The old housekeeper had just glanced over and seen only a worker; he had yet to see the couple he had hoped to et this ti.
"Young Madam, could I perhaps see your in-laws?"
Mrs. Li hadn’t even spoken yet!
Aunt Lai pouted her lips, finding the old man before her irritating and wanted to use her words to pick on him:
"Old man, our Old Master hasn’t gotten out of bed yet, and our big Madam, she’s not able to move or speak easily. Why do you need to see them?"
Housekeeper Ye gave a look to the maid by Mrs. Li’s side. These maids were the servants he had trained and sent to serve by the young madam’s side, all of them sharp and tactful.
The maid, having caught Housekeeper Ye’s glance, nodded silently and walked out.
Mrs. Li completely ignored Aunt Lai and, after having another maid serve tea, also had fruits and pastries served.
"Elder, please try so of the specialties grown at ho. Have you had breakfast? Have so pastries!"
The old housekeeper nodded. In front of outsiders, he did not reveal the purpose of his visit to Mrs. Li.
Aunt Lai, feeling neglected and unwilling to be left out, said to herself:
"Oh, young madam, has this old man not tasted all kinds of delicacies? Would he like to eat these country-side fruits and pastries of yours?"
The old housekeeper looked at Aunt Lai sternly, his gaze conveying that she was impolite and ignorant of the rules; in front of the young madam, she even dared to brazenly mock a guest!
Luckily, she was neither a servant of the household nor a family mber of the master but rely a concubine who had switched her child, a person who after the truth was uncovered, would not be his master.
"Aunt Lai, this has nothing to do with you; you should go back!"
Even the usually gentle Mrs. Li could not help but sound a bit heated now, and issued an order to send Aunt Lai away; could this put an end to Aunt Lai’s constant arrogance at ho?
"Oh my, young madam, who are you hosting here in such a secretive manner? Does our Old Master know about this?"
Mrs. Li, dropping her gentle deanor, said to Aunt Lai:
"Aunt Lai, we have guests at ho. Please watch your language. You should return to your room, and I will invite Father-in-law here!"
"Then I definitely cannot leave. I must see who this guest is. Young Madam isn’t hiding sothing from us, is she?"
Mrs. Li, feeling helpless but choosing to ignore what Aunt Lai was saying or trying to say, obviously could not discuss it in front of this person and Housekeeper Ye.
"Young madam, the fruits grown here are truly sweet."
Mrs. Li nodded and smiled: "Housekeeper Ye, when do you plan to return to the Capital City? By then, I will arrange to send a batch of things back."
"Hmm, once I finish the business here in a couple of days, we’ll head back!"
Housekeeper Ye’s words made Mrs. Li nod.
Aunt Lai was curious about this old housekeeper: "Oh, which household’s housekeeper are you from?"
The old housekeeper didn’t answer, and Mrs. Li also ignored Aunt Lai.
Aunt Lai, feeling bored as these two seed to know each other and were shrouded in secrecy, then she heard the words "Capital City."
Could it be that he was the housekeeper of Mrs. Li’s new son-in-law?
In that mont, Aunt Lai felt a mix of envy and jealousy. Her daughter was too young, but if possible, she too hoped to marry her daughter off to the Capital City, where she could then rightfully enjoy a life of luxury and prestige.
Suddenly, she wondered, if she beca the Old Master’s equal wife, would her status change?
Then she would have the authority to manage the family business and also the opportunity to deal with those two demons!
Mrs. Li’s maid, Qiuri, along with Hongji’s father, were helping a new concubine support Mrs. Lai into the living room.
The old housekeeper had seen her in a portrait before, the woman who had switched babies years ago. Now an old woman, her face hadn’t changed much. He recognized her instantly as the woman who had switched the babies that year.
The old housekeeper’s lips trembled with emotion, and his eyes were filled with anger as he stared intently at the woman who had just arrived.
The concubine who entered with Qiuri sensitively felt the unfriendly gaze of the living room’s guests toward Mrs. Lai.
However, he didn’t know the identity of the guests before him. Given that there were guards beside the elderly, this person must be of no simple status, sowhat imposing.
He even appeared to be so kind of military personnel.
The experienced concubine vaguely guessed that this old man must have been a soldier, and the guards with him were likely soldiers too, given their bold and distinct standing and sitting postures.
Since Mrs. Lai had been saved by Shiqi Ye’s Space Water, though she could walk, her dentia symptoms persisted, and her injured body was not as good as before.
Faced with the old housekeeper’s gaze, she seed unaffected and was helped by the maid and concubine to sit on a chair.
With a cloudy look, she glanced at the old housekeeper, sensed he was a stranger, and turned to Mrs. Li to ask,
"Daughter-in-law, who is this person?"
Mrs. Li looked at Mrs. Lai, unsure of how to phrase her response, as she couldn’t discuss the matter of buying a house in the Capital City with her family.
Following the old housekeeper here, Mrs. Li had sowhat guessed that back when they were in the mansion, the old housekeeper believed her husband was his old master’s son.
At this mont, with the old housekeeper visiting her in-laws, she believed he must have found so evidence.
Mrs. Li could not stand in for her husband, having many more thoughts. Whether it was true or not, her family had already been drawn into a whirlpool, unaware if it spelled fortune or doom!
She worried about her daughters in the Capital City who, in just a few days, had already sent two letters there.
Her daughters, carefree, had not yet written back.
"Ms. Ye Lai, I am a housekeeper of one of your family’s relatives," the housekeeper declared.
Hearing this, Mrs. Lai expressed her astonishnt, "My family’s relatives?" She racked her brain but couldn’t make sense of which relative’s housekeeper he could be!
"Big sister, do you have relatives in the Capital City?" Aunt Lai couldn’t help but ask.
The concubine beside Mrs. Lai looked down, her eyes flickering. She had thought that upon arriving in this ordinary affluent family, seeking revenge would fall to the next generation.
Nobody in her family in the Capital City would help them. Hearing of relatives there, she suddenly felt a flicker of hope!
"Not at all," Mrs. Lai thought hard and kept silent for a while before finally uttering three words.
Aunt Lai and the concubine next to Mrs. Lai, hearing her say this, looked a bit disappointed.
"Madam, our family is not related to your maternal family, the Lais, but to your husband’s mother’s maternal family!"
Mrs. Lai and Aunt Lai were stunned; since when did their husband have relatives in the Capital City?
The concubine beside Mrs. Lai, upon hearing this, felt hope rising again.
"Nonsense, when did my mother’s maternal family ever have relatives in the Capital City?"
Hongji’s father listened at the door and then stepped in, his voice preceding him, followed by a new concubine.
Aunt Lai’s gaze fixed on her husband and then on the concubine behind him. She glared at the concubine behind her, then at the concubine next to Mrs. Lai.
This pair of sister flowers ignored Aunt Lai’s gaze completely. As if they had a mutual understanding, at that mont, their greatest interest lay in the husband’s relatives.
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