decided that you should simply take your uncle Zhan as your godfather, and our two families will become one, and the debts will naturally be written off."

"When the time comes, you can just continue to be the eldest young master and no longer have to worry about the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the hundreds of people in the mansion."

After hearing this, Jia Rong's eyes almost popped out.

How can we discuss it “together as a family”?

Who discussed this with me?

I am the head of the family!
But he only needed to look at his wife with a calm expression and Master Zhan who was drinking tea leisurely to know who exactly was included in this "family".

A nameless anger suddenly rushed up from the top of his head, and he slammed the table and was about to start cursing.

But before he could even open his mouth, Youshi threw the account book onto the table with a bang.

"If Rong'er doesn't want to, then just take the account!"

"As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. I don't have the ability to continue to run the household. From now on, Rong Ge'er will be responsible for all the daily necessities of this family."

Keqing said indifferently:

"Master, you probably despise me for not being a faithful wife. If that's the case, please write me a letter of divorce and don't delay my marriage to the Zhan Mansion as a concubine."

As soon as these two people expressed their opinions, Jia Rong felt as if he was poured with ice water and immediately calmed down.

Without his wife as an intermediary, Mr. Zhan would definitely not be willing to continue lending him money. How could he continue to live a life of luxury?
Without the eldest wife to take care of the household chores, would he have to be busy from morning till night with the trivial matters of food, clothing, housing and transportation?
As for marrying another one, it is not difficult, but the difficulty is that his father has just died, and he cannot marry for at least twenty-seven months.

It can be said that without the help of these two people, he would not be able to live a happy life in the future.

Whenever he thought about how his family would be poor and destitute in the future, and how they would quarrel with ordinary families over trivial matters every day, he couldn't help but shudder.

There is no more nameless anger in my head. It is all extinguished!

"What are you doing?"

Jia Rong's face changed and he said angrily:

"I am not overly happy!"

"My master just passed away the day before yesterday, and I was in deep sorrow. Fortunately, I have a new father today. It is a blessing from God that Uncle Zhan and I are destined to be father and son!"

"Madam, please take this account book away quickly. What will happen to this family without you in charge?"

"My lady, please stop saying such hurtful words. My lady is pure and virtuous. Who in the two houses doesn't know that?"

"My wife, you need to be filial to your father together with me in the future. Please don't talk about divorce anymore!"

Seeing that the two men's expressions had softened, Jia Rong pushed aside the golden mountain and overturned the jade pillar, and paid homage to Master Zhan who was sitting in the main seat.

"My son Jia Rong greets his adoptive father!"

Mr. Zhan hurriedly helped him up with a smile, took out a stack of banknotes and put it into his arms.

"Good boy, you can spend this money as you like."

Jia Rong flipped through the money casually and roughly estimated that there were at least six or seven hundred taels. His eyes immediately lit up and he forgot all his previous reluctance.

He folded the banknotes, put them in his pocket, walked forward with a smile on his face, picked up the wine pot on the table, filled the glasses in front of everyone, held his own glass with both hands, bent his waist like a shrimp, and toasted flatteringly:
"I wish you, godfather, a prosperous business and abundant wealth... and may you have many sons and grandchildren soon."

Seeing his fawning look, the three of them couldn't help but laugh, raised their glasses and drank together.

Now that everything was revealed, there was no need to be shy about anything. Yushi and Keqing simply sat on Master Zhan's legs, one pouring wine while the other served the dishes, and they ate and touched each other, feeling extremely happy.

Jia Rong felt extremely embarrassed standing by, but as soon as he touched the banknotes in his arms, the awkward feeling immediately disappeared. Instead, he had to serve carefully. If he saw a dish that was far away, he had to bring it over quickly, for fear of delaying his adoptive father's enjoyment.

After three or five cups of wine, Jia Rong came over and asked:
"Foster father, today's recognition is rather hasty. Do we need to send out a notice widely and invite many relatives and friends to come and witness it?"

Zhan Ershisi knew what he was worried about, so he smiled and waved his hand, politely declining:
"If it was in the past, it would be fine to do this, but now that Brother Zhen has just passed away, it is inappropriate for us to do this."

"Anyway, we are all family. You only need to know the title of foster father and foster son in the mansion. If you are outside, Rong'er can just continue to call me Uncle Zhan."

Only then did Jia Rong breathe a sigh of relief and feel more at ease.

Outsiders don’t know about it, so what’s the big deal!
It's just a change of name. There's not much difference between calling him uncle and calling him daddy.

At this point, the strategy for Ningguo Mansion was mostly completed, and the only remaining part was Xichun's side.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Mr. Zhan called Jia Rong with a smile.

"Rong'er, you see, Brother Zhen is gone, so Xichun has to observe mourning, right?"

"Uh……"

Jia Rong was stunned, not understanding what he said, so he continued:
"Strictly speaking, my aunt is the master's sister, so she doesn't need to observe mourning."

"But as the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, so it makes sense for my aunt to mourn for the old man."

After hearing this, Master Zhan nodded slightly and said:

"Well, if that's the case, then it wouldn't be a good idea to let Sister Xichun stay in the West Mansion. It would be better to bring her back home and take care of her."

As soon as Jia Rong heard it, he understood that his adoptive father was targeting his little aunt again.

However, Xichun was taken away and raised by Lady Jia since she was young and never grew up with him. The two of them had no feelings for each other. Now that he had sold his wife, it would not be a problem for him to sell a younger aunt.

Then Jia Rong laughed and said:

"That's what my foster father ordered."

"Tomorrow I will have someone tell the old ancestor to let my aunt come back to live in the mansion."

Of course, Youshi and Keqing understood what was said, and they each gave Master Zhan a cold look.

Yu Shi even stretched out her hand and twisted Master Zhan's waist, then interrupted:
"Rong'er can tell the old ancestor that Xichun is getting older and will get married sooner or later. Let her come back home and I will personally teach her so that she won't be confused about how to manage the household after she gets married."

"If you say that, the old ancestor will think that you still intend to use Xichun to marry the master, and he will definitely not refuse."

Keqing also instructed:

"The mistress you keep for the master, Yun'er, you can bring her directly into the mansion later. She can be your concubine, so the master doesn't have to run around all the time."

"From now on, if the master wants to favor someone, he can just sleep with them in our house."

Jia Rong hurriedly explained:
"That Yun'er's mansion is where she teaches Uncle Bao to dance, but it's inconvenient to bring it into the mansion."

"Our two families are too close and it's easy to be discovered."

In fact, the fundamental reason was that he and Xue Pan often met with Baoyu there in secret, but such things were not easy to say out loud for fear of polluting the ears of the two women.

Zhan Ershi thought about it carefully, waved his hand and said:
"This moment is the same as that moment."

"Things are different today."

"The maids around Baoyu have all been dispersed. No one is watching him closely anymore. Even if he comes here to learn dancing, it doesn't matter."

"Besides, the Ningguo Mansion has been cleaned up many times, and it has become almost as solid as a rock. When Xichun brings people back, we will clean it up again. Everyone will be united, and no one will dare to say anything."

"But now that Brother Zhen has just left, it is not appropriate to bring her into the mansion. Let's wait until next spring."

Seeing that Mr. Zhan also said so, Jia Rong had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

Next, everyone discussed how to place Xichun and how to discipline her after she came back so that she would be obedient and enable Master Zhan to successfully achieve his strategic goal of unifying the Ningguo Mansion.

Several people were drinking and eating while chatting and laughing, and both the host and the guests were having a great time.

Youshi ordered Yindie to take people to clean up the messy cups and plates, while she and Keqing, one on each side, supported Master Zhan and went straight to their own courtyard.

In the past, because Jia Zhen was around, Mr. Zhan could only live in the wing room in Jia Rong's courtyard.

But now that Master Zhan of Ningguo Mansion has the final say, he naturally has to live in the main house.

There is no need to mention how Master Zhan took charge that night, it is just a matter of tens of thousands of words.

But on the next day, Jia Rong sent someone to deliver a message to the West Mansion. Although Grandmother Jia had been raising Xichun, she actually did not take Xichun too seriously, so Xichun developed such a cold-hearted character.

Now that the Jia family’s reasons were legitimate and reasonable, Grandmother Jia would certainly not stop them, so she called out to her beloved daughter a few times and then let Xichun go back.

Xiren, the maid who was originally assigned to Xichun by Lady Jia in the battle for beautiful maids, also followed her to Ningguo Mansion.

When Xiren came, Baoyu naturally came as well.

The seventh day after Jia Zhen's death has not yet passed, and some people still come to pay their respects from time to time every day, so Zhan Ershi has been staying at the reception position. When guests come, he will go up to greet them, and if no one comes, he will rest for a while.

Now everyone in the mansion is busy with matters related to Jia Zhen's funeral. Before, Xichun had not returned from the West Mansion, so naturally no tasks were assigned to her. But now that she has returned to the mansion, it is impossible to let her be idle, so she was casually assigned an easy job of passing incense in the mourning hall.

When a guest came and wanted to burn incense, she would hand him the incense. It was a very simple thing.

As a new person to Xichun, Xiren has always been excluded by the original maids. She must show more, so now she accompanies her throughout the whole process.

Baoyu had been here on the first day, and now he came again to light another stick of incense, then lingered near the mourning hall, his eyes always drifting towards Xiren.

"Since Brother Bao is looking for you, just go over there."

Xichun's face was indifferent, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or angry. But Xiren was not the kind of person who didn't know what was going on. How could she really just ignore it? She hurriedly explained:
"If Second Master really has something important to tell you, he would have come over to tell you. Now he doesn't come over and is just hanging around there. It must not be an urgent matter, so just leave him alone." After saying this, Xiren glared at Jia Baoyu fiercely and waved her handkerchief, signaling him to leave quickly and not hang around in the mourning hall.

Xichun did not take her loyalty seriously and said coldly:

"It wasn't my idea to have you come here in the first place. It was my brother who asked the old ancestor to bring you here. Otherwise, you would definitely still be with Brother Bao."

"I never thought that marriage could be successful because of a beautiful maid, and I never thought of snatching you away from Brother Bao."

"Now that my brother is gone, instead of waiting for you to hook up with Brother Bao again in the future and cause trouble that will implicate me, it's better to let you go now and go back to Brother Bao."

These words were a bit harsh, and Xiren's face turned pale immediately. She didn't care that she was in the mourning hall, and she knelt in front of Xichun, raised her hand and swore:
"My lady, are you blaming me?"

"I am just a servant in the mansion. I am sold into a death bond. Who I serve is determined by my master's order. How dare I be picky?"

"It is Master Bao who is pestering me now, but it is not that I am confused about my own identity and only want to cling to Master Bao."

"I swear to you here that I will obey you from now on and will never be indecisive."

"If you don't believe me, I will never see Master Bao again."

After hearing this, Xichun quickly dodged and said hurriedly:

"Please don't say such things. If Second Brother Bao finds out, he will definitely blame me for alienating the relationship between you two. I can't bear that."

"Hurry up and don't kneel to me!"

Seeing that she was being questioned by the young lady, Xiren felt more and more depressed.

Originally, she really wanted to serve Baoyu forever, and it would be even better if she could become Baoyu's aunt.

But the problem is that Jia Baoyu has never had the final say in this family, and her own destiny has never been in her own hands.

With just one word from the old lady, she was transferred away from Baoyu and sent to Xichun.

But Xichun just didn't trust her, and the other maids also thought that she was optimistic that their young lady would become the wife of the Zhan family in the future, and they were in a hurry to pick peaches, and they were extremely hostile to her.

God have mercy on us!
She really didn't want to come here!

But she couldn't say this kind of thing, otherwise Mrs. Wang would definitely suspect that she had some feelings for her own precious son.

Although she did have ideas, the more ideas she had, the more she couldn't express them, otherwise she would have no chance at all.

But Jia Baoyu was a bad teammate. When he saw Xiren kneeling down to Xichun, he hurried over to plead for her.

"Fourth sister, Xiren made you angry. I apologize to you on her behalf. Please forgive her!"

Seeing Brother Bao coming over and bowing with a nervous expression, Xichun hurriedly smiled and waved her hands to explain.

"Brother Bao, please don't wrongly accuse me. How dare I offend your Miss Xiren? She wants to come back to you and is begging me for help!"

"My little sister has already agreed, Brother Bao, take her back quickly!"

When Baoyu heard this, he immediately smiled, thanked her profusely, and reached out to pull Xiren.

Looking at Baoyu's innocent appearance, Xixin felt anxious and angry. She flicked her sleeves to push Baoyu's hand away and said coldly:

"Second Master, please don't listen to Fourth Young Lady's jokes. Xiren is now a maid in Fourth Young Lady's room. She can be beaten or scolded. Why would Second Master come and interfere?"

Baoyu thought Xiren was just being naughty, so he started calling her sister with a lecherous look on his face, and went up to her to pull her and say nice things to her.

"My dear sister, since you were separated, I have not been able to eat well or sleep well. Please have pity on me and come back quickly!"

Xichun didn't want to listen to their lovey-dovey talk, so she stepped aside. When Xiren saw this, she became even more angry. She stretched out her hand and twisted Baoyu's waist, saying in a hateful voice:
"What are you going back for?"

"Waiting to be sent away again?"

Baoyu still didn't understand the seriousness of the matter, and thought Xiren was joking with him, so he cried out in pain, "Ouch, ouch," and begged for mercy:
"How could I bear to see my sister being given away!"

"If this happens again, sister, just pinch me hard and never fight back!"

Seeing Baoyu still so childish at such a young age, Xiren couldn't help but shed tears and sobbed:
"Even if I pinch you, what's the point?"

"Can you really change the order of the master and mistress?"

When Baoyu heard the words "Master and Madam", the smile on his face froze.

"If Second Master could really protect me, this wouldn't have happened."

"From Qingwen, to Sheyue, Qiuwen, and then to me, who did Second Master protect?"

"If the Master and his wife ask, does the Second Master have the ability to refuse?"

"You can't just smash the magic jade whenever something happens, right?"

"The Second Master had already thrown Qingwen down once before, but what was the result? Wasn't Qingwen kicked out of the mansion?"

"Second Master, if you don't want your sisters to be taken away from you in the future, then you should really listen to Xiren's advice and stop being so noble!"

"I don't expect you to become an official or some kind of parasite, but at least you can pass the examination and become a student or a scholar, so that you can have some weight in front of the master and his wife!"

Baoyu had always been flattered by others all his life, but when he heard this unpleasant but honest advice, he immediately became furious and shouted with a sullen face:
"What do you mean by tongsheng and xiucai? Are those things also taken by good people?"

"How many of the masters and mistresses in this mansion are tongsheng or xiucai? Is it possible that no one listens to what they say?"

"If I had known that you would speak like this, Xiren, why would I have come to find you?"

Although she knew what the consequences of saying this would be, Xiren still said it, thinking of making a final effort. If Baoyu really listened to her and was willing to study hard for her, it would not be difficult for him to pass the exam to become a scholar with his intelligence.

If Baoyu really wants to take her back from the master and the mistress at that time, it won't be difficult, and even the aunt will have hope.

But now...

Seeing Baoyu's attitude, Xiren completely gave up the idea of ​​helping Baoyu achieve success in his official career. She immediately bowed her head and knelt on the ground, begging:
"In that case, please do not disturb Xiren's work in the future, and let me do my job well for the Fourth Miss."

Baoyu was already furious, and upon hearing her words, he also became furious, and he shouted rudely:

"All of you don't want me to be a human being. You insist on putting the shackles of fame and wealth around my neck and turning me into a wooden sculpture or clay figurine. I won't do as you wish!"

After saying this, he turned away.

Xiren lay on the ground, unable to get up for a long time. When Xichun came over, the ground in front of her was already wet.

The mourning hall was not big, and the quarrel between the two could not be hidden from anyone. Xichun was close and had heard everything clearly. Seeing Xiren so sad, she sneered:
"Look, you just think you are being considerate, but you don't know that you are just being self-righteous."

"Since you have severed your relationship with Brother Bao and won't cause any trouble that would involve me, then it's fine for you to stay with me."

"But you need to know that I am not like Brother Bao, who dotes on the maids around him. I only care about myself and cannot care about others."

"If I have something to tell you in the future, it doesn't matter whether you are willing or not."

"If you can't do it, then leave as soon as possible."

Xiren wiped her tears hastily, turned around and bowed to her, "Don't worry, Fourth Miss, Xiren is a maid in the mansion, and I will definitely obey the master's orders."

Xichun then waved her hand and asked Xiren to stand up and stand behind her again. When she turned around, she saw Master Zhan standing at the door looking at her with a smile.

Mr. Zhan watched the whole show from the side. He already had a way to recruit Xichun in his mind. Now, Xiren was sent to him for free. It was purely a pleasant surprise.

He gave Xichun a sunny smile, but received a lukewarm response from Xichun.

Originally, Xichun was not interested in this kind of "blind date" thing. Wouldn't it be better to read some Buddhist scriptures instead of that time?
However, she had no choice but to do what she wanted in the Jia Mansion. First, Jia Zhen forced her, and later even Jia's mother persuaded her, so she had to participate in the farce of "fighting for a husband". Now that Jia Zhen is dead, she has become even more indifferent.

However, Master Zhan didn't care about her attitude. Anyway, she had returned home now and what happened in the future was not up to her.

In the following days, everything was normal and there were not many changes.

After the seventh day, even the guests who came to pay their respects were gone, so Master Zhan entrusted the job of welcoming guests to Lai Er, asking him to accept the task while he went back to take care of his own affairs.

As for Xichun's little matter, he didn't need to do it himself. Naturally, Youshi and Keqing would take the initiative to solve it.

That night, in the small courtyard where Xichun lived, Youshi came in the middle of the night and knocked on Xichun's door with a smile.

Xichun invited Youshi into the room and asked someone to serve tea. Then she asked:
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing here?"

Yu said politely:

"Sister-in-law, come and see if you are used to living here. If you need anything, just tell me and I will definitely arrange it for you."

Xichun lowered her eyes and said calmly:
"Everything is fine. Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law."

Youshi didn't care about her attitude and said:

"There is one more thing. I need to say hello to my sister first."

"Sister-in-law, you can talk."

Yu Shi then said with a fake smile:

"My sister has lived in the West Mansion since she was young, so she may not be familiar with the rules of our mansion."

"In our mansion, we hate servants who talk too much and spread rumors."

"Some of the servants my sister brought back were not very disciplined. They were not careful with their mouths and talked nonsense everywhere. It was not the first time that they were caught by my sister-in-law, so..."

Before Youshi could finish her words, Xichun interrupted and said:
"Those who have made mistakes, sister-in-law can take them away, clean up those who need to be cleaned up, and drive away those who need to be driven away, but don't let them implicate me!"

Yu Shi then made it difficult for him to do so:

"But the leading woman is my sister's wet nurse. She has watched my sister grow up since she was a child. It is not appropriate for my sister-in-law to discipline her without permission."

Xichun had a cold face and waved her hand without caring at all:

"If you don't act cruelly, you will never be able to achieve enlightenment."

"I just know that as long as I can be protected, it's enough. I don't care about them."

"If there are any more such things, sister-in-law, just deal with them. Don't ask me. I have no objection."

The maids in the house had long known their young lady's temper. While they felt a little chilled, they also became more alert and knew who they should listen to in the future.

Xiren had never seen such a cruel master, so she hurried forward to smooth things over and try to give the opponent a way out.

"We just returned home and are not familiar with the rules of the mansion. Please forgive us, Madam. We will never break the rules again in the future."

Before Youshi could speak, Xichun interrupted Xiren and raised her eyebrows to shout at her.

"Don't ask for any leniency!"

"It's what it is, I can't do such a thing!"

"I did you a favor today, but you will definitely ask me to repay you in the future. This way, I, an innocent person, have been corrupted by you!"

Seeing Xichun's indifferent expression and the many maids around her lowering their heads and looking submissive, no one was willing to intervene in the matter, Xiren then realized that her young lady was not pretending to be cruel or trying to shut people up with words, but was truly cruel and heartless and didn't care what these people were like.

After realizing this cruel truth, Xiren couldn't help but feel disappointed and felt that her family's future prospects were bleak.

Unfortunately, in order to show her loyalty, she offended Baoyu again. Now she has no way to retreat and can only follow her own mistress until the end.

Not only Xiren was shocked, but Youshi was also quite surprised.

Although she had long known that her sister-in-law was very cold-hearted, Youshi judged her by herself and always thought that this kind of coldness was only towards irrelevant people and a superficial manifestation for self-protection. The treatment of the people closest to her would definitely be different.

As a lady in a mansion, you must always have some confidants and close friends. Otherwise, how can you gain a foothold in the mansion and how can you be the head of the family in the future?

As a result, when I met her today, I realized that this sister-in-law is really unique, and I couldn't help but be amazed.

However, the purpose of her trip was to clip Xichun's wings and make her a lonely person. Seeing that her goal was achieved, she stopped talking nonsense, just stood up and said goodbye with a smile.

The next day, Youshi gathered everyone around Xichun and found some excuses to have the maids and servants who were disrespectful to her driven out of the house. Then she rewarded those who stayed behind with silver.

After this incident, all the people Xichun brought back immediately turned to Youshi. Everyone was convinced and completely isolated Xichun.

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