ebookland Chapter 116 She doesn't believe it!
Chapter 116 She doesn't believe it!
Xie Yaochuan's eyes were unfocused as he chuckled and said, "My brother is getting old, so naturally he can go anywhere. Xixi is still young and shouldn't run around; it's dangerous."
Xiao Yuxi pouted and scoffed, "Hmph, that same old excuse again."
That's what my second brother and aunt both said!
She doesn’t believe it!
Brother Potato can run around anywhere, so why can't she?
Xie Yaochuan looked at her little expression and couldn't help but suppress his laughter. He reached out and pinched her cheek. "Coincidentally, there's something I want to ask you."
Xiao Yuxi looked up at Yao Chuan, who had suddenly become very serious, with a puzzled expression, and tilted her head curiously.
Xie Yaochuan leaned down, his face serious. "What's the name of the maid who accompanied you at the palace banquet last time? Do you know which palace she was from?"
"A maid?"
Xiao Yuxi was extremely puzzled.
She went with her aunt last time, but she didn't see Yaochuan. Even her second sister and second brother weren't with them.
My aunt said that since they were foreign officials, the banquet they attended was different from the one they attended.
Why did Yaochuan see her?
Moreover, it seems that all the maids from the Mu family are waiting by the carriage, so they can't get in.
"Which maid?" Xiao Yuxi thought for a long time but couldn't figure out who the maid Yaochuan was talking about was.
"It's the maid who was with you when you were feeding the fish," Xie Yaochuan gently guided her to recall.
After all, Xiaoyuxi is just a child, so it's perfectly normal that she can't remember things from so long ago. If she could remember, that would be wonderful.
Feed the fish?
Besides her and her older sister, was there another maidservant at the time?
She doesn't remember at all.
If there were maids, they should be the maids in the eldest sister's palace, right?
However, when feeding the fish, the older sister specifically asked the maid to leave, so it was just the two of them feeding the fish by the pond.
Xiao Yuxi thought for a long time, but still couldn't think of who the third person was.
But if Brother Yaochuan said that, then there must have been a third person at the time.
But why didn't she see any of it?
Xiao Yuxi shook her head, looking somewhat dejected, "Xixi doesn't remember..."
Xie Yaochuan felt a sudden pang of sadness. Sure enough, her name wasn't so easy to find out; he would have to find a way to get into the palace.
Xie Yaochuan tidied up Xixi's messy hair before leading the child toward the front hall.
"Brother Yaochuan, were you there when we were feeding the fish?"
Xie Yaochuan thought about the girl's gentle appearance back then, and his heart suddenly stirred. He quickly regained his composure and suppressed the flutter in his heart.
"Yes, watching you from the tree."
"Peeping?" Xiao Yuxi used the word as soon as she learned it.
Xie Yaochuan was taken aback. This was not something to be said. If she went to the palace one day and said such things to that maid, his good marriage would be over.
"This isn't peeping. Good kids shouldn't misuse words they know." Xie Yaochuan patted Xiao Yuxi's head.
Xiao Yuxi covered her head, pouted, and muttered, "My hair is even messier now..."
Xie Yaochuan stood under the tree, gesturing for her to come over herself.
Although Princess Lanyue invited many people this time, they were all from the inner quarters. She didn't give Lord Yan any face at all. Not a single official who had dealings with her in the court was invited, so naturally he wasn't on the invitation list either. Of course, she couldn't let others know that he had been here.
Xie Yaochuan pinched the little girl's cheek. "You can't tell anyone that you've seen me, okay? I'll bring you lots of candy next time."
Xiao Yuxi's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded obediently, "Okay, I know. Pinky promise, you have to bring candy for Xixi next time."
Xie Yaochuan curled his lips into a smile.
As Mu Yunchao said, this little girl could be easily bribed with just a piece of candy.
They are too easy to be abducted.
"Pull the hook."
When Xiao Yuxi returned to the Duchess's side, the dishes had just been served.
The Duchess frowned as she looked at the little maid's disheveled hair. She had specifically told her not to be so naughty today, but her hair was still a mess.
The Duchess pinched the little girl's cheek. "I told you not to be so naughty!"
"Xi Xi isn't naughty!" Little Yu Xi looked up at her aunt with her little face raised.
The Duchess couldn't help but chuckle at her earnest little face. "Is this all? You're not naughty? Then what counts as naughty?"
The Duchess smiled, picked up a sweet piece of meat with her chopsticks, and carefully fed it to the little girl.
The lady standing nearby remarked, "The Duchess certainly dotes on this child."
The Duchess smiled and said, "After all, Xixi is a girl, and so young, so shouldn't we pamper her more?"
Musiliao sat at the small table behind the Duchess, looking at Xiaoyuxi, who was eating meat pieces one bite at a time, with some confusion.
She was with Princess Lanyue at the time, and when she left, she saw the cousin and the second daughter of the Yan family looking inside through the window.
She hadn't paid attention to the appearance of the second daughter of the Yan family before, only thinking that she was too domineering and had an unpleasant face.
But in that one glance, she really felt like she was seeing herself as a child.
Their eyes and eyebrows do look very similar.
Could it be that she really isn't a child of the Mu family?
Does Father know about this?
Did they know all along, yet they still brought her into the mansion and made her a concubine's daughter of the Mu family?
My aunt might not be that capable, right?
The others exchanged glances at her, their mockery both overt and covert. How dare a concubine's daughter come here? She's shameless and brazen.
Musiliao pretended not to hear, and simply lowered her head to eat the food in front of her.
Princess Lanyue, being outside, naturally overheard the hushed discussions among these people.
However, she grew up listening to a bunch of nonsense like this.
But she was, after all, a princess. If someone really angered her, she would kill them on the spot.
This little girl doesn't have a good background. In this setting where everyone is born of the principal wife, Mu Siliao stands out horribly. They dare not discuss the protagonist of this period, Princess Lanyue, but only talk about this illegitimate girl with no background behind her back.
Princess Lanyue glanced at her unseemly appearance, then silently looked away and took her seat in the main seat.
The voices in the front hall had already become quieter, for fear that Princess Lanyue would, as before, find some excuse to start a fight and have the servants beat someone up.
Little Yu Xi didn't understand the complexities in the adults' eyes. While everyone else slowly put down their chopsticks, she continued to eat her favorite dishes bite by bite.
She had run so far, she must be starving.
Mu Yunchen leaned closer and asked, "Where did you go just now? You disappeared as soon as I turned around."
Xiao Yuxi swallowed the food. "Bubu found a treasure. I'll take Potato Brother to see it later!"