Chapter 4: You can hear it within ten steps

Nanny Qin jumped out hurriedly, and Lu Xinran's eyes immediately lit up.

[It is done]

Everyone heard these two words. Pei tried hard to suppress the smile on her lips and turned her head to look at Nanny Qin.

A stern gaze swept over her like an oppressive force, and cold sweat instantly broke out on Nanny Qin's back. She didn't expect that she had just been so impatient that she actually scolded Lu Xinran in front of the old lady.

"Can you reprimand the young lady from my Shangshu Mansion at will?"

Nanny Qin shrank her neck and put on a smile.

"Please calm down, old lady. I was in a hurry and said the wrong thing."

He just said the wrong thing, but he didn't realize that there was anything wrong with being disrespectful to the young lady in the mansion.

Seeing her like this, Pei believed Lu Xinran's words 50% more.

A servant dared to jump out and accuse her in front of everyone. She had no idea how much contempt and injustice she had endured in this mansion.

"Qiaozhen, slap your face."

"yes."

Upon hearing this, the old nanny beside Pei immediately stepped forward and had someone take Nanny Qin and slap her ten times.

"Is this the nanny beside you? How do you control her when she is so disrespectful to her master?"

Pei had a stern face and glanced at Zhao with sharp eyes.

At this moment, Zhao's mind was full of the affair between Fang Suxin and Nanny Qin. She was in a panic, and when she felt Pei's stern gaze, she hurriedly stood up and bowed to Pei.

"It was my daughter-in-law who was not strict enough. Please punish her, mother."

Nanny Qin was slapped ten times in a row, and the look she gave Lu Xinran now seemed to be filled with poison.

Lu Xinran glared back. Although she was too lazy to fight for a position in the mansion, she was not so afraid of even a servant.

She snorted in her heart and started to look into Nanny Qin's melons again.

[She had just entered Zhao's storeroom in the morning and stole a pair of gold and jade bracelets and hid them in her arms, intending to sell them when she left the house. However, she found that they were all regular customers of the pawnshop.]

[Well, how can I make this stupid biological mother realize that the private vault has become a place for Qin to make money? ]

Everyone: “…”

Although the word "stupid" is descriptive, she repeatedly mentioned how they would face Zhao in the future.

Pei coughed lightly, "Qiaozhen?"

Nanny Xu turned around and looked. The master and servant made eye contact, and she immediately understood why her master was calling her.

She called for someone to take Nanny Qin away and immediately went forward to search her.

As soon as the skinny hand touched Nanny Qin's body, Nanny Qin, who had just been glaring at Lu Xinran hatefully, suddenly changed her expression.

She twisted her body backwards, "Madam, I know I was wrong. I will never be disrespectful to you again. Please forgive me this time."

"It's settled!"

The more she resisted, the more it meant that she had something to hide.

Madam Xu yelled, and her hands moved faster. In a few moments, she had produced a pair of gold and jade bracelets.

"Old lady."

She held the bracelet and walked quickly towards Pei, who raised her hand and pointed in the direction of Zhao.

"Can you see if this is yours?"

When Zhao saw the pair of bracelets, she realized that what they had just heard was true.

This pair of bracelets was her dowry. She wore them for a few days when she was young. Later, she had other jewellery and put the ones she wore back then into the storehouse and seldom touched them.

She took the bracelet from Nanny Xu, turned around and saw Nanny Qin's evasive gaze, so she raised her hand and slapped her.

"We have been master and servant for many years. I think I have treated you well. It would be fine if you stole, but you even betrayed me..."

Before Zhao could finish her words, everything in front of her eyes went dark. She just thought she was too angry.

"Take him away!" She came to her senses and stared at Nanny Qin with a murderous look: "Mother, I think there must be something behind the swap of Xinran and Xinlan. Maybe it has something to do with this old traitor!"

[It's all about her. I'm finally smart for once and not stupid anymore. 】

Everyone: “…”

Pei glanced at Lu Xinran, who was concentrating on watching the fun, with an unspeakable look on his face, and rubbed his brows again with a headache.

"I will have someone investigate this matter. When you go back, have someone count what items have been stolen over the years. Xinlan, help your mother."

Zhao is such a simple-minded person, I'm afraid he hasn't come to his senses yet.

Lu Xinlan responded and turned to look at Lu Xinran again, only to find that she had lowered her head, and was thinking about something else.

What just happened in the house was abrupt and strange.

Except for Pei and Zhao who heard what was going on, no one else knew what had happened. They just looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.

Pei picked up the tea bowl and took a sip before asking.

"Xinran, are the servants in your courtyard still useful? Why not ask the pawnbroker to send some more servants to your house tomorrow, and you can pick out a few that you like and keep them."

"No need," Lu Xinran replied subconsciously, and then realized what he had rejected: "The servants in the Sun Nu Courtyard are still suitable. After all, they are all elders in the mansion and know a lot of rules. Sun Nu will not be at a loss when encountering problems."

After she finishes eating the life-saving melon in the capital, which will allow her to live to forty years old, she will leave the capital and go to the south to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

[When the time comes, I will buy a boy and raise him by my side, then I will pretend to be a widow and live a comfortable life.]

Pei couldn't say any more words of concern. Why did this girl's thoughts jump so wildly? She was talking about the servants in the courtyard. Why was she going to... become a widow?

Pei felt that there were more unexpected events and surprises this morning than in the past few years.

She waved her hands and said, "That's it for now. If you are not satisfied with anything in the future, just come and find me, Grandma."

Lu Xinran smiled and nodded without knowing what was going on. Since Pei wanted to support her, there was no reason for her to refuse.

Although she was too lazy to fight for the heroine's status and favor, she might have lived a better life in the mansion, so why should she put herself in such a difficult position?

Pei was already tired, and waved her hand to signal everyone to leave.

Zhao was worried about Nanny Qin and her storehouse, so she was the first to stand up and walk out.

Lu Xinlan hurriedly chased after him, and only said a few words when passing by Lu Xinran.

"Sister, I'll come find you later."

Lu Xinran nodded and followed everyone out of Pei's yard.

[In Nanny Qin's room, there are letters that Fang Suxin has written to her over the years. She wants to use them to save her life. I don't know if the stupid Zhao will let anyone look through them. The things are in the secret compartment under the bed. Zhao is so stupid that she probably can't think of it.]

Zhao and Lu Xinran, who were walking in front of her, heard what she was saying intermittently. Zhao stopped in anger and wanted to turn around and scold her, but she found that as Lu Xinran approached, she could hear her inner voice more and more clearly.

Lu Xinran passed by the two of them, looked at them strangely, then looked away and continued walking forward.

Lu Xinlan watched her steps, one step, two steps, until she walked ten steps away, she could no longer hear Lu Xinran's voice.