In the evening, Shen Nian came back from his duty, and Xia Tian went to Lingyun Pavilion to look for him.
I told Shen Nian that starting tomorrow, Liu asked her to learn housekeeping from her.
Shen Nian thought for a moment, “Let’s go and see first. If she makes things difficult for you, we won’t learn.”
"Yeah. I heard that Chen Ke can get out of bed now. I don't know if he will cause you trouble. You should be careful." Xia Tian reminded Chen Nian.
It was impossible for Chen Ke not to guess that Chen Nian was not behind his injury, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that Chen Nian was wearing clothes of the same color as him.
And now his guards are all dead. Although there is no evidence, they may be even more jealous of Chen Nian because of this.
"Okay, I will, don't worry." Shen Nian nodded, and then reminded Xia Tian, "You should also be careful at Liu's place. It's best not to touch anything there."
"I understand. I'll be careful what I put in my mouth."
The two of them anticipated all possible situations before Xia Tian returned to Jinglan Garden.
The next day, Xia Tian got up early, packed up, wrapped two snacks in a handkerchief and put them in his sleeve pocket, then took Ningxiang to Liu's yard to pay his respects.
Today was the first day she resumed paying respects to her parents. She entered Liu's yard and stood with Shen Ning and the others, waiting for Liu to call them.
For some reason today, they had been standing in the yard for almost half an hour, and Liu didn't send the maid out to call them in.
Xia Tian quietly asked Chen Ning, "Did you wait this long the past few days?"
"No, usually it only takes two cups of tea at most. I don't know what's going on today. They haven't called us in yet." Shen Ning was also a little confused.
Liu is generally good at saving face and rarely makes things difficult for them on these matters.
Because if this gets out, it will not reflect her image of being kind to others.
Xia Tian didn't know what was going on today, and didn't ask rashly.
It was not until she waited for another cup of tea that the maid came out carrying a food box or something, and she realized that Liu was having breakfast.
No wonder, usually everyone would go back to have breakfast after greeting each other, but today Liu had breakfast early.
Xia Tian was confused but didn't show it on his face. He followed everyone in to pay his respects to Liu.
Maybe it was because it was late today, Liu didn't say any more nonsense and took them directly to pay their respects to the old lady.
After leaving the old lady's courtyard, everyone was about to go back to their own courtyards, but Liu called Xia Tian and said, "It's getting late today. Let's go directly to the meeting room now. You stay with me and learn more."
"Okay, Mom." Xia Tian had no choice but to agree.
Now she finally understood why Liu finished her breakfast before paying her respects. She was waiting for her here!
Fortunately, she was well prepared and brought two snacks with her.
Xia Tian followed behind Liu, and seeing Ning Xiang wanted to go with her, he told her directly, "Go back and have breakfast first, and bring me some food after you finish eating."
When Liu heard Xia Tian send the maid back to get her food right in front of her, she felt unhappy. "It won't take long to finish. We'll still have time to eat after we finish here."
"Okay, Mom." Xia Tian didn't refute, but just gave Ningxiang a wink. Ningxiang didn't follow him and turned back to Jinglan Garden.
Liu didn't care about the maid, as long as the wild girl was obedient.
When we arrived at the meeting room, many housekeepers were already waiting there.
Liu sat directly on the chair above and began to deal with the reports from the housekeepers one by one.
Xia Tian didn't say anything and just stood behind Liu.
There was no way to not stand, as there was only the chair in the hall where Liu sat. I didn't know if it was a deliberate order or if it was just like that.
By the time all the housekeepers had finished reporting their work and received new tasks and returned home, an hour had passed.
I didn’t see Ningxiang come back either, so I don’t know what happened.
Ningxiang was outside the conference room at this time and was stopped by people around Liu. They said that the lady was handling something and outsiders were not allowed to enter and disturb her.
Ningxiang explained that she came with the Crown Prince's wife, but they refused to let her in.
There was no choice but Ningxiang could only wait at the door.
The housekeepers had all left, and Xia Tian thought he could go home, but Liu had someone bring a stack of account books over. "Here are the account books for last month. Take a look at them first. If you don't understand anything, ask me."
Xia Tian was still in a daze, so she instructed Qiu Yue, "Stay here with the Crown Prince's wife and wait until you're done watching before going back."
"Yes, ma'am." Qiuyue bowed and replied.
After Liu finished speaking, she took the others away.
Xia Tian's mouth twitched and he turned to look at Qiuyue.
Qiuyue looked at her expressionlessly, "Madam, please come in. I will stay here with you."
Seeing that Qiuyue had no intention of moving the stool, Xia Tian had no choice but to move the chair that Liu had just sat on and sit in front of the table to look at the account book.
Ningxiang saw Liu leave and was about to go in to find their prince's wife, but the old woman who had stopped her just now was still guarding the door and refused to let her in.
Ningxiang had no choice but to continue waiting at the door.
When Xia Tian saw Ningxiang had gone out for a long time and didn't come back, he knew that it must be Liu who stopped her from coming.
There is no choice but to sit down and look at the account book.
After flipping through a book, I felt hungry, so I took out the snacks from my sleeve pocket and ate them while reading.
Qiuyue, who was standing nearby and watching, was unhappy. "Madam, you can't eat while looking at the account books. You'd better put the snacks away."
"Why can't I eat?" Xia Tian asked incoherently with a snack in his mouth.
"Madam said that the Crown Prince's wife must finish reading all the account books before she can eat." Qiuyue moved Liu out.
Xia Tian took another slow, measured bite before replying sternly, "When did Madam say that? Why didn't I hear it? Could it be that Miss Qiuyue was deliberately using Madam's words to bring trouble up?"
"That's what Madam said. I dare not lie." Qiuyue said coldly.
"But why can't I eat? It doesn't affect my reading of the account book." Xia Tian said as he stuffed the last bite of snack into his mouth. "Okay, then don't eat it."
Qiuyue was speechless by her behavior. She said that if she didn't want to eat it, then don't eat it, but in the end she finished both pieces of snacks.
Seeing that she had finished eating and started looking at the account book, he didn't say anything and just stared at her.
Xia Tian quickly flipped through more than ten account books and said to Qiuyue who was standing next to him, "Miss Qiuyue, I have finished reading the account books."
Seeing that less than two cups of tea had passed, Qiuyue said unhappily, "Madam, the Madam said that the account book must be read carefully. You can't just flip through it casually like this."
"Who said I just flipped through it casually? I just read it carefully." Xia Tian didn't get angry, but replied to her with a smile.
"I'm standing right next to you, Madam Crown Prince, please don't lie with your eyes open!" Qiuyue's face suddenly turned cold.
"I said I've read it carefully, and if you don't believe me, just ask."
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