Chapter 215

Chapter 215

Chapter 215

Zhu thought she had acted covertly, and on the surface she looked sincere as she apologized on behalf of Xie Yan, but in her heart she hoped that Xie Lan would drink the tea quickly.

Outside the pavilion, Tiechui jumped down from the tree silently and walked towards the pavilion.

"Second lady."

Zhu didn't see the hammer just now. When she suddenly heard her voice, she was startled and turned around subconsciously.

At this moment, Xie Lan quickly raised his hand and made a gesture, swapping the positions of the two cups of tea in front of him.

Perhaps worried that Tiechui had seen her actions just now, Zhu asked tentatively, "Where did you come from, girl? You scared me by making such a loud noise."

"I just went to the toilet, and when I came back I saw the maid of the eldest lady looking for you. I called you to tell you something."

Seeing that there was nothing unusual with the hammer, Zhu felt relieved.

"Madam is looking for me? Do you know what it is?"

"I was in a hurry to come back and serve the young lady, and I don't know why the Madam wanted to see you."

"Aunt, Liu is looking for you, probably to introduce you to a noble lady. It would be a pity to miss such a good opportunity."

Xie Lan smiled and said a few words, then picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. "Fourth sister's matter is over, I won't take it to heart."

Zhu knew that Xie Lan disliked Liu and never called her mother in private. Seeing that she had finished the tea, her eyes flickered.

In order not to arouse her suspicion, he finished the tea in front of him.

"The eldest girl is worthy of being the eldest sister, she is generous. In the future, Third Aunt will teach you, Fourth Sister, well. I hope you two sisters can get along well in the future."

"Don't worry, Third Aunt, as long as Fourth Sister doesn't bother me, I won't cause trouble for her."

Zhu's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal, "Lan girl, then you take a rest. I'll go see what your mother wants from me."

Just as Zhu was about to turn around and leave, she saw a maid coming over with a pot of tea. Taking advantage of the opportunity of passing by, she quietly stepped on the hem of her skirt.

The maid was caught off guard and suddenly lunged forward, with the tray in her hand tilted towards Xie Lan.

Hearing the noise behind her, Zhu pretended to stop. She turned around and saw that the tea brought by the maid had been spilled on Xie Lan. She immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "How can you be a maid? You are so clumsy and can't even do a small thing."

The maid was terrified, and knelt on the ground to apologize, "Please forgive me, young lady. It's all my fault that I got your clothes wet due to my clumsy hands. Can I take you downstairs to change clothes?"

Xie Lan looked at the maid and said calmly, "Forget it, you didn't mean it. Stop kneeling. Aren't you going to take me to change clothes?"

Zhu glared at the maid in dissatisfaction, "Only our eldest daughter is kind-hearted. If it were someone else, you would definitely report to the princess and sell you out if you made such a big mistake."

The maidservant was submissive, lowered her head, and kept apologizing.

Xie Lan couldn't see her expression clearly, so he had no way of judging whether her apology was sincere. He said with a double meaning, "Since this is your first time making a mistake, I'll let it go this time. But if it happens again, you really should be sold out."

She kindly reminded him that if the maid really wanted to help the evil, then don't blame her for being rude.

The maidservant didn't know whether she heard the hidden meaning or not, and said cautiously, "Yes, I will definitely keep it in mind. Thank you for your magnanimity, young lady.

Please come with me to change clothes, or you will catch a cold, otherwise I will be guilty." "Lady Lan, do you need Aunt San to accompany you?"

"No need, the maid is here, so I won't bother you, Auntie."

"Okay, then go change your clothes. I should go find your mother." Zhu turned and left the pavilion. The smile on her face had disappeared, and only a ferocious look remained in her eyes.

After Zhu left, Xie Lan first told Tiechui, "Go get me a change of clothes from the carriage." Then he said to the maid, "Take me to the elegant changing room."

"Yes, girl, please follow me."

The maidservant had always been respectful and cautious, as if she was afraid of being blamed by her. She looked honest and timid.

But after walking for a quarter of an hour, Xie Lan's face gradually turned cold. This direction was clearly towards the men's guests.

After glancing coldly at the maid's back, Xie Lan did not expose her. He walked to the door of a secluded courtyard before calling the maid.

"What is this place? Why does it look a bit remote to me?"

There was a trace of panic in the maid's eyes, but she returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

"Miss, this is the courtyard that our steward has specially arranged for the female guests to rest. It is precisely because they are worried that there will be too many guests today and they are afraid that they will disturb the guests' rest that they specially arranged this quiet courtyard."

Seeing that Xie Lan seemed a little uneasy, the maid smiled and pointed to the private room on the left and said, "Young lady, please go to the private room and rest first. I will go to pick up the young lady from before. Our princess's mansion is too big, and I am worried that she will not be able to find a place."

Xie Lan still stood there without moving. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Are there any other guests resting in the yard?"

This is a specially arranged courtyard, how could there be outsiders here?

But in order to reassure Xie Lan, the maid said, "Princess Lanyang was playing a pot-throwing game with the Princess Shouguang and the others just now, and she drank too much fruit wine. The princess is resting in the middle room now, and the Princess Shouguang is in the room on the right. You can go into the room on the left to rest."

Perhaps because she was afraid that Xie Lan would go to pay them a visit, the maid specifically instructed, "Just so you know, those two ladies have bad tempers, so you must not disturb them. Otherwise, it would be a small matter to offend them, but it would be bad if it implicated your family."

The maid spoke sincerely, and she acted as if she was thinking about Xie Lan wholeheartedly. If she didn't know that the Shouguang County Lady didn't like to play pot-tossing, and wasn't the kind of spoiled and domineering lady, she would have believed her lies.

Xie Lan nodded to the maid, "So the princess and the county lady are also resting here, then I feel relieved. I'll go in first, you go and get my maid, lest she get lost. By the way, remember to tell her that I'm in the elegant room on the left."

Seeing Xie Lan turn around and enter the yard, the maid secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Mission accomplished, the maid prepared to retreat.

But the moment she turned around, she felt a pain in the back of her neck and fainted before she could even scream.

Xie Lan waited until she fell to the ground, then he took out two invisibility charms and stuck one on himself and another on her. Then he roughly lifted up one of her legs and dragged her directly into the yard.

The maid fell face first, and after only a few steps her face was rubbed and bleeding. Seeing her miserable state, Xie Lan had no sympathy for her.

However, he did put another talisman on her to prevent her from waking up halfway and causing trouble.

Just as Xie Lan threw the maid into the right wing, Tiechui came over carrying the unconscious Zhu.

The Third Madam was so despicable that Tiechui showed no mercy and threw her to the ground with a flick of his hand.

Xie Lan felt pain when she heard the sound. But she did not blame Tiechui, instead she praised him, "Well done."