Liu was dumbfounded. She could hardly believe her ears and asked again, "What did you say?"
The maid repeated, "The master on the other side of the master's side will stay in the eldest lady's room tonight and will not come to our side."
"That old woman!" Liu's face changed immediately when she heard this. She dropped the teacup in her hand to the ground with a "bang", and her teeth were chattering. "Isn't she still sick during the day? How can she keep the master at night? I think her illness is fake, just to win the master's sympathy."
Chun Tao quickly agreed, "They must have used the method of pretending to be sick to keep the master here. I think the master has been staying with us every night, and the eldest lady can't sit still anymore. Auntie, should we think of a way?"
Liu waved her hand and sent away the maid who came to deliver the message. Then she stood up and glanced at the made bed. In order to adjust the atmosphere, she even prepared red candles beside the bed. She was waiting for the master to come over tonight to have some good time. However, she didn't expect that the old woman, the eldest lady, would pry her away.
She felt aggrieved and knocked down the two red candles to vent her anger. Then she looked at the red candles at her feet and felt that it was a waste to destroy them. So she bent down and picked them up herself. Then she turned around and said to Chuntao, "Go, call housekeeper Qi and tell him that the charcoal brazier in my room is not burning well. Let him come and see what's going on."
Chun Tao smiled at Liu, "Don't worry, Madam. I'll go right away. By the way, I'll let the little maids in the yard rest early if they have nothing to do."
Liu nodded, and sat back on the bed. After watching Chuntao leave the room, she fixed her hair, thought for a moment, and changed into a thinner dress. "Zhu Xinjie, if you don't come, don't blame others for coming."
Wang Chuan finally went out of the house and bought Zhu Kongyue's favorite cakes before the shops closed in the evening. When he came back, he saw Chuntao, the maid beside Liu, talking to the housekeeper. Chuntao was naturally charming, and her eyes were flying when she spoke. The housekeeper also looked as if she understood. As the two talked, the housekeeper even told the servants to keep an eye on the house gate, and he was going to repair the charcoal stove for Aunt Liu, and then followed Chuntao and the other two and left.
Wang Chuan blinked and felt that the two were a little too blatant. They were doing this in the main courtyard, under the eyes of so many people? But when he looked at the others, they didn't seem to notice anything and continued to do what they were supposed to do. He knew that it was the result of his careful observation. In fact, they were just doing normal business.
She always felt something was wrong, so she just quietly followed behind. Who is Wang Chuan? She was the maidservant beside Feng Yuheng, trained by Prince Yu's Mansion. It would be a piece of cake for her to follow two people in Liu's Mansion. Butler Qi and Chun Tao, who were walking in front, didn't notice that someone was following them at all. On the way to Liu's courtyard, when they passed through the long corridor, Butler Qi reached out and pinched Chun Tao's butt, causing Chun Tao to scream softly. Then she glared at him and said, "Are you so dishonest? We are almost there, aren't you afraid of being seen by Aunt Liu?"
"What are you afraid of?" Butler Qi said confidently, "It's not the first time. Have I pinched your little Chuntao's butt enough? Speaking of you and Aunt Liu, my heart is still on your side, but she is the master. If I don't serve her well, it will be difficult for me to ask her to let you into the room in the future."
Chun Tao said, "Pah, you old thing, do you still want me to stay with you? It's ok for you to take advantage of me on weekdays, but Aunt Liu said that she would find a good way out for you in the future, so you can't let me get you."
After hearing this, Butler Qi snorted softly, "Don't think too much. You may have to beg me to take you in in the future! Forget it, forget it. You are still young, and you are far from being as charming as Liu. Liu has gotten a lot of good things recently. If I serve her well tonight, maybe I can get some benefits. It's all thanks to the master staying at the lady's house tonight!" As the two talked, they quickened their pace.
Wangchuan frowned as she listened from behind, thinking that the Zhu family was indeed very big. Liu was indeed not a simple person, and she actually hooked up with the housekeeper in the mansion. She followed quietly from behind, watching the housekeeper Qi enter Liu's yard and say a few words about the charcoal brazier in a serious manner. Then, Chuntao left the room and gently closed the door. Not long after, she saw the red candles lit inside, and Liu's sweet laughter came, which was soon covered by the man's muffled groan.
Wang Chuan smiled and quickly walked out of the courtyard, following Chun Tao who was also walking out. She followed Chun Tao to the stove and saw Chun Tao asking the servant for hot water. She thought about it and followed Chun Tao in. She looked at the pot of boiling water in Chun Tao's hand, then looked at the empty stove and said in dissatisfaction, "Isn't this the hot water prepared for the young lady? Why did you give it to someone else?"
The servant in the kitchen said quickly, "No one came to get it from the eldest lady, and it happened that Aunt Liu asked for it, so she gave it to Miss Chuntao. Miss Achuan, if you want, I can boil another pot for you."
"Hasn't it been taken away yet?" Wang Chuan pointed at the hand pot in Chun Tao's hand and said, "Since it is brewed for the eldest lady, now that I come to take it, you should give it to me. As for Aunt Liu, you can just brew it later."
"Why?" Chuntao glared at Wangchuan and said, "I came here first, and your name is not written on this pot. Why should I give it to you? You said you wanted it first, so that's it? Where's the evidence?" She held the pot in one hand and pinched her waist with the other hand, looking quite imposing. In the past, the servants in the concubine's courtyard would never dare to go against the servants in the legitimate daughter's courtyard, but firstly, the Liu family has been very successful recently, and Zhu Kongshan has found a backer in the capital, and secondly, Wangchuan is a newcomer, and Chuntao is an old member of the Zhu family. How could she take a new maid seriously? Thinking that the newcomer is easy to control, she put on airs.
But Wangchuan refused to give in at all, and said stubbornly: "No matter if I made the decision first or not, the eldest lady is the legitimate daughter, so she should be favored. Although Aunt Liu is also the master's woman, she is a concubine after all. The rule in the mansion has always been that the young master and the young lady are older than the concubine. No matter how favored the concubine is, I have to be respectful when I see the eldest lady. Why doesn't Miss Chuntao even understand this principle?"
"You..." Chun Tao saw that Ah Chuan refused to give in, and couldn't help but get angry, "Then who is the one competing with the eldest lady! This pot of hot water was requested by Concubine Liu, and Concubine Liu's current status is not a concubine just because you say she is a concubine. If you don't believe me, go ask the master and see whose side the master stands on? Humph! Be careful that one day the third lady will come back and drive you out of this Zhu Mansion!"
Wangchuan frowned and looked at her for a while. The girl who was boiling water beside him hurried over to persuade her: "Miss Achuan, I will boil another pot for you right away. Don't compete with Miss Chuntao, okay?" Everyone in the Zhu Mansion knew that Aunt Liu was very popular. She had the prince and the imperial concubine in the capital as her backers, so they did not dare to offend her, so they came to Wangchuan for help.
Wang Chuan thought for a moment, lowered his head, and said in a soft voice: "Forget it, then boil me another pot! I finally have a place to stay, and I don't want to leave the Zhu Mansion, and I don't want to leave the eldest lady."
Seeing that she had given in, Chuntao smiled triumphantly and left with the kettle.
Wang Chuan didn't just wait in the kitchen, she just said she would come to get it in a while, and then hurried back to Zhu Kongyue. Zhu Kongyue was bored in the house, and when she saw her come back, she couldn't help but blame her: "I just bought some snacks, why did you come back so late? It's dark now, should I eat this snack or not?"
Wang Chuan apologized repeatedly: "It's all my fault, Miss, please calm down. In fact, I had already returned home a long time ago, and I thought I could just go to the kitchen to get a pot of hot water for you to wash up, but who knew... who knew..."
"What's wrong?" Zhu Kongyue could hear the hesitation in her words and couldn't help but ask, "It's just a pot of hot water, what could go wrong?"
Wangchuan sighed softly: "Before I left, I asked the kitchen to boil hot water for the eldest lady and keep it warm, and to bring it as soon as I came back. But when I arrived, the kettle of water was taken by Miss Chuntao from Madam Liu's courtyard. I argued with her for a few words, but Chuntao said that Madam Liu is the most favored one in the mansion now, and even the legitimate daughter has no right to compete with Madam Liu for things. She also said that one day when the third lady comes back, the position of the legitimate daughter will definitely be hers, and she will drive us all out, she..."
"She's dreaming!" Zhu Kongyue was furious. "What a shameless Liu. Is she going to tear down the house? Not to mention that her daughter hasn't come back yet. Even if she did, my mother is still the mistress. There's no reason for her to step down without any basis. Damn it, that bitch can't sit still now and wants to replace us?"
Wang Chuan chimed in: "I also think that Madam Liu's courtyard is too arrogant. Even if you think about it, you shouldn't say it so blatantly!" She added fuel to the fire, not afraid that Zhu Kongyue would confront the people in the kitchen. After tonight, no one knows what will happen to Madam Liu. Who will speak for her again? "Miss, this is not a solution! Aren't you going to be bullied to death?"
Zhu Kongyue had the same idea. She stamped her feet and said simply, "Ahchuan, call the maids and servants in the yard to accompany me. My father is not in her room tonight, so I want to ask Liu in person what she wants to do!"
Wang Chuan was waiting for her decision. He immediately went out of the house and gathered all the servants in the yard. They rushed to Liu's yard in a heroic and high-spirited manner. Zhu's mansion was a sixth-rank official's house. There were not many servants, and the house was not very big. It didn't take long to reach the place. Zhu Kongyue kicked open the fence at the gate of the yard and rushed straight to Liu's house.
In order to avoid suspicion, Chuntao had already driven the servants in the yard to the servants' room and went to bed early. At this time, only Chuntao was guarding Liu's door just in case.
But this girl was also lustful and could not bear it. She did not guard the door properly, but opened the door a little and listened in. The lustful voices of Liu and housekeeper Qi came one after another, and her body was limp and numb. When Zhu Kongyue and his men rushed in, this girl was frightened and her first reaction was to run away.
How could Wang Chuan let her run away? He took a few steps forward and caught her, and at the same time dragged Zhu Kongyue into Liu's room. The panting sound coming from across the screen was clear to her ears. Zhu Kongyue was still wondering, didn't her father stay at her mother's house today?
Just when she was feeling embarrassed and wanted to leave, she heard the man inside say, "Chun Tao, are you so itchy and impatient? What? Do you want to come along?"
Zhu Kongyue was stunned. This was not her father's voice!
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