C15

The Hongqing Tower was indeed worthy of being the first floor of the capital. In order to bring the dishes to the main house, which was still warm, the Hongqing Tower sent all the noodles in three separate rounds.

Since it was set up on a temporary basis, the shop assistant of the Hongqing Tower also asked for an additional two taels of silver as an emergency fee. Xu Minglan was already somewhat regretful when she saw all the dishes sent in. In order to follow the main house and the second house's warrior power, she had spent half of her silver in her small box.

Xu Minglan thought that it was true, since she had already spent all her money, the most important thing would be for him to eat it. She then sat down and opened her plum blossom black wooden chopsticks, took out a silver bowl to fill the soup, and slowly began to study it. However, with Xu Minglan's current mood, even if she ate the Dragon King's Liver and Phoenix Marrow, she would still feel that there was no taste in her mouth. All the way, she kept thinking about how much of the thirty-six taels of silver was worth, and when she ate it, the prawns would no longer smell, they had become a stinky copper.

Xi Chun already could not hear her reply and had fainted long ago.

Such a big commotion on that night in the Xueju, naturally it did not escape the eyes of the people in the Xu Estate. The Second Branch Lady Ji was magnanimous, even if Xu Minglan had money to eat outside, it would still be her own business. She never would have thought that the servants would suddenly ask the five girls why she was eating the Hongqing Tower's noodles, it would be fine even if the servants reported it to her.

It was no wonder that the Lady Ji did not think much of it, she had been used to spending money since she was young, a mere thirty-six taels of silver for the banquet, she did not think much of it, even though thirty-six taels of silver was enough for ordinary people to buy a house in the outskirts of the capital.

Xu Mingmei ate dinner at moon-nesting, then decided to rest here with Xu Mingwei. The two little sisters were placed inside a bathtub with Wan Rong to wash them off. After tidying up the bed, they slept on the same bed. They were both about the same age, so they were rarely this intimate with others. The next morning, they slept until late morning before waking up. The two of them were unwilling to get up, so they leaned their heads against each other and spoke some nonsense, when they suddenly heard Wan Rong and the others outside laughing. After a while, even Wan Feng, who was not smiling all year round laughed.

Xu Mingmei and Xu Mingwei looked at each other and immediately jumped up from the bed. When the girls outside heard the commotion, they hurriedly brought in hot water and Qing Yan.

As Xu Mingmei helped him dress, Xu Mingmei asked curiously, "What were all of you laughing at just now, why were you so happy?"

Xu Mingwei also turned her head with interest.

Wan Rong wanted to act good in front of sher, so before anyone else could open their mouths, he hurriedly replied, "My lady might not know, but fourth wife was bustling with noise and excitement last night."

She giggled, and told her in detail how the Nanny Xu had offended the fourth wife last night, how Xu Minglan had angered the Xueju to such an extent, and how the manservant of the outer courtyard, Tie Niu, had been called into the Hongqing Tower's seating area.

Xu Mingmei asked in confusion, "Fifth Sister only spent money to get the noodles, how can you all be so happy?"

Xu Mingwei was aware of Xu Minglan's character, with fourth wife's amiable personality, the benefits of landing on the Xu Minglan sisters was truly limited. It was no wonder that she developed such a temperament, it was practically going to fall into the eyes of money, Wan Rong and the others making fun of the fourth wife was definitely something that the Hongqing Tower had done for them.

Wan Feng interrupted, "Miss does not understand the suffering of having no money, in this Xu family's courtyard, only you and seven girls have some spare money. five girls spent so much money impulsively, we must think of a way to make it up."

"I heard that five girls gave the leftovers that she could not finish the night before to the girl in the courtyard. She asked Xi Shi and the others for the money this morning."

Hearing that, Xu Mingmei was speechless, her eyes were wide open, and she said in shock: "This reward can actually receive silver, what logic is that?! Xi Shi and the others have also given it to you? "

Wan Ting took over the conversation and joked, "five girls's leftovers are not for reward, furthermore the noodles are for her with a few girls in the courtyard helping her decide. As long as she eats it, there will be a portion, so naturally she will pay for it."

Even the usually kind-hearted Wan Yi stepped forward to give him a painful kick, and said stinging, "The matter of the fourth wife is now known to the entire Xu Family. Only Fourth Young Madam is not at home, if not, this matter would not have occurred. In the morning, this servant heard that the girls in the outer courtyard were still gossiping. Last night, when Xi Chun was kneeling on the ground and using a ball of flour to shatter the bowl, five girls almost cried and pulled her hand, saying that Xi Chun was the only one who cared about her the most in the entire courtyard. In the end, she asked for six taels of silver for the ingredients early in the morning, causing Xi Chun to be confused …

"Fifth Sister isn't afraid of our underlings' hearts turning cold …" Xu Mingmei sighed.

"Did Xi Chun and the others give you any silver?" Xu Mingmei suddenly thought of this and asked.

"Of course I have to. If I meet such a ridiculous master, I would be able to sell my family's population without blinking my eyes. That would be truly trampling on me." Wan Feng sighed.

Xu Mingwei did not say much as she listened. After being harassed by this incident that happened in the morning, Xu Mingmei felt that she should return to the second room to take a look and tell her mother about this. It was absurd for the Fifth Sister to not hide the disgraceful things that happened to his master, and instead wanted to ruin his master's reputation. Regardless of who the fourth wife was, in short, it was not something that could be left behind by the servants, if the words were to spread outside and cause trouble, the people would not take it as a joke of the fourth wife, but as a joke of the Xu family.

She lowered her head and kicked her skirt, quickly walking forward. No matter how fast she walked, Wan Feng would always follow her from behind, just half a step away.

Not to mention how Xu Mingmei would explain it in detail when she reached the Lady Ji's room, once she left, Xu Mingwei closed the door with a cold expression on her face, allowing everyone to gather in front of the door.

Everyone saw that her face was cold, so they didn't dare to make a sound. They didn't know why the girl was so angry, but they felt strange and uneasy as they stood in the yard.

Seeing that everyone was present, Xu Mingwei asked coldly, "Who brought yesterday's dinner, and who took it?"

Hearing that, Wan Rong knew something was wrong, she looked at Wan Ting, who turned pale white, without her usual lively look, she stood out and replied, "Miss's reply, the dinner last night was given to me by the Nanny Xu in my kitchen, because I instructed the six girls to also eat at the moon-nesting, thus I sent it extra lavishly. This servant didn't notice it at the time and just brought it back. "

In fact, Wan Ting knew that there was a rare bitter melon during dinner. Nanny Xu had specifically told her that at that time, but seeing Xu Mingwei's ugly expression, how could she dare to speak the truth?

Xu Mingwei actually didn't really care that much about eating daily, and after recalling last night's dishes, she was finally sure that it was the bitter melon that brought about the disaster.

She frowned, "Since you were the one who fought yesterday, I'll have to trouble you to walk one more round today. Take these taels of silver and go to the big kitchen and treat it as you bought balsam pear. Also, let the Nanny Xu cook the food in the second house of the fourth wife tightly. If something like that happens again, don't blame me for being rude. "