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Chapter 328 The Republic of China's Double Detectives 2

Lu Renkui hurriedly walked over and asked the head maid, Fengyue, "Sister, what do you need me for?"

Fengyue casually picked her teeth with a silver toothpick and said, "I've got a good job for you. Fourth Concubine needs someone to serve her. She asked me to pick a few honest ones, so I'll send you. If you can serve Fourth Concubine well, you'll have plenty of money to spend."

"If it were really a good thing, would you still let me do it?" Lu Renkui thought to himself as he spoke, "But I also have to help out in the kitchen, so I'm afraid I won't be able to find the time."

"A kitchen helper?" Feng Yue spat on the ground. "How much can a kitchen helper earn? Why not just quit and go serve the fourth concubine? You need to be smart. The master likes the fourth concubine the most lately. If you can serve the fourth concubine well, you can lie down and enjoy life. Why would you need to do all those dirty and tiring jobs?"

"Then why don't you go?" Lu Renkui thought, then continued, "I don't know what kind of temper Fourth Concubine has. If you send me, what if she gets angry and starts investigating?"

"Why are you worried about this?" Fourth Madam had a very good temper. Fengyue picked up the silver skewer and continued picking her teeth, her tone already showing some impatience. "Look, last time, the First Madam gave her maid 20 lashes for just a little too hot water. And look at Second Madam, she either beats or scolds her personal maid."

"The rest, apart from the fourth concubine, each had their own quirks and were very difficult to please."

Just as Lu Renkui was about to speak, Feng Yue spoke up again: "Go to Fourth Concubine's room. If you don't, I'll have the steward deduct your monthly pay."

Lu Renkui was full of questions.

Good grief, doesn't this indirectly mean that if I don't agree, I'll be targeted? Lu Renkui rolled his eyes inwardly, but in the end, he still accepted the job.

“That’s more like it,” Fengyue continued picking her teeth. “Go back and pack your things, then move to Fourth Concubine’s place. Hurry up, don’t dawdle.”

After saying this, Feng Yue left. Lu Renkui sighed deeply and then returned to Mu Wanqing's original residence to pack his things.

Going to the fourth concubine's room was something that couldn't be changed, so he could only try to avoid doing things in front of the fourth concubine. While packing his things, Lu Renkui thought that he would put some ash on his face later, so that the master wouldn't take a liking to him.

On another note, the original owner's brother works as a farmhand in the mill. I wonder if there's any chance she'll be able to find him. If the two of them run away together, their chances of escaping might be better.

After packing his things, on his way to the fourth concubine's room, Lu Renkui reviewed the original owner Mu Wanqing's memories in his mind. He learned that after finishing their duties, the maids could wander around if they had nothing else to do, but they could not leave the territory occupied by the landlord.

"Then I can take advantage of my free time to go to the mill to find Mu Wanqing's brother," Lu Renkui thought. She walked to the servants' quarters, put her things on the ground, and then went to find the head maid in charge of the work in the courtyard to ask her what kind of work she could do.

After finding someone dressed differently from the group of maids, Lu Renkui told that person that she was newly assigned to serve the fourth concubine.

"You're quite diligent," said the head maid, Shui Qiu. After saying this, she assigned tasks to Lu Ren Kui, who was inside Mu Wanqing's body. "First, sweep the yard, then water the flowers. After watering the flowers, feed the sparrows in the yard. Prepare the foot bath water that our mistress wants to soak in tonight. The water temperature must be just right, and you can't forget anything. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I know." Lu Renkui nodded, then asked, "What kind of things are we soaking them in?"

"Oh, so you know to ask that." Shui Qiu glanced at the somewhat dirty-looking maid in front of her and said, "It's all posted in the kitchen, go see for yourself."

"Okay, sure." Lu Renkui agreed, then went to find a broom to sweep the garden. When no one was looking, he dipped his finger in dirt and smeared it on his face.

After sweeping the garden, Lu Renkui watered the flowers. After watering the flowers, he found some birdseed and fed the birds. After doing this whole process, it was already very late.

Lu Renkui calculated the time and realized that he probably wouldn't have time to eat—it would take quite a while to prepare the foot bath for Fourth Concubine, and if he ate first and then did it, it would be too late.

So Lu Renkui had no choice but to resign himself to making that complicated foot bath solution.

After finishing preparing a basin of foot bath water, Lu Renkui picked it up, feeling as if he was exerting all his strength.

Lu Renkui walked carefully, finally managing to get the basin of foot-washing water into the fourth concubine's room without spilling it.

As soon as Lu Renkui entered the fourth concubine's room, she was greeted by a strong fragrance. She couldn't identify the fragrance, but it made her dizzy.

Blink hard to clear his mind, Lu Renkui found the personal maid who served the fourth concubine, and led her to bring the basin of foot bath water to the fourth concubine.

At this moment, not only the fourth concubine was in the room, but also the landlord. The two were sitting on the bed chatting and laughing. One was obviously old and the other obviously young. No matter how you looked at them, they were not a good match.

"Greetings, sir and madam," the personal maid said, bowing her head. Lu Renkui repeated the greeting, also bowing her head.

"Lift your head up," came the fourth concubine's voice, as delicate as she was. "Master, I want to soak my feet."

"You want to soak your feet, so you're kicking me out?" the landlord said with a smile.

The fourth concubine's voice sounded much more shy than before: "You're watching me soak my feet, how embarrassing!"

"You're one of my people, what haven't I seen? Now you won't let me see you when you're just soaking your feet?" The landlord chuckled twice, sounding somewhat lewd.

The two people on the bed were still talking, but Lu Renkui felt a little nauseous—the incense in the room made her dizzy, and the voices of this obviously mismatched couple only added fuel to the fire of her discomfort since entering the room. In addition, she was carrying a heavy basin of foot bath water. Lu Renkui felt that if she didn't have her current status, she would definitely give up and throw up directly if she vomited.