bayedsolid Chapter 385 Leaving the Earl's Mansion
Chapter 385 Leaving the Earl's Mansion
"Young Miss, you're finally back." Sun Qingli's eyes reddened as soon as she saw Yunyi. "If you hadn't come back, we..."
The way they acted made it seem like they had a deep relationship with Yunyi.
Yunyi didn't say anything, just stood there watching her, wanting to see just how far she could go with her acting.
Sun Qingli knew the original owner's temper well; she was particularly irritable and lacked common sense. She knew the original owner had guessed the reason for her disappearance, but had no evidence, so she was fearless.
Her appearance was meant to provoke Yunyin.
But to her surprise, after more than a year apart, when she returned, this young lady just looked at her indifferently, as if... looking at a clown.
Sun Qingli couldn't keep wailing anymore, and could only smile awkwardly: "Look at me, I'm always so excited. Your father is still at the yamen and hasn't come back yet. I'm so happy to see you back." After saying that, she wiped away her tears, "Someone, quickly take the young lady to the courtyard. She must be tired from the journey. Quickly prepare some hot water and soup."
"Thank you very much, Aunt Sun."
“Young Miss, you should call her Madam now.” Granny Lou caught up from behind and loudly corrected Yunyi’s form of address.
"I'm sorry, I forgot." Yunyi glanced at Sun Qingli. "I forgot that my mother just died a few days ago, and the Earl made you his wife. From now on, I really have to call you Madam."
A hint of smugness flashed in Sun Qingli's eyes, but she quickly put on a fake and gentle smile: "It's alright, I won't hold it against you."
Yunyi nodded, then walked towards Yilan Pavilion, where the original owner of the body lived.
"Young Miss." Granny Lou hurriedly went over to block Yunyi's way, "The courtyard prepared for you is Yiyun Pavilion."
Yunyi turned to look at Sun Qingli: "Are you sure?"
Sun Qingli's eyes flickered: "Oh dear, after you disappeared, Yilanxuan was sealed off, so..."
“Okay.” Yunyi nodded with a smile. “Let’s go to Yiyun Pavilion then.”
Although this courtyard has a nice name, it is the most remote, desolate, and smallest courtyard in the entire Earl's Mansion, and it is occasionally used as a guest courtyard.
Unexpectedly, after returning as the eldest daughter of the Fang family, she was assigned to that place.
Fang Zhong glanced disapprovingly at Sun Qingli, but as a servant, he had no right to voice his opinion.
A hint of guilt flashed in Sun Qingli's eyes, but in the end she said nothing and turned back to her own courtyard. She was just testing the waters; if Fang Tang was unhappy, she could simply change her courtyard again.
Yunyi quickly arrived at the main gate of Yiyun Pavilion. Looking at the dilapidated gate, she couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hehe, has the Earl's Mansion become so poor?"
Granny Lou pursed her lips: "After all, we don't know when the young lady will be back, so let's just make do for now. After all, the conditions here are much better than in that mountain village, right?"
Yunyi's face darkened, and just as she was about to make a move, she heard a loud slap, and Yunlu's hand had already slapped her.
Granny Lou cried out "Ouch!" and was slapped to the ground, half of her face swelling up instantly.
The other women who were following were so frightened that they involuntarily took two steps back.
Yunyi glanced at her, then turned and walked out: "Since the Lord doesn't want me to come back, then I won't come back. Let whoever wants to be the eldest daughter of the Fang family be it."
Seeing that something was wrong, Granny Lou hurriedly got up to chase after her, but after only two steps, she cried out and fell to the ground.
Yunlu curled her lip, toying with two pebbles in her hand. "Old man, you're just wasting air while you're alive. One day I'll take your life."
When Yunyi reached the second gate, she encountered Fang Zhong, but she ignored him and walked straight out.
"Young Miss, where are you going?"
"Steward Fang, there's no place for me in this mansion. Is it really my father's will that you brought me back?" Yunyi asked him innocently, tilting her head.
"Of course,"
"So, am I, the legitimate eldest daughter, supposed to stay in Yiyun Pavilion? And it's not even cleaned or tidied up yet. Why don't you just put me in the woodshed?"
"This……"
"In that case, I'll be going now." Yunyi continued walking out.
Fang Zhongyi hurriedly stopped her: "Miss, it must be the madam's oversight. Please wait a moment, I will rearrange it immediately."
"You, a mere servant, have so much power?" Yunyi laughed. "Alright, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll go check into an inn first, and we'll talk again when my father returns."
Yunyi led Yunlu away quickly, completely ignoring Fangzhong's attempts to persuade her to stay.
"Young Miss, where are we going?" Yunlu asked Yunyi after they left Ruyi Fang.
"Of course, it's my own house."
Yunlu's eyes widened. The young lady actually bought a house in the capital?
Yunyi didn't explain, and took Yunlu to Datong Hutong. She thought she would have to say something, but Shen Hu opened the door himself. When he saw Yunyi, his eyes immediately turned red, and he almost came over and hugged her and cried: "Boss, you've finally come."
"You're already a constable, yet you're still so useless." Yunyi slapped him dismissively.
"I just missed you, didn't I?" Shen Hu pouted, feeling wronged.
"Alright, I've just arrived in Beijing, so it's similar."
"Come in quickly." Shen Hu then realized what was happening and let the person in.
This is a three-courtyard house. It's not very big, but in the capital city where land is incredibly valuable, it's quite nice. Yunyi had told them to keep an eye out for shops in the courtyard and buy them if they found something suitable. However, they discovered that there weren't many people selling houses or shops in the capital, unless they were people who had committed crimes.
It was quite by chance that this courtyard belonged to a merchant family from the south. However, they encountered bandits on the road, resulting in the deaths of many people and the destruction of a lot of goods. As a result, they were unable to continue their business and decided to sell the house to return to their hometown. Thus, they acquired it for ten thousand taels of silver.
Shen Long and Shen Hu hired two people to guard the place, and they would occasionally come over to stay for a while.
After receiving a message from Yunyi saying that she was going to the capital, the two of them took turns coming over to clean and tidy up in their spare time. Today happened to be Shen Hu's day off.
There were only two servants in the house, an elderly couple whom everyone called Uncle Ge and Aunt Ge. They had no children and voluntarily sold themselves into servitude so that they could have a stable life. One of them would guard the gate and take care of the flowers and plants in the yard, while the other would buy groceries, cook, and clean the house. They were always diligent and conscientious and performed well.
Yunyi nodded, strolled around the yard, and then went into the main house.
The house is furnished, all left by previous residents. Aunt Ge comes in to clean it every day, so it looks quite tidy.
"The bedding in these boxes is all newly bought, just in case you don't have any when you come." Shen Hu pointed to the two boxes in the room. "Take a look and see if there's anything we need, and we'll go buy it right away."