Chapter 262 Ayi Stirs Up Trouble
The Yongning Marquis's residence has been sending things to the Qiao residence these days, and the Yongning Marquis's wife, her son, and daughter-in-law have been coming to visit every few days.
At first, Ayi and the others were confused, but when the Yongning Marquis's mansion publicly announced that they had found their daughter, it was no longer a secret that she was indeed in the Qiao family.
However, faced with the fact that Zhen Huan had become the daughter of a marquis overnight, some people were genuinely happy for her, while others frowned indignantly.
Since the Marquis of Yongning made the news public, Madam Min Qiao stopped letting Huan Zhen serve as her bodyguard. She even prepared a separate courtyard for her to live in and ordered her to rest and recuperate. She also had Ayi choose two maids to serve Huan Zhen.
Originally, Madam Min Qiao had planned to have Doctor Mu treat Zhen Huan's facial scars. However, Doctor Mu had been disguised as a palace maid in the palace, waiting for an opportunity to accompany the Seventh Princess to the Crown Prince's residence to investigate the true cause of the Crown Princess's death.
In fact, the Seventh Princess had already taken Doctor Mu to the Crown Prince's residence twice, but the first time they had just come across the Crown Princess's body and hadn't had a chance to examine it carefully when they were interrupted by someone barging in.
The second time was even more absurd; they didn't even touch the body.
Therefore, Doctor Mu was unable to leave the palace until the Crown Princess was buried.
However, the Seventh Princess and Doctor Mu weren't entirely without merit. At least, Doctor Mu had already discreetly neutralized the poison that had been placed on the painting.
Even if the cause of the Crown Princess's death cannot be found out, at least the hidden danger has been eliminated.
So, it's not a loss!
As time passed, the day of the Crown Princess's burial drew ever closer, and the day when she would be recognized by the Yongning Marquis's mansion was also just around the corner.
That day, Madam Min Qiao specially had someone select several bolts of fine cloth from the storeroom, intending to make several new outfits for Zhen Huan.
"Ayi, you should deliver it to Zhen Huan yourself, and while you're at it, take someone to take her measurements. Make sure the clothes are made nicer later."
Madam Min Qiao carefully instructed, "Although the Yongning Marquis's residence did send over quite a few clothes, what we are doing is ultimately our way of showing our appreciation."
"Yes. Madam, please rest assured, I will definitely have someone make some nice clothes for Miss Yu, no, for her."
Ayi smiled and agreed, then personally carried the cloth and led the two skilled maids to the courtyard where Zhen Huan lived.
However, as soon as she stepped out of the main courtyard, Ayi's smile vanished instantly.
When they arrived at Zhen Huan's residence, the maidservant in charge of serving them greeted them with a smile as soon as they entered, "Sister Ayi is here? Please come in."
Seeing Ayi carrying a piece of cloth, the little girl quickly reached out, "Sister Ayi, is this what the Grand Madam gave to Miss Huanzhen? Let me carry it."
Ayi frowned almost imperceptibly, avoiding the little girl's hand. "I can take it myself. Is it really here?"
As she walked in, Ayi subtly glanced around the courtyard.
This courtyard wasn't the best in the Qiao family mansion; on the contrary, it was quite secluded. Moreover, it was the smallest and most plainly laid out of all the courtyards in the Qiao family mansion.
If that were all there was to it, and they actually moved in, Ayi would only think she was quite self-aware.
Unfortunately, this courtyard was originally where Sister Weijia lived.
After the Dowager Lady drove Sister Weijia away, Sister Weijia moved to this house. Because she was a convict, she didn't want to be too conspicuous, so she deliberately chose this inconspicuous little courtyard to live in.
Who would have thought that she would actually transform into a young lady from a noble family.
The old lady said she would prepare a courtyard for Zhen Huan to live in alone.
As it turned out, they didn't choose any other courtyards, but instead chose the one where Sister Weijia lived.
Sister Weijia naturally dared not object and quickly moved her belongings to the servants' quarters in the main courtyard.
As a result, Ayi felt a bit dissatisfied with Zhen.
But since her sister Weijia didn't say anything, she couldn't do anything about it.
The little girl paused for a moment before cautiously reminding us, "Sister Ayi, didn't the Grand Madam instruct us to all call Sister Huanzhen 'Miss'?"
Ayi glanced at the little girl and said, "So eager to curry favor so quickly? Don't forget you're still relying on the Madam for your livelihood."
The little girl's face paled, and she dared not argue. Instead, she lowered her head and secretly pursed her lips.
Because she knew that she was working for the Grand Madam, the Grand Madam told them to serve Miss Huanzhen well and to treat her with the respect due to a mistress, and only then did they obey her orders.
On the surface, Sister Ayi is obedient to the Grand Madam, but behind her back, she has a lot of ideas!
It seems like no one but Sister Weijia is worthy of her attention.
Seeing the little girl with her head down and not saying anything, Ayi asked again, somewhat annoyed: "Where did you really go? I'm asking you a question!"
The young girl gritted her teeth before speaking in a normal tone, "Miss Zhen Huan said she wanted to go out for a stroll and didn't want anyone to follow her. Right now, I don't know where she is."
"Useless trash! Can't even keep an eye on one person!" Ayi cursed, throwing the piece of cloth in her arms forcefully at the little girl.
A bolt of cloth is quite heavy, and Ayi used some force, catching the little girl off guard. She was knocked to the ground by the cloth, which scattered dust all over the floor.
Seeing this, Ayi's face darkened, and she angrily shouted, "Are you crippled? You can't even lift a piece of cloth?"
"What? She really is a young lady from a noble family now. Do you think you can also rise to prominence and become a phoenix?"
"You can't even keep an eye on people, and you can't even lift a piece of cloth. What else can you do?"
Another maidservant who was serving Zhen Huan heard the commotion and quickly ran out.
Upon seeing the girl sitting on the ground, noticing the red mark on her forehead from being hit with cloth, and hearing Ayi's veiled insults, she immediately became angry.
"Is Sister Ayi's anger directed at us, or at Miss Zhen Huan?"
While questioning Ayi in a sarcastic tone, Xiaoyu reached out and helped the little girl Xiaofeng up from the ground.
Although Xiao Feng was also dissatisfied with A Yi, he still tugged at Xiao Yu, trying to get her to back down.
Ignoring Xiaofeng's attempts to stop her, Xiaoyu glared fiercely at Ayi and said sarcastically, "Everyone says that Sister Ayi is the most trusted person in front of the Grand Madam. Everyone else is afraid of you, but I'm not!"
"Does Sister Ayi really think everyone else is stupid? Can't she see through her little scheme at all?"
"Heh, isn't it just that you can't stand others being better than you, and can't stand others being better than Sister Weijia?"
"Does he really think he's something special just because he was the first to be valued by the Grand Madam? That he's superior to us?"
"In the end, we're all just serving others; who's more noble than whom?"
"You still want to challenge Miss Huanzhen? Don't you know your place?"
"That Miss Zhen is a genuine daughter of a marquis!"
"And you? What is your identity?"
Since taking over Wei Jia's position as Min Qiao's personal maid, apart from A Shuang, no one else has dared to point at her and scold her like this.
Although Ah Shuang was of a lower status than her, she was still someone who served the Grand Madam closely and could complain to her at any time. Therefore, she was still somewhat wary of Ah Shuang.
Fortunately, although Ah Shuang was quick-witted, she was not a gossipy person and would not easily complain to the Grand Madam.
Their arguments were confined to the two of them and were unknown to outsiders.
But now, Xiaoyu, a little girl who only runs errands for eight years old, dared to insult her like this. Ayi was furious.
If she hadn't been unwilling to send two capable maids, there would never have been a chance for Xiao Feng and Xiao Yu, those two seven- or eight-year-old errand girls, to come and serve her.
Who would have thought that after serving her for only a short time, she would already be so arrogant and defiant, pointing her finger at her and cursing!
Ayi raised her hand to slap Xiaoyu.
But just as Ayi's slap was about to land on Xiaoyu's face, a pebble flew from nowhere and hit the back of Ayi's hand.
"Ah! My hand!" Ayi screamed in agony.
Blood was gushing from the spot on the back of her right hand where she had been hit by a stone.
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