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The Rising Wind
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Yu Lingxin still remembered, in the last lifetime, prior to marrying into Wen’an Marquis Manor, the most important preparation wasn’t preparing some needlework, and there also wasn’t the greeting gifts from the relatives. From the remaining relatives, when adding to the dowry or sending gifts, it was practically all medicinal ingredients.
And the Jin Duke Manor’s Ming family that was close with the Wen’an Marquis Manor even directly sent over a medicine maid to explain Xun Che’s medical conditions at the time, as well as the various dietary rules, medicine usage, and taboos.
Yinxing, that is the present Bai Guo, was precisely the person that came over to teach Yu Lingxin back then, and also one of few that she came in contact with the most in the following three years. Afterwards, Xun Che passed away, and Yinxing, because of being well-versed in pharmacology, in addition to having extremely high medical skills, just got summoned into the palace to serve. Reportedly, she was very favored by the empress dowager.
This kind of a girl would appear in the Yu family at this time?
Yu Lingxin didn’t even need to think to know where this coincidence came from.
But her momentarily muttering to herself like this just made Yu Fu’s wife a bit nervous, “Eldest miss, do you not like this girl? The other ones are also good, why don’t you look again?”
“No.” Yu Lingxin lightly hooked the corner of her mouth, her smile a bit complicated, but her tone was still gentle, “This girl is quite good, just leave her. Ganlu, bring some loose change and tea for auntie.”
The red pouches for rewarding were already prepared. Yu Fu’s wife hurriedly accepted with a smile. Pinching it in hand, it was actually a piece of sliver. The smile on her face just became ten times more friendly, saying a bunch of flattering words before taking the remaining little servant girls away.
Bai Guo was still obediently standing there and didn’t lift her head to look around, clearly very steady. Shuangye and Ganlu saw and felt that this little servant girl very much understood the rules, even inwardly exclaiming that the eldest miss had outstanding eyesight, really picking a good one.
Yu Lingxin was very helpless. In terms of handling things, she still very much understood Xun Che.
Regardless whether his repeated movements by her side was due to those vague feelings from the past life, or perhaps just remembering that she once meticulous took care of him thus repaying her, all in all, since he has decided to make a move, then she won’t be able to stop him.
Today, even if she doesn’t keep Bai Guo, in another two days, there will certainly be other trouble.
Since that’s the case, it was better to just go along with it to avoid trouble.
And the following few days proved that this thought of hers was right.
Bai Guo indeed saved them a lot of trouble. When learning the rules and how to handle the miscellaneous tasks with Ganlu, she was all very clever and dutiful, speaking very little, yet both diligent and agile when working. After serving in Lianyi Residence as the lowest rank servant girl for a few days, handling all things very appropriately, not only not having any problems getting along with the others servant girls, even Ganlu and Shuangye all felt that Bai Guo was very honest and reliable.
Yu Lingxin listened, but didn’t say anything. On the inside, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Xun Che has always been very skillful in managing his subordinates. If she really was sent in by him, then she will certainly be very reliable.
However, what she cared about the most at present was still the matters at home.
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Ever since Su-shi began ‘recuperating’ in name, the atmosphere at home was just very worrisome.
First, it was Su-shi’s two children, the soon to turn twelve second miss, Yu Yunxin, and the seven year old second young master, Yu Zhenghua.
Yu Yunxin has always liked books about poetry and verses. Ever since she was little, between the relatives, she has always had the reputation of a little scholar girl. And in front of her grandmother and father, she has always been favored, so everything has always gone well for her.
Recently these days, there although were many troubles on Yu Lingxin’s side, it actually all didn’t have any direct relations with Yu Yunxin, and Su-shi was further just indifferently watching from the side. That’s why, between the sisters, they completely didn’t have any dealings, so Yu Yunxin didn’t know what happened.
All of a sudden, on the day their father returned to the capital, her usually healthy mother, Su-shi, suddenly just fell ill? Even ill to the point of needing to recuperate alone, needing to separate with her children. As for those mamas and servant girls of Su-shi’s that she would frequently see everyday, they also suddenly disappeared. The seven year old Yu Zhenghua was just frightened into tears. Yu Yunxin however refused to believe.
But, no matter how she asked her father and grandmother, the answers she received was always vague and unclear, just saying that her mother was sick, the servants did the wrong thing, and so on, letting her just nicely stay in Dongli Residence with her grandmother.
How was Yu Yunxin willing? The first two days, she could still wait, but on the third day, she just began crying to Yu old madam, tossing and turning nonstop.
On the other hand, speaking from the elders’ side, seeing Yu old madam who was nearing sixty, yet still needing to look after the household affairs like this, her father, Yu Bocheng, also felt very unbearable inside. Just, as a grown man buried in governmental affairs, he was unable to personally get involved in the various household affairs, as well as his children’s daily life, and such matters.
Moreover, he has been married with Su-shi for over ten years, normally also considered harmonious, yet to suddenly learn that Su-shi actually had this kind of thought towards Yu Lingxin, aside from anger, there was also deep disappointment and weariness.
After Su-shi went to ‘recuperate’, Yu Bocheng naturally didn’t return to the main courtyard to rest, just he didn’t spend too much time at the yiniang and tongfang’s places either, instead spending the majority of his time alone in the study. However, it just so happened that the department was also very busy at this time. Yu Bocheng left early and returned late, practically busy inside and out, his complexion pale all day long, scaring the people serving by his side.
All in all, the current Yu family, aside from Yu Zhengshan who was studying in Qingyang Academy, as well as Yu Lingxin who was residing in Lianyi Residence, not a single one was having a good time.
Yu Lingxin took it all in, also knowing that this kind of situation afraid will continue for a period of time. Because worried, she ordered Shuangye to take a trip to the main kitchen everyday. Although she didn’t formally take over the matters in regards to purchasing ingredients, the daily meals, and so on, she still inquired about her grandmother and father, as well as her younger siblings’ diet, and whether or not it was arranged appropriately and such.
A few days later, Yu Lingxin heard that the others were still fine, just her father Yu Bocheng lately frequently returned late, and also stayed up very late in the study. Even if ordering a midnight snack, it was also just slightly eating a little. His concubine Lu-shi and tongfang Hongxing both went to deliver some soup or drink, but very quickly just got sent away by her father, and didn’t gain any advantages while Su-shi was absent.
At first, Yu Lingxin thought that this was because her father was overly concerned about Su-shi who was ‘recuperating’, but afterwards, thinking it over again, this seemingly wasn’t right. Because although her father and stepmother Su-shi got along harmoniously all these years, they really weren’t that incomparably loving with deep feelings. Just looking at how in the manor, there was also the concubines Lu-shi and Huang-shi, as well as the tongfangs Hongxing and Luliu, one can just tell.
Especially after laboring over the construction project in the Ji province for an entire month, her father should be very exhausted. Under this kind of circumstance, to still return late and rest very late every day, it should be due to the pressure from the governmental affairs.
If this really was the case, then Yu Lingxin was just even more worried.
In the last lifetime, after getting forcibly taken by her mother Qi-shi to the Jiang province, her father naturally wrote her several letters, and also once sent people to the Jiang province in attempt to take her back to the capital.
But, these various attempts all stopped in Tianxu year 15.
It wasn’t because of getting repeatedly stopped by Qi-shi being shameless and causing an unreasonable scene, thus giving up, but mainly because the princes’ battle for the throne in Tianxu year 15 was already very intense. Even Yu Bocheng who was in the Ministry of Works all got tossed about in the wind and rain, the Yu family’s future also hard to predict.
As such, at that time, Yu Bocheng, on one hand couldn’t divide his attention, and on the other hand, more or less also hoped that Yu Lingxin perhaps can stay safe outside of the capital.
That’s why, Yu Lingxin’s rebirth this time, aside from staying in the capital to continue her familial bond with her grandmother and father, the most important thing on her mind was just helping her father, as well as preserving the entire family in the coming storm.
Although her memory was blurry, her father’s official career in the past life only started to have changes starting from Tianxu year 15, that is a year or two from now. But, since both Xun Che and her were both people that returned to life, who knows whether or not there were others.
Additionally, what new changes will there be in the current state of the imperial court?
Just the most basic point, even if there aren’t others, Xun Che absolutely won’t be still either.
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a maid from hubby’s household?!? here to be an eyeliner or a postmaid? 🤣🤣🤣