The wealthy tycoon wants to be the white moonlight of the little village girl

When Qiu'er, the maid next to Shuang'er, heard this, she knew there was something fishy going on. She pricked up her ears and asked curiously, "Ah, why do you say that?"

Qiu'er knew that Shuang'er, as the stepdaughter of Liu He, the second steward of the Jiang family, would definitely not go against the new young lady for no reason!

She must know some news, that's why she did this!

The curiosity of the maids nearby was also aroused. They all looked at Shuang'er and asked in unison, "What's going on? Tell me."

"Yes, yes, say it out loud!"

Shuang'er sneered and said disdainfully: "Don't think that she can do anything just because she married into the Jiang family!

To tell you the truth, the young master did not stay in the villa last night!"

When this was said, everyone was shocked and asked, "Ah? How did you know?"

Ping Erh hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Don't talk nonsense behind my back. You have no basis for anything. If the maids knew about this, they would definitely be angry."

Shuang'er sneered and squinted her eyes and asked, "Why, you don't believe it?"

Ping'er smiled gently and said, "Did you hide under the bed in the other courtyard last night?"

Shuang'er said arrogantly, "Why, are you trying to trick me? Humph, since I dare to say so, I must have evidence, but I just don't want to tell you!"

At this moment, the maid Yun'er came out and said, "I'm calling you guys in."

Everyone was stunned and hurriedly followed him in.

In the upper room, Madam Jiang was sitting on the couch. When she saw the maids coming in, she said to Qinghe, "Pick one for yourself. Bring the one you like to serve."

Qing He smiled gently and said, "Anyone who can work in your room must be excellent, no matter who it is!"

Madam Jiang smiled and said, "You are such a good talker, kid. I can't order so many people around. You can pick any one you want. Don't be polite."

Qing He glanced at the maids, then turned back and said, "Just the ones who went there this morning, plus the two on the side."

Madam Jiang took one look and said with a smile, "Okay, they are all elders in the mansion, sensible and hardworking, you can take them with you."

Wei Ma said, "Except for the few people named by the young lady, the rest should go out." Then she said to Xia'er and the others, "Follow me."

Qing He also stood up and saluted, saying, "Madam, I will go back first."

Madam Jiang smiled and said, "Okay, go back!"

Qinghe bowed and said goodbye, and the maids followed her out of the upper room.

When they were halfway there, Qing He suddenly stopped, looked at Xia Er and said, "Xia Er, before Mr. Jiang got married, which maid served him personally?"

Xia Er hurriedly replied respectfully: "Madam, before Young Master Nian got married, he had always lived in the study on Xinlin Island. The people who served him were all male servants, not girls!"

"what?"

Qing He was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing this, and her pretty face was full of doubt as she asked, "Are they all male servants?"

"Yes! The young master is usually very busy. Apart from coming to the upper room to pay respects to the old lady, he spends most of his time on Xinlin Island and rarely comes to the back garden."

"Oh."

Qing He nodded, and then asked curiously, "Why don't you call him Mr. Jiang?"

Xia Er laughed when she heard this and said, "Young Madam, has no one told you?"

Qinghe shook her head.

Xia Er patiently explained: "Young Madam, the Jiang family is not an ordinary wealthy family. Even the royal relatives will greet our young master with a smile and be cordial to him when they see him!

Although the young master does not hold any position in the court, he has extraordinary influence.

Let’s put it this way, it is normal for an official below the third rank not to have heard of the Chiang family, because he is not qualified.

But who among the real first-rank officials and nobles in the court doesn't know the Jiang family? They all call him Young Master Jiang, but in the backyard, everyone calls him Young Master Nian! "

Qing He was secretly shocked when she heard this. She felt that whether her mother could be released depended entirely on Jiang Yaonian's mood...

The group walked all the way to the villa.

This is a house specially built for newly married couples to live in. It is located on the southwest side of the Jiang Mansion and is called the Four Seasons Courtyard. It has four courtyards of different sizes and two gardens.

The one where Qinghe lived was the main courtyard, named "Chuping".

After entering the Moon Cave Gate, walk along the bluestone road, there is a pavilion called "Zuihuajian". In front of the pavilion there is a rosewood marble screen engraved with the poem "Spring has not yet arrived in the small garden after clear snow, but the plum blossoms are already here by the pond."

There is a small garden in front of the pavilion, which is full of flowers at this time.

Passing through the pavilion, you will arrive at the main courtyard, with winding corridors on both sides and five upper rooms in a row above. The middle one is the living room, the east side is the living room and small study, and the west side is the outer room and bedroom.

When Qinghe arrived at the courtyard, she found that someone from the kitchen had delivered breakfast.

Several cooks were waiting at the bottom of the stairs, and the maids were setting out breakfast inside.

The variety is very rich, but not luxurious, they are all light and delicious home-cooked dishes: red bean and multi-grain porridge, assorted dumplings, wolfberry heads with oil and salt, cold water celery, stir-fried artemisia, stir-fried beef with chicken leg mushrooms, stewed shredded ham, stir-fried choy sum, shredded melon with garlic, pepper and sesame shrimps, pickled duck, sweet beef rolls, rock sugar bird's nest soup, etc.

Qinghe thought, it seems that rich people don’t eat delicacies every day!

Xia Er introduced to her: "Young Madam, if you want to eat anything, you can ask the kitchen to make it. We have a separate vegetable garden in our house that is managed by the kitchen.

Fresh vegetables are picked every day for cooking. For example, there is a seasonal dish called lamb stew with fresh pepper buds, which uses the young shoots from the pepper tree at the edge of the garden.

Qing He nodded, "Let's wait for Mr. Jiang to come back and eat together."

A maidservant nearby came over and replied, "Young Master Nian just sent Guard Zhao to reply, saying that the Madam should eat first and there is no need to wait for Young Master Nian."

Qing He was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "Where was the young master that year?"

The maid shook her head, "I don't know either."

Qinghe frowned and said nothing. After a while, she came to the table and sat down.

He ate a little and then put down his chopsticks.

The maid brought mouthwash. After Qinghe rinsed her mouth, she went inside and sat down.

Xia'er brought a cup of tea, Qinghe took it and asked, "Where is my sister Rong'er?"

Xia Er replied, "Young Master Nian ordered someone to prepare a room for the Third Miss in Yuemengzhai. She lived there yesterday. She probably hasn't gotten up yet. Do you want me to go and take a look?"

Qing He said, "No need, let her sleep a little longer." After thinking for a while, she asked, "Is Guard Zhao still here?"

"left already."

"Oh."

After hearing this, Qinghe sighed softly, frowned and said nothing.

She resisted consummating her marriage with him last night, and was ignored today. She didn't know where he went last night...

Qing He really wanted to find Guard Zhao to ask about Jiang Yaonian's whereabouts last night.

There was nothing else to it, the main thing was that she was afraid that this would cause her mother to be locked up in jail for a longer period of time.

She didn't dare to ask Jiang Yaonian directly, nor did she dare to let Old Madam Jiang know that they slept in separate rooms yesterday.

A series of doubts and worries made Qing He very tired. Seeing her listless appearance, Xia Er asked carefully, "Young Madam, do you want to go to the garden to relax?"

Qing He shook her head in disappointment and said softly, "Forget it, I have a headache right now and want to lie down and rest for a while, you guys go out."

"Then would you like me to ask a doctor to come and take a look?"

"No, it's nothing serious. Just lie down quietly for a while. Go and rest."

After hearing this, Xia'er came over and helped her lie down in the inner room, gently lowered the bed curtain, and then led several maids out.

After a tiring day yesterday and the accident that happened on the wedding night, Qinghe fell asleep in a daze not long after she lay down.

He slept until noon, and the maid checked on him several times but he didn't wake up.

Finally, it was almost lunch time, and Madam Jiang sent Xing'er to invite the young lady to have lunch together. When Xia'er heard about it, she came over to wake Qinghe up.

When she went in, she found that Jiang Yaonian had returned at some point!

At this moment, he was sitting by the bed, staring at the sleeping Qing He in a trance without saying a word...