"You go drink water somewhere else…"
"I want to drink here, so what?" Mu Anxiao deliberately interrupted the maid's words.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's unreasonable attitude, the maid said guiltily, "My mistress is already resting. If you go in, you'll disturb her."
"Move aside." Mu Anxiao widened her eyes deliberately.
The maid's gaze flickered. Just as she was about to speak, a woman appeared behind her. "Move aside."
Upon hearing this, the maid hastily moved out of the way.
The woman stopped at the threshold, looking coldly at Mu Anxiao's face and said, "You're not here just for water, are you?"
Mu Anxiao smiled, "My mistress is indeed clever."
"What is it? Speak."
"The housekeeper's attitude towards us was quite good at first. But just now, when I went to find him, his attitude suddenly did a 180-degree turn. I want to ask, did you say something to him?" Mu Anxiao got straight to the point.
Xiao Nian looked at Mu Anxiao nervously, not daring to speak.
The moment Mu Anxiao finished speaking, the woman let out a laugh, then immediately put on a stern face and asked, "On what basis do you assume I said something to him?"
"Intuition," Mu Anxiao said, spitting out two words.
"Intuition, you…"
"Do you remember that I keep a demon?" Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Upon hearing this, the woman's face froze.
"You found out," she said.
Mu Anxiao replied, "Unfortunately, my demon isn't here, so it didn't tell me anything."
The woman breathed a sigh of relief, "Then why are you saying all this?"
"It's nothing, I just feel like you gave it to the housekeeper," Mu Anxiao said directly.
The woman said coldly, "Why are you so sure it was me who gave it to the housekeeper? What basis do you have?"
"Basis," Mu Anxiao repeated, then chuckled, "It's simple. Besides your master, the housekeeper only listens to you. If you hadn't given it to him, how could he have yelled at me?"
"He yelled at you? What do you mean?" the woman feigned ignorance.
"This is what happened. When I got back, I accidentally broke the teapot in the room. Then the child was thirsty, so I thought I'd ask the housekeeper for some water. Who knew, as soon as I opened the door and spoke, the housekeeper got angry and told me to get lost. I asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn't say. So, I had a sudden inspiration on the spot," Mu Anxiao smiled, "and thought of you."
"What does this have to do with me?" The woman deliberately averted her gaze.
"Your master, it's impossible, because he was just scared by my demon. That leaves you, because you told me to wait and see," Mu Anxiao said faintly.
"You…"
"I don't ask for much, just let us in to have some water, and also give us a new set of teacups. The teacups in that room are old," Mu Anxiao deliberately interrupted.
The woman hesitated for a moment and said, "Come in." She moved aside.
The maid cautiously looked at the woman who had stepped aside, pursed her lips, and didn't dare to say a word.
Then, Mu Anxiao, with Xiao Nian, crossed the threshold. Mu Anxiao smiled at the woman and walked to the table, saying, "This room, it used to belong to Mistress, didn't it?"
Upon hearing this, the woman clenched her fists.
Xiao Nian tugged at Mu Anxiao's hand forcefully, shaking her head slightly.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Xiao Nian dismissively, then looked down at the teapot and smiled, "I didn't expect this teapot of yours to be prettier than the one I broke." As she spoke, she let go of Xiao Nian's hand and reached out to lift the lid.
"What are you doing?" the woman asked, walking behind Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao leaned into the spout and sniffed, "I'm smelling for poison."
"Poison?" the woman repeated, glancing at the maid beside her and saying unnaturally, "I drink my own water, why would there be poison? What are you thinking?"
"Just in case, could you give me a silver needle?" Mu Anxiao said, turning her head to look at the woman.
The woman's eyes flickered. She raised her hand and directly pulled out a silver hairpin from her bun, saying, "Use this."
Mu Anxiao looked down at the woman's silver hairpin, then at her elaborately high bun, and said helplessly, "Sister, you took this from your head. We're going to drink this water, so please, could you find a clean one?"
"You…"
"I'm thirsty," Xiao Nian said.
Mu Anxiao looked down at Xiao Nian, frowning and feigning anger, "Why are you so fussy, child? I'm doing this for your own good."
"How can you talk to me like that?" Xiao Nian said pitifully.
Mu Anxiao replied, "I've tested all the water in our room. If…"
Before she could finish, the maid started coughing.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao shifted her gaze from Xiao Nian to the maid and asked, "What's wrong?"
"My throat suddenly feels uncomfortable," the maid said, touching her neck and coughing.
"Drink more water. Here, try this to test for poison." Mu Anxiao said, picking up the teapot and pouring water into an empty cup.
Just as the maid was about to step forward, Xiao Nian suddenly reached out, picked up the teacup, and drank the water in one gulp, saying, "I'm finally quenched." She then put down the cup.
Mu Anxiao looked at Xiao Nian in surprise and asked, "Are you alright?" She put down the teapot.
The woman calmly watched Mu Anxiao's startled expression and said, "I already told you, there's no poison, no poison. You don't believe me."
The maid immediately lowered her head.
Mu Anxiao curled her lips and looked at the maid, deliberately asking, "Are you better now?"
"Yes, I am," the maid said without lifting her head.
"Alright," Mu Anxiao said, then looked down at the staring Xiao Nian and asked, "Do you have something to say?"
"Can you finish what you were saying? I'm curious," Xiao Nian said calmly.
Mu Anxiao smiled at Xiao Nian without looking up and said, "What I was going to say was, I was just about to see if there was any poison in the teapot, when suddenly, just as I found the silver needle, I accidentally knocked the teapot to the floor. Alas, it's all my fault." As she spoke, she patted her own head.
"Mu Anxiao, what kind of trick are you playing?" the woman asked unceremoniously.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao glanced at the woman and said, "What do you mean playing tricks? I'm blaming myself, can't you tell?"
"Why would you blame…"
"I.."
"Can you let me finish speaking?" the woman interrupted urgently.
Mu Anxiao was startled by the speed of the woman's interruption, nodded, and dared not speak.
The woman was very satisfied with Mu Anxiao's reaction and repeated her question, "Why would you blame yourself?"
"If I hadn't broken that teapot, Xiao Nian could have had some water, and I wouldn't have had to face your displeasure. Tell me," Mu Anxiao pursed her lips and smiled, "shouldn't I blame myself?" Search for "An Xiao Feng Qi Shi Jie Zhong Wen Xue" on Baidu for the latest chapters, free to read for the first time.