Chapter 297 Influence
Seeing Baozhu's sullen face, Xie Qingran found it very cute. With a slight smile, she walked out, got into the carriage, and returned to the Xie family.
The Xie family is quite different now than before. When Madam Wang was alive, the maids and servants were very well-behaved. However, because Madam Lian herself was a very unruly person, the whole family looked chaotic and disorderly.
This situation still surprised Xie Qingran somewhat. After all, when Madam Lian was still Concubine Lian, she was quite capable of managing the inner quarters. What happened?
When Aunt Liu saw Xie Qingran return, she immediately came to greet her, her eyes slightly red: "Miss, you're finally back. We were all about to starve."
They were all maids who came with Wang Shi as part of her dowry. Wang Shi had divorced Xie Yankang, and they originally left with her. But now that Wang Shi is gone and Xie Zhaoye is still alive, they have returned to Xie Zhaoye's side.
However, Xie Zhaoye was a man and spent most of his time away from the inner quarters. The affairs of the inner quarters were managed by Madam Lian, so these people naturally did not have an easy time.
Xie Qingran frowned slightly upon seeing Aunt Liu's appearance, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Aunt, is there something troubling you?"
"Miss is joking. What difficulties do we servants have? We just do whatever our masters say."
Aunt Liu lowered her head, her eyes red, looking somewhat awkward.
Seeing her swollen hands, Xie Qingran's expression changed. Aunt Liu was the closest person to Wang Shi. Before, she was a very respectable housekeeper at home and had never done any rough work herself.
But I never expected that things would turn out so messy.
Where is my brother?
Xie Qingran originally wanted to go directly to Xie Yankang, but seeing Aunt Liu's appearance, she regretted it and headed straight for Xie Zhaoye's courtyard.
Xie Zhaoye happened to be off work today and was at home. When he saw Xie Qingran walk in with a cold face, he subconsciously stood up and felt inexplicably nervous.
But after feeling his own nervousness, he also felt that he was being a bit pathetic, so his expression became somewhat strange.
"Brother, are you capable of using these people that Mother left behind?"
"If the Xie family can't tolerate them, I can take them away."
Xie Qingran looked at Xie Zhaoye with direct dissatisfaction.
If someone can't even protect a few servants, then that person is absolutely useless.
What?
Xie Zhaoye was taken aback by Xie Qingran's sullen expression, then whispered, "What's wrong with me?"
"What's wrong? Aunt Liu's hands are swollen like red radishes, can't you see?"
"She was part of your mother's dowry and was the most respectable housekeeper, but now she's ended up like this, and she's still by your side every day. Don't you have anything to say?"
"Are you dead? You can't save them?"
Xie Qingran originally intended to talk to Xie Zhaoye calmly, but for some reason, seeing Xie Zhaoye's innocent face made her so angry that her face turned white and she cursed him out.
this……
This was the first time Xie Zhaoye had heard such foul language from Xie Qingran. He didn't know why, but even though he was being scolded, he felt that their relationship had suddenly become closer.
He couldn't help but laugh out loud, then said, "Now Madam Lian is in charge of the inner quarters, even the people around me..."
"Don't forget, you are the eldest son of the Xie family, and our mother was Father's first wife!"
"She's just a concubine, and you can't even handle that. What can we expect from you?"
Xie Qingran looked at Xie Zhaoye with a blank expression and disdain.
"You don't understand the ways of the inner quarters, so I'll teach you today."
"Someone, summon all of Mother's former servants who accompanied her during her dowry. I want to see what kind of lives they are living after Mother left."
Xie Qingran sat on a chair to the side, glanced at Aunt Liu, and then gave instructions.
Seeing Xie Qingran's behavior, Aunt Liu felt a lump in her throat. She didn't know why, even though Xie Qingran hadn't grown up with Madam Wang at all, she was exactly like Madam Wang, and now even her speech and actions were exactly the same.
Soon, more than twenty people were standing in the courtyard. Xie Qingran held the roster and carefully looked at and compared them. After confirming that none of them were impersonating others, she spoke up: "Now tell me properly, how are you doing at home? What are you doing?"
The commotion here was quite loud, so Madam Lian heard about it very quickly. She knew very well what she had done, so she felt guilty and hurriedly brought her people over.
Xie Yankang had just returned from court when he heard about what had happened at home. He felt like the sky was falling and followed Xie Zhaoye toward his courtyard.
The couple walked in together, and the atmosphere in the courtyard was somewhat oppressive.
Madam Lian felt guilty, so she immediately complained, "The young lady finally came back, but she came straight to the young master's courtyard without saying hello to anyone. What is she trying to do?"
"I'm just talking to my own brother, why is Madam Lian still not satisfied?" Xie Qingran frowned at her, looking at her with displeasure, and asked coldly.
Xie Yankang immediately rolled his eyes at Madam Lian, then said irritably, "Alright, shut up. It's a good thing that the two children get along well. How is it your place to interfere?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Lian felt extremely embarrassed and could only swallow her anger and shut her mouth.
Seeing this, Xie Yankang looked at Xie Qingran with some curiosity: "What's going on with so many people here?"
"It's nothing. I see that you're not capable enough to support my mother's dowry family right now, so I'm planning to bring them all back to help me." Xie Qingran smiled slightly as she stood up and looked at Xie Yankang calmly.
These words were like a slap in the face, hitting Xie Yankang hard across the cheek. Xie Yankang felt a wave of shame and looked at Xie Qingran in disbelief: "What, what do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is, even first-class maids are being sent to the kitchen to work as fire-starting girls. Isn't the Xie family being a bit too arrogant?"
"Father, these people were all part of Mother's dowry, and their indentures are all in my brother's hands. I think taking them away shouldn't affect the Xie family or Madam Lian, right?"
Xie Qingran showed them no mercy.
Given this situation, it's impossible for Xie Yankang to be completely unaware of the circumstances.
Xie Yankang was indeed aware of these circumstances, but he didn't take them to heart.
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