pjbooks Chapter 353 Watching the Show
Chapter 353 Watching the Show
The next day, as soon as Xiao Siyue woke up, Lan Yi couldn't wait to tell her about what had happened the day before.
"What? You mean it?" Xiao Siyue stared at Lan Yi with wide eyes, holding the handkerchief Lan Yi had prepared, completely forgetting that her face was still wet.
"Yes, it's all over our household." Lan Yi covered her mouth and chuckled.
"What exactly happened?" Xiao Siyue quickly wiped her face and looked at her with interest.
"I heard that Aunt Xu wanted to seduce the young master, so she had Qiu Kui pick a lot of flower petals in the back garden and scatter them in the bathtub to make herself smell fragrant. Little did she know that the young master didn't come at all. Not only was all her efforts wasted, but also..." Lan Yi couldn't help but laugh at this point.
"What else is wrong? Tell me!" Xiao Siyue was incredibly curious. She could guess why her older brother wasn't going to Aunt Xu's place.
"I heard that because the floral scent on her body was too strong, Aunt Xu was bitten all over by beetles overnight. This morning, Qiu Kui found a doctor. Some curious maids and servants even went to take a look. Aunt Xu's face is now covered with pustules, and her body is the same. It's a terrible sight."
"Haha, really? That's hilarious!" Xiao Siyue didn't want to kick someone when they were down and laugh at them, but what about Aunt Xu? Might as well watch.
"Lanyi, quickly help me comb my hair, I want to go see too."
"Yes, Miss." Lan Yi quickly helped Xiao Siyue get dressed and then followed her to Aunt Xu's courtyard.
Before even stepping into the house, I heard Aunt Xu's angry curses and a loud slap.
"Ouch, Okra, you brat, do you want to die? Can you be gentler? If you hurt me again, I'll punish you by selling you."
"What's wrong with Aunt Xu? Why is she so angry?" Xiao Siyue asked knowingly.
Upon hearing the sound, Aunt Xu's previously angry face immediately turned into a smile. Seeing Xiao Siyue's gaze fall on Qiu Kui, Xu Rong glared at Qiu Kui fiercely and said with a smile, "This girl is so clumsy and can't even handle a small matter properly. I was so angry that I couldn't help but give her a light tap."
Then he said to Okra, "Didn't you see that Miss is here? Go and make her some tea."
“Yes,” Okra covered half her face and looked at Xiao Siyue with a wronged expression, but Xiao Siyue ignored her. Neither of them were good people, and she had no sympathy for them.
Seeing that Xiao Siyue was ignoring her completely, Qiu Kui felt resentful and could only go to pour tea for Xiao Siyue.
After seeing Qiu Kui leave, Xu Rong greeted Xiao Siyue warmly, "Siyue, what brings you here today?"
"Oh, I heard that Aunt Xu went to see a doctor early this morning, and I was wondering if she was sick, so I came to check on her." Xiao Siyue could see Xu Rong's face clearly now, which was covered with bumps and bruises, making it quite amusing.
"Thank you for your concern, Sister Siyue. I just didn't close the doors and windows properly yesterday and got bitten by mosquitoes. The doctor has prescribed medicine, and I'll be fine in a couple of days," Aunt Xu said somewhat awkwardly, covering her face.
"Oh, how could it be so serious? There aren't that many mosquitoes in this mansion. It's hot these days, and I keep the windows open at night. I haven't seen any. Could it be that these mosquitoes just like Aunt Xu?" Xiao Siyue exclaimed dramatically.
Aunt Xu looked at Xiao Siyue's delicate and beautiful face, and saw her eyes blinking at her with feigned confusion. She wished she could gouge them out.
"Sister Siyue is joking. They're just some mosquitoes. How could they have such great abilities, including the ability to recognize people? It was just an accident," Xu Rong explained with a forced smile. She felt her face hurt even more now and didn't want to talk to Xiao Siyue at all.
"Oh, so it was an accident. I thought it was..." Xiao Siyue looked at Xu Rong meaningfully, making Xu Rong's heart pound.
"Hehe, of course it was an accident."
When Xu Rong saw Qiu Kui bringing over the tea, she immediately took it and placed it in front of Xiao Siyue: "Siyue, drink your tea quickly."
"Thank you, Aunt Xu." Seeing that Xiao Siyue was no longer bothered by her face, Xu Rong was secretly relieved. She didn't want anyone to know about her embarrassing incident yesterday.
However, Xu Rong was too happy too soon. She saw Xiao Siyue take a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and quietly look at her.
"What's wrong with Siyue? Why are you looking at me like that? Is it because my face is too ugly?"
"No, I just smelled a very familiar fragrance on Aunt Xu. What was it?" Xiao Siyue closed her eyes and pretended to recall, making Xu Rong very nervous.
"Ugh, what is that scent? I can't remember." Xiao Siyue patted her forehead, looking quite troubled.
"Sister Siyue, you might have smelled it wrong. I don't have any fragrance on me." Xu Rong was relieved to see that Xiao Siyue couldn't remember.
Seeing this, Xiao Siyue exclaimed mischievously, "Ah, I remember now, isn't this the same flavor as the precious flower seeds I spent a lot of money to get from the Persian merchant?"
"Lan Yi, can you smell it?" Xiao Siyue deliberately smelled Lan Yi, and glanced at Xu Rong, whose face was a little pale. Then she secretly laughed to herself, "Serves you right for stealing my flower."
"Yes, Miss, it really does taste the same." Lan Yi almost burst out laughing; her young mistress was too mischievous.
“Aunt Xu, I didn’t expect you to like these spices too. It seems we have similar tastes.” Xiao Siyue’s expression was one of delight, as if she had found a kindred spirit.
"Hehe, yeah, yeah, I got the fragrance by chance, thought it smelled nice, so I used a little." Xu Rong felt like she was about to lose her composure.
“Aunt Xu, where did you get these? I heard the Persian merchant say that growing these flowers is extremely difficult and they don’t survive easily. They’re unique to their region. He went to great lengths to bring back a few seeds. I quite like them, but there are too few. If you have any connections, Aunt Xu, could you sell me some?”
Xiao Siyue said that on purpose. These were actually rose seeds obtained from the system, but the variety was special and didn't exist at the moment.
"Ah, I... I don't have any either, I just got a little by accident." Xu Rong didn't expect the flower to be so rare.
"I see. So Aunt Xu also got her from a Persian merchant?"
"Yes, yes,"
"But that Persian merchant said he only brought that much and sold it all to me. He actually lied to me; he must have been trying to swindle more money from me." Xiao Siyue was furious, looking like she had been tricked.
“Yes, Miss, that Persian merchant is really wicked; he actually dared to cheat you.” Lan Yi quickly joined in her mistress’s act.
Seeing the two of them like this, Xu Rong sneered inwardly. "The young lady of the Imperial Study, she believes everything she's told. How utterly foolish."