Chapter 45 - Chaos Among The Maids

Near a pagoda, a small boy could be seen looking for something, the small boy never having done any chores was nervous for his first time cleaning, for which he called a cleaning maid and asked her for the cleaning tools, as well as the methods of cleaning faster and efficiently.

At first, the cleaning lady couldn't believe what she just heard from this young master, but she got terrified when the young master of the Li family was innocently asking her to teach her how and what tools to use for cleaning the floor of the courtyard, the wall, and even the restrooms, to which she made a gasp.

The maid who at first came to serve this young master happily was now dripping sweat out of fear, she felt that if she said no, the young master would be disappointed, and if she said yes, then her head would be the one to roll.

The maid was crying a river of tears in her heart, and from the outside, she felt as if she would cry any moment.

Li Jie noticed her unusual expression, which he wasn't able to understand, he felt that the maid might be ill today, so he asked her to send someone else and for her to go rest.

The maid was touched by the young master's concern, that was also when she had an idea, when she goes back to send someone else, she will go to the head maid and ask for her advice about this situation.

She quickly sprinted towards where the other maids gather, the first thing she did was to go to the head maid, who was in the middle of instructing something to some young-looking maids.

The head maid noticed a young-looking maid running towards her frantically, she wondered what was the cause for such hurry and worry that was present in the eyes of the maid.

The head maid asked, "Xiao Shu, aren't you supposed to be with the young master, why are you running frantically and what are you worried about?"

The maid shook her head and said, "Miss head maid, I was just with the young master, but there's a problem he is asking me to do the impossible".

"What! Are you out of your mind, don't you remember even if those of big families ask you to give them special service and sleep with them, then you must, weren't you trained for this," asked the head maid fuming?

"No Madam, if it was that, I would willingly comply but the problem is that what he is asking me to do is mind-boggling, I don't even understand, where did he get such an idea", said the maid frantically.

The Head maid hurrumphed, "What nonsense, so what if the young master has some weird fetishes, it is normal among the nobility, no matter how weird things he asks you to do, you do it without hesitation, although isn't it too soon for the young master to develop such taste for his age, ugh I can never understand nobility, God knows what's with their screwed up brain" sighed the head maid.

The maid Xiao Shu couldn't take it anymore, and she screamed, "Stop cursing the young master, he isn't like that, he is an innocent cute boy, the problem is that he is asking me to teach him cleaning, and he is right near the training pagoda, ready to clean the floor".

After hearing this, it was as if there was pin-drop silence in the whole room, all the maids were looking at them with incredulous expressions.

The head maid was tongue-tied and then she screamed, "wait, what the hell, ehhhhh, but how can young master ask for such request, just what is going on, was the floor not clean enough, near the training pagoda, is the young master so dissatisfied, that he wants to clean it himself".

"Who was in charge of cleaning that area near the training pagoda, come right in front of me, one maid came forward, who said weakly, "It was me madam but I remember cleaning it spotless, I am not sure if it was even possible for that area to be dirty", looking at the pitiful girl in front of her, the head maid knew how honest and hardworking this maid was, and she has been responsible for cleaning that area for a long time now, which was why it was also hard for the head maid to think that it was impossible for that area to be dirty.

The maid Xiao Shu who came with the news of the young master wanting to learn cleaning said, "I don't think the young master was dissatisfied with the cleanliness or anything, I think he just wanted to learn cleaning".

hearing this the head maid and the other maids felt tensed and felt what Xiao Shu said was nonsense, and if it's true then just what should they do, they can't just teach cleaning to their young master, which was learned by lowly maids, and nor can they deny his request.

The head maid shrieked at that thought, "This is a big trouble, if the patriarch were to know his son wants to learn cleaning, he will have my head roll over, oh God I still remember how those three bastards were killed ruthlessly for insulting his son and the great elder was beaten up black and blue, just for getting in the way".

The head maid couldn't come up with any solution to this madness that was happening, finally, she couldn't take it, she just decided to go to Sir patriarch, either way, choosing anything would have her head roll, so she decided to go to sir patriarch and what he will decide from then on, will be as God wills it.

"Listen, Ladies, This is a very precarious situation that we are in now, but fret not I will go and consult with the patriarch, and what he will decide will be the final verdict", said the head maid valiantly, despite not being a warrior, she had the aura of one.

The maid Xiao Shu couldn't believe what the head maid was doing, "Madam, no you can't do this, it was me who should take responsibility for this, I will take the blame, please don't sacrifice yourself for me", said the maid Xiao Shu with teary eyes.

"Shut up, who is sacrificing who, get your mind out of those stupid drama stories you read, this is nothing like that, I am just going to sir patriarch for advice regarding this situation" snorted the head maid.

The head maid started walking out of the room, although she said nothing will happen, she herself wasn't able to predict what will happen next, she could only pray for her safety, she didn't want these innocent young girls to get hurt over some stupid reason.

"Ha, it's really hard working in such a big household, I wish everything was simple", thought the head maid.

it was then that a boy could be seen coming towards the maid room,

"Please stop, I didn't mean to cause trouble, I just wanted to learn cleaning for training martial arts, if you are worried about what my father might think, I will talk to him", said the small boy with a clear and innocent gaze, who came towards the head maid and explained to her that she shouldn't worry about all of this, as he will talk to his father later about this and that he will not any kind of harm befall them and clear up the misunderstandings if there are any.

The head maid seeing the cute innocent boy, thought to herself, "Ugh living among these big shots has made me screwed up, how could I think such an innocent boy would have any weird fetishes, damn I should stop judging everyone the same, but still what does cleaning have to do with training for martial arts, well i shouldn't think much and just let the nature take it's course" ,thought the head maid while rubbing her forehead.

"I will take your word for it young master, I hope nothing untoward happens to these poor girls", said the head maid, Li Jie nodded in reply.

"Xiao Shu, come here, take the young master to the courtyard and take all the cleaning tools with you as well and teach the young master how to clean, from basic to everything, ok", ordered the head maid to the maid Xiao Shu.

The maid Xiao Shu felt a bit scared, but she did as she was told and she went to get the tools for cleaning.

When the maid Xiao Shu came back with the cleaning tools, she took the young master with her to start teaching him cleaning, she didn't know if what she was doing even ok in any way, after all the person whom she wanted to teach cleaning was none other than the Eldest Young Master of the Li family!!!