Farmer Lady of Fortune, Imperial Concubine, Don't Be Too Sweet

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Liu Yusheng was sure that he definitely knew something!

“I’ll wash up and get something to eat. You can come back later.”

“I’ll wait for you here. I have nothing to do anyway. Uncle is busy and no one cares about me.”

As soon as she heard this news, her heartbeat that has just calmed down thumped again. Shyness was oozing out of her heart mixed with a hint of sweetness.

In the past, she didn’t understand why men and women in love would smile so much at the mere mention of each other. All that was left was to write love all over their faces. Now, she was getting the hang of it.

The boy didn’t leave and just propped his chin on his two hands outside the window to watch her, without a hint of boredom.

His eyes flashed like X-rays and kept circling around her, making Liu Yusheng extraordinarily uncomfortable.

“Ahem, why don’t you tell me about you and your uncle? What usually keeps him…you guys busy?”

Feng Mohan raised his eyebrows and smiled secretly. Tut, if she wanted to know more about his uncle, she just had to ask him. She needn’t beat around the bush to find out.

He cleared his throat and sat on the window sill with his hands propped up. “Since you want to know, let me tell you.”

Liu Yusheng: “…”

“I’m not going to tell you anything about me, and I’m sure you don’t want to know anyway,”

The boy’s little adult-like I-know-it-all look made someone’s hands itchy.

“As for my uncle, he’s busy.

He has endless things to deal with every day from morning till night. So, two or three hours a day is more than enough.

But my uncle is awesome. As long as he has decided to do something, nothing is impossible.

Anyway, he’s good at everything, but he has a nasty temper. He’s always mean to me, and he often punishes me at every turn!

Auntie Liu, when you pass through the door, put in a good word for me with Uncle so that he’ll treat me better.”

Liu Yusheng: “!” Blush.

This kid really knows everything!

How many people know about it?

The big continue to chatter, "With Auntie Liu, I won't have to ask Auntie Zheng for help from now on. Auntie Liu's words are much more powerful than Auntie Zheng's."

Liu Yusheng was bewildered. “Auntie Zheng? Who is she?”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you. Auntie Zheng is Uncle’s maid. She’s called Fu Yuzheng. She takes good care of me. When Uncle punishes me, she would often plead for me.”

At this turn, the boy scratched his nose a bit. “One or two out of ten of her plea for leniency however, gets successful.”

Maid?

Liu Yusheng knew very well that homes of the rich and powerful have people to wait on them such as slave maids, manservants, housekeepers, maidservants, etc.

However, hearing that Feng Qingbai also has a maid to serve him, and that the boy seemed to be quite close to her, Liu Yusheng felt some discomfort deep within.

Even though she knew that those were normal, she still minded.

The boy also proficient at judging facial expressions, so when he noticed that anomaly on Liu Yusheng’s expression, his heart secretly screamed, Oh no! He panicked to explain.

“Auntie Liu, don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing between Uncle and Auntie Zheng! It’s only because Auntie Zheng saved Uncle when he was young, and Uncle is thanking her for saving his life. That’s why when she was sent to the house, Uncle kept her. He made her a maid and gave her a place to stay. Uncle has never been close to her, really!”

“She saved your Uncle? What’s that all about?”

“I don’t know exactly what happened. But my youngest uncle lived among the masses when he was young and stayed in Xuzhou for several years.
That’s when he met Auntie Zheng and they got along with each other for a while.”

The boy didn’t dare to say that his uncle had a fever when he was young and mumbled called Auntie Zheng’s name in his sleep.

If he uttered a word of it, it would be terrible. His Uncle would skin him alive!

Seeing the boy’s anxiety to clarify, Liu Yusheng felt herself blushing for her short-sightedness.

“I didn’t say anything. Look at how anxious you are. She’s just a maid, right? She’s just taking care of your daily needs. Your uncle is usually so busy. Even if he had the heart, he wouldn’t have the time to worry about such trivial matters
himself.”

The boy nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes that's right!"

Liu Yusheng laughed. After washing up, she walked out of the room and said to the boy, "Come on, let's go and have something to eat first. Then I'll tell you a good story afterwards."

“Okay!” The boy jumped off the ledge, smiled mysteriously, and walked out of the courtyard door with the lady.

Before stepping out, Liu Yusheng froze.

At the gate, a man in a dark purple robe was standing with his hands behind him. His tall, straight back was like an orchid. Just a shadow of it made her heart beat faster.