Chapter 231: So Delicate
Huamei and Lanqiu looked at each other, both with helpless expressions.
I can't accept it, but I have to accept it. No matter what, the Lu family is better than the manor. I finally returned to the Lu family, but I can't be kicked out again.
"Miss Fourth, please lie down for a while. I will ask someone to bring hot water for you to wash up." Huamei said.
Lu Mingzhu nodded: "Yes, bring breakfast by the way, I'm hungry."
As he said that, he asked Lan Qiu to take away the pillow and lie down again.
Now that she knew it was due to the effects of the medicine, Lu Mingzhu was no longer nervous about her general weakness.
Lan Qiu tucked in the quilt for Lu Mingzhu and left the room with Huamei.
"When I came in, I only saw Luye, a maid who was cleaning the house. Have all the other people in Mingjiao Courtyard been sent out?" Lan Qiu said.
Huamei shook her head, thought for a moment, called Green Leaf over, and asked her, "Are you alone now?"
Green Leaf glanced at the two of them timidly and said, "Since Madam Liu's death, the maids and servants in the Lotus Courtyard and the Mingjiao Courtyard have been arranged by the eldest young lady to other places in the mansion. Some of them were sold out of the mansion, leaving me alone to clean the courtyard."
Those who were sent out to sell the house were all from the Heyuan, and they were the three who could serve Aunt Liu closely.
Lan Qiu then asked, "Why do I see that there are several ornaments missing from the table in the girl's room?"
Green Leaf said, "When Madam Liu was punished, all the valuables in the Lotus Courtyard were taken away. The Third Miss took the opportunity to walk into our courtyard and pointed at many items and asked people to take them away, saying that these were all the things of the Duke Zhong and not the Fourth Miss herself. She was just a concubine's daughter, and the rules of the house were almost beyond those of a legitimate daughter, which was really against the rules."
Huamei and Lanqiu choked when they heard this.
The Third Miss is clearly trying to add insult to injury.
"Okay, you can go down now." Huamei waved to Luye and said.
The two walked to the courtyard gate, but before they could step out of the door, they saw two fierce-looking women holding out their hands to stop them. They said expressionlessly, "The master has ordered that you cannot step out of Mingjiao Courtyard."
Lan Qiu was furious when she saw the power of this old woman, and said coldly, "Go get some hot water for the fourth young lady to wash up, and bring breakfast."
There was a flash of disdain in the old woman's eyes, but she still responded: "I know."
Having said that, he turned and left, leaving a maid watching over him.
Huamei then continued, "Mingjiao Courtyard is so big, how can Luye be the only one to clean it? Besides, the fourth young lady also needs someone to serve her. The master didn't say that we can't send people to Mingjiao Courtyard, right?"
The old woman's black eyes turned slightly, and she looked down on her in her heart. She was just a concubine's daughter, but she was so pampered. Wasn't it enough for her to have three people serving her?
After Aunt Liu betrayed the master and died, she was simply buried hastily, and even her name was removed from the Lu family tree. If the master hadn't remembered that the fourth daughter was his own blood, she would have been sent away long ago for having such a shameless mother.
He even has the nerve to propose conditions now.
However, even though she complained, the old woman did not dare to directly reject Huamei's request. She bowed her head and said, "I will report the young lady's request to the master."
After the handover and the change of guard, the old woman went straight to Qixia Courtyard.
Yunzha led people into the warm room and looked at Lu Xiang who was lying by the window. She was wearing a light blue dress with a butterfly-shaped hairpin on her head. Her eyes and brows were bright and her figure was so beautiful that people could not help but stare at her in a daze.
"Ahem!" Yun Zha saw the old woman staring at Lu Xiang, so he coughed lightly to remind her.
The old woman came back to her senses and quickly looked away.
Servants like them seldom have the opportunity to see the Third Young Miss on weekdays. They all know that the Third Young Miss is extremely beautiful, but today is the first time they have seen her up close. Just her casual attire is enough to make people unable to take their eyes off her, not to mention how breathtaking she would be if she were dressed up.
"This old servant greets the Third Young Lady." The old woman knelt down and bowed politely.
Lu Xiang put down the notebook in his hand and looked at her: "Get up, what's the matter?"
The old woman stood up and said, "Replying to Miss Three, today Miss Four's Huamei asked the servant who was originally serving in Mingjiao Courtyard to go back. I didn't dare to refuse, so I came to report to Miss Three."
Lu Xiang raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at the maid who came to please her, and chuckled, "Well, seeing that the fourth sister is about to discuss marriage, she needs more people to serve. I know about this, you should report to father as usual." As she spoke, she signaled Yun Zha with her eyes: "Yun Zha..."
Yunzha understood, and quickly took out a purse from her waist, stuffed it into the woman's hand, and said with a smile: "The mothers have worked hard guarding Mingjiao Courtyard, take it and buy some wine for everyone."
The old woman was ecstatic and held the purse in her hand. She felt the heavy weight and became even more excited: "Thank you for the reward, Miss Third."
She said she was buying drinks and food with everyone, so it was not her business how much to share, she must get the biggest share.
The old woman left happily.
Lu Xiang thought about it and asked Yun Zha to call Qin's mother over.
Yun Zha responded and turned to call for help.
Mother Qin was originally a maid in Mingjiaoyuan. Although she did not do menial work, she was not valued by Lu Mingzhu. After Lu Mingzhu left, she was arranged to wash clothes.
When the housekeeper saw that it was the Third Miss who wanted to see someone, she called Mother Qin without saying a word, and handed over the clothes she was washing to someone else, which caused complaints in the courtyard.
After all, they each have more than enough work to do, and they also have to share other people's work.
Mother Qin wiped her body casually with her wet hands and looked at Yun Zha anxiously.
"Let's go, don't keep Miss Three waiting for too long."
“Hey!”
Stepping into the room, Mother Qin didn't look around, but bowed respectfully to Lu Xiang: "This servant greets the Third Miss."
"Mother Qin, please don't be polite." Lu Xiang said in a gentle voice: "Yun Zhai, bring an embroidered stool to Mother Qin."
Yunzha placed the stool where Lu Xiang was going to get his hands on it. Seeing the close distance, Mother Qin became frightened again.
"Mother Qin, please sit down." Yun Zha smiled and asked her to sit down.
Mother Qin hesitated for a moment and sat down with her buttocks halfway on the stool.
"I wonder what the Third Miss wants me to do?"
She used to be a member of the Fourth Young Miss's courtyard. The Third Young Miss suddenly asked her to come over. Mother Qin wondered if there was anything about her that could be used by the Third Young Miss?
"In order to protect the innocence of the fourth sister, father married her to Xiao Muheng as a concubine. However, even as a concubine, she must have maids and servants as a dowry. I have asked Mother Qin to come and want you to marry her to the Xiao Mansion. What do you think, Mother Qin?"
Mother Qin pursed her lips in silence.
She knew that once she agreed, she would no longer be a simple dowry servant. The relationship between the Third Miss and the Fourth Miss has always been incompatible. There was no doubt that the Third Miss wanted her to be an accomplice.
But if she does this, she will be caught up in the murky waters of sisterly rivalry. If she wins, all will go well for her, but if she loses, she might even lose her life.
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