C9

Inside the fire room, the servants were discussing the events of the day in low voices. Cui Yu walked in from the Ansi Courtyard. Her expression was a little ugly, the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed, and when they saw her, they all shut their mouths.

Cui Yu was just as tyrannical as her master. She picked up the lotus seed soup and poured it into the bowl, preparing to leave after wrapping it up.

"Wait." Red Leaf walked in just at this time. "The young miss said that we didn't have a good dinner. We'll have the lotus seed soup first."

"Second Miss didn't eat dinner." Cui Yu didn't like Red Leaf at all, and her tone was still unpleasant. After all, Aunt Zhao was not punished, and she was still the same as usual.

"Miss Cui Yu, this really is Miss Cui Yu's. Today, the butler has instructed us to send it over to Miss Cui Yu first." A little girl who was burning in the fire also stood up and said timidly.

"You all know who the real young miss is." Cui Yu could not accept this, these people actually dared to disobey her.

"At least, the eldest young miss is the direct descendant, and your mistress is just born out of a concubine." Hong Ye was extremely infuriated as he loudly said, "You don't even know your own name. If it were me, I wouldn't even have the face to come out and meet you."

As he said that, he took the bowl from Cui Yu's hands, and said with a smile, "However, thank you for wrapping it up for me."

The red leaf swaggered out, leaving Cui Yu gritting her teeth as she stomped her feet. She could only take the second bowl of lotus seed soup.

An Si, who already had a belly full of anger, became even more mad after hearing Cui Yu's words. She wanted to throw the lotus seed soup away, but she was hungry and could only eat with hatred.

Before long, An Xia came to An Xin's courtyard with a bowl of lotus seed soup.

There was even a smile on her face as she said, "Second sister, I'm here to accompany you. It's just that Hong Ye doesn't know anything."

Red Leaf lowered her head, looking wronged.

"Hong Ye, why aren't you apologizing to the second lady? This lotus seed soup belongs to your second sister, how could you snatch it from her?" An Xia stared at Red Leaf and said, before carefully looking at An Xin.

This kind of An Xia was no different from normal. He didn't have the overbearing and astute intelligence he had in the morning.

An Si and Chi Cui Yu looked at each other, no doubt about it. An Xia's position in the family was not as high as An Si's.

"Second Miss, this servant knows my wrongs. Second Miss, please punish me." Red Leaf spoke in a well-behaved manner, her voice choked with sobs.

Ansi let out a sigh of relief, raised her head, and stared at An Xia. "Big Sis, I won't mind if a servant did something wrong, but if you do that in the morning, my reputation will be ruined. How are you going to settle this account?"

"I'll clear it up for you." An Xia once again had a timid and cowardly look on his face. "At the beginning of next month, all the young misses will attend the banquet at the Marquis' Mansion. At that time, I will explain it to everyone."

Only with An Xia's help, was An Xin able to relax. She also felt that An Xia had been forced into a corner in the morning, which was why she had done what she did.

He thought about it again. After An Xia explained it, everything would go back to normal. In that case, the position of Crown Prince's consort definitely would not belong to An Xia.

He even let his guard down and forgot about what Aunt Zhao had said.

"In that case, I won't mind." Ansi nodded her head in satisfaction. She had been raised so well by Aunt Zhao, she seemed to only know how to make trouble for no reason.

"Thank you, second sister, please do not make things difficult for my mother. Also, I will inform the fire house that from tomorrow on, the first bowl of lotus seed soup will be delivered to second sister." An Xia replied in a very cooperative manner with a timid look on his face.

"It should have been sent here first." Anse doesn't notice it. After all, Anxia has been like this all these years.

An Xia and Red Leaf carefully walked out of An Si's courtyard. In the room, An Si and Cui Yu once again had their domineering masters, who stood so high above them.

"Miss, what's in that bowl of soup?" The humble look on Hong Ye's face disappeared as he asked with a puzzled expression.

"Red flower." An Xia sneered. She had never thought that this Madame Zhao would be so vicious. Of course, to ask Madame Li to poison him to death was not something an ordinary person could do.

In this way, adding some red flowers to the meal was nothing.

But now, An Xia was giving these red flowers to An Si. She must be enjoying her meal.

From that day on, Fire Room was still the first to deliver the lotus seed soup to Ansi. However, Aunt Zhao didn't know about this, and Ansi didn't know that the reason An Xia gave in was to put on a show and plot a scheme. If she didn't, how could she send the red flower smoothly into Ansi's yard.

An Xia couldn't be blamed for this. She could only blame her aunt for wanting too much, for planning too much.

However, this was not enough.

The next day at daybreak, An Xia and Red Leaf changed their clothes and quietly left the Residence of An by the back door.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the Residence of An, someone blocked his way.

The familiar man in front of her was the one who had sent her back to the Residence of Tranquil East Tribe's cemetery that day. An Xia didn't even think before slapping her own face. Before she could settle the score with him, he delivered himself to her.

The man stepped aside with a smile on his face, while his underling's expression changed drastically. "How dare you! Do you know who our young master is?"

"Who cares who you are, I will still beat you up." An Xia's heart was heavy with frustration, and he was feeling vexed.

The man was still smiling. His features were handsome and his face was like a jade crown, yet when it was dawn, it gave people a clear view of him. His face was pale and he was obviously gravely ill.

"Are you still angry? I didn't send you back to your home that day!" The man didn't get annoyed. He just smiled at An Xia with appreciation in his eyes.

"A man must never be able to keep up with his responsibilities. You clearly agreed to my request, but you didn't do it. Therefore, I will not make any decisions regarding what I've promised you." An Xia had come out to buy medicine. In this mansion, she didn't trust anyone. A little girl like Hong Ye wouldn't be able to accomplish anything, so An Xia had no choice but to personally step in.

"Miss An, you don't want to know, which doctor prescribed this medicine for Madam An?" The man's expression was the same as before. No one could see through his emotions. It was as if it had never changed.

He was standing there calmly and unperturbedly, wearing a white robe as he looked straight at An Xia.