Chapter 55 Courteous (1)
After Li Youde retrieved his treasure, he strengthened the guard of the study once again. At the same time, he stipulated that no cats or dogs should be kept in the house in the future.
Although Chen Hui needed cats to catch rats on a regular basis, she had always used that tabby cat. In addition to its interest in catching rats, it ignored everything else and wouldn’t run around blindly. And after catching the rats, Xiao Wu would send the tabby cat away. So, it wasn’t subjected to this ban.
Li Youde originally planned to live in the palace for a while. Hence, after he found his thing, he returned to the palace immediately.
After that, Chen Hui went to Rely Bamboo Pavilion again and told Jiang Bihan and Qingshu that they must never mention that thing again and asked them what they planned to do with Ziyu.
Jiang Bihan said, “Thanking Lady Chen for coming here to remind us. That matter would be crushed in my and Qingshu’s hearts. As for Ziyu…I have let Qingshu warn her.”
Chen Hui frowned, “Is warning alone useful?”
Qingshu said, “Answering Lady Chen, this slave saw that Ziyu was also very scared at that time. Presumably, it was somewhat useful.”
Chen Hui nodded slowly. In fact, she hasn’t figured out how to deal with Ziyu yet. If she was from this era, she could find any pretext to beat the person. However, it happened that she couldn’t accept the bloody torture. Therefore, she could only think of other ways.
Chen Hui kept thinking about this on the way back. When she returned to Chrysanthemum Yard and met Xiao Liu, Chen Hui suddenly remembered the matter that she had neglected. She asked Xiao Liu, “Xiao Liu, who is in charge of the kitchen now?”
Grandmother Xu was originally in charge of the kitchen, but she lived on someone while helping another and had been thrown out by Li Youde after receiving a beating. Afterwards, she made a perjury in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice and received another round of beating. She wondered how she was doing right now.
Xiao Liu said, “It is the newly recruited grandmother Cao.”
Chen Hui said, “Are you able to talk to her?”
Xiao Liu was stunned and said, “I can probably speak a few words to her.” He works at Chrysanthemum Yard after all. The kitchen would always give him some face.
“What about housekeeper Li?” Chen Hui asked. She knew that housekeeper Li still has some power and many chores were under his management. However, the servants of Chrysanthemum Yard served Li Youde personally. It wasn’t good for housekeeper Li to manage them. Hence, he has always been polite to the servants of Chrysanthemum Yard. She had seen housekeeper Li a few times, but didn’t have a deep friendship with him. He is a middle-aged man in his forties. He didn’t look crafty and even looked honest. However, Chen Hui would naturally not be deceived by his appearance. If he really was honest, he wouldn’t be able to become Li Youde’s housekeeper.
“Lady Chen, do you want this little one to run an errand?” Xiao Liu also understood what Chen Hui meant.
Chen Hui said, “That is right. That Ziyu from the kitchen was very rude to me when I first came here. I dislike her very much. Can you find some faults with her and let her go wash the toilets?”
Xiao Liu was stunned and suddenly felt very grateful that he had apologized to Lady Chen earlier. The offense of Ziyu was so long ago. Lady Chen still remembered it all. If he hadn’t apologized first, he might also meet up with misfortune in the future.
Chen Hui naturally didn’t know that what she said casually would cause such a big psychological impact on Xiao Liu. She just looked at him expectantly.
Xiao Liu hurriedly said, “Lady Chen, don’t worry. This matter is not difficult to do.”
Chen Hui said, “One more thing, don’t let anyone know that it is me. Let others think that she has offended you or that she had offended someone else. Just don’t let me get involved.”
She wasn’t afraid of people knowing that it was her revenge, but this matter involved Li Youde’s thing after all. She must be more cautious. Anyway, Ziyu can’t be allowed to stay in the kitchen anymore.
“This little one understands,” Xiao Liu responded quickly.
Chen Hui waited for two days. Xiao Liu came to tell her that the matter has been settled. Ziyu was punished to wash the toilets and he made her think that the person she offended was housekeeper Li.
Chen Hui was very satisfied and praised him verbally.
In the next two days, what made Chen Hui very frightened was that Ah Da and Ah Er would come out of the palace to give her things from time to time. Sometimes, it was seasonal fruits. Other times, it was beautiful jewelleries. She had inquired quietly. Lady Jiang didn’t receive such good treatment as her.
Chen Hui understood. It must be her performance of that day that made Li Youde very satisfied. She felt that she has a great possibility of transitioning from an object to a close sister. As for the possibility that she first thought of: that Li Youde took a fancy on her, it didn’t conflict with her status as an object or a close sister. She had to think a bit more about it.
On this day Chen Hui just had lunch and was about to take a nap after a stroll when she suddenly saw Xiao Wu come over and whisper in her ear, “Lady Chen…outside, a woman who claims to be your mother wants to see you.”
Chen Hui was dumbstruck. Her mother? Oh, the original’s mother is here.
It had been more than two months since the original had been sent to Li residence. She only met that father of hers once and it was at the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. Now that mother of hers finally showed herself.
Chen Hui yawned and said, “She is definitely a scammer. Don’t want to see.”
Xiao Wu was dumbstruck, “But…”
Chen Hui looked once at him. If it was Xiao Liu, he would’ve understood that she didn’t want to see the mother who had turned a blind eye to her daughter who had been sent out without a status.
“Xiao Tiao, I’m going to sleep. Close the door,” Chen Hui returned to her room.
Xiao Tiao hurriedly followed. She was not as ignorant as she was in the beginning. She had learned some things after following Chen Hui. As the one who had been with Chen Hui the longest, she vaguely understood what Chen Hui meant and whispered to Xiao Wu before closing the door, “Brother Xiao Wu, Lady Chen doesn’t want to see her mother…She probably has not forgiven her parents yet.”
Xiao Wu finally understood. He nodded quickly, thanked Xiao Tiao and hurriedly went away.
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