"What going up! What returning!" Xu Yuqing cursed.
Those still in the main hall heard Xu Yuqing's words and everyone showed a surprised look, but then quickly understood. It seemed they didn't want to go upstairs to their rooms. Did she want to continue staying on the first floor?
How could Xu Yuqing want to stay on the first floor and continue to be with a bunch of servants? She looked at the inn's main door, which had been closed again.
Since the inn was booked by Huangfu Yue, the inn was not open for business that day and had been kept closed. Huangfu Yue had opened the door when she went out earlier, but closed it immediately after she left.
Xu Yuqing stared intently at the closed door, a flicker of longing in her eyes.
How she wanted to open the door and go out!
How she wanted to go shopping, buy rouge and powder, and buy fragrant unguents for skincare!
If she wanted to go, she could go! A look of determination flashed in Xu Yuqing's eyes. Huangfu Yue had already left anyway.
It was just that she couldn't go with Huangfu Yue. If she went shopping by herself, she would have to pay for things herself and couldn't let Huangfu Yue pay. She couldn't take advantage of Huangfu Yue. What a pity!
But her face needed to have the fragrant unguent applied quickly, she couldn't wait any longer.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuqing said to one of the maids serving her and her daughter, "Fang'er, take Ying'er upstairs to her room and take good care of her. I'll take Fen'er out for a walk and go shopping. I'll be back soon."
It wouldn't be easy to shop with her daughter, and it would hinder her from buying things, so she had to leave her daughter with the maid, she couldn't take her daughter with her.
"Ying'er, go back to your room and wait for mother obediently, don't cry or make a fuss. Mother will be back soon and will bring you toys." Xu Yuqing handed her to Fang'er, who was holding her.
"Mother, but great-grandmother and aunt don't allow you to go out. If they find out you've gone out, they'll be angry." Huangfu Ying stretched out her small hand to grab Xu Yuqing, her small face full of worry.
Although she was still young, she was already sensible, so she knew she had to stop her mother.
Xu Yuqing was very unhappy to see her daughter actually stopping her. How could her daughter, this little thing, also stop her? She even mentioned the old woman Concubine Zheng and that girl Huangfu Yue. If it were anyone else, she would have thought they were deliberately mentioning the detestable grandmother and granddaughter to suppress her.
Xu Yuqing suppressed the urge to scold her daughter, pulled away her daughter's hand that was holding her, squeezed out a loving smile, and said softly, "Ying'er, don't worry, I'll be back soon. Your great-grandmother and your aunt won't be angry when they know."
Huangfu Ying furrowed her cute little brows, "But..."
"Fang'er, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and take Ying'er back to her room." Xu Yuqing impatiently interrupted her daughter and gave Fang'er, who was holding her daughter, a look.
Fang'er quickly took Huangfu Ying upstairs, preventing her from stopping Xu Yuqing any further.
Seeing this, the onlookers frowned slightly, thinking that Xu Yuqing was really bold to defy Concubine Zheng and Huangfu Yue and go out behind their backs.
Many of them showed disapproval, but they were all servants and did not dare to say anything or stop Xu Yuqing.
Although Feng Maoyuan and the others were not servants of the Prince of Dai's mansion and could have spoken up to stop Xu Yuqing, Feng Maoyuan thought that Huangfu Yue had not instructed him to watch the people of the Prince of Dai's mansion and not let anyone go out when she left earlier. He had better not step forward to meddle and offend Xu Yuqing.
"Boss, earlier this county... Madam has everyone waiting for her at the inn. Now the second young madam wants to go out. The young lady will definitely be unhappy when she returns. Should we stop the second young madam from going out?"
A subordinate of Feng Maoyuan saw Xu Yuqing walking towards the main door with the maid named Fen'er, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Feng Maoyuan.
Feng Maoyuan shook his head, "The young lady did not entrust them to us to watch earlier, nor did she tell us not to let anyone go out alone. We should not meddle in other people's business...
Didn't you see how much trouble the second young madam caused earlier? If we stop her, what if she throws a tantrum at us? Then we'll be in trouble.
She is now one of our masters, and we, as servants, are not supposed to do anything to her. If she throws a tantrum, we can't do anything about her and we'll get into trouble.
It's better not to offend this woman. Such a woman cannot be offended. If she wants to go out, let her go out. When the young lady returns, she will handle it."
Feng Maoyuan's subordinates thought about it and felt that Feng Maoyuan was right, and they all nodded. However, a trace of calculation flashed in one person's eyes, but no one noticed.
Seeing that Xu Yuqing was about to reach the main door with her personal maid Fen'er, about to leave the inn, and no one came out to stop her, Ying'er couldn't help it. She boldly ran to the main door and blocked Xu Yuqing.
"Second young madam, you can't go out. Have you forgotten what the young lady said? The young lady said earlier that we should all stay at the inn and wait for her during this time, and not go anywhere."
Xu Yuqing did not expect that a small maid like Ying'er would dare to run out and stop her, and immediately became furious, cursing loudly, "Who do you think you are to dare to stop me! Do you think that because your master can bully me, you, as your master's dog, can also bully me!"
Ying'er ignored her and shouted upstairs, "Old Madam, the second young madam is trying to go out and go shopping privately. Please come and see!"
She knew her status was low, and she alone could not stop Xu Yuqing from going out, so she had to quickly call Concubine Zheng.
"You dead girl, how dare you call for help and report me! You have such great courage, you're rebelling!" Xu Yuqing was so angry that her face turned ashen. She raised her hand to hit Ying'er, but just as she was about to hit her, Ying'er dodged.
Xu Yuqing was even more angry, "You wretched servant, you really have the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard, to dare to dodge. It seems you don't take me seriously at all! This is outrageous! This is truly outrageous! Fen'er, grab her for me, I want to teach her a good lesson!"
"Yes." Fen'er, as Xu Yuqing's personal maid, was also her confidante. She immediately responded and was ordered to catch Ying'er.
"You lowly servant, watch me beat you to death, you rotten hoof, for daring not to take me seriously and daring to defy me!" Xu Yuqing revealed a ferocious and terrifying expression, walked up to Ying'er, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to beat Ying'er violently when a stern shout from upstairs stopped her...
"Stop!"
Xu Yuqing secretly thought it was bad. This was Concubine Zheng's voice. Concubine Zheng had heard Ying'er's shouting and had come out of her room. Now she was in trouble and would definitely be scolded to death.
A flicker of fear flashed through Xu Yuqing's heart. She hesitated for a moment before turning her head to look upstairs. She immediately saw Concubine Zheng glaring at her with an angry face, her gaze shooting straight at her as if to kill her.
She couldn't help but feel a sense of timidity in her heart, and her body instinctively shrank back. This old woman looked so scary, she had to explain quickly...
"Grandmother, I..."
"Come up immediately!" Concubine Zheng interrupted her coldly and commanded.
Xu Yuqing still wanted to go out, wanting to refuse, but seeing Concubine Zheng's expression was truly terrifying, she dared not. After hesitating for a moment, she reluctantly gave Fen'er a look, letting Fen'er release Ying'er, and took Fen'er upstairs.
"Grandmother, it's not what you think. That dead girl Ying'er is falsely accusing me!" Xu Yuqing walked up to Concubine Zheng, revealing a wronged expression, and pointed at Ying'er downstairs, calling out.