Chapter 94

At this point, Zi You deliberately looked at Wang Yiping. Seeing her face turned green, Zi You's heart was happy. She continued, "What 'a pear blossom brings youth in the rain, a sixteen-year-old beauty marries.' Aiyo. I feel dissatisfied for mother. Shui Yiniang cries like a pear blossom in the rain. But what does mother look like when you cry?"

The handkerchief in Wang Yiping's hand was almost wrung to pieces. Her heart, liver, spleen, and stomach started paining all together. The sound of her gnashing teeth could be heard.

Zi You heard and feigned curiosity. "Mother, why are you gritting your teeth? Do your teeth hurt? Oh, that's not good. Do we need to invite a doctor to take a look? Toothache is not an illness. The pain is unbearable."

Wang Yiping faintly glanced at her. She expended much effort to spit out two words. "No need."

"Oh." Zi You pretended to be clever and obedient and pulled her along to the horse carriage. Her heart was very happy. Let's see if I can anger you to death, slut! Don't you like pretending? Let's see how long you can pretend for.

Née Liu saw the situation and happily smiled. You'er was so clever. If Dier could return and see her, Dier would be proud of her too.

Zi You and Wang Yiping sat in the horse carriage. Zi You thought that this was the time in her previous life that ShiYun was defiled by Wang Yiping's brother. ShiYun wouldn't be the beast's little concubine, so she ended up dying tragically.

It was also this event that the traitorous maidservant Liu Yanhong took ShiYun's place and became Zi You's confidant.

This time, I will do my best to protect ShiYun and find a way to take care of that maidservant Yanhong.

Zi You pretended to doze off, but her heart was fully alert and vigilant against Wang Yiping plotting against her. She could even sense Wang Yiping glaring at her with gritted teeth.

Duke Yingguo fu was a declining family and incomparable to Duke Anguo fu. Let's not mention how they only had half of the guests. But there was almost no first- or second-rank furens there.

When Zi You followed Wang Yiping to pay their respects to Duke Yingguo furen, Duke Yingguo furen was very warm and enthusiastic towards Zi You. She pulled Zi You over by her side and said, with fake smiles, "Good child, come over and let Waipo [maternal grandmother] take a look. En, you're thinner than the last time you were here. Why? Did your mother not take good care of you? Tell Waipo. Waipo will seek justice for you."

Zi You hurriedly shook her head. She secretly glanced at Wang Yiping. She carefully said, "It's not that mother didn't take good care of me. It's that I made mother mad. Mother…"

"Okay, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute." Zi You's words weren't finished, but Wang Yiping stopped her and glared at her.

Duke Yingguo furen immediately looked at her in displeasure. She blamed, "What do you mean? Are you giving me attitude? I'm showing concern for my granddaughter. What's wrong with that?"

Concern for your granddaughter? That darned Mu Zi You and you have no relationship whatsoever. Why would you care about her? You just want to hear about me and laugh at me.

Wang Yiping's face turned cold. She laughed strangely at Zi You. "Why aren't you thanking your Waipo? See how much she cares about you? She cares about you more than her daughter: me. You are really blessed."

Zi You couldn't help but want to laugh. Not bad. Not bad. The enemy of an enemy is my friend. It seems like Wang Yiping and her Di mother's relationship was awful. That's great. I don't have to directly confront Wang Yiping. I just have to "greet" "Waipo" more often. Wouldn't "Waipo" make trouble for this lowly wench?

Zi You smiled as sweet as flowers. Her words seemed as if honey was added. "That can't be it. You'er was always sorry that she didn't have a Waipo. It's great now. I not only have Waipo and Waigong [maternal grandfather], but also an uncle and aunt. It's great."

Zi You then pulled Duke Yingguo furen's arms and leaned her head on the old woman's shoulder. Her dreamy and admiring face angered Wang Yiping.

Duke Yingguo furen saw that and deliberately hugged Zi You. "Good and obedient." She really seemed to treat Zi You like her real granddaughter.

Wang Yiping really couldn't watch anymore. She huffily stood up and said, "You'er, come here. Let's go see my yiniang."

"Okay." Zi You stood up and ran after her. She suddenly went "ouch" and fell down. "I'm sorry, mother. I twisted my ankle. You go first. I'll be there soon."

Wang Yiping was angered and really had an impulse to violently beat Zi You. She slowly walked over to Zi You and asked in feigned concern, "Is it serious?" Then she whispered, "Don't tell the matters of the General's Manor to old furen. Don't think she's good to you. She's bad to the bone. She just wants to see General's Manor's as a joke."

"Yes, mother," Zi You rubbed her ankle and answered.

Wang Yiping was impatient. "Go rest by the rock garden. I will come find you later."

With that, she hurriedly went to her yiniang's courtyard. She sent a message yesterday to have her gege with the same father but a different mother, her father's Third Yiniang's son, to meet her in her mother's room.

Her fifth brother Wang Shengmin had already obtained her when she was thirteen years old. The two maintained this relationship for more than three years.

Because she feared pregnancy, she consumed lots of contraceptive medicines. She was tangling with Mu YingRui day and night and still didn't get pregnant. So it seemed that her using the contraceptive medicine year-round had an effect on conceiving.

But Imperial Physician Qin clearly said it wouldn't cause infertility. It seemed that she needed to go see him one day and him examine her closely. Also, she would ask him if there was a way to kill off the old man and darned little wench [Old General Mu and Zi You].

But he would tangle with her again. That old man was already over fifty. Why was he still so voracious? He doesn't want my mother, but want me. Tch. No man is really good.

Wang Yiping sat in a sedan chair and scolded incessantly.

Zi You saw that Wang Yiping was far away. She went to the back of the rock garden. She used ventriloquism to say, "Weishali, follow her and see what she's doing."

In less than two minutes, Weishali slithered over. He hissed twice and disappeared among the flowers.

Zi You looked around and saw no one. Then she slowly walked out, feigning a limp in her leg. She walked towards the pond.

She took two steps and heard a mocking laugh. "Two days without seeing you and you've become a cripple? That's karma. Karma."

Zi You looked. It was that "dandy" Shangguan LingRan again. She fiercely glared at him. She didn't understand why his mother An Wangfei was such a nice person, but her son was so annoying.

He obviously wasn't a bad person, but his words were harsh and taunting. He really needed to be taught a lesson.

Zi You ignored him and turned to leave. Shangguan LingRan jumped over and blocked her. He smiled, "What? Aren't you very powerful? What's happened today? You've become mute?"

Zi You wanted to strike him, but there were lots of people in the garden. A few xiaojies were even looking at her and Shangguan LingRan from close by. Therefore, she rolled her eyes and smiled sweetly at Shangguan LingRan. "Shizi Ye, thank you for that day. If you didn't help and lured the birds and butterflies over, I wouldn't be able to win against Fourth Gongzhu. Thank you for that torn robe. I will have my maidservants make another one for you."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for those few xiaojies to hear. Shangguan LingRan's face turned black.

This bad yatou actually wanted to obscure the facts and bring the trouble to himself. If those evil pests, who wholeheartedly plotted to kill him, knew of this matter, who knew how they would harm him?

This little yatou was not old, but her heart was vicious. Shangguan LingRan looked at Zi You as if he was looking at ghosts. He refuted, "What nonsense are you saying? How can this Ye have the ability to attract birds and butterflies? Besides, even if Ye can do it, Ye would do it for fourth meimei. Would Ye do a favor for you outsider? Don't think fancifully."

Zi You looked at him getting flustered and became gentler. She delicately looked at him and revealed a demonically charming smile. Her voice also became cuter and sweeter. "Shizi Ye, there are no outsiders here. What are you afraid of? Don't worry. I won't tell Fourth Gongzhu."

With her back to the noble xiaojies, Zi You's eyes gradually turned purple. She looked bashfully, tenderly, and charmingly at him. Countless charms gathered on her face. This caused Shangguan LingRan's useless and traitorous heart to jump in confusion. He clearly knew that the poppy flower was poisonous, but he could not resist her temptation. His feet didn't listen to him and walked towards her…

Zi You waited for him to get close and shouted loudly, "Shizi Ye, even though you helped me, you still can't be a hoodlum!"

This way, combined with Shangguan LingRan's poor character, people would certainly believe her words. If she attracted attention due to her spiritual powers later on, some of it could be dispersed onto Shangguan LingRan. No one could distinguish what was truth and what was false then.

Zi You's wishful thinking was calculated well, but she did not succeed.

She had a black belly, but Shangguan LingRan did not lose out. Seeing Zi You enchant him and smiling mischievously at him, he leaned over and said, "What? You want to bewitch this Ye? Unfortunately, you're too young. You little green unripe fruit still have a long ways to go before you can bewitch this Ye. Wait after you grow up in two or three years."

Hearing him say that she hadn't grown up yet, Zi You's anger rose. She hated she couldn't go up and bite him a few times. But she still had an innocent and naïve smile on her face. "Shizi Ye finished growing? Where is it? Let everyone see."

This time it was Shangguan LingRan's turn to be stunned. He looked at Zi You like he was looking at aliens. He was utterly speechless.

At this time, Fourth Gongzhu Shangguan Lingluo and her cronies came over. She smiled, but with sharp eyes. She looked at Shangguan LingRan and Zi You and said acidly, "What are you talking about? Mu Xiaojie is filled with smiles. Do you perhaps like my tangge [older male patrilineal cousin]?"