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"First Xiaojie, thank you. If you weren't there, I really couldn't control those people. In the future……" Li Yiniang cautiously followed behind Ouyang Nuan. Her tone contained a cautiousness that even she was not aware of.

Ouyang Nuan slightly smiled. "You don't have to be polite, Li Yiniang. I have one thing to say. A big house has a lot of people. People talk. You just have to mind your own business. Some people will do nothing and some people will find fault with everything. Remember, Laotaitai is your support."

Li Yiniang stared blankly at Ouyang Nuan leaving. She was almost speechless. Why did she feel that that girl didn't seem like she was twelve years old? A few simple words, but she clearly saw the vital points. But if she understood everything, why did she help Li Yiniang then……

Back in the room, Hongyu seemed to have something to say, but was scared to ask. Fang mama, who had been silent, said, "First Xiaojie, those stewards and managers were convinced by you in the reception pavilion earlier. Why didn't you directly take back the managing authority and instead give it to a newly-married yiniang? Even if it will be taken back in half a month, you can take this opportunity — "

Ouyang Nuan looked at her and slightly smiled. "You can't tell what grandmother's intentions are? She wants to take the power back herself. Great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience. Mama doesn't have to be anxious."

She finished speaking and her eyes seemed to inadvertently look at the maidservant with a lowered head sweeping outside in the courtyard. She lightly smiled. "Will she be honest?"

Hongyu followed Xiaojie's line of sight. She saw Xiaotao cleaning the courtyard and said, "She's relatively reliable. She doesn't dare to randomly make noise anymore. I think she really has changed."

Ouyang Nuan looked at Xiaotao's resigned look and slightly raised her eyebrows. No one could bear being demoted from a first-rank maidservant to a third-rank sweeping maidservant all of a sudden. Hongyu seemed to be correct on the surface, but would a person's innate character change? A maidservant who betrayed her master once like Xiaotao would certainly do it again.

Fang mama had a very cautious personality. She thought about it and said, "First Xiaojie, Xiaotao wanted to come into the room for two days now. I found out and kicked her out. I don't know if she wanted to come beg for mercy."

"Oh? Was I around at the time?" Ouyang Nuan asked.

"Now that I think about it, they were times when First Xiaojie went to pay respects to Laotaitai……" Fang mama still did not understand why Ouyang Nuan suddenly asked about this.

"That's right! Just now Wenxiu was complaining that when we went to the hall, Xiaotao ran out of Xiaojie's room in a panic. Could it be — " Hongyu said subconsciously. When she finished speaking, she looked at Fang mama and felt that it was strange.

Ouyang Nuan looked at Xiaotao from the window. Her eyes contained a touch of coldness. "Check what is missing from the room and what has been added!"

"First Xiaojie, you suspect……" Hongyu was startled. Could it be that Xiaotao was so audacious as to steal from the room? Her face suddenly turned white. Did Xiaotao really not want her life anymore?

Fang mama was an old-hand. Ouyang Nuan said to check, so she immediately returned to her senses. Her face turned very solemn. "Yes."