Chapter 175.1: Chapter 175 Part 1

Translated by gingercat

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The house arranged by Jin Wang for the Yao Family and the Su Family was in the east part of the city, located on Tangzi Alley.

This place was close to the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha and the market entrance, so it was quite prosperous. The houses there all belonged to the ordinary citizens and each house had a spacious yard. With all kinds of furniture and other necessities inside, the Su Family and the Yao Family could move in immediately as soon as they arrive. Each family was also assigned a maid. It was evident that their living arrangements were well thought out.

When Zhu-shi entered the house, she looked around with bright eyes.

When has she ever lived in such a nice house? Although it wasn’t much bigger than the Su Family’s old house, what kind of condition was that house in? The old house was cramped and small. How could it be compared to this bright and open space?

Look at the doors, the windows, the courtyard. These were things that only houses of rich families could have.

After Dong Ge’er, Ming Ge’er, and Yuan Ge’er entered, they started running around the yard and having fun. Even Su Xiucai and Wu-shi couldn’t help showing joy on their faces. As expected, everyone liked good things.

As Zhu-shi thought about how she would be living in this courtyard as the mistress, she couldn’t help being excited. But as soon as she saw the maid coming out from inside, her face immediately fell.

“Why are you here? Who permitted you to be here?!”

The maid was Lancao.

Seeing Zhu-shi acting so rude and vicious, Lancao trembled with fright. Then she bravely whispered, “This servant is a maid sent by the prince’s manor to do chores.”

“Our family doesn’t want you. Have the prince’s manor change you to someone else!”

As soon as these words came out, not to mention the Su Family, even the steward arranged by Fucheng to bring the Yao Family and the Su Family to settle down, felt that the Zhu-shi was being unreasonable.

Not only was she being unreasonable, but also ridiculous.

When the steward heard this, his brows and eyes shifted, but his face remained expressionless.

Noticing how people representing Jin Wang Manor were still here, Su Yucheng immediately reprimanded, “Stupid! Do you know how to speak properly? If you can’t speak properly, keep your mouth shut!”

“What did I say that was wrong? Since Jin Wang Manor was in charge of arranging the servants, why can’t I ask them to change her?” Seeing that even her father-in-law was staring at him, Zhu-shi continued softly, “Then what if we change her with the maid from the Yao Family? Didn’t they assign both our families a maid?”

The steward ignored her and cupped his hands at Su Xiucai and Su Yucheng. “If everything’s fine, I’ll take my leave.”

Su Yucheng asked the steward to forgive them for letting him see such a joke before walking him out the door. After he saw the steward off, only then did he come back.

As for Zhu-shi’s wish, it was naturally ignored by the entire Su Family.

Zhu-shi was very angry, but then she thought that as long as she kept an eye on her, she didn’t believe this little vixen could do anything. Besides, it wasn’t like she had no means to deal with this little vixen. She was certain that she could make her cry for her father and mother. She would be tormented that she’d be desperate to leave herself.

After settling down, Su Xiucai, Su Yucheng, and Yao Cheng each went to report to their new jobs.

Su Xiucai and Yao Cheng were both back to their old professions. Jin Wang had also given the people a heads-up in advance, so it was unlikely they would encounter any significant troubles. After going to work for a few days, their faces were bright and they even made a few friends. But Su Yucheng was miserable. He was a newcomer to the Wucheng militia, and had neither served in the army nor practiced martial arts before. As soon as he arrived, he was forced to train. It was said that he was so weak, let alone catching thieves, he probably couldn’t even catch normal people.

Everyone trained according to the military standard. Su Yucheng had never suffered before, how could he stand it? Wu-shi felt sorry for her son, but she didn’t dare to tell him to stop going. This was because she knew all this was given to them in exchange for her two grandsons. If she didn’t cherish it, her daughter’s sacrifice would’ve been in vain.

The only thing she could do was cook good food every day to replenish Su Yucheng’s body. She also comforted him, saying that as long as he endured it, everything will be over soon. And Su Yucheng naturally didn’t want to slap his own face by going back on what he said before, so he could only try his best to hold on.

As for Zhu-shi, seeing how Su Yucheng was so tired every day, she knew he wouldn’t have the energy to hook up with the little vixen. Now that there was a maid in the family, combined with her three children being taken care of by Wu-shi, her life was much more comfortable. So she wandered around the neighbourhood during the day, met a lot of women, and began to spend her days gossiping.

On this day, Su Yucheng came back from the Wucheng militia, sweaty and exhausted.

Zhu-shi wasn’t at home. Wu-shi was watching over the children, and Su Xiucai wasn’t home yet, so Lancao went to boil a large bucket of hot water before bringing it to the east wing.

“Master, are you tired? Wash up and change out of your clothes first. Dinner won’t be served until later. If you’re hungry, there are some steamed buns leftover from the morning, sitting in the kitchen.”

Su Yucheng was clearly exhausted, but he still hurriedly stood up to take the tub of hot water from her.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

These days, whenever he came back, Lancao was there to help him out. Sometimes Zhu-shi was there, sometimes she wasn’t. But even when Zhu-shi was there, she would just watch from the side with her hands clasped, unwilling to even move her lips. Sometimes, she would even deliberately make trouble. Thinking of the nonsense that Zhu-shi scolded Lancao, Su Yucheng felt unwell. He wanted to comfort Lancao with a few words, but he didn’t know what to say.

“This isn’t tiring. It is this servant’s job. Master, you go wash first, and this servant will withdraw.”

Su Yucheng nodded, watching her slender back disappear behind the door with complicated eyes.

As soon as Zhu-shi entered the courtyard, she saw the little vixen coming out of the east wing. She rushed in hastily and saw Su Yucheng’s unusual gaze before he could return to his senses. Thinking of what she saw just now, what else couldn’t she understand?

She picked up a vase and threw it at him hard. In the past, Su Yucheng would’ve been hit spot on. However, he has been training these days, and his training wasn’t in vain, so he narrowly escaped.

He turned around to see the vase break as it hit the wall behind him, and then back at Zhu-shi’s rough and arrogant appearance. Disgusted and angry, Su Yucheng shouted, “What are you doing!”