Madam Xia said calmly, "Thank the old lady for me."
Then, he bowed slightly to Shopkeeper Zhou and said, "Thank you for your help!"
Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and said, "You are too polite, madam."
He gestured for the tailor to come forward and measure Madam Xia, and then said, "I have brought a few pieces of silk this time. After the measurements, Madam, please choose the pattern. If you like it, you can keep it. If you don't like it, I will take it away."
"Just keep it simple." Mrs. Xia said.
Zi'an quietly walked out the door, and Xia Quan saw her movements and followed her out.
He looked around and then said to Zi'an, "Shouldn't the eldest lady go back to the old lady's room to serve her? Why haven't you gone yet?"
Zi'an leaned against the railing, looking quite uninhibited, "I'll go later. I also want Shopkeeper Zhou to tailor a few clothes for me."
Xia Quan looked at her expression and felt that this young lady was very different from before.
In the past, the eldest daughter was always timid, avoiding eye contact, and dared not speak loudly when seeing people. But now her eyes are sharp, and her body seems to be covered with thorns, and she does not allow people to be touched easily.
Xia Quan walked past her and told the men guarding the main gate, "Look around the yard to see if there are any wild cats. Search every place thoroughly."
"Yes!" the servants replied, and then dispersed in several directions to search.
Xia Quan was sure that he was still in Xiazhi Garden, because the main gate was guarded and the back door was not in Xiazhi Garden. Apart from the main gate, the only way out was to climb over the wall.
Chen Er was knocked unconscious, and there were no strong men in Xiazhiyuan, so how could they take him out
It was strange, how could the eldest lady come back? Even if she saw through the old lady's plan, she couldn't save the lady, because the lady was poisoned by the incense, which was very strong.
When Chen Er was brought in, his wife had already fainted. He had checked her personally, so how come she woke up in just one stick of incense
Moreover, there were people guarding the door, so how did the young lady get in
He also took his men to look around and found that the weeds in the corner had been trampled. Could it be that the young lady had climbed over the wall to get in
Xia Quan thought so, but felt it was impossible, because the wall was so high that a man could not even flip through it without standing on his feet, let alone a weak woman
Zi'an's room was naturally also searched. In order to prevent them from touching the books, Zi'an followed them to check.
The servants were very rough. They searched from the outer room to the inner room, looking in every corner, but still found nothing.
"Hey, don't touch my things!" Zi'an became angry when he saw a servant open her closet and throw out her clothes.
The servant didn't take Zi An seriously at all, and just said arrogantly: "I'm sorry, Miss, we are here to search on the orders of the housekeeper."
"Search for what?" Zi'an asked coldly.
"Of course we have to find the wild cat, lest the wild cat scratch the young lady and the prime minister comes back to settle the score with us." The servant also said coldly.
They didn't take Zi'an seriously at all. In their opinion, although Xia Zi'an was the eldest daughter of the prime minister's mansion, her status was no different from that of a servant.
Especially today, they knew the inside story better. Yuan and Xia Zian would definitely not be able to escape, so why should they be nice to her
Zi'an said coldly: "Those who know are searching for wild cats, and those who don't think they are searching for treasures. My closet is so small, is it possible that a wild cat will hide in my clothes?"
"That's hard to say!" The servant snorted, stepped on Zi'an's clothes, and walked away in a swagger.
Zi'an curled his lips and sneered, then he took a quick step forward, grabbed his arm, spun him around, and slapped him in the face, saying sternly, "Pick it up!"
The servant was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly became angry, "You hit me?"
"That's right, I'm going to hit you. Pick up my things!" Zi'an said with cold eyes.
The servant gritted his teeth and said, "Miss, don't be shameless!"
Zi'an didn't even think twice, he just swung a chair and smashed it over, angrily saying, "Okay, I don't want this face anymore, let's see what you want to do to me."
Although Zi'an's force was not great, the blow hit the servant directly on the head. The man felt pain and kicked Zi'an.
Zi'an turned the ring and heard a "whoosh" sound. A force went from the soles of the man's feet to the top of his head. Pain came immediately and he fell to the ground with a bang.
Xia Quan heard the noise and hurried over. Seeing him lying on the ground, holding his head in pain, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
The servant pointed at Zi'an and said, "Butler, she hit me."
Xia Quan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zi'an. Zi'an smiled coldly, "He actually dared to attack me, shouldn't I hit him? Or does the housekeeper think that I, a young lady, am not even qualified to teach a villain a lesson?"
Xia Quan was secretly surprised when he saw that the servant was bleeding from the mouth and nose. Not to mention that the eldest lady actually hit someone, even if she did hit someone, she shouldn't have used such force. How could she have injured this guy so badly
"These servants are ignorant and they deserve a lesson. The young lady has done the right thing!" Xia Quan looked around the room and found that there was indeed no one there. The floor was a mess and he cursed in his heart, thinking that these people who used chicken feathers as tokens of authority were only capable of doing bad things.
He ordered his men to help the servant up, but blood was still oozing from the servant's mouth and nose, as if he had suffered internal injuries.
"How did you get injured so badly?" Xia Quan asked curiously.
The servant just felt his chest was very stuffy, and he was secretly surprised. He just kicked at the eldest lady, but before he hit her, he seemed to be hit by something. He clearly did not see the eldest lady attack. Moreover, even if the eldest lady attacked, he should not have been injured so badly.
Could it be that some master is hiding here
"You go back and rest first." Xia Quan told him to go down, then glanced at Zi'an indifferently.
"Is there any place you haven't searched yet?" Xia Quan asked. The eldest lady was already angry, and if she started to fight, who knew what would happen. After all, there were three outsiders present, and it would be bad if they were criticized.
A servant came in and said, "Housekeeper, we have searched everywhere, but no wild cat has been found."
This is strange. We have searched the entire yard and all the rooms. Could it be that Chen Er has grown wings
He walked out unwillingly with his men, saw the toilet in the corner, pointed at it and asked, "Have you looked for the toilet? Wild cats like to hide in these dark places."
The servants all shook their heads: "No!"
Xia Quan turned around and glanced at Zi'an. Zi'an was standing at the door with an expressionless face, but his heart was in his throat.
Xia Quan sensed something from Zi'an's expression and became excited like a cat smelling blood. Yes, the person must be in the toilet.
He pointed at a servant and said, "Go check the toilet!"
The servant responded and walked towards the toilet step by step.
Zi'an pinched the ring, ready to go, just waiting for the servant to open the door of the toilet.
(End of this chapter)