Chapter 680: The So-Called Continued Service
"Ms. Di is still like that, locked up all the time. No one goes to see her on weekdays. People from Yong-Kang Bo Mansion still come, but not many from Yu Tulu!" When mentioning Ming Di, Mrs. Qin's face showed a look of confusion. The smile faded.
Shao Wanru understood the meaning of Mrs. Qin's words. The Di family was really nothing in the Qin Mansion and could no longer pose a threat to Shui Ruolan. However, the presence of people from the Yong-Kangbo Mansion meant that they still valued the Di family. , Qin Mansion couldn't treat her too harshly, it just locked her up.
There should be no shortage of other food and clothing expenses.
As for Qin Yuru, with such a temperament, don't expect her to be very grateful to her biological mother.
"Grandma, can I meet Di?" After thinking for a while, Shao Wanru finally raised his eyes and asked softly.
"You want to see Mrs. Di?" Mrs. Qin frowned, wondering why Shao Wanru was meeting Mr. Di at this time!
"Grandma, I want to ask her if she knows some old things, and I thought it would be most appropriate to ask her!" Shao Wanru said bluntly.
She had a hunch that Mrs. Di knew a lot about her life experience, much more than Mrs. Qin.
"Okay, but be careful." Mrs. Qin nodded.
While ordering people to take Shao Wanru there, Shui Ruolan originally wanted to accompany Shao Wanru there, but Shao Wanru refused.
The mother-in-law brought Shao Wanru to Di's courtyard. Two tall and round women were guarding the door. After seeing Shao Wanru, they were stunned for a moment and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Most of the servants in the mansion still knew the former second young lady in the mansion and now the fifth young lady in the Xingguo Duke's mansion.
"Mrs. Di, are you resting?" Shao Wanru raised his hand to signal them to excuse themselves.
"She shouldn't be here. Just now, my servant saw Mrs. Di coming out and walking around!" a woman replied.
Shao Wanru nodded and walked into the courtyard. It had been almost three years since she had set foot here again. Now looking at things and people, it seems that everything is the same as before, but in fact everything has changed.
"Second...Second Miss..." An excited voice came from the side. Shao Wanru looked sideways and saw a plainly dressed maid standing in the corridor, looking at Shao Wanru excitedly.
There seems to be a maid in her twenties, in her twenties? Is it so big?
"Miss, it's Qingxue!" Yujie reminded Shao Wanru.
"Second Miss, it's really you... this servant kowtows to you!" Qingxue, who was in the corridor, put down the tray in her hand, rushed over with tears in her eyes, walked up to Shao Wanru, knelt down with a plop, and bowed heavily to Shao Wanru. It's like kowtow.
"Are you...Qingxue?" Shao Wanru asked hesitantly, looking at her face. In his memory, Qingxue was young and beautiful. The old maid in front of him, who looked almost old, was really Qingxue. ?
"Second Miss, this servant is Qingxue." Qingxue started to cry.
Shao Wanru looked at Yujie, who hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up.
"Qingxue...how did you become...like this?" Shao Wanru looked up and down. After a closer look, it was indeed Qingxue, but an old and haggard Qingxue. She should have been under twenty years old, but looking at it He looked like he was in his twenties.
"Slave... this slave is serving Mrs. Di..." Qingxue lowered her head and stopped talking.
Shao Wanru understood that he had been serving Di for so long, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot. Given Di's temperament and being locked up in such a desperate situation, he had no choice but to torment the people around him.
He continued to walk in. Before he reached the door of the main room, the curtain opened and an old and speechless grandmother came out. When she saw Shao Wanru, she opened her mouth in shock, but she couldn't say a word.
This is Grandma Zhou who is much older. She looks like she is at least a teenager.
"Second...Second Miss..." Grandma Zhou said naa-naa.
"Is Mrs. Di here?" Shao Wanru asked lightly, raising his eyes.
"I'm...I'm..." said Grandma Zhou hurriedly, and another maid came over to lift the curtain. They were the two earliest maids of the Di family, Mei Ya and Mei Bao.
The two of them also didn't look like they were of the right age. They both looked old and lifeless.
The people in the whole courtyard seemed to be much older, as if the three years outside had intersected several times, and several three years had passed.
Shao Wanru walked inside.
"Who's here?" A hoarse voice came from inside, with an extremely uncomfortable feeling, as if something had been ground on a heavy whetstone.
Shao Wanru stepped in and saw Di sitting on the chair in the middle.
Di was very thin, so thin that she was almost only covered with skin and bones. Although her clothes were quite gorgeous, they could hardly hold up when she wore them. Her eyes were so big that they almost bulged out of their sockets, which was inexplicably terrifying. There is no sense of beauty at all.
Because she was too thin, her lips were protruding, her cheekbones were high, and her eyes were cloudy. She was completely different from the high-spirited Di who first entered the capital three years ago.
It is said that Di's mother was almost the same three years ago.
"You...are you Qin Wanru?" Di looked at Shao Wanru fiercely, obviously recognizing who she was, her eyes were hateful and sinister, as if she was addicted to people.
After saying that, he picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it at Shao Wanru. The hot tea had just been brewed, which frightened Granny Zhou on the side to scream and her face immediately turned pale.
Shao Wanru's identity is different from what it used to be. If this really hits her and gets burned, Mrs. Di will definitely not be able to forgive her!
Yu Jie quickly pulled Shao Wanru to avoid the tea cup. The tea cup hit the door of the room hard, and the originally dirty curtain looked even more filthy.
"It's Shao Wanru! The fifth lady of the Xingguo Duke's mansion, the daughter of the former Xingguo Duke and Princess Qinghua, her grandmother is the eldest princess of Ruian!" After Shao Wanru stood still, he calmly looked at Di and said, The color is cold.
"So what... you're just an unfavored one. Could it be that you really think that Duke Xingguo really wants you to go back and be the concubine!" Di said with a hoarse sneer, a trace of madness flashing in her eyes.
She originally planned to let her daughter take Shao Wanru's name, but she didn't expect that not only did she fail in the end, but Yuru also ended up in that position. How could she not hate it when she thought about it!
I wish I could bite Shao Wanru to death, eat her flesh bit by bit, and avenge her daughter. All of this belongs to Yu'er. If it weren't for Shao Wanru, Yu'er would be fine.
"Whether I am favored or not, I am a young lady from the Xingguo Duke's Mansion. Neither you nor the Yong-Kangbo Mansion can control me. I heard that Miss Qin is now being locked up by the Yong-Kangbo Mansion just like you. Could it be that Now, just like you, I will be imprisoned forever from now on, and Prince Yong-Kang Bo may have to marry an equal wife!"
Shao Wanru said calmly, with a happy look on his face, and even shook his sleeves, accidentally splashing a few drops of water on them.
"You're talking nonsense!" Di shouted, her eyes turning crazily red, and her eyes became increasingly cloudy.
"You know whether I'm talking nonsense or not! How long has it been since Miss Qin came to see you? If she hadn't been locked up, do you think she wouldn't have come to see you?" Shao Wanru didn't seem to notice that Di was aroused by him. Crazy, still said leisurely and contentedly.
Qin Yuru has indeed not come to see Di for a long time. Di's life is not easy now. She is almost counting the days. She is always looking forward to Qin Yuru coming to see her, but Qin Yuru never comes. She has indeed been waiting. For a long time, there were many speculations, but thinking that it was my mother's house, I felt that nothing would happen.
"You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense, Yu'er will be fine, absolutely nothing will happen!" Di Shi yelled crazily, listening to her voice, she almost wanted to burst her throat, but even so, her The voice was not high, but it was filled with an uncomfortable feeling.
Her throat must have been injured back then, and it's still not healed now.
"Are you talking nonsense? You should know, Mrs. Di, that it should be your retribution for being harmed by your own daughter. You wholeheartedly helped Qin Yuru harm me, but in the end you were abandoned by your own daughter and almost died. It must be a good feeling to have it in the hands of your biological daughter!"
Shao Wanru's tone became calmer and calmer, but the meaning of these words made Di Shi tremble all over. She could hardly control it. Her fingers pulled the railing of the chair convulsively, and her whole body shivered.
"You're talking nonsense...you're talking nonsense..." The sharp voice almost hurt the ears of everyone in the room.
"Am I talking nonsense? You know it yourself. Your daughter is so vicious and now she will be rejected by Prince Di. She will soon go down your old path and finally have to be confined in the backyard. Mrs. Di, this is also your case. Is it your own sin to pretend to be my father’s daughter? It’s a pity that it didn’t work out, but Mrs. Xingguo got an advantage!”
Shao Wanru sighed softly this time, a smile flashed in his eyes, but his eyes were cold. After speaking, he turned to leave, as if he didn't want to pay attention to Di anymore.
"Is...is she okay?" The knuckles of Di's fingers holding on to the chair rail turned white, showing how hard she was exerting herself.
"Of course, Mrs. Xingguo has always been able to get wind and rain in the Xingguo Duke's mansion. Mrs. Di shouldn't know what kind of person she is, right? Something happened to me before, and I heard that Mrs. Xingguo made things worse. The whole blame is placed on Miss Qin, and it was Qi Rongzhi who testified that Miss Qin is really finished this time!"
Shao Wanru said, and after finishing speaking, she turned and left without saying anything to Di, as if she came here just to see Di's misery.
With the hatred between her and Di, it is normal to do this!
"Miss, please save this slave!" Qingxue plopped down on her knees at the door and begged Shao Wanru.
In fact, it wasn't just her. Several people who stayed with Di in the yard were almost driven crazy by Di's torture and wanted to leave. Even Aunt Zhou also wanted to leave. I heard that she would leave here after a lot of work.
Shao Wanru glanced at Qingxue calmly and did not let Yujie help her up this time: "I will tell Aunt Shui about your matter. You can transfer it outside the yard, but you can't completely ignore it here."
Qingxue understood and was immediately overjoyed. She kowtowed to Shao Wanru vigorously: "Thank you, miss. Thank you, miss. Even if I am transferred outside, I will continue to serve Mrs. Di!"