Quick Transmigration: Reversing the Life of a Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character

"I also want to take Granny Gui with me." Lu Zhiyao continued to make demands. She was the old woman who spoke ill of the doctor in the front yard. Madam Xue was not a weak noblewoman. Those who had made things difficult for her in her mother's courtyard had all met with bad ends. If this continued, her mother would not even have a close confidante by her side.

"A-Gui, she..."

"Mother, I'm just changing her job location, and you're already reluctant to let her go?"

"I'm willing to give up anything you want, I'll give you anything, even your indenture. Agui is my maidservant, she's not young anymore, don't make things too difficult for her."

"I know, I'm not a malicious person."

"Yes, yes, my Yao'er is the kindest. She even cries when she sees an injured bird." The old lady hugged her daughter tightly with a loving expression.

Lu Zhiyao was a little uncomfortable being hugged, but she didn't struggle.

The old lady, who was holding her daughter, did not feel that her daughter was different from before. Before her daughter got married, she was not very talkative in front of others, but she talked a lot with her mother in private.

Lu Yunqing, the eldest son of the Lu family, was hurriedly brought back from the government office by his servants. He was on his way to his mother's courtyard when he was stopped by the servants sent by the madam and forced to return to his own courtyard.

"What's wrong? Didn't Mother say she was going to punish you by making you kneel?" Old Master Lu asked his wife, whose legs were being massaged by a servant, with a puzzled look.

"My lord, the servants are ignorant and went to fetch you. Did they delay your official duties?"

"It's alright. There's nothing urgent at the government office lately. I told them that if there's any more kneeling punishment, they should come to me immediately. If all else fails, they can come to my father."

Madam Xue's eyes reddened, and she choked up as she said, "It's my fault. I've been married into this family for over ten years, and I still can't get along well with my elders. I even have to make the men in the family put aside their official duties to come and save me."

"What are you saying? Do you think I don't know Mother's temperament? You've already had it tough enough. If it were someone a little more easygoing, they would have been driven crazy by Mother long ago." The eldest son of the Lu family was also helpless. Mother was confused and unaware of her own situation. With the Empress backing her up, when she made a scene, even Father couldn't always stop her.

"Let's leave aside other matters. Mother wants to give Piaoxue to Yige as a concubine. You can tell what kind of person Piaoxue is without even investigating. I am also a mother, and I can't let my ignorant child be ruined by such a woman. I told you that if you take her as a concubine, you can't give her to the child. Mother said that I was disobeying my elders and made me stand in the sun to reflect on my actions. I can only go back when I understand."

The eldest son of the Lu family's expression changed: "Mother, oh, don't worry, I won't let Yi-ge'er have any contact with him. Where is he? I'll handle it."

Madam Xue shook her head: "You think I couldn't resist and agreed? How could that be? My younger sister came back and ordered someone to beat the old woman who was watching me, so she let me come back first and said she would go and talk to Mother."

"Yao'er? She's recovered? Can she persuade her mother?" Old Master Lu was skeptical.

It doesn't make sense. Lu Zhiyao's older brother had a very accurate understanding of his younger sister. She wasn't eloquent, nor was she particularly quick-witted. How could she easily persuade someone who had been stubborn for most of her life? But that was her mother, who doted on her without limits. She didn't need to be persuaded; she could just act cute and throw a tantrum.

In the front yard, Granny Gui and Piaoxue Xiangyuan knelt in the sun, while in the shade by the wall, a row of head maids and servants stood reflecting on their crimes of instigating their masters.

In the side hall, the three masters were served by second-class maids and servants brought by Lu Zhiyao.

"Ning'er, is it delicious?" Old Madam Lu asked lovingly. Her most beloved daughter had recovered well and even brought her little grandson back. How could she care about the servants? Besides, her daughter was kind and even chose a shady spot for them when she was punished by making them stand. What kind of punishment was it for servants to stand for a while?

Lu Zhiyao didn't intend to punish anyone; the move was more of a warning.

After lunch, Dongxue and her entourage coaxed the young master to take a nap.

After careful consideration, Madam Lu said, "Why don't we send them to do their errands? They can't all just stand there, can they?"

Lu Zhiyao told Tao to leave and told the people standing by the wall to disperse and go about their business.

When the maids came in to serve, they were obedient and behaved much more politely.

"Those two maids are so beautiful, it would be a shame to let them get sunburned," Old Madam Lu continued to plead.

"Mother, since you said you'd give it to me, don't worry about it. You're so young, you'll ruin yourself from just a little sun exposure? This isn't the kind of person who'd be here to serve you!"

"They weren't originally meant to be servants, Yao'er. They're so beautiful. Bring them back to you, son-in-law..."

"Don't worry, not just anyone can enter my courtyard. They have their own place to go."

"Yao'er, these are all girls from my maidservant families, girls from good families. We can't deliberately ruin them and send them to that shameful place. That would be a terrible thing to do."

"Mother, you feel sorry for them, but why don't you feel sorry for your grandson? Yi-ge is so young, what if he gets seduced by these kinds of people and ruins his health?"

"No, young master, when he is young, his elders will prepare girls to teach him about human affairs. The elders will keep an eye on him and prevent him from becoming infatuated. This is precisely to prevent him from being corrupted by women with ulterior motives in the future."

To put it bluntly, it means that the family prepares skilled and attractive women for the young masters to ward off their allure and prevent them from being seduced by other glamorous and shameless women.

"Mother, Yi-ge is only ten years old."

"I'm not that young anymore. When your eldest brother was eight years old, I was sent away to work in the capital with your father. Your grandmother arranged all these things. I think I was around ten years old at the time."

"Mother, Yi-ge'er's parents are still alive, and my elder brother and sister-in-law know what's going on, so please don't worry about these things."

"I'm his grandmother, can't I even do anything about it?"

Lu Zhiyao: The problem is, you can't even manage this yourself, can you? Who would prepare a woman like Piaoxue to be their grandson's tutor? To outsiders, it looks like they want to ruin their eldest grandson.

"Mind your own business. He has parents, why are you worrying about him? You're only thinking about your grandson now, don't you care about me?" Lu Zhiyao tried to steer her thoughts towards herself. She was a strong-willed person and wouldn't be led astray. If she got angry, she could even argue with her own mother. Let her take care of her.

"How could that be? You're the one thing I've worried about most in my life. I'd take care of you even if no one else did," Old Madam Lu quickly reassured her.

"I don't believe you. When you came back today, you only asked about my health once, and you kept defending a servant who gave me a headache, going on and on and on." Lu Zhiyao raised her hand to cover her face with a handkerchief.

"No, no, Mother won't say anymore. I'll do whatever you say."

"You won't even let me rest for lunch, all for the sake of a servant."

"It was my oversight. You seem to be in good spirits, so I wanted to talk to you more."

"Give me the indentures of those three, and I'll go rest."

"Xinrong, go and find the indentures of the three people and give them to Yao'er."

A simply dressed old woman responded and went to the backyard. A short while later, she brought back the indentures of the three people.