It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

When Fu Weixin led his men back to the county magistrate's residence, it was already the end of the tenth hour.

The two maids, Huanyan and Yile, were waiting in the guest house. When they heard the noise, they hurried out to greet them.

As soon as Fu Weixin stepped into the courtyard, Huanyan couldn't wait to ask: "Girl, where have you been alone today? Why did you come back so late?"

Fu Weixin didn't bother to pay attention to her and went straight back to the bedroom. He opened his arms and let Yile help him change clothes. Then he sat in front of the mirror and took out his hairpins to let his hair down.

Huanyan asked several times but got no answer. She frowned and looked unhappy as she put the accessories away.

Yile stood silently behind the girl. Every time he looked up, he could see the forbearance and impatience in the girl's face clearly reflected in the bronze mirror.

After arriving in Rongcheng County, Fu Weixin sent most of the people he brought with him out to work. Unless necessary, he stayed in his bedroom all day without moving, and no longer required the maids to watch over him inside and outside the room when he slept.

Huanyan was very happy about this, especially since she had just arrived in Rongcheng County a few days ago and had some difficulty acclimatizing herself, suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. Now she could just stay in her room and rest.

Who could have thought that the girl would abandon him and Yile, stay out alone until dark, and even ignore him after she came back...

In the east room where the personal maid was housed, Huanyan and Yile complained quietly about the girl's changes.

"If I had known earlier, I would have advised you not to come to Rongcheng County. There is no shortage of people in the government office. This county is in conflict with us. After coming here, we both feel unwell, and your temper has also worsened a lot."

"I asked her so many times just now, but she ignored me. She has lost all her gentle demeanor in the mansion. When I get back, I will definitely be punished by the Madam. I hope I won't be implicated this time."

Yile: ...

No wonder Tingying and Baoqin secretly reminded the newcomer to keep a distance from Huanyan before leaving the house, and to stop her from doing anything stupid if necessary.

"Am I wrong?" Huanyan saw that Yile had stopped sewing and was staring at her in surprise.

"Well..." Yile chose his words carefully, "As long as we keep it a secret from the Madam and she doesn't know about it, the girl and we won't be punished."

"How can you think so! We are the maids assigned to the girl by the lady. Of course we have to help the lady take care of the girl's words and deeds. For example, it is impolite to go out alone without taking us with you today." Huanyan said righteously.

"She's the girl's maid." Yile emphasized to the person in front of him, "And there's nothing wrong with what the girl said or did. She brought along Old Lady Yang and many guards when she went out. She wasn't alone."

After Yile finished speaking, he put down the sewing basket in his hand, blew out the oil lamp on his side, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

She didn't know whether Huanyan would go to the lady to complain. Since the girl specifically asked her to accompany her this time, she must have thought of a way to deal with it.

not to mention……

Yile recalled the day they first arrived in Rongcheng County. The girl had specifically instructed them in front of the two of them to prepare good wine and delicious food for Mrs. Yang every day, while she and Huanyan could only eat coarse flour buns and wild vegetable soup like the servants of the county government.

Later, somehow Huanyan took away Yang Po's food. She began to feel unwell and was unable to appear in front of the girl for several days. However, she escaped because she did not eat Yang Po's food.

The next day, when she went to serve the girl, she saw her look at her so seriously for the first time. Her tone was cold and indifferent. "You are the fourth Yile. I hope I won't meet the fifth one soon."

That night, I was sick and couldn't go out, just like Huanyan.

……

How could a girl like this submit to the lady's control and surveillance and be willing to be a bird in a cage?