Translated by Pure

Edited by NovaLeir

Chapter 136 Noble Guests Fill The House (2)

“Aren’t you here to see the Private Mansion and the plays?” The two maids, Xin Lan and Lin Fang, exchanged glances before cautiously questioning the others.

“Um… It’s like this... We’re your Master’s family members. We’re here to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together. Do you need to go and notify someone?” Xue Li had never talked humbly like this to the servants. And now, he was using a negotiating tone to talk with a maid, which confused Jian Heng and Jian Yue who were standing by him. Feng Ruo Er smiled at the others as she nodded and received the cup of hot tea Lin Fang handed her. She enjoyed the tea. 

“Family members?” Xin Lan was a little worried, giving Lin Fang a look. They didn’t look like Prince Jing’s people. Whose family members were they? Guye’s side? 

“As you’re the distinguished guests of the private mansion, please follow Xin Lan.” Xin Lan walked around the table, curtsied to the four, and then spoke to Xue Li. She turned to ask Lin Fang. “I’ll be right back. Don’t forget to remind the visitors of things they need to pay attention to.” Lin Fang shot her an assuring look. Then, Xin Lan smiled, signaling Xue Li’s team to follow her. 

“What do we need to pay attention to?” Xue Li was curious. 

Xin Lan gave him a list of needs, largely for guests while the theater was performing. Eventually, she smiled, explaining. “Please excuse Xin Lan, although you’re our Master’s family members, please cooperate with us and follow the things you need to pay attention to during your stay in the Private Mansion.” 

Xue Li smiled and nodded. A well-thought and well-spoken maid, excellent! He turned around to look at Jian Heng, who was following behind him with an emotionless face. He believed that if she married that taciturn young man, it would be a divine match.

“I wonder how old you are this year?” If he gets the thought, he must take action immediately. Although he was a touch blunt in his inquiry, who was he? He was the supreme emperor of the Blood Union. Would he mind such trivial things? 

“…” Xin Lan was a little confused, blinking. She didn’t know how to answer such a question. She was a little worried. As the other looked like a righteous gentleman, he wouldn’t want to make her his concubine would he? She had joined the mansion at the same time as Chun Lan, so she wasn’t a young girl anymore. She would be seventeen at the end of the year. Half a year ago, because of a personnel shortage in the private mansion, she, Feng Ting, Xin Zhi, and the other three servants including Lin Fang, were sent here by the Elder Wangfei to help Chun Lan with the chores around the private mansion. They were all first-grade maids. This time, Chun Lan was afraid that the new maids wouldn't be able to deal with the difficult guests, so she asked Xin Lan and Lin Feng, Xin Zhi and Jiang Qi to wait at the entrance to the private mansion to welcome and remind the guests. 

It was the first and only time Fan Hua Town was open to welcome the people around to visit the town and enjoy the performance at a large scale. They wouldn’t want to see any unwanted events happen. 

Although she had to bear the difficulties of a maid’s life, she didn’t think being a maid was more painful than being someone’s concubine. At least, she was much happier than the concubines and Yiniangs stuck in the harem and struggling against each other. She loved her job and current life here. Especially, as she had been living half a year in the private mansion, she was more determined to be a maid for the rest of her life and stay here forever. 

“Girl?” Xue Li felt funny studying the absent-minded Xin Lan. Noticing his wife’s annoyed eyes, he whispered in Feng Ruo Er’s ear, “Jian Heng’s twenty-six years old already. If I don’t find him a wife, his father will rise from his grave and deal with me.”

Jian Heng and Jian Yue were Jian Qiu’s son and daughter, who was the first-grade imperial guard of Blood Union’s palace. Twenty-four years ago, in the bloody fight against Xue Ying, Jian Qiu got the merit of protecting the Emperor. However, he got shot by a poisoned arrow, which took his life. Before he died, he only asked Xue Li to take care of his three-year-old son and daughter.  However, ten years ago, after one month of being missing on a mission outside the palace and when she came back, Jian Yue had closed her heart. When she was at the right age to get married, she had resolutely denied all kinds of men Feng Ruo Er had introduced her to. If she were forced, she would kill herself. Seeing her being so stubborn, they finally gave up on her marriage. Although she didn’t say a word, they vaguely guessed it would be something related to that event. They didn’t know who the damned man, who deserved one hundred stabs, made her decide to close her heart for the rest of her life.   

Jian Heng was a clumsy, wooden and slow-of-speech man. They were afraid that if they let him find a woman himself, he would be unable to do so. However, the girls Feng Ruo Er had introduced to him had all blamed him for being so dull. They rejected him. And then, after several failed attempts, he grew even more silent. 

Feng Ruo Er finally understood and nodded. She had thought that Xue Li wasn’t that sort of man, so why did he notice a maid he had just met for the first time? It turned out… Would it really work with him randomly matching the red thread like this?  

“My apologies, Xin Lan was disrespectful. The house ahead is our Masters’ home. May this maid know who you want to meet?” Xin Lan took the chance to change the topic in the hope that the others would stop staring at her.

“Your Guye.” Seeing her being timid, Xue Li didn’t mind the fact that she avoided his question. No matter what, he got plenty of time as they would stay here for fifteen days. He wasn’t afraid that she would run away. He was just afraid that taciturn Jian Heng wouldn’t get it. 

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