Matriarch Rules, Scumbag Begs - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: My Benefits

“You are presumptuous!” The old madam’s anger was so intense that her hair stood on end. She suddenly waved her hand and knocked over the teacup that Shen Qiuci was holding.

Shen Qiuci slightly leaned to one side and unnoticeably poured the scalding tea water directly onto Xue Yinshuang’s face.

“Ahh!!” Xue Yinshuang jumped up in shock, frantically wiping the tea stains on her body. “Eldest wife, what are you doing?”

The old madam quickly protected her, using a handkerchief to wipe her face while anxiously asking: “Shuang’er, are you okay? Did you get burned?”

Xue Yinshuang shook her head, looking wronged, and then looked at Shen Qiuci. “Eldest wife, I know you’re not feeling well. You resent the Heir for being close to me and ignoring you. If you’re angry, take it out on me. I’ll take the blame…”

She reddened her eyes, tightly grasping the old madam’s hand, and said heartbreakingly: “But mother is old, why do you have to make her angry like this?”

The old madam regained her composure and pointed at Shen Qiuci, scolding: “You vicious woman! You said those vicious words just now, are you cursing me to death?”

She was so angry that her face turned red, and she took a few hard puffs on the pipe. Then, she used the pipe to knock on the table and shouted: “How can this be? Get on your knees!”

The pipe knocked loose the remaining Fushou paste in it, which spilled on the ground, rendering it useless.

Shen Qiuci coldly looked at the old madam’s empty pipe and reminded her with a hint of a smile: “Mother’s Fushou paste is running low. If you continue to smoke, be careful not to burn yourself.”

The old madam, in her anger, relied even more heavily on the Fushou paste. She sucked on the pipe mouth, but no smoke came out. She told Xue Yinshuang: “Shuang’er, go get some more Fushou paste.”

Xue Yinshuang hesitated: “Mother, don’t you remember? You were so upset yesterday that you smoked six pipes in one night, and we’ve run out. But don’t worry, I told Liu Momo to go buy some early in the morning.”

The old madam’s anxiety dissipated upon hearing this, and her restless heart calmed down. She looked at Xue Yinshuang, the concubine room, and felt more and more fond of her. In contrast, Shen Qiuci made her feel like she couldn’t bear to look at her.

She took Xue Yinshuang’s hand and praised: “Look at Shuang’er, she’s such a good daughter-in-law. She takes care of me so well and thinks about the Marquis mansion. And she gave birth to a son for the Marquis mansion! What about you?”

Then, she looked at Shen Qiuci with disdain, using vulgar language: “You talk back to your in-laws, you’re barren, you cause trouble with your words, and you’re domineering and jealous! If you were in an ordinary family, they would have thrown you into a pig cage long ago! I just don’t understand, how did my son get blinded and fall for you?”

Shen Qiuci didn’t get angry when she heard this. Instead, she looked at the harmonious mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship with interest.

“So, I’m that unbearable in mother’s eyes?” She smiled calmly and shook her head.
“But it doesn’t matter… I believe mother will soon know the benefits of having me as her daughter-in-law.”

Just then, Liu Momo came back. The old madam saw her and knocked on the pipe, urging: “Where’s the Fushou paste? Bring it to me quickly!”

However, Liu Momo hung her head and didn’t dare to look at her. “Report to the old madam… we couldn’t buy it.”

“How could you not buy it?” Xue Yinshuang asked in surprise: “Mother uses it every day. Even if it’s a scarce commodity, the servant should have bought it back with extra money.”

Liu Momo looked embarrassed and stammered: “The court suddenly took action yesterday and cleared out all the Fushou paste dens in the capital overnight. Now, it’s impossible to buy even half a tray of Fushou paste in the entire capital…”

“What did you say?!”