The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 281 - 285: Conflict in the Inner Courtyard (11)

Chapter 281: Chapter 285: Conflict in the Inner Courtyard (11)

Zhu Liusha and her daughter Su Ying were destined to be disappointed this time.

With his hands clasped behind him and a dark expression on his face, Su Shi walked out from Jingxin Residence. As he had just stepped outside, he was met by a servant who had been dispatched by Zhu Liusha and was waiting at the Outer Disciples.

Recognizing that the servant came from his wife’s courtyard, Su Shi rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on again.

Of course, he knew what his wife had been most concerned about lately; it was nothing more than the marriage arrangement for Su Ying.

"Tell Madam that I have some business to attend to and won’t be visiting her courtyard," he said.

Having spoken, Su Shi hurried away as if escaping.

He still didn’t know how to explain things to Liu Sha and Ah Yin.

Who could have imagined that Gai Yinyin, whom he’d never paid any attention to, along with that baby girl, would end up having such an encounter as they had today.

If only he had known, he would have strangled that child at birth to prevent her from becoming the gravest crisis facing the Duke Ying Mansion now.

His own mother always said that Gai Yinyin was simple-minded. If she were truly pure and kind, how could she raise her child to harbor such resentment against her own father’s family?

With the other party’s status as a Grandmaster now, Su Shi, bold as he was, dared not make any arrangements for her on a whim, and he dared harbor no more resentment against a Grandmaster.

Naturally, all his anger was directed toward Gai Yinyin.

Yet with so many matters beyond his control, Su Shi’s heart sank even further.

As he had thought, the Emperor’s intention was for him to win over this young Grandmaster at all costs.

He didn’t dare to defy the Emperor’s will. If things were to be arranged from above, he feared the outcome would not be something he wished to see.

"Has the Lord gone to the study?" Zhu Liusha, who had been speaking intimately with Su Ying, expressed surprise when informed by the servant.

She asked a few more questions, and seeing the servant’s ignorant expression in response, waved her hand irritably, "You may go."

After so many years with her husband, knowing him deeply, Zhu Liusha immediately sensed an ominous premonition.

Su Ying also became anxious, "Mother, could something have changed? If I really must marry the Second Prince, I’d rather shave my head and become a nun."

Zhu Liusha consoled her, "Don’t panic; I will go ask your father first. Don’t speak of such things again."

Carrying a nourishing soup specially simmered by the kitchen, Zhu Liusha gently knocked on the door of Su Shi’s study.

"Husband, may I come in?"

After a long wait, a reluctant male voice came from inside, "Come in."

Before Zhu Liusha could speak, Su Shi began.

He apologized to Zhu Liusha with a sense of guilt, "Madam, about Ah Yin’s situation, I think we may need to think this through more carefully."

Anxiously, Su Ying followed behind Zhu Liusha and hid behind a pillar at the study’s entrance.

Because the study door wasn’t closed tightly, Su Ying, eavesdropping from the entrance, could hear the conversation between Su Shi and Zhu Liusha clear as day.

She felt a thump in her heart, and intense panic swept over her.

The mere thought of marrying the Second Prince filled her with resistance, and she wanted to rush out to ask her father why the settled matter had changed, wondering if it was because she wasn’t his biological daughter.

Mother always said that father treated her even better than his own daughters, but it seemed fine until there was a problem—now his true colors were showing.

It appeared that his love for mother was just as superficial.

Indeed, one’s own flesh and blood is always favored, even if it’s only slightly more than one’s own stepdaughter.

Su Ying was filled with resentful energy. If it weren’t for the nails she had dug so deeply into her flesh, the faint pain reminding her to stay rational, she might have done something that would have troubled her mother.

Gritting her teeth, Su Ying took a deep look at the study and then turned and left.

It was fortunate that she hadn’t placed all her hopes on her stepfather.

In the study, Zhu Liusha, with tears in her eyes, said with dissatisfaction, "What should we do then? You are her father; can she still resist you?"

Su Shi explained the current situation one by one to Zhu Liusha, but she still didn’t understand and shook her head, "You always say that you treat Ah Ying as your own daughter, but when it comes down to it, you’re not willing to protect her."

Zhu Liusha and Su Ying were truly mother and daughter; even their ways of thinking were the same.

Su Shi was worn out by Zhu Liusha’s persistent nagging. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to protect Su Ying, but that he was now unable to.

He had explained this problem to her countless times just a moment ago, but Zhu Liusha refused to understand and held on to the point that he had not kept his promise.

The disadvantages of marrying a wife from a humble family were now glaringly apparent.

On ordinary days, she was a considerate Jieyu flower, but once something happened, her thoughts could never align with his.

She also never understood your methods and efforts.

Watching Zhu Liusha repeating her state of distress, Su Shi was tired of it.

The whole world could see how well he had treated his stepdaughter Su Ying.

The daughter born from Gai Yinyin, who had his blood flowing in her veins, didn’t enjoy as much as Su Ying did. For the sake of his own Madam, he hadn’t hesitated to give everything to Su Ying.

Yet his own Madam had spoken such words.

Su Shi said, "Liusha, if you talk like this, you really hurt my feelings. Don’t you know how I treat Su Ying?"

Looking at the profound disappointment in Su Shi’s eyes, Zhu Liusha’s rationality suddenly snapped back into place.

She was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and spoke softly, "My dear, I’m sorry, I was blinded by Ah Ying’s business."

"I shouldn’t have spoken of you that way; the kindness you’ve shown to me and the child, I always keep in my heart."

Zhu Liusha revealed a deeply troubled expression, "But is Ah Ying’s marriage really unchangeable?"

Once again going soft in his heart for the woman he had doted on for so many years, Su Shi said, "Don’t worry, I will think of another way, and at worst, I will explain the situation to the Holy Emperor directly."

Zhu Liusha said, "Isn’t the child claiming to be under the name of Old Madam? How dares she not enter the mansion?"

Disgust appeared in Su Shi’s eyes, "His Majesty has already dispatched spies. If it’s confirmed that she truly possesses the Grandmaster Realm, then it’s beyond our questioning."

"The rules of the mortal world are not chains that can bind or constrain those with advanced mastery in the Martial Realm."

After a pause, Su Shi reminded her, "When the time comes, if you meet her, don’t approach her."

"Because at the moment, she probably harbors dissatisfaction towards you."

Biting her teeth, Su Ying returned to her bedroom. After pacing around the room for several rounds, she finally made up her mind and took out a yellow peace charm from the innermost recess of her secret compartment.

Inside was the contact method for someone from the Dark Pavilion.

Originally, it was just a small favor done unintentionally. It was because she saw the status of the other party as a Dark Pavilion member that she had kept the peace charm given by the other party. She had never expected that there would indeed come a day when it would be put to use.

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