"She dares, how could she dare!" Qi Mingzhu, furious, threw more things.
Fusu tried to placate her from the side, "Miss, Madam Yun is in charge of the household matters now. Your confinement order came directly from the Marquis."
As long as the Marquis didn't revoke the order, the confinement could not be lifted.
Moreover, Madam Yun was managing things quite well; the eldest young lady's daily necessities were not being withheld.
If it were Madam in charge, and the second young lady was confined, their food and drink would likely be reduced significantly.
"Miss, please don't smash these things. After you smash them, the cost will be deducted from your monthly allowance," Fusu advised again.
Qi Mingzhu raged for a while longer, then realized Fusu was right.
She had to find a way to change her current situation.
"Find a way to send a message to the Prince's Mansion." Qi Mingzhu believed her maternal grandmother was her only recourse.
"Miss, I fear I won't find an opportunity to go out," Fusu said with difficulty.
"Who told you to go out yourself? You've been in the mansion for so many years, don't you have anyone you've befriended? Ask them to help deliver a message," Qi Mingzhu said impatiently.
When Madam was in charge of the household, Miss was the esteemed legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion, and her status as the most favored head maid by the eldest young lady was unquestionable. Those junior maids, those wet nurses, who didn't fawn over her, calling her Miss Fusu?
And now? The higher she was before, the more miserably she was trampled upon now.
If it weren't for Madam Yun's order not to bully them, given those people's tendency to fawn over the powerful and step on the weak, their lives would be even more difficult.
Even so, how could they send a message to the Prince's Mansion?
Besides, if the Prince's Mansion truly wanted to intervene for Miss, why had there been no movement?
Madam was the most beloved daughter of the Princess of the Prince's Mansion. Now that Madam was ostensibly confined but actually under house arrest, the Prince's Mansion hadn't uttered a word.
Therefore, Fusu felt that asking the Prince's Mansion for help was not a wise choice.
A while ago, Miss had behaved very well. Although the Marquis was displeased with her, he hadn't confined her. Fusu believed that as long as Miss remained well-behaved, the Marquis, considering their father-daughter relationship over the years, would not neglect Miss's lifelong happiness. But then...
Fusu didn't know why Miss had suddenly caused trouble with the Marquis. She only knew that before the commotion, Miss had found a way to meet Madam.
The result was angering the Marquis.
Why go through all this trouble?
"What are you spacing out for? Are you ignoring my words?" Qi Mingzhu asked angrily when Fusu remained silent.
Fusu quickly collected her thoughts, "Your maid will try, no matter what."
Qi Mingzhu snorted coldly. If it were in the past, with Fusu acting like this, she would have replaced her attendants immediately.
Now, she was in a fallen state. Everyone in the mansion avoided her like the plague, seeing her as if she were a monstrous beast.
Just wait, there would come a day when she would turn things around.
Fusu gave a golden hairpin, and finally found someone willing to deliver their message.
Qi Mingzhu glanced at Fusu sideways, "Are you heartbroken over your hairpin? Don't worry, when I turn things around, you won't be shortchanged on good things. It's not that I'm stingy; these things of mine are valuable, and I can't let them be cheaply given away."
Fusu lowered her head and simply said no, but in her heart, she wondered when she could escape such a life. Even if she were made a sweeping maid, she would be willing.
It was better than following the eldest young lady and seeing no hope at all.
Chaohui Hall.
The Old Madam drank a bowl of bitter medicine, her brows furrowed, "Granny Fang, when can I stop drinking this? I'm not sick, why do I have to drink medicine every day?"
"Old Madam, have you forgotten what the second young lady told you? This is to condition your body. You must drink it on time for your health to improve. Don't you want to help the second young lady raise her child? Without good health, how can you help her?" Granny Fang said patiently.