After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 285 Call the shots
Qin Jingshu's body stiffened.

Niuniu patted her shoulder and said, "Sister Qin, laugh if you want to laugh, and don't laugh if you don't want to laugh. Don't embarrass yourself."

Qin Jingshu just wanted to laugh exaggeratedly, but when she heard this, she restrained her smile. She told herself in her heart that if she didn't laugh, she would also be rebelling against her mother.

Qin Jingshu seemed to be venting her emotions and ate several pieces of pastries in one breath. After careful counting, she ate more than Niu Niu.

Niu Niu ate in small bites and no one stopped her. She just reminded Qin Jingshu to eat slowly when she was wolfing down the food so as not to choke.

"I... I haven't eaten so well in a long time. My family doesn't allow me to eat too much." Qin Jingshu said.

Niuniu asked: "When I visited wealthy families, I saw cakes on the table all year round. Your mother didn't let you eat them, so who ate them?"

Qin Jingshu shook her head and said, "I can't eat what the other people in the family eat, what the servants eat, because my mother is afraid that I will get fat if I eat too much."

"Can't we eat more proper meals?" Niu Niu couldn't help but ask.

Qin Jingshu nodded sadly: "I gain weight easily. My mother said that I would not look good if I gained weight."

Niuniu asked again: "Then you don't usually eat enough?"

Qin Jingshu nodded and said, "It's good to get used to it... Your appetite will decrease, and you won't feel hungry so often..."

Niu Niu looked at her with pity.

In Niu Niu's view, family is the most important, and filling her stomach is second. She thinks Qin Jingshu is really pitiful. Her family is not good to her, and she can't even eat happily. It's like being in prison in Xianguogong Mansion.

Qin Jingshu asked: "Isn't your mother afraid that you will get fat?"

Niuniu shook her head: "My mother said that it's better for a girl to be chubby. It's called blessing."

Qin Jingshu was very envious after hearing this. Having a slim figure is something you should consider when you grow up. Children of this age are mostly greedy.

"Then eat more when you are out and not with your mother," Niu Niu suggested.

Qin Jingshu was delighted when she heard this, but after a moment she said, "No, my mother's people are always watching me and will remind me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the voice of Qin Jingshu's maid came from outside the rockery: "Miss, you should come out. You have been in there for a long time. You should go and talk to other ladies. You can't always talk to one person."

Qin Jingshu's maid had wanted to remind her a long time ago, but was always stopped by Shen Ling's maid. After such a long time, she couldn't stop her.

"I'm going out." Qin Jingshu looked at the plate of pastries in Niu Niu's hand reluctantly, and then looked at the fake cave.

Niuniu said puzzledly: "Aren't maids supposed to listen to the young lady? Why should you listen to her?"

"If I do anything wrong, my maid will complain to my mother." Qin Jingshu said helplessly.

"So is she your maid or your mother's maid?" Niu Niu asked.

Qin Jingshu couldn't answer for a moment. She had never realized that her life was so suffocating.

"Do the maids in your house all listen to you?" Qin Jingshu asked.

"Of course my maid has to listen to me, but I only have one maid, she is two years older than me, and I don't often ask her to serve me." Niu Niu explained.

Niu Niu secretly treated the crazy girl as her elder sister, so her only maid was Qi Yatou, the daughter of Madam Qi. Qi Yatou was only eight years old. She did not seem like a maid serving Niu Niu, but more like a playmate.

"Maybe she did it for your own good..." Niuniu whispered. Qin Jingshu said without hesitation: "She didn't do it for my own good! She did it for the family, so that I can marry well and bring honor to the family in the future!"

Niuniu frowned slightly, feeling that the person Qin Jingshu was talking about was not the maid outside, but someone else. Niuniu said cautiously: "Bring honor to the family. Brother Qin Jing is about to pass the imperial examination. He has already brought honor to the family. You can relax a little..."

Qin Jingshu shook her head slowly, her expression changing from gloomy to bright.

The maid outside the rockery was still urging them.

Niuniu took out her purse and put a few cakes in it for her, saying, "She keeps urging me to eat. You can eat them secretly..."

Qin Jingshu understood Niuniu's good intentions, but she didn't want to accept it. Was she going to be stared at by the maid all the time? Listening to the maid's words, she felt that she was even lower than the maid. She should be her own boss instead of letting a maid ride on her neck.

Qin Jingshu stood up, walked out of the rockery, and saw Shen Ling's maid stopping her own maid.

"The masters are having fun in there, why do you have to spoil their fun again and again?" Shen Ling's maid's face was full of confusion.

But the maid Qin Jingshu brought was very persistent.

Qin Jingshu said politely to Shen Ling's maid: "Sister, my maid and I have something to say. Please excuse me."

Shen Ling's maid nodded immediately and walked a few steps away.

There were no outsiders around, so Qin Jingshu's maid immediately whispered, "Miss, you were too indulgent today. If Madam knew..."

Qin Jingshu said, "How outrageous!"

The maid was stunned when she heard this.

Qin Jingshu stared at her and said, "It's not your turn to interfere in my affairs."

The maid took a deep breath and said, "Madam sent me to keep an eye on you, young lady. You must be careful with your words and actions and not do anything that would bring disgrace to the reputation of the Duke of Xian's mansion. Madam is your mother, she will not harm you..."

When Qin Jingshu heard this, she felt so upset that she almost cried. It was this kind of words again, as if she would do something immoral if no one was watching her. She was only six years old, what shameful thing could she do?

And this maidservant in front of me, who keeps calling herself Madam, is actually just enjoying the pleasure of bullying her master as a subordinate.

"Shut up!" Qin Jingshu scolded with a gloomy face.

The maid felt that Qin Jingshu had changed today and was not as obedient as before. She looked past Qin Jingshu and towards the rockery inside, and happened to meet Niu Niu's eyes.

"Miss, did someone tell you something? If Madam knew that you listened to those questionable people outside..."

Qin Jingshu said: "I told you to shut up, don't you understand?"

The maid was forced to shut up.

Qin Jingshu continued: "Miss Gu is my friend, you are not allowed to say bad things about her!"

Although the maid didn't say anything, her eyes showed her disobedience.

Qin Jingshu was smart to begin with, and now she was awakened by Niuniu's words. If the people around her didn't listen to her, she would continue to be in misery in the future, with people watching everything she did. What's the point of such a life?

"Go to Baiweifang and buy a bunch of different pastries. I want to give them to my friends." Qin Jingshu casually found something to do to get rid of the maid.

The maid looked unhappy and said, "Miss, Baiweifang is far away. I went to buy cakes. Who will serve you? You only took me out today."