Noble Lady

"It's my daughter's blessing to be able to see this paradise on earth for even a moment. If someone could give it to me, I'd be so happy I'd wake up laughing in my dreams. How could I refuse?"

Situ Zhen looked at her deeply, then nodded solemnly, as if he had heard it.

Xue Chenyu suddenly shuddered: No way, I was just being polite.

Prince Cheng asked me if I wanted such a wonderful thing? Of course I couldn't refuse. But...

Just now he first said that he wanted to find a hostess for this villa, and then asked if she would be willing to refuse it if it was given to her.

Why do those words seem more and more ambiguous the more I think about them? It can't be that... he's interested in her?!

A strange thought flashed through Xue Chenyu's mind, and she felt like she was struck by lightning.

She had originally kept a distance of one step from Situ Zhen, but suddenly she slowed down her pace and directly widened the distance between them.

"What is Miss Xue doing?"

Situ Zhen only took two steps forward before he realized that she was not following him.

Xue Chenyu hesitated for a moment, "I suddenly feel the urge to go to the bathroom, I wonder..."

She said it very tactfully.

Situ Zhen's face flushed visibly.

Yumei quickly said, "I, I know where it is. Miss, I'll take you there."

Then he pulled Xue Chenyu away without saying anything.

Qiuhua quickly followed.

Situ Zhen couldn't follow them, so he just watched them disappear around the corner from afar.

After all these years, she is still so sharp.

She wanted to leave in such a hurry, had she discovered his intention?

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, then quickly dropped.

Xue Chenyu went to the bathroom and came out. Shopkeeper Wang and Sanniang had also finished measuring the size of the girl in the room.

She happened to be taking people to say goodbye to Situ Zhen.

Fortunately, Situ Zhen did not force them to stay. He exchanged a few polite words and let them leave.

Xue Chenyu: Not bad, not bad.

Then they returned to the city.

Shopkeeper Wang and the tailor separated from them at the city gate. Xue Chenyu also told Shopkeeper Wang not to tell anyone about what happened in Lingxin Villa today.

Shopkeeper Wang had seen big scenes before, so he repeatedly assured him and the tailor Sanniang that they would never tell anyone.

Afterwards, Xue Chenyu quietly returned to the He family.

Although the day's schedule was tight, it was almost dark.

……

The He family is not at peace today.

When Mrs. Liu got better, she started to make trouble. She sent Mrs. Huang to find Mrs. Zhang and urged him to pay her back, saying that she did not have enough money to buy medicine and asked when he could send the money.

Whenever Zhang met someone, she would cry about her poverty, and her crying was so sincere and heartfelt.

Not only did Mother Huang not get any benefits, she was almost extorted of several taels of silver by her, so she ran away quickly.

Ji Minrou, with He Minzhi's instructions, went to find He Jixiang early in the morning.

Unexpectedly, this little girl became so brave that she even dared to hide from her.

They played hide-and-seek in the mansion for the whole morning. By lunchtime, He Jixiang had nowhere to hide, so she caught him red-handed.

"Why are you hiding, Fourth cousin? If someone doesn't know, they'd think you're doing something shameful."

He Jixiang stepped back holding her bland lunch. Ji Minrou leaned over to take a look and saw only a steamed bun and a plate of vegetables.

"You are the fourth daughter of the mansion, how come your life is so hard that you can't even have a decent meal?"

"If it weren't for you coming here and causing trouble, I wouldn't have to live such a hard life." He Jixiang retorted bluntly.

A trace of panic flashed across Ji Minrou's face. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

After saying this, he quickly calmed down. This He Jixiang was not even as good as a servant in the He family. He still lived with the maids. No one cared whether this person existed or not. What could she know?

He Jixiang took advantage of her distraction and quickly took a bite of the steamed bun.

"Don't think I don't know what you did. I know everything!" She had something in her mouth and her speech was unclear.

Ji Minrou's eyes gradually turned cold, "What do you know?!"

"Before you came, my sister-in-law treated us very well. I had meat to eat and soup to drink every day. I also had new clothes to wear and a new pillow and quilt. But after you came, everything changed!"

"It must be because of you gossiping in front of Mother, Big Brother He, that Mother gave the housekeeping power to Second Aunt. Second Aunt has no money at all. Now I have no new clothes to wear, no new quilt, no meat to eat, and can only eat steamed buns every day. All this is your fault!"

"You selfish, evil devil, why did you come to the He family? Why don't you go back to your own home? Is there no one who wants you anymore?"

"What do you know!" Ji Minrou's secret was exposed and she turned hostile on the spot.

If she hadn't just had a miscarriage yesterday and was still weak, she would have gone up and slapped that little bitch.

"He Jixiang, I call you cousin because I respect you. You are just a lowly child born to a lowly concubine. I can crush you to death with just one finger!"

As he said that, he asked the grass behind him to go up and grab her.

Xiaocao naturally had to listen to Ji Minrou's instructions.

He Jixiang threw the bowl of steamed buns at Xiaocao and ran away.

She ran and shouted, "You are just a handy girl, and you are helping this bad woman as a thug. Are you stupid? If people find out that you beat up the fourth girl in the family, you will be the one who will be punished."

Xiaocao's pace suddenly slowed down.

Ji Minrou was so angry that she stomped her feet and called him a waste.

Xiaocao: "Being useless is better than being punished."

Ji Minrou was even more angry. "Why are you afraid of her, a lowly concubine's daughter? Who in this mansion do you think cares about her life or death?"

Xiaocao thought about it and finally caught up with him after some hesitation.

After wasting a while, He Jixiang ran directly to the small attic above the maid's room.

He was clinging to the pillar and couldn't get down no matter how hard he tried.

The small attic had been in disrepair for a long time and the pillars were unstable, so Xiaocao didn't dare to go forward rashly.

When He Minzhi was getting married to Xue Chenyu, the main house in the He family was basically renovated, except for this small attic.

Because this maid's room was where He Jixiang lived before. After she passed away, the room was given to the maids, and the attic where she lived naturally became abandoned.

"Bad girl, I heard everything you said to the old lady that day. You just wanted to cheat me out of the shop my mother left for me. I will never give it to you!"

"I won't give it to anyone, let alone to a bad woman like you!"

She kept calling Ji Minrou a bad woman, which made her furious. How dare He Jixiang, who usually looked like a fool, scold her?

It’s totally outrageous!

"Xiao Cao, you are a dead person, just watching her clinging on top, why don't you quickly catch her down and find where the deed is."

Xiao Cao: "Girl, I don't dare to go up even though she's up there!"

She just has no choice but to live under someone else's roof, she's not really stupid.