Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 243 Being Scalded

Zhao Yunrong never expected that the question she hesitated for a long time would be this one. After being speechless for a moment, he stroked his forehead, pursed his lips, and said, "Yes, you can get the monthly salary."

He looked at her eyes which were instantly filled with smiles and shook his head with amusement. As far as he knew, she was not a person who was short of money. The profit from the lottery shop should be very considerable, and the monthly salary of the servants was only a few taels of silver at most. It was a good thing that she was so concerned about him. She was really promising!

Zhao Yunrong had nothing to ask her to come for, so he just reminded her, "You can come to me if you have any problems on weekdays," and then waved his hand to let her go.

Xiao Guoer returned to the tea room in confusion. Although she didn't understand why the always moody Eighth Prince suddenly changed his style, it had nothing to do with her. Since he didn't find fault with her, she was naturally happy and at ease. She wrapped herself in the quilt and fell asleep peacefully.

In the next few days, Xiao Guoer spent a very leisurely time in the teahouse. She finally understood why Xia Lan and Qing He said that many people in the palace wanted to get in to work in the teahouse as if they were eyeing a piece of fat meat.

The work is easy, the environment is good, and you can talk to the popular people around the Eighth Prince. Isn't this a popular job that everyone aspires to?

There is another reason for this. In the past, the personal maids around the Eighth Prince were more desirable than the teahouse, but Xie Mengwan couldn't stand having overly beautiful maids around the Eighth Prince.

Once, when Xie Mengwan heard the Eighth Prince speak softly and complimentingly to a maidservant beside him, she immediately became jealous and threw a big tantrum. Later, perhaps because the Eighth Prince was afraid of Miss Xie's jealousy, he replaced all the maidservants around him with eunuchs. Only the tea room was far away from the Eighth Prince's residence, and Xia Lan and Qing He did not often appear in front of the Eighth Prince, so he did not replace them.

However, Xiao Guoer's arrival still made some servants in the palace have new speculations. A man suddenly entered the tea room. Did it mean that all the maids in the tea room had to be replaced?

Because Xia Lan and Qing He knew that Xiao Guoer would only stay for a year, they didn't think much about it.

One day, Xie Mengwan had nothing to do, so she came to the Zunyi Palace to look for her brother Rong. Coincidentally, Zhao Yunrong was not in the palace, so she walked around, as if she had already regarded herself as the future mistress of this palace.

After she slowly walked around Zhao Yunrong's study and bedroom, she did not see any enchanting and coquettish maids, so she nodded with satisfaction.

After asking Wang Xiyuan, Xie Mengwan found out that she didn't know when the Eighth Prince would come back, so she thought about sitting down and waiting for a while, so she called the servants to order tea and snacks.

Xia Lan and Qing He were not outstanding in appearance, they were just ordinary people in looks. But even so, whenever Miss Xie came to the palace, they would try their best to avoid her and try not to appear in front of her.

In the past, they would ask other servants to serve tea on their behalf, but now that Xiao Guoer was in the tea room, the two naturally pushed this important task onto the "man" Xiao Guoer.

Xiao Guoer held the tea tray and bowed to serve Xie Mengwan tea. She was about to leave quietly, but she didn't expect a surprised voice to shout, "Why are you here again? You actually entered the palace?"

Although Xiao Guoer didn't want to pay any attention to this arrogant young lady, she was afraid that if she pissed her off, she would whisper something in the Eighth Prince's ear. The Eighth Prince liked her so much, wouldn't he find a way to punish her to vent his anger for his beloved?

Therefore, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. Xiao Guoer replied respectfully, "I am on duty in the tea room under the order of the Eighth Prince."

Xie Mengwan felt furious every time she saw Xiao Guoer because of her rude behavior towards her several times before, especially the verbal teasing she had done to her.

"Brother Rong, I don't know what you were thinking. You actually left such a vulgar person like you in the palace!"

Xiao Guo'er lowered her head and listened silently to her scolding in a tone of undisguised contempt. She couldn't help but complain in her heart, one was moody and the other was rude and arrogant, the two of them were really a perfect match!

"I'll take my leave, villain."

"Stop, the tea is cold, how can I drink it? Go get another cup."

"Yes, miss, please wait a moment." Xiao Guoer bit her back teeth and held her breath. She put the teacup back on the tea tray, bowed and walked out.

It was obvious that Xie Mengwan was looking for trouble. The tea in the teacup was of just the right temperature, neither too hot to burn the distinguished guest's mouth, nor too cold to dissipate the tea aroma. This was the rule of the tea room.

She deliberately said it was cold, obviously wanting to make trouble for Xiao Guoer.

Although he knew that she did it on purpose, Xiao Guoer had no choice but to make her another cup of hot tea.

This time, he did not wait for the tea to cool down before serving it, but placed the freshly brewed tea directly on the cup holder.

When Xiao Guoer handed the teacup to Xie Mengwan again, she also reminded her, "The tea is a little hot, please be careful, Miss."

Xie Mengwan lifted the lid of the teacup, and the hot steam of the tea hit her face. She instantly became angry. How could she drink such hot tea? Did this person do it on purpose?

She picked up the teacup and poured it forward, arrogantly scolding, "You made such hot tea, do you want to scald me to death?"

Xiao Guoer was so frightened that she stepped back suddenly, but it was too late. She immediately felt a burning pain on the back of her hand.

She frowned and looked at her hand. The place where the pain came from had turned red instantly and a blister appeared.

The best way to treat such burns is to rinse with cold water as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Xiao Guoer didn't bother to argue with the unreasonable Miss Xie and went out to find cold water.

She had just turned around and raised her foot when she heard Xie Mengwan's scolding again, "Stop! Did I ask you to leave? You're leaving like this, do you still have manners?"

Xiao Guoer didn't want to pay any attention to the crazy woman. She just wanted to soak her burning hands in cold water to relieve the pain.

He then got up and walked out quickly.

But Xie Mengwan behind him refused to give in, and seemed to be unable to believe that a servant would not take him seriously. She immediately shouted in a delicate voice, "Someone! Take this slave down for me!"

Several servants outside the door heard Xie Mengwan's order, came in and pressed Xiao Guoer to the ground.

Xiao Guoer was really angry now. She was pinned to the ground and couldn't move at all. The burn on the back of her hand was getting more and more painful, almost unbearable. She raised her head with difficulty, aggrieved and red eyes, and shouted at Xie Mengwan, "Miss Xie! I'm not a servant sold to this palace. You have no right to do this to me!"

Xie Mengwan walked over the broken teacup on the ground and slowly walked to Xiao Guoer, looking down at her with a disdainful smile, "You are such a lowly and shameless villain. You came to the palace with Brother Rong, thinking that you can get some benefits from being with Brother Rong. I will kick you out now, so that you don't have to stay in the palace and dirty the palace for nothing!"

As soon as Xie Mengwan finished speaking, Xiao Guoer was about to say "She would love it", when a cold and angry voice came from the door, "Who are you going to kick out?"

Xie Mengwan looked up at Zhao Yunrong who was walking hurriedly towards her. She was about to jump up to him with joy, but suddenly she found that Brother Rong, who was usually gentle to her, now had a gloomy face.

She stopped walking, feeling a little aggrieved. "Brother Rong, this slave was disrespectful to me and even wanted to scald me with hot water. How can such a person who has no rules and regulations stay in the palace? Let's kick him out."