Chapter 1681 - 1510: Female Supremacy 14
Chapter 1681: Chapter 1510: Female Supremacy 14
Due to her mother’s irritability these past few days, Fang Miaozhen has been hiding in her courtyard, not even leaving her house, afraid of being caught and reprimanded by her mother.
Fang Miaozhen’s father Liu Xi has also been having a difficult time lately. In the past, Liu Xi’s greatest pride was being doted on by his wife more than other main husbands.
Liu Xi’s background is humble, merely a distant relative of the Fang family, claiming to address Mrs. Fang as cousin, although their familial ties are already beyond the fifth degree of kinship.
Liu Xi came to the Fang family seeking refuge in a time of family crisis, and unexpectedly encountered Mrs. Fang, who had already become the family head through her husband’s dowry.
Liu Xi possessed an exceptionally beautiful face, which immediately enchanted Mrs. Fang, and her infatuation stirred different thoughts in Liu Xi—he wanted to stay in what he viewed as the wealthy nest of the Fang family.
Initially, Liu Xi didn’t have the ambition to become Mrs. Fang’s main husband; back then he merely wished to be a cherished second spouse.
Thus, Liu Xi boldly seduced Mrs. Fang, successfully making her develop feelings, but after being with her, Liu Xi realized Mrs. Fang’s indifference, and even disdain, towards her main husband.
So Liu Xi became ambitious; he wanted more—the affection of Mrs. Fang, the position of the Fang family’s main husband—he succeeded, not only achieving his goal but also fathering a daughter highly loved by the wife master.
After having a daughter, Liu Xi formed new ambitions; he wanted his daughter to possess the entire Fang family.
Luckily, although Mrs. Fang didn’t heed his notion and directly stated Fang Miaqing would be the Fang family successor, she also didn’t oppose Fang Miaozhen winning over people’s hearts to vie for the family head position.
In Liu Xi’s view, this was a silent acquiescence, thus Liu Xi already started perceiving the Fang family as belonging to his daughter—his life smooth and perfect.
But ever since his daughter caused trouble, Liu Xi has shown signs of losing favor; the formerly mandatory evening meals with the wife master have not occurred for a long time, nor has she come to his chambers overnight.
Moreover, what alarmed Liu Xi the most was having the keys and authority for managing affairs taken away, effectively stripping him of the rights a main husband should have.
Having lost favor for merely these few days, even the long-standing servants in the courtyard dared to show a sour face to him as the main husband. All these changes left Liu Xi feeling anxious and apprehensive.
Liu Xi absolutely could not accept losing favor; he remembered the former Fang family main husband he held down and suffocated—the result of falling from favor—he definitely does not want to end up like that!
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The Fang family head Fang Jingyao, apart from some losses due to carelessness in business while young, never faced defeats in business, yet recently has repeatedly encountered setbacks in commerce.
The person causing Fang Jingyao such great distress is the newly appointed family head Shuangshuang Qi Guan. This young family head is quite young yet exhibits seasoned business skills.
This Qi Guan family head was originally known in Yun City as a notorious playgirl, idly frequenting brothels and leisure establishments, a seemingly hopeless case.
Unexpectedly, people were mistaken; this playgirl quickly revealed her claws after both her mother and father passed away.
First, she swiftly retaliated against several competitors trying to take advantage of the Qi Guan family head changeover; then she seized various businesses of the Yun City’s Fang family.
Most hateful is that every time, she managed to snatch away the business; Fang Jingyao both hated and feared this aspect—that Shuangshuang Qi Guan could cause frequent losses on her home ground was truly frightening.
Such a formidable person should not be made an enemy, even if one cannot become friends, for once she becomes an opponent, she will surely be a nightmare of an enemy.
Originally, the Fang family could have befriended such a person, yet it was messed up by her foolish daughter; not only did they fail to befriend, now they have directly become enemies.
Shuangshuang Qi Guan wronged the Fang family a million silver taels, unwilling to let go, showing how vengeful she was, and Fang Jingyao truly wished she could beat her daughter to death for bringing such a troublesome adversary to the family.
But no matter how much hatred, ultimately Fang Jingyao could not bear to truly harm the daughter she has loved for so many years, only treating her coldly, and contemplating solutions for her mess while preparing to counter the Qi Guan family.
The Fang family, after all, represents Half City Fang in Yun City; although the Qi Guan family can make the Fang family sulk, truly causing irreparable damage in a short time is still unfeasible.
Today, having painstakingly addressed the issues of business being taken by the Qi Guan family, Fang Jingyao returned to the Fang family, feeling exhausted, and prepared to spend the night in the study.
She truly didn’t want to see Liu Xi’s face at the moment and certainly didn’t feel like seeking comfort from other servants, hence Fang Jingyao has been staying in the study these days.
However, as Fang Jingyao was heading to the study today, passing a shadow wall, she overheard someone gossiping. She didn’t intend to listen, but passing by, couldn’t help catching a word.
"Do you think the main husband has truly fallen out of favor this time? I saw the food prepared for the main husband by the kitchen turned out to be cold leftovers, yet no one reprimanded them, not even the main husband responded."
"The main husband is surely out of favor; think about it, the second young lady caused such a big trouble, and the family head hasn’t attended to the main husband for days. I heard from Brother Xiao Lan serving the main husband that he has been crying every day lately.
Moreover, it’s been several days, and the main husband hasn’t dared to leave his room, saying he’s too ashamed to face the wife master, spending the day without eating or drinking, now growing skinny and unrecognizable, yet the family head doesn’t spare a glance, inquire once."
In this state, how could the main husband not be out of favor? It’s no wonder those servants dare to follow the winds and show the main husband a sour face, embezzling his food and clothing, anyways the family head doesn’t care whether the main husband survives."
"Poor main husband, his heart was all tied to the family head, and now the family head treats him coldly—how will he fare in the future?"
"Hey, no use pitying the main husband, this, ah, depends on whether the family head still cares for the main husband. We are merely servants, nothing we can do to assist the main husband. Enough, come and work quickly, else we’ll be scolded by the steward for being late."
The pattering footsteps slowly receded, accompanied by indistinct conversations; the steward beside her cautiously observed Fang Jingyao’s displeased expression, guessing her thoughts: "Family head, would you like to visit the main husband?"
Fang Jingyao was enraged; she hadn’t expected simply neglecting Liu Xi for a few days, for a dignified main husband to be living so harshly, even falling to the point of being pitied by servants!