Thrown out of the house, the wet nurse enters the noble household and becomes a person of high statu

"What's wrong?" Liu Wenying asked, puzzled.

"You'll see when you get there!"

Without saying a word, Cuihua grabbed her wrist and led her outside to the door of the room where the wet nurses lived.

Before we even got close, we could hear a loud argument coming from inside.

Zhao the wet nurse's voice was shrill and urgent, "...Stop making baseless accusations! When did I take your broken bracelet?"

"Who else could it be but you? I clearly put it under my pillow this afternoon, and it was gone when I came back."

The wet nurse was furious, her voice trembling with tears, "You were the only one in the room at that time! If you didn't steal it, did the bracelet grow legs and run away by itself?"

"Ha, who knows if you lost it yourself, or hid it somewhere and forgot about it, and now you're making baseless accusations again? You accused Nanny Liu a few days ago, and now you're accusing me? I think you're just a troublemaker, biting whoever you can get your hands on!"

"You're talking nonsense! Don't think I don't know what kind of person you are! You pretend to be a good guy all day, but behind my back you're always doing petty theft! Give me back my bracelet!"

"Who are you calling a petty thief? Try talking nonsense again!"

"I told you so! You thieving woman!"

The two became increasingly agitated as they talked, escalating from insults to physical altercations and a fight broke out.

Cuihua watched with great interest, and even took out a small handful of bright red dried dates from her sleeve and stuffed half of them into Liu Wenying's hand.

"Come on, let's eat and watch at the same time, just like eating sunflower seeds."

Liu Wenying was amused by her action and took the dried date, picking one up herself.

As wet nurses, they had many dietary restrictions. Roasted nuts and seeds, such as sunflower seeds, were considered too "heaty" and could not be touched by them.

But these blood-nourishing dried dates are fine.

Liu Wenying chewed on dried dates while looking into the house.

Suddenly remembering something, she said to Cuihua, "I remember it was supposed to be Nanny Li looking after the young master tonight?"

Cuihua shrugged indifferently, "Who knows? Maybe she's so busy arguing that she's forgotten all about her job? Whatever, let's watch our show."

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached from afar.

Granny Tian ran and cursed, "Why are you making so much noise at night instead of sleeping?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed into the room like a gust of wind.

Granny Tian had clearly just gotten out of bed; her hair was disheveled, and she had casually draped an outer robe over herself. Her barely suppressed anger was about to burst from her eyes.

The wet nurses, Li and Zhao, were in no better shape; their hairpins and jewelry were scattered, and their clothes were disheveled. Granny Tian was even more furious.

Without saying a word, she took two steps forward, stretched out both hands, accurately grabbed the two men's ears, and twisted them hard!

"Ouch!"

"It hurts! Spare me, Granny!"

The two who were just fighting fiercely were instantly subdued by the sharp pain in their ears, and they grimaced as they released each other.

"You've all gone too far! Making such a racket in the middle of the night, what kind of behavior is this?"

The wet nurse, Li, winced in pain, both anxious and aggrieved. "Granny, she stole my silver bracelet! It was a keepsake my mother left me!"

Zhao, the wet nurse, retorted shrilly, "Your Excellency, please see the truth! I'm innocent! I didn't see her bracelet at all."

"That's enough!"

Granny Tian interrupted sharply, her piercing gaze sweeping over Li the wet nurse.

"Is your business more important than the young master's? If you miss your shift and the young master goes hungry and cold, how many backsides will you get a beating? Get back to your shift now!"

Li, the wet nurse, trembled all over from the scolding. Despite feeling wronged, she dared not delay and ran to Tinglan Courtyard with tears in her eyes, covering her still aching ears.

Seeing this, Zhao, the wet nurse, quickly bowed to Granny Tian and said ingratiatingly, "Thank you so much for standing up for me, Granny Tian..."

Granny Tian interrupted her impatiently, "Don't give me that nonsense. You'll have to take over the shift in the second half of the night. If you also figure out the time, I'll punish you too."

Zhao the wet nurse repeatedly assured her.

After dealing with the two inside the house, Granny Tian looked at Liu Wenying and Cuihua, who hadn't had time to slip away yet.

Liu Wenying could return to her side room, but Cuihua had nowhere to slip away even if she wanted to.

Granny Tian walked to the window, said nothing, and stretched out her palm in front of the two of them.

Liu Wenying and Cuihua exchanged a glance and awkwardly placed the dried red dates in their hands into their palms.

Granny Tian picked up a dried date, popped it into her mouth, and chewed it. Her tone was unreadable. "Watching with such gusto? With such a good show, why didn't you call this old woman to watch it with you?"

Cuihua chuckled, "They're too noisy, so I had no choice but to come out and hide."

Liu Wenying was able to admit her mistake and lower her head, saying, "We know we were wrong, and we won't do it again next time."

Looking at their listless state, Granny Tian chewed on another dried date and snorted, "Alright, enough of this. Instead of sleeping at night, are you trying to eavesdrop like a night owl?"

"Get back to work and rest! If you're not energetic enough for your duties tomorrow, you'll be in for a world of trouble!"

These words sound harsh, but in reality, they represent a high-handed approach followed by a gentler one.

Liu Wenying and Cuihua felt as if they had been granted a pardon. After bowing to the nanny, they each slipped back to their own rooms.

The days passed quietly as the young master grew up.

When the young master was five months old, another disturbance occurred in Youyuxuan.

When Liu Wenying returned from her shift that day, she had just entered Youyu Pavilion when she saw that the door to the side room was open.

Li, the wet nurse, had red and swollen eyes. She sobbed softly as she packed her belongings.

There was also an expressionless old woman standing next to her, staring at her.

Li, the wet nurse, was punished for the embroidery needle incident and got into a fight with Zhao, so she became much more well-behaved.

Why does it seem like they're about to be sent away?

Liu Wenying went to ask Granny Tian, ​​and only then did she learn that Granny Tian had repeatedly neglected her duties, so the mansion dismissed her.

After figuring out the situation, Liu Wenying was about to return to her room when Zhao, the wet nurse, took the initiative to approach her and start a conversation.

"Sigh, Li the wet nurse is really... such a good job, just like that. There are only the three of us in the backyard now, we should help each other out even more."

As Zhao the wet nurse spoke, her face clearly showed a desire to please.

Liu Wenying smiled faintly, "You're right, we should look after each other."

She did not accept the other party's overly intimate hints.

Seeing that her attitude was neither warm nor cold, Zhao's smile became somewhat stiff.

She seemed to want to say something more, and her hand unconsciously rose to tidy her temples.

With a lift of her hand, her sleeve slid down, revealing a silver bracelet on her wrist.

Liu Wenying glanced over unintentionally, her breath catching in her throat.

That night, after the wet nurse lost her bracelet, she searched for it for a while and heard her talking about the bracelet's design every day. Liu Wenying couldn't have remembered it wrong.

Now that Li the wet nurse has just been expelled from the mansion, the things she lost have appeared in Zhao the wet nurse's hands. Who would believe there's nothing fishy going on?

When Zhao's wet nurse noticed Liu Wenying's gaze lingering, she hurriedly pulled down her sleeves, gave a dry laugh, and made an excuse to rush back into the house.

Liu Wenying was surprised, but she didn't show it on her face and didn't reveal the origin of the bracelet on the spot.

When Cuihua returned from her shift, Liu Wenying found a quiet moment when no one was watching and pulled her into the side room.

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