She has a slender waist and delicate bones, and is able to seduce the ascetic horse.

Chapter 13 Delivering the message
Soon, Keying discovered something was wrong.

"Miss, why is your chin swollen?"

"It's swollen?!" Kexin was startled. Regardless of her sadness, she leaned her head over to take a closer look.

Shen Jiaojiao hurriedly raised her hand to cover her chin, trying to avoid the sharp gazes of the two maids.

"Stop looking, there's nothing here."

Her voice was small and she tried to put her chin away.

"Miss, what are you doing in the way?" Ke Ying frowned and pulled her wrist away, "Ke Xin, come here, I look at this mark, it looks like a fingerprint, what do you think?"

"Yes, yes, it looks like it to me!" Kexin nodded vigorously.

"No, no." Shen Jiaojiao took a step back, avoiding Keying's hand, "There's nothing, don't look at it."

Ke Ying saw her unnaturalness, and immediately made a serious face, "Miss, did the young master bully you? Your face was fine before entering the house, but after a while, there was a fingerprint on your chin..."

"Stop asking, let's go back to Mingzhuyuan first."

Shen Jiaojiao's eyes averted, and she walked out without saying this.

The two maidservants were left standing on the ground looking at each other.

It was Ke Ying who reacted first and pulled Ke Xin out together.

The two of them had served Shen Jiaojiao for many years and knew that she didn't want to say more, so they didn't continue to ask questions and just followed silently.

Shen Jiaojiao kept stroking her chin with her right hand and walked quickly, fearing that someone would see something wrong on her face.

While walking on the road, she began to think about whether she should tell Keying about her adopted brother.

Ke Ying has a delicate mind. Perhaps she guessed from Ke Xin's behavior that they were hiding something. She could tell that Ke Ying was unhappy.

But she couldn't tell everything about what happened last night just because Keying was unhappy.

She thought for a moment and decided to keep it a secret, and even told Kexin to keep her mouth shut and not tell anything about her and her adopted brother, not even to Keying.

As soon as the master and servant stepped out of the gate of the outer courtyard, they saw Guangshan standing outside waiting.

The moment he saw Shen Jiaojiao, Guangshan's hunched shoulders straightened instantly, his eyes lit up, and he ran over in small steps.

"Miss, you've finally come out. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Guangshan's face was full of flattery.

Shen Jiaojiao was afraid of this person.

Seeing the malicious smile on his face and taking the initiative to show his kindness, I thought he was waiting here specially and was taking Ke Xin away under the orders of his sworn brother.

She gritted her teeth and took a step forward, guarding Kexin and Keying behind her.

"Why are you waiting for me? Just leave as soon as possible. I don't want to see you."

Guangshan's smile froze. He didn't expect that the most talkative eldest lady in the entire Meng family would not give him any face.

After all, he was Meng Hui's capable man. He quickly adjusted his mood and pretended to be nonchalant.

"Miss, I have been ordered to report to you. The young master has just gone out and will not be in the house in the afternoon. He will not return until dinner."

Shen Jiaojiao frowned, "Why are you telling me this? There is no need to report to me the whereabouts of my sworn brother, right?"

As she spoke, she widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief: "Have you been bribed? Are you planning to reveal the whereabouts of your sworn brother to me now, and then tell me all the details later? Brother-in-law, can you punish me with espionage?"

The lesson she learned last night was so brutal that it made her feel helpless.

She looked at everyone and thought the other person was Meng Wan's.

They are all here to frame her...

"Miss." Keying reminded softly.

It's so strange. My young lady doesn't have an aggressive temperament, so why did she suddenly become like this?
Hearing Keying's reminder, Shen Jiaojiao quickly realized that she had lost her composure.

She didn't want to continue arguing with Guangshan and turned to leave.

Guangshan was anxious and opened his hands to stop him.

"Miss, I am the young master's subordinate. I will never betray the young master. Please rest assured, eldest miss." After saying that, Guangshan saluted her respectfully, "The master ordered me to wait for you here."

Shen Jiaojiao frowned when she heard this, "Wait for me? Is it possible that my sworn brother really wants to capture my personal maid? She is just protecting the master and saying a few words for me. Why should my sworn brother go beyond me and punish my maid?" "

Only then did Guangshan understand where the eldest lady’s malice towards him came from.

He breathed a long sigh of relief, "Phew! I should have told you this earlier." As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted his chest, "Let me tell you, the eldest lady has a pure and kind temperament, how can she have trouble getting along with a boy like me?"

He quickly recounted what Meng Hui had ordered and emphasized that he would not take Ke Xin away. "Are you telling the truth?" Shen Jiaojiao asked.

"It's absolutely true." Guangshan nodded vigorously, "The young master said that if you encounter something that cannot be solved in the future, you should go to him. If you can't find the young master, you can come to me directly, or go to Qinghui Courtyard to find Yuzhu. "

Shen Jiaojiao's face changed slightly.

Why did the adopted brother specifically ask Guangshan to tell her this?

Did the sworn brother misunderstand something?
She clearly hopes that her adopted brother will forget what happened last night and return to the starting point.

Why is this relationship becoming more and more chaotic?
After thinking about it, she decided to send the message to her adopted brother through Guangshan.

"Sister-in-law seems to be very free today." She asked.

I met three times in just half a day.

Guangshan replied: "Today morning, the young master has been in the house."

Shen Jiaojiao didn't believe it.

She thought of the bowl of fermented rice balls that she had not eaten for a few bites. When she took them from her stepbrother, they were still steaming, obviously they were bought fresh.

The foster brother also let her eat it while it was hot, obviously he was very interested in the bowl of snacks.

Things are by no means as simple as Guangshan said.

At least the adopted brother's attitude is unclear.

"If my adopted brother is very busy, don't worry about me. I will be a good sister like Wan'er and not cause any trouble to my adopted brother."

"Yes." Guangshan responded respectfully.

"Be sure to convey this message to your sworn brother intact."

After admonishing Guangshan again, Shen Jiaojiao led Kexin and Keying towards the backyard.

Returning to Mingzhu Courtyard, she dismissed everyone and ordered Kexin to stay and talk.

Ke Ying raised her eyes in surprise and glanced at Shen Jiaojiao, but still said nothing and took the order to retreat.

After everyone in the room left, Shen Jiaojiao asked Ke Xin to sit on the small couch.

"Miss, what do you want to ask?" Kexin asked as she sat down.

"When you went to Huaping Pavilion, did you see Uncle Mo?"

Kexin said "Hmm" and talked about what happened in Huaping Pavilion.

She took the pear blossom hairpin and went straight to Huaping Pavilion, handed the hairpin to the waiter, and soon met Mo Gan.

Hearing Kexin talk about Shen Jiaojiao's needs, Mo Gan agreed wholeheartedly. Even if he wanted to send his biological daughter Mo Wei to the Meng Mansion, he would not hesitate at all.

Then Mrs. Meng sold out the servants in Meng Wan's courtyard who had "slandered Shen Jiaojiao" and asked Mrs. Ya to bring them into the house to select them.

Mo Wei and Aoxue mixed in and entered the Meng Mansion.

Shen Jiaojiao frowned, always feeling that all the events happening now seemed to be inextricably linked, but she didn't know where to start investigating.

She was sure that Mo Gan was hiding something from her.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

The master and servant both looked outside.

"Miss, the concierge is here and says that Madam has sent a carriage back to the house and wants to take you to the outskirts of the city for a relaxing trip to the lake." Keying's voice came from outside.

Lake tour?

So suddenly?

Shen Jiaojiao didn't believe her stepmother had such good intentions.

The adoptive mother already has Meng Wan, the flower of interpretation, beside her, so how can she still be thought of?

"Come in." Shen Jiaojiao said.

Keying pushed the door open and entered, looking slightly panicked.

"Miss, Madam said you must go, but she didn't let you bring your maid. She said everything had been prepared for you."

(End of this chapter)