50 The Beginning of The Plan (2/2)

Hearing Yao Ling's reassurance, she felt better. She didn't mean anything with her question. She just wanted to remind Young Mistress that they should seek permission first, otherwise, if something happened to them, no one would know. At least, they weren't going too far.

Yao Ling knew to fish out the spies, the only one who could do this was her. Especially, if the spies were from 'Wang Fu'. It meant she had to face one of the women.

”Xiao Yu, do you know everything in this city?”

”Young Mistress, this servant rarely goes out. This servant's previous job was only odd jobs here and there. But, famous places… This servant knows a bit because some other servants sometimes shared their stories.” Xiao Yu felt she wasn't that helpful to her young mistress, but she really had not that much knowledge about it.

Yao Ling smiled and tapped Xiao Yu's forehead softly. ”You ah~ Why are you so sad? Knowing a little bit is already good enough. When we pass by places that you've heard, you can just let me know.”

Xiao Yu smiled at that, ”This servant will do as you wish, Young Mistress.”

”Xiao Yu, you said before following me, you did odd jobs. What kind of jobs?” Yao Ling decided to ask without beating around the bush. If she lied, she could probably detect it.

”This servant was usually in charge of cleaning the outer yard of the matriarch's courtyard. Beside that, this servant followed Zhang Mo Mo's instruction while doing general things. For example, preparing tea for the matriarch, cleaning some other places that the other maids needed help with.” Xiao Yu recounted her jobs one by one. Judging from it, Xiao Yu wasn't supposed to be in close contact with the concubines.

Yao Ling laughed. ”No wonder you were badly sweating when I ran away from Zhang Mo Mo yesterday.”

”Yes! She's very strict. Her punishment was also tiring. For example, fetching water from the well to fill in a few tubs by myself or cutting woods. Mostly heavy labors.” Xiao Yu shuddered at her memories. ”However, she's also kind. If we didn't make mistakes, of course, she wouldn't deliberately punish us – lower servants.”

”That's good to know that she's not abusing her power.”

”Yes. Zhang Mo Mo is indeed strict, but she's nice as well.”

”Then, how come you were given to me as my personal servant?” Yao Ling asked the final question that she really wanted to know. She deliberately asked a lot of questions in this light atmosphere so Xiao Yu wouldn't feel suspicious with those series of questions.

”Hmm… This servant is not too sure myself. The one who told this servant about it was Zhang Mo Mo. So… it was probably by the matriarch's order.” Xiao Yu looked genuinely confused as well. She looked as though she had never thought about this thing before.

”This servant didn't think much because actually, this servant was too happy,” Xiao Yu shyly confessed her inner thought.

Yao ling looked at Xiao Yu's blushing face in amusement. ”Happy? Why?”

”Becoming a personal servant actually means that this servant rank moves up. So, this servant was happy when this servant got the news. At that time, this servant's only hope was to get a nice master,” she admitted everything.

”So… in the end… what do you think of this young mistress?” Yao Ling smirked, teasing Xiao Yu. This maid was really likable. She just hoped that Xiao Yu didn't deliberately mislead her with her cute and innocent side.