Demon Hairpin II: My wayward Ex-wife

Chapter 21

Not only did the young madam not make things
difficult for them, but her daily routine was very
straightforward. She would wake up early in the
morning to bathe and change clothes. Then she
would go to the old madam's place for morning
greetings then go back to her courtyard.
Afterwards, she taught the mute maid Xin Yu how
to read and write.
After a two hour lesson, the young madam would
read books until lunch. Following lunch, she would
take a walk around her courtyard and take an
afternoon nap.
Mu Huanqing knew very clearly that the siblings
planted beside her were trained in martial arts. She
could tell from their pace and their breathing.
They didn't know that Mu Huanqing knew martial
arts. They didn't conceal themselves in front of her
because they thought that she was a normal wife.
On the other hand, Mu Huanging deliberately
changed her walking style and made her footfalls
light and lacking in power, like a normal female.
Since the other side wanted to monitor her, she
would naturally hide even more.
She could easily accept the Liu siblings because she
knew that the other option would be secret
monitoring. She would rather it happen in front of
her eyes. This way was the most convenient for
everyone.

Moreover, she had a sweet-tempered and accepting
attitude in front of the Fu family and planned to
continue her act. If they wanted to monitor her,
then they were very welcome to. She wanted to see
what skills they had.
During this period, Mu Hanging brought another
servant back to her courtyard. A person called Ah
Niu who had initially been responsible for cleaning
horse dung.
Everyone said that Ah Niu was an idiot because he
was always taken advantage of. His monthly wage
would be taken by his superiors so by the time it
landed into his hands it would turn into a few cents
and a plain bun. But he never complained. He
would just eat his bun and never asked why he had
such a small wage. So the others treated him as a
fool and even left him the dirty job of cleaning the
horse dung.
Mu Huanqing liked honest people. So she once
again went to the steward and brought Ah Niu to
serve in her courtyard.
When the steward reported that the young madam
had taken another servant, who everyone said was
a retard, to her courtyard the brush in Fu Yanlin's
hand paused. He was in his study writing a letter
but lifted his head when he heard the news to look
at the steward
"What does she want the fool for?"

"What does she want the fool for?"
"That boy Liu Mu said that the madam probably
took pity on him and so took him into her
courtyard to serve her."
Fu Yanlin didn't express his opinion and just
frowned. "If she wants it then just give it to her. As
long as she knows her place and doesn't get into
trouble."
"Yes." The steward received the command and
retreated. Normally these small matters wouldn't
get reported to the Marquis. It was only because
the Marquis commanded that he needed to be told
if the young madam brought anyone into her
courtyard that he came to report.
After Ah Niu entered the young madam's
courtyard, Mu Huanqing had him be responsible
for cleaning the inner courtyard. She gave him new
shirts and pants to wear and he was able to eat
more every day. His monthly wage was also
accurately given.
Mu Huanqing felt it was not right for Ah Niu to
keep being bullied by others considering that he
was tall and strong. One day she told Ah Niu to
wait in the stables during her afternoon nap. She
concealed herself from the Liu siblings and used
her qinggong to sneak into the stables to secretly
teach Ah Niu some self-defense skills.

She originally thought that she would need to
expend a lot of effort to teach Ah Niu. To her
surprise, Ah Niu only needed to see the
demonstration once and could then copy the moves
down to the finest detail.
Mu Huanging was surprised and tried to teach Ah
Niu a set of punches. This set had 108 moves. Ah
Niu only needed to see it three times before
remembering them all. He performed the set for
her and made her extremely happy.
Who would have thought that Ah Niu, who was
widely regarded as an idiot, was a martial arts
genius? And he was as strong as an ox! What a
treasure!
It looks like this household had hidden their
talented individuals. Mu Huanqing only picked two
people, one had a highly retentive memory, the
other was a martial arts genius, how could she
learn to keep her happiness to herself?
She gave Ah Niu a new name, Li Yuan. She decided
to bring him up to become her strongest personal
bodyguard.
With the addition of the two treasures Xin Yu and
Li Yuan, Mu Huanqing's days were more
interesting. She taught Xin Yu literacy and sign
language so that they could communicate and
taught Li Yuan martial arts in the stables. Pearls
would turn to dust if left alone. With these two
loyal servants by her side, Mu Huanging's days
were calm and comfortable.