Chapter 567 - Suspicion, Ulterior Motive (1/2)

A Miss from an aristocratic family, who lived in a nunnery for observing mourning for her parents like Shao Wanru, could enjoy a great reputation and be highly praised. But a Miss, who had to live in a nunnery because she came from a poor family and had no relative to rely on, would have a bad reputation even if she was brought back to her relatives’ mansion. People would even doubt her family education.

It was understandable that Mo Qiuyi’s uncle and aunt were worried about this and did not want Mo Qiuyi to show up in front of the nuns of the Yuhui Nunnery.

“Shuqi, go and fetch the painting!” Shao Yanru handed the sketch back to Mo Qiuyi and gave Shuqi an order in a soft voice.

“Miss, if I leave, there will be no maid around you.” Shuqi looked at Mo Qiuyi and the two maids behind her and said vigilantly.

“First Miss, shall my maid go with your maid?” Mo Qiuyi asked with a smile.

“Okay!” Shao Yanru said with a smile and then told Shuqi, “It’s okay. Miss Mo and I haven’t seen each other for a long time. We can have a chat!”

Hearing her master’s words, Shuqi had no choice but to leave in a hurry. Mo Qiuyi waved her hand, and one of her maids went after Shuqi.

“Miss Mo, who’s your uncle? Where does he work?” Shao Yanru looked at Mo Qiuyi curiously and said, “If I hadn’t met you in the Yuhui Nunnery, I probably wouldn’t have recognized you!”

“My uncle is just a minor official. He might be a nobody in your view, but he’s my only closest relative in the world. Fortunately, I have an uncle. Otherwise, I am afraid that I have to stay in the Yuhui Nunnery for the rest of my life,” Mo Qiuyi said with a bitter smile and looked up at the scenery in front of her. Standing in a high place, she could see most of the scenery of the Yuhui Nunnery.

“Miss Mo, when sorrow is at an end, then comes joy. The period of time you lived in the Yuhui Nunnery is nothing but a kind of experience. The rainbow comes after the storm. Miss Mo, do you agree with me?” Shao Yanru comforted her gently with an increasingly elegant smile.

Mo Qiuyi turned her head and looked at Shao Yanru’s gentle and elegant smile with gratitude in her heart. She bowed deeply to Shao Yanru and said, “Thank you for your comfort, First Miss Shao!”

Although she was now a Miss from an official’s family, there was still a great gap between her uncle’s mansion and Duke Xing’s Mansion. Mo Qiuyi was very moved that Shao Yanru could comfort her so amiably.

Since she moved to her uncle’s mansion, she had lived a miserable life in spite of being educated by an etiquette instructor. Her uncle had his own children. Although he took good care of her, those cousin sisters were aggressive and always thought of various ways to insult her. She was moved by Shao Yanru’s words.

“I didn’t mean to comfort you. I just said that because you seem to be a little sad. After I go down the mountain later, you can come to visit me when you are free,” Shao Yanru said in an increasingly gentle tone with a gentle smile.

It meant that she wanted to make friends with Mo Qiuyi. As a Miss from a minor official’s mansion, Mo Qiuyi could be considered claiming higher class connections with a friend of such high status like Shao Yanru.

“Thank you, First Miss Shao!” Mo Qiuyi expressed her gratitude again, regretting that she didn’t develop a profound friendship with Shao Yanru when she was on the mountain. It would be a good thing for her if she developed a profound friendship with Shao Yanru long before.

One of them intended to make friends, while the other showed a smiling face, so they talked happily with each other. After a while, Shuqi came back with the painting. Mo Qiuyi took it, and became overjoyed after looking at it carefully. She thanked Shao Yanru again and again, and then went down the mountain with two maids.

Shao Yanru stood on the mountain and watched them leave with her smile fading away.

“Miss, why did you give the painting to her? Pushan Nun didn’t make it clear that it was not for you!” Shuqi felt indignant for her master and complained.

It was not easy to get Pushan Nun’s painting. Since it was sent to her master, why couldn’t her master keep it?

Moreover, it was stamped with Pushan Nun’s private seal. As Shao Yanru’s personal maid, Shuqi naturally knew that her master did not have a painting stamped with Pushan Nun’s private seal. Why did her master give away the painting?

“Did the maid do anything unusual when running the errand with you?” Shao Yanru said lightly without turning her head.

“She kept asking about the Fifth Miss. It seems that she went there for the Fifth Miss rather than for the painting. After entering the courtyard, she even asked to stay in the courtyard and looked around. She’s obviously up to no good, and I find her quite unpleasant to the eye.”

Shuqi said in anger. The maid not only asked about the Fifth Miss on the way, but also looked around outside the Fifth Miss’s silence room. She was nothing like a principal maid of a Miss, and even an inferior maid was smarter than her.

“Did you say what you should say?” Shao Yanru raised the corners of her mouth and said with a sneer.