Chapter 341: Build up Prestige

Mammy Zheng showed a smile on her old face, but there was no smile in her eyes. “His Lordship is busy taking care of Madam these days, and he is not free to come, so he specially told me to send a message to you and the first young master, My Lady.”

Shi Qingxue got up and leered at Mammy Zheng, asking casually, “What message?”

“His Lordship has said that Madam is worried so much about the second young master, and they tire themselves to take care of him and name him these days, so they don’t have time to take care of one more baby. They asked you to continue looking after the first young master before Madam recovers.”

Shi Qingxue had no objection to looking after her brother, yet she still couldn’t help but frown after hearing Mammy Zheng’s words. “Name him? My parents have named my brothers? What are their names?”

Mammy Zheng smiled insincerely. “How dare I call the young master’s name?”

She intentionally pretended to be timid, while she brought contempt upon herself as Shi Qingxue glanced at her coldly. Then she added obediently, “The second young master’s name is Tianyou.”

“What about the first young master’s?” Shi Qingxue thought that it was strange since Mammy Zheng started to speak.

The old maid talked about her little brother all the time but mentioned the other brother in just a few words indifferently, as if this baby weren’t existent. Her neglect made Shi Qingxue furious.

Mammy Zheng showed a smile to express that all people knew it. Then she looked at Shi Qingxue and stopped talking.

Shi Qingxue stared at Mammy Zheng coldly.

These days, she had noticed that Mammy Zheng seemed to aim at her intentionally or unintentionally and always try to irritate her while speaking.

Considering that Mammy Zheng was an old maid Dong Hui had brought from the Dong family, Qingxue didn’t want to bother about her, so she pretended that she didn’t know, but unexpectedly, the maid’s attitude was more and more extravagant.

However, Shi Qingxue wouldn’t lose temper rashly. She returned to the chair and took a sip of tea before asking unhurriedly, “Mammy Zheng, how many years have you been in my family?”

Mammy Zheng wanted to incite Shi Qingxue to make trouble in the East House impulsively by telling her purposely that the master and mistress named the second young master yet didn’t give a name to the first young master.

Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue didn’t get angry but asked her about something else at leisure.

Didn’t the young lady understand what she meant?

Even though Mammy Zheng was anxious in secret, she couldn’t refuse to answer Shi Qingxue’s question. “My Lady, I came with Madam when she got married. I have been here for more than twenty years.”

“So you are an old servant in this mansion, right?” Shi Qingxue asked with a lift of her eyebrow.

Mammy Zheng just smiled at Shi Qingxue and felt proud evidently.

“So you must be clear about the family rules…” After saying, Shi Qingxue paused for a moment.

Before Mammy Zheng reacted, the girl suddenly rebuked, “Do you know what punishment a servant deserves when he bullies a master?”

Mammy Zheng was shocked by the cold reproach and felt that her knees were numb and feeble somehow.

She instantly knelt on the floor as her legs were soft, as if she would kowtow to Shi Qingxue and admit her fault.

“I…I…”

Mammy Zheng was anxious and scared and thought that it was surprising, but she had knelt down. The young lady didn’t tell her to get up, so if she got up without permission, wouldn’t it prove that she bullied the master as the young lady said?

At this thought, Mammy Zheng didn’t express her feelings even though her knees hurt and she had cold sweat. Moreover, she had to smile at Shi Qingxue flatteringly. “My Lady, you get me wrong. I am your servant. How dare I bully you? My slavery indenture is in the hands of the masters, and I am loyal to the Shi family. I have never bullied a master. Please observe clearly, My Lady.”

When Mammy Zheng was speaking, tears fell across her old face, and she looked aggrieved and pitiful.

It looked like she really had such feelings.

They grew up in a powerful family and if Mammy Zheng didn’t know how to act, she wouldn’t earn a spot among the servants.

Shi Qingxue was clear about that, so she wouldn’t be so stupid as to confront her.

Then she asked lazily, “When did I say that you bullied me?”

From beginning to end, Shi Qingxue just asked Mammy Zheng what punishment a servant deserved after bullying a master, and then the old maid knelt down and said that she was wronged.

The old maid just confessed without torture seemingly.

Mammy Zheng stopped crying and the sad expression froze on her face.

“Er, well. I…” No matter how eloquent Mammy Zheng was, she was forced to stutter and couldn’t speak a word after Shi Qingxue’s stroke of genius.

Then Shi Qingxue asked with a faint smile, “Mammy Zheng, since you think that you have never bullied a master, why did you kneel so soon? Anybody who doesn’t know the truth will think that you admitted your fault.”

Mammy Zheng was angry, yet she didn’t dare to vent it.

She realized why others said that Shi Qingxue was smart and anybody would be unlucky after offending her. She thought that she was a good talker, but Shi Qingxue was silver-tongued and set traps everywhere.

When the opponent was careless, she might be tripped up by Shi Qingxue, and the latter would outargue her, making her unable to speak.

Mammy Zheng knew that she gave Shi Qingxue a chance to accuse her, so she didn’t dare to play tricks. She admitted her fault and sincerely begged the young lady to forgive her.

She even got cruel-hearted and slapped herself in the face severely when she saw Shi Qingxue’s cold eyes.

“I am powerless. Please forgive me because I have served Madam for so many years, My Lady. I don’t dare to play tricks on you anymore!”

With her elbow on the table and her chin on her palm, Shi Qingxue tilted her head and looked Mammy Zheng up and down.

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She thought, “This maid deserves to be the head of the servants in the East House. Apart from anything else, she is able to bow and rise at will and good at reading somebody else’s mind.”

Mammy Zheng knew that the girl attached importance to Dong Hui and why she got mad.

She admitted her fault with a good attitude and guessed the key point correctly, and she even mentioned Dong Hui.

No matter how angry Shi Qingxue was, she didn’t feel so irritated anymore.

Moreover, she didn’t plan to bother too much about Mammy Zheng.

However, she wouldn’t allow the maid to do anything willfully.

Shi Qingxue got up and walked to Mammy Zheng step by step under her gaze. Then she lowered her head, looking down at the old maid.

She stressed each word and warned coldly, “Since you have admitted your fault, I won’t bother about you too much, but remember that this brother of mine is the first young master in Duke Shi’s mansion. No matter what attitude the masters show, we don’t allow you servants to bully the masters or flatter the powerful ones while stepping on the weaker ones.

“If I know that you are impolite to him again, don’t blame me when I ignore your fellowship.”

Mammy Zheng was shocked by Shi Qingxue’s momentum which exploded all of a sudden. She looked up at the girl in a daze and opened her mouth yet couldn’t say anything after a long time.

She finally understood that Shi Qingxue suddenly got mad at her because she had shown disrespect for the first young master in her words.

Shi Qingxue wanted to build up prestige for the first young master.

Mammy Zheng didn’t know why Shi Qingxue cared about an ugly baby so much, but she didn’t dare to be disobedient.

“Yes, yes. I dare not.”

After speaking, Shi Qingxue wasn’t in the mood to rebuke Mammy Zheng anymore but walked out.

Wei Zichao asked in confusion, “My Lady, where are you going?”

He was guarding at the door all the time, and Mammy Zheng knelt down surprisingly because he had kicked her.

Seeing that Shi Qingxue prepared to go out by herself instead of waiting for Mo Junyang to come back, Wei Zichao had to stop her.

When Shi Qingxue was stopped, she didn’t get angry but leered at Mammy Zheng who was still kneeling on the floor and wanted to peep at her like a thief yet didn’t dare to. Then she smiled. “Somebody intentionally wants to incite me to see my father in the East House and has put up a good show. How would I dissatisfy her? Zichao, don’t worry. I will be fine.”

Mammy Zheng shuddered with fear after hearing that and understood that Shi Qingxue had seen through her.

However, she said that purposely earlier like a monkey which was teased.

Mammy Zheng just felt that her aged face was burning hot, so she lowered her head obediently and didn’t dare to make trouble.

Wei Zichao didn’t care about Mammy Zheng’s intention. He just frowned after Shi Qingxue said that and then asked in a deep voice, “Can I follow you, My Lady?”

This request was groundless because Wei Zichao wasn’t Shi Qingxue’s guard, and it was not King Rui’s mansion here.

Nevertheless, Wei Zichao didn’t dare to let Shi Qingxue go alone. After all, she got injured last time because of the Shi family’s plot, which was why Mo Junyang had left him here.

Shi Qingxue lowered her head and pondered for a moment. Then she knew why Wei Zichao was so persistent.

“Okay, follow me,” Shi Qingxue answered quickly and then walked ahead to the East House.

Shi Junhe was reading in the study. When he saw Shi Qingxue, there were embarrassment and surprise in his eyes. “What are you doing here?”

Shi Qingxue asked directly, “I have heard that you and Mother named my little brother Tianyou, right?”

When Shi Junhe saw that Shi Qingxue asked about this matter as soon as she came, his expression which was always clam stiffened, yet he still answered,

“Yes. Your mother gave this name to him, and it means that God bless him.”

“It’s really a good name. Have you and Mother selected a name for the other brother?” Shi Qingxue asked at once.

In fact, Shi Junhe was prepared to be questioned by Shi Qingxue, while at this time, his old face got burning hot automatically.

Especially when he met his daughter’s pure and clear eyes, Duke Shi who was always open and aboveboard felt ashamed and had nothing to say.

“I gave birth to only one son, Tianyou. There is no other one, no!” A sharp female voice suddenly cut in.

Nobody knew since when Dong Hui stood at the door of the study, and she forcefully answered Shi Qingxue’s question.

She just admitted her younger son Tianyou’s identity.

Shi Qingxue felt disappointed and could hardly believe that such cruel words were from her mother’s mouth.

She remembered that Dong Hui was sick and couldn’t be irritated.

So Qingxue had to restrain her anger and didn’t argue with Dong Hui.

She turned to Shi Junhe and asked with a bitter smile, “Father, won’t you give a name to your first son?”

“I…” Shi Junhe was hurt by Shi Qingxue’s bitter smile and finally couldn’t help but speak.

However, Dong Hui stopped Shi Junhe again and stated coldly, “That’s not our son, so you can’t ask your father to give him a name.”

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