The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 104 Idiot
When Jiang Shiwan brought the hot water, Nanny Chen scolded, "Why did you take so long? The old lady is tired."

The distance from the kitchen to where the old man lives is not very close, and coupled with the weight of the water, Jiang Shiwan's arms are already a little sore.

When she put the basin on the ground, some water splashed out of it.

Looking at her clumsy appearance, Mrs. Meng's disgust was beyond words.

Jiang Shiwan took off Madam Meng's shoes and socks. Seeing her lowered her head and looked submissive, she felt as if she had let out a sigh of relief. Madam Meng said sarcastically, "Women, you still have to learn to do things in a proper manner, so that you can be a peaceful person."

Unexpectedly, as soon as her feet touched the water, she screamed and knocked over the basin, and the water immediately filled the entire tent.

Nanny Chen screamed, "Someone come! Someone come quickly!"

"Idiot!" Old Madam Meng kicked Jiang Shiwan in the chest angrily. She fell backwards and her whole body was instantly soaked.

The people outside heard the noise and ran in: "What happened?"

The old lady pointed at Jiang Shiwan and shouted, "Do you want to scald me to death?"

Jiang Shiwan didn't care that her clothes were wet and knelt on the ground in a proper manner: "This servant is stupid, please punish me, old lady."

Madam Meng was about to speak when Meng Tingzhou walked in from outside. Looking at Jiang Shiwan kneeling on the ground, soaking wet, he frowned and asked, "What happened?"

After a while, seeing that Jiang Shiwan didn't say anything, Meng Tingzhou gestured to Nanny Chen: "Go ahead!"

Nanny Chen's mouth was like a switch, spitting out everything: "Jiang was taking water for the old lady to wash her feet, and she didn't come back for a long time. The water temperature almost scalded the old lady."

Meng Tingzhou took a look and saw that his mother's feet were indeed slightly red and swollen. He raised his voice and asked, "Jiang, is this true?"

Jiang Shiwan kept his head down the whole time and didn't look at the people present.

"Since my father is the one who serves me, I will naturally be extremely careful in doing things. How could I do anything to intentionally hurt the old lady?"

"Perhaps it is because I have just arrived and have not yet understood the old lady's temperament and preferences. I am dull in talent, but I am sure I will improve with time."

Madam Meng was so angry that her shoulders trembled slightly: "How can this be absurd! It's simply sophistry!"

"Jiang, the old lady values ​​you so much that she specially transferred you from the kitchen to her side in order to train you to be a qualified maid in the future. How can you repay kindness with hatred?"

Jiang Shiwan said nothing.

But she sneered in her heart. Training her to be a qualified maid is actually regarded as a great honor?
This old lady Meng is stupid, and the maids around her are even more stupid.

At this point, Meng Tingzhou had already figured out the situation. He glanced at Nanny Chen with cold eyes and said impatiently, "As the old lady's personal nanny, you naturally understand her preferences and habits better. How can you safely hand over these tasks to a maid who has just arrived?"

"Or is it because of mother's appreciation that you, Madam Chen, have become lax and are now ordering the servants around to do things by taking advantage of the power of others?"

When Nanny Chen heard this, her face immediately turned pale with fear, and she knelt down hastily and kowtowed: "General, spare my life! I will serve the old lady with all my heart and will never have the slightest intention of overstepping my bounds."

When Mrs. Meng saw that Meng Tingzhou was targeting Nanny Chen, she knew something was wrong and said, "Tingzhou, don't blame Nanny Chen. She has been by my side for so many years and is the most loyal to me."

She looked at the embarrassed Jiang Shiwan again and suppressed her impatience: "Just now I was scalded and frightened. I didn't mean to embarrass Jiang. I didn't expect to alarm the guards and you."

Meng Tingzhou glanced at Jiang Shiwan and said to Madam Meng with concern, "Is mother okay? Someone, call Doctor Mei quickly." "No wonder mother was frightened. This Jiang must be the first time to serve someone foot washing water, so she is not familiar with it. It will take years, let alone a few days, to know if she has improved her skills in serving people."

Meng Tingzhou simply couldn't understand his mother. For some reason, he asked her to wash his feet for him.

Now, not only did I not get any benefits, but I was also being bullied.

"I sent her to help in the kitchen because I knew she was clumsy and couldn't do the job of serving others. My mother is of noble status, and it would be bad if she made any mistakes. In my opinion, why not replace her with a smart maid to serve my mother?"

Listening to Meng Tingzhou's well-reasoned analysis, even Madam Meng, who was easily persuaded, was almost convinced.

But she subconsciously knew that her son was using an excuse to transfer Jiang Shiwan away.

How can you let go of something you have worked so hard to get?

"Tingzhou, you've already had enough to worry about all the way north from the Governor's Mansion. You really don't need to find a maid for me." Although Madam Meng was stupid, she had some brains. "Besides, I don't know if this maid who was hastily found is reliable."

"In my opinion, Jiang is very good. Although she is not very good at serving, you can see that she has been kneeling obediently since you entered the door. Just based on this attitude, I can't get rid of her."

Madam Meng said a lot, and Meng Tingzhou was too lazy to respond. He just looked at Jiang Shiwan who was kneeling and said, "Are you willing to stay and serve the old lady? If you stay, you must serve her attentively. If you don't have the ability, I will never allow the old lady to make any mistakes."

Seeing her son, who was usually not close to her, saying such intimate words, Mrs. Meng thought she had misheard and looked at him with emotion.

"If the old lady doesn't mind, I am willing to stay."

Meng Tingzhou looked straight at her, and after a while, he brushed his sleeves and said, "In this case, you can do whatever you want."

He gave a heavy order: "Go down, change into clean clothes and come back to serve!"

Seeing that Jiang Shiwan didn't move, Nanny Chen called out insincerely, "Jiang, the governor is talking to you."

Jiang Shiwan finally realized that he was talking about her, and she kowtowed quickly: "Thank you, old lady, and thank you, Governor."

She stood up and opened the tent. A gust of cold wind blew in, making her shiver all over.

Meng Tingzhou said to Madam Meng, "It's getting late. Please settle down as soon as possible. We have to travel tomorrow."

After saying this, he strode out.

Jiang Shiwan hadn't taken a few steps when someone suddenly grabbed his clothes from behind and walked in another direction.

"Let go!" she struggled, "Let go now!"

Meng Tingzhou pulled her and said in a deep voice: "If you don't want me to take off your clothes here, just close your eyes."

The two of them did not walk smoothly in the dark night. Jiang Shiwan felt a layer of frost covering his whole body and was suddenly pushed into the tent by him.

Jiang Shiwan fell to the ground, shivering, with a look of alertness on his face.

(End of this chapter)