High-class maid

That day, the small kitchen wasn't too busy, and Shen Xing'er chatted with Granny Zhou while helping out.

"Granny, Shantao and Auntie will be back tomorrow, and I have to go back to work in the inner courtyard. Don't miss me!" Shen Xing'er teased.

"You greedy girl, I don't miss you at all. If you weren't here, I could eat two more bowls of rice," Granny Zhou said with a smile, giving her a sidelong glance.

Shen Xing'er chuckled and suddenly thought of Lü Yao, wondering how she had been doing lately since being kicked out of the mansion by the old lady.

The small kitchen is a place for gossip, so I suppose Granny Zhou must know that.

"Granny, how is Lüyao now? Is she married?" Shen Xing'er asked softly.

“Lü Yao? I almost forgot about her if you hadn’t mentioned her. She got married not long after returning home.” Granny Zhou looked around to make sure no one was watching before answering.

"Oh, so fast? Don't other people need to prepare for their weddings for a year or two?" Shen Xing'er asked in surprise. She thought Lü Yao would have to wait at home for a year.

"That man already disliked Lüyao for being an old maid, and now that Lüyao has been kicked out of the manor, she's naturally eager to marry him. I heard the man's family hasn't prepared anything! But Lüyao, holding her breath, took several chests of dowry with her!"

Granny Zhou held a bunch of scallions in her hand and spoke with great enthusiasm.

"Huh? So it has to be him? It's a once-in-a-lifetime event, why are you in such a hurry?" Shen Xing'er didn't quite understand Lü Yao's thought process and was surprised and puzzled.

"Hehe, you little girl, you don't understand. They've been married for a month, and Lü Yao is already two months pregnant."

"What?!" Shen Xing'er was truly shocked. She didn't know whether Lü Yao was genuinely clever or just pretending.

"She pretended to steal the old lady's things, but she really wanted to be kicked out of the manor, right?" Shen Xing'er asked tentatively.

Granny Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, this Lüyao seems like a very clever girl, how could she be so foolish?"

Shen Xing'er didn't respond. In modern terms, that man was a PUA master.

"One is willing to hit, and the other is willing to be hit. Let's wish them happiness. Xing'er, you can't be like that silly girl Lü Yao. We must marry properly, even if you marry an ordinary person, you must be the legal wife."

Granny Zhou suddenly looked at Shen Xing'er and said seriously.

After hearing what Granny Zhou said, Shen Xing'er couldn't help but think of Song Wenyang. The two were so different, it was destined that there was no possibility between them.

"Pah, pah, pah, what are you thinking?" Shen Xing'er quickly shook her head vigorously, trying to shake this unrealistic thought out of her head.

"What are you doing, silly girl?" Granny Zhou looked at Shen Xing'er as if she were a fool.

"It's okay, it's okay, I know, I know." Shen Xing'er chuckled and continued with her work.

At this moment, in the Second Master's courtyard, a young maid was applying nail polish to the Second Madam.

"Madam, I have something important to report," Ban Jian said hurriedly as she entered from outside, her expression tense.

"Speak, what's the matter that you're in such a hurry?" The second madam sat up slowly, looking at her freshly painted nails.

He didn't answer for a moment, glanced at the maid in the room, and remained silent.

"Alright, you may leave now, and close the door behind you." The second madam saw that the maid hadn't said anything for a while, so she sent the little maid away.

"Madam, Master, he... he brought another woman!" Ban Jian stamped her foot angrily and said resentfully.

"Is there anything else?" the second wife asked without looking up.

"You, you're not angry?" Huan Banjian was surprised. The Second Madam in her memory wasn't so good-tempered.

"What's there to be angry about? As long as I'm alive, none of those women will ever be respectable. It seems that one Zhang woman hasn't taught Master a lesson." The second madam snorted coldly, unconcerned.

"Madam, this second master eats your food and spends your money. I thought he would restrain himself afterward, but he is still so outrageous. Now he is bringing people home without even discussing it with you!"

Seeing that the second wife didn't take it seriously, Ban Jian was extremely angry.

"Alright, alright, my goodness, is it really worth it for a stinky man? By the way, tell the nanny that from now on, the master will only be given fifty taels a month."

Because the second master looked down on her merchant background and disliked her for not being gentle enough, the second madam would shower him with money, giving him as much as he wanted. She thought he would eventually see her good qualities, but the second master felt it was all his due.

That slap from the second master had already brought the second mistress to her senses.

"Hmph, he spends my money and then complains that I'm not gentle enough. I won't put up with him! The former second wife is dead!"

Seeing his wife return to her confident and radiant self, Ban Jian was so happy that he shed a few tears.

Meanwhile, the second master was in his study, enjoying a romantic moment with his concubine. He had even already figured out what he would say to persuade the second mistress.

"Strange, why didn't that tigress come to confront me today?" the second master muttered to himself. He was still waiting to see his second wife get her comeuppance.

"You may leave now. I'll come to see you later." The second master had lost his appetite and dismissed the concubine.

"Master, you must come! I'll be waiting for you!" The concubine gave the second master a flirtatious wink and swayed as she retreated.

Normally, the second master would have been itching to get back to the concubine, but today, for some reason, he was just irritable and too lazy to deal with her. He simply waved her away.

"Reporting to Master, the Second Madam has gone to the street with her maids and nannies!" Immediately, a clever young page stepped forward to report the Second Madam's itinerary.

"Does he know that I brought a woman back?" The second master immediately sat up straight and asked.

"They should know, Miss Banjian, who serves the Second Madam, saw it," the page replied.

"Huh? Still playing hard to get with me?"

"Reporting to Master, the Second Madam has gone to the theater to watch a play!" another servant came in and said.

"What?! She dares to go to a place like that? To watch actors perform? Where does she put me?!" The second master jumped three feet high in anger.

"Come on, come with me to catch her!" After saying that, he was about to take the servant to find the second madam.

The second master, enraged, forgot that he himself frequented brothels, which was far worse than the second mistress's behavior.

"Half-sighted, a reward!" The second mistress in the theater, munching on melon seeds, was delighted to see the handsome young man singing so well.

"You, you, you, you are a disgrace to civilization! Come with me!"

When the second master came in and saw this scene, he felt his blood rush to his head. He didn't want to argue with the second madam in a crowded place, so he pulled her into the carriage.

"What are you doing? Let go of me!" The second wife pushed his hand away forcefully and patted her arm that he had grabbed in disgust.

"You despise me so much? Do you have someone else on the side?!" The second master was so angry at her rejection of him that he almost laughed.