Not only was the little maid huddled in fear, but even Madam Jiang looked at the angry Marquis Yongping with suspicion and uncertainty.
Seeing the Marquis's expression, the old woman walked over to the little maid and tugged at her collar. The little maid, who had been kneeling on the ground, looked up at the old woman. The old woman gestured for the little maid to leave. The little maid was so frightened that her limbs went weak and she couldn't even stand up. The old woman had no choice but to grab the little maid's arm and drag her into the courtyard.
The old woman saw that there were still a few servants standing in the courtyard and told them to go out. It wouldn't be good if the servants overheard the argument between the Marquis and Madam Jiang.
After the old woman chased everyone out of the courtyard, she closed the gate and stood under the porch of the main house, listening carefully to the voices coming from inside.
Not only that old woman, but what no one knew was that in the back courtyard, near the back window of the main house, there was also a person standing at the base of the wall, holding their breath and listening intently to the Marquis and Madam Jiang talking inside the room.
The main house of the Jiang family not only has windows on the south side, but also several windows on the north wall. However, these windows are not usually opened, except when the weather is too hot for ventilation. It just so happens that the weather has been a bit hot these past few days, so the Jiang family had someone open the back windows this morning.
After taking her needlework basket to the backyard, Feng Yuli sat under the flower-covered veranda to do needlework. Feeling uneasy, she told her maid to go play with her friends while she quietly continued her needlework alone in the backyard. When the maid went into the room to tell Jiang that the Marquis was in a bad mood, Feng Yuli suddenly wondered why the Marquis was unhappy. Was it because of what Jiang had said at the Jianning Marquis's residence the other day?
Feng Yuli gently put down the broken wire on her lap, tiptoed to the back window, squatted down, and quietly listened to the two people talking in the room.
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