Chapter 97 - What Happened Before Was... (3) (1/2)
”Oh... for a mere servant to have such a thought, it seems like the rules in this household aren't properly managed!” A raspy but melodious voice came from behind Liu Li and it made Liu Li shiver in fear. In this household, no one dared to mess with the owner of this voice!
Liu Li turned around and saw the matriarch. She felt her legs weakened and quickly kowtowed. ”Old Madam, this servant doesn't dare. This is just a misunderstanding.” Liu Li gritted her teeth in anger... It seemed like she was being trapped by Yao Ling. Actually, Yao Ling did no sort of things. She just came back from 'Fu Rong' and didn't know that Liu Li would seek her out and try to find troubles for her. The matter of the matriarch coming to her courtyard, it was a pure coincidence.
This was also the first time the matriarch came to her courtyard. Yao Ling was also confused why the matriarch came to her this late at night. She welcomed the matriarch happily, but for the sake of acting, she gasped in surprise and curtsied. ”Grandmother, what are you doing here this late? It's almost dinner time. If Grandmother needs something from this granddaughter, Grandmother should let someone come and call this one over. It's very cold at night.”
Yao Ling smiled and intimately held the matriarch's hands. She felt that the matriarch's hands were a bit cold and said, ”Ah... Grandmother's hands are very cold. Why don't Grandmother come inside? I'll let Xiao Yu go and brew tea for Grandmother?” Yao Ling sweetly offered. She deliberately said that just to spite Liu Li. She got the chance for a little sweet revenge by letting her kowtow there for a bit longer.
”Grandmother is fine,” The matriarch smiled, feeling happy with the girl's thoughtfulness. She turned her gaze to Liu Li who kowtowed without batting eyelashes. ”If Grandmother didn't come here, it seems like this old woman will miss a good show.”
Liu Li could feel her sweating back. The matriarch was very strict when she was governing the inner courtyard and she knew that the matriarch agreed with the view of having only one wife for life. Not only that, the old woman wasn't a person that was easy to be trifled with. She would be able to discern the truth in her tricks in the blink of an eye because of her experience and Liu Li didn't dare to provoke this Big Buddha.
”Hmmm... isn't this Liu Li from Concubine Wan's courtyard? What are you doing here? If I am not mistaken, I heard something about coveting Young Master?” The matriarch asked with sharp eyes. She always hated the fact that Wang Luo Hai brought back Concubine Wan --- a lowly brothel girl and this Liu Li was brought back along with Concubine Wan. She didn't remember much about this girl, but she disliked what she had heard just now. A brothel girl would still be a brothel girl, even though she already washed away her past, but she couldn't wash away the stinky personality.
A maidservant tried to climb the master's bed was a practice had been frowned upon. It was an act of disregarding and disrespect to the female master.
Liu Li quickly answered while trembling, ”Old Madam, it's just a misunderstanding. Really. This servant is just a lowly slave. How could this servant compare to Young Master? This servant just...”
Before Liu Li could continue, Yao Ling cut her off. She didn't want the matriarch to know that Yao Ying visited a hua lou. She wanted to know the whole truth from Yao Ying first and she didn't want the matriarch to meddle in this affair. ”Liu Li, I know it's just a misunderstanding. I won't blame you.”
Yao Ling turned to the matriarch and pleaded softly, ”Grandmother, it's really just a misunderstanding....”
*pinch* Damn! No tears yet...
”Liu Li is Concubine Wan's trusted maidservant, I'm sure that as a first rank maid of a concubine, she knows her place really well.”
*pinch* Where are the tears when you need it?
”I hope that Grandmother will not investigate about it further.”
”I am really not blaming Liu Li.”
*pinch three times harder* Finally... She got herself teary eyes.