Chapter 14 - Got Water Muddy First

However, Shi Qingxue didn’t express much surprise at the hibiscus flowers sent to her. The smile on her face remained the same, and she pointed to the dresser in the distance, “You may just put them there.”

After that, she ignored Chun Yu, and discussed the matter of going to Mang Mountain with Xia Mang and Dong Shuang. Obviously, she did not plan to take Chun Yu with her this time.

Dong Shuang was the youngest. When she heard that they were going out, she forgot her previous complaints and discussed with them cheerfully. She didn’t pay attention to Chun Yu’s twisted face when turning around.

Shi Qingxue seemed not to notice it, and she talked about some unimportant things with Dong Shuang, and it wasn’t until Chun Yu slowly put down the vase and had to leave that she suddenly said solemnly, “Xia Mang, come here. I have something to say to you…”

Chun Yu’s had already stepped out of the room and could only continue to walk out. At this moment she really wished that she had a pair of magical ears so that she was able to hear the conversation in the room.

But Dong Shuang had already closed the door of the room, and there was no sound from inside.

“Huh! Sixth Lady is so partial. All good things are given to those two guys!” Chun Yu stood outside the door, twisting her handkerchief with her small hands, and looked upset.

After Shi Qingxue made sure that the voice in the house would not be heard, she said in a serious look, “Xia Mang, tomorrow I will go to Mang Mountain with Dong Shuang. You stay in the house. Except for Luotong Boudoir, you should also pay attention to my mother’s Zhenghe Garden and my sister’s Jingshu Boudoir.”

“I get it, and I will never disappoint your trust.” Xia Mang realized that Shi Qingxue specifically avoided Chun Yu and told her this.

But if she really wanted to avoid her, why not avoid her more completely? On the contrary, it seemed to cause Chun Yu’s curiosity on purpose!

Xia Mang was surprised, and suddenly understood Shi Qingxue’s intention.

However, she had always been calm and extremely loyal. She never questioned her own master. Instead, she became a little bit alert, “Was there anything bad about Chun Yu?”

“Sixth Lady, rest assured. I will definitely not give them a chance to harm our Luotong Boudoir!”

Shi Qingxue thought about it, and suddenly evoked a sly smile, and said, “Forget it, you don’t have to worry too much about Luotong Boudoir. After all…how can I catch the fish when the water is not muddy?”

Xia Mang also understood Shi Qingxue’s intention after a while, and smiled, “I understand!”

“What do you understand? Why don’t I understand at all? Aren’t we going to Mang Mountain? How did it become catching fish?” Dong Shuang’s mind was simple, so she didn’t understand it from the beginning to the end, and she suddenly felt disappointed.

“You nerd!” Xia Mang sneered and didn’t explain. She was so joyful to see Dong Shuang being anxious.

Dong Shuang felt more embarrassed and said unwillingly, “What is it? Sixth Lady is just as bad as Mang. You are telling the riddle and don’t tell me! I am upset!”

However, no matter how Dong Shuang played tricks, the two did not answer her, and continued to talk about the matter of going to Mang Mountain.

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Mang Mountain was not far from capital city. The horse-drawn carriage of the Shi Family departed in the morning and had already got into the deep of Mang Mountain in the evening.

Along the way, Shi Qingxue was full of thoughts on how to impress Shen Luo, the skilled doctor, and she even ignored Dong Shuang’s jokes, let alone actively sought topics to chat with Shi Baoyan.

But in the eyes of Shi Baoyan, Shi Qingxue, who was a younger sister, had no respect for her elder sister, and had fun with a servant, but left her sister aside.

Shi Baoyan held back for a long time, but finally failed to bear it, and coldly said, “Somebody really has short sight, and has deep affection for some of the servants in a lower class. It’s really loss of the pride of a lady from an aristocratic family.”

If it were in the past, Shi Qingxue certainly wouldn’t hold her temper and would talk straight back to Shi Baoyan. Anyway, with Shi Baoyan’s stupid mouth, she couldn’t win this quarrel.

But at present she had a broader vision than previous life, and she understood the difficulties of her mother. Instead of arguing with Shi Baoyan, she just whispered, “We go out from home in a hurry, and there is not much spring water on the carriage. Baoyan, what about having a rest?”

When Shi Baoyan made her posture, and she was ready to argue with Shi Qingxue, she didn’t expect to have such a soft sentence. She was stunned for a moment, and she wondered in her heart whether Shi Qingxue really changed her personality?

But turning around, she saw Dong Shuang trying to hold back her laugh aside, and suddenly realized that Shi Qingxue was ironic that she would waste too much water by talking too much!

“You dare to sneer at me!” Shi Baoyan was angry, her arms akimbo, her eyes bulging, like a toad being angry.

“How do I dare? Baoyan, just take a break! If you have spent your energy here, how can you still have the strength to persuade him to go down the mountain to cure Baoning when we meet the skilled doctor later?”

Shi Baoyan was unwilling to submit and was about to have a fight back, but suddenly remembered Zhou Ruyu’s instructions. She temporarily suppressed her anger down and said in her heart, “Well! I’ll let you be arrogant for a while, and then you will cry!”