Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 1094 - 1092: Zhou Xiuer’s Panic

A little servant girl rushed into the room where Zhou Xiuer was.

"Miss, Miss, something terrible has happened."

Zhou Xiuer was sitting by the table, lost in thought, chin in hand. Upon hearing the loud voice, her face darkened: "Why are you shouting like that? Don’t you know the rules?"

This servant girl had been brought here when Madam Zhou encountered someone trying to sell their daughter while going to offer incense. Zhou Xiuer, without a personal maid in the Wu Family, had clung to Madam Zhou to buy the girl, thus the servant girl’s presence.

Zhou Xiuer named her Zhien, meant to make her understand gratitude, recognize who saved her, and know to whom she should be loyal.

Zhien was just a girl from a farming family who had been sold due to starvation. She hadn’t been formally taught and knew little of propriety. Despite trying to learn from the maids at the Wu Residence, she still had much to grasp.

Seeing Zhou Xiuer glaring at her, Zhien shrank her neck and curtsied timidly: "This servant greets the miss."

Zhou Xiuer gazed at her timid appearance and felt annoyed, comparing her to Wufu’s trained and loyal maids, this wild servant girl was completely unpresentable. If given a choice, she wouldn’t choose Zhien.

But in this household, everyone serving was devoted to Wufu and Madam Zhou, and Zhou Xiuer lacked the silver to win hearts, unable naturally to draw people in.

Thus, even though Zhien was to her distaste, Zhou Xiuer had no choice but to use her, hoping that, by personally training and teaching her, Zhien would become a trusted aide, loyal to her, far better than using others’ help.

"What happened that made you shout so loudly?" Zhou Xiuer asked, looking at her.

Zhien hurried forward and said: "Miss, I just heard outside, miss, um, Sister Purple Jade from Miss Wufu’s side is back!"

"What? That girl Wufu is back?" Zhou Xiuer sprang up, eyes wide open.

What to do, Wufu’s return spells hard times for her.

"No, Miss Wufu hasn’t returned, it’s just that Sister Purple Jade is back." Zhien quickly shook her head, saying: "And I heard, miss, that sister is under Miss Wufu’s orders to take Madam to Changan City for a reunion!"

Taking Madam to Changan!

Startled, Zhou Xiuer fell back into her chair.

"How can this be? Why take her... Ah, it makes sense, they have always intended to go to Changan. Uncle’s family is there! Surely Wufu intends to recognize her ancestors." Zhou Xiuer mumbled, twisting her handkerchief: "If they go to Changan, what about me?"

"Miss, I also heard that Madam intends to send you back to the Zhou family, to Uncle’s side!" Zhien added another surprising piece of news.

"What? Is this true, who did you hear from?" Zhou Xiuer’s face changed drastically as she grasped Zhien’s hand in question. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Despite the pain in her arm, Zhien dared not shout, responding: "I heard Sister Qiu Xiang and Brother Tongzi giving orders for preparing the carriage and such!"

"That can’t be!" Zhou Xiuer screamed: "How could Aunt suddenly send me back to the Zhou family? No, I don’t want to go back."

Returning to the Zhou family, she wouldn’t enjoy being served like now, having maids at her beck and call, she couldn’t go back.

Besides, Aunt and they are going to Changan, the imperial city, she wants to go there too; it won’t do, she must ask Aunt to take her along.

Zhou Xiuer pushed Zhien aside and rushed out like an arrow.