world wife

Chapter 63 The Secret Passage in the Lake

"Yes, I know." Shu Xiafu saluted. She is now a second-class maid, and Dongzhu is a first-class maid. She is still inferior now. Thinking of this, the corner of Shu Xia's mouth smiles even bigger.

The mother-in-law also laughed and looked at Dongzhu
"Miss Dongzhu, I will go down with that woman first. If there is a good girl in the future, I will reserve it for the young mistress to choose first."

Dong Zhu understood what she meant, smiled and grabbed a handful of big money and stuffed it into her hand
"Mom understands, you can come to my place when you have free time in the future." Dongzhu looked at the old woman and said, although she doesn't understand other rules, she still knows how to win people over, this old woman Just running around downstairs, there must be a lot of gossip that they know, maybe someday they will be able to use this woman's mouth.

The mother-in-law is a sensible person, she collected the money in her hand, smiled and led the rest of the girls and left.

Only then did Dongzhu look at the remaining Xu'er and Shu Xia
"Your room is arranged in the West Wing. You can go to Xiulan to get clothes and jewelry later, and then come over to serve you."

Xiulan also came forward with a smile
"Come with me." Her identity is very clear to everyone, and the old lady who stays with the young mistress naturally has less enthusiasm for Dongzhu, who came over as a dowry, and Xiulan seems to be becoming more and more cautious , no longer playing and laughing with Dongzhu as before, and the green bamboo shoots and red radish dare not speak too much, as if Dongzhu has become the biggest maid in this half-acre garden.

Dongzhu watched Xiulan leave, and then ordered the green bamboo shoots and red radish to go to the small kitchen to bring the cakes he had prepared in advance, and then made a pot of tea, then he quickly ran into the room and looked at Lian Xiyu.

"Young Mistress, why didn't you tell me when Xia Shu came, you almost revealed your secrets." Dong Zhu complained.

Lian Xiyu was sitting on the couch, slowly flipping through a volume in his hand, which was also a book like Biography of Mountain Gods and Ghosts that Zhao Lingyi secretly brought her from the Hanlin Academy.

"Where is Xia Shu?" Lian Xiyu asked lightly.

Dong Zhu suddenly realized
"Yes, it's Shu Xia." Dongzhu grinned, baring his teeth.

Lian Xiyu put down the book in his hand

"You can only tell Shu Xia about everything in the future, and you can ask Xiulan if you don't understand, but you can't say a word if you go beyond the scope, do you understand?" Xiulan is afraid of her now, even though Clever, but still can't change the fact that she belongs to the old lady, and until now she has never had the slightest intention to stand on her side, let alone green bamboo shoots and red radishes, their masters may not be able to It's reliable, the two of them obey orders, it's better to be on guard for the time being, she doesn't want the horse to stumble in the future.Now that Shu Xia has come over, her hands and feet will slowly unfold.

Dongzhu looked at Lian Xiyu, and his face became serious

"I understand." The only people around young mistress who can trust her are herself and Shu Xia.

Both Shu Xia and Xu'er put on light green double-breasted and half-sleeved skirts, and their hair was tied into a bun with two simple beaded flowers before they followed Xiulan to the room.

"Servant Shu Xia"

"My servant, Xu'er, has met Young Mistress." The two stood in front of Lian Xiyu respectfully with knees on their knees.

Lian Xiyu looked at the two with satisfaction, but her eyes fell on Xu'er more. She didn't keep Xu'er because of sympathy, but this girl had a stubborn and persistent atmosphere, just like she did back then. of myself.

"In the future, you can find Dongzhu or Xiulan for anything, and the monthly money will be distributed to you according to the first-class maid, but if there is a mistake, you will be kicked out of the half-acre garden. There is no chance, understand ?” Lian Xiyu looked at the two of them and asked.

"Yes." Shu Xia raised her head and smiled, Xu'er also nodded, but this girl seems not to be able to laugh naturally, even if she is grateful now, she still can't laugh, the young mistress is the first person to praise her, even though it's just Simply saying her name sounds nice, but this little bit has already made her feel grateful.

"Young Mistress, Mama Yu said that the slaves are here to do rough work, do you also need to find Miss Dongzhu for such things?" Xu'er looked up at Lian Xiyu and said.

Lian Xiyu glanced slightly and saw Xu'er's scratched hands. Don't think about it, the palms of her hands must be full of thick calluses and scars, but when Lian Xiyu looked at her hands, she didn't look like an ordinary maid. Some are embarrassed.

"No need, you only need to take care of the flowers and plants in the yard in the future. You are the second-class maid in the half-acre garden, not a poor woman." Lian Xiyu stood up with a smile
"I'm tired too, you all go back, Shu Xia stays, Dongzhu leads Xu'er to the yard to have a look." Lian Xiyu ordered.

Qingsun and Hongluo who just walked to the door were taken down together without knowing what happened, leaving only Shu Xia and Lian Xiyu inside.

"Young Mistress." Shu Xia stood up smiling and looked at Lian Xiyu.

"Well, let's talk about the situation outside." Lian Xiyu walked slowly to the front desk and sat down, took out a brush in his hand and started gesturing.

Shu Xia frowned

"Before the servant girl came, I only heard that the government seemed to have found Liu Yuanping's hiding place, but last night, Liu Yuanping sneaked into the Rongguo Mansion, and the government people rushed to nothing."

"Sneak into Rongguo Mansion?" Lian Xiyu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Be careful, don't miss any details."

Shu Xia stepped forward
"Last night, the servants followed Liu Yuanping to the outside of the Rongguo Mansion, and saw that Liu Yuanping suddenly jumped into a river. After a long while, there was no movement, and the servants also jumped into the river. Only then did they find that there was a secret passage in the river. Going away, it is actually connected to a lake in the back house of Rongguo Mansion." Shu Xia's face tightened slightly.

"Is there a lake in Young Madam's yard?"

Lian Xiyu looked at the ink brush in his hand, still drawing slowly
"My yard doesn't have a lake, but I do know a lake that is big enough to connect to the secret passage." Lian Xiyu finally stopped the ink pen in his hand, and Shu Xia looked over and realized that Lian Xiyu was drawing a plan.

"This is the back house of Rongguo Mansion. This is the place where there is a river outside Rongguo Mansion, and this yard is the only one connected to the lake." Lian Xiyu looked at the floor plan and said.

"Where is this yard?"

Lian Xiyu sneered at the corner of his mouth

"Ying Xuexuan, where Yang Yueyan lives."

"It's her?" Shu Xia was slightly surprised, she didn't expect Liu Yuanping to enter the Rongguo Mansion to collude with Yang Yueyan.

"You go down first, come back at night, I have other things to order." Lian Xiyu picked up the paper on which the floor plan was drawn, tore it up and threw it aside, looked at the paper with a smile, got up and went out of the house

"Xiulan, come with me to Ying Xuexuan."

Xiulan nodded and left with Lian Xiyu, but she wondered why Lian Xiyu suddenly wanted to go to Ying Xuexuan and brought herself instead of Dongzhu.

The green bamboo shoots and red radish have been guarding outside, seeing that Lian Xiyu was about to leave, she hurriedly followed her up.

(End of this chapter)