Zhao Qian was waiting for someone to call him in when he saw Yan Xiao stride out in a flurry of activity.
Before he could even bow and greet them, Yan Xiao asked first:
"How's it going? Is the room ready for me?"
After yesterday, Zhao Qian had seen through Shen Muzhi's attitude and was now even more respectful to Yan Xiao.
He dared not delay and hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Madam, everything has been prepared."
As he spoke, he didn't forget to take credit for himself: "I was afraid of delaying Madam's important matter, so I didn't sleep all night and had someone open the door in the wall between the two rooms."
Please, Madam, take a look and see if it suits your taste. If you find anything unsatisfactory after reviewing it, I will immediately have it revised.
"The door's already open?"
Yan Xiao was quite surprised. She had originally planned to wait until she had resolved Ma Youcai's matter before letting others handle things slowly. By then, her reputation should have spread, and people would definitely come to her by name.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Qian would be so cooperative.
Yan Xiao only noticed now that Zhao Qian did look tired, with a stubble beard and dark circles under his eyes, clearly caused by staying up late.
Yan Xiao gave Zhao Qian an appreciative look: "Thank you for your hard work. Now take me to see it."
“These are all things I should do, Madam, please come with me.”
"Okay, lead the way."
Yan Xiao followed Zhao Qing with Qianqiu Wandai. When they were almost at the courtyard gate, they ran into Shen Qiyue, who was coming out.
When Shen Qiyue saw her, she quickly ran over.
Behind her were not only Wanzi and Tangdou, but also a pretty young woman dressed in clothes that clearly indicated she was not a maidservant.
"Sister-in-law, where are you going?"
Yan Xiao's gaze swept casually over the woman before returning to his own, and he replied:
"I need to check if those two rooms are ready. Are you going out?"
"Um."
Shen Qiyue nodded vigorously, turned around, pointed to the young woman, and introduced her:
"Sister-in-law, this is Sister Qiao, the sister of the person who saved my brother's life. She's staying with us temporarily."
"oh?"
Yan Xiao could roughly guess the other person's identity just by looking at their attire.
After hearing this, she seemed to take a liking to it and turned her gaze back to Qiao Jiaojiao.
Qiao Jiaojiao came to Shen Qiyue's courtyard early this morning, bringing her a lot of delicious food. She then told Shen Qiyue about her identity and coaxed her about all the good food and fun things to do outside.
When Shen Qiyue heard that the other party's brother had saved her brother's life, it's hard to know what she was thinking, but on the surface she was very enthusiastic towards Qiao Jiaojiao.
She became even more enthusiastic when the other party brought a gift.
Hearing the other party's various enticing words about how many delicious and fun things there were outside, the young girl was immediately tempted and said she wanted her sister-in-law to go out of the mansion with her.
Qiao Jiaojiao wanted to win over Shen Qiyue, so naturally she didn't want Yan Xiao to know.
Just tell Shen Qiyue that Yanxiao is now the mistress of the General's Mansion. She has just arrived and probably has a lot of things to handle and get familiar with. She probably won't have time to play with her. It would be better for them to bring back more good things for Yanxiao.
Shen Qiyue thought it made sense, and since Yan Xiao had said yesterday that she needed to make some preparations to remove the curse from Ma Youcai, she didn't dare to disturb Yan Xiao.
She was only thinking about going and coming back quickly. After receiving so much care from her sister-in-law, now that someone was offering to pay the bill, why not take it?
She was thinking of bringing back some new gadgets for Yanxiao to make her happy, but she didn't expect to run into them like this.
Qiao Jiaojiao had no idea that she was being taken advantage of by Shen Qiyue.
Upon seeing Yan Xiao, she cursed her bad luck inwardly, but after seeing Yan Xiao's appearance clearly, she felt a secret joy.
She felt that she and her mother had given this woman far too much credit for thinking so much about her last night.
Such an ugly woman, General Shen probably despised her long ago, but he couldn't just divorce her because of their past relationship.
Seeing Yan Xiao looking at her, she quickly suppressed her disdain and pretended to step forward and bow.
"Jiaojiao greets Madam. After putting her mother to bed yesterday, she wanted to come and pay her respects. But when she heard that Madam had already gone to sleep, she did not dare to disturb her. Please forgive her."
"We're all on the same side, no need to be so polite!"
Yan Xiao pretended not to notice the disdain in her eyes just now and asked:
"Judging from your expressions, are you going out?"
"Yes, sister-in-law!"
Shen Qiyue took the initiative to explain:
"Sister Qiao said that Granny Li is much better now. She was worried that I was unfamiliar with Jiangbei since I had just arrived, so she specially asked her to come and take me out to get acquainted with the environment."
"Oh, really?"
Yan Xiao gave a somewhat amiable smile upon hearing this, but her words made Qiao Jiaojiao so angry she almost ground her teeth to powder:
"It seems the multigrain porridge is working. Miss Qiao should make sure that Granny Li drinks it for a few more days."
Qiao Jiaojiao was so angry that she wanted to turn on Li Mama when she thought about how Li Mama was so hungry last night that she couldn't sleep, and this morning she could only drink that thin, watery mixed grain porridge, and there was only a small bowl of it, not a little more.
But she doesn't have that confidence yet; she has to take it one step at a time.
After taking a deep breath and mentally preparing herself, she immediately put on a pitiful expression, glanced at Shen Qiyue hesitantly, and then said with great difficulty:
“I know your good intentions, but my mother is getting old and can’t take the strain.”
She's sick now, so I don't expect her to need tonifying foods, but she can't just starve herself, can she? I'm worried she won't be able to handle eating only that little bit of mixed grain porridge every day.”
Yan Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this:
"What do you mean by that, Miss Qiao? Are you implying that I mistreated Granny Li?"
Qiao Jiaojiao didn't expect Yan Xiao to be so blunt. She was about to pretend to be scared and say that she didn't mean it that way, trying to play the victim in front of Shen Qiyue.
Before she could even utter a word, her target, Shen Qiyue, hurriedly added:
"Yes, Sister Qiao, are you mistaken? My sister-in-law is a very skilled doctor. Listen to her, and Granny Li will definitely recover quickly."
Didn't you tell me this morning that Granny Li was much better, which is why you came out? That's the effect of multigrain porridge!
"I......"
Qiao Jiaojiao was speechless after being choked by Shen Qiyue's words. She felt that all the nice things she had brought this morning to please Shen Qiyue had been wasted.
I don't know if this girl is really stupid or pretending. She seemed so easy to fool just now, but how come she's suddenly so shrewd?
The fact that Granny Li was feeling better was indeed something she herself had said, and she couldn't refute it at all.
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