usatvline Chapter 135: Leaking the water
Chapter 135: Leaking the water
"Fourth Aunt." Jiu Xiao had nothing else to do while staying in the Cloud Dream Realm, so she often listened to the sounds around Ye Qing'an.
"Fourth Aunt said that the erotic books the page gave Ye Feiran might be ones that Ye Feiran likes. She said that although Ye Feiran is only eight years old, he will be old enough to take a wife in a few years, so it's not a bad thing for him to know about them in advance."
"They also said that the bugs in Ye Feiran's quilt were just bugs that bred in your unclean yard and crawled into Ye Feiran's quilt."
"You even say you're incompetent at managing your subordinates, yet you keep making up all sorts of excuses."
Ye Qing'an sneered: "They've already come to bully me. If I remain indifferent, they'll think I'm a pushover, easy to bully."
As Ye Qing'an spoke, she instructed Jiu Xiao, "Go over there first, and then summon me."
"where to?"
Ye Qing'an glanced at Jiu Xiao: "Fourth Aunt's courtyard."
"..." Jiu Xiao clearly felt that Ye Qing'an's glance at him was full of disdain.
A short while later, the summoning circle appeared in front of Ye Qing'an.
Ye Qing'an entered the summoning circle, and in the blink of an eye, she appeared in an unfamiliar courtyard.
“I have investigated carefully. It is late at night, and there are not many people awake in the courtyard. In the main house and the side house of the main courtyard, there are people on duty because the fourth concubine lives on one side and the fourth concubine’s daughter lives on the other side. There are also people guarding the gate of the courtyard. There is no one else.”
Jiuxiao looked at Ye Qing'an: "It's best not to go to the main courtyard, for fear that there are people there whose cultivation is higher than yours."
Ye Qing'an responded, "Where is this?"
“Ah, Fourth Aunt’s little kitchen.” Jiu Xiao’s lips were still glistening with oil. “Because Fourth Aunt was close to Liu Xueying before, Liu Xueying allowed her to set up a little kitchen in her own courtyard.”
Ye Qing'an nodded and looked around the small kitchen. The kitchen was fairly clean, except for a stove with a pot of soup simmering on it.
Ye Qing'an's gaze fell on the stove: "How far is it from here to the main house of the courtyard?"
"It's not far. The main courtyard is just north of this small kitchen. The houses in the main courtyard are all connected, but they are a little far from the side rooms."
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "Good, excellent."
Ye Qing'an kicked the stove to the ground.
The embers in the stove rolled out and landed under the firewood piled up beside it. The dry grass in the firewood immediately started to smoke and quickly caught fire.
"..." Jiu Xiao turned his head and stared at Ye Qing'an with a resentful look.
"doing what?"
Jiu Xiao pursed his lips: "This is bamboo fungus and chicken soup, it's already very flavorful, the broth is rich and delicious."
"If I had known you were going to kick over this stove, I should have done so."
"Should we drink more?" Ye Qing'an's gaze remained fixed on the stove where the fire was growing stronger, and she sneered, "Not very good-looking, but you're dreaming."
"..." Jiuxiao's eyes widened, filled with disbelief: "What did you say? Who did you say wasn't good-looking?"
Jiuxiao raised his hand and pointed to himself: "Me?"
Seeing that Ye Qing'an remained silent, completely acquiescing, Jiu Xiao's eyes blazed with fury: "Are you blind?"
Ye Qing'an coldly curled the corners of her mouth: "I don't know if I'm blind or not, but I do know that if you don't leave now, you won't get to eat bamboo fungus chicken soup, and you'll turn into a roasted snake."
The fire had already leaped high and reached the roof, spreading rapidly. Ye Qing'an glanced at the ever-growing flames and went straight into the Cloud Dreamland.
It wasn't until Ye Qing'an returned to her own courtyard that she faintly heard voices outside: "Fire! Fire!"
Ye Qing'an calmly took off her outer garment, casually grabbed a cloak from the side and draped it over her shoulders, then strode out.
The servants in the courtyard had been woken up and came out of the house one after another.
"Miss, is there a fire? I heard shouts." Seeing Ye Qing'an standing under the eaves, Granny Wei quickly walked over.
"Someone is shouting that there's a fire." Ye Qing'an frowned. "The voice sounds like..."
Ye Qing'an raised her hand and pointed to the southwest: "It seems to be coming from over there."
The other servants also got up, and Ye Qing'an then instructed, "Send two people to check what happened and where the fire started."
Zixiao quickly agreed and went out with a maid.
Granny Wei frowned: "In the southwest, several concubines' courtyards are located over there."
“It’s already late autumn, the weather is dry, and it’s easy for fires to start,” Granny Wei muttered. She glanced at Ye Qing’an and then quickly added, “There are many servants in the mansion. If it’s just a fire in one courtyard, it should be brought under control quickly. It’s chilly at night, Miss, you should go back to your room first.”
"Wait until the servants return with the news, then I'll let them come inside and give their report."
"No need, I'll wait here. Just pour me a cup of tea."
Granny Wei responded and first asked someone to bring over a table and chairs. After a while, she brought over a cup of hot water: "It's not good to drink tea at night, Miss. You should drink some water. Autumn is dry, and drinking more water is good for you."
Ye Qing'an responded and asked Granny Wei to place the teacup on the table to the side. She tapped her fingers lightly on the table without saying a word.
Granny Wei, however, couldn't stop talking: "A fire like this isn't a good omen. It seems like nothing good has been happening in the manor lately..."
Ye Qing'an's lips curled up slightly: "What kind of good thing is considered a good thing?"
Granny Wei thought for a moment: "Promotion, marriage, and everything going smoothly?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing'an laughed: "With so many people in the inner quarters, it's not easy to have everything go smoothly."
“Indeed.” Granny Wei nodded, but her face still held a hint of worry. “It’s not that I’m being overly anxious, but I just feel that in the short time since the eldest young lady returned to the manor, quite a few things seem to have happened…”
Fearing that Ye Qing'an might overthink things, Granny Wei quickly said, "I didn't mean that all those things were caused by Miss. I serve Miss right here by her side, so I know what kind of person she is."
"But I think that many people in the manor will think and talk about this. If that happens, it will be very detrimental to the young lady's reputation."
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "Yes, why have so many bad things happened in the month or so since I returned to the manor?"
"I think it's highly likely that someone is deliberately targeting me, in order to make everyone believe that I brought misfortune to the Ye family..."
The servants in the courtyard were all present, and Ye Qing'an's voice, which was not quiet, clearly reached everyone's ears...