Chapter 394: Does she dare to steal Miss Wen’s things?
Liu smiled coldly: "Why are you so afraid of me? Do you think I can't see it if you hide it behind your back?"
Walking over, she squinted her eyes at Xiaodouzi and suddenly smiled: "Why hasn't this Wenjiu learned her lesson yet? These things far exceed her quota. Is she supposed to eat them? Do you understand the rules?"
Xiaodouzi lowered his head and didn't dare to speak. Liu glanced at the maid beside him and said, "What are you waiting for? Why don't you bring it over?"
"Gege," Xiaodouzi was shocked: "This is our girl's stuff..."
"How dare you!" Liu scolded sternly, "Let me ask you, what is the status of your young lady?"
Xiaodouzi said aggrievedly: "The girl is a concubine."
Liu sneered: "Pinhong, tell him, how much is the concubine's standard meal?"
The maid behind him said with a smile: "As a concubine, you have a set dish for every meal. You can choose one meat dish, one vegetable dish, and one rice or noodle soup. You are not allowed to go beyond the rules."
Liu smiled when she heard this and pointed at the food box and said, "Do you think this should be something your concubines take? Or do you think your daughter should be more precious than a princess like me?
If that's the case, I'm going to go to Fu Jin and have a good talk with her. Let Fu Jin see if there are any rules in our house.
Xiaodouzi held it in for a long time, her face flushed, but she couldn't say anything. Then, reluctantly, she let them snatch a food box away. Her eyes flushed slightly.
Liu took a look, then suddenly walked up to Xiaodouzi and opened the lid of the remaining food box in his hand.
"Tsk tsk, why are you eating such greasy food so early in the morning?" She picked up a fried bun, squeezed it in her hand, and threw it back on the plate with a look of disgust. "Come on, at least you have to leave some for your girl. Just take it back and give it to her."
He took the handkerchief again, wiped his hands in disgust, and walked away with another food box.
When Liu turned around, the courage on Xiaodouzi's face disappeared without a trace. He just looked at Liu's back deeply, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a meal, and returned to the yard humming a little tune in a good mood.
When Liu returned to the courtyard with a food box, she saw from a distance that Niuhulu's maid was also carrying a food box much smaller than hers, and holding a few dry branches in her hands.
Liu curled her lips and said, "Her father holds a high position, so how could he raise her to be so shabby? The prince might have been offended by her shabby aura, which is why he won't come to our courtyard! What bad luck!"
Niuhulu was looking out the window, and after hearing what Liu said, she slammed the window shut.
Liu was startled and said with wide eyes: "You are ugly and have a bad temper. I can't say anything to you."
The maidservant beside Niuhulu was also very angry. She didn't dare to say anything and just walked into the house quickly.
Liu was so angry at the master and servant that she spat fiercely and said, "You'll have to beg me for help later!"
"Princess, don't be angry. Let's go back and have dinner." Pinhong smiled and went to help Liu Shi. "Princess, you are so beautiful. No one else can compare to you. It's not worth getting yourself hurt by being angry."
Only then did Liu raise her chin and go back to the house.
"Girl, we have the same status, why does Princess Liu have the upper hand? None of those old guys in the kitchen are easy to get along with. Princess Liu's food box is as big as the three of us." The maid of Niuhulu also felt aggrieved for her master.
They have the same status, so how come Liu can do whatever she wants while her own princess has to stay in the yard all day and be bullied?
Niuhulu smiled, took the dry branch from the maid, trimmed it and put it in the vase: "What's the big deal? Liu is beautiful, so naturally many people want to curry favor with her. But you guessed wrong this time, this food box is not hers.
The one in Pinghong's hand is hers, and it's the same size as ours."
"Princess?" The maid looked over in surprise.
Niuhulu continued to adjust the dead branches left and right. "The large food box in her hand has no prints on it. It's the same food box she usually uses to deliver meals to the maids in the front yard. If such food boxes are still used in the mansion today, I think they belong to Miss Wen."
"That's right, Gege," the little girl suddenly realized. "I saw Xiaodouzi from Miss Wen's yard collecting his meals earlier, and he was holding a food box just like this! But how did it end up in the hands of Liu Gege? Could it be that Miss Wen also has high hopes for Liu Gege?"
Niuhulu shook her head slightly: "Nine out of ten... it was stolen."
The little girl covered her mouth, startled: "Gege, she dared to steal Miss Wen's things?"
Before Miss Wen became a concubine, no one in the mansion dared to offend her. Everyone thought that becoming a concubine would suppress her arrogance, but who knew that after becoming a concubine, this girl would be like a fish in water.
During this month, Prince Beile only visited the backyard five or six times, and he always stayed in her yard. Others didn't even get a sip of soup.
Even if she was a concubine, she would have to think carefully before touching her. How dare Liu steal her things? Was she crazy?
"She even went to Fu Jin yesterday to complain, saying that Miss Wen's belongings exceeded her allotment. Gege, do you think that Princess Liu is trying to challenge Miss Wen to a duel?"
Niuhulu smiled and said, "How would I know? Let's just live our own lives."
The girl couldn't help but advise, "Princess, it seems like a good thing now. Let them quarrel for a while. When they get tired of it, who knows, the prince might come to our courtyard. Princess, it's time to get ready. It won't be long before it's your turn to serve."
Niuhulu washed her hands slowly and calmly, then sat back down at the table. She took a spoonful of porridge and said calmly, "Why are you in such a hurry? Let's wait and see."
She wasn't good-looking, so she always wanted those with better looks to have the spotlight first. Make a scene, the bigger the better. Then the prince would realize that beauty is nothing but skin and nails.
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This side of the east wing.
"Princess, this kitchen is really partial. There are so many dishes for the whole morning, and there's even a plate of crab roe cakes!" Pinhong couldn't help but open her eyes wide. Had she seen these crab roe cakes on Fu Jin's table earlier when she went to pay her respects to Fu Jin? Fu Jin didn't get to eat them often.
Liu curled her lips and said, "What's so great about that? It's just that the prince has been favoring her a little more recently. If I gain favor in the future, I will reward you as well."
After taking a bite of the crab cake, Liu Shi also smiled a little, but then snorted coldly and said, "It's just a toy. No matter how good the thing is, you can't keep it. Isn't it on my table now?"
Pinhong beside her immediately said, "That's exactly what the princess said. Such good things should be enjoyed by our princess. Wen Jiu is naturally not lucky enough to enjoy them."
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