flstandardbreds Chapter 161 Sweeping
Chapter 161 Sweeping
"What's wrong? What were you yelling about just now?" Mrs. Du held her neck high and looked at her with disdain.
"Replying to mother." Tang Yue'er said, "When I came back just now, I saw that the maid had not cleaned the room for me, so I asked her a few questions, and she said...she said that mother asked her to stand there and wait for me to come back and clean the room myself." When she said the latter sentence, Tang Yue'er's voice became three points softer.
Mrs. Du was crazy. She was afraid that she would suddenly hit someone again.
But this time Mrs. Du didn't do anything. She just replied calmly: "Yes, that's what I said. You should clean your own room."
"Mother." Tang Yue'er controlled her temper and said kindly, "After all, I am the wife of the prince. If you make me do the same work as a maid, how can I establish my authority in this mansion?"
"Do you still need to establish your authority?" Mrs. Du curled her lips coldly and said, "Isn't the prince your authority? He always says that he only loves you. Which maid or servant in this mansion dares to look down on you?" Mrs. Du was still brooding over the last time Zhou Ziyue said that he only loved Tang Yue'er.
"Mother!"
Mrs. Du ignored her and continued, "I am doing this for your own good. The Marquis' Mansion has been abstaining from sex recently, which has been hard on you and Ziyue. Instead of you being idle every day and thinking about the sex affairs of those seductive women, it is better to keep yourself busy and work harder. When you are tired, your mind will no longer have random thoughts."
The matter of the vixen?
She and Zhou Ziyue are a legitimate couple, so you can't describe her as a vixen, right?
Tang Yue'er was angry, but she had to hold it in. She could only say, "Mother, I am pregnant after all. These tasks are fine for me. But if they hurt the baby..."
"Because you are pregnant, you should move around more." Mrs. Du said earnestly, "You are still young and don't know how difficult it is to give birth. It will be good for your future childbirth if you move around more."
"You..." Tang Yue'er's face turned pale with anger.
At this time, Zhou Ziyue came back. He was busy recently and looked very tired. He walked over and saw Du and Tang Yueer standing there confronting each other again. He frowned, but still walked over.
"Zi Yue." Seeing him coming, Tang Yue'er hurried over and grabbed his arm.
"What happened?" Zhou Ziyue asked.
"Zi Yue." Tang Yue'er explained to Zhou Zi Yue what had just happened.
Mrs. Du thought that Zhou Ziyue would argue with her to protect Tang Yue'er like last time, but she didn't expect that Zhou Ziyue said nothing, took Tang Yue'er's hand, turned around and left.
*
Yongning Marquis Mansion, study.
"Dad." Zhou Ziyue walked in alone and said, "I told mom last time that Tang Yue'er is the only woman I like. I married her because I hope she can live a good life, but mom always makes things difficult for Yue'er. She is the wife of the prince, and mom actually makes her do the work of servants. How can she bear it?"
The old marquis Zhou Wucai was working with his head down. When he heard what he said, he paused for a moment and said nothing.
"Dad, the Marquis' Mansion is in a troubled time right now. There are a lot of things waiting for me to deal with outside. The mastermind behind the last disaster victims' riot was not led to the General's Mansion, and now the prince asked me to find out the real mastermind. I'm overwhelmed, and now mother still treats Yue'er like this, I really don't have time to deal with it." Zhou Ziyue said with a cold face.
Zhou Wucai finished reading his own page, picked up the ink-soaked brush and began to mark the pages, while casually saying, "You also know that the Marquis's Mansion is in a time of trouble?"
Zhou Ziyue knows.
How could he not know?
"Of course I know." Zhou Ziyue replied.
"You just said that you married Tang Yue'er so that she could live a good life with you?" The old marquis' voice was devoid of any emotion and was terribly cold.
"Yes."
The old marquis paused, raised his eyes and looked at him coldly: "So, you want me and your mother to serve her?"
Zhou Ziyue was stunned: "Dad, that's not what I meant?"
The old marquis's eyes darkened, and the pen in his hand suddenly fell on the table with a "bang", and the ink on the pen tip instantly splashed everywhere: "Zhou Ziyue, what do you mean?! The Marquis' Mansion is in troubled times, and we are in danger at any time. We don't know when we will be convicted! You still want to give her a good life? So you mean that you want your mother and I to hold her in high esteem and protect her all the time, and bring her water to wash her feet if she is convicted and exiled? Boil water for her to cook?!"
Zhou Ziyue was frightened by his sudden anger and said, "Dad, that's not what I meant."
"Then what do you mean?" Zhou Wucai looked at him angrily, "Zhou Ziyue, you are so confused!"
Zhou Ziyue stood there stiffly.
"It's already this time, and you still say something like let her live a good life? Have you forgotten what the purpose of us marrying her is?" Zhou Wucai glared at him.
purpose?
Of course he remembered, and his heart sank.
"We are anxious to have you marry her so that she can serve our whole family when the Marquis' Mansion is convicted. If she is lucky and the Marquis' Mansion survives this disaster, she will naturally be the superior wife of the Crown Prince. If she is unlucky and the Marquis' Mansion is convicted, then she will have to take on the responsibility of taking care of our whole family. You want her to live a good life, but where is our good life? Huh?"
Zhou Ziyue hesitated for a moment and explained, "Dad, when I said this time, I was referring to Tang Wanru, the eldest daughter of the Tang family, not Tang Yue'er."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wucai's eyebrows flew up in anger: "What's the difference?! Zhou Ziyue, Zhou Ziyue, are you still confused? The Marquis' Mansion is facing a disaster now, and you are still talking about loving this and not loving that. Don't you think you are ridiculous?!"
"I..." Zhou Ziyue stood there stiffly. After a pause, he seemed to remember something and said, "What about the child? She is still pregnant with the blood of our Marquis' Mansion."
Zhou Wu sighed when he mentioned this: "Ziyue, it's not that Dad is cruel, but our family really can't take care of so many things at this time. It all depends on the child's fate. Dad also wants to hold his grandson and enjoy the family life, but the current situation does not allow it. By the time the child is born, I don't know if the Marquisate will still exist. Let him be."
After hearing this, Zhou Ziyue's heart sank to the bottom of the lake instantly, but he had to admit that his father was right. He was physically and mentally exhausted now and really couldn't care about so many things.
"Ziyue, your mother is a bit serious on weekdays. But she did nothing wrong." Zhou Wucai said, "Tang Yue'er is too petty. She doesn't care about work at all. If she suffers in the future, she may not be able to serve others. So let her practice more now, so that she won't have trouble getting started in the future."
Zhou Ziyue: ...
Zhou Wucai didn't say anything else, waved his hand and let him go out.
Zhou Ziyue walked out of the room, and Tang Yueer was waiting at the door. She was a woman, and the Marquis's Mansion did not allow women to enter the study.
Seeing Zhou Ziyue coming out, Tang Yue'er took three or two steps towards him with a smile on her face.
She was really happy that Zhou Ziyue had protected her in front of Mrs. Du just now.
What's more, Zhou Ziyue just said that she would let the old marquis make the decision for her.
She believed him.
"What happened?" Tang Yue'er blurted out.
Zhou Ziyue walked up to her, looked at her staring into his eyes, and called her softly, "Yuer?"
"Ok?"
"Go back and...clean your room." Zhou Ziyue said in a low voice.
"What?" Tang Yue'er thought she had heard it wrong. She asked, "I, do I clean the house by myself?"
Zhou Ziyue replied: "Yes."
At that moment, Tang Yue'er's heart sank to the bottom. She took three steps back and almost fell to the ground.