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

Chapter 16 Enlightenment

Kexin buried her head in her chest, her voice was muffled and low, "But the young master said that if I don't tell you in detail, I will have to go to Qinghui Court to serve you."

"What?!" Shen Jiaojiao and Keying screamed in unison.

She looked at Kexin in shock, especially the slightly childish face, and the corners of her mouth kept twitching.

The sworn brother actually likes a woman like Kexin?
No, Kexin is indeed a good person, with a lively and cheerful personality, fun-loving, and loyal.

Isn't it because of this that she is more partial to Kexin?

After thinking about this, Shen Jiaojiao felt that it was natural again.

She bit the bullet and reassured Kexin, "I will ask you clearly what your sworn brother means. If you are also interested, I will make arrangements for you..."

The adopted brother is nearly 20 years old and has not yet gotten married. There is not even a maid in the house.

The only maid Yuzhu who could get close to him was engaged to the old housekeeper's son.

Plus last night...

Shen Jiaojiao felt that her sworn brother must have had an enlightenment.

This is a good thing!

In the past, the adoptive mother would talk back to the adoptive brother about her marriage, but the adoptive brother would reject it without comment.

Now the adoptive brother actually proposed to marry the maid, the adoptive mother must be very happy to hear that, maybe she will arrange a marriage for the adoptive brother years ago.

When his future sister-in-law comes in, his step-brother will focus on her, so he won't hold on to her as his step-sister!

Shen Jiaojiao curled her mouth with joy on her face.

"Miss, I don't want this!" Kexin kowtowed to the ground three times, then raised his face to look at her, "Miss, listen to me first, okay?"

Shen Jiaojiao was so shocked that she came to her senses and quickly stretched out her hand to help Kexin up.

"Okay, okay, stop knocking and get up quickly."

He said and winked at Keying.

Ke Ying understood and stood up, helping Ke Xin to sit on the embroidered pillar next to the small couch.

"Keep talking." Shen Jiaojiao said.

Ke Xin nodded and continued: "I asked the young master not to talk nonsense. I was born as a lady, and I will be the lady's ghost when I die. I will never betray my master.

"The young master was touched by my sincerity and asked me the previous question again. I didn't dare to talk nonsense, so I picked some questions that could be answered and answered them simply. I didn't even reveal the lady's intention of not going to the lake.

"After the young master heard this, he asked the boy to tell the coachman to go back to the house. Qingmai and I were left in the young master's carriage, sitting outside to enjoy the cold wind..."

When I finished speaking, I actually got a little choked up.

"It's so cold outside, the wind hurts my face."

Shen Jiaojiao reluctantly took out the handkerchief from her arms and handed it to her, "Wipe it, tears are flowing out."

Eighty-nine percent of the anger accumulated in her heart had been dissipated by Kexin's startled explanation.

Keying also suppressed a smile, "Then the young master still wants to take you into the room?"

"No." Ke Xin replied while wiping her tears, "The young master wants to transfer me away from the Pearl Courtyard and threaten me, so I don't want to leave the young lady."

Hearing this, Shen Jiaojiao and Keying looked at each other, and both saw the narrow smile in the other's eyes.

I didn't expect my sworn brother to do such a thing.

Seeing that Kexin has a simple temper, he actually uses words to scare people.

Shen Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

She quickly reacted and couldn't figure out why she was relieved.

It's like... she doesn't want her adopted brother to have any thoughts about Ke Xin.

Before she could figure it out, the main courtyard sent someone to invite her, saying that Madam had something to do with her.

Shen Jiaojiao was surprised.

The main courtyard is the residence of the adoptive father and mother. At this time, the adoptive mother should be visiting the lake in the suburbs of the city. Why would she send someone to invite her?
She raised her eyes and glanced at Keying, motioning her to ask what was going on.

Keying nodded, got up and walked out. After the door of the room was closed from the outside, Shen Jiaojiao looked at Kexin and spoke in a deep voice.

"Kexin, have you asked your sworn brother to take me back home in my name?"

Kexin knew everything about her, and also knew that her adoptive mother and Meng Wan had ill intentions towards her.

Before going out, Kexin was still thinking about asking Guangshan for help.

She has reason to believe that her adopted brother suddenly brought her back to his home because he listened to Kexin's nonsense...

"No slave." Ke Xin shook her head repeatedly, "The young lady said not to tell the young master about this matter, but I didn't dare to."

The implication is that if Shen Jiaojiao didn't emphasize it, she would really ask Meng Hui for help.

Shen Jiaojiao laughed angrily, "You are a bad maid, you have no reason to betray your master."

This girl is good at everything, but she is too upright and takes her safety as a big deal.

He might cause a huge disaster for her one day, so he still had to beat her more.

Ke Xin was so frightened that she knelt on the ground again and argued: "Miss, this slave has not betrayed his master."

"Okay, okay, get up quickly." She pulled Kexin up. "If I say a few angry words, you will kneel down. Do you want me to coax you?"

"No, no." Kexin shook his head.

"Okay, now that the matter has been explained clearly, there is no need to worry about it anymore." Shen Jiaojiao waved her hand, "The most important thing now is that my step-brother stopped me halfway and took me back to my house. My step-mother must have heard about this. If she gets angry, I won't be able to explain it."

"Wouldn't it be better for the young lady to blame the young master for the matter? Anyway, the young master did it." Ke Xin said.

"No, you don't understand." She shook her head and lowered her head to think about countermeasures.

Generally speaking, the time spent visiting the lake is not short. How could the adoptive mother come back so soon?
Something must have happened that made her have to come back.

With her adoptive mother's face-saving character, ordinary things would never make her return home suddenly, so it could only be that something happened to the Lin family.

Or maybe something happened in the city.

The news he heard at the city gate suddenly flashed through his mind.

The magistrate's house was stolen...

Maybe the theft wasn't as simple as she thought.

Keying went out for a walk and soon came back with a piece of news for her.

"Madam met an official wife at the garden party. The two had a pleasant conversation and brought her back to the house. Now I want you to go over and meet her."

Shen Jiaojiao nodded and stood up neatly, "Let's go."

She remembered this. A few days ago, a governor came to Lin'an City, and his wife and children also came.

The person who is close to the foster mother should be the governor's wife.

It just so happened that she had dressed up before, so it would not be rude to meet the guests directly.

"Kexin, you stay." Shen Jiaojiao said.

Seeing the obvious disappointment on Kexin's face, she couldn't help but smile, "Go to the kitchen and ask for a hard-boiled egg, and apply it on your forehead."

Ke Xin knocked out her head and made a swollen bump. Others thought she was abusing her maid.

After comforting Kexin, she hurried to the main courtyard with Keying.

Before entering, I heard cheerful chatter and laughter coming from inside, among which Meng Wan's delicate laughter was the most outstanding.

Shen Jiaojiao's eyes darkened, she raised her hands and rubbed her face, forcing a smile.

"Foster mother, Jiaojiao is here."

With that said, she walked in with a smile.

There was a burst of laughter in the room, as if a bucket of cold water was poured into a hot pot, and the warm atmosphere quickly cooled down.

Everyone looked at her.

(End of this chapter)