Ren Yaoqi thought for a moment: "Fourteen years old? What a pity..."
Xueli was puzzled.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "I see that you are smart and very useful, so I want to keep you by my side forever. But you are already fourteen years old this year, and I am afraid that you will not be able to follow me in a few years..."
Xue Li couldn't help but feel a little sad when she heard that.
She is two or three years older than Ren Yaoqi, so when Ren Yaoqi gets married, she will definitely not be chosen as a dowry maid.
According to the rules of Yanbei, some maids who come with the dowry will be prepared to be the concubines of the son-in-law in the future, but they will definitely not be allowed to have sex before the mistress is pregnant, so the maids who come with the dowry are usually younger than the mistress or about the same age as her.
However, Xueli wasn't aiming to be a concubine, so after thinking it over carefully, she knelt down and begged Ren Yaoqi, "Fifth Miss, before you get married, please marry me off to someone else. I'll be your companion."
She wasn't born into the Ren family and had no relatives or friends there. Given her background, she couldn't possibly be a maidservant to a young lady. If she stayed in the Ren family after Ren Yaoqi got married, she would definitely have no future.
Ren Yaoqi gestured for her to stand up, looked at her and smiled, "You won't regret it?"
Xueli immediately shook her head: "I have no regrets. From now on, I will serve you well and will never have any second thoughts. I only ask that Miss Fifth not abandon me."
Ren Yaoqi saw that her expression didn't seem fake, so he nodded and said, "Okay, but it takes a thousand days to train an army, but only a moment to deploy it. I will entrust you with an important matter later, but right now I need you to leave Ziwei Courtyard for a while."
Xueli heard this and asked, "Miss, what is it? Can't we do it now?"
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "Now? It's not the right time yet!" Sometimes if you want to maximize the value of a person or a thing, you have to wait for the right opportunity.
"How long will this servant be away from you?"
Ren Yaoqi thought for a moment and said, "It should take a few more years, but I will take you with me when I leave the Ren family. You can think about it carefully. I won't force you. If you don't want to, then it will be the same as before. When I leave the Ren family, I will ask Madam Zhou to arrange another job for you."
Xueli only thought about it for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Miss, I am willing."
Ren Yaoqi smiled and teased her, "Aren't you afraid that I'll break my promise? Or that I'll just forget about you?"
Xueli said, "Although I haven't served you for long, I know the Fifth Young Lady's character. If the Fifth Young Lady ever breaks her promise, it will surely be because I haven't done my best. I will do my best to make her remember me."
Ren Yaoqi thought, this girl is really smart. She is not afraid of using smart people.
Not long after this conversation with Xue Li, Xue Li was expelled from Ziwei Courtyard and sent to work in the outer courtyard because of a mistake she made.
Because of Qingmei's incident, some insiders didn't think much of Xueli's departure, assuming it was because the Third Madam and the Fifth Miss were upset that Xueli was arranged by Concubine Fang and therefore couldn't tolerate her. Even Concubine Fang believed this. However, Xueli was much more sensible than Qingmei. So she stayed quietly in the outer courtyard, serving tea.
Ren Yaohua and Nanny Zhou were both stunned after hearing what Ren Yaoqi said. Ren Yaohua said in surprise, "You started planning this so long ago? I thought..."
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