★ Chapter 36: Favored Servants Are Sick 2
“Tao Yu!” The young lord’s eyes instantly turned red, and the next second, tears fell like they cost nothing.
Tao Yu’s head was about to explode. “Let me explain…”
“I won’t listen, I won’t listen, you actually spent so much silver for him…” The young lord cried pitifully.
Facing such a melodramatic line, Tao Yu took a deep breath and frowned, “Shut up, stop crying!”
The young lord immediately closed his mouth, looking at her with tearful eyes, as if she had committed some great betrayal… Well, this matter could be considered somewhat unfair to him.
Tao Yu looked him up and down, thought for a moment, and said, “Now that you have come to the Tao family, you are a member of the Tao family. I have no intention of taking you as a personal servant. Are you willing to do some cleaning work?”
Yue Linze glanced at her, silently nodded. Tao Yu smiled and looked at the steward, “Have someone arrange him in the outer courtyard, and try to avoid him meeting A Ying in the future.”
“Yes.” The steward happily agreed and then called Yue Linze to leave.
Tao Yu sat alone in the central hall, knowing that the steward would return to report to her after arranging everything.
Sure enough, the steward soon returned, bowing slightly when he saw her, “Madam, everything is arranged. I noticed that Young Master Yue is quite thin. He’s already sixteen or seventeen but not as heavy as a thirteen-year-old child from the kitchen. I took the liberty of arranging him in the gatehouse, where he only needs to watch the main gate.”
“You seem quite concerned about him,” Tao Yu looked at him with a half-smile, contemplating whether she should find another confidant, as this one might betray her at any moment.
The steward didn’t notice her small calculations and, feeling embarrassed, said, “I suppose I find him likable. If we’re talking about kindness, it’s still Madam who is kind, spending so much silver to buy him.”
“Does he have anything to say about being a gatekeeper?” Tao Yu asked.
The steward laughed, “Young Master Yue is a good child. He has no objection to living in the servants’ quarters and says he will work hard and repay Madam.”
