The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 27 Xiangdong and Xichun

The courtyards on the west side of a first-rank general's mansion are generally smaller than those on the east side. At this moment, Ye Wenyan and his sister were standing in front of a small courtyard that didn't even have a name. Based on the original owner's memory, she recognized that this was where Ye Chulian, the concubine of the second house, lived.

Because she was a concubine's daughter, Ye Chulian was never liked by the second house, especially by the Xiao family. Her biological mother Liu Yan was a hairdresser in the Xiao family's room. She was pretty and was praised by Ye Jingsheng many times for her good hair combing skills. As a result of the praise, she was praised to his own room and gave birth to Ye Chulian.

Xiao always held a grudge against this. Since she couldn't influence her husband to take a concubine, she could only show her bad face to Aunt Liu and Ye Chulian.

Over the years, Ye Chulian lived like an invisible person. The second wife ignored her, and the first wife didn't have much contact with her. She paid her respects to the old master and the old lady, but she and her daughter didn't show up many times. As a result, Ye Chulian's courtyard didn't even have a name, and the moon arch was empty, which was very desolate.

Ye Feiyu said, "Besides Qingliang Courtyard, the best courtyard in the west is Bailanxuan where Hongzhuang lives. But Lianmian took it first, and mother agreed to it for fear of further trouble, so she had to let you live with Chulian. You can choose a name you like, and when you can walk on the street in a few days, I will ask someone to make a plaque for you."

She nodded. She didn't care where she lived. She just thought of Ye Qingmei, so she asked, "What about the eldest sister? Where does she live?"

"Qingmei will stay in mother's room for a few nights. There is an empty yard here. We will prepare one for her to live in in the next few days." Ye Feiyu said this and stroked her head. "Yan'er, since you are back, live a good life. The Sixth Prince is really not a good match for you. Don't worry about him anymore. Father is gone, but don't be afraid, your brother is still here. Go and have a good sleep. We can talk about anything after you wake up."

She said goodbye to Ye Feiyu and walked into the yard alone. This small yard was more than half the size of Tianwuxuan where she used to live in the east. She reached the door of the room in just a few steps.

A little maid was leaning against the door, nodding her head, almost falling asleep.

She reached out and pushed, "Zhui'er, wake up."

The little maid started to wake up, rubbed her eyes and saw that it was Ye Wenyan. She laughed immediately, "The fourth young lady is back!"

"Yeah." She nodded and pulled him into the house. "How dare you take a nap outside in this snowy day? Aren't you afraid of freezing to death?"

Zhuier rubbed his frozen hands and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'm tough and won't freeze to death. Besides, the master hasn't come back yet, so it's unreasonable for a servant to go to bed first. How did the fourth lady go to the palace this time?"

"Not bad." She responded casually and began to look around the slightly empty room.

Zhuier said, "This used to be Miss Five's residence. There wasn't much decoration there, so when they moved, they took away everything they could. Miss Four, the Tianwu Pavilion where you used to live was full of good things, but it's a pity that you didn't bring any of them here. The old lady said that the reason why Tianwu Pavilion looks so noble is because the eldest master is the head of the family, so the mansion will naturally lean towards the head of the family. But the eldest master is gone, and the second master has become the head of the family, so naturally all those good things will be transferred to the second master's family."

Ye Wenyan laughed, "This old lady has a strong logical thinking."

Zhuier didn't understand, "Miss, what is logical thinking?"

"That is to say, her actions were well-reasoned and justified. It's a pity that she didn't have good intentions and it was too obvious that she was taking advantage of someone's misfortune."

The little maid understood what was said, "Yes, it is to add insult to injury. The master has only been dead for more than a month, how could she do such a thing? Moreover, he is her biological son. Isn't she afraid that the master's spirit in heaven will watch over her!"

"Maybe he's an atheist who doesn't respect or believe in ghosts and gods!" "How is that possible!" Zhuier got even angrier when he mentioned this. "If he really didn't believe, he wouldn't have been so mean to us after listening to an old monk."

"What did the old monk say?" She remembered that when they were in Xu Mingtang before, Jun Tao seemed to have muttered something about monk.

"The fourth young lady has forgotten?" Zhuier reminded her, "Didn't several monks come to perform rituals on the seventh night after the eldest master's death? At that time, a senior monk said that the fourth young lady had a bad fate and was in conflict with the general's mansion. If she was kept in the mansion, she would definitely bring disaster to the general's mansion in the future, and it would be a disaster that would wipe out the whole family. The old lady wanted to send the young lady away at that time, and the eldest lady had a quarrel with the old lady. Later, the young lady was kept, and I don't know the reason, but now I think it might be to marry the young lady to the Su Wang Mansion! After all, if she marries to the Su Wang Mansion, she will not be considered kept in our mansion."

Ye Wenyan remembered that there was such a thing. The big monk was so fat that he had difficulty walking. The original owner wondered if it was because the temple was too prosperous and the living conditions were too good. Later, the big monk said that in front of everyone, and the original owner turned hostile, pointing out that he was a fake monk, and said that it was impossible for a real monk to have greasy mouth.

Now I think it is indeed suspicious. In this era, there was no soybean oil or peanut oil. All the oil that could be eaten for cooking was animal oil. How could a monk eat animal oil? A person with oil hanging from the corners of his mouth, even if he wore a monk's robe, could not be a real monk.

I just don't know where the old lady found such a person, and why did she find such a person? Just to drive her out of the house? But she is the granddaughter of the Ye family, and the legitimate granddaughter, and has a legitimate blood relationship with the old lady. Even if the old man favored her in the past, it wouldn't make the old lady hate her so much.

There must be something going on here! Ye Wenyan thought that the old lady was eager to get rid of her, it was definitely not just because she hated her, there must be a reason why she had to send her away, but she didn't know what the reason was. "Forget it, let's not talk about this." She didn't intend to think about it at this time, and only asked Zhuier, "Why did you come to my room? Didn't you originally serve my mother?"

Zhuier stuck out her tongue. "I used to be just a dust-cleaning maid in the Madam's room, but after what happened last night, the Madam said that you might like me, so she asked me to come here to follow you. Oh, and there are also Sister Xichun and Sister Xiangdong, they are still here. It's just that there are fewer servants to sweep the floor, so there are only two maids left. Fortunately, this courtyard is not big, so as long as we work together every day, we can finish cleaning quickly."

"Xichun and Xiangdong." She thought for a while and then asked, "Where are they?"

Zhuier pursed his lips, "They are all asleep."

"Asleep!" Ye Wenyan smiled, "It seems that mother is right. I really like you, because you are the only one who is willing to endure sleepiness and wait for me. But there is one thing I may have to break my promise." She said to Zhuier apologetically, "I asked you to hit that woman before. I said there would be a reward if you hit her and a big reward if you hit her to death. Although the hit you made was not enough to get a big reward, there must be a small reward. But you see -" She spread her hands, "I am penniless now. Unless I move silver from the previous house, I really don't know what to reward you with."

"I don't want any reward." Zhuier waved her hands repeatedly, "I wanted to beat that woman to death anyway, so Miss Fourth doesn't need to reward me."

"Of course there will be a reward. I have to keep my word. But you have to wait a little longer. Wait until I have established a firm foothold in this mansion. Whoever has taken something that belongs to us must return it to me one by one. Otherwise -"

"Otherwise I'll chop off your hand!" Zhuier said while gesturing, "Anyway, I will follow Fourth Miss from now on. I will do whatever Fourth Miss tells me to do, without any ambiguity!" As she spoke, she pulled Ye Wenyan to sit on the chair, "Fourth Miss, please sit down first. I'll go get some water for you to bathe."

The little girl left in a hurry.

After a while, another voice came from outside the door: "Is the young lady asleep?" She felt it sounded familiar, but it was not familiar to her, but to the original owner, it was the voice of an acquaintance.

"Xiangdong? Come in!"

The door was gently pushed open, and a maid of about sixteen or seventeen years old walked in. It was Xiangdong, the former personal maid of the original owner.

"When I heard Zhuier's voice, I guessed that it must be the young lady who came back. Did the young lady not eat for a long time? Are you hungry? There is no small kitchen in this courtyard, and there must be no one working in the big kitchen at this moment. Just eat some snacks to fill your stomach first!"

Xiang Dong placed the small plate of snacks in front of her and said, "When the traffic outside is clear, I will try to buy some bricks and we will build a stove in the backyard so that it will be more convenient for us to cook."

Xiangdong was a very careful maid, and also very smart. She had been with the original owner for five or six years, and had always been low-key and cautious, and had hardly done anything wrong. Compared to Xiangdong, another personal maid, Xichun, was much bolder. For example, when it came to clothes, Xiangdong always wore plain clothes, without any fancy decorations, and even when she wore flowers on her head, she would choose small ones with unobtrusive colors.

Xichun was different. She liked bright colors and always had all kinds of pearl flowers in her hair. Of course, those things were given by the original owner. The original owner had never been stingy with his personal maids. But even so, Xichun was still not satisfied. Whenever Ye Wenyan didn't wear clothes anymore, she would find a way to take them, make some changes, and keep them for herself.

So much so that when she walked on the street, people would occasionally mistake her for a young lady from an official's mansion, which made Xichun very happy.

Seeing Ye Wenyan looking at the plate of snacks and not wanting to eat, Xiang Dong sighed softly and advised her, "Although no one can accept such a sudden change, you still have to think positively, otherwise you won't be able to live like this."

Ye Wenyan came back to his senses and nodded, "I know." After thinking for a while, he asked her again: "When I got married yesterday, why didn't you and Xichun come with me as a dowry? Who asked you to stay in the mansion? Also, you came here to bring me snacks, but where is Xichun?"