Chapter 111: Entering the inner courtyard by mistake
"Haha, that's what Miss said." Qiao Qixin saluted, "It's getting late. Miss, you'd better go back to the house quickly. Mother Liang should be worried."
Li Zhirou lowered her eyes and looked at Qiao Qixin. After struggling for a while, she finally stopped talking and said, "Well, you should go back earlier."
"Good night, miss."
After finally getting away from Li Zhirou, Qiao Qixin looked around at the pavilion and corridor where she was.
The left was the way she came, so Qiao Qixin decisively walked to the right - in the opposite direction.
Li's mansion is so big, it's normal for her to not remember the way and go to the wrong place, right?
Qiao Qixin walked along the pavilion corridor on the right, passed through an arch and came to a courtyard.
"Who are you?" asked a maid carrying a basin.
Qiao Qixin's face showed appropriate panic, and she winced a little and said, "My name is Qixin, I'm new to the Li family."
The maid put down the basin, frowned, came to Qiao Qixin and looked her up and down, "Qixin? The new maid? I am the maid next to Mrs. Li, why haven't I seen you before?"
"You couldn't have sneaked in through the banquet, right? What do you want to do in Li's Mansion?" The maid stared at Qiao Qixin seriously.
Huh? Is it so obvious? Qiao Qixin was a little confused.
When he was about to take Li Shangshu out to block the gun, a voice suddenly came from the house next to him, "Lanyue, Madam asked you to bring her in."
"I know, I know." Lan Yue turned around and said, "Let's go, my wife is calling you."
Madam? This is Madam Li’s yard?
Qiao Qixin thought.
She followed Lan Yue into the room, where a dignified woman sat on a chair and looked at Qiao Qixin.
Qiao Qixin was a little dumbfounded, and Lan Yue kicked her before she realized what she was doing.
Qiao Qixin quickly knelt on the ground and said, "I have met Mrs. Li."
"Get up." Mrs. Li said, "Why did you break into my yard?"
"Back to Madam, I didn't know this was Madam's yard. I entered by mistake because Li's Mansion was so big that I lost my way," Qiao Qixin explained.
Mrs. Li looked at Qiao Qixin, as if thinking about whether she should believe her or not.
"Where is Mama Lai?" Mrs. Li suddenly asked.
"Back to Madam, it seems that Mother Lai went to help at the banquet. I haven't seen her since the evening." Qiao Qixin tried her best to make her words sound true.
Mrs. Li narrowed her eyes and asked, "Why did you get lost when you were staying in the yard? Even if Mother Lai wants to go out, she should have prepared things for you."
Qiao Qixin knelt on the ground, feeling oppressed for no reason.
For a moment, she began to feel lucky that in the etiquette, slaves could not look directly at their masters when talking to them.
If she raised her head to look at Mrs. Li at this moment, she probably wouldn't have the energy to manage her expression. It would be good if she could control her tone.
"...Back to Madam, it's Miss Li Zhirou. She sent someone to take this slave to her courtyard. This slave is forgetful, so she got lost, and then accidentally broke into Madam Li's courtyard. This slave deserves to die!" Qiao Qixin's head was almost full.
To be attached to the ground.
Mrs. Li was still looking at her, as if she had not let go of her suspicions about her.
After a while, Mrs. Li relented, "Okay, Lan Yue, send the person back. Also tell Mama Lai that from tomorrow on, she only needs to watch Qixin and she doesn't need to intervene in anything else."
"Yes." Lan Yue lowered her head and said.
Lan Yue reached out and pulled Qiao Qixin's clothes and urged, "Come on, didn't you hear what Madam said?"
Qiao Qixin's legs were a little numb, but she still managed to get up and left Mrs. Li's yard with Lan Yue.
The candlelight cast shadows in the cage.
Mrs. Li held her head and tapped her index finger rhythmically on the armrest of the chair.
"He Yue, tell me, are her words credible?" Mrs. Li suddenly spoke.
He Yue on the side thought for a while and then said, "I think the credibility is not high. Madam can call Mama Lai and the young lady's personal maid to ask for details."
Mrs. Li narrowed her eyes slightly and murmured, "It's time to find someone to ask... He Yue, go and call the master over and tell him that I have something to discuss with him about Zhirou."
"Yes, ma'am."
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Qiao Qixin was led back to the small courtyard by Lan Yue. Along the way, she tried to talk nonsense with Lan Yue, but Lan Yue looked serious and did not answer the question at all.
"Mother Lai, when will you come back?" Lan Yue looked serious.
Qiao Qixin was speechless and held her forehead, "I don't know, it might have to be in the middle of the night."
Lan Yue has not left since she returned to the small courtyard. Qiao Qixin also tried to let her into the room, but she just refused to listen and had to stay in the courtyard to get cold.
It didn't matter that she was freezing alone, she still had to wait in the yard with Qiao Qixin.
The two of them waited until almost midnight, when Qiao Qixin was about to fall asleep with her head propped up on her head, and then they heard Lai's mother walking happily humming a song.
"I'm so happy, so happy..." Lai's mother happily opened the courtyard door with a roast duck in her hand.
In the courtyard, the two girls who had been waiting for her for a long time stared at her slightly sadly.
"Oh, isn't this Lan Yue? Come on, come on, my mother-in-law has a roast duck here, let's eat together..." Lai's mother recognized Lan Yue. Although she didn't know why Lan Yue came, she always wanted to please the maid around Mrs. Li.
That's right.
"No," Lan Yue refused without even looking at her. "Mrs. Li asked me to tell you that from tomorrow on, you only need to watch Qixin, and you don't need to interfere in anything else."
"Ah? No, this, what does this lady mean?" Lai's mother didn't understand, but she felt as if something serious had happened.
Lan Yue glanced at Lai's mother, "You just need to stay in the yard and look at Qixin all the time, and the monthly money will be paid."