"Fifth sister..."
Ren Yaoqi stopped and looked back.
Nanny Zhou stood at the door between the main room and the left side room and called her softly.
After taking a look at the inner room of the left side room, Ren Yaoqi made a gesture to Nanny Zhou. Nanny Zhou understood and followed Ren Yaoqi quietly to the west side room.
"Mother has always been a light sleeper. Once she wakes up, she finds it difficult to fall asleep again. If you have anything to say, you can just say it here." Ren Yaoqi.
Nanny Zhou looked at Ren Yaoqi and smiled with emotion: "Fifth sister, you... have really changed a lot. Madam is very happy, and I am also very happy."
Ren Yaoqi smiled. This showed how much of a headache she had been. Her childhood memories were already very vague. Because she had carried so much pain, she always avoided reminding herself of them.
"Madam, is there anything you want to tell me?" Ren Yaohua had already gone back, and Ren Yaoqi thought that Madam Zhou might have something to say to her alone. This was a rare opportunity.
Nanny Zhou thought for a moment and said, "When I went to the bathroom to check, I found several sets of footprints on the snow outside."
"Mammy, can you tell whose footprints they are? I remember my mother asked for hot water twice at noon." Ren Yaoqi asked.
Nanny Zhou nodded. "It was hard to tell originally. The servants in the backyard all wore thick-soled cotton shoes to keep warm, and they were larger in size. The maids mostly preferred the look to the clumsy thick-soled cotton shoes, and since they often served in the house, they would rather endure the cold and wear embroidered cotton shoes. But just now, I saw the prints of a pair of boots among those footprints."
Ren Yaoqi smiled with interest when she heard this and said, "Madam, you are quite observant. Do you know the owner of those boots?"
Nanny Zhou nodded in agreement. "Mrs. Guan, who's in charge of the firewood, was wearing a pair of deerskin boots today. Because the boots didn't fit her feet, she walked a little... I overheard the maids laughing at her in private."
"Mrs. Guan?" Ren Yaoqi tilted her head and thought for a moment. She vaguely remembered that she was a tall and strong woman who usually had some interactions with Madam Zhu in her room.
"Her daughter is a second-class maid in Ninth Sister's room." After Nanny Zhou came back, she quickly found out the details of all the people in the courtyard after being reminded by Ren Yaoqi.
"Ninth sister?" Ren Yaoqi pondered.
She had originally guessed that the person eavesdropping today must be related to Concubine Fang. After all, the people in the other rooms would not be interested in the idle chat between mother and daughter. However, based on her understanding of Concubine Fang, Concubine Fang would not send such a careless maid to eavesdrop so blatantly. It seemed that this maid was acting on her own initiative to curry favor with the other party.
"Mammy, why didn't you do that before?" Ren Yaoqi asked.
Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhou hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "Fifth Sister, you know Third Sister's temper. If she knew who was eavesdropping, she would definitely make a scene. I'm afraid she's fallen into someone else's trap. So I thought I'd keep it quiet for now. Fifth Sister, although you're young, you know what's important and what's not. Plus, since you were just about to deal with those people, I thought I'd tell you so it would be easier for you to handle things later."
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "I understand, then let's not talk about it for now." Then she asked, "Madam, do you know who this Guan woman is usually at odds with?"
Nanny Zhou glanced at Ren Yaoqi in surprise. Seeing that she was only smiling faintly and didn't seem to have any other meaning, she didn't rush to ask more questions. After thinking for a while, she nodded and said, "There is one person, that is Mrs. Liu who manages the hot water in the backyard."
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