Thrown out of the house, the wet nurse enters the noble household and becomes a person of high statu

"What do you know?"

Chen Yindi glared at him, her tone smug.

"It must be that Granny saw my good points, that she thought I was diligent and capable, that's why she helped me. She's much better than you, who idles away your days gambling and racking up debts!"

Li Chuanye was scolded, so he stepped forward and grabbed her collar.

"Stop giving me that nonsense. If you can't scrape together thirty taels of silver next month, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

"Thirty taels of silver? You went gambling again, didn't you?"

Chen Yindi was so angry that she trembled all over. She tried to pry his hand off and complained bitterly.

"Li Chuanye, do you have any conscience? My mother is still bedridden, and all the money she works so hard to earn has been taken by you to pay off gambling debts. And now you want thirty taels of silver? Are you trying to drive me to my death?!"

The two women struggled incessantly, Chen Yindi's clothes were torn askew, and their argument erupted near the side gate.

"Is Chen Yindi available?"

The two were fighting fiercely. When Chen Yindi's name was called, she froze. Taking advantage of Li Chuanye's momentary daze, she pushed him away and closed the door.

She pressed her back against the door panel, forcing a fawning smile onto her face.

"This is your servant. May I ask what business this young man has with me?"

The person in front of me was dressed in the style of an inner court servant.

Afu didn't care too much. "Come with me, the master wants to see you."

Chen Yindi didn't dare to delay and quickly followed.

She followed behind Afu, walking with her head down, but her eyes couldn't help but wander around.

I have never entered the hanging flower gate, nor have I ever seen the scenery of the inner courtyard.

Exquisite lanterns hang under the eaves, and the flowers and trees are neatly trimmed.

Even the bluestone pavement was so clean that you could see your reflection in it.

She hunched her shoulders, as if afraid that her own scent would taint the place.

When they arrived at Chenshuang Courtyard, Afu did not let her enter the main house.

"Your body is too dirty, so kneel down outside the door and answer me."

Chen Yindi dared not complain, and knelt down on both knees.

Looking into the room through a beaded curtain, the beads were lustrous and translucent, swaying gently in the breeze.

She vaguely saw a person sitting behind the beaded curtain. His back was elegant and his robes were as white as snow. Just a glance from that distance was enough to make people dare not look directly at him.

Ah Fu went in and whispered something to her, then came out and looked down at her.

"How much do you know about Liu Wenying? Tell me the truth, without hiding a single word."

Willow Oriole?

Chen Yindi couldn't understand why the master of the Duke's mansion would suddenly ask about that jinx.

Could it be that she stirred up trouble and took it out on me, who is related to her by blood?

She began to calculate in her mind, her speech faltering as she stammered, "She...she's just an ordinary widow, how much could a servant like me know?"

"How dare you! Second Master ordered you to answer truthfully, and you dare to give me a evasive answer? If you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Chen Yindi was intimidated by his imposing manner, and upon hearing that the other party was the Second Master Pei of the Duke's Mansion, she was so frightened that she kowtowed.

"Second Master, spare me! I'll tell the truth!"

"When she first came to my house, she was young but already knew things. She knew she was living under someone else's roof, so she was extremely careful and cautious."

"We make her do whatever we ask her to do, like a dog, no, no, even more obedient than a dog."

As she recalled the days when she used to boss Liu Wenying around, a smug smile gradually appeared on her lips.

Liu Wenying washed all the winter clothes, her hands soaking in ice water until they were as cold as radishes, but she didn't dare to utter a sound.

She would go up the mountain to gather pig feed, leaving before dawn and carrying back a large basket of grass taller than herself.

With Liu Wenying around, Chen Yindi and Liu Erxia didn't have to do much work, which saved them a lot of trouble.

Chen Yindi became more and more excited as she spoke, completely unaware that Afu's face had darkened.

"Later, when she was old enough, we arranged for her to marry my brother. My brother was blinded by greed and favored her, treating her better than his own sister."

Chen Yindi was furious; even now, thinking about it still makes her feel bitter.

"But who knew she was destined to bring bad luck to her husbands! She lived in my house for so many years without any problems, but as soon as she married my brother, he had an accident and died!"

"We only have one son in our family, but she's the one who caused my brother's death, and now she's a money-losing child. She even wants to stay in our house and freeload off us."

"Wasn't it perfectly reasonable for my mother and me to kick her out? Were we supposed to keep her here to freeload?"

After she finished speaking, she spat out a sarcastic and smug sound, as if she had done something remarkable.

Afu glanced into the house.

Behind the beaded curtain, a hand was half-revealed from the snow-white cloud sleeve, slowly clenching into a fist.

Afu looked at Chen Yindi again and said solemnly, "If you saw Liu Wenying now, would you still recognize her?"

"Of course!"

"Back at the restaurant, no matter how well she dressed or how different her personality became, didn't I recognize her at a glance? Even if that jinx were skinned alive, I could still recognize her bones!"

The figure behind the beaded curtain stirred. "Where do you think her change is most obvious?"

Her voice was like ice beads falling on a jade plate, clear, cold, and crisp.

Her ears were tingling from listening, and Chen Yindi crawled forward on her knees.

"Hmm?" Afu stopped her.

Chen Yindi snapped out of her daze, racking her brains for a long time before finally saying:

"I can't really say. He's still the same person, but he's become much more assertive than before. I guess he's gotten used to the good life and has forgotten how he used to be treated like a slave."

She pouted, her lips trembling with sour jealousy.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her eyes darted around.

"May I ask, Second Master, has that jinx gotten into trouble? I knew she was bound to get into serious trouble sooner or later!"

She couldn't wait for Liu Wenying to suffer a terrible fate, preferably being kicked out of the mansion and ending up in a miserable state, only then would she be satisfied.

Chen Yindi's face was full of schadenfreude, which she couldn't hide.

Afu glanced at the beaded curtain, and seeing that the Second Master remained silent, he said coldly:

"Whether Liu Wenying is alright or not is uncertain, but you have definitely committed a crime."

Chen Yindi's smile froze on her face.

"Guards, take her away and give her ten strokes of the cane."

Chen Yindi's eyes widened, and she screamed, "Why? I told the truth, I didn't do anything wrong, why are you hitting me?"

"I'll hit you if I want to, what reason do you need? One more word and I'll give you ten more strokes of the cane!"

Chen Yindi wanted to argue, but before she could even make a sound, A Jin covered her mouth.

Liu Wenying had been kind to A Jin, and he had long been disgusted by Chen Yindi's vicious slander. Now was the perfect opportunity to vent his anger.

Ah Jin dragged the struggling Chen Yindi out of the courtyard.

Seeing this, Afu loudly instructed, "Take it further away before you fight, don't dirty Second Master's courtyard."

With everything arranged, Afu turned around and returned to Second Master's side.

Pei Zeyu stopped sitting upright, got up and walked to the bedside, standing with his hands behind his back.

His shoulders were taut, his hands were clenched behind his back, and his whole aura was extremely heavy.

He was uneasy; guessing was one thing, but actually hearing it was quite another.

Pei Zeyu never expected that the days before she came to the Duke's mansion would be so difficult.

Hands soaked in icy water in winter, days spent gathering pig feed on the mountain before dawn, years of being beaten, scolded, and treated like cattle and horses.

He remembered the calluses and scars on her hands, now they all had a reason.

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