When the old woman left Picturesque Pavilion, Concubine Yun had already covered the mouth of those servants with a generous red packet . Consequently, she didn’t even worry at all that others would hear about this .

After hearing it, Ye Hongling couldn’t help praising her, “Concubine Yun has taken everything into consideration . Now I am relieved . ”

Concubine Yun nodded, but then twisted her eyebrows and got lost in thoughts . After quite a while, she said, “My daughter, eldest miss was acting really weird today . When did she become so powerful? Even when you team up with third miss, you couldn’t beat her . ”

Ye Hongling clenched her teeth, “Exactly! Just a few days back, I practiced with Ye Qingyi . She couldn’t even confront me within three moves . How can she become powerful so quickly? What if…”

“What?” Concubine Yun was confused .

“What if this Ye Qingyi is a fraud?” Ye Hongling said what she thought .

Martial arts were not something that could be mastered in a day . Why else would Ye Qingyi have such a drastic change? It was not exaggerating to say that Ye Qingyi was reborn .

Concubine Yun thought for a while but shook her head and said, “Lady, the possibility is slim . Even though someone could change her face, there are always clues that will reveal her real ident.i.ty . However, eldest lady was unlikely a fraud . ”

Ye Hongling found it a sound point, and she stomped her feet uneasily, “Then how did that piece of junk got so powerful suddenly? What’s going on?”

A cold glare s.h.i.+ned in Concubine Yun’s eyes, and she said slowly, “There’s only one explanation left . ”

Ye Hongling asked eagerly, “Concubine, what are you thinking?”

“My daughter, now that we saw it, Ye Qingyi was deliberately pretending to be useless previously . ”

Ye Hongling thought it reasonable, but not complete, so she raised her question .

“But mother, why? The Clouds and Sky Continent respects martial arts . Inability in martial arts would be despised . What good could it do her?”

Concubine Yun knew that she was right, and she shook her head, “I couldn’t figure that out either . It didn’t seem to do her any good . ”

The mother and daughter thought about it for a long time, but eventually gave up without further progress . Finally, Concubine Yun reminded Ye Hongling word by word, “Daughter, no matter why she did that, it proves one point that she’s not someone who’s easy to go against . I hope you become more mature from now on . Don’t involve yourself into conflicts with her head on and be careful . ”

Concubine Yun said it so seriously that Ye Hongling felt a little humiliated . She said, “Concubine Yun, you are way too scared of her . No matter how capable she is, she’s still a mortal . ”

Seeing Ye Hongling still at ease after losing two times, Concubine Yun was a bit angry, “Daughter, I’ve told you what I should . If you insist on acting like this, I wouldn’t intervene in your business anymore when you lose again . ”

After realizing that Concubine Yun was serious, Ye Hongling softened her tone and said, “Alright, mother, I know .  I won’t act ruthlessly again . ”

Concubine Yun softened her tone too . She sighed and said, “Lady, it’s for your own good . I don’t want you to lose again . As for eldest lady, you’d better not mess with her recently . ”

Ye Hongling put on a sweet smile towards Concubine Yun and said, “You’re the best, mother!”

But in fact, Ye Hongling did not really care about Concubine Yun’s words . She did not believe the ability of Ye Qingyi .

Ye Qingyi was sitting elegantly in the main seat of the grand drawing room, in front of a gold-plated jade screen . Hua Yue handed her the teacup . Ye Qingyi slowly took off the lid of the cup with her slim fingers . The steam in the air had diffused into a thin hint of fog . Her eyelashes were as sumptuous as phoenix wings .

Hua Yue gathered all the maids of Picturesque Pavilion as the lady told her to . Everyone was standing there uniformly with their eyes down . They didn’t even dare to breathe . There were a dozen people in the drawing room but so quiet that it was as if there had only been one person .

A while later, Ye Qingyi raised her head . She was looking peaceful, scanning at the four maids she just picked . The four were considered pretty, above the average at least .

In the previous life, she had met countless people, so she had precise judgments to people’s personalities just by appearance . The reason why she picked the four out of the few dozens was the cleanness in their eyes . Their eyes never flickered, apparently honest and loyal . Nevertheless, everything has its exceptions . Time would tell whether these four could prove themselves reliable .

“What are your names?”

“It’s Lan, Miss . ”

“It’s Cui, Miss . ”

“It’s Hong, Miss . ”

“It’s Qing, Miss . ”

Ye Qingyi’s mouth twitched after hearing these names . She silently thought to herself, “Such tacky names . ” After a short pause, she said, “I will rename you . ”  

The four were shocked at first but then nodded in excitement . They had always thought that their names were bad but were not literate enough to rename themselves . Now that the new master was willing to rename them it would be such a great thing .

Ye Qingyi frowned slightly . She thought for a short moment and said slowly, “From now on, Lan would be Yue Shuang; Cui would be Xing Yu; Hong would be Xue Qing; Qing would be Wu Miao . ”

The four’s joy was beyond containment . They knelt and thanked Ye Qingyi, “Thank you, Miss, for giving us names . ”

Ye Qingyi said calmly, “It’s good to be smart working at Picturesque Pavilion, but you’d better be loyal . If anyone betrays me someday, there would be severe punishments . ”

The maids were all intimidated, and they said unanimously, “I will follow Miss till death . If I ever betray Miss, may a thousand arrows pierce my heart . ”

They all witnessed how eldest Miss treated the second Miss and the third Miss earlier today . The eldest Miss had reborn now and would definitely have a bright future . If they ever dared betray her, n.o.body knew what would await them .

“Now, get up . ”

“Thank you, Miss . ”

Ye Qingyi took a light sip of the tea and put the cup down . She stared at the smoke rising from the clay incense furnace and said, “You shall follow Hua Yue from now on . She’ll teach you the rules here . Ask her if there’s anything you don’t know . ”

The four quickly replied, “I remembered, lady . ”

Then, Ye Qingyi said, “Hua Yue, show them around Picturesque Pavilion and tell them the rules here . ”

Ever since Ye Qingyi came to this world, she had discovered the little things that snitches of Concubine Yun did to her . She fired them and set up the rules of working at Picturesque Pavilion .

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