Chapter 201 The Crisis of Betrayal (1/2)

The moment they stepped out of the Art Courtyard, Baizhi beat her chest, pouted her lips and said, “What’s awry? How come I didn’t feel anything was amiss?”

Lately, Lin Mengya had been busy over lots of things everyday, but she did sense that the strangest person in the Art Courtyard was none other than Concubine De.

“Master, you’re busy day in and day out, so you don’t sense anything amiss. However, I heard that ever since Concubine De came back from the palace that day, Jing Yue was no longer her favorite, but that new maid named Yun Ruo!”

Baizhi was like the little paparazzi who somehow had an idea of everything that happened in the prince’s mansion.

At this moment, she was wearing a professional paparazzi look as she reported her findings to Lin Mengya.

Shaking her head, Lin Mengya smiled.

There must be something outstanding about Yun Ruo, otherwise she would not be specially favored by Concubine De.

Despite knowing this, Lin Mengya did not intend to have any contact with Yun Ruo.

“Please bear in mind not to probe or meddle with the matters of the Art Courtyard from now on. Just do what is within your duty of work. Do you understand?”

“Yes, Master.”

Lin Mengya was thankful all of her four maidservants were very obedient. It would be the Winter Solstice in one month’s time.

She supposed her elder brother and father would make it home before the Winter Solstice.

It was would such a nice thing to have a family reunion.

However, it was going to be difficult for her to tell her brother about what happened to Elder Sister Yue Ting.

Lin Mengya sighed. Then she headed back to the Liuxin Courtyard with her four maidservants.

The moment she turned the corner along the corridor, she saw a nervous Steward Deng’s coming up to her.

“You’ve finally returned, Master. The tenants from the land had sent their men to pay their rents. How should we manage them this year?”

Although Prince Yu resided in the Capital City, being a prince, possessed feudal fiefdom.

Lin Mengya, however, had overlooked this matter.

She pondered for a moment, and then sent Baishao to attend to the matter.

“You follow Steward Deng to draw up a statistics sheet on the rental of the tenants so I can have a look at it. Do be careful and not make any mistakes.”

“Yes, Master.”

Baishao was the one who was in charge of keeping accounts at home, so Lin Mengya did not have to worry over it.

Yunzhu had reported to her that the work of Sanjue Hall was proceeding smoothly.

The family members of Baiji were doing a good job. It seemed like a good idea to make a visit at this moment.

“Come, let’s go into the streets to check out what’s happening.”

The case of the skinned corpse in the palace had eventually died down.

It was said the King Ming threw a fit just before he left.

The Queen actually gave him a princess as a gift just to pacify him.

In addition, she also offered him with many gifts, which prevented a fallout between the two.

Although strictly, Hu Lunan was not a prince, he had after all died in the territory of Dajin. with the addition of the death of Princess Ming Yue, King Ming was naturally heavy-hearted.

Sending a princess as a gift to King Ming at this moment gave the idea that they could do anything to her.

The royal family was indeed such an unsympathetic community.

The streets were not as busy as during summer time perhaps because the weather had turned frigid.

Lin Mengya was cladded in a dark red coat embroidered with the pattern of clouds that were orange in color.

The embroidery was exquisite to the point of perfection.

The coat felt warm and fitting. It was obviously the work of Baiji.

“Look, Baiji’s hands are truly skillful. I don’t feel like taking this coat off once I got into it.”

While travelling in the horse carriage, Lin Mengya began singing praises to her maidservant.

Baiji started to blush on her pretty face. Ever since she came, Lin Mengya had never worn any other pieces of clothing made by other people other than Baiji.

“That’s so true. Elder Sister Baiji is the best. All the clothes we wear were tailored by her and Aunt Bai and they are much more comfortable to wear than the ones bought from the shops.”

Baizhi was the youngest of the maidservants. She had grown a great deal in the last half a year, but was still behaving much like a kid.

“My dear!”

Lin Mengya tapped Baizhi’s forehead with a finger and incidentally turned to look at Baiji.

It was then that Lin Mengya realized that Baiji looked troubled.

“Baiji, are you keeping anything from me?”

Baiji was stunned for a moment at Lin Mengya’s words, but eventually shook her head.

Nevertheless, an awkward smile appeared on her face afterwards.

Could she have fallen in love with someone in the mansion?

On reflection, Baiji had reached a marriageable age at this moment.

Apart from Baisu, the matter of the marriage for the other three maidservants was weighing on Lin Mengya’s mind.

“We are like sisters. Although we have not been together for long, you surely know my thoughts.”