ebookland Chapter 152 A Prank Takes Place on the Street
Chapter 152 A Prank Takes Place on the Street
Ye Xiyao sighed and said helplessly, "Young Master Lu, there are some unreasonable things here. You once said that you only saw that girl once, and you covered your face."
There are more than a dozen letters. Since you're both in Changping Town and have feelings for each other, why don't you two just meet up?
Ye Xiyao's words were reasonable and won the approval of passersby.
"That's right! If you really like someone, you'd want to see them all the time, so why only write letters? Isn't that obvious?"
"To fall madly in love without ever having seen her face, the scholar is truly foolish."
"Scholar, you've learned your lesson. Don't be so foolish in the future."
"Who is this person? She entered the Ye family and claimed to be a young lady of the Ye family. Why would she impersonate you to deceive me?"
Ye Xiyao was right. He had gone to the Ye family to inquire several times and was told that the Third Miss Ye was ill.
"Besides our family, the mother and her two children from the Xueji shop in the west of the city also went back that year."
Shopkeeper Xue's daughter, Ye Yuanru, once imitated my handwriting. You can go and ask her if it's her.
"Ye Yuanru?"
He had heard about the court hearing a few days ago; the burly man who spread the rumors was bribed by this woman.
Thinking about it this way, it's possible that Ye Yuanru wrote the letter in Ye Xiyao's name to deceive him.
Qi Jinlan's expression was serious, and her gaze carried a warning:
“Young Master Lu, this matter has been cleared up and let it go. I hope you will not appear in front of Xiyao again in the future and continue to harass her, or I will not be polite to you.”
Ye Xiyao boarded the carriage, and Lu Yuanyou watched it depart, his gaze lingering on it, muttering to himself:
"But after I came here and saw you, I really like you."
After running in the yard, An Ruyi went back to her room to change her clothes and prepared to go find Ye Yaoyao for a medicinal bath.
"Miss, your clothes are a little big, you've lost some weight!" Xiao Qiu's eyes lit up with excitement.
An Ruyi was too big to be seen thin by the naked eye, but the clothes she wore didn't lie.
Upon hearing this, An Ruyi was excited, but also somewhat incredulous: "Really? I didn't even notice it myself."
"It's true, Miss, look!" Xiao Qiu helped her put on her clothes and pulled on the loose fabric to let her feel it.
"It really works! It's been effective in less than half a month. Yao Yao is truly a miracle doctor."
"Yes! When the general returns, he might be as thin as he used to be."
"Haha... I'll give Dad a surprise then. I'll tighten my belt so no one can tell I've lost weight."
"Yes, Miss, the Fifth Young Master often comes here, so he must be able to tell that you've lost weight."
"It's okay, we agreed to keep it a secret."
"Ruyi, I've come to see you."
"Xiao Qiu, hurry up, your cousin is here." An Ruyi urged when she heard that Hu Qianqian had arrived.
"It will be ready soon, Miss."
Xiao Qiu, panting heavily, spun around a whole circle before finally fastening her belt. An Ruyi, as strong as a mountain, took several turns to dress her.
Each time, both master and servant were exhausted, with Xiao Qiu especially so, her face flushed and panting heavily.
"I just changed my clothes." Hu Qianqian came in, followed by a maid carrying food.
"Cousin, you've come at the perfect time! I'm going out in a bit, or I'll have missed you!"
"Where are we going? I noticed you haven't been eating much for breakfast, and you've been exercising a lot these past few days."
"If you keep working like this, you'll ruin your health. I brought you some lotus seed soup, come and eat!"
"No, cousin, I'm not hungry, so I won't have the lotus seed soup."
An Ruyi now eats only the ingredients Ye Yaoyao listed for her, and dares not touch anything else.
"Cousin, I'm going out."
"Where are you going?"
Hu Qianqian noticed that she had been out for a whole day last time, so she became curious and asked if she was going to the Ye family this time as well.
"I'm going to play with Miss Ye, cousin. I'll come back to talk to you later!"
An Ruyi avoided eye contact, not daring to look Hu Qianqian in the eye.
“Cousin, I also want to befriend Miss Ye. Can I go with you?” Hu Qianqian looked at her expectantly.
"Cousin, I'll ask Yaoyao first about this later. I'm leaving now."
An Ruyi was thinking of surprising everyone when she lost weight, so when she saw Hu Qianqian was going to the Ye family, she quickly slipped away.
Hu Qianqian's face fell as she watched An Ruyi rush out the door.
An Ruyi would never refuse her before, but last time she went out for an entire afternoon, as if she was hiding something from her.
"Has my cousin lost some weight?"
“Miss, I didn’t notice,” the maid behind her replied.
Hu Qianqian's furrowed brows relaxed. "Could it be that I saw it wrong?"
An Ruyi rushed to the Ye family, where Ye Yaoyao had already prepared the medicinal bath.
"Yaoyao, I'm here!"
"Everything's ready inside, go soak! How have you been feeling these past few days?"
"I feel much lighter all over, and I've lost some weight; my clothes are a bit looser."
"That's good."
Seeing the effects, An Ruyi was no longer afraid of the medicinal bath and quickly climbed into the tub after taking off her clothes.
When it was time for the medicinal bath, Liu Langyue brought Mu Youxi over, and the group made plans to go out shopping.
Mu Youxi saw that Ye Jingyang looked shy and uncomfortable, and didn't even dare to lift his head.
Ye Jingyang sighed inwardly, thinking he would take it slow, and left after saying hello.
"Can I go out with you?" An Ruyi asked with a smile, as she wanted to pay for Ye Yaoyao's purchases.
"If you want to go, then come along!"
However, the group was unlucky and ran into Mu Ningyan again as they went out.
The princess's people were exiled, and Mu Ningyan, remembering Ye Yaoyao's previous threat, was about to find her and give her a good scolding.
"Miss Mu, Miss Mu..."
A woman with a maternity veil wrapped around her head rushed towards Mu Youxi and knelt in front of her.
Ye Yaoyao didn't recognize her at all, but guessed from the "maternity scarf" that it belonged to the maidservant.
This is a staged act of self-inflicted suffering on the street.
They quickly attracted the attention of passersby on the street.
"That woman should still be in her postpartum period! Why is she kneeling here?"
"She's still in her postpartum period, and you're already doing all this. This will ruin her health."
"Miss Mu, I am the Second Young Master's personal maid. I heard that you want to break off your engagement with the Second Young Master because of my son and me."
"I beg you, my son and I don't ask for any official status. We'll stay quietly at the villa from now on. Please don't break off the engagement with the second young master. He loves you so much; he can't live without you. I beg you."
The maidservant kowtowed fiercely on the ground as she spoke.
Mu Youxi looked at the maid who had suddenly run over and knelt in front of her with disgust. She thought, "She's even trying to scheme in front of me now."
Originally, Father thought that the two families would not become enemies and waited for news from General Xu. Now that the Xu family could not keep an eye on people, they could not blame the Mu family.
"Liu Zi, go to the Xu family and inform them to come over," Mu Youqi instructed the servant driving the carriage.
"Yes, Miss!" The servant quickly drove away.