Xuan Bao bid farewell to Xiao Youduo and headed towards Lingyun Garden. She could still feel his eyes behind her as he watched her leave.
"What a pity. How could such a good person like Mr. Youduo end up with a family like that?" Xia Yu muttered.
"Shut up." Dong Xue glared at Xia Yu, "This is not Lingyun Garden. Be careful that the walls have ears."
Turning sideways and looking up at Dongxue, Xuanbao praised him and said, "You've made great progress, Xia Yu, you should learn more from Dongxue and stop being impatient."
The master and servant returned to Lingyun Garden. After washing up, Xuanbao lay flat on the couch with his hands behind his head, his big eyes wandering around, not even the slightest bit sleepy.
"Ask Qiuyue to come in." Xuanbao Xiangxiang ordered.
Soon, Xia Yu brought Qiu Yue into the house, and she saluted Xuan Bao: "What are the orders from the county master?"
"Qiuyue, how much do you know about cousin Youduo?"
Xuan Bao got straight to the point and asked, "In the entire Lingyun Garden, the most well-informed person is Qiu Yue. She gets along well with everyone in the Hou Mansion and always has all kinds of gossip."
When Xuan Bao asked, Qiu Yue hesitated to speak, and even glanced at the little baby timidly.
"Xia Yu and Dong Xue are waiting outside the door." Xuan Bao ordered while lying on the couch.
As the two maids exited and closed the door thoughtfully, Xuan Bao smiled at Qiu Yue and said, "You can say it now. What exactly do you want to say and why do you want to guard against them?"
"The county master misunderstood. I'm not guarding them. I think it's better not to let too many people know about some things."
"Well, let's talk about it."
Qiuyue suddenly knelt down and said, "Please, Lord, please save this slave."
Xuan Bao sat up and scowled: "What's going on? Get up first and talk carefully. The four of you are my personal maids and my people. I will definitely protect you."
"Even if the county master doesn't find a slave today, I will still come to beg you." Qiuyue stood up and sat down on the round stool next to the couch at Xuanbao's signal.
Taking a deep breath, although he was important, since the county leader asked about it, he had to answer what she asked first.
Qiuyue calmed down and said: "The county master just asked about Mr. Youduo. I heard from the old man in the mansion that he is completely different now from when he was a child. The attitude of the second master and the second wife towards him is also very different from the past."
"Oh? Tell me everything you heard."
Qiuyue talked for a long time, telling everything she heard and what she had seen and heard over the years.
"Sure enough, there is something fishy." Xuan Bao muttered to himself.
Everything changed when Xiao Youduo was seven years old. Not only did his temperament change since then, but the attitude of Xiao Liao and his wife towards him also began to change from that time on.
"That's all I know." Qiu Yu whispered.
Xuan Bao nodded slightly and turned around: "Tell me about you."
"County Master, Mr. Youfeng has been pestering me many times before. I heard that the second room will be moved out in a few days. I was secretly relieved." After saying this, Qiuyue's eyes turned red, "I didn't expect..."
"What? Did Xiao Youfeng bully you?" Xuan Bao was furious.
Qiuyue hurriedly said: "No, no, I didn't suffer a loss. He blocked me at the entrance of Lingyun Garden just now. Fortunately, someone passed by and he didn't succeed. But before he left, he said that I couldn't run away. The worst is that the second house and the princess will marry me."
"Wishful thinking, who is he? It's a beautiful idea." Xuan Bao patted the armrest of the couch, "Don't worry, mother is not that confused. Besides, you are all mine, and the contract of betrayal is in my hands. No one can make such a mistake."
How about it."
"County Lord, he is the son of the second wife after all." Qiuyue couldn't help but shed tears as if she thought of something.
Xuan Bao frowned and asked, "Why, are there other people bullying you?"
"No, but..." Qiuyue hesitated.
"Say!" Xuan Bao didn't have much patience anymore.
Qiuyue was startled and hurriedly said everything: "When Master Youfeng pestered me just now, the eldest son clearly saw it, but he just left as if he hadn't seen him. He didn't even dare to care about this matter. If the county lord
If you take care of it, I will worry that it will cause you trouble."
"Xiao Kezhong helped Zhou to commit evil, but he is still blind." Xuan Bao couldn't help cursing.
Qiuyue bit her lip and said, "I dare not lie."
"I'm a big brother who doesn't know right from wrong. I'll settle this matter with him later." A cold light flashed in Xuan Bao's eyes: "I was just looking for an opportunity to punish Xiao Youfeng, but he came to my door and dared to attack me.
Someone will do it. In this case, I will give him a big gift."
Qiuyue was so frightened that her tears stopped. In her impression, Xuanbao was a soft and cute little baby, but she had never seen her so domineering and suppressed that it seemed like she could not breathe.
In an instant, Qiuyue was surprised and happy that the little county leader might really be able to save herself.
"Okay, don't cry, don't cry." Xuan Bao came back to his senses, "Be patient for a few days and believe that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. Now it seems that the time has come."
Qiuyue was stunned. There was something in the county leader's words, it seemed that Xiao Youfeng would suffer retribution.
Xuan Bao continued to give instructions: "Don't leave Lingyun Garden these days. If you have something to do, let the little maid run errands. If it doesn't work, let Chunhua go with you."
"Yes, I obey." Qiu Yue looked at Xuan Bao with gratitude, glad that she had a good master.
"Go down, have a good rest and don't think too much, let Dongxue and Xia Yu come in and take care of you."
Qiuyue withdrew, and soon Dongxue and Xia Yu came in. The two maids had uncontrollable curiosity on their faces, but they held back their questions.
Xuan Bao was very satisfied in his heart, it was time for him to make progress, and he didn't ask questions that he shouldn't have.
"Just now Qiuyue told me something about the second wife."
When the county leader took the initiative to mention it, Dongxue and Xia Yu looked at each other and listened quietly.
Xuan Bao pondered and continued: "Based on what I just talked about with cousin Youduo, I always feel that there is something wrong with it."
Xia Yu couldn't help but said: "Why bother others if the county master wants to know something?"
"What do you mean?" Xuan Bao looked at Xia Yu in surprise.
"Have you forgotten Lao Zhou?" Xia Yu covered her mouth and snickered.
"Yes, how could I forget him?" Xuan Bao glanced at the two maids, "Are you going out or waiting here? Shall I open your eyes?"
Dongxue said with a smile: "The two of us will wait here. There is no need to open the Heavenly Eyes. It will be easier for Lao Zhou to talk to the county chief."
He is a sensible person. If he cannot see or hear, he cannot hear. Dongxue allows Lao Zhou to talk to him with confidence.
Just as Xuan Bao was about to look for Lao Zhou, he saw him leaning half out of the window and asking, "Miss Seventh, are you looking for me?"
"I was looking for you, where have you been?"
"Isn't this a bit boring? I was walking around outside and I seemed to hear someone saying 'Lao Zhou' from a distance. I thought it was you who wanted to find me, so I hurried back."
Xuan Bao waved: "Come in quickly and sit down. I have something to ask you."
