"Second Miss, don't you really want to eat something?" This was the third time Siqin came to the room to ask. Looking at the dishes on the plate that were not appetizing to begin with, she was too embarrassed to ask again.
"You guys can share the food. I don't want to be disturbed today."
Siqin glanced at the bed curtains worriedly. It was pitch black inside, and she saw no sign of the Second Young Lady making any movement. She could only carry the plate out, puzzled. Why had our Young Lady locked herself in her room since returning from the moon-viewing banquet, refusing to eat or drink?
Siqin only regretted that she had not been with the second young lady all the time, so that she missed the key point and left her confused.
It wasn't her fault, actually. As someone from the Second Young Lady's courtyard, she couldn't go out as often as someone from the First Young Lady's courtyard. The Second Young Lady had only let her go to the Lakeside Moon Banquet because she was jealous of everyone else and had let her go with those other girls.
Siqin thought about it, then walked to the outside of the eldest lady's courtyard, wanting to ask the sisters on the eldest lady's side. She waited for a long time before she saw Sister Siwu, so she quickly ran over and smiled.
"Sister Siwu!"
Si Wu was startled by the sudden black shadow, and he felt relieved after seeing who it was: "It's Si Qin, do you have something to talk to me about?" Si Wu was a little arrogant, and anyway, the eldest lady treated her differently, so Si Qin could only try to please her.
"That's right. The Second Miss has been feeling unwell since returning from the moon-viewing party last night. I wasn't there at the time, and Sister Siwu was following the First Miss. Do you know what inappropriate things happened yesterday?"
Si Wu thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "We all ate mooncakes together for the first half of yesterday. Then the eldest lady went to a sword fight with some other ladies. The second lady has never been fond of weapons, so she didn't join us. I don't know what happened."
"So that's how it is. Thank you, Sister Siwu. I'm leaving now!" Siqin retreated very tactfully. Siwu was arrogant by nature. Since she said no, then she didn't know. If she insisted on asking, she was afraid that she would get angry.
As soon as I returned to the courtyard, I saw Sister Siwen followed by two little girls, carrying something in her arms. Siqin and Sihua in the corridor hurried to greet her: "Why is Sister Siwen here?"
Si Wen stood still and spoke gently, "Just now, Si Wu and the eldest lady said that the second lady was not feeling well, so they specially sent some fresh fruits and exquisite snacks for the second lady to enjoy."
"Thank you, Miss!" Siqin and Sihua took the two plates and excitedly saw Siwen off.
"This thing looks so exquisite. I'll get it for our young lady!" Siqin wanted to let the second young lady eat something, but was stopped by Sihua.
"Hey! Miss just said she didn't want to be disturbed today, why are you going in again now?"
"Well..." Siqin hesitated.
"Besides, the eldest lady gave these to show off the food there. What's so great about it?"
Siqin was about to ask her to speak quietly when she heard the second young lady calling her from inside the room, and she hurried in with the plates.
"Who came just now?" Xu Yiyan had already stood up and sat on the edge of the bed, but he felt a little dizzy, probably because he hadn't eaten today.
"It's Sister Si Wen who is by the eldest lady's side. She heard that you were ill, so she sent some food to encourage you to eat." Si Qin gestured at the things on the table with her eyes. She had to admit that these things were very exquisite, much better than what the second lady usually ate. No wonder Si Hua was angry. Who could be happy with two different treatments in one mansion?
Xu Yiyan grabbed Siqin's hand and walked to the table. He looked at the grapes and lychees on the plate that were so carefully arranged. They were indeed the things from his good sister's yard. Even if they were going to be eaten the next moment, they had to be arranged beautifully.
"How did they know?"
"This...I was worried if something happened yesterday, so I went to ask Sister Siwu..." Siqin whispered.
"Oh! It's hard for you!" Xu Yiyan patted Siqin's little face, which was round and chubby, very cute.
When she thought of last night, she couldn't hide the deep sorrow in her eyes. She was so happy to take the token to go to the Seventh Prince to fulfill her promise, but she learned another secret from his eyes, and she felt a headache.
Sister, my dear sister, you have so much already, are you going to snatch away my last life-saving straw?
Who could have imagined that a prince of such stature would covet a married woman? All the years of self-denial and self-pretense, believing I'd found a life-saving remedy, turned out to be nothing. The Seventh Prince wouldn't even be in a formal relationship with me, and that was because she was his sister!
"Miss, why are you crying?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just too tired, so tired." How can I not be tired after performing a play for seven or eight years.
"Then let me help you get some sleep?"
"No, I want to eat first." He grabbed some snacks from the plate and stuffed them into his mouth. Even without Lu Anyuan, there was still Li Anyuan and Wang Anyuan. Even without him, he could still leave the Xu Mansion in style and avenge his mother!
By the time she had finished a whole plate of dim sum, Siqin was already stunned. Why was the Second Miss so rude today...
Xu Yiyan then elegantly wiped the pastry crumbs from his mouth and said, "Siqin, do you visit Nanny Gu often?"
"Ah? No, not often." Nanny Gu is the Madam's confidante, and she has always been very harsh towards the Second Young Lady's courtyard. Who would be willing to go there?
"I'm afraid we'll have to go there more often in the future... So, let's go to the kitchen first." Xu Yiyan showed a beautiful smile and took Siqin to the kitchen.
Although she didn't know what the Second Young Lady was going to do, Siqin still followed her every day, followed her out, followed her to chat with the little maids in the mansion, and followed her to do some insignificant good things. It was not until nearly a year later that she really saw what the Second Young Lady wanted to do.
"Miss... these, these accounts... if they really belong to Mrs. Gu, then she..."
"Then she's dead!" Xu Yiyan's face was filled with excitement. She hadn't expected that getting rid of that evil woman would be so easy. She didn't know if it was because she was too arrogant, or because she thought it didn't matter, but she actually went to those shops without hiding from people, which allowed her to successfully discover her dirty property.
As long as these accounts fall in front of my father, no, there is no need, as long as they fall in front of Gu, she will definitely beat to death any wicked slave who embezzled money!
"Then, when do you plan to start?"
"Hmm..." Xu Yiyan thought for a while. In fact, given her hatred for Mrs. Gu, she wanted to report her right away. However, her eldest sister had been engaged to the Duke's Mansion and would be getting married next autumn.
At this time, Gu must still need Mrs. Gu's help to take care of the wedding arrangements, and Dad might let this matter go in order to maintain the reputation of the mansion, which would be bad.
It’s better to wait and see. Once my elder sister gets married and the marriage is set, Dad might not have any scruples anymore, and we can get rid of the problem completely!
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