The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Yao Ru didn't hear clearly, frowned, and looked at the old woman: "Go and take a look."

"Yes."

The old woman, her face grim, strode over.

"What's all this noise about? Have you no manners? If you disturb the young master, what punishment will you receive? The mistress is about to meet with distinguished guests; what kind of behavior is this, making such a racket?"

Zhang Gui's wife pushed those people aside, rushed to the old woman and knelt down, her face covered in tears.

"This old servant has a contract of servitude, and should be a beast of burden for the household. But after the Seventh Princess and the Prince Consort had a falling out, she took it out on the servants who were serving her."

"Today she wants silver sprouts, tomorrow she wants jade-like delicacies. The kitchen staff are busy as bees, not daring to slack off, but the princess is never satisfied, finding fault with everything she does."

Yu Tingwan arrived at this time, but didn't quite understand.

What is "silver bud inlay"?

It sounds delicious.

Tan Jiang was about to speak.

Gu Wu: "Take a three-inch bean sprout, remove the head and tail, split it open with a silver needle, and fill it with finely shredded bird's nest and minced ham..."

"What about the exquisite jade?"

Tan Jiang was about to speak again.

Gu Wu: "Take the tenth pair of ribs from a non-pregnant ewe, repeatedly roast them with honey-soaked tangerine peel that has been preserved for three years, shave off the crispy outer layer, grind it into powder, and then wrap it back onto the freshly roasted tender meat. Only one small dish can be obtained from a hundred sheep."

Yu Tingwan: "You have a good appetite."

Zhang Gui's wife said, "It's nothing. The master gave the order, and the subordinates just did what was ordered."

"If the princess doesn't like it, this old servant should try his best to find a way to get her to eat more."

As she said this, she choked up.

“But…but my daughter was serving tea in the Seventh Princess’s courtyard. When the prince consort came to propose yesterday, he only glanced at her.”

"Heaven and earth bear witness, my daughter is an honest and upright person. She is engaged and is pregnant. But the Seventh Princess accused her of being a vixen and poured boiling hot tea over her head."

Her voice now had a tremolo.

"That child was honest and kind. His scalp was burned and bleeding, and his face was covered in blisters, but he didn't dare to make a sound."

"The pregnancy was threatened again, and the baby... is gone."

"The housekeeper said that it was my daughter's good fortune. He told me not to be ungrateful and to swallow my anger."

But her daughter is a mother.

How can I not feel heartbroken?
She...she's a mother.

"Please, Lady, grant us a way to live."

Yao Ru arrived at this time.

She wasn't dressed up much, and she didn't wear any jewelry.

After all, it's inconvenient to take care of children.

Her eyes were deep and somber.

"I'm sorry to have made the General's wife laugh at me."

Yu Tingwan's smile became genuine: "Just call me by my name. We're all family, no need to be so formal."

Yao Ru didn't understand how they had become family.

But Yu Tingwan's sincerity made her not offensive.

Yao Ru didn't have any of the rules about not airing family scandals in public.

After all... she never really considered the Second Prince's residence as her home.

"I understand. Get up."

"But you should know that I won't fall out with the Seventh Princess for your sake. It won't do me any good, and it won't give you justice either."

The old woman's face turned pale.

Yao Ruzheng wanted to return the indentures of the mother and daughter to them, give them some money, and then leave the capital to live a good life.

Yu Tingwan: "How about I give it a try?"

Yao Ru: ?
Ying Fuyan asked Yu Tingwan to come and drive away the annoying Seventh Princess, so as to prevent Yao Ru from being unhappy every day.

Yu Tingwan initially refused.

She won't get involved.

Ke Yingfu said it was very difficult.

Yu Tingwan was disdainful and wanted to give it a try.

She looked at the cook, speaking softly and calmly, like a gentle breeze, enough to soothe the mind.

"Although you are a servant, sold to the Second Prince's residence, you should not do anything dishonest or petty. You should be worthy of everyone's trust and stand upright between heaven and earth. If you serve him wholeheartedly and do your job dutifully, you should stand tall as a human being. Why should you be treated like a beast of burden?"

"What does 'working like an ox or a horse' mean? It means being livestock."

Yu Tingwan knew that the more prestigious a family was, the more rules they had.

He may appear noble and kind, but how many of his hands are unstained with blood?

The master is like heaven, and the servants are like mud on the ground. If heaven is angered, it can trample its servants at will.

Yu Tingwan: "It doesn't matter if others look down on you, but if you also look down on yourself and have no hope for the future, that's fatal."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Tan Jiang beside him moved slightly and lightly touched the ground with his toes. In the next instant, he picked up a person from around the corner and threw him to the ground.

The man was caught red-handed, and a look of panic flashed across his face.

Tan Jiang drew his sword and pressed it against her neck: "Where did you come from! You're acting suspiciously, you don't seem like a good person."

"Let me go, I... I'm someone from the Seventh Princess's side." This is interesting.

Yu Tingwan understood: "The Seventh Princess asked you to monitor the Second Prince's wife."

The man's face turned pale.

But how could I dare to admit it?

"No...no."

"This servant just happened to be passing by."

Xunzhu jumped out, hands on her hips in anger: "Nonsense! The Seventh Princess's courtyard is far from the main courtyard. How could you possibly pass by there!"

"You've been caught red-handed, and you still dare to lie!"

Yao Ru didn't react.

She already knew it.

I just don't care, I'm too lazy to bother.

Yu Tingwan found it ridiculous.

I felt a sense of relief.

After all, that person could only sneak around outside. It's clear that not just anyone could sneak into Yao Ru's courtyard.

As expected of Ying Fuyan, who is also stingy and penny-pinching, the woman he has his eye on.

Yao Ru: "It's my fault as the Empress's sister-in-law; I didn't let her have her way."

"If you can't bribe the people in my yard, you can only resort to disgusting little tricks."

Yu Tingwan asked curiously, "What kind of trick?"

Yao Ru frowned, unwilling to discuss it.

Xunzhu kept jumping out, enduring the nausea.

"General's wife, you don't know, she throws bird droppings at our gate every day!"

This is slander.

The woman raised her voice, speaking with great confidence: "This servant has no such thing!"

"If it wasn't you, then who else could it be!"

"That shit really stinks, I don't know where you got it from."

Yu Tingwan: ...

Bird droppings?

It seems... the crow has had an upset stomach these past few days.

Yu Tingwan felt no guilt.

Because she hasn't been raising the crows lately!
Yu Tingwan: "Tan Jiang, let her go."

As soon as Tan Jiang let go, the maid took off running.

Tan Jiang: ?!
"Your subordinate will go after them."

"What are you chasing?"

Yu Tingwan: "Tell her to go back and complain."

After Yu Tingwan finished speaking, she said to Yao Zhuang.

"I came here specifically to see you."

"Here's a prescription, specifically for women's ailments. If you trust me, give it a try."

On her way there, she kept reminding herself that one shouldn't visit someone empty-handed.

This is not.

I also grabbed all the medicine while I was at it.

Yu Tingwan took it from Tan Jiang and handed it to Yao Ru.

"This……"

Yao Ruwei was taken aback.

I didn't take it seriously.

When treating a patient, doctors need to observe, listen to the patient's heart, ask questions, and feel the pulse; otherwise, how can they prescribe the right medicine?
Yu Tingwan's delivery of medicine was truly baffling.

But it was all from the heart.

She always accepts it, whether she eats it or not is another matter.

She was about to take it.

Yu Tingwan spoke casually.

"I really like your yard, but I think it's a bit small."

How could the courtyard of the mistress of the Second Prince's residence be small?
Yu Tingwan immediately replied, "I know quite a bit about feng shui."

Tan Jiang: ...

She pointed to that wall: "That wall isn't very good."

"Neighbors always visit each other."

Yu Tingwan decided to go all the way and ask, "Shall I get through for you?"

(End of this chapter)