Chapter 549 Betraying the Master

Chapter 549: Chapter 549 Betraying the Master

Qiu Ye, a person at Madam Zhou’s side, actually came to Wufu behind her back to talk about things Madam Zhou didn’t intend to speak of. What is this behavior?

Betrayal!

Qiu Ye’s face turned deathly pale. She instinctively looked towards Wufu, the young lady in front of her who was still two months away from reaching the age of marriage, but those deep black eyes seemed as though they could see through one’s soul. Under that piercing gaze, there was nowhere to hide.

She suddenly became afraid, feeling that perhaps she had made a mistake in coming here.

But she had already stepped in, leaving no room for retreat; otherwise, she didn’t know what awaited her.

Swallowing hard, Qiu Ye steeled herself and said, "I, this servant, the young mistress doesn’t like the mistress and the Zhou family interacting? You also forbid them coming over, but..."

"But the mistress insists on interacting with them, defying my wishes, is that it?" Wufu said sternly, "So, right now, you are acting as a spy against the Madam, aren’t you?"

Qiu Ye’s face turned white as she fell to her knees with a thud: "This servant did not intend that."

"You didn’t? If that’s the case, why are you before me? And why are you telling me these things?" Wufu’s words were sharp.

"This servant, this servant dares not," Qiu Ye bowed low to the ground.

Wufu snorted coldly. "I think you dare quite a bit."

Quivering, Qiu Ye didn’t dare to speak.

"You are a Second-class maid by the mistress’s side and should be loyal to her. Since you are assigned to serve in the mistress’s courtyard, she is your rightful master. You’re aware of this, aren’t you? I heard your family used to be criminal slaves, even from an Official’s Family, so how can it be that you can’t discern this simple fact, even though I come from a humble rural background?"

"This servant, this servant..."

"I do not like the people from the Zhou family, but it’s not for you, a servant, to meddle in the Madam’s affairs," Wufu towered over her and said coldly, "Qiu Ye, a servant guessing the intentions of their master is considered smart, but that cleverness must be measured and one must know what should be said and what should not."

Qiu Ye’s tears fell upon hearing the coldness in these words, and she didn’t dare to utter a word in response.

This wasn’t what she had expected. She had thought that since Wufu extremely disliked the Zhou family, it would be okay for her to inform about the family’s visits, but what she didn’t understand was that Wufu detested the servants’ betrayal even more.

Had she, herself, made a mistake?

She had been considering Wufu’s preferences, yet didn’t realize that as a servant, the most important thing was loyalty, especially since she was already a Second-class maidservant by Madam Zhou’s side.

If Wufu had indeed asked her to keep an eye on the Madam’s actions, she could’ve done so had she agreed, but had Wufu ever asked her to act as a secret informant?

No!

There’s a complete difference between being ordered to do something and taking matters into your own hands, even though both actions are betrayal. But at the end of the day, the question is whether you act on your own accord or are forced into it.

What Wufu despised the most was betrayal, even if the maidservant betrayed someone else, not herself. Even though she could have just ignored it, the betrayal was against Madam Zhou.

But to delve deeper, if mother and daughter were not united, could such instigation by a servant not cause a rift between them?

No one likes having someone else’s spy by their side, living under the scrutiny of others.

"Get out. You are also sixteen this year, and since you dislike serving by the mistress, then go to the estate. After a couple of years, finding someone to marry there would be just the same," Wufu announced her fate with an indifferent face.

Qiu Ye suddenly lifted her head, staring at Wufu in disbelief. Without thinking, she crawled on her knees to embrace Wufu’s feet: "Young mistress, young mistress, this servant was wrong, please don’t send this servant away, young mistress..."