Shrieks in the middle of the night were most horrifying. With both of them also having a guilty conscience, this shriek scared them witless. Yi Lin immediately said: "Could it be that it was discovered?"
Chen Yu immediately stood up and pulled Yi Lin towards the outside.
Just as the two pushed open the door of the temple, they saw Xing'er hastily running towards them. Seeing Chen Yu, she did not have time to salute, as she quickly said: "A corpse was found at the bottom of a well in the small garden. Someone recognized it as fourth young miss' personal servant, Pei'er."
Saying this, she looked towards Yi Lin. She clearly remembered that fourth young miss had arrived with a maidservant.
Chen Yu glared at her then quietly asked Xing'er: "Who discovered it?"
"It was Li Xiang." Xing'er said, "She is a strong but stupid girl who was brought in at the beginning of Winter. She was in charge of cleaning up the yard. This servant already sent someone to detain her, but Li Xiang was scared completely witless. She is spouting nothing but nonsense."
"Young miss." Yi Lin was a little scared, "It was all because this servant was inept. Would young miss please provide a punishment."
"What is the point of saying such things now!" Chen Yu settled her mind and said to Xing'er: "This matter absolutely must not be circulated. Give everyone who heard Li Xiang's nonsense money to shut their mouths." She then said to Yi Lin: "Send Li Xiang out of the manor first thing tomorrow morning. The further she is sent away the better. It would be best to send her out of the capital."
"Yes." Yi Lin hurriedly nodded and complied.
"As for the corpse in the well..."
"Young miss, let's fill up the well!" Xing'er came up with an idea, "If it can't be filled, just seal it. Say that the well is dried up, so the well will no longer be used from today onward."
Yi Lin pondered a little then said, "How about digging up the corpse and burying it? That Pei'er desperately chased me around during the day and fell into the well on her own."
Xing'er was quite smart and immediately understood that Yi Lin was giving herself an excuse, thus she quickly nodded and agreed, saying: "That's right. There is a lot of snow next to the well, and it's very slippery. It just happened that the opening of the well is lower, so falling down is quite expected. It's nothing too serious. It's nothing more than a careless servant. Eldest young miss, there is no need to take it to heart."
Yi Lin felt that Xing'er was truly very promising. Presently, Chen Yu was lacking personal servants. Very often, there were too many things for her to handle alone. Xing'er had also been with the madam in Jin Yu courtyard, and she was very reliable.
Thus she gave Chen Yu a look, and Chen Yu immediately understood what she meant. Without saying whether or not she lacked personal servants, Xing'er had helped her with these sorts of matters. With this sort of servant, there were two options, one was to kill her and the other was to continue using her.
Pondering a little, she looked at Xing'er solemnly then said: "You did very well today. As a servant working for her master, I am very satisfied. From this day on, you will remain at my side. Allow Yi Lin to train you. Learn well from her. So long as you work hard, I will not mistreat you."
Xing'er was waiting for these words from Chen Yu, as she immediately broke into a smile and knelt: "Eldest young miss, do not worry. This servant will definitely do her best to take care of you. I definitely will not betray you."
Chen Yu nodded, "Very good."
Yi Lin quickly went over to help her up then said: "Xing'er, in the future, we will both be eldest young miss' people. Regardless of what you do, you must always think of eldest young miss. Do you understand?"
