Chapter 340 - Build up Prestige (1/2)

Mammy Zheng showed a smile on her old face, but there was no smile in her eyes. “His Lordship is busy taking care of Madam these days, and he is not free to come, so he specially told me to send a message to you and the first young master, My Lady.”

Shi Qingxue got up and leered at Mammy Zheng, asking casually, “What message?”

“His Lordship has said that Madam is worried so much about the second young master, and they tire themselves to take care of him and name him these days, so they don’t have time to take care of one more baby. They asked you to continue looking after the first young master before Madam recovers.”

Shi Qingxue had no objection to looking after her brother, yet she still couldn’t help but frown after hearing Mammy Zheng’s words. “Name him? My parents have named my brothers? What are their names?”

Mammy Zheng smiled insincerely. “How dare I call the young master’s name?”

She intentionally pretended to be timid, while she brought contempt upon herself as Shi Qingxue glanced at her coldly. Then she added obediently, “The second young master’s name is Tianyou.”

“What about the first young master’s?” Shi Qingxue thought that it was strange since Mammy Zheng started to speak.

The old maid talked about her little brother all the time but mentioned the other brother in just a few words indifferently, as if this baby weren’t existent. Her neglect made Shi Qingxue furious.

Mammy Zheng showed a smile to express that all people knew it. Then she looked at Shi Qingxue and stopped talking.

Shi Qingxue stared at Mammy Zheng coldly.

These days, she had noticed that Mammy Zheng seemed to aim at her intentionally or unintentionally and always try to irritate her while speaking.

Considering that Mammy Zheng was an old maid Dong Hui had brought from the Dong family, Qingxue didn’t want to bother about her, so she pretended that she didn’t know, but unexpectedly, the maid’s attitude was more and more extravagant.

However, Shi Qingxue wouldn’t lose temper rashly. She returned to the chair and took a sip of tea before asking unhurriedly, “Mammy Zheng, how many years have you been in my family?”

Mammy Zheng wanted to incite Shi Qingxue to make trouble in the East House impulsively by telling her purposely that the master and mistress named the second young master yet didn’t give a name to the first young master.

Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue didn’t get angry but asked her about something else at leisure.

Didn’t the young lady understand what she meant?

Even though Mammy Zheng was anxious in secret, she couldn’t refuse to answer Shi Qingxue’s question. “My Lady, I came with Madam when she got married. I have been here for more than twenty years.”

“So you are an old servant in this mansion, right?” Shi Qingxue asked with a lift of her eyebrow.

Mammy Zheng just smiled at Shi Qingxue and felt proud evidently.

“So you must be clear about the family rules…” After saying, Shi Qingxue paused for a moment.

Before Mammy Zheng reacted, the girl suddenly rebuked, “Do you know what punishment a servant deserves when he bullies a master?”

Mammy Zheng was shocked by the cold reproach and felt that her knees were numb and feeble somehow.

She instantly knelt on the floor as her legs were soft, as if she would kowtow to Shi Qingxue and admit her fault.

“I…I…”

Mammy Zheng was anxious and scared and thought that it was surprising, but she had knelt down. The young lady didn’t tell her to get up, so if she got up without permission, wouldn’t it prove that she bullied the master as the young lady said?

At this thought, Mammy Zheng didn’t express her feelings even though her knees hurt and she had cold sweat. Moreover, she had to smile at Shi Qingxue flatteringly. “My Lady, you get me wrong. I am your servant. How dare I bully you? My slavery indenture is in the hands of the masters, and I am loyal to the Shi family. I have never bullied a master. Please observe clearly, My Lady.”

When Mammy Zheng was speaking, tears fell across her old face, and she looked aggrieved and pitiful.

It looked like she really had such feelings.

They grew up in a powerful family and if Mammy Zheng didn’t know how to act, she wouldn’t earn a spot among the servants.

Shi Qingxue was clear about that, so she wouldn’t be so stupid as to confront her.

Then she asked lazily, “When did I say that you bullied me?”

From beginning to end, Shi Qingxue just asked Mammy Zheng what punishment a servant deserved after bullying a master, and then the old maid knelt down and said that she was wronged.

The old maid just confessed without torture seemingly.

Mammy Zheng stopped crying and the sad expression froze on her face.

“Er, well. I…” No matter how eloquent Mammy Zheng was, she was forced to stutter and couldn’t speak a word after Shi Qingxue’s stroke of genius.

Then Shi Qingxue asked with a faint smile, “Mammy Zheng, since you think that you have never bullied a master, why did you kneel so soon? Anybody who doesn’t know the truth will think that you admitted your fault.”

Mammy Zheng was angry, yet she didn’t dare to vent it.

She realized why others said that Shi Qingxue was smart and anybody would be unlucky after offending her. She thought that she was a good talker, but Shi Qingxue was silver-tongued and set traps everywhere.

When the opponent was careless, she might be tripped up by Shi Qingxue, and the latter would outargue her, making her unable to speak.

Mammy Zheng knew that she gave Shi Qingxue a chance to accuse her, so she didn’t dare to play tricks. She admitted her fault and sincerely begged the young lady to forgive her.

She even got cruel-hearted and slapped herself in the face severely when she saw Shi Qingxue’s cold eyes.

“I am powerless. Please forgive me because I have served Madam for so many years, My Lady. I don’t dare to play tricks on you anymore!”

With her elbow on the table and her chin on her palm, Shi Qingxue tilted her head and looked Mammy Zheng up and down.