Rules?
Talking rules with her!
Gu Tong raised an eyebrow, her good temper completely worn away, and said, "The Second Madam didn’t find herself a Doctor at all! Turns out she hired a ddling old housemaid! Why are you such a nag, sticking your nose into everything, asking about everything!"
’Bang--’
She slamd her palm on the table, and the bedroom went dead silent.
Right...
The Young Madam wasn’t wrong...
On what grounds was this Doctor even talking rules with her, or even talking to her at all!
Just because she was Madam’s Doctor?
That was way too flimsy a reason.
And frankly, she had no such standing.
"I...I just couldn’t stand it..." Liu ifei forced out an excuse, hoping to make what she’d done sound more reasonable.
But she had obviously underestimated Gu Tong’s skills.
Gu Tong gave a cold laugh and said flatly, "Couldn’t stand it? You think it’s your turn to ’not stand it’ here? Madam’s private Doctor, what, planning to beco Madam yourself? Who gave you that right? You’ve got to stick your hand into everything!"
If she didn’t put it out there now, this Liu ifei really wouldn’t know her own weight!
Standing here blocking their way, she really thought she was sobody!
The people Gu Tong hated most were exactly this kind of self-righteous type—first scolding Li Yan for being unfilial, then accusing him of spoiling his wife too much and all that.
By this point, the Young Madam’s words had completely stripped Liu ifei of any dignity.
Maid A couldn’t hold it in and said, "Didn’t you see the Eldest Young Master and Eldest Young Madam are eating? Why must you make a scene here and disturb them?"
Maid B chid in right on cue, "Yeah, it’s good to care about Madam, but there’s no need to kick up a fuss here! And you even dragged in how the Young Master spoils the Young Madam—who do you think you are, what big deal are you! You think that’s any of your business?"
Maid C snorted with a laugh and said, "The Young Master and Young Madam having a good relationship is a good thing. How co so people just can’t stand to see that? If he doesn’t spoil his wife, who should he spoil, her?"
That "her" was naturally hinting at Liu ifei.
The maids’ tongues were wickedly sharp. When sothing like this happened, they rarely stood so united; their firepower was brutal.
"You, you all..." Liu ifei was, after all, an unmarried young lady; she’d never been on the receiving end of this kind of talk, and she almost burst into tears on the spot.
At that mont, He Ma’s anxious voice ca from outside the door: "Liu...Liu Doctor, what are you doing here..."
Han Panpan hadn’t co back for a long ti, and He Ma had already sensed that sothing was wrong, so she hurried out to take a look—and sure enough, sothing had happened.
Liu ifei was so aggrieved she could hardly bear it. She turned around and said, "I just couldn’t stand it, so I ca over to say sothing, He Ma, I..."
He Ma cut her off without giving her a chance to explain, "Doctor, if you don’t know the way you can ask the maids. This is the Eldest Young Master and Eldest Young Madam’s bedroom, it’s not sowhere you can just wander into."
"I..." Liu ifei was stunned. She hadn’t gone the wrong way—she’d co here on purpose to talk to the Eldest Young Master. Was He Ma misunderstanding her?
However, He Ma practically gave her no chance to speak and went straight into the room, saying, "Young Master, Young Madam, I’m terribly sorry, the Doctor didn’t know the way, so she went to the wrong room."
This inner-courtyard housekeeper He Ma really had it hard. Guarding against the maids up front was already enough to keep her busy; miss one step and now she had a private Doctor like Liu ifei popping up—she was worried sick.
Gu Tong didn’t make things hard for her and said calmly, "Then have soone take the Doctor back."
"Yes..." Hearing this, He Ma understood that the Young Madam wasn’t too angry, and only then did the sweat on her forehead slowly recede.
With that in mind, He Ma turned to go arrange the follow-up.
But then she heard Gu Tong say again, "He Ma, wait!"
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