The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 264

Chapter 264: Chapter 246, Passing the Buck_1

Main Courtyard.

Madam Li awoke in the late afternoon. Knowing they couldn’t keep it from her, Ping Tong and Ping Xiao reported everything that had transpired at Shuangxin Courtyard.

After listening, Madam Li took a deep breath. It took a while for her to compose herself before she could open her eyes again, “Where is the eldest daughter?”

Ping Tong replied, “These past few days, the eldest daughter seems to have been letting Miss Zhou help her make masks. Just now Miss Zhou came over to deliver something, the eldest daughter should be in Daohua Pavilion talking to Miss Zhou. Madam, would you like me to call for the eldest daughter to come here?”

Madam Li shook her head, “No need, let her be busy with her affairs.”

Before long, the sounds of greetings could be heard from the courtyard.

Ping Xiao peered out the window, then turned back to Madam Li with a smile, “It’s the eldest daughter, it must be the eldest daughter. You have a mother-daughter connection, as soon as you awoke, she sensed it, and here she is.”

At these words, a smile appeared on Madam Li’s face, and then she saw the door curtain open and her daughter quickly walked in.

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Seeing Madam Li awake and perched on the bed, Daohua’s face lit up with joy, and she quickly approached the bedside, “Mother, you’re awake?”

Madam Li clasped Daohua’s hand, and seeing the weariness in her daughter’s eyes, she felt a pang of distress and guilt, “Mother has done wrong; to fall ill at such a time and burden all the household affairs on your frail shoulders. Have you been worn out these days?”

At that, her gaze sharpened.

It should have been the Lin Family’s issue to deal with, not for her daughter to stand in front of her and take it on.

Daohua sat at the edge of the bed, disagreeing, “Mother, you’ve done no wrong. You fell ill out of a mother’s loving and anxious heart, such things are beyond anyone’s control. Sharing mother’s worries is my duty as a daughter. I don’t feel fatigued. The main thing is, you must recover quickly.”

Madam Li nodded in agreement, “Alright, mother will certainly recover as quickly as possible.” She paused for a moment before asking, “I heard you had two old maids guard Shuangxin Courtyard?”

Daohua nodded, snorting coldly, “If Aunt Liu wasn’t still living there, I would have wanted to lock up Shuangxin Courtyard directly to stop Aunt Lin from jumping up and down and disturbing the peace of the entire residence.”

Madam Li tapped Daohua’s forehead, shaking her head, “You’re too reckless in your actions. Tell me, if you let the maids guard the doors of Shuangxin Courtyard, how will your father enter?”

Daohua’s eyes widened in astonishment, “After Aunt Lin and her family sided with her in cursing you and my two brothers, if father still wishes to see Aunt Lin, then he might as well just live with his concubines from now on!”

Seeing that her daughter hadn’t grasped her point, Madam Li was taken aback, trying to phrase it several times but only managing to say vaguely, “Your father has confined Aunt Lin, he wouldn’t go against his own decree. What mother means is, now that I am ill, your father still needs somewhere to sleep at night, doesn’t he?”

Daohua fell silent for a few seconds before a look of understanding crossed her face, and then she scoffed, “Then let him sleep in the study. He’s nearly forty, he won’t die without those pleasures.”

At that remark, both Madam Li and Ping Tong and Ping Xiao behind her were left gaping in shock.

After a good while, Madam Li came to her senses and then tapped Daohua’s forehead with a flick, “You’re still a young girl, what kind of talk is that!”

Daohua hurriedly covered her forehead, looking accusingly at Madam Li.

Madam Li wanted to say more, but seeing her daughter rubbing her forehead with a pitiful expression, she swallowed her words back, uttering fiercely, “Once I’m well, I’ll go to your courtyard myself and take away those storybooks from your study.”

Daohua wanted to retort, but seeing the look on Madam Li’s face—that she would act if dared to speak—Daohua wisely closed her mouth.

Go ahead and take them. She had read them all anyway. She would simply buy new ones later; she had the money to be willful!

Daohua glanced at Madam Li, noting that after her lecture, her spirits seemed buoyant, and she no longer appeared as frail as before. After pondering, she explained, “Mother, I guarded Shuangxin Courtyard mainly for the stability of the house.”

“Now that you and grandmother are ill, and father has to attend to his official duties, he can’t deal with the affairs of the inner courtyard. Aunt Lin stirring trouble at this time is nothing but showing her true colors. If I don’t suppress her firmly, who knows what else she might do?”

“As for the likes of Nanny Ren and others, it’s only because my eldest brothers are trapped at Xingyun Prefecture that they dare to entertain the notion of disloyalty. What use are such people if that is the case?”

“I know that you may feel my handling of matters is too harsh, but once disloyal, there can be a second time. By punishing them severely this time, saving them some face, perhaps they will choose to mend their ways, but it’s also possible that they will harbor resentment.”

“Hence, for the sake of future peace and smoothness, I must definitely annihilate all potential dangers in the cradle, leaving them no chance to retaliate against me.”

If she was going to do it, she had to do it thoroughly.

She wouldn’t underestimate anyone. Servants may not have many rights, but that doesn’t hinder their ability to create trouble.

Gazing at the fierce light in her daughter’s eyes and her resolute tone, Madam Li was taken aback.