"This servant dares not, but the tea that the princess requests must be brewed with boiling water, and the hot water from the kitchen has not yet been delivered." Chunliu frowned slightly. When she accompanied the princess to her wedding, this princess Yanyu was only five years old, and she did not grow up in the same courtyard as the princess, so Chunliu was completely unfamiliar with Yanyu.
"Then why did you say to let Yun Yuan go to the kitchen to ask herself?" Yan Yu stared fiercely at Chun Liu. If looks could hit people, Chun Liu would have been hit by her gaze countless times by now.
"This servant is on the orders of the Fujin (principal) and is preparing the nourishing swallow's nest soup that the Fujin will take at noon, so I have no time to personally go and see the princess," Chunliu said with her head lowered. In truth, she did not have the same feelings for this Ninth Princess as she did for the Fujin. Moreover, Yan Yu was arrogant and domineering. She had been living here for so long and often ordered them around as if they were her servants. Even the Fujin had never treated them like this, especially Chunliu, who seemed to be one of the few servants that the Fujin trusted the most.
"Don't try to intimidate me with your elder sister. What, in your eyes, your elder sister is your proper mistress, and I'm not, right?" Yan Yu's anger intensified. She hated the servants in her household for not respecting her. Although Chun Liu was currently in the Fourth Prince's mansion, she was also from the Ulanara family and was naturally Yan Yu's servant.
"This servant wouldn't dare, please forgive me, Consort Yan. My mistress needs to take snow swallow every day before her midday rest. If I don't prepare it now, it will delay the Fujin's affairs, and I really can't bear that. Please forgive me, Consort Yan!" Chunliu didn't really care about her, but Yan Yu was right, so she had no choice but to bring up the Fujin.
"Do you know what the Fujin (princess) said to my brother-in-law?" Yan Yu asked deliberately with a cold face.
"This servant knows a little about it, it's about the princess!" As the princess's trusted servant, Chunliu naturally knew what the princess was thinking recently.
"Since you know this, you still dare to disrespect me. It seems my sister's people need to be taught a lesson!" Yan Yu suddenly stood up, stepped on the flowerpot disciple, walked to Chunliu's side, circled her once, and shouted sternly, "Chunliu, you have no respect for your master. Go kneel in the courtyard until you understand!"
Looking at the aggressive Yan Yu, Chun Liu felt very resentful, but she was restrained because Yan Yu was the sister of the Fujin. If she argued with her now, she would probably suffer a loss. It would be better to go along with her and wait for the Fujin to return so that she would be fine. After all, the Fujin had been gone for a long time and should be back soon.
Thinking of this, Chunliu left the main house without a word and went into the courtyard. She was about to find a shady place to kneel when Yan Yu shouted from behind, "Go kneel in the sun! Yun Yuan, go and add a basin of cold water to your sister Chunliu's head!"
Chunliu felt a chill in her heart and helplessly knelt down in the sun. Although she had been prepared for the Fujin to return and save her, she was still shocked to see Yan Yu punish her like this. Moreover, she had been married into the Fourth Prince's mansion with the Fujin for ten years and had never suffered such humiliation. Today, she was being punished like this by a teenage girl. She felt really bad!
"Sister Chunliu, could you please hold up this copper basin?" Yun Yuan's gloating voice came from above.
Looking at her smug face, Chunliu wished she could stand up immediately and slap the copper basin over her hand, but Chunliu still endured it and took the copper basin with both hands!
As for the Fujin, after leaving the Fourth Prince's study, she did not immediately return to the main courtyard, but instead turned a corner and went to the courtyard where the First Prince and the others were studying.
"Madam, let's go back. If we stay here too long, the master might not be pleased!" Li Momo said from behind Madam.
"He's disliked me for ten years already, so what's there to be afraid of now? Look, the eldest prince is answering Master Zhu's question, and he's answering it so eloquently." The princess consort stood outside the room where the eldest prince and his classmates were having their lessons, looking at the eldest prince through the slightly open paper window.
“Our eldest prince is exceptionally intelligent and has been diligent and studious since childhood, which makes him a favorite of the master. If nothing unexpected happens, the eldest prince will surely be made the heir apparent,” said Granny Li.
"I, the Fujin, did all this precisely because I couldn't allow any unexpected events to occur. I've planned everything meticulously, but I never imagined that the chief officiant might not be the Fourth Prince. What about that girl Yan Yu?" The Fujin hadn't expected this problem to arise at this point in the matter.
"If that's really the case, then we can only blame Princess Yanyu for not having the good fortune!" Granny Li said cautiously, glancing at the Fujin.
"In your opinion, should we continue with Yan Yu's matter?" the Fujin asked.
"This is a decision for you, Madam. But if we stop here now, all that Lord Wuge has done will have been for nothing!" said Granny Li.
"Let's go, I'll think about it some more!" The princess flung the handkerchief in her hand, glanced at the eldest prince, and then turned and walked toward the front gate.
When the Fujin and her maid arrived at the main gate of the courtyard, they immediately saw a person kneeling in the courtyard, holding a copper basin above their head. Seeing that familiar figure, how could the Fujin not recognize who it was!
Xiahe, Qiuchan, and a few other maids were talking beside Chunliu when they saw that the Fujin and Granny Li had finally returned, and they immediately went to greet them.
"Why is Chunliu kneeling there?" the Fujin asked as she walked away, her face grim.
"Reporting to Your Highness, Chunliu was forced to kneel there by Consort Yanyu." Xiahe and Chunliu were very close. Seeing her being punished unjustly, Xiahe had long been disgusted by Yanyu's excessive words and actions. Upon seeing Your Highness return, she immediately recounted the whole story.
Just as the Fujin, Granny Li, Xia He and the others entered Chunliu, the person kneeling in front of them suddenly collapsed, splashing water from the copper basin all over the ground. Chunliu then fell to the ground unconscious.
The noise outside startled Yan Yu, who was eating fruit with Yun Yuan inside the house. She put down the oranges in her hand and helped Yun Yuan to the door of the main room, where she saw the Fujin (principal wife) ordering Li Mama and Xia He to pull up the unconscious Chun Liu.
"Sister is back!" Yan Yu was thinking that the Fujin had been gone for so long, probably because she was discussing the details of her marriage with the Fourth Prince, which was why it had taken so long. She immediately rushed out of the house to greet her, without even glancing at Chunliu, who was already suffering from heatstroke under the sun.
"Why are you punishing Chunliu? She's probably been kneeling in the sun for an hour!" The Fujin looked at Chunliu and couldn't help but scold her sternly.
"Sister, she doesn't care about me at all. She won't even make me a cup of tea!" Yan Yu pouted and said aggrievedly.
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