The system asked me to chase his wife

Xia Mang was a little confused, and she couldn't help but look up at Qiao Yuandong.

Although she didn't understand the hidden meaning of Qiao Yuandong's words, she could feel Qiao Yuandong's displeasure.

Even though she didn't know what was going on, Xia Mang still followed the procedure to confess her crime: "Madam, I have taught you this, and I will remember it."

Qiao Yuandong didn't want to say more to her, so he just waved his hand and asked her to leave.

After Xia Mang left, Qiao Yuandong picked up the book and started reading again. Maybe it was because of the fragrance of the flowers, but he couldn't finish reading the page in his hand.

Qiao Yuandong put down the book in annoyance. He Lan looked at her expression and asked, "Madam, if that little girl can't serve you well, why not send her to do something else?"

Qiao Yuandong frowned and picked up the tea and asked casually, "Did Rongzhu arrange for her to do this?"

He Lan shook her head and said, "It was arranged by Yun Xiu."

When you take a sip of the tea, it has a lingering fragrance, with just the right amount of strength and a lingering taste in your mouth.

Qiao Yuandong savored it and thought from the bottom of his heart that the tea was well brewed, so he said to He Lan, "Forget it, let her do this."

Helan and Hehuan thought that the lady was giving face to Yunxiu.

The two of them went over the lady's intentions in their minds and decided to go out and tell Rongzhu later.

Qiao Yuandong didn't notice the exchange of glances between the two and couldn't help but take another sip of tea.

This tea is really well brewed!

If Xia Mang knew about this, she would definitely be very proud.

Before traveling through time, she was a low-level office worker and she often made tea for her boss!

Hum! Is the tea good?

That's all acquired through practice!
The flattery hit the horse's leg, and Xia Mang was settling accounts with the system at the moment.

"Come on, come on, explain it clearly! Is this what you mean by building a good relationship with the target? I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about building a good relationship?"

'You're still sending flowers to people. It's so funny. People don't like them at all!'

"She is the wife of a duke, she has seen everything. Only a system like yours that has never seen the world is pure enough."

The system obviously did not anticipate such a situation, so it did not make any response to Xia Mang's barrage of attacks.

Xia Mang had no intention of letting things go. Seeing that the system did not respond for a long time, she became a little impatient.

'Speak up! You have to give me an explanation for this matter, otherwise don't even think about ordering me to do things for you in the future!'

The system had no choice but to express its attitude: 'In view of the unexpected situation during this mission, the host will be awarded double the reward points.'

'Your points reward has been received, please check it! '

Xia Mang clicked on the points page, and seeing that he had added 100 points, he said disdainfully: "You want to get rid of me with just this little bit, do you think I am..."

Before the word "beggar" could be uttered, there was another "ding" sound.

'Revised points distribution, your points reward has been received, please check it! '

This time one hundred points became two hundred. Xia Mang looked at the extra one hundred points, his eyes rolled, and he decided to expand and become stronger.

"Tsk! You're sending me away with just these few points."

The system obviously did not want to continue indulging her bad habits and issued a warning at the right time.

'Host, please stand properly. If you violate the rules, you will be fined! '

Xia Mang shut up tactfully and went to count his points happily.

Up to now, she has 1510 points in her account, which can be said to be the hard-earned money she earned from the stingy system!

Looking at the dazzling array of goods in the mall, Xia Mang silently cursed "evil capitalists" and continued to accumulate points.

After all, the system told her that she could only return to the era she lived in after she accumulated 100,000 points!
Xia Mang was still thinking about how to make money, but she didn't know that the two maids around Qiao Yuandong had a big quarrel because of her.

Rongzhu is the head maid that Qiao Yuandong brought from her mother's home. She is considered the most capable and trusted minister around Qiao Yuandong.

Yunxiu was the head maid who was assigned to Qiao Yuandong after she married into the Duke's Mansion by the Dowager Lady in order to express her love for her granddaughter-in-law. She was also the most capable one around the Dowager Lady.

Both of them are the top maids, and when they are put together, it feels a bit like kings not meeting each other.

After all, Yunxiu benefited from the lady's favor, so even Qiao Yuandong was polite and respectful to her, and even overshadowed Helan and Hehuan, who were brought from her mother's home.

Yunxiu was also very proud of Qiao Yuandong's reliance on her. Whether she wanted to move up to a higher level or repay his kindness, she was always very diligent in taking care of all the affairs inside and outside the house.

It is this diligence that has caused some taboos.

Originally, Rongzhu had the final say on most personnel matters in Qiao Yuandong's courtyard, but when Xia Mang and Man'er were brought over that day, she was not available, so Yunxiu thought about it and decided to do it herself.

Logically speaking, this matter would have just passed.

It happened that Xia Mang was asked to come to the Madam's courtyard, not because the Madam liked her for being smart as she said, but precisely because the Madam did not like this girl who was too thoughtful.

That's why we brought her here to give this girl some suffering and to temper her temper.

However, Yunxiu didn't know about the lawsuit and arranged an easy job for Xia Mang in the tea room. It would be fine if Xia Mang worked in the tea room, and it didn't matter if she was honest on weekdays, but she made the lady unhappy on her first day at work.

Although the lady didn't say anything, Rongzhu had already consciously taken the blame for the matter on herself, and also blamed Yunxiu for meddling in other people's business.

Rongzhu became more and more angry as she thought about it, so she went to Yunxiu and said a few words to her. Yunxiu didn't understand why she was being targeted by her, so she naturally became angry.

After all, she was a born daughter of the Duke's Mansion and served the Dowager Lady. She was a little arrogant in her nature and immediately argued with Rongzhu.

Later, the noise got louder and it was not until Qiao Yuandong sent someone to inquire about the situation that the two men stopped angrily.

When Qiao Yuandong learned about the conflict between Rongzhu and Yunxiu from Helan, he just sighed slightly and did not intend to interfere.

Both of them are well-known maids. It would be bad if she was partial to either of them. Fortunately, they both knew the general situation and would not make things awkward.

There were footsteps at the door. He Huan went out to take a look, then turned around and led Xiang Xiu'an in.

Qiao Yuandong looked at Xiang Xiu'an and smiled, "You're back so early today?"

In order to support Xiang Xiu'an's studies, the Duke's Mansion set up a private school for him and invited good teachers.

In addition to Xiang Xiu'an, the students in the private school included disciples from the Xiang family's side branches, as well as officials who lived nearby who sent their children to study in the school. There were a total of about ten students.

Although there are many students, the teacher will definitely give some special care to the "Chairman's" son Xiang Xiu'an.

It was common for students to study policy essays today, read the Four Books, and write articles in the future. Xiang Xiu'an was always one of the last students to leave the private school.

But he came back before dinner time today, so Qiao Yuandong felt puzzled.

Xiang Xiu'an bowed to her and then explained: "Our master's youngest son will be one year old tomorrow. His family will hold a banquet tomorrow. He is busy going back to prepare today."

When Qiao Yuandong learned about this, he told He Lan, "Go tell Rong Zhu and ask her to prepare a gift and send it to the master tomorrow."

Then he instructed He Huan: "Go serve tea to An Ge'er. Don't use tea leaves. I just got a can of nectar the other day. Mix it with some and it will be just right for cooling down the internal heat and relieving the summer heat."

He Huan received the instructions and went to the tea room. She saw Xia Mang inside. Xia Mang also saw her and asked, "Sister, what do you want me to do?"

He Huan opened her mouth to repeat what the lady had said, but then she remembered that this was something the lady had carefully instructed her to do, and she also remembered that Xia Mang had displeased the lady, so she made some honey water herself and took it away.

Xia Mang was happy and relaxed when he saw He Huan doing it himself.

Xiang Xiu'an came to see Qiao Yuandong today because of his birthday in two days. After his birthday, he will be fifteen years old.

Xiang Xiu'an thought to himself that he was already an adult.

Although he has not yet reached the age of coming of age, his grandmother and sister-in-law would discuss many matters at home with him intentionally or unintentionally, so that he could become more independent and mature.

Xiang Xiu'an planned to invite his friends to his home for a birthday party, so he came to Qiao Yuandong to discuss who to invite.

Qiao Yuandong smiled and said, "Since it's An Ge'er's birthday, you are naturally the eldest. Just invite whoever you want to invite. Why bother with so much?"

Xiang Xiu'an got the confirmation and went to pay his respects to the lady happily.

Qiao Yuandong also had to instruct people to arrange Xiang Xiu'an's birthday banquet, and also had to think about other matters in the mansion, so the day passed in a busy manner.

After dinner, it got dark and Qiao Yuandong went to bed to rest.

The sun has been getting hotter recently, and she had been feeling a bit summer heat in the past few days. She was just worried that she wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight.

Rongzhu came in and put down the thin gauze curtain to keep out mosquitoes, and opened the window a little to let the cool breeze from outside blow in. The fragrance of gardenias under the corridor drifted in through the window gap.

Qiao Yuandong fell asleep peacefully while smelling the fragrance of the flowers.

In the dream, she returned to the time when she was a girl. That year, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Lord Qiao, married the Duke of Zhenguo and married his legitimate daughter to the young master who was only 20 years old.

Everyone in the capital envied this as a truly excellent marriage.

The young master is both talented in literature and martial arts, promising at a young age, and handsome.

Such a person who was secretly admired by the noble ladies in the capital was engaged to Qiao Yuandong. For this reason, she did not dare to go out to socialize with her young ladies for a period of time afterwards.

Afraid of being jealous.

They certainly have reason to be jealous.

Although Xiang Xiukai was a military general, he was also thoughtful and considerate. He heard from somewhere that Qiao Yuandong liked gardenias, so he searched the capital for gardenias and sent them to the Qiao family.

That summer, the Qiao Mansion was filled with the scent of gardenias.

Years have passed, I don't know if it's a dream or reality, the fragrance of the flowers remains
The next day, someone came to the palace.

Eunuch Hai, who was beside the Queen, went to the Duke's Mansion in person and delivered the Queen's reward.

The lady-in-waiting and Qiao Yuandong personally welcomed Eunuch Hai in, accepted the reward with great respect, went through the formalities, and stuffed a heavy bag of money into Eunuch Hai's pocket.

Qiao Yuandong politely escorted Eunuch Hai to the gate, and Eunuch Hai looked at her with a kind smile.

"Madam Feng came to the palace to see the queen the other day, and the queen thought of you and said that it had been a long time since she saw you come to the palace to talk to her."

Qiao Yuandong's heart moved when he heard this. From what Eunuch Hai said, did his mother go to the palace to complain to the Queen?
(End of this chapter)