Chapter 101 Discovery of clues
The sun was setting in the west, and the east garden of the Marquis Yongyi's mansion was shrouded in golden glow.
When Yunniang returned to the East Garden, no one was suspicious of her absence for two hours. When she came back, she asked Cuizhi to clean up the small kitchen.
From then on, Xie Rongying's meals were all prepared in the small kitchen.
Cuizhi looked at Yunniang, who had a dull expression, and asked, "Sister Yun, what's wrong with you?"
Yunniang looked towards Cuizhi and smiled faintly: "I'm fine."
"Are you really okay?" Cuizhi approached Yunniang, sat down beside her, and said, "Where did you go just now? The girl asked me, and I said you must have been delayed by something. Later, Dongxue went to the main kitchen and scolded everyone there. After returning from the main kitchen, Dongxue also told the girl that from now on, people in Dongyuan should eat in the small kitchen and not go to the main kitchen. Our Xie family can afford to support the Xie family's people."
"Dongxue also went to the big kitchen." Yunniang asked.
Thinking that there were only three of them who were close to Xie Rongying now, Qin Junchen was able to find her simply because her parents lived in a farm near Bian Jing.
"Yes, yes." Cuizhi thought Yunniang was feeling unwell, so she asked with concern, "Dongxue came to ask you just now. I calculated the days and found that these two days were the days you felt unwell. I told Dongxue, and she asked me to take good care of you. Don't worry about the things in Dongyuan these few days."
Yunniang felt a pang of sadness when she heard that everyone around her was concerned about her and that the girls were worried that she would think too much and were also taking care of her emotions.
"Sister Yun!" Cuizhi exclaimed, "Why are you crying?"
As she spoke, Cuizhi took a handkerchief and wiped Yunniang's tears, saying softly, "Don't cry, are you worried about not having a good family because of your age? Don't worry, the young lady is thinking about us, don't worry about it."
"Who's worried about that?" Yunniang was amused by Cuizhi's words: "I cried just thinking about you and the young lady. You two are so kind."
Cuizhi saw that Yunniang's face was no longer gloomy, raised her chin, and said, "That's right! Our girl is the best in the world. I want to be your slave for the rest of my life."
Yunniang was thoroughly amused by Cuizhi's words and said, "Me too."
At this time, Dongxue walked in and saw the traces of tears on Yunniang's face. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Cuizhi stood up to greet Dongxue: "She just talked to me a few words and then she started crying."
Dongxue felt relieved after hearing this. She smiled and said, "Yunniang, the young lady is looking for you. Go quickly."
Yunniang stood up, wiped her cheeks, and said, "Okay."
Yunniang walked to the front of the wing room, looked at the bead curtain in front of her, took a breath, lifted the curtain and walked in.
"Miss." Yunniang walked in and shouted.
Xie Rongying looked up at Yunniang, tapped the account book beside him, and said, "Give this to Li Dongfu."
Yunniang walked forward, looked at the account book of Wanmiao Village, and asked, "Now?"
"Now." Xie Rongying felt something was amiss. She raised her eyes and fixed them on Yunniang again, frowning, "Why are you wearing such thick rouge today?"
Yunniang subconsciously covered her cheeks and said, "I thought it looked nice, so I used more."
Xie Rongying stared at Yunniang deeply.
Yunniang immediately lowered her head, not daring to look directly into Xie Rongying's eyes.
Xie Rongying took her eyes off Yunniang for a while before saying, "Go ahead. You can come back tomorrow."
"Yes." Yunniang said as she stepped forward and took the account book in her hand: "I'll take my leave."
After Yunniang left, Xie Rongying put down the pen in her hand. Perhaps because she had been an old woman for too long, she was keenly observant of everyone who appeared around her.
She always felt that there was something wrong with Yunniang.
Dongxue walked in: "Girl."
Xie Rongying came back to her senses, looked at Dongxue, nodded, and continued to work with her pen.
"There is a third-class maid in Zheng's courtyard, named Bi Huan. She was originally Qin Si's personal maid, but because she committed a crime, she was kept under Zheng's watch. This person intends to make friends with this servant."
When Xie Rongying heard the word 'make friends', she raised her eyes and stared at Dongxue: "Why, since you can't start with me, you want to start with you."
"That should be the case. He also asked when the old lady would leave the house." Dongxue said.
Xie Rongying became interested. She leaned back in her chair and laughed, "Why are you trying so hard to get into the Xie family?"
"Maybe the young master knows the reason." Dongxue said.
Xie Rongying chuckled. Xie Ting was a kid with a lot of secrets, but now that the people from the second branch of the Qin family had influenced her, she had to know the reason.
"Go out of the house through the side door and go back." Xie Rongying stood up after saying that.
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After about a cup of tea, Xie Rongying changed her clothes and left the house through the side door of the East Garden.
Instead of leaving the alley in a carriage, he walked out of the alley with Dongxue wearing a veiled hat and rented a carriage towards the other end.
After getting on the carriage, Dongxue got some extra copper coins from the coachman and circled half a circle around the Yongyi Marquis's mansion.
Xie Rongying was very curious about what Zheng was going to do, and she was also worried when she thought about Qin Junchen in the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion.
"Miss, isn't that Yunniang?" Dongxue suddenly said.
Xie Rongying came back to her senses and looked towards the curtain that Dongxue had lifted, only to see Yunniang walking faster.
"Didn't the young lady ask Yunniang to go to Wanmiao Village? Why is she here?" Dongxue asked puzzledly, "She should be leaving the city in our Xie family's carriage by now."
Xie Rongying looked at Yunniang's back, and at this time Yunniang's pace slowed down a lot.
"Let's go. I think she must have something to do." Xie Rongying said calmly.
Dongxue's eyebrows twitched slightly. Just as she lowered the curtains, she saw a woman appear in front of Yunniang. She immediately lifted the curtains and said, "Girl, look."
Xie Rongying narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw Yunniang with a woman she was not familiar with.
"Isn't that the Bi Huan I just mentioned?" Dongxue glanced around at Yunniang and found that there was no one else on this road except the servants of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion. "Could it be that since they couldn't get anything out of me, they've set their sights on Yunniang again?"
Xie Rongying said calmly, "Go ahead."
Dongxue ordered the groom, "Master, go west."
The coachman responded and headed towards Yunniang.
Yunniang's face was filled with anxiety at this moment. She said to the person in front of her, "As long as you can do it, I can do it too."
"That's impossible. The person you want is in the hands of the second son of the eldest wife. This is a life-threatening job. What you have is not enough." said the tall and thin Bi Huan.
"Then how much do you want?" Yunniang choked.
Bi Huan stretched out her hand: "Give me fifty thousand taels, and I'll go and save your parents for you."
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