Chapter 609 - Providing for the Elderly
"What else could he be doing? He's taken a fancy to some beauty!" Yu Xiaocao lazily replied. Her right hand assistant that she had trained was stolen. It was the same as having all the vegetables she worked hard to grow stolen just when she could harvest them. That feeling of loss...
"Miss!" Wutong twisted her body with shyness, and her face flushed red. Hou Xiaoliang recently came to her side whether something was happening or not. Yesterday in the plum-tree grove, he acted very courteously. She was aware of his fondness for her.
However, due to Hou Xiaoliang's lively temperament and playful grin, it made him seem unreliable. Furthermore, the people around Royal Prince Yang would have a good future as long as they had the ability.
She was just a little maid and her appearance was only slightly above average. Maybe right now he was just looking for something new, but who knew if he would end up regretting today's decision in the future. Wutong was a person who thought twice before she acted, and the more a person thinks, the more they'll have to worry about. At least for the moment, she hadn't accepted the guy.
From Wutong's perspective, there was nothing better than to be allocated as a competent subordinate under her master and remain at the young miss's side to serve her and the future little master. That was the greatest blessing to her. As for being an official wife of an official, she dared not have such greedy thoughts. After all, not all men were as unchanging as Prince Yang.
"Miss, please allow me to stay and serve by your side. Please don't give me to someone else, okay?" Wutong held back the ache in her heart, pleading with a pitiful tone as if worried that she would be abandoned in the next second.
Yu Xiaocao looked at her in surprise and said, "Have you thought it over? Hou Xiaoliang's character isn't bad. Don't think that his temperament is just energetic. Every time he has a task, he does a very good job. In the future, even if he doesn't join the army, he will still have a bright future in the yamen! I was just thinking about letting him hang around for a couple of years. When you're old enough, I will return your citizenship and let you go be an official's wife!"
Lady Fang glanced at Hou Xiaoliang's figure, which was moving towards the side of the carriage from time to time, through the gap between the curtains from the carriage. She smiled and said, "Your young miss is correct. When the opportunity comes, you have to catch it yourself. Imperial Bodyguard Hou seems to be a good person. As the sayings go, the type of master will determine the type of servant. He doesn't look like a man with a lot of ulterior motives!"
Wutong lowered her head and unsurely whispered, "But...my status as a servant is too far from his. He can clearly choose someone from a suitable family or someone who can help in his future developments. I'm afraid he'll regret the decision he made today."
Yu Xiaocao gently patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "You usually hide everything in your heart, so it's easy to complicate things. Take me and Royal Prince Yang for example! In the beginning, I was just an ordinary little peasant girl, and he was a high-ranking royal prince, holding an important position. According to what you said, he could have just found a young lady from a high ranking official's family, or a girl from a neutral family of an official, who would've been helpful to his future, couldn't he? "
"I will fight for my future myself. What ability do I have if I rely on my in-law's? Am I a coward that relies on others to help so I can climb up?" Zhu Junyang's hearing was quite good and he heard the lass, who was in the carriage, talking about Wutong and Hou Xiaoliang's matter. Hearing that he was being brought up, he quickly refuted. He didn't forget to glare at his bodyguard, 'You can't even get a woman, useless!'
