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"Uncle Yu, I've made up my mind. Please don't send me away, okay?" Chen Dongxi looked at him pitifully.

Yu Kangjing was surprised that she still chose not to leave.

He stared at her, asking one last time, "Are you really not leaving?"

“I’m not leaving. I want to stay.” Chen Dongxi shook his head.

“Alright. Starting tomorrow, I will have a tutor teach you to read and write.” Yu Kangjing spoke in a businesslike manner.

“I will come to see you once a month. On weekdays, maids will come to take care of you.”

"Your three meals a day will be delivered to you."

"Your clothes will also be made once a quarter, according to the rules."

"so be it."

After Yu Kangjing finished speaking, he turned and left.

Chen Dongxi was extremely flustered.

This was completely different from what she had imagined.

If Uncle Yu and the rest of the Yu family don't come to see her, what's the point of her staying?

"Uncle Yu, could you spend more time with me?" she cried as she chased after him.

But once Yu Kangjing made up his mind, he wouldn't turn back.

He strode away, leaving Chen Dongxi standing there crying loudly.

The maidservant who had been guarding her had been replaced by a second-class maidservant named Daimao.

Unlike agate, hawksbill turtles don't have such a gentle nature; they won't comfort her when she cries.

It was already troublesome enough that the hawksbill turtle was assigned to take care of her. Seeing her cry, he couldn't scold her, so he could only turn around and walk to the courtyard gate to chat with people.

Chen Dongxi cried for a long time, but seeing that no one paid attention to her, she sobbed for a moment and then stopped crying.

She silently clenched her fists.

Her father was Yu Kangjing's savior, yet he abandoned her in a courtyard to fend for herself.

Is this what they call repaying a debt of gratitude?

When she grows up, she will definitely repay the humiliation she suffered today a thousandfold.

……

From that day on, Chen Dongxi seemed to have disappeared from the Marquis's residence, and no one ever mentioned "Miss Xi'er" again.

The old lady was barely satisfied with this result.

That day, she was resting with her eyes closed when she heard a maid announce: "Madam, the First Madam has arrived and wishes to see you."

The old lady opened her eyes, her brows furrowed.

Why is Cui coming to find her when she should be staying in her own courtyard?

She still dares to come.

The old lady's face darkened: "I won't see her."

The maid added, "The First Madam has come to give you a gift, saying she wants to apologize to you."

Upon hearing about the gift, the old lady paused, then changed her mind and said, "Then let her in."

After Cui Ruixin entered, she bowed to her and said, "Greetings, Mother."

The old lady peeked behind her and saw a tall, large vase.

"What is this?" The old lady stood up.

They discovered that she wasn't even as tall as the vase, and they couldn't even see the top of the vase.

A single flower was inserted diagonally into the vase; upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a weeping crabapple made of silk.

A faint fragrance wafted from it.

Cui Ruixin stood aside and began to introduce the items: "These are part of my dowry. My father went to great lengths to collect them. The gold wire inlaid on this vase is all real gold, and the flower and bird paintings on it were done by Mr. Danzhu. They are worth a fortune."

"These flowers were also ordered from the Treasure Pavilion; there are only two of them in the entire capital. The other one is placed in the Empress Dowager's bedroom. It is said to have the effect of calming the mind and promoting sleep."

“My mother was so worried about me that she couldn’t eat or sleep. I felt really bad about it, so I found this item and gave it to her as a token of my apology.”

The old lady nodded: "Since it's your kind gesture, then please accept it."

She was about to have her maid move it when Cui Ruixin stopped her.

"This vase is too heavy; ordinary maids can't move it. Let my people move it."

The old lady gave it a push and found that the vase was actually quite heavy, so she tacitly approved of her actions.

"Put it in your bedroom, just like the Empress Dowager," Cui Ruixin said with a smile.

"Be careful what you say." The old lady was secretly pleased, but her face remained very serious.

After Cui Ruixin's people carried the vase inside, she waved her hand impatiently.

"You can go now, I need to rest."

"Yes." Cui Ruixin left respectfully, without any dissatisfaction.

The old lady returned to her bedroom and looked at the vase, becoming more and more satisfied with it.

She told them to have it moved to the flower hall the next day.

It's a bit of a waste to keep it in the dormitory.

It's best to place the flower arrangement in a hall so that all visitors can see it.

At night, after the old lady took a bath and went to bed, she smelled a faint fragrance when she returned to her room.

The smell is actually quite drowsy.

She yawned and drifted off to sleep.

Gu Yu, the maid who was in charge of serving her, also fell asleep on the small couch outside.

In the stillness of the night, a rustling sound came from the vase in the room.

The weeping crabapple tree that was in the vase fell to the ground.

The slight noise went unnoticed by anyone; the old lady was fast asleep.

A figure dressed in black gradually emerged from the bottle's mouth.

He gripped the bottle opening tightly with both hands, and using the bottle against the wall for support, he carefully climbed out.

Upon landing safely, he let out a soft breath, picked up the weeping crabapple branch, and put it back in the vase.

Then he tiptoed onto the old lady's bed.

He had previously lit calming incense and taken stimulants beforehand, so he was unaffected.

But the old lady was sleeping soundly and did not react at all, even when he tugged at her clothes.

The old lady's clothes were torn into a mess, making her look like she had just finished a fierce battle.

The man frowned, but still stripped down to just his pants, crawled into bed, and lay down next to the old lady.

There was nothing we could do; the First Madam had given us far too much.

All he had to do was put on a show.

The next morning.

The maid on night watch got up and skillfully instructed the maid next to her to bring the wash water into the room to serve the old lady as she washed and dressed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the room, they saw a half-naked man lying on the old lady's bed, and the old lady was even embracing him.

"what--"

The two of them screamed in unison.

The water that another maid was carrying was so frightened that it fell to the ground.

The man in bed was startled awake. He immediately got out of bed, grabbed the old lady's coat, pushed open the window, and jumped out.

The two maids were so frightened that they forgot to stop him for a moment.

Before long, many of the early-rising servants saw a half-naked man run out of Wanxiang Hall.

And by sheer accident, they ended up in the old Marquis's courtyard.

No one dared to give chase.

The old lady slowly woke up.

Seeing the water spilled on the ground, he frowned and said, "What's all the commotion about so early in the morning? The water's been spilled, what kind of behavior is this?"

"Madam, a man, earlier, in your bed, you..."

The maid was so frightened that she couldn't speak coherently and couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Since the Marquis married and had children twelve years ago, the old Marquis and his wife have been sleeping separately and have never slept in the same room again.

How could they not be surprised to see a man on the old lady's bed today?

At this moment, the old lady still did not know what had happened.

She urged the maid impatiently.

"What are you talking about? Hurry up and clean this up."