PPRW 86
Daren - superior (equiv. to sir in English)
Fu - manor/residence
Editor: Angel
Chapter 86 Confronting you again, what’s there to be afraid of?
Fu - manor/residence
Editor: Angel
Chapter 86 Confronting you again, what’s there to be afraid of?
Downstairs, Ding Yuelan fell to the ground, next to her were fragmented pieces of porcelain. Unknown what had been cut, a bright red bloodstain was particularly conspicuous on the pale yellow carpet.
Xuan Fu’s Zhou Ao stood up beside her, his eyebrows tightly furrowed, his eyes bewilderedly looking at Ding Yuelan, and gaping his mouth open as if desiring to talk again but stopped himself.
Mu Yunyao hurried downstairs, turned to Liu Liang and said: "Go open the door!"
When Zhou Ao heard this, his sharp eyes fell on Mu Yunyao.
Mu Yunyao ignored him and stepped forward to help Ding Yuelan up: "How are you, madam?"
Outside Niyunfang, many people were anxiously waiting to see the liveliness. After hearing a thundering noise coming from inside of Niyunfang, they were even more impatient to step forward in order to see what happened through the front door.
While everyone was speculating, the door suddenly opened and the scene in the hall was exposed and everyone could not help but exclaim.
"Look, look, there’s blood over there?"
"That’s not from killing someone, right?"
"This..."
After Ding Yuelan stood up a little bit, Mu Yunyao could not stop from sucking in cold air. When she saw the blood on the ground, she thought that it was from a cut on her hand but didn’t expect the cut to be on her face!
Ding Yuelan's beautiful countenance, now had a deep scar, still dripping with blood, looked awfully terrible.
The crowd at the door also reacted, and all kinds of anger, suspicion, and horror gazes were focused on Zhou Ao.
After all, this Xuan Fu’s Daren’s reputation was usually good. When Ding Yuelan said that he had wronged her, some people secretly doubted it. However, now, the facts were laid in front of their own eyes and there was no room for rebuttal.
Zhou Ao even started to hit Ding Yuelan and also scratched her face with a piece of porcelain. Not to mention that Ding Yuelan was a daughter of a large family, even if she was the daughter of an ordinary person’s family, no one could bear to be bullied like this.
"Madam, how are you?" Mu Yunyao called her several times, and Ding Yuelan finally woke up from her dazed state.
"I'm fine..." Ding Yuelan staggered to her feet. Her movements caused the wound on her cheeks to be flowing with blood even more, which made the people who saw her outside Niyunfang feel distressed for her.
She seemed to be unaware of her wound. With a trace of grief and despair in her cold eyes, she looked at Zhou Ao and spat out: "Zhou Daren, from now on, you and I, our grace, is henceforth absolutely and rightfully cut off!"
Zhou Ao was scared and staggered back two steps: “Lan’er…”
Mu Yunyao supported Ding Yuelann: “Zhou Daren, you don’t have to come back only to force Lady Ding to her death. There’s no benefit to you whatsoever.”
"Who do you think you are to dare to talk like this to this official?"
Mu Yunyao sneered and her look was not humble: "I am just a civilian, but I abide to the law, obey the etiquette, have a clear conscience, and am straightforward and upright. I may be lacking in status but at least I still have humanity. Not to mention Zhou Daren, even if the person in front of me right now was Cao Daren or the Governor, I would still be as calm."
"Very good!" Some people at the door shouted and applauded her, which attracted the echoes from more people. Mu Yunyao was also a common person like them. They normally saw that these officials acted arrogantly. To see her refute Zhou Ao with sound reason now, they suddenly felt that the little girl’s courage in front of them was commendable.
They did not violate the law and did not commit any crimes. Why didn’t they dare to straighten their waists to those officials?
Zhou Ao’s face was green then red. He knew that no benefit could be gained today. After casting a deep look at Ding Yuelan, he turned and strode away.
When he just stepped out of the gate of Neiyunfang, Ding Yuelan fell backwards and fainted.
Seeing this scene, the people could not stop repeatedly exclaiming that Zhou Ao’s mistakes even more.
Jin Lan and Jin Qiao rushed downstairs to help Mu Yunyao hold Ding Yuelan, and then hastened someone to fetch the doctor.
For a long time, the people kept crowding at the entrance of Niyunfang even when the crowd members changed. The news about the love and hatred between Xuan Fu’s Zhou Ao and his wife, Ding Yuelan, spread throughout the Jingling City.
In the evening, Lady Jin, dressed in white and accompanied by Yin Hong, dropped by Niyunfang and Mu Yunyao rushed to welcome her.
"Lady, Yunyao is not sensible and let you worry."
Lady Jin quickly helped her up: "Don't be too polite. You didn't do anything wrong. What happened to Lady Ding?"
"I’ve asked the doctor to come over. The doctor said the excessive sadness and sorrow lead to coma. She’ll need to recuperate for a while and she’ll be better."
"She’s a pitiful one. Now that she’s related to Niyunfang, and has broken off the relationship with Xuan Fu, you should treat her well. It’s not easy for a woman to live after separation. If there’s any difficulty, just tell me and I’ll help you handle it.”
“Thank you, Madam. The situation today has nothing to worry about." What happened in Niyunfang today had already completely ridiculed Zhou Ao’s reputation and notoriety, and Ding Yuelan’s countenance was ruined by him. However, for women, this matter was bigger than the sky (TN; more important than anything), those slanderous rumours ought to be curbed a lot.
Lady Jin sighed for a while, and then took out the finished booklet: "All the women who signed up to learn the embroidery method has been recorded here and counted. You can take a look. If there’s no problem, then it’s settled.”
"Milady’s meticulous. Surely there’s nothing wrong with your arrangement. Just send the first batch of embroidery ladies starting tomorrow and I will start to teach them.”
“So many things happened in Niyunfang today. Take your time. It’s not too late to start it in the next two days."
“Delaying it for two days later would be just right." Mu Yunyao drooped her eyes slightly, with a gentle smile on her lips and whispered softly, so that people could not help repeatedly ponder upon.
Although she had heard about the incident with Ding Yuelan in her last life, but now she felt that the timing was too coincidental. She doubted that she had thought too much.
Lady Jin couldn’t help but chuckle: "Well, listen to you."
Regardless of how Zhou Ao’s affairs were exposed, he was bound to his doom now. While he was ridden by anxiety, he would not have excess energy to intervene in Niyunfang’s business again.
And by the end of the year, the performance check of this year would come down from the higher-ups. If he did not strive to eliminate the influence from his separation, then, let alone promotion, even being a eunuch was good enough.
After handling all the affairs, Mu Yunyao went back upstairs and couldn’t help but feel that today felt like an exceptionally long day!
Su Qing took the rice porridge over to her and saw Mu Yunyao’s tired appearance. She couldn’t help but feel distressed: “It’s too noisy at night, and you haven’t eaten anything either. I cooked some porridge for you. Eat some of it and go to sleep.”
“Mother, you’ve been tired out all day too. Quickly sit down and rest."
Su Qing could not help sighing: "I just went to see Lady Ding. The doctor prescribed medicine to help her sleep. She is sleeping now. I really don't know how sad she’ll be after she wakes up.”
Such a beautiful person, her appearance was actually ruined, how could she be able to withstand it.
"Lady Ding is not an ordinary woman, she knows that appearance is only skin-deep. She should be able to take it." Mu Yunyao softly comforted Su Qing.
Xuan Fu’s Zhou Ao stood up beside her, his eyebrows tightly furrowed, his eyes bewilderedly looking at Ding Yuelan, and gaping his mouth open as if desiring to talk again but stopped himself.
Mu Yunyao hurried downstairs, turned to Liu Liang and said: "Go open the door!"
When Zhou Ao heard this, his sharp eyes fell on Mu Yunyao.
Mu Yunyao ignored him and stepped forward to help Ding Yuelan up: "How are you, madam?"
Outside Niyunfang, many people were anxiously waiting to see the liveliness. After hearing a thundering noise coming from inside of Niyunfang, they were even more impatient to step forward in order to see what happened through the front door.
While everyone was speculating, the door suddenly opened and the scene in the hall was exposed and everyone could not help but exclaim.
"Look, look, there’s blood over there?"
"That’s not from killing someone, right?"
"This..."
After Ding Yuelan stood up a little bit, Mu Yunyao could not stop from sucking in cold air. When she saw the blood on the ground, she thought that it was from a cut on her hand but didn’t expect the cut to be on her face!
Ding Yuelan's beautiful countenance, now had a deep scar, still dripping with blood, looked awfully terrible.
The crowd at the door also reacted, and all kinds of anger, suspicion, and horror gazes were focused on Zhou Ao.
After all, this Xuan Fu’s Daren’s reputation was usually good. When Ding Yuelan said that he had wronged her, some people secretly doubted it. However, now, the facts were laid in front of their own eyes and there was no room for rebuttal.
Zhou Ao even started to hit Ding Yuelan and also scratched her face with a piece of porcelain. Not to mention that Ding Yuelan was a daughter of a large family, even if she was the daughter of an ordinary person’s family, no one could bear to be bullied like this.
"Madam, how are you?" Mu Yunyao called her several times, and Ding Yuelan finally woke up from her dazed state.
"I'm fine..." Ding Yuelan staggered to her feet. Her movements caused the wound on her cheeks to be flowing with blood even more, which made the people who saw her outside Niyunfang feel distressed for her.
She seemed to be unaware of her wound. With a trace of grief and despair in her cold eyes, she looked at Zhou Ao and spat out: "Zhou Daren, from now on, you and I, our grace, is henceforth absolutely and rightfully cut off!"
Zhou Ao was scared and staggered back two steps: “Lan’er…”
Mu Yunyao supported Ding Yuelann: “Zhou Daren, you don’t have to come back only to force Lady Ding to her death. There’s no benefit to you whatsoever.”
"Who do you think you are to dare to talk like this to this official?"
Mu Yunyao sneered and her look was not humble: "I am just a civilian, but I abide to the law, obey the etiquette, have a clear conscience, and am straightforward and upright. I may be lacking in status but at least I still have humanity. Not to mention Zhou Daren, even if the person in front of me right now was Cao Daren or the Governor, I would still be as calm."
"Very good!" Some people at the door shouted and applauded her, which attracted the echoes from more people. Mu Yunyao was also a common person like them. They normally saw that these officials acted arrogantly. To see her refute Zhou Ao with sound reason now, they suddenly felt that the little girl’s courage in front of them was commendable.
They did not violate the law and did not commit any crimes. Why didn’t they dare to straighten their waists to those officials?
Zhou Ao’s face was green then red. He knew that no benefit could be gained today. After casting a deep look at Ding Yuelan, he turned and strode away.
When he just stepped out of the gate of Neiyunfang, Ding Yuelan fell backwards and fainted.
Seeing this scene, the people could not stop repeatedly exclaiming that Zhou Ao’s mistakes even more.
Jin Lan and Jin Qiao rushed downstairs to help Mu Yunyao hold Ding Yuelan, and then hastened someone to fetch the doctor.
For a long time, the people kept crowding at the entrance of Niyunfang even when the crowd members changed. The news about the love and hatred between Xuan Fu’s Zhou Ao and his wife, Ding Yuelan, spread throughout the Jingling City.
In the evening, Lady Jin, dressed in white and accompanied by Yin Hong, dropped by Niyunfang and Mu Yunyao rushed to welcome her.
"Lady, Yunyao is not sensible and let you worry."
Lady Jin quickly helped her up: "Don't be too polite. You didn't do anything wrong. What happened to Lady Ding?"
"I’ve asked the doctor to come over. The doctor said the excessive sadness and sorrow lead to coma. She’ll need to recuperate for a while and she’ll be better."
"She’s a pitiful one. Now that she’s related to Niyunfang, and has broken off the relationship with Xuan Fu, you should treat her well. It’s not easy for a woman to live after separation. If there’s any difficulty, just tell me and I’ll help you handle it.”
“Thank you, Madam. The situation today has nothing to worry about." What happened in Niyunfang today had already completely ridiculed Zhou Ao’s reputation and notoriety, and Ding Yuelan’s countenance was ruined by him. However, for women, this matter was bigger than the sky (TN; more important than anything), those slanderous rumours ought to be curbed a lot.
Lady Jin sighed for a while, and then took out the finished booklet: "All the women who signed up to learn the embroidery method has been recorded here and counted. You can take a look. If there’s no problem, then it’s settled.”
"Milady’s meticulous. Surely there’s nothing wrong with your arrangement. Just send the first batch of embroidery ladies starting tomorrow and I will start to teach them.”
“So many things happened in Niyunfang today. Take your time. It’s not too late to start it in the next two days."
“Delaying it for two days later would be just right." Mu Yunyao drooped her eyes slightly, with a gentle smile on her lips and whispered softly, so that people could not help repeatedly ponder upon.
Although she had heard about the incident with Ding Yuelan in her last life, but now she felt that the timing was too coincidental. She doubted that she had thought too much.
Lady Jin couldn’t help but chuckle: "Well, listen to you."
Regardless of how Zhou Ao’s affairs were exposed, he was bound to his doom now. While he was ridden by anxiety, he would not have excess energy to intervene in Niyunfang’s business again.
And by the end of the year, the performance check of this year would come down from the higher-ups. If he did not strive to eliminate the influence from his separation, then, let alone promotion, even being a eunuch was good enough.
After handling all the affairs, Mu Yunyao went back upstairs and couldn’t help but feel that today felt like an exceptionally long day!
Su Qing took the rice porridge over to her and saw Mu Yunyao’s tired appearance. She couldn’t help but feel distressed: “It’s too noisy at night, and you haven’t eaten anything either. I cooked some porridge for you. Eat some of it and go to sleep.”
“Mother, you’ve been tired out all day too. Quickly sit down and rest."
Su Qing could not help sighing: "I just went to see Lady Ding. The doctor prescribed medicine to help her sleep. She is sleeping now. I really don't know how sad she’ll be after she wakes up.”
Such a beautiful person, her appearance was actually ruined, how could she be able to withstand it.
"Lady Ding is not an ordinary woman, she knows that appearance is only skin-deep. She should be able to take it." Mu Yunyao softly comforted Su Qing.
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