But what do I do now! Zhao Shuli's expression clearly shows I should apologize, right? I should apologize, shouldn't I?
Bai Yueyue looked to Li Jieyue for help, because she had never dealt with someone like this before! She simply couldn't handle it.
"Alright, Zhao Shuli, we just moved today, let Yueyue get used to it for a couple of days." Seeing Li Jieyue making excuses for her, Bai Yueyue wanted to rush forward and hug Li Jieyue and say "Long live mother!" "After all, it's just the few of us now, so let's get to know each other properly like family."
"The way family members get along? Miss... no, it's been so many years, Madam seems to have changed a lot." Zhao Shuli looked at Li Jieyue, her smile different from when she faced Bai Yueyue. It was the same expression Li Jieyue used to have when she saw Bai Yueyue grow up!
Hmm, it seems Zhao Shuli is actually quite humane.
“I have my own family now.” Li Jieyue chuckled. She also felt that she was completely different from what she was twenty years ago, after all, so much time had passed.
Therefore, Li Jieyue was truly grateful that her father sent Zhao Shuli over.
"After so many years, seeing that Madam still looks as radiant as ever, I am relieved." Zhao Shuli, looking respectfully at Li Jieyue, expressed her heartfelt feelings.
"I'm sorry, the decision to leave with Zhenhao was so sudden that I didn't have time to tell you." Li Jieyue had always wanted to apologize to Zhao Shuli. Even though she had a cell phone now, Zhao Shuli was still living in the Li family home and, because she had served her, was strictly forbidden from contacting her.
“Madam, you shouldn’t apologize to the servants either.” Zhao Shuli smiled helplessly, as if facing a willful child.
"I told you, let's treat each other like family from now on," Li Jieyue replied nonchalantly.
"Madam, that's really something. But since it's Madam's order, Zhao Shuli will definitely obey."
Huh? Huh? You two are so easy to talk to? Bai Yueyue pouted as she looked at the two of them. They were clearly using a high-pressure policy on her, but they were so lenient with them. That's so unfair!
“However, the eldest young lady is, after all, Madam’s child,” Zhao Shuli quickly turned her gaze back to Bai Yueyue, her eyes becoming sharp. “Madam, you may not know this, but even after more than twenty years, there are still many women in the capital who look up to you as a role model. Even within the imperial family and the Li family, there are many women who admire you. The eldest young lady is Madam’s child, so they will definitely compare her to them, and even to Madam.”
Huh? Don't look at me like that! And Mother, what were you like back then? Why does it put so much pressure on me after someone tells me about it?!
At this moment, the desire to know about Li Jieyue's past burned fiercely in Bai Yueyue's heart.
“Oh dear, are they going to take me as their role model?” Li Jieyue feigned distress. “Then their parents must be having a real headache.”
After all, I eloped back then. If they all followed my example and eloped, well, I can't imagine what my reputation among the elders would be like.
Zhao Shuli, recalling Li Jieyue's matter, said as if suppressing a laugh, "So in the capital, elders are required to learn the skills and etiquette of the lady, but not her behavior."
"That's so rude." Although she said that, Li Jieyue obviously didn't care, after all, it was all in the past.
"Because many women want to emulate what Madam did back then and elope with their loved ones," Zhao Shuli continued to explain, "but only Madam did it and succeeded."
Mother, it seems you've become the root of all evil, so those elders must have had no choice but to issue such orders.
Bai Yueyue looked at Li Jieyue strangely. As if sensing what Bai Yueyue was thinking, Li Jieyue returned a smile that made Bai Yueyue break out in a cold sweat.
Immediately, Bai Yueyue lowered her head, trying to be quiet and obedient—"I'm a porcelain doll, I don't know anything."
“Madam, please entrust the education of the eldest daughter to me.” Zhao Shuli’s opening words made Bai Yueyue feel as if winter had suddenly arrived. “The eldest daughter is Madam’s child, so she absolutely cannot be inferior to Madam. Otherwise, the eldest daughter will definitely be looked down upon in social situations, which will make it difficult for her to gain a foothold. Therefore, I request to assure Madam that I will definitely make the eldest daughter as excellent as Madam.”
Although I really want to become excellent, please don't treat me according to my mother's standards! And aren't you all worried that all I'll learn in the end is how to elope? Bai Yueyue kept raising her hands in protest in her heart.
Clearly, Bai Yueyue's thoughts were unnecessary, because Li Jieyue never thought that Bai Yueyue, a former boy, would fall in love with a boy.
So Li Jieyue is still a little worried. If Bai Yueyue brings back a girl in the end, should she act like the sky is falling?
"Your request is granted, Zhao Shuli. Yueyue is a very intelligent child. With your guidance, she will definitely be better than me," Li Jieyue said after thinking for a while.
"Thank you for your trust, Madam." With that, Zhao Shuli stood behind Bai Yueyue. "Miss, at this time you should tell Madam that you will not let her down."
"I will definitely study hard and won't let my mother down," Bai Yueyue said immediately, putting on her standard business smile.
Ugh, looks like I'm going to be really, really tired from now on. Waaah, everyone else is already traveling and dating, why do I have to learn etiquette?
"Madam, will the master be back for dinner?" With that, Zhao Shuli put on the demeanor of the head housekeeper she had adopted years ago when she was with Li Jieyue.
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