Chapter 296 Liuli is back

Just before dinner, Liuli came back.

In the past two days, she has been feeling very uneasy in the palace. The empress dowager ignored her, the emperor scolded her, and even the palace maids and eunuchs who usually bowed their heads and obeyed her in a submissive manner began to look at her differently.

She kept waiting and waiting, anxiously waiting, hoping that Chunfeng would come to pick her up. But no matter how long she waited, Chunfeng never came.

She realized that Chunfeng would not come. Maybe it was not that Chunfeng did not want to come, but that the Marquis and Youshi would not allow it. They were really angry.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace would hold a grand banquet and ask her to attend it. She would rather be laughed at by the princes, princesses and concubines in the harem than be looked down upon by the people in the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion, because she knew that Chunfeng also had her in his heart. As long as Chunfeng didn't look down on her, it would be enough. In this world, Chunfeng was the only person she cared about.

So, she came back, dejected and dejected, no longer able to hold up her noble and proud head. She lowered her head and stood nervously in front of Youshi.

Yu-shi stared at her for a long time and said, "I know that this incident was not caused by you, but it was still caused by you. I hope that this is the last time you do something wrong. The Marquis and I are old and can no longer bear the torment."

Liuli nodded slowly and said weakly, "No more."

Youshi sighed helplessly, "Send all the maids in your courtyard back to the palace. I will ask the matchmaker to bring a few maids here tomorrow. You can pick a few to serve. I am not doing this to target you or to do anything to you. You know, the Queen Mother has spies here. Otherwise, the Queen Mother would not know about this. I just want you to live a good life with Chunfeng and get along well with your sisters-in-law. What do you think?"

Although Youshi's question was a question, it was not to inquire about her opinion, nor to discuss it with her. If you want to come back, you have to listen to my arrangements.

Liuli didn't dare to refuse and said, "I'll just keep Xiaoya, and I'll let the others go back now."

"Xiao Ya is the first one who cannot be kept. How could Xiao Ya not know what you did? As your personal maid, not only did she not try to persuade you, she probably also gave you advice. Keeping such a person around will be a disaster sooner or later." Yu Shi said firmly.

She had eaten more salt than they had eaten rice. Her master had evil intentions, and with the instigation of the servants around her, she could do anything. Therefore, she could no longer tolerate Xiaoya.

Liuli was in a dilemma: "Mother, Xiaoya has been serving me since she was young..."

"That's why she can't stay. The master and servant have a deep bond. She will do anything for you. I can't let her hurt you. You don't want to hurt her either, right?"

Liuli's eyes were filled with tears and she choked up, "Mother, please keep Xiaoya. I won't make that mistake again."

Xiaoya has been with her for so many years, and she can only tell Xiaoya what's in her heart. If Xiaoya leaves, she will have no one she can trust and be close to.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Youshi lost all her usual pride as a princess and couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.

"Well, let her stay for now. If anything bad happens again, I will be the first one to forgive her." Yu Shi gave in.

Liuli nodded quickly: "Thank you, mother."

Youshi sighed silently: "Go back to your room and change your clothes first. Dinner will be served soon. Chunfeng has been looking forward to your return."

Hearing this, Liuli's eyes flashed with clarity and she knelt down to take her leave.

As soon as I went out, I saw Chunfeng standing outside the door.

Liuli could no longer hold back her tears of grievance and they flowed down.

Chunfeng took her hand and walked towards his yard. After returning to the room, he explained to her, "It's not that I don't want to come and pick you up, but you know, my parents had a meal at the Queen Mother's that day, and they have been in a bad mood for the past few days. I can't bring myself to ask for this. I wanted to wait a few days until my parents calmed down before picking you up."

Liuli threw herself into his arms and said with a sob, "I know you won't abandon me, Chunfeng. I will listen to you from now on and never argue with Ye Jinxuan again."

As long as Chunfeng still cares about her, she is not afraid even if everyone in the world abandons her.

Chunfeng was moved and hugged her tightly.

He knew that she had many faults, but that was not entirely her fault, because the Queen Mother loved and protected her, and she was always there to help her clean up any mistakes she made. Over time, she had lost her sense of right and wrong, and had become spoiled and willful. Now, she was willing to change herself, little by little, for him, and that was enough. However, such a change would take time and could not be achieved overnight. He would help her change.

Even if everyone sneers at her, he still cherishes her and this relationship, because he is the only one who can see that she has a good side.

As soon as Liuli left, Youshi held her forehead and sighed. Madam Sun said, "Madam, don't worry. I think the Third Young Madam has truly changed her ways this time."

Yu-shi said, "I'm afraid she won't learn from her mistakes and will forget them after a while."

Grandma Sun said, "Don't worry about that. Second Young Madam is not an easy person to deal with. Third Young Madam's plan this time was very thorough. She was provoked by Second Young Madam's words and confessed everything."

Yu Shi also knew that Liuli was slapped twice by Ye Jiayao that day.

"As for the Second Young Madam, there's even less need to worry. She's not the type to hold grudges. Look, even though her sister hurt her so much, she still took Bao'er in, didn't she?"

Yu said gloomily, "I hope so!"

Ye Jiayao only cooked a few dishes that the Marquis and Mrs. You liked today, and left the rest to the cook.

Two tables full of delicious food, plus the rich and fragrant sweet-scented osmanthus wine, just smelling and looking at it will make people drool. My uncle's family also came to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two families got together, which was much more lively.

As soon as Youshi and the Marquis arrived, everyone greeted each other and then sat down according to their seniority.

Zhou was also involved in the previous incident, so she felt guilty and didn't dare to come over these days. Now that the storm had dissipated, she deliberately tried to please Ye Jiayao and praised her, "Jinxuan's craftsmanship is getting better and better."

Ye Jiayao smiled faintly and said perfunctorily: "Third Aunt, thank you for the compliment."

"Hey, is everyone here? Why can't I see Chunfeng?" Zhou looked around and didn't see Chunfeng, so she asked.

The Marquis thought to himself, Chunfeng is such a loser. Isn't it just because his wife didn't come back? Why is he so depressed and downcast all day? He clearly knew it was Mid-Autumn Festival, but he didn't hurry over and let everyone wait for him. How could he have the nerve to do that? So he said, "I won't wait for him."

Yu said, "Let's wait a little longer! It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the whole family should be together."

Some people still don't know that Liuli has returned.

Xia Chunyu stood up and said, "I'll go see my third brother."

The Marquis motioned for him to sit down: "What are you looking at? He is not a three-year-old child."

"No need to look, he will come." Yu Shi said, and asked Zhou Xingjia to add another set of bowls and chopsticks to the table for the women.

Ye Jiayao understood immediately. It turned out that Liuli had returned. However, she didn't know whether Chunfeng had gone to pick her up, or Yu Shi had ordered her to do so, or Liuli had returned on her own.

Zhou Xingjia wanted to add more bowls and chopsticks to Ye Jiayao's hands, and Youshi said, "Jinxuan, come sit next to me."

Ye Jiayao was stunned. This... isn't appropriate?

The ancients had many rules. When a family had a meal, there were strict rules for seating. The top seats were for the elders, and then the seats were arranged from oldest to youngest.

In this way, she would surpass her elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Qiao.

Youshi nodded to Ye Jiayao, and Ye Jiayao just remembered that Youshi had said that she would announce today that she would be the head of the family in the future.

Damn, she actually forgot about this. How could she forget such an important thing?
Zhou Xingjia had already placed her bowl and chopsticks next to Youshi, so Ye Jiayao had no choice but to sit over there.

Now everyone was guessing.

Zhou thought: Could it be that Youshi wanted to use this to scare Liuli?
Mrs. Qiao thought: Could it be that my mother-in-law wants my second brother and his wife to take charge of the household chores? Otherwise, she can just put Liuli behind my second brother and his wife, right?

Xia Chunyu was also confused, not knowing what his mother was up to. No matter what his mother was thinking, it was not a bad thing to praise Yaoyao like this.

"Third Young Master, the Third Young Madam is here." The maid waiting outside the door announced.

Chunfeng held Liuli's hand tightly, meaning, don't worry. Liuli pursed her lips, thinking that she would have to face it sooner or later, so there was no point in worrying.

Two people came in one after the other.

When the Marquis saw Liuli behind Chunfeng, he understood why his lady asked him to wait a moment.

"Father and Mother, I'm late." Chunfeng bowed and apologized.

The Marquis said calmly: "You also know that you are late, so why don't you move faster?"

"Yes, yes, it's my fault." Chunfeng apologized repeatedly.

Yu said slowly, "Now that everyone is here, let's start the feast!"

Liuli sat down in the only empty seat. It was not her original seat, but there was only one empty seat, so she had no choice. When she sat down and looked up, she found that Ye Jinxuan was sitting in the seat that originally belonged to her. That was a seat that symbolized her identity and status! Even though she had decided not to compete with Ye Jinxuan, she still couldn't help but feel upset.

Is Yu Shi trying to intimidate her? As soon as she came back, Yu Shi said she wanted to replace the people around her. This was already a great intimidation for her, but wasn't that enough? She also wanted to embarrass her nakedly in front of everyone?

The wine has been served. As the head of the family, the Marquis would like to say a few opening remarks.

"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, the time for family reunion. It's been many years since we've had so many people together and it hasn't been so lively. I hope we can be together and harmonious every year in the future."

Yu Shi smiled slightly and said, "Taking advantage of today's auspicious day and everyone being here, I will also announce something."

Youshi paused, glanced at Ye Jiayao beside her, and said, "From today on, Jing'an Marquis's Mansion will be run by Jinxuan. She is the mistress of this family, and her words are my words. I hope everyone will take care of each other."

In an instant, everyone present had different expressions and thoughts.

(End of this chapter)