Chapter 126 Freedom in Sight
Only after the two men left did Xu Shuyao stop what she was doing.
She took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, then looked quietly at the soup on the tray.
The cook surnamed Wu came back only when the sour plum soup was almost dry.
Her face flushed, and when she saw Xu Shuyao, she complimented her awkwardly, "Young lady, your cooking skills are really good! I can smell the sweet fragrance of osmanthus from a long distance away..."
Xu Shuyao interrupted her with a smile: "Find two maids to take these out!"
After she finished speaking, she walked alone towards the main hall in the front yard. However, when Madam Wu looked at her from behind, she noticed something was different.
He seemed a little angry, but also seemed to be bored.
The young lady has a good temper and has been in the small kitchen many times before.
She had just seen the other person guarding the fire and thought no one would see it.
It was she who had left her post without permission and offended the unmarried girl. If this got to the old lady, she would probably lose her job.
Xu Shuyao met her maid in the corridor. One of them was holding a round fan, and the other was holding a fine celadon cup.
Seeing her coming, he hurriedly called the girl.
Xu Shuyao nodded, took the round fan from Huixiang's hand and shook it, then said, "Then you don't need the cup."
Just drink it!
Then he complained to them, "Why did you take so long?"
After saying this, he felt that his anger was for no reason. Seeing the maid sticking out her tongue, Fang said softly, "I've cooked it all."
The voice sounded a little muffled.
Qiao Wei was startled and quickly glanced at her master. Seeing that a strand of hair on her forehead was wet, she felt a little uncomfortable.
It would be nice if the girl's parents were still alive.
But then she thought, if that were the case, the girl would not have come to the Duke's Mansion, and they would not have met.
The master and his two servants walked into the old lady's Songhe Hall.
Maybe because we waited too long, there are not as many people as before.
No one knew where Xiao Mo had gone, but Wang was still there.
When Liu Qingwan saw her, a smile appeared on her lips. "Cousin Xu has been gone for quite some time. Look! Most of the people have left."
Xu Shuyao also said playfully, "Isn't it? It's just right, I haven't been up too long."
Then, the maid who followed her with a tray came forward and gave everyone present a cup of sour plum soup.
Madam Xiao took it, drank it slowly, and praised Xu Shuyao: "It tastes really good!"
As she spoke, she looked around again, and as if she had just remembered, she said, "Where's Mo'er? Wasn't she here just now?"
Wang looked at the young lady in front of her and said awkwardly, "Maybe she went back."
When she said this, Cousin Liu beside her raised her eyebrows and looked over.
Xu Shuyao pretended not to know and just lowered her eyes and drank the sour plum soup.
He didn't forget to pick up on the old lady's words: "It's really good! But it's too hot, and it's troublesome to cook."
Madam Xiao agreed: "It's enough to cook it once. Next time, let them cook it according to your method. Do you hear me?"
Xu Shuyao agreed obediently, and suddenly felt warm in her heart again, no longer feeling the cold breeze blowing around like before.
The sour plum soup is sour yet sweet, just like her life.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and she still couldn't help shuddering when she recalled what happened in the small kitchen.
Fortunately, I have always been a sober and rational person and will not let others decide her fate.
In the situation just now, if the two of them admitted it in front of Wang, there would be only one outcome: they would be taken into the prince's backyard.
So she rushed to clear herself of suspicion.
For Wang, even though she still had doubts in her heart, she was still deeply relieved by her well-behaved and sensible daughter.
Judging from the other party’s reaction, she did the right thing!
Xu Shuyao curled up the corners of her lips and smiled, which made Liu Qingwan beside her feel strange.
What should have happened didn't happen.
Why is this?
Ever since she discovered that there was something fishy going on between this cousin Xu and the prince, she has been looking for an opportunity.
Today she was finally caught.
Just now, after seeing Xiao Mo following this cousin Xu to the small kitchen at the back, she told the Duke's wife the truth when she asked about her son.
Unexpectedly, Wang's people did go, but did not cause trouble as she thought.
Liu Qingwan had already thought of Xu Shuyao's ending at that time.
One possibility is that the Crown Prince and the Duchess's wife acknowledge the matter and take this cousin Xu as a concubine, which she thinks is also a good idea.
Hasn't the other person always attracted men's attention with her looks?
Then isn't it only natural that she became the prince's concubine after committing an inappropriate act with him?
Another possibility is that the Duke's wife does not recognize it.
But having offended the Duke's wife, Xu Shuyao no longer had a place to stand in the Duke Cheng's mansion.
Liu Qingwan thought of how the prince came out with a dark face and then left in anger.
Could it be the latter?
But Wang didn't look like that. She wasn't angry, and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with her attitude towards Xu Shuyao.
At this moment, no one could see the prince because he had gone to the martial arts training ground.
It was the hottest time of the afternoon when Xiao Mo held a bow and arrow in his hand, but he did not pull the trigger and aimed directly at the target in front of him.
But even so, the man's exposed skin was a cold white, as if he had just been pulled out of an ice cave.
Wuying looked at the arrows shot at the bull's eye in front of him. They were so dense that they looked like a hedgehog with its body raised up.
He looked at his master's eyes from the side again, and inexplicably felt a chill down his spine.
Seeing that there was no crack left in the rake, Wuying said, "Enough, enough..."
The young guard ran over with his hands raised to help his master pull it out, but suddenly an arrow flew over his head with a "whoosh", and he was so scared that he quickly covered his head.
When I looked again, I saw that the man had dropped his bow and arrow and left early.
Wuying finally collected all the arrows and hurriedly chased after him.
Since that day, Xu Shuyao rarely saw Xiao Mo.
Even if they meet occasionally and greet each other, she would just nod lightly and would not say anything.
Of course, he would not let the guards block her way like before.
The stick that Huixiang used to resist the prince had been thrown away long ago.
There were several times when Xu Shuyao saw Cousin Cui and Xiao Mo talking. They stood side by side, one with a gentle face, the other cute and innocent. The picture was inexplicably harmonious.
Xiao Mo no longer clings to himself.
Does that mean she's free?
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