Noble Lady

"Your servant Xia He/Su Ying, greets the young lady."

Xia He and Su Ying knelt upright in front of Xue Chenyu.

Xia He's movements were more open and vigorous, while Su Ying lowered her head and bent her body slightly, but she had a sense of meticulousness.

"Get up." Xue Chenyu raised her hand, "Dongyue, take Xia He down and tell her about the precautions here. Suying stay, I have something to ask you."

Xia He and Su Ying stood up as they were told.

Then Dongyue took Xiahe away.

Suying stood there, head down and eyes cast, looking obedient.

It's completely different from the original Su Zhi.

"Do you know how your sister Suzhi is doing now?"

Su Ying paused, then replied with her eyes still lowered, "I know. My mother often helps her."

"I sold your sister. My mother asked you to work for me, but you weren't afraid. Did I not want you because I was worried you might take revenge?"

Su Ying replied, "I am a servant in the Marquis's Mansion. I will go wherever the Madam tells me to go. If the young lady refuses to keep me, it is because I am incompetent."

"Besides, my sister really brought this upon herself. Even though she's my biological sister and I feel bad for her situation, she doesn't know she's wrong and will probably get into even bigger trouble sooner or later."

At the end, Su Ying said with some disdain, "I will not, and cannot, throw away the principles of right and wrong that I have learned for so many years just because of her."

As he spoke, he almost couldn't help rolling his eyes.

Suying's words were simple and straightforward, but there was some truth to them.

Xue Chenyu suppressed the urge to laugh out loud and told her to get up. "In the next few days, you should study hard with Dongyue."

"Thank you, young lady." Suying's greeting was still thorough and respectful, but it could be seen that she was also relieved.

While waiting for the escort agency to set off to the south, Mother Li also brought new news to Xue Chenyu.

"The food that was sent to the south last time has been stored, and the escort company carrying lychees back is already halfway."

"Also, according to our inspectors, there wasn't enough rain in the south this year, so the lychees are extra sweet."

These words further confirmed Xue Chenyu's action of preparing food early on.

It was one thing for Mother Li to bring back the news, but the shock in her heart was even greater.

She was a servant and always followed orders. Before, the lady asked her to come over to help the girl manage the grain worth more than 300,000 taels of silver. She had the absurd idea in her mind that this was a move.

After several years of good harvests, every household has grain in stock. What's the point of buying up grain now? He doesn't run a winery, and there's no news of natural disasters. Isn't he afraid of losing everything?

But this batch of lychees made her feel extremely ashamed of her previous doubts.

She was originally from the south, having fled famine to the north as a child. She knew better than anyone that lychees weren't as sweet in rainy years.

I'm afraid that this year there will be a severe drought in the south just as the girl worried.

"Please inform my mother that we're no longer accepting reservations for the rest of the lychees this year. It's a good opportunity for you to go south with the escort agency and take a look. If there are any lychees there, try to buy them all. We'll make the arrangements."

"But remember, the normal price will remain the same, there's no need to increase it."

Mother Li nodded and went downstairs to prepare.

They will set off tomorrow and she still has a lot of things to do.

Just as Mother Li left, Yuli came happily and said, "Miss, Miss Du is here."

Miss Du is one of the girl's few friends.

Having someone come to visit seemed to make Yuli, a little girl, feel less isolated.

Du Jingyuan now comes to play with Xue Chenyu at every opportunity, just like two little sisters visiting each other.

Today too, she happily handed over the post and came to speak.

Today, Du Jingyuan wore a very refreshing light blue dress, a chest-length skirt embroidered with lotus flowers, and a wide-sleeved shirt of a slightly lighter color on the outside, with a lotus flower embroidered on the back.

After entering the door, Du Jingyuan felt a slight chill on her face and couldn't wait to take off her long-sleeved shirt.

"This damn weather is really hot. It's only cooler here."

"At least wait until the door is closed before taking it off." Xue Chenyu held his forehead.

It's June now, and it's a relief that she always takes the trouble to come here again and again.

If it were her, she would rather sleep at home than go out in such hot weather.

Du Jingyuan didn't seem to care and sat down on the soft couch covered with a mat.

"There's no man in your yard anyway, so it doesn't matter whether you close the door or not."

As she spoke, she picked up the huge Hami melon she had brought from the ground and stuffed it into Qiuhua's arms.

Qiuhua was caught off guard and almost couldn't catch it.

Good guy.

This Miss Du is worthy of being a descendant of the general's family. She is very strong.

She can hold a melon in one hand without batting an eye, but it would be difficult for an ordinary girl to hold it with two hands.

Qiuhua quickly took the melon away.

Xue Chenyu smiled and instructed Yuzhu, "Go and bring up the sour plum soup that was put in the ice cellar this morning, and bring two basins of ice. Miss Du is very afraid of the heat."

"Xue Xiaoyu, I just like seeing you being so rich and powerful."

Yuzhu couldn't help but burst out laughing, afraid that she would laugh again, so she quickly ran away.

Every time Miss Du comes, the girl has to bring two more basins of ice, this is also the girl's fault.

If it were someone else's family, they would probably have been unable to afford it long ago.

She even suspected that Miss Du was running here every few days to get some ice because there was not enough ice in the general's mansion and she couldn't stand the heat.

Another person who shared the same feeling was Du Juan, the maid who had been with Du Jingyuan since childhood.

At this moment, she felt uncomfortable all over and stood at the door embarrassedly. She felt like someone had brought her here to eat and drink for free. It was so shameful.

Yuzhu even gave her a gentle push when she went out. The girls didn't mind Miss Du coming to "rub shoulders" with them. As servants, what could they say?

After a while, Yuzhu and Yuli came up with sour plum soup and iced lychees.

Qiuhua also helped bring in ice.

Dujuan felt embarrassed to sit idle, so she went to help too.

"Tell me, what gossip do you want to tell me today?" Xue Chenyu in the room asked with a smile, leisurely fanning herself with a silk fan.

The weather has been hot recently, and Du Jingyuan has been coming here frequently. In order to show that she is not here to "get some" ice, she always brings her fresh gossip.

"I have big news today, do you want to hear it?"

"Just tell me, why are you trying to be mysterious with me?" Xue Chenyu threw a lychee at her in annoyance.

Du Jingyuan took it and peeled it and ate it with a smile, "Sweet!"

He ate a few more in a row before giving up.

Xue Chenyu was simply inconsolable. "Even if you said that and then ate, no one would snatch it from you. Look at you, you look like a starving ghost. If someone didn't know me, they would think I was the eldest daughter of the Wu'an Marquisate, and I couldn't even bear to give you a few lychees."

Du Jingyuan didn't care at all. She even washed her hands and said mysteriously, "Xue Xiaoyu, the Ninth Princess went out of the palace to play yesterday and fell in love with a young man in Qinglong Temple."