Chapter 403 – A Tricky Maid
Chapter 403 A Tricky Maid
Yu Dong couldn’t help but secretly sigh in her heart, “This maid is really unusual!”
After listening to Qing Mei’s words, even he was a bit bewildered for a moment because Qing Mei somewhat got a point.
Yu Dong lowered his head and muttered, “Well, regarding Third Lady and Second Young Master, Fourth Lady is…”
Qing Mei was overjoyed to hear Yu Dong’s words. The smile on her face became brighter and warmer. She pulled Yu Dong to sit on a big stone behind the tree and talked to Yu Dong with a sincere look on her face, “Sister Yu Dong, it’s inappropriate for me to comment on Fourth Lady and Third Lady… They are sisters. They are not on good terms because they have different characters. Our Lady is going to enter Lord Jing Mansion in the future, and Fourth Lady may have to rely on our Lady in the future. They don’t have to be like this.”
Yu Dong asked in surprise, “Is it true that Third Lady will enter Lord Jing Mansion?”
Although everyone was saying so, there was no official announcement yet.
“Of course, it’s true. Lord Jing has promised our Lady.” Qing Mei raised her head and said proudly. She reached out and pulled Yu Dong’s sleeve. “Sister Yu Dong, I don’t look down on Fourth Lady, but do you think it is possible for Fourth Lady to marry someone better than Lord Jing? The one better than Lord Jing can only be the Crown Prince. It’s not good for either of them that she is in a stalemate with Third Lady now!”
Everyone in Qu Mansion knew that the relationship between West Mansion’s two young ladies was not good.
“But… but, Third Lady hurt our Lady before.” Yu Dong said angrily. As Qu Moying’s private maid, he naturally stood on Qu Moying’s side.
“I don’t think Third Lady really hurt Fourth Lady! Sister Yu Dong, although I haven’t been in the mansion for a long time, I have also heard about those things. I don’t think Third Lady did those things. At most, they were done by Madam. Now that Madam is grounded, it’s better to forget these things. She can’t kill Madam as revenge, right?”
Qing Mei said.
Her extreme words made Yu Dong fall silent.
“Think about it. Third Lady listened to Madam before, which was why she had a bad relationship with Fourth Lady. Madam is grounded now, and Fourth Lady may have to rely on Third Lady in the future. If Fourth Lady doesn’t try to build a good relationship with Third Lady, Third Lady will not agree to help her if she needs help in the future.”
Qing Mei added.
These words seemed to make sense, but they were actually specious. It seemed that everything that had happened was Yu’s idea, and Qu Qiuyan only did as her mother said, which was why she had a bad relationship with Qu Moying. But it was no big deal in the root.
After all, Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying were sisters.
“But Fourth Lady doesn’t like Third Lady.” Yu Dong said. Since the topic had been started, it was not difficult to continue.
Qing Mei rolled her eyes and suddenly said, “Sister Yu Dong, we both hope that they can get along with each other. For the sake of the two of them and also the two of us, why don’t we think of a way to let them reconcile?”
Yu Dong’s eyes lit up. “What good ideas do you have?”
“Listen to me…” Qing Mei leaned over and whispered into Yu Dong’s ear. Yu Dong first shook his head, but then he hesitated. It could be seen that he was really impressed by Qing Mei’s suggestion.
Seeing his reaction, Qing Mei became more and more excited. She was secretly pleased with herself. She didn’t expect this matter to go so smoothly. This matter was a camouflage. She was actually up to something else. She glanced at Yu Dong and sneered in her heart, “How dare such an idiot dream of being together with Second Young Master? Who does she think she is?”
“Second Young Master will not let her off because she is Fourth Lady’s private maid!”
“When the time comes, Yu Dong can do nothing but only agree on it…”
“Lady, I heard a maid say that Yu Dong has been talking with Third Lady’s maid, Qing Mei, for a long time. She hasn’t returned yet.”
Yu Chun came into the room with a cup of tea. She said these words uneasily after placing the teacup on the table. Qu Qiuyan’s people were suspicious, so it was better to avoid getting in touch with them.
Qu Moying asked as she was tuning her qin, “Who told you about this?”
“An old maid who guards the gate. She said she had been eyeing Qing Mei and Yu Dong outside. She said that the two of them were talking secretly behind a tree. It seemed that they didn’t want their conversation to be heard, and they seemed to be close to each other.”
Qu Moying said indifferently, “Let that old maid keep an eye on them!”
Yu Chun hesitated. “Lady…”
Qu Moying smiled and turned to look at Yu Chun, “What do you want to say?”
“Lady, I think the maid next to the gate-keeping old maid is suspicious.” Yu Chun said after thinking for a moment. She was not as knowledgeable as Yu Dong, and she was less talented and imposing than Yu Dong.
However, her loyalty was no less than that of Yu Dong. Therefore, she had been observing everyone carefully because she was afraid that someone would hurt Qu Moying. She had followed Qu Moying from an early time and was a real maid. Sometimes, she could see something Yu Dong couldn’t see.
However, she was not sure if she was right. Compared with Qu Moying and Yu Dong, Yu Chun felt that she was much less intelligent, so she was not confident in her words.
“What do you mean?” Qu Moying asked with interest. She got up from the chair before the qin table, washed her hands, and wiped them with a towel.
“I saw that maid said something to Yu Dong just now. After that, Yu Dong left. Before the gate-keeping old maid came over here, I saw this maid standing together with the guarding old maid. I don’t understand why a junior maid like her is so free. She was present whenever there was something related to Yu Dong. ”
Yu Chun frowned in confusion. Then, she asked Qu Moying, “Lady, what do you think?”
“I think you are right!” Qu Moying smiled, her eyes as bright as water. She truly felt that Yu Chun had done very well.
“Lady, do you think I am right?” Yu Chun’s eyes also lit up, and she was excited. In her opinion, she must be right because she had received Qu Moying’s praise.
Qu Moying smiled and said thoughtfully, “Of course you are right. It seems that the people in our yard are not that trustworthy.”
Qu Moying’s servants were chosen after she returned to the mansion, but it didn’t mean that they were completely loyal, which could be seen from the fact that the maid called Qing Mei had been trying to get close to Yu Dong.
“Yu Chun, go and call Yu Dong back and show him that I am very angry.” Qu Moying smiled slightly and blinked twice. Her long eyelashes fluttered.
Since someone was trying to sow discord between her and her private maid, she would act as they wished to see what the other party was up to.
Yu Chun was not stupid. What she needed was self-confidence. After being praised by Qu Moying, she reacted much faster. She immediately understood and clapped, “Lady, I will go and call Yu Dong back now!” Qu Moying smiled and nodded silently.
Qu Moying smiled and nodded silently.
Yu Chun put on a straight face and turned to leave. When she walked out of the main room, everyone in the yard could see that she was unhappy.
She went straight to the gate of the yard. Seeing her coming over, the junior maid next to the gate-keeping maid walked up to her with a smile, “Sister Yu Chun, Sister Yu Dong and the maid Qing Mei are still talking there. Why do they talk so much?”
Everyone in the mansion knew that Qu Moying was not on good terms with Qu Qiuyan, so the servants of these two ladies tried not to get in touch with each other lest they anger the two ladies.
Yu Chun nodded. With a straight face, she walked over to where Yu Dong and Qing Mei were secretly talking. When she reached the tree, Qing Mei saw her and immediately stood up. “Sister Yu Chun, why do you come over so silently? You stood there without making a sound, which gave me a big fright!”
As she spoke, she even intimately tugged at Yu Dong’s sleeve. She acted as if she was having a private conversation with Yu Dong and that she was trying to hint Yu Dong to cover it up with her.
Seeing her action, Yu Dong mocked her in his heart. Although Qing Mei was clever, she was still too naive. Her action seemed to be flawless, and it was easy to sow discord between him and Yu Chun. However, one with sharp eyes could tell that her action was too dramatic and pretentious.
Unfortunately, Yu Dong had sharp eyes.
“I just came. I didn’t mean to make a sound.” Yu Chun said unhappily. Then, she turned to look at Yu Dong, “Yu Dong, you’ve been out for so long. Lady is looking for you.”
She didn’t wait for them to say anything and directly turned to leave in a huff.
Seeing Yu Chun act like this, Yu Dong hurriedly stood up to leave.
Qing Mei grabbed Yu Dong again and pointed at Yu Chun’s back. “Sister Yu Dong, are you afraid of Sister Yu Chun?”
Yu Dong said, “Yu Chun has been serving our Lady for a long time, so she has a special relationship with our Lady. I served our Lady a little later than her.”
“So what? Everyone can see that you are the most capable one. The capable one deserves the better. Having a close relationship with the Master is not enough. Moreover, you also have a special relationship with Fourth Lady. You will have a good future, but you are still wholeheartedly devoted to Fourth Lady. You are not only capable but also loyal!”
Qing Mei pouted with an unconvinced expression.
“Why did you say these? Yu Chun is a good person.” Yu Dong frowned, obviously unwilling to hear Qing Mei speak ill of Yu Chun.
Qing Mei patted her own face gently and apologized with a smile, “It’s all my fault. You are such a good person. You definitely won’t think as I think. Sister Yu Dong, I’ll go back first. Don’t forget what we have just talked about. We should try to let our ladies be close to each other. Otherwise, it’s not good for us and we have to avoid others even if we only want to have a private talk!”
Then, she pointed at Yu Dong’s sleeve. Yu Dong subconsciously reached out and pressed the thing in his sleeve.
Her words seemed to prick Yu Dong in the heart. Seeing Yu Dong nod solemnly, Qing Mei felt that it was almost done. She waved to Yu Dong and turned to leave.
After walking away from Qianyue House, Qing Mei did not return to Qu Qiuyan’s Furong House. Instead, she went toward the outer yard. After turning a few corners, she saw her destination. Just as she was about to go over, a hand reached out from behind an artificial hill and pulled her in…
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