In the side courtyard of the second branch, Yiniang Lan leaned on the couch, twisted her handkerchief, and said angrily, “Did the Second Master go to that courtyard again?”
Shui Tao squatted on the ground, massaged her legs, and replied, “Yiniang, why should you worry? Everyone in the mansion knows that the Second Master loves you the most. Even if he is being held back by someone now, he will return to you sooner or later.”
“Humph, ever since she walked out of that courtyard, the Second Master has never set foot in my room again.”
Yiniang Lan gritted her teeth, narrowed her eyes, and said hatefully, “Since she has locked herself up for more than ten years, why doesn’t she keep locking herself up until she dies?”
The word ‘die’ was bitten between her teeth, and only a trace of sound was heard.
Suddenly, a maid’s joyful voice came from outside the door, “Yiniang, the Second Master is coming this way.”
Yiniang Lan sat up immediately and said, “Are you sure?”
“No doubt about it. I was watching. I saw the Second Master was about to enter the yard, so I ran back to inform you.”
“Quick, check if my hair is messy.” Yiniang Lan walked to the bronze mirror with a happy look on her face and hurriedly looked left and right.
Shui Tao helped her tidy up her clothes and said with a smile, “Yiniang is fine. I’m sure the Second Master will be reluctant to leave when he sees you. I think the Second Master must have heard about what happened in the afternoon and knew that Yiniang was not feeling well, so he came to see you specially. When the time comes, you just need to say a few words of grievance in front of the Second Master. Are you afraid that he won’t let you vent your anger?”
Yiniang Lan looked at the beautiful face in the mirror and smiled softly.
The maid raised the door curtain, and the Second Master Shen walked in from outside.
Yiniang Lan walked up to him with a look of joy and grievance on her face. She looked so delicate that people would feel pity for her.
“Second Master…”
The Second Master Shen did not even look at her. His usually gentle face was now a little gloomy. He asked Shui Tao directly, “Did you disturb Madam’s mood this afternoon?”
Shui Tao’s heart skipped a beat and she looked at Yiniang Lan for help.
“Second Master, it was Lan’er—”
“Come on, take her down and slap her in the face.” The Second Master Shen said.
Two sturdy old women suddenly squeezed in from outside the door, holding Shui Tao on each side and leaving.
Shui Tao was so frightened that her face turned pale.
“Second Master, spare me! Second Master! Yiniang, save me!”
“Second Master, what’s going on? What’s going on, Second Master?” Yiniang Lan watched her maid being taken away and hurriedly grabbed The Second Master Shen’s sleeve, tears streaming down her face.
However, the man, who used to be affectionate with her, now held her chin with one hand and shook his head while looking at her in the candlelight.
“I used to think your eyes were most like hers, but now, I see that they are not that similar. She never cries.”
He shook his hand away and watched Yiniang Lan stagger a few steps with cold eyes, and his tone made people feel cold.
“Since you are not in good health and your heart is always hurting, don’t go out in the future. Stay in your yard and recuperate.”
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking at her again.
Yiniang Lan took two steps back and fell to the ground. Her face, which was still very beautiful just now, was now only pale, as if the flower had withered even though its blooming period had not yet ended.
In just one night, everyone in the Shen Mansion knew that Yiniang Lan, who was once the most beautiful and favored, suddenly fell out of favor, just because she disturbed the Second Madam’s listening to a story.
Regardless of whether there were people in the mansion who were as restless as her before, now everyone has become more peaceful than ever before.
Only then did everyone realize that the Second Madam had sealed off her own courtyard and the Second Master never asked about it, it was not that he did not want to care, but that he could not get it and did not dare to touch it.
Shen Shuyao didn’t feel surprised when she heard it. She knew it. How could there be a man who wouldn’t be moved by such beauty?
She just didn’t know if her father’s actions could really please his wife.
In this mansion, Su Yi was probably the only one who was not interested in this.
Now, every day when she gets up, she first has dinner with Shen Shuyao who comes to pay her respects, then listens to stories, looks at the account books, and occasionally goes to the theater to listen to opera.
She feels that this kind of life is somewhat in line with the life of a parasite in her imagination.
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