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

Chapter 28 The Troublesome Slave Xichun

While asking questions, Zhuier had already pushed the door open, carrying a large wooden barrel full of hot water.

Xiangdong hurried over to help, took the bucket swiftly, and poured the water into the large bathtub behind the screen.

Zhuier went to fetch water again. Xiangdong took out clean underwear from the cupboard and placed it beside the bathtub. Then she came back and said to Ye Wen: "Originally, Xichun and I were to marry together, but after the young lady got on the wedding sedan, the mansion guarded our yard and no one was allowed to go out with her. Because of this, Xichun even cried and made a scene."

"Why is she crying? Is it because she can't marry with me and is worried that I will marry alone in Prince Su's mansion and no one will take care of me?"

"Miss." Xiang Dong was helpless. "The maids were not married to the husband to serve the young lady, but to serve the husband." She remembered that in the old days, men had three wives and four concubines. In order to consolidate their status, the wife of the main wife would usually stuff a personal maid into her husband's room. This was considered as taking a concubine for her husband, and because this concubine was originally her maid, she was tightly held in her hands.

"I didn't want to go, but Xichun did, so when she heard that she was not allowed to follow, she started to make a scene." Xiangdong sighed softly, "It would be best if Miss could come back. The Prince Su's Mansion is not a good place, and the Sixth Prince is not a good person either. Although I don't know what you went through on this marriage, I have heard about what happened to the Third Miss."

Zhuier came in to bring water again. Xiangdong helped to pour the water while saying to Zhuier, "You should stay with the young lady in her room more often in the future. You should also keep watch over her during the next few days. If you don't understand something, come and ask me. But remember, no matter what happens or who makes trouble, your only mission is to protect the young lady. Do you understand?"

Zhuier nodded seriously, "Don't worry, Sister Xiangdong, I understand everything and I will definitely be able to protect the young lady."

The water in the bathtub was finally filled. Ye Wenyan didn't let the maid serve and drove everyone out.

Xiangdong brought her the plate of snacks again and told her that she would feel dizzy if she didn't fill her stomach with hot water. She couldn't resist and ate one piece reluctantly.

From returning home, to taking a bath, to changing clothes and going to bed, the maid named Xichun never appeared.

Ye Wenyan remembered the maid, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was prettier than Xiangdong and Zhuier, and taller. If the original owner had not been extremely beautiful, and had kept a maid like this by her side, her glory would have been taken away by the maid.

She really couldn't figure out what the original owner's IQ was. A maid who was only thinking about becoming the Sixth Prince's concubine could stay by his side for seven or eight years. Was she really unable to see through Xichun's thoughts, or was she too confident in herself and simply didn't bother to pay attention to a small servant?

There was some pain in the place where the knife had stabbed my heart. It wasn't real pain, but mental pain.

Ye Wenyan was helpless, "You understand everything now, what did you think at the beginning? You just thought that if your grandfather treated you well, everyone in the mansion would treat you well. You just thought that you were the master, how could a servant have two hearts towards the master. But people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, silly girl! Look, in just a few days, this first-class general's mansion has gone from a molasses jar to a cannibalistic den, and we have been driven from Tianwuxuan to this nameless courtyard, and even the quilt I cover myself with is ridiculously thin."

She pulled the quilt upwards. She was already feeling cold, and no matter how thin the quilt was, it made little difference whether she covered herself with it or not.

"You and the emperor died on the same day. It's the emperor's seventh day, and you're also on your seventh day. I can only keep your remnant soul until the seventh day, and it will dissipate after that. So, if you have any wishes, just tell me. I'll do what I can for you, and what I can't do, I'll leave for later. In the end, I want you to leave with peace of mind, without regrets, and have a good life in the next life."

Her heart ached again. A voice floated softly beside her ears. She heard the voice saying, "My only wish is to find out the real cause of death of my grandfather and father. You are a powerful person, you are stronger than me. I am willing to give my body to you so that you can live for me. I don't ask you to avenge me, I only ask you to find out the cause of their death and avenge them."

She nodded, "Okay, I promise you."

The pain was gone, and the voice never sounded again. Instead, Zhuier, who was sleeping outside to keep watch, came over and asked her in a low voice, "Miss, is it you who is talking?"

She lifted the curtain and said, "Zhui'er, hand me a small mirror. It's daybreak now, let me look at my face first."

Zhuier found a mirror on the table and handed it to her. "This should be Miss Fifth's mirror. You can buy one for a few dozen coins on the street. Zhuier has seen your previous mirrors. They were all inlaid with gems. They were very beautiful."

Ye Wenyan didn't say anything, so Zhuier didn't say anything more. He handed the mirror and went back to the outer room.

She looked at her face in the light from the window and did not feel strange. The fourth daughter of the First-rank General's Mansion looked almost exactly the same as in her previous life, except for her clothes and hair length, at least she could not tell the difference in this bronze mirror.

Well, it's not completely different. This face is what she looked like in her previous life when she was fifteen years old, when she was still attending Ye's private school.

Ye Family Private School! She sighed and suppressed the sadness in her heart.

Some things are over and done with, just like what her grandfather told her before he died, don't miss them, and don't let hatred get the better of you. This is the fate of the Ye family and the Five Veins. It is a path that everyone must take when society develops to that stage. Whether it is the Five Veins or the rulers, they have no choice.

So we must face it calmly and try our best to live a good life in the next life.

But how could she not miss it? The Ye family in her previous life was so good, so good that as long as she closed her eyes, she could see her father's kindness and her mother's smile, as well as Ye Qingcheng's teasing look when he called her the flower fairy.

However, nothing can go back.

She closed her eyes, mourning the passing of the fourth young lady of the Ye family, and also mourning her own once warm and powerful family.

I slept for a day and a night, and when I woke up, it was another morning.

Ye Wenyan was woken up by the noise. As the yard was small, any conversation outside sounded as if it were happening right under her window and could be heard clearly in the room.

She heard a sarcastic voice saying to Zhuier: "You are just a dust-cleaning maid in the Madam's room. How can you be qualified to serve in the Fourth Young Lady's room? We asked you to keep watch last night because we were too sleepy, but you are serving tea in the room so early in the morning. This is something that only first-class maids do, and it is not your turn to do it. Although our courtyard is small now, we cannot lose the rules just because it is small."

Zhuier felt aggrieved: "I'm sorry, Sister Xichun, I just went to bring it when I saw you were still asleep. I really didn't mean to rush to serve the young lady. Now that Sister Xichun is awake, you can bring it in to the fourth young lady! The fourth young lady will probably wake up by now, so she can drink it when she wakes up."

The voice stopped for a while, and soon came back. It was Xichun asking, "What kind of tea is this?"

Zhuier said, "It's red date tea. The fourth young lady caught a cold the day before yesterday and her face hasn't been looking good, so I asked the kitchen staff to boil some red dates in the pot. I heard that this can replenish qi and blood."

"Who told you that?" Xichun snorted. "You've never served in Tianwuxuan before, so you don't know what the fourth young lady likes. Our young lady doesn't like red date tea, so change it to plain tea. If there's no plain tea, change it to plain water. If you've fallen to this point, there's no need to be so particular."

Zhuier was obviously not happy, but she was still trying to argue: "It was the eldest lady who asked me to cook some red dates for the young lady."

"Do you listen to the eldest lady or the fourth young lady? Now that you are on the fourth young lady's side, don't think about your former master anymore. Okay, the tea has been brewed, it would be a pity to pour it out. Let me drink it, we can't afford to waste these things now."

Maybe Xichun took the tea and left. After a while, Zhuier was talking to another person: "Sister Xiangdong, I begged for those red dates for a long time. If I hadn't had some friendship with a maid in the kitchen, she wouldn't have dared to give them to us. But you see, the young lady didn't drink a single sip, but Sister Xichun took it away. What's going on?"

Xiang Dong sighed, "I'll go and persuade her. You go to the kitchen and see if you can get some more red dates. I saw that the young lady was not in a good mood yesterday. If it were in the past, the bird's nest would have been served long ago, but now we have to beg others for even a few red dates. Well, now is different from the past, let's just be patient and don't let the young lady get angry. Go!"

"Where are you going?" Ye Wenyan's door opened, and she stood at the door wearing a coat. "You don't have to go anywhere. Since the red dates have already been cooked, there is no point in cooking them again. Since there are people in our courtyard who want to drink red date tea, just come and drink it in front of me." She told Xiangdong, "Go and call Xichun to my room." Then she looked at Zhuier, "Come in and help me wash up."

Xiangdong stood there in a daze for a while, as if she didn't understand what Ye Wenyan meant, but she quickly reacted and went after Xichun, leaving Zhuier to follow Ye Wenyan into the house and carefully help her wash and dress.

When the comb was combed through her hair for the fourth time, Xichun arrived. Although she was also wearing plain clothes, her tall figure and slender waist made her look unique even in plain clothes.

She saluted Ye Wenyan cheerfully: "Miss, are you awake? I wanted you to sleep a little longer, so I didn't come to disturb you. Let me help you comb your hair. I know best what kind of hairstyle you like."

As she was about to grab the comb from Zhuier's hand, she was stopped by Ye Wenyan, "Now that the national mourning and family mourning are all happening at the same time, what hairstyle can you still have? It's just combing it straight and tying it into a bun. You don't need to do it yourself. But that red date tea, Xichun, if you don't drink it now, it will get cold..."