first princess

Chapter 242 Killing chickens as an example to monkeys (1)
Shui Linglong went to the nurse's room to see her sleeping sister and brother, and then went back to the bedroom. On the way back, she learned that on the day Yao Xinyu passed away, Leng Youru stayed by the bed all day, and Zhuge Liuyun was in front of the bed. The General's Mansion spent a whole day with the critically ill Shangguan Qian, which was... too shocking.From Zhuge Liuyun's point of view, he can return home anytime, and there is nothing wrong with him accompanying the seriously ill Shangguanqian.Unfortunately, what he did was wrong.In addition, he had a guilty conscience and dared not reveal his whereabouts. If he was more calm and left a message saying where he went, Leng Youru would not be able to find anyone.Although Shui Linglong was not present, it is not difficult to guess that Yao Xinyu died with regret.

Zhi Fan also heard the conversation between the eldest son and the eldest lady in the carriage before she realized that there was such an incident. She sighed slowly, "No wonder Cui's mother ignored the servant. She was so anxious that she didn't find the servant at all."

Shui Linglong blinked suspiciously, and a trace of unresolved melancholy appeared between her brows, "It's strange, neither I nor the eldest son told the lord the news that my wife lives in the general's mansion, how did the lord know? I know, this is too fast!"

Zhifan waved her hand subconsciously, "It's not a servant girl, Miss! The servant girl was not there when you talked about your wife with the elder son, and the servant girl sent Liu Lu back to the main courtyard. I only heard you talking about it with the elder son today in the carriage. of!"

"I didn't say it was you." Shui Linglong pressed the center of her eyebrows, the confusion in her eyes became more obvious.

Zhi Fan winked at Ye Mao, Ye Mao was stunned, then shook his head, "It's not a servant, after Zhi Fan and Liu Lu left, the slave went to the small kitchen to help Mother Zhong make dinner."

The character of these two maids, Shui Linglong, is naturally trustworthy. She picked up a longan, gently peeled off the shell, and said thoughtfully: "The problem should still be in our yard. The son of the world only told me about it." , We didn’t mention it again after that, that is to say, if we really want to leak the news, it can only be at that time. If you think about it again, maybe someone accidentally heard it and then said it slipped?”

Ye Mao seriously recalled what happened in the past few days, and shook his head, "I don't have any memory of this."

Zhifan's eyeballs moved, she still remembered the events of that day relatively clearly, she went out of the mansion to welcome Liu Lu back, the three of them chatted in different directions in the room, after the chat, she sent Liu Lu to the main courtyard, on the way When she met Cui's mother, she offered to say hello but was ignored. After holding back her anger, she angrily went back to Mohe Courtyard, crossed the hallway and bumped into Baimei again. I feel very unlucky...

etc!Baimei is a first-class maid, she has learned the rules perfectly, why did she bump into her so recklessly?She doesn't look at the road when she's in a bad mood, so does Baimei?At this point, Zhi Fan expressed the doubts in his heart: "Miss, the servant came back from the main courtyard, Baimei bumped into the servant, she looked very flustered, and said 'sorry' to the servant."

Baimei and Zhifan were at odds, plus Baimei was arrogant, she apologized to Zhifan, which was indeed suspicious, especially when she rushed out from the inner courtyard... Shui Linglong felt that Baimei was very suspicious after only thinking about it, but The prince will not come out to testify about this matter, and Baimei can still stand up even if the trouble comes to the prince. The prince is the owner of the palace, so why is it wrong for Baimei to inform him?If he really cured her for this matter, he would be slapping the prince in the face.

That night, Liu Lu begged for grace from Zhuge Liuyun, and returned to Mohe Courtyard as an errand.Liu Lu's return caused an uproar in the Mohe Courtyard, and the servants talked a lot and talked a lot.

"You said, why did Liu Lu come back?"

"It's because the prince doesn't like her, is he tired of her? See, even the name isn't allowed anymore! In the past, she was the high-ranking Miss Zhaoyun, but now she's just like us, a chicken with a coat of hair!" Baimei gloated.

"Bah bah bah! You are the chicken!"

"But then again, why does she still have the face to come back? How did she seduce the prince and climb into the prince's bed? How did she act so defiantly when she left?"

"That's right! When she was here, Lao Zhi made us do this and that, but he was lazy and went back to the house to sleep! It's disgusting!"

Baimei smiled sarcastically, "Hehe! People have the capital to sleep, do you have it? Do you have such a coquettish figure, such a vicious face, or such dirty methods?"

Everyone turned their faces away and shook their heads, because of jealousy, no one was willing to admit that Liu Lu was better than them, and only by criticizing Liu Lu as worthless could they prove that they are lotus flowers that emerge from the mud and are not stained.

"It's too much!" At the corner, Zhi Fan heard the malicious slander from the maids headed by Baimei, and was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, "What nonsense are they talking about? Who seduced the prince? Obviously the prince has taken a fancy to you."

Before Liu Lu came back, she had anticipated all kinds of criticisms she might encounter, one of which was bad words.From the point of view of the eldest lady, today's society is a patriarchal society, and the law and morality are all biased towards men. It is called "suave" when a man is romantic, and "shameless" when a woman is secretly in love.The prince summoned her to the main courtyard because she was charming and seduced the master; the prince sent her back to the ink lotus courtyard because she was incompetent and pampered.In short, the prince is always right.

It's not uncomfortable in my heart, but competing with those people will only make it more uncomfortable.After comforting herself, Liu Lu began to comfort Zhifan: "Forget it, don't be angry, anger is to punish yourself with other people's mistakes, why bother?"

Zhi Fan is very magnanimous on the surface, but in reality she is narrow-minded. She didn't dare to get angry before, but it doesn't mean she really wasn't angry in her heart, but she was not qualified to get angry. Now she is the number one servant girl next to the eldest lady, so it is not out of the question to punish Bai Mei. Method.Zhi Fan frowned, "Okay, it's fine if you don't take it to heart, I'm going to the dining room to get the ingredients."

After Zhi Fan left, Liu Lu looked at the group of people who were jokingly taking pleasure in trampling on her reputation, a cold light flashed in her eyes, then she walked towards them slowly, and smiled lightly, "Oh, you all have nothing to do, right? Very happy! It just so happens that the imperial concubine has an order to move the orchid potted plants in the backyard to the front yard, and move the jasmine potted plants there, everyone hurry up!"

Most people want to obey her orders subconsciously, but Baimei sneered, "Hey, who am I to know? It turned out to be Miss Zhaoyun who is next to the prince. She didn't enjoy playing with the prince, so she came to us Mohe again." Is the courtyard showing off its prestige?"

As soon as she reminded them, everyone remembered that the present is not what it used to be, that Liu Lu was no longer the Liu Lu of that time, she, a second-class maid in the Mohe Courtyard, was just on an equal footing with most of them, and everyone stopped moving again, He looked at her arrogantly.

Liu Lu's face changed slightly, "Baimei, what are you talking about? Beware that Feng Da bit his tongue!"

For some reason, Baimei is surprisingly courageous. In the past, even though she hated Zhifan and Liulu, she would often sneer and sarcastic, but she never said such cruel words, "Hehe... the concubine of a rich family, the master is playing with you!" If you are tired, at least you can still live for the rest of your life. It is the first time I have seen you being relegated to maidservant again, especially our prince is such a responsible and good man, what disgusting things you must have done to be degraded Send it back! I’ll just go back. Be a man with your tail between your legs, no one will make things difficult for you, but you took chicken feathers as arrows and treated everyone as fools! It’s ridiculous!” The maids on the side burst into laughter.

Liu Lu's face turned red and white, the corners of her mouth twitched and she said in a cold voice: "Is the imperial concubine asked to do some work, where is there so much nonsense? Don't you want to work in Mohe Court?"

Everyone was startled, the laughter stopped abruptly, and some timid people started to move potted plants.

Baimei snorted and said, "Liu Lu, it's not the first time you've acted like a public servant for personal gain. You've always imposed on us the tasks assigned to you by the Imperial Concubine. Now you are inferior to me and Bai Ju. The Imperial Concubine really wants to tell everyone Do things, will you pass them on? Ye Mao and Zhi Fan are not here?"

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, several daring servant girls immediately put back the half-moved potted plants, and Baimei smiled triumphantly.

Liu Lu spat at her, resisted the urge to kick her away, and went to the backyard with a pot of jasmine.As soon as she left, some maidservants who didn't dare to gamble with their future moved up potted plants one after another. They were just doing some physical work. They were already used to it, so they would rather believe it or not!

Baiju was one of them, she rolled up her sleeves, bowed to pick up the potted jasmine, Baimei gave a cold look, and hummed: "What are you doing?"

Bai Ju replied honestly: "That...moving potted plants."

Baimei frowned, "Of course I know you are moving potted plants, I mean why are you moving? Why do you listen to her?"

Bai Ju was dumbfounded, "This...is idle anyway..."

Baimei snatched the potted plant from Baiju's hand and put it on the ground, then patted the dust off her hands, "Okay, come back to the room with me, and let her do it herself!"

Bai Ju looked at Liu Lu who was sweating profusely, frowned, and quietly ran out of the house while Baimei was taking a bath, and moved the potted plants again.

The orchids in the back yard were moved to the front yard, and the jasmine in the front yard was moved to the back yard. Including cleaning up the fallen dust, it took them two quarters of an hour to complete the task. Before they could leave, they saw Shui Linglong returning.

"Auspicious concubine Shizi!" Everyone bowed in unison.

Shui Linglong paused, her cold gaze swept over the potted orchids in the front yard, and found that the sweeping utensils on the ground had not been removed, she couldn't help but frowned slightly, "The work efficiency is so low, the things I ordered when I went out have not been done yet. Clean it up?"

Liu Lu hurriedly blessed Fu's body, and said seriously: "Report to the concubine, there are people in the yard who are stealing, playing tricks and not doing anything, so the time is slower than expected. Please be aware of the concubine." The truth seems to be more than that.

The maids looked at each other in blank dismay, sweating all over their bodies. After a while, you started to file a complaint.

"Reporting to the concubine, the servants wanted to move the potted plants immediately after receiving the order, but I didn't expect someone to be lazy and stop the servants from doing things, wanting to ask the servants to be her back!"

"That's right! She made a mess here for a long time, making the servants unable to do anything at all! Everyone saw it with their own eyes. Bai Ju obviously moved the potted plants, but she put them back in place! Isn't that right? , Baiju?"

Bai Ju hangs her head, not daring to answer.Everyone was exaggerating, but it was pretty much the same. Baimei did prevent everyone from listening to Liu Lu's words, but everyone seemed...not doing their best.It's just that now that the concubine is being held accountable, no one wants to be blamed, so they pushed Baimei out to be taken advantage of. Sure enough, people are selfish.

Seeing Baiju bowed her head and remained silent, another maid said, "Baimei not only took the potted plant from Baiju's hand, but also took Baiju back to the house. Fortunately, Baiju is an upright person, hardworking and dedicated, and returned soon after." White chrysanthemum and a sweet date.

Baiju is engaged in a battle between heaven and man between Qiancheng and her friends, how can she not understand that Liu Lu wants to take this opportunity to destroy Baimei?Perhaps, this is also what Shi Zifei meant. Shi Zifei deliberately did not let Ye Mao or Zhi Fan pass on, just to test Baimei and Baimei's status in everyone's minds.I helped Liu Lu testify, and maybe I will be on the rise from now on, but Baimei has taken care of her all these years, it seems too unkind to push her into the water rashly, so she chose a friend and kept her head silent.

Liu Lu sneered in her heart, this time, whether Bai Ju is a witness or not, Bai Mei will be blamed, Bai Ju really thinks that the Crown Princess lacks a witness like her?
Shui Linglong glanced at the silent crowd, rolled up her cuffs, and said calmly, "Call Baimei here."

A maid stepped to Baimei's room and dragged her out, yes, dragged, because Baimei had just finished bathing, she hadn't even dried her hair, and she was only wearing a thin obscene dress, such a dress Some lose face.

As soon as Baimei saw this posture, she knew that she had kicked the board. Liu Lu is a newcomer and a second-class maid. How credible can her words be?The concubine Shi Zi simply wanted to take the opportunity to punish her, it's really abominable!She completely forgot, if it wasn't for her own evil intentions, why would Shui Linglong have to play with her?
Liu Lu pushed her and scolded: "Why don't you kneel down?"

Baimei almost fell down and gnawed at the mud, turned her head and glared at Liu Lu viciously, and knelt down on the ground unwillingly, "My maidservant pays her respects to Shi Zifei."

Shui Linglong gently stroked the wide sleeve of her right hand with her left hand, and asked with an unclear smile: "Everyone says you disobeyed my orders and challenged me openly?"

Everyone recited Amitabha silently in their hearts, just don't hit the board, and the rest, Shi Zifei can distort it however she likes.

Baimei regained her composure, and replied: "When you return to Shizi Concubine, it's not that you are openly criticizing, but that Liu Lu has too many criminal records, and she always takes the work you ordered her to let the servants do. The servants think that she is like before, yes I don't believe her."

These words may not be intended to bring everyone into the same camp, but Baimei forgot, there is a saying called "Forget the pain when the scar is healed", who would be so stupid as to beat the crown princess just to vent the anger of two years ago board?
A servant girl said: "Liu Lu asked us to do things before, but she never pretended to be the concubine, your suspicion today is so unreasonable!"

Baimei was half dead with anger, why did one or two speak ill of Liu Lu behind her back just now?Now that the wind has turned, turning faces is faster than turning books!
Shui Linglong slowly moved her eyelids, "In the palace, what should I do if I disrespect my master?"

Liu Lu replied respectfully: "According to the rules of the palace, anyone who disrespects the master will be punished thirty times, and then according to the actual situation, we will consider whether to sell or expel him from the palace."

Shui Linglong raised the corners of her mouth slightly, "In that case, let's execute the sentence."

Baimei looked horrified, "Concubine Shizi! You can't do this to my servant! This servant always works conscientiously, but I made a mistake just once, and you use such a severe punishment on my servant. You are the big guy's heartbreak!" Form cliques!
Shui Linglong smiled speciously: "You dare to talk back, it's so rude! Who gave you the courage to talk to me like that? Execution, immediately!" After saying that, Liu Lu immediately took a bench and a board from the utility room , Then Ah Si and Ah Ji pressed Baimei on the bench.

Baimei's face paled in an instant, and she yelled out loudly: "Servant... the servant has been pointed out to the madam by the prince! The servant is the maid of the madam, you are not qualified to dispose of the slave over the madam!"

It really was her!Shui Linglong narrowed her eyes like deep pools, and said sharply: "You're talking nonsense! I don't know if my father pointed you to my wife? You are a servant girl of Moheyuan. If my father really wants you Go to Madam, can you tell me in advance? Even when I asked Liu Lu to go to the main courtyard, my father told me first, and Liu Lu didn't know about it until later."

Liu Lu hurriedly echoed, "That's right!"

Shui Linglong waved her hand, "Gag her! Execution!"

"Concubine Shizi... you can't... um..." Liu Lu stuffed a rag into Baimei's mouth before she could finish her sentence. Immediately afterwards, two maidservants raised the boards in their hands and beat Baimei hard. down.

Execution is going on here, and Shui Linglong looked at Baiju again, and said in a cold voice: "You actually ran away halfway through the work, and a maid's words are more reliable than my master's orders. Negligence of duty is an unforgivable crime. Ten boards, send them to the washing room!"

Bai Ju was startled, she...she came back to work, why...why still can't escape punishment?
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and all lowered their heads. At this moment, they really understood the truth that the master's order is greater than the sky.

Baimei died when she hit the No.20 seventh board.The life of a human being is so cheap, no one really complained or cried for her, even when Baimei's parents came to receive Baimei's body and a pension of 30 taels of silver, they only shed two symbolic tears.

In the evening, Shui Linglong sent Zhong's mother to the main courtyard to report Baimei's situation to Zhuge Liuyun, but Zhuge Liuyun didn't say anything, and it wouldn't matter if a servant who didn't work seriously was sent to Shangguan Qian.

Shui Linglong sits at the desk and draws up Xun Feng's gift for Yao Xin.The wedding is scheduled for next month, so there are many things that need to be prepared. In addition to the ceremony, the layout of the house, the decoration of the new house, and the wedding process have to be detailed and reviewed one by one.

(End of this chapter)