The next day, Fang Xu stayed in the house, checking the account books out of boredom.
"Madam." Bai Ji walked into the room with a smile on his face, "The injuries on Su Zi's face have healed a lot, and his body has some strength. He is clamoring to come back to serve her."
Fang Xu flipped through the account book and said softly, "Just let her come back after she recovers. There is nothing urgent on my end."
Bai Ji said with a smile on his face, "I already knew that Madam would say this, so I refused at that time."
Fang Xu nodded, "You've been alone with me these past few days, just in time to learn something."
"Yes." Bai Ji took two steps forward with a bright smile, "Su Zi also often said that slaves should temper themselves."
"Husband... Madam, please have some tea..."
On one side, the little maid walked to Fang Xu holding a tray and handed him hot tea.
Fang Xu recognized her as the newly introduced maid yesterday. Seeing that she was extremely nervous, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
His eyes fell on her slightly red fingertips. Fang Xu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's your name?"
The little maid seemed to be frightened, she knelt on the ground holding the tray, and said in a trembling voice, "Slave... slave... Qinglian."
"Qinglian, that's a good name." Fang Xu's red lips parted slightly, and he read slowly, "Who mentioned you?"
"Back to Madam...this servant is...sister Baiji selected to serve Madam." Qinglian's face was pale and her voice was as quiet as a mosquito.
When Fang Xu heard this, he turned to look at Bai Ji.
Sensing Madam's gaze, Bai Ji grinned, "Madam, this slave brought her up. Among the bunch of maids, she is the most honest. The slave seemed to have no bad intentions, so she brought her up."
Fang Xu nodded and looked at Qinglian, "I have nothing to do. You can go down first."
Qinglian lowered her head and whispered, "Yes, madam."
After saying that, he ran away as if running away.
"Look, madam." Bai Ji pointed at her back and laughed, "She looks like a frightened little bird!"
"Even a bird will peck people sometimes." Fang Xu looked as usual, twirling the pages of the book and turning it gently.
When Bai Ji heard this, the smile on his lips froze, "Madam, what do you mean by this?"
Fang Xu raised his eyes, looked at her steadily, and said softly, "Do you remember that Princess Zhan gave me a box of ambergris rouge before?"
Bai Ji lowered his eyes and thought, then nodded after a moment, "I remember, Madam said that the rouge is marketable and priceless, and if you are lucky enough to survive, I remember... I was the one who put it away!"
"Do you remember where you put it?" Fang Xu looked at her with a chuckle in his eyes.
"Remember!" Bai Ji quickly walked to the side room, opened the bottom drawer, and pulled out a wooden box, "This slave is placed..."
"Where's Rouge!"
Seeing that there was nothing in the box, Bai Ji was so frightened that he froze on the spot, and the color on his face instantly faded, "Husband... Madam!"
Fang Xu smiled and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Missed?"
Bai Ji's voice was filled with tears, and he was holding the wooden box at a loss, "Madam, it's over now, the things have been lost by the slave!"
"This Rouge..." Baiji sniffed and bit his lower lip, "Are ten Baijis not enough to compensate?"
"Promise." Fang Xu chuckled twice and glared at her angrily, "Don't worry, it won't be for nothing."
Bai Ji still looked regretful, "This rouge is very expensive, it's all because of my stupid brain!"
"It's true that I'm stupid, but I don't blame you for this." Fang Xu looked down at the account book and said quietly.
Bai Ji felt even more guilty, "Madam, there is no need to comfort this slave. At worst, I won't receive monthly payment. I will work as a cow and horse for you for the rest of my life!"
Fang Xu glanced at her and cut off her self-pity and self-love, "Save it, you didn't lose it, it was a thief in Chengyuan."
"Thief?" Bai Ji paused, and combined with Madam Cai's words, he vaguely guessed the answer, "Madam, you mean Qinglian?"
Fang Xu didn't look at her and said in a soft voice, "Ambergris rouge has a heavy color and is not easy to clean. Even after rubbing it hard, there is still a faint pink color left. The little girl's nails just now were extremely red."
When Bai Ji heard this, he became emotional instantly, "This bastard with a dark heart! I must kill this hooves!"
"Don't worry, what if I guessed wrong?" Fang Xu stopped her and said softly.
"Impossible!" Bai Ji frowned, "When did Madam miss it?"
Fang Xu couldn't help but smile and said with a smile, "Just wait a moment. Just release the news about the thief in Chengyuan and make her panic. By then, she will be exposed."
When Bai Ji heard this, his eyes lit up, "Yes, slave, go now!"
After a while, Chengyuan became completely lively, and the servants rushed to tell each other. Even Liu Fanyin, who usually didn't like to go out, was alarmed.
"I heard that Chengyuan lost valuables, and Madam has ordered a thorough investigation of the house!"
"Huh? What did you throw away?"
"I don't know. I just heard that it was a gift from Princess Zhan and it's priceless!"
"If he is caught as a thief, he will be a big fool."
The sound reached Qinglian's ears, and her originally bloodless face suddenly turned pale, her body trembled violently, and she subconsciously pushed away the person on her body.
"What are you doing?" The man was breathing heavily and was about to take the next step when he was abruptly interrupted by her, and his expression suddenly became unhappy.
Qinglian's voice trembled, she pressed her body close to the rockery, suppressing her fear, and whispered, "Didn't you hear? Madam is going to check on us!"
The man lost interest, cursed secretly, put on his belt, and said in a low voice, "Look at your courage! There are so many servants in the Marquis, how can they detect you so accurately?"
Qinglian straightened her collar and lowered her voice, "I'm so anxious, let's do it more cleanly!"
The man sneered, reached out and kissed Qinglian on the face, with a joking look in his eyes, "Sure, I'll do whatever you want."
Qinglian's face turned red, with tears still hanging on her eyelashes. She raised her hand and slapped him lightly, urging in a low voice, "Hurry up and do it."
After saying that, he straightened his clothes, wiped away his tears, and walked quickly out of the rockery.
The man looked at her back and snorted coldly, "It looks like a wilted eggplant, but the inside is so spicy!"
After a while, the man left the rockery.
After about two sticks of incense, two figures appeared at the back door of the Marquis Mansion, which happened to be Qing Lian and the man just now.
"Hurry up!" Qinglian threw a package onto the man and urged in a low voice, "Hurry up and transport these things out!"
The man weighed the weight and smiled, "It's not bad this time. I got a lot of goods. I am worthy of being in Madam's yard!"
"Stop being such a talker!" Qinglian glared at him and said softly, "Get out quickly!"
"I know." The man sat on the cart and threw the things into the empty barrel beside him. "Next time, stay with me more."
Qinglian's face turned red and she remained silent, but her expression was particularly seductive.
Just as the two were about to leave, a female voice sounded not far away.
"Boy, where do you want to go?"
(End of chapter)
