The team had five men, and the leader of the team held the lantern. They stopped and bowed.
Jiang Pengji hummed a reply and returned to her wing without a backward glance.
"This residence isn't small, and the secrets it holds are plentiful."
Jiang Pengji smirked. In the dark, those dark eyes of hers seemed to glow in amusement.
The next day, Liu She held his throbbing head as he pulled back his covers. He sighed and grumbled about how his body was starting to grow weak. To think that a few cups of the pear blossom liquor could get him drunk. He could not remember how he had even gotten back to his bed the night before.
When he sat up, the maid outside his room heard him and asked, "Master, are you awake?"
"Yes. I'm awake."
Liu She laid back down. Once his headache was manageable, he sat back up again.
After he checked his appearance and made sure nothing looked out of place, he called for the maid to enter.
Liu She and Gu Min were married for a short few years, and they had also been childhood sweethearts. Most of his habits and customs had been influenced by his wife.
The maid entered, and Liu She's expression was indifferent when he took the towel from her. He used the warm water she had brought in to wash his face. His muddled mind was starting to become more alert.
Liu She did not stink of alcohol because he had not drunk much. But he still changed into a perfumed outfit. Only Jiang Pengji would have been able to tell that he had anything to drink the night before.
Once he looked presentable, Liu She checked the sky and gauged the time.
"Did Lanting come over this morning?"
He had slept well into the afternoon. No wonder his head hurt so badly. Too much sleep could tax the body.
"The second Langjun paid his respects this morning. But when he heard that you were still asleep, he told me not to wake you."
Liu She was quiet, and a memory surfaced in his mind. He turned pale and resisted holding his head.
His image as a father…
The maid's eyes were cast downward, and she did not dare to look at Liu She. She stood a respectable distance from him and therefore did not see his warring emotions. He wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.
If the maid, especially a personal maid like her, was at any other family, she would have had another role when the lady of the house was not well. Personal maids had much higher ranks than regular maids.
"You may go. Let me have some peace by myself."
He did need to be alone. He had been carried by his young daughter. As a father, his pride was in pieces.
Once the maid left and shut the doors, Liu She's expression grew weary as he grumbled to his wife's memorial tablet.
"Is this what you said would happen? Dominance?"
Outside the room, a few maids left quietly.
One of the maids stood out because she was beautiful and had a bubbly personality. She was new and had not been with the Lius for even half a year. When one looked at her, he or she always felt more cheerful.
"Ah, Sister Tong, why hasn't the master gone to the rear wing since he's been back?
Sister Tong was a maid from the main branch who was now serving Liu She. She was in her early twenties and did not wear any makeup. Her clothes were dark, and she gave off a gloomy attitude.
Upon a first glance, one would think she was a married mother.
Chapter end
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