usatvline Chapter 177: No Reciprocity
Chapter 177: No Reciprocity
When Zhou Huanjiu was leaving the palace, she met a little palace maid who was waiting for her in front of the palace gate.
Haoyue bowed to her and said, "Greetings, my lady."
"His Highness said that you are not good at household affairs and you don't know how to confront others, so you are easily at a disadvantage."
"His Highness was worried about you, so he sent this servant to help you."
In fact, Bei Jingchu's original words were: "Jiujiu is stupid. Even if you give her these things, she can still be easily bullied if you don't pay attention."
But Haoyue couldn't be as straightforward as the princess, so he said, "The princess said you are too stupid."
How presumptuous.
So she embellished the princess's words.
She also concealed the fact that she thought the princess asked her to come because she wanted to hear her recount how Madam Zhou took revenge after she returned to the palace.
Sister Changyan can also accomplish this task, but her eloquence is not as good as hers.
After I come back, I can't tell His Highness the story vividly...
Haoyue stopped thinking.
Your Highness must be trying to help his friends, not just to eat melons.
Your Highness is the best Highness.
Although Haoyue embellished Bei Jingchu's words, Zhou Huanjiu knew her very well. He knew with his toes that the little scoundrel must be making up bad things about her behind her back.
After leaving the palace, Mrs. Zhou wanted to go back to the Li family to get something.
The carriage stopped in front of Li's house and the doorman went in to inform them.
Zhou Huanjiu wanted to follow etiquette and get off the car again, but Haoyue advised: "My Lord, today, we are here to cause trouble."
"You have to be respectful and not give them too much face."
"So, let's get off after they come out."
Zhou Huanjiu retracted his foot.
Seeing that she listened to his advice, Haoyue felt relieved.
Even if she has a hundred ideas, she still has to listen to the advice of the person who makes the decision.
She knew that the county lady would listen to the princess's advice, but she was not sure whether she would listen to her.
Fortunately, the princess was able to listen to me, so things became much easier.
Haoyue continued, "Wait a minute, the people will come out, and you don't have to go down."
"When it's your turn and your wife to appear, this servant will come and help you."
"Because you don't have to argue with such people yourself."
"You are a county lord personally appointed by the imperial court. It is beneath your dignity to engage in a verbal dispute with such a villain."
"If you go down in person, it will be my fault."
Soon after, a man's shouting voice was heard outside the carriage.
"Sister, why are you back again?"
"Didn't you agree that you wouldn't come back to take advantage of me?"
"Can you please have a little face?"
As he was talking outside, he found that the carriage curtains were still closed, and he became even more angry.
"What are you doing hiding in the carriage?"
“Is this the attitude of a visitor?”
The curtain of the car was lifted, and an unfamiliar girl poked her head out.
Haoyue got off the carriage.
Although she is young, when she is upright, every step she takes is quite graceful.
After following Bei Jingchu for a long time, I learned some of her intimidating skills.
She stands still.
"Mr. Li, Madam Li."
"Madam was staying temporarily at the Li Mansion before."
"I left in a hurry yesterday and failed to take some things with me."
"I'm here to clean up today, and I hope Mr. Li will give me some convenience."
Seeing that no one helped her get off the car, Li Shanglian guessed that she must be a servant.
He was very dissatisfied: "Who are you? You are just a little maid. How dare you talk to us?"
"This woman has been eating and drinking in my house for five years, using everything from my house. How can she have anything of her own?"
"Let them come to me themselves."
Haoyue smiled: "I am indeed a good servant, but you two may have misunderstood."
"I am a sixth-rank attendant of the Taiji Palace and Princess Tianwu's personal maid."
"I don't know if I am qualified to talk to you two."
The Li couple were shocked and it took them a long time to react.
Then he bowed and said, "Meet Madam Dianshi."
The two men then discovered that although the girl's clothes and jewelry were not gorgeous, they were extremely exquisite.
There are indeed floating dark patterns on the seemingly plain fabric.
As you walk, different patterns and colors appear under different light and shadows.
Such exquisitely crafted cloth, in their house, they don't even have one piece to make handkerchiefs.
Only the royal family, which is so powerful as to rule the world, would be so generous as to give clothes to their servants.
The personal maidservant around the princess was much more noble than the daughters of ordinary officials.
The Li couple's voices trembled, and they didn't understand how they were related to Princess Tianwu.
Haoyue's voice was gentle, with the tenderness and crispness of a child, but it was like a bolt from the blue to the two of them: "My prince and Madam Zhou have a close relationship. I heard that after she left the palace, she moved away from the Li family with her mother."
"Send me to assist."
"Although Madam Zhou has lived in your house for five years, she will pay back all the money she has owed you."
"So those things, naturally, were also bought by Madam."
"You two, can you be flexible now?"
They quickly responded: "Of course we can, of course we can."
They even stood on both sides of the door, posing as if to welcome guests: "Madam Dian Shi, please come in."
Haoyue turned around and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and a maid helped Madam Zhou down first.
She then helped Zhou Huanjiu, who came out last, out of the car.
Zhou Huanjiu tried hard to keep a straight face and look serious.
She is free and easy when she is with her peers.
I will never lose in arguing or fighting.
But when facing family members and elders, he is just a helpless child.
In fact, leave her alone today.
She wouldn't suffer any loss either, because yesterday, she thought her mother was living with her uncle, and her uncle truly accepted them and treated them as family.
She hadn't reacted yet when she was kicked out.
But now, she has figured it out. The Li family is not her family, not her elders.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. It is actually better to see through it earlier.
Zhou Huanjiu comforted himself in his heart.
She will not be polite and act like a good child and suffer losses.
But what Haoyue said was right. It was not in keeping with her status and it lowered her style for her to go and argue with these two people in person.
She is a little princess personally appointed by His Majesty!
She's going to hold it up!
A day later, the group entered Li's house again.
But back then he came to visit relatives, and now he comes to cause trouble.
Haoyue acted innocently and asked, "Your Highness, I heard that Madam Zhou came to visit the Li family yesterday, but you two drove her and her wife out together."
She was originally a child, and she acted ignorant, easily fooling the two of them into thinking they were really here to ask questions.
"Your Highness and Madam Zhou are as close as sisters and care about each other very much. Could you two tell me what happened yesterday? I can go back and report to Your Highness."
Li Shanglian and his wife looked at each other and pushed the matter away in tacit understanding.
"Madam Bing, this is mutual assistance between people, helping in emergencies but not helping the poor."
"Although sister and Caomin are siblings, they are both married."
"He had a conflict with his sister's husband, so he came to live with me, and I took him in."
"But I stayed there for five years."
"I have my own family to support, so there is no reason for me to let my married sister continue to stay with me."
They looked at the little kid in front of them. It was a very easy thing to fool a little kid.
However, they did not think about the fact that there were many girls in the palace, and the one who was chosen to be the princess's personal maid could not be an ignorant child.
Haoyue nodded as if he had heard it, allowing them to come up with more excuses.
Finally, Mrs. Zhou smiled gently. She squatted down and hugged her daughter, like a rootless duckweed that had found a place to lean on.
With courage and strength.
Her eyes were full of self-mockery and disappointment, and she said slowly: "Indeed, it's all my fault."
"I regard the Li family as my mother's family, but the Li family regards me as a poor relative."
"Before Zhou Yu was stripped of his title, I helped you a lot."
"I sent money to the Li family despite Zhou Yu's contempt and contempt."
"I had to do a lot of work for your son so that he could enter Wenqin Academy."
"I even found you a job, but you just can't stand the hardship and want to go home and lie down."
"So let's settle the money and benefits one by one."
"Brother, should you spit it all out?"
When the benefits he had gained were pointed out one by one, Li Shanglian's face turned pale.
How could he be willing to spit out all that? Even if he emptied the entire Li family, he couldn't spit it out.
So I subconsciously retorted: "Before that, my sister gave it to me voluntarily."