A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

The days went by one by one. When Gui'er returned home one day, Sha Yanxiao had not returned yet, so she went to her room to do her homework and waited for him to come back before having dinner together.

Suddenly, she heard a lot of noise outside. Gui'er thought Sha Yanxiao had brought guests over, so she quickly closed the book and walked out. She found that it was not Sha Yanxiao who came back, but several old maids from the other courtyard who came over to pick a fight over something.

The people in the hospital said there was no one and would not let them look for it, but they insisted that there was one and they had to look for it.

Gui'er called Dingxiang, "What happened?"

Ding Xiang said, "These mothers said there was no ginseng in the warehouse and they needed it urgently, so they came to us to get it."

The warehouse is the main warehouse of the Marshal's Mansion, which is usually managed by the steward and nanny under the Madam. In addition to gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, expensive clothing, there are also gold and silver tableware, and various precious medicinal materials. If there is nothing in the warehouse, there is definitely nothing elsewhere. I don't know why they thought of looking in Sha Yanxiao's courtyard.

Seeing that they were Madam's subordinates, Gui'er didn't want to offend them. Thinking that they couldn't find them, she left naturally.

Those people went around the warehouse and kitchen in Sha Yanxiao's yard but found nothing, so they turned around and walked into the house. Guier heard noises and quarrels coming from Sha Yanxiao's bedroom next door, sighed, opened the door and walked out.

It turned out that those maids were actually planning to look for Sha Yanxiao in his suite. Sha Yanxiao's suite had a small living room, study, bedroom, bathroom, and shower room. When Ji Yiru was here, some of her expensive clothes and gold and silver jewelry were all in it. Usually, only an honest and diligent older maid was responsible for cleaning. Except for Guier, Dali and the housekeeper, no one else was allowed to enter.

Now the housekeeper was standing at the door of the suite, trying his best to stop them. The maids were confident and aggressive, and they looked like they would not give up until they got in.

Gui'er was furious. She turned around and went back to her room. She took out the pistol Sha Yanxiao had given her from the desk, loaded it, and fired a shot at the ceiling in the corridor.

It was noisy just now, but suddenly the whole world was quiet. Everyone turned around. The maids saw the gun in Gui'er's hand and were obviously scared. They said embarrassedly: "Well, we came here because Madam needed it. After all, the Second Young Master calls Madam his mother. Could she not even give you such a small thing?"

Guier smiled and said, "You are right. If it is Mother who wants it, we, as her children, will definitely offer it to her with both hands. However, my brother does not have any ginseng in his room. Tomorrow I will go to the pharmacy to buy some and send it to Mother. Will you be satisfied with this?"

The maids exchanged glances and said with a smile, "Since the young lady has said so, we will take our leave."

"Wait." Gui'er said slowly, "I'm sorry for offending the nanny just now. I hope you don't mind. To show my sincerity, housekeeper, you take a few servants in our courtyard to send these people back. By the way, tell mother that I was young and ignorant, and acted rashly. I will bring ginseng to apologize to mother tomorrow." In fact, Gui'er guessed that this group of people would definitely report her evil deeds after returning, and maybe even make up stories and exaggerate them. How could she give them such an opportunity? It would be better for the housekeeper to take a few people to take them back and talk about the matter openly.

Anyway, as a servant, no matter what, I can't search my master's room at will.

The housekeeper understood immediately. The maids had previously used chicken feathers as a token of authority. They were from the Madam's Courtyard, while the housekeeper was only from the Young Master's Courtyard. Being of a lower status, he dared not go too far and could only do his best to stop them. Now that Gui'er had stepped forward, she would take the responsibility if anything went wrong. He straightened his back, pointed at a few strong young servants, and said to the maids, "Please come in."

The maids also thought of this and said with a smile, "We can just go back and report it. There's no need to mobilize so many people."

Guier smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Mammy? What if Mother needs this ginseng urgently? The housekeeper can report back sooner rather than later. I'm trying to think of other solutions. Let's go quickly."

Not long after this group of people started working, Sha Yanxiao came back. Guier quickly told him what had happened. Sha Yanxiao frowned slightly and remained silent.

Gui'er couldn't help but feel a little uneasy and said, "Am I causing you trouble by doing this?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and patted her head, saying, "Of course not. I guess it was just the servants who messed around, not Mother's intention."

Gui'er thought about it and agreed. Such an unruly and blatant offense to the master was really not something that the lady, who usually paid great attention to her dignity, would do.

Sure enough, while they were discussing this, the steward from the main courtyard suddenly arrived, bringing with him the steward and servants from Sha Yanxiao's courtyard who had just sent the nanny home. They brought some fashionable fruits, imported biscuits, and chocolates, and said, "The servants have offended us, but the eldest young master told the young lady not to take it personally. Those ignorant ones, the eldest young master has already punished them with twenty slaps in the face and sent them to do rough labor on the farm."

This was a fair handling. Sha Yanxiao asked, "Is Mother okay now? Didn't she say she was short of ginseng?"

The head steward waved his hand and said, "Second Young Master, don't take it to heart. It's just those servants making trouble out of nothing."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "I'm glad you're okay. Please tell mother to take care of herself."

The butler said politely, "Okay, Second Young Master, I will definitely convey your message. I'll take my leave now." Then he turned and left.

Sha Yanxiao asked the housekeeper who had just sent the nanny over, "Tell me what happened when you sent her over."

The housekeeper said happily, "I originally thought there would be a lot of arguments, but I didn't expect the young master to point at those women and say, 'You must have offended the young lady,' and then drag them out and slap them in the face. The young master is really wise!"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "You guys go down."

Gui'er sensed that Sha Yanxiao was unhappy, so she said to Dingxiang, "Wash those fruits."

After sending Dingxiang away, Guier asked Sha Yanxiao, "Brother, do you still feel something is wrong?"

Sha Yanxiao sighed and said, "There's nothing wrong with that. Big Brother handled it very appropriately. It's just that these servants dared to be so arrogant. They simply guessed the master's intentions and wanted to please him."

Gui'er suddenly remembered that the housekeeper had not mentioned the Madam from beginning to end. So the Madam should not have shown up. These people happened to be the Madam's people. It seemed that they understood the Madam's intentions and did this. The target should not be Gui'er, but Sha Yanxiao. And maybe all the small actions they had been doing were aimed at Sha Yanxiao.

Thinking of this, Gui'er couldn't help but worry about Sha Yanxiao's situation.