Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 202 - 82: Leak Exposed_2

Chapter 202 -82: Leak Exposed_2

Yueyao would not tell Nanny Deng that she had no intention of marrying into the Shen family. The marriage proposal from the Shen family was something she was definitely planning to call off after a few years, “Nanny, it takes time to observe someone’s character precisely because rushing can cause misjudgment, so for now, pay more attention to the maids below.”

Usually, when adopting a daughter for companionship in old age, it is an orphan girl who is bought. Currently, there were none in the Lanxi Courtyard, but in time, it would certainly need to staff more people.

“Knowing faces does not mean knowing hearts; people can hide behind masks, and it takes a discerning eye to see through to someone’s true nature.”

Nanny Deng, however, shook her head firmly, “Miss, there’s no hurry for this.” Her meaning was to wait until Yueyao was married and had established herself in her husband’s family before considering these matters. Only when the Miss was well-settled would she contemplate future arrangements.

Yueyao smiled, “Then let’s talk about it later.”

The issue of adopting a daughter could be discussed later, but regarding the silver coins, Nanny Deng insisted on giving them to Yueyao, “Miss, you have many places to use money, and moreover, it’s not proper for me to keep this money.” As a servant woman, having tens of thousands of silver coins, if such a thing were to leak out, it would indeed be peculiar, and the Lady Family would certainly make a big issue out of it.

After considering, Yueyao still accepted the over ten thousand silver coins from Nanny Deng, “Nanny, I’ll keep these silver coins for you for now, and I will return them to you in the future.” The Lady Family even eyed the silver she carried, so if they got wind that Nanny Deng had such a large amount of silver, simply driving her away would be considered light; death could even be possible. Yueyao could not be more aware of the Lady Family’s cruelty.

Nanny Deng was pleased that Yueyao was willing to keep her silver coins, but what she did not expect was that this matter would leak out.

Granny Hua hurried to the main house. She had just received some news and had to immediately tell Madam, though she didn’t know whether it would be useful to her.

Lady Family looked at her expression and dismissed everyone around her, “What happened?” If it wasn’t for something important, Granny Hua would not have that expression.

Granny Hua prepared her words in her mind, “Madam, the coachman Liu Er from the front yard suddenly became rich these past two days.”

Lady Family glanced at Granny Hua, aware that Liu Er worked for Yueyao. This sudden wealth of Liu Er’s family must have a story behind it.

Granny Hua found the situation strange, “Madam, this Liu Er is uncle to Third Young Lady’s personal maid Hua Lei. He has three sons and two daughters at home, and nowadays his third son serves as a young servant to the Fourth Young Master. Liu Er’s family used to be so poor that they made ends meet, but suddenly they bought new clothes for the children two days ago. Liu Er’s wife even wore a gold bracelet. Although it’s gold-plated, it still worth about twenty to thirty silver coins, and their miscellaneous expenses couldn’t have been less than fifty silver coins.”

Lady Family’s expression cooled, “Do you know what Liu Er did for the Third Young Lady?” Liu Er had evidently shifted his allegiance to the Third Girl, becoming rich overnight. It was obvious it related to Yueyao, but what exactly he did was still unknown.

Granny Hua shook her head, “I don’t know yet, only that it was gifted by the Third Young Lady.” She had come to report the matter to Madam first; the next steps would depend on Madam’s instructions.

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Naturally, Lady Family wanted clarity; such a large sum suddenly bestowed on Liu Er by Third Girl could only signify something major.

Liu Er had gone to the Gambling House twice on leave. Fearing trouble and potential followers who could recognize him, he had disguised himself, but in front of his wife, he inadvertently let slip a word or two.

Liu Er’s wife hadn’t thought much of it; she’d kept a tight lid on things in the past, but no amount of caution could stop other’s maneuvers. After three glasses of wine, she had spilled everything like pouring beans. These people were shrewd and had guessed from Liu Er’s words approximately what was going on.

Lady Family would never have dreamed that Yueyao had gone gambling, “Third Girl went gambling?” That maid who considered money as dirt had taken to gambling, and what was even more surprising,

was that gambling was secondary; the problem was that this maid had started to value money, which was certainly not good news for the Lady Family.

Hua Lei received a message from a young maid, her face turning pale as she said to Yueyao, “Miss, it’s bad, the betting matter has been discovered by the Eldest Madam.” Her uncle had assured her he would let no one know about this, but now the matter had leaked. If people found out that the Miss had gone betting, who knew how shocked the Old Madam would be!