Unforgettable Emperor's Favor - Chapter 58 Part 1

58. Oriole (1)

Yu Laojun’s sickness came so severely, no one expected that after she lied down for ten days, she actually recovered well overnight.

It’s not that they’re cursing Yu Laojun to die, but Yu Laojun’s disease came so strangely, and her sudden recovery was also very strange.

However, no matter how many doubts they had in their hearts, it is always a happy thing for Yu Laojun to recover.

The ladies of the Yu family have been careful with their words for a couple of days ever since she fell ill, but now that she had recovered, the Yu family can finally talk and laugh freely.

On the 25th of November, Yu Qingjia went to pay her respects to Yu Laojun as usual, and as soon as she entered the house, she felt an unusually warm atmosphere.

The maids in the room were still laughing but when they saw Yu Qingjia walking inside, all their faces immediately converged.

The impression Yu Qingjia left on this maids last time was really deep, causing them to try to avoid Yu Qingjia when they see her now.

Yu Qingjia didn’t care about these people’s invisible alienation.

She didn’t rush to ask them what was wrong.

She just bowed politely and then stood aside with her eyes downcast.

Sure enough, the person beside Yu Laojun couldn’t hold back and said,

“The people from the post station just sent a letter, stating that the Eldest Son had already entered Yanzhou. It’s a pity that it snowed hard yesterday, which prevented him from going out on the road. Otherwise, he would have arrived already.”

(TL Note: Eldest Son here is Yu Wenjun)

Although Yu Laojun was still putting on the airs and graces of an elderly person, her eyes were filled with approval, her expression was relaxed, and even the lines around her mouth seemed to have been smoothed out a lot.

Compared to Yu Laojun, Madam Li’s emotions were much more obvious—She was overjoyed.

She kept tugging at her handkerchief, and the maids of the Main Courtyard were all smiling.

The news was sent back by a member of the Yu family who was an official at the Yanzhou border, so Yu Qingjia did not receive the notice.

However, although she heard about this news first from Yu Laojun she was still extremely happy that her father was about to return.

It was rare for Yu Laojun to see the harmonious scene between the first and the second households, so she couldn’t help but smile while listening to the maids kneeling around trying to please her.

The corners of her eyes creased with laughter.

She swept a glance towards Yu Qingjia and said,

“I heard that you only have one maidservant assisting you at the moment?”

Yu Qingjia then muttered in her heart.

She has been short on people for two months now, and for such a long period of time, Yu Laojun didn’t even care about it, so why did she suddenly think of it today?

Yu Qingjia inwardly complained, but on the surface she still had to be nice and say,

“That’s right, my other maid servants were left on the road with my father, so there were only two maids by my side when I came back. Then Yin Ping was taken away by my Fourth Sister, so I only had Yin Zhu to wait on me.”

Yu Laojun responded nonchalantly.

She didn’t care about Yin Ping and Yin Zhu, much less who they were.

However, Yu Wenjun was about to come back, if he came back and found out that Yu Qingjia only had one maid serving by her side, she’s afraid it wouldn’t be too easy to explain.

Yu Laojun frowned and looked at Yu Qingya,

“Fourth Miss, could it be that you don’t have enough people by your side, why did you take away your sister’s maid?”

“No. Not at all.”

Yu Qingya stepped forward and preempted,

“My sister and I were just playing around. Sixth sister insisted on giving me the maid. I tried to refuse a few times, but seeing my sixth sister’s insistence, I reluctantly accepted. If my sixth sister had said earlier that she only had two people around her, I wouldn’t have taken her people away no matter what.”

Yu Qingjia leisurely responded,

“When my fourth sister came over that day, everyone in the second household was standing outside. There’s barely a handful of people in the household, and my Fourth Sister couldn’t even count them?”

Yu Qingya’s face suddenly stiffened.

‘Why were Yu Qingjia’s words so unpleasant?’

‘Wasn’t this a sly dig at her for not even being able to count one and two?’

However, Yu Qingya wanted to save face in front of everyone, so she couldn’t fall out with Yu Qingjia here.

She could only force a smile, pretending not to hear her words, and continued,

“Sixth sister only has a maid by her side. Why didn’t you tell me, your older sister earlier? If my sixth sister doesn’t mind, why don’t you take two of my maids back?”

These words were sensible and generous, full of ‘Sisterly Concern’, and Yu Qingya was very satisfied.

She took the initiative to offer her kindness.

If Yu Qingjia refused, it would be a sign of her ignorance.

She could just take advantage of the situation and cry in front of Yu Laojun about her grievances.

If Yu Qingjia pinched her nose and accepted…

‘Then won’t these two maids become her little spies?’

Yu Qingya raised her head and stared at Yu Qingjia calmly and confidently.

She was so confident that Yu Qingjia wouldn’t be able to refute her words.

However, before this thought could even fall, Yu Qingya saw Yu Qingjia incline her head at her with a smile,

“What If I don’t want to?”

Yu Qingya’s just-adjusted ‘Proper smile’ suddenly stiffened, and her face looked a bit silly.

Yu Qingjia seemed to be amused by her nondescript appearance, she snorted and said,

“I was joking with my fourth sister.”

Yu Qingya wanted to get angry at that moment but she held it back.

‘What do you mean Joking? Who wants to joke with you?’

‘Could it be that this was how this vixen seduced Prince Langya in their previous life?’

Yu Qingjia felt very happy after teasing Yu Qingya, but unfortunately only she was happy, everyone else was very stiff.

Madam Li forced a smile and said,

“Sixth Miss really likes to play around. It’s just that a woman should still be dignified. Wanton jokes will only make people look down on you.”

Not to mention Yu Qingjia, even Yu Laojun, a half-ancient old woman, couldn’t listen to these types of remarks.

Yu Laojun’s background is not bad, plus most of her life, she was in power, her vision is far broader than Madam Li’s.

Yu Laojun wondered why she thought Madam Li was a good granddaughter-in-law.

She doesn’t understand why she could make such a decision to pair such a pedantic person to her eldest grandson.

All the noble ladies who learnt about the female precepts were able to live a very smooth and smart life in or outside the palace.

‘Why didn’t Madam Li learn anything from it?’

To a woman, the woman’s precept can play as a weapon but it became a shackle for Madam Li instead.

Yu Laojun did not want to hear any more.

Her eyes were half drooped, although her voice was not high, but once she started speaking, no one dared to utter a sentence,

“Okay, don’t talk anymore. My Yu family is not so rundown, that we can’t even afford to buy new maidservants, that we even have to let the older sister lend her maids to the younger one. Call the Slave Trader into the mansion tomorrow, so the sixth miss can choose her own servants.”

After Yu Laojun finished, she then stared at everyone and said,

“The year is coming to an end, and there are many places in the mansion that needs people, if you guys are short on manpower, go pick them out together tomorrow as well.”

Yu Qingjia and the others stood up straight together and saluted,

“Yes.”

Since it was Yu Laojun’s orders no one dares to slack off, and the efficiency of the people below her was extremely fast.

Early the next morning, the gatekeepers came to inform Yu Qingjia of the slave trader’s arrival just right after she had her breakfast.

Slave Traders are considered very lowly people, and it was very difficult for them to mingle with the nobles, so naturally the one who came could not take a single step inside the backyard of the Yu Family.

The Slave Trader brought the young and bright ‘High Quality Goods’ through the Yu family’s side door, and waited in a courtyard that was specially designed to receive miscellaneous people.

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