The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 557 - 567: Visit Miss Du

Chapter 557: Chapter 567: Visit Miss Du

She thought, this stubborn girl was hell-bent on dragging herself into this mess. From a young age, she never ceased to defy her; she really inherited the Lin Family’s stubborn nature. No matter how she was raised, she could never become a well-mannered lady of a grand household.

What was her behavior now? Loyalty?

Such loyalty and integrity, steadfast in her promises.

"Fine, fine, since you don’t know what’s important, and you’ve run around with your cousin’s sick body. From now on, you will stay in your chamber and copy the ’Lessons for Women’ a hundred times. Once you have copied ’Lessons for Women’ a hundred times, then you may leave."

Gu Youyou turned to look at Lin Qianqing, thinking: With her personality, she would rather take a beating than copy that damn ’Lessons for Women’.

To her surprise, she accepted the task without a word of complaint.

"Yes, Mother!"

Gu Youyou’s jaw dropped. A hundred times, ah, a hundred times, it was less painful than getting a beating. They used a brush to write, which was extremely slow. By the time she finished copying ’Lessons for Women’ a hundred times, the flowers in the north would have withered away.

Lin Qianqing turned and saw Gu Youyou’s worried expression and kept winking and making faces at her.

Gu Youyou realized, a hundred times, ah, a hundred times, it might not be as terrible as she thought.

She had been thinking about not going to the medical clinic in the next few days, pretending to be sick to stay home and copy ’Lessons for Women’ with Lin Qianqing.

"Youyou, you should not go to the medical clinic these few days either. Just stay in the courtyard and recover properly. Whatever you need, have someone buy it for you."

Er, was she being grounded?

Fine, it was a good time to rest and to lay low for a few days.

"Yes, Aunt!"

Seeing that neither of them resisted, Madam Lin’s face finally looked a bit better. She turned to the old lady and said, "Mother, do you think my arrangements are suitable?"

The old lady nodded and said, "Alright, you all go down. I am tired too."

Her thoughts aligned with Gu Youyou’s; it was indeed time to keep a low profile and take it as a time to recover.

...

The guests at Jie Residence had all left, and the sun was setting in the west.

Xie Qinyun had rarely visited the troublesome back quarters of her second brother over the years, but because of Lin Qianqing’s words, she went there today.

Accompanied by two maids and four stout nursemaids, the entourage was grand.

Seeing the weathered red lacquered gate locked with a brass padlock, her eyes darkened.

"Locked? Why is it locked? Qianqing said she was ill; where could she go?"

Lin Qianqing did not tell her about the quarters being locked by Concubine Du. Seeing the locked door, she naturally assumed her servants were not there, and they had gone somewhere else.

"Miss, should we go ask Concubine Du?" one of the nursemaids whispered to Xie Qinyun.

"Ask Concubine Du?" Xie Qinyun was slightly surprised.

That nursemaid said, "Yes, have you forgotten that the back house of the second master has always been under Concubine Du’s rule?"

Indeed, Xie Qinyun clenched her fists in frustration.

This second sister-in-law was too inadequate, letting another take hold of the Jie Family’s power with the excuse of her long-standing poor health. That concubine not only controlled the second brother’s back quarters but also the entire power of the Jie Residence. Who else was there since her mother and senior sister-in-law had both passed away?

Because of this relative, her own coming-of-age ceremony had been terribly mishandled; people were whispering, saying the only daughter’s coming-of-age ceremony of the Jie Family was being conducted by a concubine.

With no capable woman in the Jie Residence to manage affairs, how would the future marriage of the third young Miss Jie be handled? Could it be that a concubine would preside over it as well? Where would her dignity lie? It wouldn’t be well received in her marital home either.

Moreover, as far as Xie Qinyun knew, she was likely to be granted a marriage by the Emperor this year, to one of the two princes.

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