Jiang Segu lowered his eyes and thought for a long time before finally instructing Changping, "Release the two of them, then follow Cao Qiong and see if he is truly obedient to the Marquis."
Before that, go and find Deputy Commander Gu. Tell him I asked him to help me find a teacher. Preferably someone highly respected and strict!
"We still need to keep an eye on Huishengtang!"
"Keep an eye on Cao Qiong!"
Changping accepted the order and left.
Jiang Segu then said to Qiaolian, "Go to Yongxiang East Alley and tell Aunt Lan about this. Also..."
She paused, but ultimately didn't reveal that she had used Jiang Zhihui. "You can ask Aunt Lan to help you think about it and ask her if Cao Qiong's words are credible."
Qiaolian agreed and left.
As soon as Qiaolian stepped out of the courtyard, Zijin, who was by the First Madam's side, arrived.
As soon as the two met, Zijin asked, "Qiaolian, is my fifth young lady in the sixth young lady's courtyard?"
"Yes, but the two of them had just fallen asleep in the same bed when our young lady told me to tell the First Madam that the Fifth Young Lady would be going to Xiangsui Hall with our young lady to learn etiquette and manners."
With Qiaolian saying this, Zijin naturally couldn't go into the courtyard to bother Jiangse Valley anymore.
When Madam Jiang learned of this, she smashed her teacup, but there's no need to go into the details here.
After meeting Aunt Lan, Qiaolian returned to the Marquis's residence with a letter written by Aunt Lan herself.
Seeing a young boy peeking around at the entrance of the Marquis's residence, I asked the gatekeeper, "What's going on with this guy?"
"Sister Qiaolian, we didn't know either!"
"Then hurry up and chase him away! If this person offends the masters, let's see if you can bear the consequences!"
The gatekeeper quickly smiled and said, "Sister Qiaolian, it's not that we don't want to kick him out, it's just that this person seems to know Sister Muying, who serves the young lady. We're afraid that if we rashly kick him out, we'll offend Sister Muying again!"
Mu Ying?
Qiaolian, being more shrewd, pretended to say, "Since you know Sister Muying, why don't you go and inform her? Sister Muying is currently a favorite in this manor. If you delay her affairs, you might not be able to stay in the Marquis's manor in the future!"
The gatekeeper looked troubled. "It's not that we don't want to inform them, but this person has been loitering around the gate for two days and has never said that he wants to see Sister Muying!"
Just the other day, when Sister Mu Ying came out, she ran into this person, exchanged a few words with him, and then sent him away.
When Sister Mu Ying returned, she looked terrible. We didn't dare go to inform her, lest we incur her wrath..."
The gatekeeper rubbed his hands together and said to Qiaolian with a fawning smile, "Why don't you do me a favor and go and talk to Sister Muying?"
"That cunning little devil, he's actually plotting against me!"
"Sister Qiaolian, please don't say that! How could I dare! I just feel that since you are someone close to the Sixth Miss, even if Sister Muying is angry, she certainly won't use you as a scapegoat! Besides, everyone knows that Sister Qiaolian is a kind and considerate person, and I think she can understand our predicament!"
Qiaolian glanced at the gatekeeper and sneered twice, finally saying, "Fine, I have nothing else to do anyway, so I'll go for you! But you have to tell me the truth: what exactly did Muying and this person talk about the other day?"
When the gatekeeper saw that Qiaolian was willing to step forward, Xi'er was naturally delighted and quickly told him what she knew.
"I didn't hear the specifics clearly, but when this person saw Sister Muying come out, he quickly came up and grabbed her. Sister Muying was so harassed that she said something like, 'We know about your family's situation, but we can't help you. Please accept our condolences!'"
Qiaolian's eyes flickered slightly, and she said to the gatekeeper, "Alright, I understand! I'll find a chance to talk to Sister Muying later!"
"Alright, thank you very much, Sister Qiaolian!"
After Qiaolian left, a thinner gatekeeper said to the short gatekeeper who had spoken to Qiaolian earlier, "If Sister Muying doesn't want people to know, aren't you still offending her by doing this!"
"What do you know! If it were anyone else, I wouldn't have said anything about this! But how can the people around Sixth Miss be compared to others!"
"How is it different?"
"Think about it, what did Sixth Miss give to Eldest Miss yesterday?"
"I heard it's a priceless set of jewelry, but what does that have to do with Sister Mu Ying!"
"You're really stupid! The Sixth Miss was willing to give half of the capital's worth of jewelry to the Eldest Miss. Do you think the Eldest Miss would be at odds with the Sixth Miss over a mere maid?"
"What does that have to do with what happened today!"
The short doorman angrily smacked the thin doorman on the head, "Are you stupid? What kind of person is Sister Qiaolian? Would she casually talk to us for an outsider?"
"Sixth Miss must want to know this person's background! And Sixth Miss is a very wealthy woman; if she thinks we're useful, what will happen in the future...?"
The thin doorman suddenly realized and replied, "You'll definitely be giving us plenty of tips in the future."
The short gatekeeper scoffed dismissively, "That's all the grit you've got. A little silver is all it takes to get rid of you!"
"Then what else do you want?"
"I'm going to be the steward by Sixth Miss's side in the future!"
The skinny doorman chuckled at this, "You? Don't daydream, just stay a doorman!"
"Hmph! You good-for-nothing, you don't even dare to dream of such a thing. No wonder you're only fit to be a doorman at your age!"
"You're capable. If you ever become successful in the future, don't forget your big brother!"
Unaware of the conversation between the two gatekeepers, Jiang Segu was desperately trying to learn, under the tutelage of the two matrons, how to walk with her earrings perfectly still...
As the sun set, Jiang Segu dragged his weary body back to the courtyard.
Qiaolian handed over the letter and relayed the gatekeeper's words to Jiang Segu before asking, "Miss, do you think I should talk to Muying about this?"
Jiang Segu paused abruptly as he opened the letter. "Go see if that person is still there tomorrow morning. If he is, meet him and see what he wants from Mu Ying."
Qiaolian nodded in agreement.
Jiang Segu then continued opening the letter, reading it quickly and rapidly.
After she closed the letter, Qiaolian asked, "Miss, what did Aunt Lan say?"
"Aunt Lan also asked me to keep an eye on Cao Qiong..."
She didn't tell Qiaolian what Zhou's mother had said in the letter.
Qiaolian knew that Jiang Segu didn't want to talk to her anymore. "Miss, should we burn this letter? If so, I'll go get a copper basin."
Go!
Jiang Segu was quite satisfied with Qiaolian's lack of trouble.
It was because of these reasons that she never brought up the matter of signing a contract of servitude again!
If someone is loyal to you, it doesn't matter whether there's a contract of servitude or not; conversely, if someone wants to betray you, even a contract of servitude is useless!
As night deepened, Gu Songhan arrived under the bright moonlight.
"I've found the teacher you asked me to find! He's a famous teacher, but he's rigid and inflexible. After arguing with the headmaster's brother at Bailu Academy, he was instigated by the headmaster's brother to expel him from the academy by the other teachers at Bailu Academy who had grudges against him. Now he teaches at the Pei family school in the capital. I wonder what you need such a person for?"
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