Chapter 1412 - 231, Making a Fuss (28)
Of course, there were Cheng Yuexiu and Guo Mei too, but lately, Guo Mei had been much more obedient, and that Cheng Yuexiu seemed to spend her days fraternizing with the newly appointed top scholar. Humph, did she think that by clinging to the top scholar, she could transform like a carp leaping through the dragon’s gate?
Dream on!
Mo Zhu bowed respectfully, taking the handkerchief Yao Hanai had thrown away and the ruined painting of the late-summer lotus flowers, she left the room. Once outside, she randomly pointed to a maid and handed over these items: "Go, find a brazier and burn these."
The maid took the painting and handkerchief, somewhat puzzled, she asked, "Sister Mo Zhu, why is the young mistress burning handkerchiefs again today? This one is still quite clean!"
Mo Zhu huffed and, lifting her hand as if flirting, she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, raising her chin she said, "Clean? But the young mistress finds it filthy! Have you forgotten? Anything used by the lowly is never used by the young mistress a second time. Enough with the questions, go about your work! This sun, it’s scorching! The young mistress is taking a nap, all of you listen up, if she wakes up don’t forget to come and call me, I too am going to take a rest."
The maid immediately sweet-talked her with a few compliments, then carried the painting and handkerchief to the backyard to find a brazier.
Under a nearby pomegranate tree, Yao Zhilan clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hands; she had seen and heard everything clearly just now. Wasn’t that the handkerchief that Mo Zhu had been instructed to burn the same one Yao Hanai had used to wipe her face earlier?
Used by someone lowly? Heh, it seemed she had overestimated herself after all!