Chapter 193 - 97: Wife and Concubine Should Never Be Equated_2
Sang Wan’s heart churned with mixed feelings; it seemed that his attitude towards her had truly changed—she couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but it wasn’t loathsome or repulsive, just somewhat unsettling.
She sighed inwardly: What does it matter how nice you are to me? Gu Fangzi, Aunt Gu, they’re still living peacefully in the peony garden! With such a person right in the Shi Mansion, even if she wanted to delude herself, it would be very difficult.
As Xingzhi came in, Sang Wan glanced at her clearly nervous demeanor and couldn’t help but joke: "Young master said, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to go, even if you did, it wouldn’t be acceptable! How can the girls from Ningyuan be given away so easily! You can rest easy now, right?"
Indeed, Xingzhi couldn’t contain her joy, her eyes sparkling. She knelt down and kowtowed to Shi Fengju, "This humble servant thanks the young master for his grace! Thanks to madam for her grace! I will certainly serve master and madam well from now on!"
"All right, off you go! Just devote yourself to lessening your mistress’s worries in the future, don’t make all your mistress’s concern for you be in vain!" Shi Fengju said with a smile.
"Yes, this servant will heed young master’s words to the letter!" Xingzhi kowtowed again, then got up and retreated.
Sang Wan naturally pretended to know nothing about the matter. The next day, Shi Fengju went to find his sister, and whatever he said to Shi Yumei, in the end, she stopped coming to bother Sang Wan and Xingzhi. The following day, a slave trader brought over a well-trained maid for Ren Zhixian and Shi Yumei to choose for themselves.
Though Ren Zhixian was reluctant to part with Xingzhi, he dared not provoke Shi Fengju’s anger and quietly chose a maid with coy eyebrows and an openly clever and beautiful demeanor, whom Shi Yumei renamed Cui Bao to serve in the study. Then, Shi Fengju called Shi Ming back as well.