Chapter 26
A Shockingly Broad Mind
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The sons of Marquis Gu’s Manor have never been taken care of maidservants . Aside from Gu JiuGe, none had much interaction with girls .
This brought about and exposed Qi Ting’s jealousy, which they felt was very dirty and unseemly .
Qi An just felt that the face that he had worked so hard for during his life was completely trampled by his own granddaughter .
“The more you say, the more impudent you are! What’s wrong with the young sirs liking their younger sister . You grew up in the marquis manor, but you were a maidservant . Taking care of the young miss should be considered an honor, so how could it be considered humiliation? Back when I told you to take care of the young miss, weren’t you rejoicing?”
Qi Ting’s face turned red, and tears began to flow .
“Back then, I thought that she was a proper young miss of the marquis manor . Who knew that she would just be a random girl!”
“Smack!”
Qi An delivered a slap to Qi Ting’s face, and her face instantly swole up . It could be seen just how much force had been put into that slap .
At the same time, he dropped to his knees with his hands by his side to accept his guilt .
“Lord Marquis, the situation has been clarified . It was Qi… Yao Hong who did not know what was good for her . She neglected her master and had a vicious mindset . Would Lord Marquis deal with her!”
A drop of water dripped to the ground from his lowered head . Everyone looked at the three with feelings of anger and pity .
The pity was for Qi An, who had worked diligently in the manor for the majority of his life and his son, Qi Zhou, who was also quite capable . But the face that the father and son had worked so hard to gain was completely lost by Qi Ting .
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As for the anger, it was directed at Qi Ting . She had done such a horrid thing, yet she was still unwilling to repent .
Gu HuaiJiang felt a bit troubled .
It was natural that he could no longer tolerate Qi Ting, but flippantly chasing her out and doing damage to his longtime servant’s image would be a big problem . If she was kept, what should be done about Yu Fu’s face?
With this setting precedence, wouldn’t everyone in the manor end up bullying Yu Fu?
That would definitely not stand!
“Send her to a hamlet in the countryside . She can be considered as having been spoiled rotten by living in marquis manor . Having her gain some experience in the poor countryside would be good for her . ”
Qi Ting suddenly raised her head and wanted to beg Gu HuaiJiang for leniency but had her mouth covered by Qi Zhou .
“Many thanks, Lord Marquis . Many thanks for Lord Marquis’ leniency!”
She had committed quite a grave crime, yet the Lord Marquis had only punished her by sending her to a countryside hamlet . It was already quite lenient .
Although it was the countryside, it was still one of the marquis’ operations . She was still one of Marquis Gu’s Manor’s maidservants . In the future, she would still be able to return if she mended her ways .
Returning to the Western Wing, Lian Zhu and Lian Bi received them at the entrance to the yard . Seeing Yu Fu return, they were extremely happy .
“Young miss is fine, right? We servants heard that young miss was nearly plotted against by someone today!”
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“That’s right, young miss . You weren’t hurt, right? Quickly come inside and let us take a look . ”
“I’m fine . I’m fine . ”
Yu Fu saw that everyone was getting close to take a look, and she could not help but laugh, “I have poison needles hidden on my person . Nobody can get close to me . If you don’t believe me, take a look!”
As she said this, she turned her hand over . Sure enough, there were four silver needles between the cracks of her fingers . There was even a wicked glint that came from the tips of the needles .
Everyone froze for a moment before involuntarily taking a step back . Yu Fu flicked her wrist once more, and the four silver needles actually disappeared!
“Where did young miss hide those needles!?”
Everyone had been a bit afraid earlier from hearing that they were poison needles . Seeing that she had magically vanished the needles, they could not suppress their curiosity and began asking away .
Yu Fu cheerfully splayed out her fingers, “Come and take a look . Anyone who finds them will be rewarded with a crab cake at dinner!”
The maidservants exchanged a glance and smiled . As expected, they began to search her sleeves while also tickling her . Yu Fu giggled and did her best to get away .
“This sort of mischief isn’t any way to go about things, teasing me just because you can’t find it . Haha… spare me . It tickles so much!”
Yao Lan hastily straightened her back and protected Yu Fu behind her . She herself was not the slightest bit afraid of being tickled .
“Very well, Yao Lan . You’ve been with the young miss from childhood and must know where young miss hid the needles . Quickly, tell us!”
The group saw that they were unable to find them on Yu Fu, thus they turned their eyes on Yao Lan to try and have her sell Yu Fu out .
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Yao Lan thought quickly, her round cheeks giving her a very good-natured appearance . She opened her mouth and suddenly blurted out: “Back then, I searched for an entire month before managing to find them . How could I tell you so easily? You would need to give me at least five crab cakes!”
The group messed around for a while, completely dissipating any nervousness that had remained from Yu Fu nearly being successfully plotted against . They also heard that Qi Ting had been sent to a hamlet in the countryside, nearly causing everyone to applaud with joy!
“Yao Hong actually dared to do something to harm our master . Sending her away to a hamlet is considered light! She has never been respectful of master while she was in the Western Wing, but young miss was kind and endured . We have been finding it hard to watch since quite a while ago!”
Lian Zhu was a bit more satisfied than the others . Who told Qi Ting to always try and exclude her, saying that she was born looking like a fox spirit?
She would often want to shoot back and ask if she had ever seen a fox spirit skilled in writing . But Aunty Li had said that they were all taking care of the young miss, thus they should work in harmony . They could not make their master look bad, thus Lian Zhu did not dare act up .
Who knew that retribution would come so quickly . Qi Ting had already been chased out of the manor .
“That’s right! She flaunted that she was the head steward’s granddaughter and acted arrogantly in the manor . She even dared to be disrespectful towards young miss, much less how excessive she was in front of us . Is young miss not mad?”
While everyone was cheerfully speaking, they found that Yu Fu was merely looking out of the window at a spring . She was not replying, and everyone suddenly felt a little strange .
Yu Fu shook her head .
“What is there to get mad at? There are plenty of people with muddled heads . If you got mad at each and every one of them, you’ll never stop being mad . It’s fine as long as I know that the head general will handle things fairly . Everything else is unrelated to me . ”
She held a balsam flower between her fingers . While speaking, she gently removed flower petals and released them to be blown into the water .
The scarlet petals floated on the clear spring, and Yu Fu smiled brightly . She then lowered her head and continued removing more petals .
Lowering her head, she found that everyone was looking at her in a daze .
“What are you all looking at me for? Keep chatting . There’s no need to be so restrained . I know that you’ve all been quite frustrated with her . You should vent a little . Don’t worry, I won’t tell Aunty Li about it . ”
Everyone felt even more that she was the epitome of perfection .
Lian Zhu said: “Young miss, are you really only twelve years old?”
Ever since Yu Fu walked into the Gu family’s military camp, she had been laughed at by those grown men for being short . At most, she looked to be ten years old .
As a result, she was a little sensitive when age was mentioned, straightening her back with pride, “Of course, I’m twelve years old . I haven’t lied!”
“Young miss is able to be so broad-minded at just twelve years old . It really makes this servant admire you . If we servants had heard young miss say this sooner, we would not have needed to be mad with Yao Hong for such a long time . ”
Everyone faintly felt as though they were in a dream . They initially thought that Yu Fu was merely smart and cute, and they had treated her as a child .
Who knew that her attitude and vision were not comparable to those of normal young misses from prominent families .
“Since you have all become so enlightened, tidy up her things for her to take away . ”
“Ah…”
They had just been copying Yu Fu’s earnest expression a moment earlier, but now they had bitter expressions . Nobody wanted to go and tidy up Qi Ting’s things for her .