Chapter 44.2
Mu YingRui readily agreed . He said, “Go get the people from dimei [younger brother’s wife] . She is busy preparing the festival offerings . It’s not good if we bypass her . If she dares to refuse, I will discuss it with father . Don’t worry . I won’t let my darling suffer . ”
With Mu YingRui’s support, Wang Yiping went filled with confidence to find Née Liu .
She told Née Liu, “Dimei, I was taking care of your older brother these days and did not prepare a gift for my maiden family . It’s about to be the Festival soon and I cannot return home empty-handed . How about this? Didn’t You’er bought a lot of slaves? I will pick four presentable maidservants and gift them to father . ”
Née Liu immediately deeply frowned . She lightly replied, “If sister-in-law wants anything else in this household, I can make the decision . But those forty-nine slaves, I can’t do anything about . Father said he had a use for them . No one is allowed to touch them . ”
Wang Yiping was immediately unhappy . Of course, she was unhappy not because she was angry . She put on an aggrieved expression, rubbed her eyes, and said with hidden bitterness, “I knew it was going to be like this . In this house, I’m a master in name, but I’m not even comparable to some slaves . In the capital, which family’s festival preparations are not done by the eldest daughter-in-law? Only the Great General’s household is an exception . And now buying forty-nine slaves, I can’t even get four . I…I…”
She turned and left in tears . No matter how Née Liu called her, she didn’t turn back .
Back in her courtyard, Wang Yiping was sad with grievances . She cried like pear blossoms in the rain . Mu YingRui was distressed . He hugged her in his arms .
When Wang Yiping stopped crying, Mu YingRui immediately went to find Old General Mu .