The house slave who was caught glanced at her, and his eyes suddenly became strange. He forcefully pulled back his sleeves and said with a hint of a smile: "Lingxiu is working in the south courtyard."

  Nan Yuan? Working? Huai Yu furrowed her brow, thought for a moment and felt it was normal, asked the house slave for directions, and then set off.

  Nan-in tei-e

  The lanterns that were lit everywhere were somewhat stingy in this place, and Lingxiu had to open her eyes wide to see the patterns clearly, then carefully embroidered them on the dress according to the model.

  Two old women stood not far from her, whispering to each other.

  "Our lady has indeed been very kind to the fourth miss, not being her own daughter, yet giving her such a good set of clothes, and not even afraid of stealing the spotlight from the second miss at the Jiang residence."

  "Otherwise, how can she be the mistress? The lady is kind-hearted. But in my opinion, even if the fourth miss wears such a dress, she wont be as radiant as the second miss. One is the legitimate daughter of the first wife, knowledgeable and reasonable. The other is a fool who has been crazy for three years, and now that shes awake, shes still lagging behind in etiquette, its already good if she doesnt make a fool of herself."

  "This is reasonable! You havent seen Miss Fourths behavior today, in front of you, she didnt have the slightest bit of manners, where does she look like a young lady from a noble family?"

  "Yes, the Jiang family is indeed a family of etiquette, but can their fourth miss behave in such a manner?"

  "It doesnt match!" someone behind her replied with a chuckle.

  Old Lady Li turned around, smiling and wanting to praise the person for having a good eye, but when she looked up at the persons face, she was so scared that the melon seeds in her hand fell out.

  "Four... Miss Four?"

  Li Huaiyu smiled and caught a few falling melon seeds, put them in her mouth with a crisp crackle, and blinked her eyes saying: "Whats the hurry? Im telling the truth."

  Two old women were shocked and stared at her in unison, only to see her walking towards Ling Xiu with a handful of melon seeds, bowing her head and asking: "What are you doing?"

  As soon as she heard her masters voice, Lingxiu finally lifted her head and squeezed out a smile that was even uglier than crying: "The slave is helping you rush to make clothes."

  She took a glance at the thing in her hand, it was a plain satin robe without any dark flowers. This kind of robe needs to be embroidered with a lot of patterns to look good, otherwise it cant be worn out. And the one in Lingxius hand had only a palm-sized piece of pattern, if she were to embroider the whole thing, even if she didnt eat or drink, it would take at least half a month.

  She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Are you stupid? Do you really think you can finish embroidering it?"

  She moved her stiff neck and Lingxiu lifted up her clothes for her to see: "Look, this fabric is good!"

  "Even if you finish embroidering it, I wont be able to wear it. With all this effort, why dont we just eat and take a nap instead?"

  Ling Xiu was taken aback, somewhat at a loss: "But... but you dont have any other clothes to wear, the Jiang familys birthday banquet is very important, its very important for you, if you cant change peoples impression of you from before, then the marriage will..."

  Shes indeed a lovely and caring maid, silly but adorable.

  Hua Yu smiled and pulled her up, rubbing the back of her neck for her: "If you must embroider, I wont stop you. Go back to our house and embroider if you want. But at this hour, your young mistress is starving, are you going to take care of that or not?"

  Ling Xiu suddenly remembered about eating and her face turned pale in an instant.

  "Slave... I forgot!"

  "Its not too late now, lets go." Huaiyu picked up the needlework basket beside her.

  "Fourth Miss!" The two old women beside her finally came to their senses and hurriedly stepped forward, saying, "The mistress said that its best to embroider this dress here. If it gets stained with oil or dirt somewhere else, it wont be good."

  Hua Yu Chong smiled at them: "This dress is going to be worn on me, Im not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

  The two old women were at a loss for words, and Huaiyu didnt bother to entangle with them either. She pulled Lingxiu along and left.

  "Where is the kitchen?" she asked as she walked.

  Lingxiu whispered: "The rules in the mansion are very strict, after midnight the kitchen door will be locked and we cant get in."

  "Never mind about others, just show me the way." Hua Yu said calmly with confidence.

  After a while, Lingxiu held four buns in her arms and half a roasted chicken, staring blankly at the people walking ahead.

  "Miss, you... Youre stealing!"

  Not only stealing things, but also climbing over walls and jumping through windows, if Master finds out, he will definitely beat him to death!

  Li Huaiyu bit into the steamed bun in her hand and mumbled unclearly: "You dont say, I dont say, who can know?"

  "Really......but......" Ling Xiu was shocked with his mouth wide open.

  How can you behave like this, miss? Even when she was out of her mind, it was just nonsense and throwing things around. Now that shes supposed to be normal, but her behavior is even more unbridled than before.

  Its as if he had changed into another person.

  Stop in your tracks, Hua Yu stretched out her hand to grab the steamed bun from her bosom and stuff it into her mouth, then smiled slyly: "Listen clearly, I, your young mistress, have suddenly gained enlightenment about the world, feeling that life is not worth being restrained by some empty reputation. Now our stomachs are hungry, if theres food we should eat, dont say anything else, understand?"

  Lingxiu blinked her big shiny eyes, with a bun stuffed in her mouth, unable to speak.

  She gently patted her head with a comforting smile: "Its good that you understand."

  No! Lingxiu shook her head, she didnt understand at all! The Bai Manor was strict and solemn, who wasnt living a simple life? Where did Misss words come from?

  The person in front of her didnt pay attention to her shaking head, returned to the west wing and opened the lotus leaf wrapped around the roast chicken, shared it with her and ate it with steamed buns. After eating enough, she lay down on the bed, looking like she was going to continue sleeping.

  "Miss." Lingxius voice was as soft as a mosquito hummed, "I dare ask, where have you been for the past two days?"

  That day, the servant girl suddenly disappeared from the house, and she searched for a long time. She ran to ask the mistress to report to the authorities, but the mistress didnt even bother to respond, causing her to stay awake all night.

  Hua Yu yawned and said: "Im going out for a walk."

  Looking at her previous nimble movements in the kitchen, Lingxiu felt that it was not necessary to ask her how she got out, but couldnt help saying another sentence: "The second young lady has been eyeing your marriage contract all along, just waiting for you to make a mistake and take your place. You cant be so casual about things from now on."

  "Got it." Turning over to face her, Huai Yu half-opened his eyes and smiled, "You little girl, youre so nagging."

  Completely different from Qing Si.

  Qing Si is a cold beauty who doesnt like to say more than half a word, and when following her, Lu Jinghang teased that she looked like a moving ice sculpture. No matter how he teased her, there was not even a hint of a smile on her face.

  In her minds eye, she saw Qing Sis face as cold as frost, and Huai Yus heart tightened, letting out a long sigh.

  When I see her, I must ask her clearly. At the beginning, it was obvious that she was sent out of Kyoto, but why did she come back and fall into Jiang Xuanjins hands?