Chapter 787 - 785
The old woman servant was taken aback, this couldn’t count as letting in someone they didn’t recognize, could it? That was a person brought by The Old Master. Even if they wanted to, they couldn’t have stopped it.
The old woman glanced over, the young lady of the house saw The Old Master had brought back a woman, she must be displeased, right?
"To the young lady of the house, that woman was brought in by The Old Master, the two of us servants were just discussing going to inform Nanny Qian," she replied.
Ye Xinyan said rather coldly, "Oh... to inform Qian Momo, that’s good. I was afraid that you weren’t managing the gate well and let in someone unfamiliar, which could cause trouble in our mansion. Since you plan to report to Nanny Qian, then there’s no issue, you may go back to your duties."
To the maids and old woman servants, the young lady of the house seemed indifferent, but there was a startling gleam in her eyes, as if she were already quite angry.
Close to noon, Ye Xinyan brought a letter to the Duke’s Mansion; she had urgent tasks to finish with Zhou Biyao and had bought meals from a restaurant, deciding not to return for lunch.
By the late Shen hour, when Ye Xinyan came back, the atmosphere in the mansion was somewhat strange. Especially the two old women servants at the gate; they glanced at Ye Xinyan heading towards the Second Gate and seemed to dodge her gaze.
Ye Xinyan guessed that Ye Hongyang bringing a woman back had already caused a stir in the mansion; she paid no further attention to the old women servants at the gate, and led her maids directly to Madam Yin’s courtyard.
Madam Yin seemed completely unaffected by the mansion’s atmosphere, sitting cozily on the couch with Qi Jiaer, inquiring warmly about his and Qi Sanshun’s lessons and amusing incidents at school.
Qi Sanshun sat rigidly on the stool beside the couch, responding intermittently to Madam Yin and Qi Jiaer.