Chapter 8
"The young lady's closeness to you will surely please Commander Xiao."
The old nanny beside Mi Yao was very satisfied with Xiao Shan's closeness. "In the future, Madam will have her own children. However, Erlang and the young lady are the orphans of the town magistrate's elder brother. If Madam treats them kindly and generously, others will also say that she is magnanimous."
Mi Yao thought that after sending Little Radish away, she could lie peacefully in a quiet environment.
No sooner had the door closed than Granny Luo's mouth began to open and close incessantly.
After commenting on the younger son, she started talking about the older one: "Xiao Dalang is the adopted son of the town magistrate. He has no father or mother, and he is getting old and has his own little thoughts. As long as you treat him with enough respect, that's fine. You should find an opportunity to separate him from Erlang and Xiao Niangzi, so that he doesn't say anything that might corrupt Erlang and Xiao Niangzi and make them estranged from you."
Seeing that she wouldn't stop, after teaching her how to ostracize Xiao Yi, she started listing how many servants there were in the mansion and who needed to be won over.
Mi Yao was annoyed: "Now that you've finished talking about others, it's time to talk about yourself. In your opinion, how should I treat you?"
The original owner's courtyard originally had four maids and one wet nurse.
Before her marriage, the original owner's stepmother, Li, found an excuse to replace the original owner's nanny and put Luo, the nanny, in her courtyard.
Later, they arranged a marriage for the original owner's eldest maid, replacing her with Shiya.
Knowing that Li's arrangement was the intention of the Yu family head, she didn't care who the person was, since she had no intention of obeying or compromising herself anyway.
On the way, Granny Luo was relatively quiet, and Mi Yao pretended she didn't exist, but now that Granny Luo was being long-winded, she turned her gaze to her.
"Who are you to me? Why should I need you to teach me how to do things?"
As soon as Mi Yao asked her first question, Granny Luo sensed her dissatisfaction. Her smile faltered for a moment, and then she heard her reprimand.
Mi Yao's displeased voice rang out in the room. Shi Ya pursed her lips and took half a step back.
After she arrived at Mi Yao's side, she discovered that Mi Yao seemed indifferent to everything, as if she had no personality, but in reality she was just too lazy to care about things that had nothing to do with her enjoyment.
Just like when she first came to Mi Yao's side, she complained that Mi Yao's daily pampering of her skin was troublesome, and she thought that Mi Yao had a good temper but was not diligent in serving her. After Mi Yao found out, she made her stand carrying a basin for an hour every day, saying that it was to train her strength so that she would not be too weak to lift her hands when her master needed her to serve.
It was no use for her to complain to Madam Li. It was only natural for a master to punish a disobedient maid. Even if Madam Li mentioned it to Mi Yao, Mi Yao would pretend not to hear it and there was nothing Madam Li could do.
After that incident, she realized that Mi Yao only seemed soft-hearted.
She even mentioned this to Granny Luo, but Granny Luo didn't believe her, saying that Mi Yao was taking advantage of her young age and ignorance, and that she deliberately set rules to scare her.
Let's see now.
Mi Yao clearly doesn't give face to anyone.
"My wife is marrying far away. The Second Madam specially asked me to come to her side from the First Madam, just in case my wife is young and inexperienced. I am here to give her some guidance."
"You're quite clever. You know that you can't control me with just your wife, so you've added my aunt to your list, trying to use your family to suppress me."
Mi Yao curled her lips slightly, "But so what? My aunt is standing in front of me. I'll be polite to her because she's an elder. No matter how much influence you have in my aunt's courtyard, you're just a servant. Granny Luo, now that your indenture is in my hands, don't even think about becoming my master and teaching me how to do things. I'm annoyed by it, so what good will it do you?"
The original owner's father still had some fatherly affection for her.
The head of the Yu family originally planned to include more members of the Yu family in her wedding procession, as they might come in handy in the future.
But before she got married, her father went to ask for the indenture of Luo Mama's family. He didn't care about the details behind the scenes, but at least on the surface, his daughter could completely control the servants around her.
Seeing that Mi Yao was truly unafraid of her complaining to the Yu family, Granny Luo gritted her teeth and said, "Madam, your vision is too shallow and narrow. Governor Xiao married you not only because of your beauty, but also because of your status as a woman from the Yu family. If the Governor and the First Madam knew about your actions, they would surely be heartbroken. If your relationship with the Yu family fades, how can the Yu family become your support? Besides, every word I say is for your sake, and I am not trying to harm you. Why do you have to treat me like a bad person and hate me!"
After Luo Mama finished speaking, Mi Yao merely glanced at her indifferently and said, "Go out. I get annoyed by your voice."
This was even more frustrating for Granny Luo than getting angry. She really didn't understand what Mi Yao was thinking. How could a young woman cut off her own power and not respect her elders?
"My wife will regret this!"
"If you say that again, I won't even care whether I regret it or not. You should first think about what good place you could go if you were sold off at your age."
Seeing that Granny Luo was still pestering her, Mi Yao frowned and directly cut her off, "This is the only time. If there is a next time, you can only hope that you will meet a kind-hearted person next time."
Startled by Mi Yao's warning, Granny Luo could only shut her mouth, no matter how unwilling she was.
As soon as Granny Luo left, Shiya knelt down in front of Mi Yao.
“I am different from Granny Luo. After I came to your side, I knew that you would be my only mistress. I am loyal to you and would never say anything like Granny Luo, saying it would make you unhappy and claim it was for your own good.”
I could tell that Shiya was trying to show off her difference by criticizing Granny Luo.
Mi Yao couldn't help but laugh.
"Get up. As long as you don't bother me or cause me trouble, loyalty doesn't matter."
She had no intention of racking her brains to come up with any strategies for managing her subordinates. In fact, if it weren't for Granny Luo's constant nagging and attempts to control her, and if Granny Luo had quietly developed her influence in the Xiao family, she wouldn't have bothered to threaten her at all.
As long as you don't starve her or annoy her, she's very easy to talk to, even though she's a brainless pretty face.
As Mi Yao spoke, she glanced at the remaining people in the room. Shuang Hua knew that Mi Yao was giving them a heads-up as well, so she quickly agreed.
The more Mi Yao told them they didn't need to be loyal, the more they felt that she was being sarcastic and testing them.
Granny Luo is the First Madam's person, and she only gets one chance. But these maids aren't sold off just because they made a mistake.
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"This Yu girl is really strange. The first thing she did upon arriving was to punish her own servants and alienate her capable nanny."
After Mi Yao arrived in Yizhou, Granny Ma kept a close eye on the Xiao family's movements. Knowing that Mi Yao had brought a capable nanny who had gathered and screened all the servants in the mansion in less than half a day, Granny Ma was worried that this Yu family girl was too capable.
Who would have thought that a few hours later, news came from the Xiao residence that Mi Yao had scolded the nanny for being nosy and punished her.
However, she didn't allow the nanny to take power, and Yu Nu didn't make any moves. She stayed in the side room all day, not going anywhere or seeing anyone.
"You're saying she's deliberately disciplining her own nanny for the servants of the Xiao family because she hasn't married Chuan yet, pretending to be kind and generous. She really has no brains."
Grandma Ma couldn't understand it, so she simply asked her daughter-in-law, "And that mouthless brat Xiao Shan, I always smile and coax her, she won't even let me hug her, but now she's clinging to the Yu family girl and won't let go, what an ingrate sycophant!"
“Young children are the best at reading adults’ expressions. Xiao Erlang is older now, and even if you say something harsh, he knows to put on a show of respect for you as an elder. Xiao Xiaoniang is just too young to pretend.”
For the past few days, Madam Pan has been having nightmares every night and is in poor spirits during the day. Usually, when she hears her mother-in-law complaining, she would offer a few words of comfort, but today she just told the truth directly.
“You don’t truly love Xiao Xiaoniang, so naturally she won’t be close to you.”
"What does a little brat know about sincerity! I bet that Yu family girl used some tricks to get that brat clinging to her like that."
Grandma Ma was afraid that the Yu family's daughter would win the favor of the Xiao family's children and gain Xiao Chuan's favor and trust, so she kept nagging and scolding for a long time. Seeing that Madam Pan was holding her head and not responding, she felt bored and hummed a few times before going to her daughter's room, who was still lazing in bed.
After her mother-in-law left, Madam Pan rubbed her head and began to ponder the contents of her dream.
At first, she dreamed that Xiao Chuan had conquered the world and become the most supreme being. She felt that everything in the dream was just a nonsensical illusion. But as she dreamed every day and the things in the dream became more and more concrete, she realized that what she was dreaming about was her destiny.
She never imagined that Xiao Chuan would be the one who went the furthest in the end.
Pan frowned, utterly bewildered as to why she always seemed to bet on the wrong thing.
Her father was a confidant of Zhao Tianhe. After her father died in the line of duty while working for the Zhao family, Zhao Tianhe adopted her as his daughter.
When she reached marriageable age, she had to choose between two men: Ma Songping and Xiao Chuan.
In terms of looks, she initially preferred Xiao Chuan, but Xiao Chuan didn't know how to please women. He only talked to her, making her feel like she was offering a warm face to a cold backside every time she tried to get close to him. Ma Songping, on the other hand, knew how to tell jokes to amuse her and would also give her gifts to win her favor.
In addition, at that time, Ma Songping seemed to be more valued by Zhao Tianhe, so she rejected Xiao Chuan and chose Ma Songping. But who would have thought that Ma Songping would die young, and she became a widow less than a year after they got married.
With Zhao Tianhe as her backer, she naturally intends to remarry.
A woman's second marriage is like being reborn. Compared to her ignorant youth, she thinks for a long time about who she should marry next.
Xiao Chuan was still under her consideration, but seeing that he had been adopted by Zhao Tianhe but Zhao Tianhe had not given him the surname Zhao, she felt that he could not enter the core of the Zhao family's power. So she turned her attention to the Zhao family members who were related to Zhao Tianhe.
Thinking of the man she chose in her dream who was an enemy of Xiao Chuan, and whose forces were wiped out by Xiao Chuan in just a few rounds, she was forced to flee and eventually died miserably in a thatched hut.
Pan bit her lip. Since Heaven had given her this opportunity, it was to let her see the situation clearly and choose the most powerful tree to roost under.
She didn't choose Xiao Chuan before, but it's not too late to choose him now.
In her dream, Yu Nu had another love. After marrying Xiao Chuan, she treated him as an enemy, tormented the Xiao family children, and ultimately suffered a thousand cuts.
What is there to fear about a woman of noble birth and outstanding appearance? In her dream, she simply bet on the wrong horse and didn't focus her attention on Xiao Chuan. Now that she is willing to compete, Yu Shi is not worthy of being her opponent.
Yu Nu could kill those children of the Xiao family, especially Xiao Yi, whom Xiao Chuan was grooming as his heir. She would even add fuel to the fire for Yu Nu when the time was right.
Only when all the superfluous people are gone can the child she and Xiao Chuan have a bright future, and only then can she become the most noble woman in the world.
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