Daily Life of a Powerful Official Supporting His Wife

Chapter 39

After winter, the coldest time of year comes in late spring. Pretty girls put on their spring clothes. As the saying goes, spring clothes are thin, which means that spring is the coldest time of year. The wind blows on people like a knife, and even clothes can't cover them.

All the servants in Cheng Lingyan's courtyard were replaced, and she had spent a lot of her own money to recruit the newly-cultivated maid.

Cheng Lingyan resented Lu Baoer in her heart. If it weren't for her, Cheng Lingyan wouldn't have ended up in this situation, which made Old Madam Su really angry.

At this time, Cheng Lingyan thought of the good things about Hongsu, the maid she had sold away. If Hongsu were still alive, when she cried out for hunger at night, the little maid would have found her favorite pastries.

It's not like now, when she calls someone to the kitchen, she has to use the excuse that the servants in the kitchen dare not light a fire to disturb them because Old Madam Su is asleep, to silence her. What a pity, Old Madam Su gave her a chance, but she herself couldn't protect her own servants, so she can't blame others for their cruelty.

Cheng Lingyan was confined to her room for a month before she was allowed outside for some fresh air. She was so bored that she took her family sedan chair and decided to go to the Gold and Jade Pavilion to pick out some fashionable jewelry.

For a young lady from a wealthy family like her, the shopkeeper would not let her stand and choose things. Instead, he would call some discerning waiters and maids to lead her to the private room upstairs and then present the shop's treasures to her in detail.

Cheng Lingyan, accustomed to being courted outside, now walked upstairs with a smug look. She drank a cup of tea in a private room, picked out some headwear, and finally ordered a set of hairpins with a welded base and inlaid with kingfisher feathers, gourds, and turquoise.

Cheng Lingyan was about to leave when a maid suddenly said to her, "Miss, something bad has happened."

"Why are you so flustered?" Cheng Lingyan frowned in dissatisfaction and asked.

The maid winked, telling Cheng Lingyan to send everyone on either side out of the private room. Then she said, "There's a woman downstairs who keeps saying she wants to see you!"

Cheng Lingyan pursed her lips: "She's just a woman. Can't we just send someone to chase her away? I'm the granddaughter of the Princess of Qingping County. Can she see me whenever she wants?"

"But..." The maid's face looked a little strange. She hesitated for a long time before saying, "But this woman whispered to me that she recognized a goldfish birthmark on your belly!" Cheng Lingyan was shocked. You know, the birthmarks and moles on the official lady's body must be kept strictly confidential by the personal maids and nannies. Not a single word of it can be revealed. This is to prevent some lechers from deliberately using these private marks to make trouble and tarnish the official lady's innocence, and spread rumors that the two had secretly exchanged things.

In other words, how could anyone who wasn't Cheng Lingyan's personal attendant know about her birthmark? This woman was quite influential, so we couldn't let her talk nonsense outside!

Cheng Lingyan wasn't stupid about this. She quickly had her maid invite someone in. The woman's name was Wu Cuizhan. When she saw Cheng Lingyan, she suddenly opened her voice and wailed, "My son! My poor son! How hard it has been for your mother to search for you!"

Cheng Lingyan was startled and stammered, "What are you talking about? I'm the eldest daughter of the Cheng family and the granddaughter of the Qingping County Master. What are you yelling about out there? Aren't you afraid that the wind will break your tongue and the police will arrest you and put you in jail?"

Wu Cuizhan was furious to see her own daughter being so filthy. She had too many children in the past, so she gave her youngest away for a chest of silver, pearls, and jade, which she had thought was a great bargain.

In reality, a more ruthless family would have certainly killed Wu Cuizan to silence her and prevent her from causing trouble later. However, Master Fu was a kind-hearted master. He had already lost his virtue by paying to take someone else's daughter, so he had no intention of doing anything drastic.

Wu Cuizhan was a gambler who had her husband completely under her control. When she took her pearls and jade to pawn, she discovered that they belonged to the Fu family.

How many other Fu families are there in Kyoto? Isn't it the family of the Qingping County Master? Thinking of this, Wu Cuizan's mind became active.

She was waiting for the Fu family to raise her daughter. When she grew up, she could manipulate Cheng Lingyan and tell her mother to shut up. She could give her real money and Wu Cuizhan would guarantee that not a single rumor would be spread.

Today, she had finally caught Cheng Lingyan in the act. Since she was her own daughter, it wasn't unreasonable for her to provide for her mother's old age and see her to the end of her life. What was wrong with taking a little money from her? If she refused to admit it, Wu Cuizhan would make it known to everyone that Cheng Lingyan was a fake. Then she would see how she could continue to enjoy her life in the Fu family!
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