Chapter 46
“You’er, don’t talk back to your father . Your father is thinking for your own good . You’re a girl but you don’t learn needlework, ‘Female Virtues’ or ‘Female Disciplines . ’ You spend all day wielding spears and knives . I’m worried about you . That’s why I lecture you . ”
At this point, Wang Yiping came over to be a good person . She helped Zi You up and pretended to lovingly help her pat off nonexistent dust from her knees .
She couldn’t help but be gloomy . Fortunately she came over . Otherwise, not only would they not obtain their objective, but if this darned girl complained, then wouldn’t they [Wang Yiping and Mu YingRui] suffer a loss?
Thinking of this, Wang Yiping said softly to Mu YingRui, “Laoye, speak gently to You’er . You have good intentions but with your temper, You’er would misunderstand . ” She winked at him .
Huh! Good intentions . It would be strange if you two have good intentions . One played a good person, one played a bad person . You think others are fools? I was deceived by your fake mother’s tenderness . If I’m deceived a second time, then I deserve to go to hell! But I’ve been to that hell in my previous life . It’s both of your turns to go there this lifetime .
Zi You coldly sneered to herself . She grabbed Wang Yiping’s arm and smiled; “Only mother knows how to love me . Father only knows how to scold me . You don’t have to worry . You’er knows propriety . Actually, I did not neglect needlework, ‘Female Virtues’ or ‘Female Disciplines . ’ If father doesn’t believe, he can test me . As to martial arts, I didn’t run around with swords . I just followed grandfather to learn internal strength to strengthen my physical fitness so people won’t gossip about it . The last time daughter was sick, it scared people . If people know that Great Yan’s Great General, who’s the most powerful in martial arts, had a granddaughter with such a weak body, wouldn’t the General’s Manor be a laughingstock?”
Mu YingRui saw Wang Yiping’s wink and heard Zi You’s words . His heart couldn’t help but jump . When he recalled that Zi You’s illness was caused by his and Wang Yiping’s poisoning, he guiltily lowered his head .
The earlier anger disappeared without a trace . He put on a fake smile and air of concern, “Ah! Father is just like your mother . I’m just afraid you’ll be absorbed with learning martial arts and neglect what girls should learn . It’s better if girls are more gentle and quiet or how else would they get married? After the festival, the teacher your mother found would arrive . Don’t disappoint me or your mother and learn etiquette properly . ”
Zi You answered without changing her expression, “Yes, daughter will follow father and mother’s teachings . If father and mother have nothing else, daughter will leave . ” She turned to leave .
Wang Yiping saw and she anxiously looked at Mu YingRui . He nodded and immediately tried to stop her, “Don’t be in a hurry . Father still has something to ask you . ”
Zi You knew they wanted to bring up the maidservant thing . The speech before was to give themselves an out so that she straightforwardly agree to what they want . When Zi You thought of how her own biological father faking and manipulating his words, she couldn’t help but want to scold him . What father? He wasn’t even a dog or a pig! To fulfill his and his woman’s wishes, he was willing to do all sorts of immoral things!
Zi You’s heart was filled with hatred but her face was expressionless . She faintly smiled with pure-like-water eyes causing the two to shamefully turn away .
Mu YingRui couldn’t help but sweat a bit . His daughter’s eyes were terrifying . It seemed like they could see through everything .