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"I need another maid!" Shopkeeper Xiao smiled and didn't hesitate at all. He didn't even ask what I was going to do. He moved the bush lily in the corner and pushed with all his might. The mechanism on the wall opened and closed.

After a while, a fifteen to sixteen year old beauty with a bun on her head and two pink flowers on each side followed Shopkeeper Xiao through the door.

"Miss, this is Miss Ying Xiu. Let her go with you this time!" Shopkeeper Xiao smiled sweetly and introduced the servant girl in front of me, "She has strong martial arts skills. Even ten strong men would find it difficult to get close to her, and would be able to protect her. "

"Greetings, young mistress!" The woman gracefully stepped forward and bowed. Her low voice carried a hint of elegance and charm.

"Please get up young lady! You and I are alike! " I bowed low and helped her up.

His skin was not fair, but his eyebrows were sharp and his eyes were bright. He had a valiant bearing that was unique to the children of the martial world.

Yingxiu winked at me and smiled, looking rather playful and lively.

"The other six guards are waiting outside the car. You can see them from the entrance!" Manager Xiao smiled and pointed to the wall door that led directly to the backyard.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, please move all the entries in the accounts since the store was opened into this room. Then, you can call my servant girl, Lan Ya in."

Shopkeeper Xiao slightly nodded and left.

After a while, Lan Ling and my mother, the old woman I had brought, came in with a dozen piles of blue leather account books, which I placed on the table. I said that I would leave only Lan Li to serve some ink and tea, and the rest of the people went out, then chased the rest out of the room.

After explaining my whereabouts to Lan Li, I told her to not stop Mother Song and the rest of them, so that they wouldn't find out that I wasn't in the house, I took Ying Xiu out of the room.

In less than an hour, the horse carriage arrived at the southern part of the city. On the way, I never saw any of the other girls who did not go out often. Instead, they lifted the curtains and looked around, as if they were particularly interested in me. They grabbed me and kept asking me about life and socializing. Ying Xiu didn't seem to be satisfied even when we arrived at the entrance of the Southern City's Inclined Four Alleys. She still held onto me and asked, "Does Miss usually have embroidery at home?"

After getting off the carriage, I pointed at the door and politely said to Ying Xiu, "I'll have to trouble young lady to go and help me with the door!"

Ying Xiu was startled, then she immediately understood that she was her master and a servant, there was no reason for me to knock at the door, so she immediately picked up her skirt and walked forward with big steps. She did not even need to knock on the door knocker, she just used her palm to knock on the door, and knocked until it rang out!

A round face fat mother answered the door and unexpectedly didn't ask who we were. She welcomed us in with a face full of smiles and said, "Eldest Miss, you've come!"

I cursed in my heart. This was really a Hongmen feast!

After entering the courtyard, Ying Xiu suddenly became calm and composed. She lowered her head and carefully followed behind me, as if she was guarding the duty of a maid. I couldn't help but throw an apologetic smile at Ying Xiu who was behind me.

Ying Xiu looked up and smiled at me.

With a flash at the door, a girl wearing a yellow robe came out of the house with a pea-green white lotus embroidered on the door. She walked out with light steps and stood on the stairs, gazing at the scene before her.

The closer I got, the more I understood why this Aunt Mo could be doted on by my father for ten years.

A pair of willow leaf eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, and cherry blossom eyes slightly tilted upwards. There was a trace of laziness in her charm. Her delicate white face was tilted slightly, making her hair fall down like clouds on top of her head. At this moment, she was leaning against the door, her exquisite figure wrapped in a delicate veil. It was impossible to tell that she was a woman who had given birth to three children.

Compared to Aunt Chen, she was more dignified and generous, a bit more delicate and pitiable. Both of them combined caused one's heart to tremble.

"My name is Mo Clan, and I pay my respects to Eldest Miss!" Like a swaying willow branch swaying in the wind, gently kowtowing, shallow light low laughter.

If I were a man, I would probably have half my bones melted.

"Has Aunt been well?" I smiled as I helped Aunt Mo up. The skin of a beauty was warm to the touch, like a warm jade in the palm of her hand.

"Thank you, Miss, for your concern. Everything is fine!" Aunt Mo smiled, a small dimple of tears appearing on her face, looking exceptionally charming.

"Young mistress, please come in for a chat!" Aunt Mo took a step back and followed behind me with a faint smile. "I have some good tea for you!"

Treat me to tea?

I'm afraid that treating me to a cup of tea is a lie, speaking to me is the truth!

I smiled and nodded. I looked at Ying Xiu with some embarrassment.

It wasn't appropriate to bring her in, but she wasn't a real maid, so how could he let her stand at the door like this?

Aunt Mo rolled her eyes. She understood my awkwardness and smiled while calling out to the maidservant by her side, "Qiao Zhu, accompany this elder sister by your side to your room for a cup of tea!"

A fifteen-sixteen year old girl dressed elegantly answered. She smiled as she pulled on her sleeves and asked, "What tea would elder sister like to drink?"

Ying Xiu anxiously looked at me and pointed to a silver belt on her waist.

In the carriage on the way here, YingZhexiu told me that her belt was actually a soft sword. How this sword was forged, how expensive it was, who gave it to her master, and when her master gave it to her beloved disciple — that was, her — they were all vividly told by her. Speaking of which, Ying Xiu even personally took off the sword at her waist and showed it to me.

Pointing at the sword now, YingXiu was trying to tell me that she had come to protect me. If she was too far away from me, she wouldn't be able to take care of me.

But I did not borrow the guards from the shop to guard against the beautiful aunt, but against the man who had followed me in the morning. I didn't want to bring Yingxiu into the house and let her listen to all the dirty stuff in the house.

My heart is also stuck with the concept of "home is ugly can not be made public"!

I shook my head at her, indicating that I was okay.

However, Ying Xiu didn't seem to understand what I meant. She walked up to me with a cold expression as if she wanted to say something.

I was afraid that she would say something inappropriate that would arouse Aunt Mo's suspicions. I hurriedly said before she could open her mouth, "Don't worry, you can go rest with this girl. If you need my help, I'll definitely call for you!"

A look of surprise slipped across her face, and then she smiled awkwardly, but she still pulled a bag from her waist and thrust it into my hand.

She just told me that this is called "Five Incense Powder" or "Boiling Bone Powder". As long as it is spread on someone else's body, unless they do not smell it at all, they will feel sore all over and feel dizzy.

I smiled gratefully at her, tucked the sachet in my sleeve, and patted her hand.

"Miss is indeed as generous as the rumors say!" Aunt Mo covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed. Her eyes were bright as she looked back and forth between me and Ying Xiu.

I touched the complex pattern of crabapple blossoms on my sleeve, smiling as I replied, "Aunt is too kind!" She was helped into the main house by Aunt Mo.

Ordinary people entertained strangers, most of them served tea in the living room, even if it was the most intimate of families. It also stopped at the large brick bed in the inner chamber. This Aunt Mo, on the other hand, was very strange. She guided me all the way to the inner room, and only stopped when we reached the bedside.

"Stupid little hoof, hurry up and bring the little miss a chair!" Aunt Mo scolded the maidservants behind her in a low voice. Her lips were pursed into a smile, and her eyebrows were slightly knitted. She didn't look the least bit angry. She looked even more delicate than that sickly Xi Zi.

However, from the way the maidservants kept quiet, it was clear that they had their methods.

After I sat down, Lady Chen personally served the tea and sat on her feet while bowing. She smiled and said, "Miss, don't you see who's on the bed?"

I never thought she'd bring me in to see the people on the bed!

Could it be … Uncle?

He carefully lifted the corner of the tent and saw that there was a big red phoenix rose to the sky with a silk quilt. Below that was a flat section.

I secretly heaved a sigh of relief. If it was uncle, he wouldn't be so short.

Relieved, he opened the curtain to find a sleeping girl about three or four years old. Her hair was sparse and yellow, as if she was malnourished.

Girl?

However, according to the information I've gathered, Aunt Mo gave birth to three boys in a row!

I couldn't help but glance at the little girl again.

His skin was sallow, his eyelashes were long, and his nose was a little short. He looked neither like his uncle nor like this lady in front of him. Furthermore, no matter how biased his son's mother was, the large amount of money his father gave to this aunt every year was enough to allow his daughter to live in poverty and hunger.

I uncertainly asked, "Is that the child of Lady Sandalwood?"

Aunt Mo pursed her lips into a smile, "Miss is indeed as Miss Lotus said, extremely intelligent. It's hard for an ordinary person to reach that level!"

So this child was really the orphan of sandalwood! And the second class maidservant Lotus Leaf in Grandmother's courtyard was actually Aunt Mo's insider!

I thought that my grandmother's courtyard had already been sealed into an iron bucket, but this Aunt Mo also found out that I was coming to visit her, and even made preparations in advance!

What's even more terrifying is that I don't even know how this Lotus Leaf brought out the news!

"Miss, don't panic!" Aunt Mo saw that the child lying on the bed was about to wake up, so she patted him gently and carefully put down the bed. She invited me to go outside to talk on the kang, refilled a cup of tea for me and then said, "If it wasn't for my numbers, it would have been impossible to get the news out under the little miss's care. I am ashamed to say that in all the courtyards, only Miss's yard is impervious to fire and oil. No matter what, no one dares to accept my offer, which is enough to buy another ten people from another courtyard! At that time, I knew that Miss was a rarely seen smart person. Even an ordinary man wouldn't be able to match up to her, so I decided to befriend her. Now that the young miss has just taken over the treatment of the family, naturally there are thousands of possibilities and she doesn't have time to pay attention to my people. If Miss were to recall a day, she would naturally have to clean up her family. "I am a bold person. I dare not offend Miss's dignity for fear of losing my face. I will copy out that person's name and sentence you to chase Miss Ren for punishment!"

If it wasn't for the fact that we are on different sides, I really want to clap for this lady!

Such a glib tongue was not much different from a proper owner's grandma! No wonder Uncle wants to like her. Even I want to like this girl who has a soft exterior and a gentle body.

These words were spoken with respect, but they carried a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing. First, he told me how strong she was and that I was afraid of her. Then, he changed the topic and praised me for being so good at governing the clan. In the end, she had to show her weakness to show her sincerity, but who knew if she had played that trick? After Song Youchi finished speaking, he couldn't help but not offend the other party. On the contrary, he made me feel respect!

However, no matter how beautiful your words are, you still have to treat them as people doing things. It was obvious that this aunt was a person with a sweet face and a bitter heart. Otherwise, how could she have lived like a blade of grass? This caused the sleeping child to first lose his father, and then lose his mother's protection!

Aunt has such a big mouth." I raised my cup and took a sip before replying with a faint smile, "The monthly rate for first-rate maidservants in my courtyard is only one to two taels of silver. The following is not even worth mentioning. Aunt is a person who sits on a mountain of gold and silver. If you want people in my courtyard, you wouldn't even bat an eye if you took out eighteen hundred. It's just that my yard is just some tasty and powdery chores, it's not worth Aunt's attention! But this aunt had too many things to do, not even sparing a single old granny? Furthermore, if this aunt thinks she's timid, then there won't be any timid people in this world. Not only did the "Reincarnation Pill" cause harm to the pregnant woman, but they also played tricks to scare my grandmother. There are even some who are afraid of the matter being exposed afterwards and even killed to keep it a secret!

Aunt Mo shook her head and sighed, "The young miss' words are half right and half wrong!"

"That Reincarnation Pill isn't something that I can concoct. I only came up with this ghost girl's shocking idea after hearing that Auntie Chen had taken the pill and had the sign of a sliding tire." I already had three sons. It's just that that Aunt Chen gave birth to her son, but he's the Fourth Young Master. I haven't seen the Lord's special love, so why would he go past my son? With my foolish opinion, if I were your concubine, I would rather give birth to a daughter. Although she is Second Miss, but her age is very different from yours, so it is natural that Master would be happy to have a daughter. Madam always dislikes children, so if she is a daughter, she is unwilling to raise her daughter, which allows me to take advantage of this opportunity to raise the child by my side. Since Aunt Chen didn't have a pregnancy, and even if she gave birth to a male, it still wouldn't affect her in the slightest. There was also the saying, "If you want to be ignorant, you don't have to do it, you don't have to do it." The purpose of my actions did not lie with this aunt, but with the Old Ancestor. The Old Ancestor already knew about my existence, but because I was born in the dust, he didn't want to accept me back home. While the Old Ancestor felt sorry for the emaciated son of his family, he might be able to remember that she could also be counted as a concubine who has had a meritorious birth. It is unknown whether or not he will allow his grandson to enter the mansion. "