Queen's Development

Chapter 2
Yuzhi woke up.She was about to explode with a headache.

Opening her eyes, Yuzhi found herself in a narrow room.

There was a thump in her heart, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back instantly, she struggled to get up, and looked around in panic.

Yuzhi soon knew that she was in the cabin on the ship - the room was very dark, both the walls and the floor seemed to be made of wood, and the hard narrow bed under her body was rippling regularly.

She would rather believe that she is dreaming, but she knows that she is not dreaming.

Yuzhi closed her eyes and rested for a moment, she was about to get out of bed with her hands on the edge of the bed, the curtain hanging on the cabin door was lifted, and the light came in, a girl with slender eyes and oval face looked in with her head, and the voice Zhongman was surprised: "Are you awake?"

Before Yuzhi could speak, the girl turned her head and said loudly: "Aimei, go and tell Mama Jin that the person who lives in the same cabin as me is awake!"

Yuzhi sat by the bed, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Seeing her dumbfounded, the girl smiled and said, "My name is Zhu Lingling, and I'm from Zhenping County, Wanzhou. What's your name?"

Yuzhi wiped her face vigorously, and asked, "I...are we going...where are we going?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, she realized that her throat seemed to be blocked by something, making it uncomfortable.

Seeing Yuzhi's appearance, Zhu Lingling guessed everything after a little thought.She walked in and sat down on the bed, and said, "You were also sold by your parents, right? My parents died a long time ago, before they had time to sell me, I was sold by my sister-in-law!"

She lowered her eyes, played with her skirt, and said in a surprisingly calm voice: "I think my sister-in-law is not bad, at least she didn't sell me into the fireworks cave to be a whore, I will remember her and my brother forever!"

Zhu Lingling said thank you, but said it through gritted teeth.

Yuzhi was silent for a moment, then hurriedly asked again in a hoarse voice: "Where are we going?"

Since we are on a boat, at least we are not going to Xinghualou in Dongguan, Wanzhou.

Zhu Lingling tilted her head and looked at Yuzhi curiously, and answered irrelevantly: "How old are you this year? You are so beautiful!"

Yuzhi's dark eyes looked at Zhu Lingling quietly, making Zhu Lingling feel a little guilty, she clapped her hands lightly, and said: "We are going to Qingzhou by boat, Xingping County Prince's Mansion in Qingzhou!"

Yuzhi was very thoughtful, and after a little thought, she sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, knowing that she was afraid that her parents would use Mongolian sweat medicine to pour her out, and she tied her up and sold her to that human tooth, Yan's mother, who probably resold her to What kind of gold mother.

And now Mother Jin is taking them to Qingzhou by boat!

She sat there silently thinking about something.

Because of her beauty, her parents have long been muttering that they want to sell her for a good price. Now that they have made up their minds to sell her, it is better to sell her to the Xingping County King's Mansion as a maid than to sell her to the Fireworks Cave to be a prostitute?
Yuzhi's heart was full of hatred.

Since you are destined to sell me and pay back the money, what do you want me to do?
These are not parents, but creditors and enemies!

She will not give up easily, no matter where she goes, she will live happily, and she will happily watch Baifutang Bai's aunt getting worse and worse!

At this moment, a girl with big eyes and sweet face came in and asked, "Are you really awake?"

She is sweet and has a sweet voice.

Yuzhi blinked at her.

The sweet girl squinted her eyes and smiled.

She has always been soft-hearted and can't bear to see others suffer. Seeing Bai Yuzhi's pale face and dry lips, she asked, "Would you like some water? I just boiled the water for Mother Jin, and it's still hot!"

Bai Yuzhi was really thirsty, so she nodded, and her black eyes were full of longing to look at her.

This sweet girl's voice is really sweet and gentle: "Wait a minute, I'll go right away!"

Before leaving, she turned her head and smiled at Bai Yuzhi: "My name is Aimei, Yu Aimei!"

Yu Zhi said hoarsely: "My surname is Yu, and my name is Yu Zhi."

She no longer wants the surname Bai. From now on, her surname is Yu, and her own surname!

Yu Aimei was illiterate and thought Yuzhi had the same surname as hers, so she left with a smile.

Zhu Lingling smiled and said: "Ai Mei is the most diligent, and Mother Jin always instructs her to boil water and serve tea!"

She smiled mysteriously again, and said in a low voice, "If we both don't want to do some work, we beg her to do it!"

Yuzhi smiled and said nothing.

She didn't like Zhu Lingling's love of taking advantage of her, as if she was the only smart person in the world and everyone else was a fool.

Like a gust of wind, Yu Aimei quickly came over with a white porcelain tea bowl.

She was sitting by the bed, holding Yuzhi's slender shoulders with her left arm, and carefully feeding Yuzhi with a tea bowl in her right hand, whispering: "I went over just now and saw that there was still half a pot of Maojian for Mama Jin. So I secretly poured you a bowl, is it good?"

Yuzhi felt that the tea was a bit bitter, but the aftertaste was sweet. She had never drank such delicious tea, so she nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "It's delicious!"

The tea her family usually drinks is made from the dustpan willows she picked, and only when guests come will they brew some of the cheapest big-leaf greens.

Yu Aimei squinted her big eyes and smiled.

Zhu Lingling watched from the side, and kicked Yu Aimei: "Aimei, bring me a bowl of tea like this too!"

Hearing this, Yuzhi raised her head and glanced at Zhu Lingling, then lowered her eyes.

Yu Aimei agreed, and went to serve tea again with an empty bowl.

Under Yu Aimei's care, Yuzhi's voice recovered on the second day, and she quickly became familiar with the lightness on the boat.

There were a total of twelve girls on this boat, all in their twenties, three or fourteen years old, and the oldest was no more than 14 years old. They were led by Mama Jin and two other rough envoys to Qingzhou.

But after three to five days, these girls got to know each other well, chatting all day long, Yu Zhi didn't feel lonely.

Qingzhou is to the east of Wanzhou, and their boat entered the canal via the Baihe River, and within ten days, they arrived at the canal pier in Qingzhou.

Xingping County King's Mansion sent a steward to escort several large carriages, and together with Jin Mama, transported the batch of twelve girls purchased back to the Biezhuang of Xingping County King's Mansion by the canal in the western suburbs of Qingzhou.

In this villa, Yuzhi, Yu Aimei and Zhu Lingling stayed for two full years.

During these two years, they learned to read characters, play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, learn needlework, learn to make up and comb their hair, and even learned abacus calculation, pen calculation and calculation, but they were all general and not in-depth.

Yuzhi loves learning the most, and she is very interested in these things, which can be regarded as quite rewarding.

Yu Aimei is one year older than Yuzhi, and she has the best relationship with Yuzhi. They live in the same room, usually do everything together, and talk to each other when they have concerns. They are really indescribably happy.

The year she stayed with Yu Aimei was the happiest and happiest time when Yuzhi grew up.

These girls, as long as they reach the age of 14, will be selected to serve in the Xingping County Prince's Mansion, but within a year, Yu Aimei was selected away together with the other two girls.

Before Yuzhi could feel sad, the chattering Zhu Lingling moved in on her own initiative—she and her roommate Hong Yuli had a falling out!

With the company of the noisy Zhu Lingling, Yuzhi will not feel lonely for the rest of the year.

For the rest of the year, of the twelve girls who came in together, only Yuzhi, Zhu Lingling and another girl named Hong Yuli remained.

However, during the past year, Bie Zhuang has successively entered many girls, but it is still very lively.

One day, Yuzhi was practicing calligraphy in her room, when suddenly she heard Zhu Lingling's voice from outside: "Yuzhi! Yuzhi! The mother in charge of the inner house of the county prince's mansion is here to choose someone!"

Yuzhi put down her pen and looked up, Zhu Lingling in red dress and pink skirt ran in like a whirlwind, and hugged Yuzhi, her voice was full of joy: "Yuzhi, I heard that this time I was ordered by the princess of the county. To choose someone, I should go to serve the princess of the county!"

Yuzhi was a little out of breath from being strangled by her, she pushed Zhu Lingling's hand away, and said with a smile, "You sit down first and we can talk!"

Zhu Lingling sat down next to Yuzhi, her eyes sparkled with excitement: "I really want to serve the princess of the county!"

"It's not just you who think about it," Yu Zhi smiled, "Who wouldn't think about it!"

They stayed in the Biezhuang of Xingping County King's Mansion for two or three years, and gradually got to know many secrets of the County King's Mansion.

Concubine Jiang Yuan, the prince of Xingping County, passed away early. Lin Jia, the second son of the county prince's mansion, was born of Concubine Jiang.

Today's Concubine Li is the stepmother, and she is very affectionate with the county king, and her stomach is also competitive. She gave birth to two sons and two daughters in one go, and her position is very stable.

In addition, the king of the county has a spirit of dragon and horse, and there are two side concubines, several wives, and countless concubines in the palace, which fills the inner courtyard of the palace.

Just because they know the inside story of the county palace, these girls are willing to be selected to serve the sons and daughters of the princes, concubines, or Princess Li, but they are not willing to serve the sons of the concubine's eldest son Lin Yu and the deceased Jiang Wang. The second son Lin Jia.

Zhu Lingling thought for a while, and said to herself: "How about I go and find Mama Jin?"

Yuzhi smiled and said, "Have you forgotten Mother Jin's temperament?"

Thinking of Mama Jin's rigidity and ruthlessness, Zhu Lingling was immediately discouraged.

Yu Zhi put the pen in her hand on the pen holder, and said: "Mom Jin is probably already divided, let's just wait! When you enter the palace, if you feel something is wrong, you can think of a way to do it! "

Zhu Lingling felt that Yuzhi's words seemed to make sense, so she nodded and said, "This is the only way..."

Yuzhi was thinking while tidying up the paper she had written.

She has made up her mind that as a maid, her fate is always in the hands of her master. If she wants to live for herself happily, she has to find a way to save money to redeem herself.

The time to decide the way forward came quickly.

(End of this chapter)