flstandardbreds Chapter 165 Little Aunt, You Have a Secret
Chapter 165 Little Aunt, You Have a Secret
When Yu Ningyao returned home, she was met with a barrage of scolding from both her father and mother for the first time.
"You child, you are too audacious. How could you abandon your guards and maids and run away by yourself?"
"How could the young master of the Lu family be there? You must be mistaken. Where did you go? And why are you all dirty?"
The worry in Yu Kangjing and Shen Jinzhu's eyes was almost overflowing.
They pulled Yu Ningyao aside to examine her, uttering words of reproach, but they didn't really mean to blame her.
"I'm sorry, Father and Mother, I know I was wrong, I won't do it again next time." Yu Ningyao started using her coquettish charm.
She clung to her mother's sleeve, acting coquettishly, and looked at her father with pitiful eyes.
The Yu Kangjing couple couldn't resist her ingratiating manner, so in the end they just gently patted her head and sighed, "You..."
I forgave her anyway.
I just warned her not to do it again.
Yu Ningyao readily agreed.
three days later.
As she came out of the General's Mansion, she saw Tie Tou looking excited.
She called out to the guard who was acting as the coachman.
"Go to the general's mansion and get me something. I think I left my book with Lu Lingguang."
Without giving it much thought, the guard turned around and went back to the general's mansion.
After he left, Yu Ningyao looked at her maid, Suxin.
“You are the person my mother gave me, your contract is in my hands, so you will always listen to me, not my mother, right?”
Su Xin was taken aback, wondering why her mistress had asked that question.
But she dared not hesitate and quickly nodded: "Yes. Miss is my only mistress."
“Very good. From today onwards, no matter what I do, you cannot tell my parents. If you cannot do that…” Yu Ningyao didn’t finish her sentence, but instead touched the long whip she always carried and gave her a faint smile.
Su Xin shivered instantly.
How could such a lively and lovely young lady make such a terrifying expression?
"Yes, Miss, I will obey your every command." Su Xin nodded again.
"Sister Suxin, don't be nervous. Children grow up and always have their own secrets," Yu Ningyao said, resuming her usual tone.
The guards were hired by my father; they're not easily fooled.
But the maidservant had been taking care of her ever since she moved out of the Marquis's mansion.
She understands her personality and can control her better.
As for the guards, we'll talk about that later.
[System, system, did I act well? Did I look like the villain?~~~]
Yu Ningyao proudly showed off to the system.
[You acted very well! I don't need to worry about you not being able to play along after you enter the harem.]
The system was very pleased.
Everyone in the imperial harem is an actor; if you don't act well, you'll be out of the game early.
It hopes that its host can stay in the harem for a long time and remain firmly in the position of a favored concubine.
"Alright, now go wait at the door. If Jiang Wang comes out, try to stop him. I need to see my friend now."
Yu Ningyao smiled and told Su Xin to leave, then waved to Tie Tou.
"come on."
Su Xin was very surprised.
How could a little beggar be a lady's friend?
Should we really keep this from Madam?
But remembering Yu Ningyao's expression when she touched the long whip earlier, she decided to protect herself and not to go and say anything to the madam.
After all, the young lady often practiced whipping in the mansion, and she had whipped the trees in the mansion so badly that several layers of bark had been peeled off.
If the blows were delivered to her, she would probably collapse after only three lashes.
Seeing Tie Tou standing under the car, hesitant to approach, Yu Ningyao couldn't help but urge, "What are you standing there for? Get on."
"I'm dirty," Tie Tou said somewhat awkwardly.
"It's alright. Come in and report first." Yu Ningyao looked forward to it.
She wanted to know whether the children she had found could actually be of use to her.
Since she had said that, Tie Tou didn't hesitate and got into the car.
“Replying to Miss, the house has been rented. It’s a quarter of an hour’s walk from all three places you mentioned. A carriage would be faster, but I can’t ride a horse and can’t afford a carriage, so…” Tie Tou said, lowering his head.
"It's okay if you don't know how, I'll have someone teach you later." Yu Ningyao said nonchalantly.
Upon hearing this, Tie Tou handed the rental agreement and keys to Yu Ningyao.
"It's a two-courtyard house, and the rent is ten taels of silver a month. The broker originally wanted twelve taels of silver a month. I bargained down. The owner asked for one month's rent as a deposit, and then paid three months' rent in one lump sum. The broker paid one tael of silver as commission. There are nine taels of silver left in total."
"Well done." Yu Ningyao had also inquired about the rental prices in that area with her mother a couple of days ago.
The house that Tie Tou rented was about the same price as the one she had inquired about.
I wasn't scammed.
Yu Ningyao smiled and said, "You can move in first. Use the remaining silver to buy clothes and shoes for yourselves. I will come over to have dinner with you at this time tomorrow. Consider it a celebration that I have received... my first batch of our own people."
"Okay," Tie Tou replied.
"Go ahead, see you tomorrow." She smiled and helped him down from the carriage.
It was just a simple sentence, yet it brought tears to the young boy's eyes.
Not long after he left, his guard Jiang Wang came out.
Lu Lingguang came out with him.
"Little Miss, what book did you forget? I didn't see you reading it." Lu Lingguang raised an eyebrow at her.
“A storybook, I might have forgotten. Let’s go home.” Yu Ningyao waved to him and called Jiang Wang over to drive the carriage.
Lu Lingguang stared at the departing figure of the Yu family carriage, his eyes narrowing.
Little auntie, you have a secret.
The next day.
As usual, Yu Ningyao first went to Zheng Yuanpan's house to learn medicine. She had already memorized all the medicinal materials on the market and learned their processing methods.
Now, she has begun to learn how to take a pulse.
Today's lessons are finished.
She saw that Judge Zheng had a look of surprise mixed with some regret.
"I misjudged you before. What about three or five years? I think you'll be a master in a year. A little girl who's not even seven years old. You really are amazing."
“That won’t do. I still have so much to learn from my teacher!” Yu Ningyao immediately retorted.
"Are you upset that I eat too much, so you want me to get out of here?"
"You little rascal, what are you saying?" Judge Zheng was amused by her childish words.
"You should eat more while you're growing. Watching you eat every day makes me unconsciously eat more too."
"I'm just afraid that by then there won't be anything left to teach, and I'll be wasting such a talented child like you." Judge Zheng patted her head.
"Then you should work harder, teacher. You're never too old to learn, there's no end to learning." Yu Ningyao looked up at him.
“You’re only in your fifties, not seventy or eighty. You’re at the age where you should be brave, striving and making a name for yourself. Why are you already worried that you have nothing to teach me?”
"Live and learn? Learning has no end?"
This was the first time Judge Zheng had heard this statement.
He was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.
“That’s right, you’re right. I also need to study hard so that you, little monster, can’t surpass me. It would be so embarrassing to be defeated by my apprentice.”
"You little rascal, you little monster, don't you have any nicer names for me?" Yu Ning pouted and hummed a couple of times.
"Little genius? Little smarty?" Judge Zheng reached out and flicked her forehead.
"There's nothing I can do, I'm your teacher, I can call you whatever I want."
“Then you’re an old bastard, an old monster, an old genius, an old shrew!” Yu Ningyao retorted.
“I am your most prized little apprentice, so you can call me whatever you want.”
Hearing her words, Judge Zheng laughed even more heartily.
The master and apprentice chatted back and forth, and soon the courtyard was filled with laughter.
Hearing the commotion, Judge Zheng's wife smiled with a mixture of indulgence and helplessness.
Very nice.
I haven't heard my husband laugh so happily in a long time.
Xiao Yaoyao was the right apprentice.