Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Don’t tell me that Uncle has a little one outside…

For several days in a row, Nan Xu stayed in Jingyuan and did not leave the house. The leisure time was particularly long and addictive.

Just like now, when Nan Xu finished her breakfast and wanted to lie down on the couch again, Nanny Jiang quickly supported her.

Nan Xu glanced at her with her eyelids half drooping. "What are you doing?"

Nanny Jiang said stubbornly, "My lady, you haven't left this room for several days. Let's go out for a walk."

The injury on his foot was almost healed. Nan Xu stood up straight, struggled to break free from her support, and said lightly, "No." Then he was about to walk around her.

Ever since the last incident with Yu Ming, Nanny Jiang no longer dared to act on her own in front of Nan Xu. She had already reached her limit just now. Seeing that Nan Xu did not respond, she could only look at Chunya and Yuxiang beside her for help.

Chunya and Yuxiang understood what she meant.

The lady appears lazy on the surface, probably because she is unhappy about the recent series of events.

Over time, these bad emotions and distracting thoughts will accumulate in your mind and harm your body. If you go out for a walk more often and look at flowers and plants, maybe your mood will improve.

Chunya and Yuxiang looked at each other and came up with an idea.

Yuxiang: "As the old saying goes, a walk after dinner will keep you alive until you are ninety-nine. For the sake of health and longevity, madam, let's go for a walk."

The words may be rough but the logic is there, but this is not the way to persuade people!

She knew that Yuxiang was unreliable. When Nanny Jiang heard this, she almost rolled her eyes. She could only place her hopes on Chunya.

Chunya said hurriedly, "It's been a while since the beginning of autumn, and the weather has turned cooler. Yesterday, when I passed by the garden, I saw the crape myrtle and begonias in full bloom. Clusters of flowers swayed in the wind, and the fragrance filled my nose. I was thinking that it was because the weather was good this year. If it were the hot weather of previous years, these flowers would have wilted in the sun after only two days of blooming. That would have been a shame."

Nan Xu paused slightly and turned to look at him. "Is it really going well?"

Seeing that she was somewhat relaxed, Nanny Jiang winked at Yuxiang and said, "Oh, look at this old servant's memory. It's more than that! The other day, the uncle even sent someone to dig up the bamboo forest to the west of our yard and planted many lilies and roses. Just looking at it is really refreshing."

Yuxiang received the signal from Nanny Jiang and quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, ma'am, they are even better looking than the ones we had in our house before."

Better than the ones in the Marquis' Mansion? Those in the Marquis' Mansion are all famous products collected by A Niang from all over the place. She looked at them suspiciously. Nanny Jiang has been with A Niang for so many years. If she said it was good, it must be really good.

"Let's go, it's just right to digest the food."

Nanny Jiang was waiting for this sentence, and she hurriedly helped her out with a smile on her face. Chunya and Yuxiang followed behind, one holding a shawl and other things needed in the outer room, and the other taking the golden ball from the cat stand in her arms.

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The autumn wind is blowing gently, and the sea of ​​flowers is surging. If you look over casually, you would think it is not late autumn but early spring.

Nanny Jiang was right. Those tall and straight bamboos were uprooted and replaced with colorful flowers.

She was mesmerized by the sight and reached out to touch the trembling petals, and her whole heart softened.

Nanny Jiang and the others looked at each other, and tacitly introduced everyone to Nan Xu one by one. As they walked and talked, they unknowingly walked into the depths of the flowers, and suddenly heard voices.

"This bamboo has been here for so long, why did you have to replace it with flowers? And you even asked us to come over? I'm about to break my nails."

This was the voice of a little girl. Someone behind her continued, "Why else? It must be our wife. She thinks bamboo is not pretty."

"Bah, change it, change it. If she has the ability, she can change Jingyuan. It's such a secluded place. If the uncle doesn't want to come, it's useless to change it with any flowers."

Did she think that she had asked them to exchange these flowers in order to keep Duan Wenpei?

Yuxiang puffed up his cheeks and was about to go in and drag the people out, but was stopped by Nan Xu. She wanted to see what else these people could say.

The girl from before continued, "Tell me, how many days has it been since our master returned home? I heard from the sisters in Jingyuan that Manager Liu always says that our master is staying at the Ministry of Justice. Who would believe that? My mother says that few men of this age can endure it. Could it be that our master has a mistress outside?"

As soon as these words were spoken, several people inside burst into laughter.

Someone with a charming voice even said shamelessly, "It's not that our Madam is not liked by Master Bo, but there are many beautiful sisters in our mansion. If Madam is just a little more generous and lets us show our favor in front of Master Bo, then there's no need to worry about not being able to keep Master Bo."

"That's right."

"Sister Liuzhi, when Uncle comes home one day, you can ask your godmother to make some plans for you. Go to Uncle's study at night to serve him. That will be a natural thing to do."

"Bullshit!"

The maids were a little slow to react when they heard the sudden vulgar words. When they realized the sound came from above their heads, they looked up and saw a cat with bared fangs and claws falling from the sky. The maids were frightened and scattered, and the cat's claws swung around as the golden ball fluttered.

A charming, shrill cry of pain resounded through the air. It was the girl named Liuzhi whose face had been scratched by the golden ball.

Yuxiang glanced at him with disdain and calmly picked up the golden ball. "Why are you yelling? Didn't you see the Madam is here?"

The maids then saw clearly that the beauty in the lilac-colored long dress embroidered with cloud patterns that trailed the ground in the center of the half-human-high sea of ​​flowers was none other than Nan Xu, the woman they had been talking about who couldn't keep Duan Wenpei.

Liuzhi's cry of pain stopped abruptly.

The maids knelt on the ground in panic, and for a while, the only sound was the endless cries of begging for mercy.

Nan Xu chuckled, "What should I forgive you for?"

The maids looked at each other secretly and were unsure about Nan Xu's attitude.

Yuxiang's loud shout just now clearly showed that he had heard everything they said. Those words were not good at all. I heard that the Madam had even punished the capable manager outside not long ago...

The little maid who had spoken first hurriedly knelt a few steps forward, saying with deep fear, "We didn't know Madam was here, so we didn't mean any of that nonsense." As if afraid Nan Xu wouldn't believe her, she raised her head and pointed to the heavens, swearing, "If we truly harbor those evil intentions, I beg Madam to forgive us.

Jinqiu rolled his eyes and turned his head to Yuxiang's arms. Yuxiang stroked his fur and glared at the maid fiercely, "What you said is, if the Madam hadn't come, you would have said something even more 'heartless'!"

The maid knew she had lost her voice, so she kowtowed and said she dared not. Seeing her like this, the people behind her also kowtowed and begged for forgiveness. Only the one called Liuzhi covered her face, her eyes rolling around, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Nan Xu didn't say anything, just stared at the willow branch thoughtfully.

Chunya held back Yuxiang, who was about to get angry, and looked at Liuzhi and said, "Your name is Liuzhi? What's your relationship with Mrs. Xiao, who's in charge of the flowers and plants?"

Liu Zhiben covered her face and collapsed on the ground coquettishly. When she heard Chunya mention Mrs. Xiao, she straightened her chest and raised her head, "Mrs. Xiao is my mother."

Seeing her arrogantly calling Nan Xu "you" and "me" in front of Nan Xu, Nanny Jiang almost kicked her in the heart, but she held back in front of Nan Xu, "Mrs. Xiao, huh? You really raised a good daughter!"

Liu Zhi smoothed the hair that fell on her chest without any concern and replied to Madam Jiang, "Thank you for the compliment, Madam."

Even though Chunya and Yuxiang had seen a lot of the world, they had never seen anyone as shameless as her.

Nanny Jiang was almost laughing out of anger. She was about to continue speaking when she was stopped by Nan Xu's look.

Nan Xu took Jinqiu in her arms and rubbed its head affectionately, not forgetting to teach it a lesson. "I told you not to be so arrogant. I gave you a nail cut, but you refused and ended up scratching my face." She glanced at Liuzhi's face and continued to nod Jinqiu's head. "Fortunately, you scratched a restless cat. It can be considered a lesson for her, and you've made up for your mistake. But you can't keep this nail."

Having said that, Nan Xu didn't even look at them. She turned around and went to the yard with Jinqiu in her arms. She really went back to cut Jinqiu's nails. Jinqiu whimpered and found a comfortable position in Nan Xu's arms.

Nanny Jiang hurriedly followed, and before leaving, she did not forget to wink at Yuxiang and Chunya.

Yuxiang understood and pointed at the willow branch, "Let's go."

The maids were also worried about Liuzhi's boldness. Seeing Nanxu said a few words indifferently and left, they all thought that the lady was just like that. They didn't expect Yuxiang to ask Liuzhi to leave, but where to go?

Liu Zhi raised her head and said sarcastically, "The Madam has left, what are you pretending to be..."

Yuxiang was too lazy to listen to her nagging. He stretched out his hand to pull her collar and walked away. "Are you deaf? Madam wants to cut Jinqiu's nails and she needs someone to do it!"

Liuzhi was no match for Yuxiang. She couldn't even walk steadily when Yuxiang pulled her, and she bumped into the flower bed at the corner several times. The maids' eyelids twitched wildly, and they all shrank back as they looked at Chunya who had not left yet.

"Sister Chun...Sister Chunya..."

"Everyone, get up." Chunya said gently, "Madam is generous and will not argue with you, but if you do something wrong or say something wrong, you will naturally be punished."

The maids nodded hurriedly.

"We accept the punishment and will obey Madam."

Chunya glanced at the flowers and plants they hadn't taken care of yet and nodded, "Finish the work here first, and don't come into the yard to serve in the future."

She spoke calmly, but the maids didn't quite understand. "Don't...come...into the courtyard to serve?"

Chunya paused as she climbed the stairs and said, "I didn't make it clear. From now on you are not allowed to serve in the backyard." After saying that, she did not stay any longer, leaving behind only a mess of flowers and plants and a maid who was stunned.

"Sister Fangruo, what does this mean?"

Fang Ruo, the maid who spoke first, stood up and said unhappily, "What do you mean? You mean we can't stay in this mansion any longer."

The lord in the front yard never keeps maids by his side. If they don't serve in the back yard, they will have no place in this mansion.

They just said a few bad things about Nan Xu! But they were not wrong. The uncle didn't like her in the first place. If he did, he wouldn't let her live alone in Jingyuan, right? And he wouldn't let her stay overnight.

Seeing that everyone was a little panicked, Fang Ruo gritted her teeth and changed her humble attitude when she knelt in front of Nan Xu to plead for mercy. She patted the dust off her knees and said, "Why are you panicking? You can't let Madam alone decide our life or death. There are many people in the backyard who are dissatisfied with Madam."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and walked west, passing the rockery over there. Behind her was the house where several housekeepers in the Bo's mansion usually rested in the mansion, and Mrs. Xiao was among them.