Chapter 78: Night Talk with a Loyal Servant
As Xiao Yuan's confidant who had served him for several years, Xiao Douzi knew his master better. When he saw his master go into the room, close the door and be quiet, he knew that something bad was going to happen.
Their master doesn't have a good temper. If he gets angry and throws things, it's okay, it's basically no big deal.
If you just quietly lock yourself in the room like this, there will probably be several deaths.
If the silence lasts for more than three incense sticks, the lives of a certain adult and his family may be over.
If it's quiet for more than an hour, there's a high probability that some unlucky person will have his property confiscated and his entire family destroyed.
If it remained quiet for two hours, it would probably be a shocking case, the kind that would involve a dozen officials and uproot a small group.
This time it lasted three hours, and it was even dark and there was no light in the house.
If we exclude the possibility that the governor suddenly felt sleepy and went into the room to sleep, the only explanation would be that the master was determined to wipe out the entire civil service group in one fell swoop.
Of course, there is another most likely scenario, which is that this matter is probably related to my wife.
The master of his family has changed a lot since he got a wife. Xiaodouzi has become accustomed to it and even secretly adjusted his perception of his master.
No matter how unreasonable something was in the past, once it involves my wife, I cannot judge it by common sense. Blind empiricism can be fatal.
Especially in the evening when Qiyue came to say that the Madam wanted to invite the Governor to dinner, Xiaodouzi asked around and found out that what he had guessed was right, the Governor's abnormal behavior was related to the Madam.
July has always been calm and intelligent. After listening to Xiaodouzi's description of the situation after the governor returned, he immediately gave up the idea of going in to report.
The two of them quietly compared their statements, and Xiaodouzi pieced together the truth through July's description and guesses, but he was not in a position to say it.
I just want July to remind Madam to care more about the Master, and it would be best if she could be a purse or something like that.
I learned a few days ago that my wife was learning to be a purse supervisor and I have been looking forward to it. I was in a bad mood because I didn’t receive it.
Qiyue snorted coldly when she saw Xiaodouzi hiding something.
"What's wrong with you, Lord Governor? Please tell me the truth. I won't tell my wife directly.
We are all servants, and we have all been with the governor for quite some time.
I am a servant and I cannot take your job. Why are you hiding your intentions from me?
You only said that the master was in a bad mood but didn't tell me why. If someone in our courtyard stepped on a minefield, would you be able to get away with it?
Whether a servant lives a good life depends entirely on the master's mood. If the governor is always angry with us, everyone in the mansion will be trembling with fear.
What do you want? Do you want everyone to be in trouble?
There are many people who harm others to benefit themselves, but I have never seen anyone like you who harms others without benefiting yourself."
Seeing Qiyue getting angry, Xiaodouzi snorted and quickly pulled her away.
"Little girl, please keep your voice down. You know your master is in a bad mood, yet you still dare to make trouble.
Our Lord has very sharp ears. Do you think you can't hear it from outside the courtyard?
I swear to God, I don't know what you mean, but this matter... this matter is too private to talk about."
Qiyue shook off Xiaodouzi's hand pulling at her sleeve and glared at him.
"Don't scare me, there's nothing wrong with that.
I even told you that my wife and the governor kissed in the room. What else is there to hide?
We servants are just objects, especially a maid like me who is the mistress's personal servant. Even when the master is having sex, I have to listen at the door.
A personal maid is like a brick and can be moved wherever she is needed.
If Madam wants to use us to help her husband's attendants, that's fine. At most, we can help fetch water and deliver towels when the job is done.
If the lady wants to keep her as an assistant, she will be a maid. It is common for her to kneel outside the tent while the master does the work, or even go directly to the bed to serve.
You are also a eunuch, you don't know how the servants in the palace serve you.
For those of us who take care of our master so personally, there is no such thing as private matters that cannot be shared."
Xiao Douzi wiped his face with a headache, "My dear sister, you still know that I am a eunuch, but how can you forget that our master is also
I'm going all out today. You're right. If the master is unhappy, none of us will be in trouble.
Compared to your life, your face is nothing.
Yes, I know why the Governor is so abnormal.
And this matter is quite serious, but even if I tell you, you may not understand it.
We eunuchs were also called "閹人" because our offspring had to be cut off before we entered the palace.
There's still a scar from a scrape on my hand, and it's bound to leave a scar if something is cut to drain water.
The fact that the governor ran out with a pale face when he was being intimate with his wife, no doubt, was probably because the governor was too excited and couldn't control his urine."
When Xiaodouzi said this, his eyes turned red and his face turned pale, and he looked embarrassed and decadent.
Qiyue also felt sad, threw a handkerchief into his hand and scolded him,
"After all, you work for the governor, so why are your eyes so pale? If you cry, I will really look down on you.
Who hasn't had an embarrassing moment?
When I was 8 years old, my family sold me to a brothel to work as a child prostitute. I saw all kinds of dirty things.
Not only do you watch, you also have to learn, learn how the girls pose and flirt, learn those dirty flirting words, and if you can't recite them, you will not only not have food to eat but also be beaten.
If the supervisor hadn't bought me after investigating the deaths of two sons of high-ranking officials in the brothel, I might have been infected with syphilis and thrown into some mass grave by now.
Xiaodouzi, it's your luck and ability that the Governor has you by his side.
Don't always think about the embarrassing side. The important thing is to give full play to your strengths and create a good future for yourself.
It's fine if you can't catch up with good luck, but if you can't grasp it when it comes, you will really regret it.
I had already been in the brothel for two years at that time. If I hadn't been able to help the girls and their mothers with chores because of my attentiveness and good memory, I would have been kicked out to entertain customers long ago.
Later, when the case came, all the slaves and brothels backed off. Only I stood up and knelt before the governor and repeated what I had seen word for word. This made the governor buy me.
Opportunities are fleeting. If you miss it, your destiny may take a different direction.
We can all see that the governor cares a lot about the lady. I watched with a cold eye and saw that the lady also likes our governor.
It’s just these two people…”
Speaking of this, July sighed helplessly.
"Our lady is eccentric and often does things that shock the world. She is totally different from the average lady of the upper class.
No one could guess what she was thinking.
So does our Lord Governor.
In the past, he was quite stable, decisive and unruly in killing.
Although outsiders may think that the governor is moody, at least we, his confidants, can still get a rough idea of his mood.
But now everything is messed up.”
Xiao Douzi also sighed, "That's right, the governor is now both inferior and arrogant.
On the one hand, he was thinking about taming his wife into a little wife who would obey him in everything, but at the same time, he felt too inferior and incomplete to dare to take the next step with her.
But our lady is not someone who can be easily messed with. If the governor dares to ignore her for one day, she will ignore him for three days. If the governor dares to slam the table, she will smash the teacup.
She is clearly a helpless weak woman, and her family is just so-so, how could she have the courage to challenge our Lord?"
July shook her head in disapproval, "Just now you were too timid to talk about the Lord's privacy, but now you dare to make up stories about the Lady.
What other confidence do you need? The Governor likes her, which is the Madam’s greatest confidence.
You don't have to complain to the governor. Am I not on our side?
The Madam likes the Governor and keeps trying to please him, but it's our Governor who is too awkward and always messes things up.
The governor is confused because he is the person involved. You should also encourage him more and ask him not to back off.
I will also sound out the Madam and try my best to encourage her to take more initiative.
Next time, take the initiative and don't wait until I'm forced to speak. Let's exchange information. Only when the master is well can we be well, right?
Judging from the situation today, the governor probably doesn't want to see anyone, so don't rush into trouble.
I'm going back first, you wait for my good news."
After saying this, July turned around and left without delay. Xiaodouzi let out a sigh of relief as he watched her disappear into the distance.
My dear sister, whether I have a good life in the next two days depends entirely on you.
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