My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage-Chapter 32 - Cunning Servants Downfall

Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Cunning Servant’s Downfall

Chapter 32 -32: Cunning Servant’s Downfall

“Master, are you referring to ‘silver’ as in silver coins?”

“Yes,” Chu Nanli nodded in confirmation before she realized something was amiss and glanced at him with suspicion, “What character did you think it was just now?”

Chu Yi’s face turned beet red in an instant, his eyes darting away as he stiffened.

Unaccustomed to lying, he was so embarrassed that he couldn’t utter a word for a long time.

Chu Nanli scrutinized his expression, her mind racing swiftly, and she mentally flipped through dozens of characters with the same pronunciation, her expression growing increasingly bizarre.

“Forget it, that name isn’t very auspicious anyway. Let’s change it.”

A grown-up’s dignity involves seeing through things without pointing them out, giving others…ahem, primarily oneself, some face.

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Chu Nanli kept a composed appearance, but internally, she felt the awkward urge to scratch a wall.

Indeed, she just wasn’t cut out for naming.

Realizing that Chu Nanli had guessed the character, Chu Yi wished he could dig a hole and crawl inside.

This was the first time he had felt such strong emotions since the misfortune in his family.

“Master, I deserve to die.”

As he spoke, he attempted to kneel down.

Chu Nanli hurriedly stopped him, feeling tired, “It’s not your fault, but from now on, none of you should ask me to name anything.”

After this incident, Chu Yi took it upon himself to handle the task of naming; Xinlian and Xiangyang were naturally curious as to why Chu Nanli didn’t choose the names herself, but of course, they couldn’t get anything out of Chu Yi.

Of course, that is a story for another time.

“How about ‘Bright Moon Building’ for your consideration, Master?”

“Not bad, quite good,” Chu Nanli nodded, as long as she didn’t have to pick names, whatever it was called was fine by her.

Chu Yi silently let out a sigh of relief, his face cooling off a bit, as he respectfully asked, “Does the Master have any other instructions?”

“Nothing else, you may go back. Oh, right, ask Xinlian to pick out a few sets of fitting clothes for me.” Chu Nanli suddenly remembered this and thus instructed him.

Disturbed by Ye Yunting and Lin Fuying, she no longer had the mood to choose clothes herself, so she might as well leave it to Xinlian, incidentally evaluating Xinlian’s taste.

If Xinlian passed this test, there were other matters she intended to entrust her with later.

“Understood.”

Chu Yi responded, and after bowing respectfully with a fist in hand, he left.

Chu Nanli watched his receding figure and sighed silently.

Now Chu Yi should understand why she had opted not to name them in the past.

Touching the tip of her nose, Chu Nanli pushed open the courtyard door and stepped in, glancing around casually.

The courtyard was basically as she had left it; nothing had changed.

If they couldn’t even manage the facade, there was no hope for the state of affairs inside the house.

The servants, upon seeing Chu Nanli return, put away their lazy dispositions and greeted her with scattered bows, calling out “Princess Consort.”

Their attitude was not only disrespectful but even more perfunctory than when Chu Nanli had seen them before.

Chu Nanli’s gaze swept over each of them, and without a word, she took her things and entered the house.

Behind her, the servants exchanged glances, each seeing the “as expected” look in the others’ eyes.

They were Nanny’s servants after all; a Princess Consort who was not favored dared not to give them orders.

When Chu Nanli was out of sight, the group even started whispering among themselves.

“Hilarious, I thought she was going to be stern with us when she came in with that stone face.”

“Indeed, earlier when the Prince’s steward called her to see the Prince, she even had an attitude. I saw the steward bending over backwards to please her, afraid that she might take it out on us afterwards, turns out it was a false alarm.”

“She must have been punished by the Prince, in this house, the Prince’s word is law.”

“Alas, poor us, originally we belonged to Nanny, which by extension means serving close to the Concubine, we could have had a chance at rising high, but this wicked woman has stirred up trouble!”

A series of voices, deliberately lowered but intending to be overheard, reached Chu Nanli’s ears, her gaze turning slightly cold.

“Ouch!”

Someone, head lowered, emerged from the inner chamber, nearly bumping into Chu Nanli.