Reborn: The First Rank 'Madam'
Reborn: The First Rank “Madam” – C103

C103 – You Are Gloating Again

Luo Xiaoliu was shocked and ran to Zuo Shaoqing’s side with big steps. He threw himself on Zuo Shaoqing’s body and cried: “Grandpa… San Ye, what’s wrong? You can’t die, you’ve already killed little Liu Zi, what should we do now? Nanny Liu even repeatedly told me to take good care of you. If anything happens to you, Nanny Liu will definitely take your life…”

Zuo Shaoqing was so annoyed that his head hurt. He slapped Luo Xiaoliu, and without caring where he slapped him, he shouted, “Fuck off!” Words.

Luo Xiaoliu rubbed his shoulder. That one hit woke him up. He half knelt beside Zuo Shaoqing and used his fingers to test Zuo Shaoqing’s breath. He was only relieved after he confirmed that Zuo Shaoqing was still alive.

In the middle of the night, seeing his master lying on the ground half dead, this scene was absolutely horrifying.

After looking at Zuo Shaoqing, Luo Xiaoliu finally understood why Yinyi told him to boil water. San Ye was covered in mud and dirt, he really couldn’t go to bed without washing himself.

He cursed Yinyi a hundred times. Without a doubt, it must be the big bloke’s doing. Hmph, the next time I see Master Lu, I must report that he bullied San Ye.

The light in the kitchen was just turned on, and the two girls were lighting a fire. Luo Xiaoliu looked inside to make sure that the powerful women were not around, then went in with a sigh of relief.

“My two sisters, can you boil a pot of water for me first? Master San had spent the night reading and was planning to take a rest. Before going to bed, he wanted to soak in hot water to get some rest.” Luo Xiaoliu calmly told a lie for Zuo Shaoqing.

The two girls were shocked. One of them scolded Luo Xiaoliu a bit older, while the other hesitantly said: “This… The nuns are up soon, and they’re waiting for water.”

Luo Xiaoliu chuckled and said, “They are servants, and San Ye is the master. Who do you think is more important? Why don’t we go to the old master’s theory? Let’s hear what old master has to say.”

The two girls instantly thought of Maid Ma’s matter and knew that it was not a good time to offend Third Master Zuo. Right now, the master and San Ye were the most important people, so whatever the master had, he wouldn’t stop at them.

“Then hurry up and get me another furnace. When the nannies wake up, we’ll be in trouble again.”

Luo Xiaoliu got his wish and took the hot water back to his room. Luckily, there was a well in the yard, so he didn’t have to worry about cold water.

After mixing the hot water, Luo Xiaoliu pulled Zuo Shaoqing up from the ground and helped him take off his outer clothes, tore off his muddy boots, and pushed him behind the screen. “Grandpa, you can wash now.”

Zuo Shaoqing waved his hands and waited for Luo Xiaoliu to leave before taking off all his clothes and sitting in the bathtub. He was extremely sleepy and laid down with his hands on the edge of the tub.

Faintly feeling someone lifting him up, with a familiar smell lingering on the tip of his nose, Zuo Shaoqing sleepily rubbed his body and then wrapped his hands around it.

When he woke up again, it was already noon. Zuo Shaoqing sat up from the bed and shouted, “Lil ‘Liu!”

“It’s here, it’s here…” Luo Xiaoliu ran in with his food box. As soon as he entered the door, he was beaming with joy and said, “Master, you woke up at the right time. This servant has gone to get lunch. I have your favorite Red Braised Fish.”

Zuo Shaoqing’s entire body was emitting a gloomy aura. He did not care about his weak limbs and asked, “Who brought me to bed last night?”

Luo Xiaoliu paused for a moment and asked in surprise: “You didn’t climb up by yourself?”

Zuo Shaoqing’s heart tightened. At that time, he was in a daze and felt that someone carried him. It was impossible for him to climb onto the bed by himself, not to mention that he was still wearing a dry shirt.

It wasn’t that he didn’t mind Luo Xiaoliu carrying him out of the bathtub, but he remembered that his actions were intimate, rubbing and hugging him. If it was Luo Xiaoliu, he would have hit him until he lost his memory.

“It’s really not you?” Zuo Shaoqing asked coldly.

“What’s the matter with you?” Luo Xiaoliu was confused. He thought to himself, “Don’t tell me San Ye is too tired and is not clear-headed?”

Zuo Shaoqing saw that Han didn’t seem to be lying and locked his suspicion on Yinyi, so this idea was immediately rejected by him. Yinyi didn’t even dare to touch his hand, how dare he carry the naked Han Li out of the bath barrel and even helped him clean himself and put on his clothes.

Recalling the familiarity he felt at that moment, Zuo Shaoqing yelled at the beam of the house, “Yinyi…”

Even if it wasn’t Luo Xiaoliu’s first time seeing this scene, he still felt goosebumps all over his body. He felt that Yinyi was no better than a ghost, hiding without a sound and floating erratically.

No one answered, and no one appeared. Zuo Shaoqing thought that perhaps he had gone to eat, so he temporarily put this question aside and got up to wash his face and eat.

However, as soon as his legs touched the ground, his entire body went limp and he almost fell to the ground headfirst. His two legs felt as if they were pierced by thousands of needles.

“Little Six… Come and help me!” Zuo Shaoqing’s face was full of bitterness. It was only the first day, he would rather copy the scriptures a hundred times than ride a horse.

“What’s the matter with you?” Luo Xiaoliu helped him to the table, got him some water to rinse his mouth, helped him wipe his face with a cloth, and asked while serving him: “Did you go out with the big guy last night? What did you do to make yourself like this?”

“Don’t mention it.” After wiping his face, Zuo Shaoqing immediately picked up his chopsticks and opened his mouth towards the big fish. He was extremely hungry from last night’s torture, but he just didn’t feel it when he was sleeping.

After gobbling down a bowl of rice, Zuo Shaoqing slowed down his pace and asked: “Master, did you ask about me?”

“Yes.” Thin lines appeared at the corner of Luo Xiaoliu’s eyes as he said: “Your servant said you were reading all night last night. You just fell asleep this morning, master is so happy.”

Zuo Shaoqing scoffed, “Of course, he would like for me to work so hard to read.” Luckily, Mrs. Xue wasn’t home, otherwise she wouldn’t be as easy to fool as Zuo Yunwen.

“He even specially instructed the kitchen to prepare you a midnight snack every night. He said that he wanted to use a good bird’s nest!” Luo Xiaoliu sucked on his saliva, “I’ve followed you for so many years, but I’ve never tasted a bird’s nest.”

Zuo Shaoqing pouted, “That’s what a woman eats. Why are you thinking about it? “If you are so greedy, I’ll give you money to buy it yourself.”

Luo Xiaoliu shook his head, “How can that be the same? One needs to spend money to buy one’s own, but silver is not needed to make things that are made in the house.”

Zuo Shaoqing gave him a chicken leg and jokingly scolded, “You are really stingy!”

After lunch, Zuo Shaoqing asked about the family’s situation as usual. He knew that Zuo Shaoyan had never left the study room since the morning and that Mrs. Hoe had gotten pregnant last night. He had hired a doctor this morning and now Lady Yue was in charge of the family’s matters.

“Oh? Madam, are you willing to let Butler Lady Yue take the lead?” Zuo Shaoqing understood Mrs. Xue’s desire to control her very well. How could he give the authority of a butler to a concubine and even a favoured concubine?

Luo Xiaoliu lowered his voice and said with a smile, “I’m afraid Madam doesn’t know yet. I was originally going to say that it was Young Madame’s housekeeper, but now Young Madame’s body… With a wave of her hand, the old master ordered Lady Yue to interfere. Who would dare to refute him?”

“Seems like this Lady Yue’s physique is quite good. She can even work so hard with a big stomach.” Zuo Shaoqing’s eyes flashed with a cold light. To be honest, he didn’t want to add a younger brother or a younger sister at all.

Although he had never seen his unborn brother or sister and didn’t even know if he had grown up safely, with such a biological mother, it was unlikely that he would be able to teach her anything good.

“Just watch and see. Maybe Madam will be back before nightfall. How can she be alive and let a housekeeper come?”

“Wrong! I bet the Missus wouldn’t see it.” Zuo Shaoqing said with certainty.

“It can’t be?” Luo Xiaoliu didn’t believe it.

“You think this house is so easy to manage?” Zuo Shaoqing analyzed the situation as he drank his tea: “The entire Zuo’s Mansion are all managed by Mrs. Xue’s men, not to mention the storehouse, Lady Yue… Heh, how can a woman from a romantic place deal with those old things?”

“Master, you won’t ignore this, right? Even with Lady Yue’s big belly, no one would dare to offend her.”

“Why are we clashing? They just need to let Lady Yue do as she pleases. The whole house will be in chaos in less than ten days, and at that time, even if Master wants to protect her, he will be unable to.”

“Don’t tell me Lady Yue has no sense of propriety?”

“Just because she wanted to follow me to Duke Zhen Manor that day, I knew that this woman couldn’t see my identity clearly. It would be weird if she didn’t panic when she was in power.”

“Master, you’re gloating again!” Luo Xiaoliu covered his mouth and laughed.

Zuo Shaoqing laughed and hit him on the head, “Even if I laugh openly, it won’t affect others!”

He didn’t have any deep hatred towards Lady Yue, he just didn’t like her. He didn’t like her at all, or rather, he hated any woman that Zuo Yunwen liked and took away the love of his own mother.

He even thought that after a hundred years, Zuo Yunwen would bury him together with Mrs. Ruan.

He knew that his own mother loved Zuo Yunwen, and Zuo Yunwen also had some feelings for her at that time. This kind of mutual affection was both annoying and hateful in Mrs. Xue’s eyes.

But his own mother was his own mother. Mrs. Xue Yu was his mother’s killer, and Zuo Shaoqing had no choice but to hate him due to the combination of old and new grudges.

He frowned as he thought about it. Perhaps, he should first investigate Mrs. Ruan’s real death. Although he knew it was Mrs. Xue’s doing, he would not spare anyone who was involved in this matter!