Chapter 103 Nian Wei Redeems Herself
Chapter 103: Nian Wei Redeems Herself
After leaving the Meridian Gate, Ye Xuan was worried about the lawsuit.

After finally finding an opportunity to branch out, he reluctantly turned down the job of commander of the secret guards. Unexpectedly, because of his soft-heartedness, he got involved in the assassination of Zhu Biao.

Now he was forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to separate him from the Jinyiwei and make him responsible to Zhu Yuanzhang alone.

If I had known this would happen, I would have rather become that damn commander. At least the salary of a thousand households would be much higher.

When I thought of the salary, I thought of the pile of gold and silver at home that Zhu Yuanzhang had rewarded me with, and my mood immediately improved a lot.

This time it wasn't without gain. At least life won't be so tight in the future.

My thoughts drifted away along the way, and before I knew it, I was back in Xiangyun Lane.

Before he reached the alley entrance, the neighbors who usually avoided Ye Xuan because of his identity as a Jinyiwei for fear of getting into trouble, unexpectedly surrounded him instead of their usual practice.

"Hey, Ye Xuan is back!"

"Have you had dinner in the palace? If not, your aunt just stewed a chicken!"

"Old Wu, don't you see what status our Ye family kid has now? He is a favorite of the emperor. He must have eaten the imperial meals in the palace. How could he be interested in your old hen?"

"Yes, yes, although our Ye boy has eaten everything, he naturally doesn't care about my old hen, but this is also a token of affection from me, Wu Lao Er."

"Thinking back to when Old Ye and sister-in-law were still alive..."

"Come on, when Old Ye was still alive, you always told others that Young Ye looked like a loser and advised him to let Young Ye go with you to work as a blacksmith and not waste the money for his studies. Do you remember?"

"You, you, you...how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air!"

"Hahaha!"

Xiangyun Lane was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere. As far as Ye Xuan could remember, he had no idea how long it had been since Xiangyun Lane was so lively.

But he didn't mind the past affairs of Wu Laoer and others. Instead, he smiled.

He waved his hand, politely declining the neighbors' invitation to Ye Xuan for dinner at their home, and prepared to leave.

However, the neighbors did not intend to let Ye Xuan go just like that. They pulled Ye Xuan aside and asked him questions.

For example, what is Ye Xuan’s current official position, how much is his salary, whether he has a girl he likes, and so on.

At the end of the questioning, the young widow next door, a middle-aged woman named Sister Xu, directly hugged Ye Xuan's arm and rubbed it back and forth in her bulging chest, and threw a coquettish look at Ye Xuan and said:
"Brother Xiaoye, you are already an adult, don't you feel lonely at night? Why don't you let me, Sister Xu, introduce you to some girls from good families, so you can get married early and have many children!"

This pretentious look gave Ye Xuan goose bumps, and he quickly pulled his arm out and said, "Thank you all, Sister Xu, for your kindness, but I have something important to do at home, so goodbye!"

Everyone wanted to chase him and talk a little more, but seeing the Feiyu suit on Ye Xuan and the embroidered spring sword hanging on his waist, they were afraid of the Jinyiwei's fierce reputation and did not dare to pester him too much. Only the young widow Sister Xu chased him a few steps and whispered seductively in Ye Xuan's ear:

"Brother Xiaoye, if you can't sleep at night, come find me. I'll take a shower and wait for you tonight..."

After saying that, she pretended to be shy and ran away, which made Ye Xuan speechless. In the whole Xiangyun Lane, everyone knew the name of the widow Xu. They were all gourmets who came out to play. Why should she pretend to be shy like a young lady?

Although at this time foreign gorillas had not yet been introduced in large numbers, even the girls in brothels were relatively clean and safe in terms of dirty diseases.

But Ye Xuan is not so hungry that he would go and knock on the door of a fickle widow.

After finally entering the house and closing the door, Ye Xuan turned around and started to have a headache again.

I saw the yard was filled with bags of all sizes. Nianwei and Xiaodie were standing in the yard. Nianwei had a sad face, while Xiaodie was looking at Qiuyan and Huangying with both annoyance and suspicion.

Qiuyan had a meaningful look on her face, as if she was smiling, while Huangying looked confused.

As for Chunfeng and Xiayu, they stood among the four people with an innocent and embarrassed look on their faces, looking at Nianwei and Qiuyan from time to time, looking at a loss as to what to do with their clothes.

Seeing Ye Xuan coming back, all of the six women's twelve eyes were fixed on Ye Xuan, and they shouted in unison:
"Official!"

"Master!"

After shouting, they looked at each other again.

Xiaodie was straightforward. She came up and grabbed Ye Xuan's arm and asked, "Sir, where did these two vixens come from?"

Hearing this, Nian Wei also looked like she was about to cry, and looked over. The sadness in her eyes was enough to make any man feel pity for her.

Ye Xuan coughed twice and said awkwardly: "This is my newly hired housekeeper Qiuyan, and that is my colleague's sister Huang Ying."

After that, he pinched Xiaodie's cheek and scolded: "What a vixen, don't talk nonsense in the future."

Qiuyan walked up slowly, not knowing whether it was intentional or not, but she stuck very close to Ye Xuan. To outsiders, it looked as if there was some kind of complicated relationship between the two. She smiled sweetly at Xiaodie and said, "Did you hear it, little sister? I told your young lady a long time ago that I am the young master's housekeeper. Why don't you believe it?"

As she spoke, she deliberately shook Ye Xuan's arm in a delicate manner, bit her lip and said, "Master, what do you want to eat for lunch? Qiuyan will cook for you personally, okay?"

That seductive look in her eyes wasn't really about asking Ye Xuan what he wanted for lunch, it was simply asking Ye Xuan whether he wanted to eat her!
Although Xiaodie was just a maid, she followed Nianwei and was considered a powerful figure in Miaoyin Pavilion. How could she have endured such humiliation?

He immediately got angry and pointed at Qiuyan's nose and was about to scold her, but was stopped by Nianwei.

Nianwei looked very sad, her eyes slightly red as she said, "Xiaodie, don't be rude. Since you are the housekeeper hired by the master, you will be under the jurisdiction of this sister after we move in. Don't be presumptuous."

"You want me to be controlled by this vixen? Humph, impossible!" Xiaodie glared at Qiuyan angrily, and then glared at Ye Xuan for the first time and said, "Sir, my young lady has always been thinking about you. She finally redeemed herself and came to you immediately. Are you going to treat us master and servant like this?"

Ye Xuan's face darkened, he stared at Qiuyan, rubbed Xiaodie's head and said, "What are you thinking, girl? How could I not know your young lady's feelings? What nonsense are you talking about?"

At the end, he looked at Qiuyan very sternly.

This woman usually does things properly, why is she causing trouble for no reason today?
(End of this chapter)