Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 774 There are no unimportant people, only relationships that have not been used yet

When Fuling heard this reason, she immediately believed it. After all, she knew how much Qiao Zhiyu liked that skirt.

However, she looked Qiao Zhiyu up and down and asked, "Then why are you so wet?"

Qiao Zhiyu lowered her head, like a child who had done something wrong. "To hide from others, I hid all the way and accidentally fell into the lotus pond. So not only did I not get my old clothes back, but my new clothes got soaked too."

Fuling sneered, "Oh, my cousin is really capable! She even fell into the lotus pond while walking. If you don't know, you would think she has no eyes!"

She mocked and ridiculed him without any hesitation, as if she didn't take Qiao Zhiyu seriously at all.

Qiao Zhiyu cursed her a thousand times in her heart, but her face still looked submissive and like a punching bag: "I was too careless, Miss Fuling, and please don't tell my cousin about this, otherwise my cousin will be angry again, and you might be punished too. Anyway, I didn't get the dress back, so just pretend I didn't go out tonight, okay?"

The light was too dim, and Fuling did not see the slap mark on Qiao Zhiyu's face. She was secretly wondering whether she should tell Meng Yunlan that Qiao Zhiyu left the yard in the middle of the night.

It’s not that she wanted to hide it for Qiao Zhiyu, but as Qiao Zhiyu said, if Meng Yunlan knew that she fell asleep and didn’t watch over Qiao Zhiyu, she would be subjected to unbearable punishment.

Meng Yunlan never beat or scolded her servants, because it would be detrimental to her reputation if it got out, but she had her own vicious ways of punishing her servants, such as not allowing them to sleep for several days in a row, or asking the nanny to stick needles into the servants' shoes.

Only those who have experienced it personally know the pain.

Fuling had tasted it once, and she never wanted to taste it a second time.

She was annoyed that Qiao Zhiyu was disobedient and had to carry her out, but she could only compromise and said, "This is just the first time, and it won't happen again! Cousin, you'd better behave yourself in the future, otherwise, I won't help you anymore!"

Qiao Zhiyu sneered in her heart. She knew that Fuling didn't dare to tell the truth to Meng Yunlan because it would be considered as her dereliction of duty tonight!

"Thank you, Miss Fuling. I will never dare to do that again."

Qiao Zhiyu said weakly, taking small steps inside: "It's getting late, let's go back and rest! Oh, and don't turn on the lights, otherwise no one will find out that we are still awake."

Fuling was furious and said angrily, "Do you even need to tell me that? It's all your fault, otherwise I would be sleeping soundly now!"

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The next day, early morning.

When Shen Wantang woke up, Gu Qianhan was nowhere to be seen.

Du Juan said as she hung up the curtains, "Young Madam, the Master said he's going out for a while to take care of some things, so you don't have to wait for him for breakfast."

Shen Wantang yawned. "Next time he says that, tell him not to let him be so self-indulgent. I didn't wait for him to have breakfast. I enjoyed it better when I ate alone."

Du Juan asked softly, "Young Madam, are you still angry with the Master? Don't fall for the Young Madam's scheme to sow discord!"

Shen Wantang shook his head helplessly. "I had vowed that I wouldn't fall for a trick, that I was very clear-headed and rational, but sometimes the situation is stronger than you. Even though you know it's a trick, you still have to fall for it. After all, I'm also a human being, with my own joys and sorrows, and my own temper."

Du Juan looked worried: "What should I do? Are you really alienated from the young master?"

Shen Wantang smiled now: "No, your master, I'm marrying a different man this time. It's okay for me to be a little bit irritable with him. Besides, he was the one who made the mistake first. He knows he's in the wrong and won't argue with me."

Du Juan was puzzled: "What do you mean... the man I'm marrying this time is different? Master, you say that as if you've been married several times before. You must never say that in front of outsiders in the future, otherwise you'll easily be taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives."

Shen Wantang chuckled: "Of course, I'm just saying it in front of you."

She put on her shoes and got out of bed. Just as she was about to wash her face, Qin Xin hurried in.

"Young lady!"

"What's wrong? Why do you look so grim?"

"That Qiao Zhiyu threw the royal blue dress you gave her at the gate of our yard! She's such a jerk! You were so good to her, and yet she's retaliating against you like this! She deserves death!"

Shen Wantang said calmly, "I wasn't really that kind to her. I was just using her. She threw away the skirt I gave her, and it certainly wasn't her own will. Someone else must have been the one who made her throw the skirt to embarrass me."

Qin Xin reacted quickly: "You mean - the eldest young master's wife?"

"Of course it's her."

Qin Xin stamped her feet in anger. "I don't know what kind of evil has possessed her. She's always making things difficult for you! You've never offended her, yet she's always targeting you! She's such a narrow-minded person! I'm afraid she has too many evil intentions and isn't using them in the right way. That's why she can't get pregnant!"

Shen Wantang glared at her: "Keep your voice down and don't talk nonsense."

Qin Xin also knew that it was inappropriate to frame her master, but she was indeed angry, and at this moment she felt quite contemptuous of Meng Yunlan's behavior.

She lowered her voice and said, "Young Madam, do you know that the eldest master didn't stay in Yulu Courtyard last night? Do you know where Qiao Zhiyu went last night?"

Shen Wantang finally perked up, knowing that something interesting was about to happen: "Where did she go?"

Qin Xin's eyes sparkled with excitement: "She ran to the West Courtyard! Oh, she accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by the eldest master himself!"

Shen Wantang's eyes lit up. "Wow, she's so capable. She found her way to the yard where Big Brother was sleeping so quickly?"

"That's not all! She even clung to the eldest young master's legs, refusing to let him go. Later, she cried for a long time, lying to him that her mother was sick, and asked him for a hundred taels of silver!"

Shen Wantang didn't find it strange that Qiao Zhiyu had done these things. What she was puzzled about was, "How do you know so much about this? Has this been spread everywhere?"

"How could that be possible? No one in the mansion knows about it now. It was Fu Ze, the servant beside the young master, who quietly told me. He said that the entire Duke's Mansion is now secretly monitored by the young master's men, and the West Courtyard is no exception."

Shen Wantang was surprised: "When did you become so close to Fu Ze? I remember that after you came in with me, you seemed to be getting closer to Ji Xiang. Why, did you change people?"

Qin Xin blinked her eyes. "Jixiang is the most trusted servant around the young master. I do focus my main attention on him, but I have never neglected others. Fuze has accepted snacks from me several times and even a pair of new shoes! I believe that there are no unimportant people, only relationships that have not been used yet, so I never look down on anyone."