Chapter 417: Not Stupid (2) (1/2)

Xiyan was clearly still huffy over the whole matter. Her usual calm and generosity was completely non-existent as she snorted, “So what if it belongs to our Third Young Madam? Our Third Young Madam is the most junior in this family, so she can’t beat the senior family members. See, with one word from Matriarch He, a whole month of profits from our Third Young Madam’s Guilin Restaurant have been confiscated for the public funds! They didn’t even leavea single silver behind!”

Senior Servants Gui and Zhong were astounded. They hadn’t expected Matriarch He to have done so.

To be honest, even though it was the matriarch who had ordered this, it was still a little too much.

Guilin Restaurant now belonged to Chu Lian alone!

A shared sense of foreboding appeared in their hearts.

Senior Servant Zhong mulled over it before saying, “Tell me, what do you think the matriarch means by this? Is she thinking of taking Guilin Restaurant back?”

Senior Servant Gui and Xiyan both sunk into silence.

Moments later, Xiyan bit her lower lip and said, “Forget it, Third Young Madam was already prepared for this even before she left. I thought she was overthinking things back then, but it seems like it’s a real possibility. We can’t just sit back and do nothing now.”

Senior Servants Gui and Zhong looked at Xiyan with amazement. Could it be that Third Young Madam had left some instructions for Xiyan before leaving?

Since things had progressed to this stage, there was no need for Xiyan to continue hiding it anymore. Chu Lian trusted Senior Servants Gui and Zhong as well.

Chu Lian had already considered that a situation like this would happen even before she had left for the north. She had written down some solutions and left them to Xiyan. She instructed Xiyan not to use them until she really had to. Xiyan had never even considered opening that letter before, but now she had no other choice.

“Alright, momo, did you really think that our Third Young Madam is someone who’s easy to bully?”

Since Xiyan had said so, the two senior servants’ worries turned into smiles.

While they were speaking in the warm room, a servant from outside reported that Princess Duanjia’s handmaid Jinxiu had come.

Joy brightened up Xiyan’s face and she quickly replied, “Invite her in!”

The three personally went to the entrance to receive her.

A short while later, Jinxiu was welcomed into the warm room.

A servant brought tea over for their guest. When Jinxiu looked at the three servants, her expression changed subtly and she asked, “The three of you seem rather downcast, is there something in the estate that’s troubling you?”

Back when Chu Lian had still been in the capital, she had gotten along the most with Royal Princess Duanjia. She had even saved the princess once. When Chu Lian had left for the north, Princess Wei had even specially sent some guards from her estate to follow along.

Xiyan and the others were Chu Lian’s most trusted subordinates, so they knew that they didn’t have to hide things from Princess Duanjia’s servant. They explained the situation with Guilin Restaurant.

Jinxiu frowned. Although she was from Prince Wei’s estate, even from the perspective of a bystander, Matriarch He had gone overboard with her actions.