Si Jinxing nodded, indicating that he understood, and said:
"It's okay. I haven't been treated like a legitimate lady to begin with. Look at our yard. We don't even have a decent housekeeper to sweep the yard.
Now that he doesn't give me food, can I starve myself to death?
Go get some silver and buy some vegetables and meat. I don’t like the food in the main kitchen either.”
This is true. I used to cook my own meals at home, but it was always lunch or dinner.
Now, I don’t need to miss the breakfast at his house!
Lu Zhu left immediately. She just felt sorry for her young lady. She had done nothing wrong, yet the general scolded her without hesitation. Now she even had no food to eat! How could there be such a father in the world?
She had forgotten that she was sold to a human trafficker by her gambler father...
Pear Blossom Garden.
"Something happened at your uncle's house yesterday. I was worried that he couldn't take care of this side, so your cousin came back." Zhou put away the medicine bottle, tidied her clothes, and said.
"Hmph, after she got into such trouble, her father only cut off her three meals a day. That's really too easy for her!" Si Jinyun leaned sideways in the carved chair and snorted coldly with a forced smile.
Zhou was shocked when she heard this. She always felt that there was something different about her little daughter these past two days.
She turned her head and saw that her little daughter, who always had dark skin, now had skin as white as snow, which was very beautiful!
However, there was a hint of viciousness flashing in those eyes!
She suddenly felt relieved. A daughter born in a wealthy family could never be as pure and kind as a little white rabbit!
Otherwise, when you marry into your husband’s family in the future, you won’t even know how you died!
She was about to say something in agreement when she heard Mother Liu come in and say:
"Someone's coming from the palace. The general has sent someone to deliver the message."
Why is there someone coming to the palace again?
She subconsciously touched her face, which had just recovered from the swelling...
But she did not dare to neglect it, and she pulled Si Jinyun out. Seeing Mother Liu behind her, she sighed and said:
"Mother Liu, are you still angry with me?"
Mother Liu hurried forward and said, "I dare not."
Zhou nodded and said, "You are the person I trust the most. Don't let me say something careless that would disrupt the master-servant relationship we've had for so many years."
Mother Liu naturally had no objection and nodded in agreement.
Everyone in the group walked out.
When Luzhu came back from buying vegetables, she happened to meet the little maid who came to report the news.
Si Jinxing had just come out of the clinic and saw Luzhu sitting on a stone bench, picking vegetables slowly, and glancing at the door from time to time.
She couldn't help but turn her head and waved to the little girl at the door, asking, "What happened?"
The little girl knew that the second young lady was not favored and was even deprived of her three meals a day and her supplies were stopped by the general.
She raised her head and pointed at Luzhu, saying, "I have been waiting here for a long time, but Miss Luzhu wouldn't let me speak. Why don't you go and urge the Second Miss..."
Si Jinxing listened to the girl's rambling, her eyes turned cold, and she scolded: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have to fart, fart quickly!"
The messenger girl shuddered at the sudden scolding and said hurriedly, "Someone's coming from the palace. Please ask the second young lady to go to the front yard."
Only then did Si Jinxing take Luzhu and walk towards the front yard.
She turned to look at Lu Zhu, who was pouting beside her, and asked, "Why are you so angry? Why didn't you come and tell me just now?"
“I’m mad at the General for doing that to you!
If we arrive too late and the nobles in the palace blame us, he, as the master of the general's mansion, will definitely bear the brunt of the punishment!" Lu Zhu muttered angrily.
Upon hearing this, Si Jinxing pursed her lips and smiled, saying:
"He will be punished, but he might take the opportunity to push me out as the scapegoat, using someone else to get rid of me, and even say it was all my fault!"
Lu Zhu stopped in her tracks and her eyes immediately turned red.
The young lady could say these words so lightly, how hurt she must be in her heart!
She was also a little scared at this time. It was all her fault for being so stubborn. What if the royal family really punished her? Wouldn't she be harming her own lady?
She quickly followed and stood firmly beside her young lady. If anything happened, she would definitely stand by her young lady!
Sure enough, when they arrived, everyone in the house was waiting for them.
The person who came to the palace was Eunuch Zhang who had come twice before.
Si Junshan was sitting with him at the first seat in the front hall, and a servant served him tea.
Eunuch Zhang's face remained gloomy. He refused to drink tea and spoke.
Si Junshan couldn't help but feel a little worried. Could it be that someone in the mansion had caused trouble again?
There's been a lot of trouble in his family recently! First it was Mrs. Zhou, then it was his eldest son!
When Si Jinxing stepped into the front hall, his eyes lit up!
Could it be that... this rebellious girl was discovered by the royal family while she was out of town with a strange man?
That is a capital crime of deceiving the emperor!
Or was he discovered by Jiu Yanluo? He's a murderous madman!
Rebellious girl!
Si Jinxing ignored Si Junshan's murderous gaze and walked straight towards the eunuch Zhang, accusing him of his crime:
"I'm late, and I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Everyone in the hall was frightened by Eunuch Zhang's gloomy face, and they hung their heads and dared not breathe.
But then I heard that eunuch Zhang chuckle and said:
"We've heard about it a long time ago. The county lady's yard is quite far from this front yard. It's normal to walk slowly. It's okay."
Eunuch Zhang's call of "County Princess" brought everyone back to their senses.
She is not only the second daughter of General Zhenyuan's Mansion, but also the Princess of Anping County personally appointed by the Emperor!
They have fiefs and estates!
Even if you cut off their three meals a day, even if you cut off their monthly salary, they will not starve or feel cold!
Si Junshan had a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, but he felt in his heart that his second daughter was getting carried away and acting arrogantly!
"Now that the county lady has arrived, I will read out the emperor's edict."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the Si family knelt on the ground.
"Yesterday, an infectious diarrhea outbreak broke out in the Western Suburbs Camp, leaving 30% of the soldiers lying on the ground!
The Princess of Anping County was kindhearted and had superb medical skills. She disregarded her own safety and turned the tide to rescue thousands of soldiers!
This is a great achievement!
I know that Princess Anping loves medicine, so I will reward you:
Ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, Ganoderma lucidum, Agarwood, Bezoar, Snow Lotus, six kinds of precious medicinal materials, five boxes each!
And 10,000 taels of silver in the treasury!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell into silence, with only the girl's crisp voice of accepting the order and thanking the emperor could be heard.
Si Junshan's head buzzed.
He thought of last night, when his stubborn second daughter, with half her face red from being beaten, stared at him with burning eyes and asked:
If I say I don’t have it, will you believe me?
You never believed me...
She said that she went to the Western Suburbs Camp, but he didn't believe it!
He suddenly looked up and saw the second daughter talking and laughing with Eunuch Zhang.
She looks so much like her mother...
Si Junshan's heart sank. What else did she say last night?
Yes, she also said:
Was her mother's death a frame-up?
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