Chapter 10 Repeatedly
Xiao Tiao looked at Chen Hui while covering her mouth. Her expression was a bit blank. The exclamation of just now was made by her.
Chen Hui waved with her hand and motioned for her to go stand at a side in order to avoid Xiao Tiao who didn’t have acting skills to hinder her own performance.
She was now lying down on the table as if she was hurt. In fact, when she heard eunuch Li call her, she who was long mentally prepared and pretended to be frightened. After squatting down, she also climbed of the table and lay down on the spot.
That exasperating eunuch probably didn’t have any good feelings for her. She naturally didn’t expect him to be kind to her due to compassion. Her purpose was to make so much noise to attract him here and to let him understand her determination to resist to the end if he didn’t abide to his promise. At the same time, she had to perform “reaped what she has sown”. Then, he probably wouldn’t punish her for causing such a noise because she had been already “punished” after all.
Li Youde didn’t have the key to Plum Yard, but grandmother Xu had long heard that something had happened here and hurried over. Therefore, Li Youde didn’t wait long before the door was opened and he stepped into the yard.
Just at the courtyard gate, Chen Hui was still lying on the table. From Li Youde’s point of view, he couldn’t tell where she was injured.
Li Youde originally came with anger. He heard from the people from Rely Bamboo Pavilion who came to report that Lady Chen next door was shouting and yelling and that they didn’t know what she was doing. He immediately thought about what kind of tricks Lady Chen Hui was playing and rushed over here angrily. However, he never expected that she would fall because of his shout.
All the rage in his heart became stagnant. Li Youde walked to Chen Hui and laughed somewhat taking joy in her calamity, “Lady Chen, did you fall?”
Chen Hui propped her body up from the ground and looked at Li Youde grievously, “Lord, why did you shout so suddenly. This Lady Chen was so scared.”
Li Youde humphed coldly and said sternly, “Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and wail like ghosts and howl like the wolves?!”
Chen Hui carefully glanced at the sky, “It is still early…” Although, it was dark, but it was not more than seven o’clock. How could it be considered midnight? “Besides, this Lady Chen didn’t wail like the ghosts and howl like the wolves. This Lady Chen just felt familiarity at first sight with Lady Jiang and wanted to have a chat with her…”
“Lady Chen, put away those vile thoughts of yours!” Li Youde squatted down in front of Chen Hui and sneered at her, “If you continue to play tricks, see how I will deal with you.”
Chen Hui looked at him and saw that he was just a person away from her. She couldn’t help but think that he was so vigilant because he was afraid that she would suddenly throw herself at him.
Truly silly. Now she is an “injured” person. How could she do still throw herself at him?
“Oh…” Chen Hu wiped her eyes, lowered her head and said aggrievedly, “But this Lady Chen also has no other way. Obviously, lord had said that from today onwards, this Lady Chen wouldn’t get less of anything, but she!”
While she spoke, she pointed angrily at grandmother Xu.
“She deliberately deducted this Lady Chen’s ration of food and said that it was the orders of lord. It is simply taking unfair advantage of the top and concealing from the bottom. Such actions should be punished!” Chen Hui said angrily. Of course, she couldn’t scold this exasperating eunuch for failing to keep his promise in front of so many people. He cared more about face than ordinary people. She couldn’t directly say it and had to find a way for him to get out of the embarrassing situation. Only like that would she be able to achieve her goal and he also had to get out of the embarrassing situation. So awesome!
Grandmother Xu was pointedly criticized by Chen Hui. She knelt in fright and kowtowed in a hurry, but she didn’t dare to argue. She was no fool. Listening to what Lady Chen had said, eunuch Li must’ve promised her something. However, the order she got from eunuch Li was not like that, but she didn’t dare to say it and slap his face. She heard that people who lacked that thing were all temperamental. She didn’t want to get a taste.
Li Youde glanced once at grandmother Xu. Then, he turned and smiled coldly at Chen Hui, “I made the order. Hearing Lady Chen Hui say this, I have to reward her well.”
With an indifferent appearance, he didn’t seem to care that people found out that he was someone who would go back on his words.
Chen Hui’s eyes widened slightly. This exasperating eunuch was still a man of power and wealth, right? How could he be so shameless? He was even more shameless than her!
Li Youde seemed very satisfied with Chen Hui’s shocked and seemingly crying without tears expression. He stood up laughingly. Before leaving, he threw another sentences in a high-pitched voice that was full of threats, “Lady Chen, if I were you, I will be more obedient. If you continue to act so outrageously, I will lock you up in the woodshed!”
Seeing that Chen Hui glanced once at him and then withdrew her gaze in horror, Li Youde felt happy. With a smile on his face, he grandly left with the people. When he returned to Chrysanthemum Yard, he seemed to have remembered something and said to someone around him, “Ah Da, stuck Chen Pingzhi there for a few days. Reduce the wood that we originally agreed on by twenty percent.” He sneered, “Sending me such a daughter, is it to please me or to give me more stress?!”
The young man called Ah Da hurriedly responded.
Li Youde touched the jade pendant on his waist and hummed the scenes from the opera he had just watched a few days ago. His extremely good mood had returned.
Before Ah Da walked into the Chrysanthemum Yard, he glanced back and was slightly confused. Why didn’t lord go comfort Lady Jiang?
The moment Li Youde left, grandmother Xu took out the key to lock the door and gave Chen Hui a vicious look.
Chen Hui did as if she didn’t see it. After grandmother Xu left, she immediately sat up and looked up at Xiao Tiao who had been silent until now.
Xiao Tiao hurried over to help Chen Hui. Chen Hui motioned with her hand and said, “No, let me sit here and calm down a bit.”
Xiao Tiao saw personally how Chen Hui pretended to be injured. So, she knew that Chen Hui was fine. Now, she also came over, sit down and said worriedly, “Lady Chen, will…will grandmother Xu let us eat the plain congee from before again?”
She wasn’t picky about food, but she knew that every time, it was difficult for Chen Hui to swallow it. It was even more uncomfortable than eating tree barks and weeds. Therefore, she was very worried about Chen Hui. After all, she had offended grandmother Xu today.
“No need to be afraid. She wouldn’t dare,” Chen Hui said with a smile.
Seeing Chen Hui’s expression of having a card’s up to her sleeve, Xiao Tiao was full of doubts, but she still didn’t ask.
After sitting for a while, Chen Hui called Xiao Tiao to go back and sleep.
Did she give up? Of course not. Recharge energy and fight again tomorrow!
The next day, grandmother Xu sent the same as before. There was only a bit of minced meat that let Chen Hui get a taste. She got even more gluttonous for meat.
In the afternoon, Chen Hui began to take a nap. The nap lasted until afternoon. After dinner, Xiao Tiao saw that she lay on the bed, Xiao Tiao also went to sleep. Then, Chen Hui got up again in the dark.
Chen Hui was already skilled at moving the tables and the stool. This time, she put the table and stool very close to the door before she climbed up to take a peek.
After she waited for a long time, a young servant carrying a lantern walked into this direction from far away. She lowered her body slightly. she cleared her throat and laughed, “Little brother, hehehe…” She controlled the tone of her voice and made the voice seem like approaching from a distance.
After laughing, she peeked through the crack of the door. Seeing that the young servant had stopped suddenly and looked around vigilantly, she held in her breath. When he thought that he had misheard and wanted to continue walking, she suddenly laughed, “Hehehe, come play. Come play with Xiao Qian…”
That young servant looked around as if he had been frozen on spot. After confirming that there was no one around, his whole body shivered and he ran forward at a faster pace.
Chen Hui continued, “Don’t leave, little brother. Xiao Qing will wait for you…”
The surroundings turned quiet. Chen Hui waited for a while, but no one else came. Hence, she decided to entertain herself. She pondered for a while, cleared her throat and sang in a sobbing tone her own adaption of a song, “Little cabbage, yellow in the ground, two or three-year-old, no mother. It’s not easy to live with father. Father really married a stepmother. Married stepmother for three and a half year. After giving birth to a younger brother who is better than me, strangled me to death…”
After singing for a while, she rested. After a while, someone came. She started to sing again, only letting the other hear the sound but not seeing anything. When there was no one, she sang songs intermittently. When she felt tired in the middle of the night, she went back to sleep.
The next day, when Chen Hui was still sleeping, a rumor started that Li residence was haunted. It was often a bunch of servants and maids who gathered together and whispered. If someone came, they would quickly disperse.
Chen Hui had a good sleep during the day. When it was night, she did the same thing again. This time, she even used a bamboo pole and put a cloth on it. The effect was quick and scared one or two people. If she met people who were more courageous, she wouldn’t speak. When the person left, she would continue to scare those less courageous. After causing trouble for half of the night, she went back to sleep.
On this day, Li Youde finally saw some clues from the faces of his servants. When he got to know that his residence was haunted, his first reaction was anger. Then, there was a hint of panic. After he asked where was haunted, understanding appeared on his face. Then, he furiously led people to Plum Yard.
“Lady Chen Hui, did you pretend to be a ghost the last two nights? Do you really think that I will do nothing to you?” When Li Youde came once again with an ashen face from anger to call Chen Hui to account, Chen Hui was arduously eating dinner.
Innocence was on her face, but her heart was full of disdain. Did he think she was stupid? She wouldn’t admit! Even if he knew that she did it, there is no evidence! Anger him to death! Ah, it was much better if he was scared because he believed that there was truly a ghost. Not giving her meat, she wouldn’t yield!
Chapter 10 Repeatedly
Xiao Tiao looked at Chen Hui while covering her mouth. Her expression was a bit blank. The exclamation of just now was made by her.
Chen Hui waved with her hand and motioned for her to go stand at a side in order to avoid Xiao Tiao who didn’t have acting skills to hinder her own performance.
She was now lying down on the table as if she was hurt. In fact, when she heard eunuch Li call her, she who was long mentally prepared and pretended to be frightened. After squatting down, she also climbed of the table and lay down on the spot.
That exasperating eunuch probably didn’t have any good feelings for her. She naturally didn’t expect him to be kind to her due to compassion. Her purpose was to make so much noise to attract him here and to let him understand her determination to resist to the end if he didn’t abide to his promise. At the same time, she had to perform “reaped what she has sown”. Then, he probably wouldn’t punish her for causing such a noise because she had been already “punished” after all.
Li Youde didn’t have the key to Plum Yard, but grandmother Xu had long heard that something had happened here and hurried over. Therefore, Li Youde didn’t wait long before the door was opened and he stepped into the yard.
Just at the courtyard gate, Chen Hui was still lying on the table. From Li Youde’s point of view, he couldn’t tell where she was injured.
Li Youde originally came with anger. He heard from the people from Rely Bamboo Pavilion who came to report that Lady Chen next door was shouting and yelling and that they didn’t know what she was doing. He immediately thought about what kind of tricks Lady Chen Hui was playing and rushed over here angrily. However, he never expected that she would fall because of his shout.
All the rage in his heart became stagnant. Li Youde walked to Chen Hui and laughed somewhat taking joy in her calamity, “Lady Chen, did you fall?”
Chen Hui propped her body up from the ground and looked at Li Youde grievously, “Lord, why did you shout so suddenly. This Lady Chen was so scared.”
Li Youde humphed coldly and said sternly, “Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and wail like ghosts and howl like the wolves?!”
Chen Hui carefully glanced at the sky, “It is still early…” Although, it was dark, but it was not more than seven o’clock. How could it be considered midnight? “Besides, this Lady Chen didn’t wail like the ghosts and howl like the wolves. This Lady Chen just felt familiarity at first sight with Lady Jiang and wanted to have a chat with her…”
“Lady Chen, put away those vile thoughts of yours!” Li Youde squatted down in front of Chen Hui and sneered at her, “If you continue to play tricks, see how I will deal with you.”
Chen Hui looked at him and saw that he was just a person away from her. She couldn’t help but think that he was so vigilant because he was afraid that she would suddenly throw herself at him.
Truly silly. Now she is an “injured” person. How could she do still throw herself at him?
“Oh…” Chen Hu wiped her eyes, lowered her head and said aggrievedly, “But this Lady Chen also has no other way. Obviously, lord had said that from today onwards, this Lady Chen wouldn’t get less of anything, but she!”
While she spoke, she pointed angrily at grandmother Xu.
“She deliberately deducted this Lady Chen’s ration of food and said that it was the orders of lord. It is simply taking unfair advantage of the top and concealing from the bottom. Such actions should be punished!” Chen Hui said angrily. Of course, she couldn’t scold this exasperating eunuch for failing to keep his promise in front of so many people. He cared more about face than ordinary people. She couldn’t directly say it and had to find a way for him to get out of the embarrassing situation. Only like that would she be able to achieve her goal and he also had to get out of the embarrassing situation. So awesome!
Grandmother Xu was pointedly criticized by Chen Hui. She knelt in fright and kowtowed in a hurry, but she didn’t dare to argue. She was no fool. Listening to what Lady Chen had said, eunuch Li must’ve promised her something. However, the order she got from eunuch Li was not like that, but she didn’t dare to say it and slap his face. She heard that people who lacked that thing were all temperamental. She didn’t want to get a taste.
Li Youde glanced once at grandmother Xu. Then, he turned and smiled coldly at Chen Hui, “I made the order. Hearing Lady Chen Hui say this, I have to reward her well.”
With an indifferent appearance, he didn’t seem to care that people found out that he was someone who would go back on his words.
Chen Hui’s eyes widened slightly. This exasperating eunuch was still a man of power and wealth, right? How could he be so shameless? He was even more shameless than her!
Li Youde seemed very satisfied with Chen Hui’s shocked and seemingly crying without tears expression. He stood up laughingly. Before leaving, he threw another sentences in a high-pitched voice that was full of threats, “Lady Chen, if I were you, I will be more obedient. If you continue to act so outrageously, I will lock you up in the woodshed!”
Seeing that Chen Hui glanced once at him and then withdrew her gaze in horror, Li Youde felt happy. With a smile on his face, he grandly left with the people. When he returned to Chrysanthemum Yard, he seemed to have remembered something and said to someone around him, “Ah Da, stuck Chen Pingzhi there for a few days. Reduce the wood that we originally agreed on by twenty percent.” He sneered, “Sending me such a daughter, is it to please me or to give me more stress?!”
The young man called Ah Da hurriedly responded.
Li Youde touched the jade pendant on his waist and hummed the scenes from the opera he had just watched a few days ago. His extremely good mood had returned.
Before Ah Da walked into the Chrysanthemum Yard, he glanced back and was slightly confused. Why didn’t lord go comfort Lady Jiang?
The moment Li Youde left, grandmother Xu took out the key to lock the door and gave Chen Hui a vicious look.
Chen Hui did as if she didn’t see it. After grandmother Xu left, she immediately sat up and looked up at Xiao Tiao who had been silent until now.
Xiao Tiao hurried over to help Chen Hui. Chen Hui motioned with her hand and said, “No, let me sit here and calm down a bit.”
Xiao Tiao saw personally how Chen Hui pretended to be injured. So, she knew that Chen Hui was fine. Now, she also came over, sit down and said worriedly, “Lady Chen, will…will grandmother Xu let us eat the plain congee from before again?”
She wasn’t picky about food, but she knew that every time, it was difficult for Chen Hui to swallow it. It was even more uncomfortable than eating tree barks and weeds. Therefore, she was very worried about Chen Hui. After all, she had offended grandmother Xu today.
“No need to be afraid. She wouldn’t dare,” Chen Hui said with a smile.
Seeing Chen Hui’s expression of having a card’s up to her sleeve, Xiao Tiao was full of doubts, but she still didn’t ask.
After sitting for a while, Chen Hui called Xiao Tiao to go back and sleep.
Did she give up? Of course not. Recharge energy and fight again tomorrow!
The next day, grandmother Xu sent the same as before. There was only a bit of minced meat that let Chen Hui get a taste. She got even more gluttonous for meat.
In the afternoon, Chen Hui began to take a nap. The nap lasted until afternoon. After dinner, Xiao Tiao saw that she lay on the bed, Xiao Tiao also went to sleep. Then, Chen Hui got up again in the dark.
Chen Hui was already skilled at moving the tables and the stool. This time, she put the table and stool very close to the door before she climbed up to take a peek.
After she waited for a long time, a young servant carrying a lantern walked into this direction from far away. She lowered her body slightly. she cleared her throat and laughed, “Little brother, hehehe…” She controlled the tone of her voice and made the voice seem like approaching from a distance.
After laughing, she peeked through the crack of the door. Seeing that the young servant had stopped suddenly and looked around vigilantly, she held in her breath. When he thought that he had misheard and wanted to continue walking, she suddenly laughed, “Hehehe, come play. Come play with Xiao Qian…”
That young servant looked around as if he had been frozen on spot. After confirming that there was no one around, his whole body shivered and he ran forward at a faster pace.
Chen Hui continued, “Don’t leave, little brother. Xiao Qing will wait for you…”
The surroundings turned quiet. Chen Hui waited for a while, but no one else came. Hence, she decided to entertain herself. She pondered for a while, cleared her throat and sang in a sobbing tone her own adaption of a song, “Little cabbage, yellow in the ground, two or three-year-old, no mother. It’s not easy to live with father. Father really married a stepmother. Married stepmother for three and a half year. After giving birth to a younger brother who is better than me, strangled me to death…”
After singing for a while, she rested. After a while, someone came. She started to sing again, only letting the other hear the sound but not seeing anything. When there was no one, she sang songs intermittently. When she felt tired in the middle of the night, she went back to sleep.
The next day, when Chen Hui was still sleeping, a rumor started that Li residence was haunted. It was often a bunch of servants and maids who gathered together and whispered. If someone came, they would quickly disperse.
Chen Hui had a good sleep during the day. When it was night, she did the same thing again. This time, she even used a bamboo pole and put a cloth on it. The effect was quick and scared one or two people. If she met people who were more courageous, she wouldn’t speak. When the person left, she would continue to scare those less courageous. After causing trouble for half of the night, she went back to sleep.
On this day, Li Youde finally saw some clues from the faces of his servants. When he got to know that his residence was haunted, his first reaction was anger. Then, there was a hint of panic. After he asked where was haunted, understanding appeared on his face. Then, he furiously led people to Plum Yard.
“Lady Chen Hui, did you pretend to be a ghost the last two nights? Do you really think that I will do nothing to you?” When Li Youde came once again with an ashen face from anger to call Chen Hui to account, Chen Hui was arduously eating dinner.
Innocence was on her face, but her heart was full of disdain. Did he think she was stupid? She wouldn’t admit! Even if he knew that she did it, there is no evidence! Anger him to death! Ah, it was much better if he was scared because he believed that there was truly a ghost. Not giving her meat, she wouldn’t yield!
