Chapter 105 — Xiao Gu (1/2)
The maids hearing that Xiao Xi will go by herself, quickly stopped in front of Xiao Xi.
Xiao Xi sees the situation and frowned, ”Did your Gongzi told you to lock me up in the room?”
”Gongzi did not say to lock young lady Xiao in the room, but… young lady Xiao's foot is injured, Gongzi let's you rest in the room out of concern for you ah! Young lady Xiao must not waste Gongzi's concern.”
”In that case, you want to lock me up in the room.” Xiao Xi saw the faces of the three maids change slightly. She continues, ”You do know that he cares about me too. If he knows that I have something to do but you repeatedly obstruct me and don't prepare a carriage for me, leading to the foot injury getting worse. Then, when your Gongzi returns, I'm afraid you won't get any good results either.” Xiao Xi's last sentence hits the nail on the head, successfully suppressing the three maids.
Xiao Xi did not want to resort to using the serious foot injury to guilt trip the three maids, but if even the three maids could not be coaxed, she would not be able to get out of the mansion at all today, and the little snow wolf would go hungry.
This is the growing time for the little snow wolf, his daily food intake should not be interrupted.
”Young lady Xiao, it's clear that you have to leave the mansion despite our advice. How can you frame us so in front of Gongzi?”
One of the maids complained, but another maid pulled the corner of her dress.
”Since young lady Xiao has something to do outside of the mansion, this servant will ask the housekeeper to prepare a carriage for young lady Xiao.”
”Sister Lan… but Gongzi has ordered…”
Qiu Lan threw a meaningful gaze, and the two maids immediately closed their mouths.
After a while, the carriage arrived, driven by a cold and stern man. He does not resemble a coachman, but more like one of the royal palace's high expert instead. Nangong Yin is the crown prince of Nanling, it was matter of course for him to be accompanied by highly skilled in martial arts guards.
Xiao Xi got into the carriage, now she only need to getto the outskirts.
As Xiao Xi settled herself in the carriage, a voice came from outside, ”Outskirts, troublesome.”
”Drive.”
The cold and stern man did not reply to Xiao Xi, he silently urged the carriage to move towards the outskirts.
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At the mansion.
”Sister Lan, why did you let her out of the mansion? If Gongzi returns, how should we explain this?” worried Xia Chu.
”Then what happens if we don't let her out? Chu'er, didn't you hear her threatening us like that? When Gongzi returns, she will bite back in front of him. Gongzi will surely side with her and blame us, for we don't matter to him. Chu'er, you know that sister Lan towards Gongzi…….”
”All right, Dong'er, stop talking nonsense.” Qiu Lan's beautiful face was a little red.
Xia Chu came over to Qiu Lan, took Qiu Lan's arm and looked at her blushing face, ”Sister Lan blushed! Sister Lan blushed!”
”Chu'er, you bad girl.” Qiu Lan pretended to be angry and pinched Xia Chu's arm.
”Aaaah~ sister Lan, don't pinch, Chu'er knows it's wrong, knows it's wrong.” Xia Chu's arm aches slightly, but it was more of a ticklish feeling rather than pain causing her to giggle.
They two joked for a moment.
Xia Chu then said, ”Sister Lan, we have been by Gongzi's side for many years. We know that you have feelings for Gongzi in your heart, so far that you are willing to come here and serve Xiao Xi, but this Xiao Xi person is too much. She has only just arrived in this mansion, and she already have an arrogant and domineering face, would it not be even more excessive in the future?”
Fu Dong frowned, ”Yes! When Xiao Xi saw us this morning, she was hostile to us and refused to let us wait on her. Now she deliberately finds fault with us and tells us that she has an important thing to do, what important thing is it to warrant her to go out? I think she is clearly doing it on purpose, deliberately came up with this important thing, so that Gongzi will frown upon us.”
Qiu Lan's face warped. Upon reflection, Xiao Xi might really be like what Xia Chu and Fu Dong said, and had done everything on purpose.
What a despicable woman.
”Sister Lan, although Gongzi took Xiao Xi into the mansion, it was merely for her own sake… but Xiao Xi is greedy, she wants to be spoiled and pampered by Gongzi, we have to prevent that!”
Xia Chu nodded repeatedly at the words, ”I think Xiao Xi is caught in her own sick dream of Gongzi. She thinks that he really likes her, and then she regards herself as the mistress of the mansion. Humph! She's the kind of girl that gets smitten with high position and great wealth. I'm waiting forward to see her fall from her dream, crushed to pieces, and receive eternal d.a.m.nation.”
”Chu'er, you can't talk nonsense.” Qiu Lan frowned at the Xia Chu, ”If Gongzi's matter is revealed, you should know the consequences.”
Xia Chu's face went pale, she hung her head down, ”Sister Lan, Chu'er made a blunder.”
Qiu Lan's eyes swept Fu Dong with a deep look, and said, ”From now on, n.o.body can mention anything about Gongzi. As for Xiao Xi, we should do our best to do our part well. If she can't bear us with all her heart, Gongzi will surely see it in her eyes.” and see Xiao Xi's true colors.
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Once they reached the outskirts, the carriage stopped.
Xiao Xi stepped out of the carriage with the lunch box, and saw the cold and stern man standing off of the carriage, seemingly intending to follow her. Xiao Xi's eyes flashed.
”Just wait for me here. I'll be back in an hour.”