Queen's Development

Chapter 6
When Yuzhi came back from getting the hot water, she found that there were people coming and going in the Lingxiao Courtyard, and it was no longer the peace and tranquility of the past. She was startled immediately, and hurriedly grabbed the water scorpion who brought tea to the main room and asked in a low voice: " Sister Water Anion, what's wrong?"

Usually it's the little maid who pours the tea for Shui Ning, why did Shui Ning carry the tea by herself today?
Shui Xing hurriedly said: "Second Young Master is back!"

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly walked towards Mingjian.

Seeing that she was about to go up the steps, Shui Nian suddenly felt moved, turned her head and glanced at Yuzhi, and saw that she was still standing there, her small face was snow-white and crystal clear, her eyes were black and lingling, her pink cherry lips were slightly pursed, and her waist was slender. Standing there gracefully and gracefully, covered with soft light by the early winter morning sun, she is as quiet and beautiful as a little fairy.

Shui Xun thought of the second young master who was looking at things in the open room and was not pleasing to the eye, subconsciously said: "Yuzhi, it's none of your business here, you go back and rest!"

No matter how unfavorable Second Young Master is, he is also the serious master of the county palace, so we can't let these goblins get close to Second Young Master!

Seeing this, Yuzhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed, and left generously.

Although Shui Lian and Shui Xing didn't talk about it, Yu Zhi understood the unspoken rules of Ling Xiao Yuan.

If the second son is not in the palace, the big maid will allow these little maids who do rough work to appear in the Lingxiao courtyard; It cannot be strangled.

At three o'clock the next day, before dawn, Yuzhi appeared in the courtyard of Lingxiaoyuan again on time.

She first went to pull out the dried mint in the flower garden in front of the main house.

Mint is green in spring and summer, but now it has dried up in early winter, and it rustles in the cold wind in the morning, which is strangely bleak.

While sighing in her heart, Yuzhi carefully cleaned up the dried mint in the flower garden.

After cleaning the flower garden, Yuzhi picked up the bamboo broom and began to sweep the fallen leaves in the yard—there were too many flowers and trees in the yard, the wind blew all night last night, and the remaining dead flowers and yellow leaves on the branches were blown off. There is a thick layer on the ground, and it is soft when you step on it, but it is not easy to sweep!

Yuzhi is naturally easy to be happy, even if she does work, she makes it interesting.

While sweeping the dead flowers and leaves backwards, she softly hummed a nursery rhyme: "...the wind is blowing, columbine bean leaves, all of a sudden a big sister Hua will appear..."

Sweeping backwards to the top of the steps of the main room, Yuzhi was about to turn around and clean the corridor when someone suddenly lifted the brocade cotton curtain on the open door of the main room and strode out.

Caught off guard, Yuzhi slammed into the opponent's arms, and the broom in her hand fell to the ground with a crisp "pop".

Yu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then she came back to her senses, and hurriedly pushed the other party away and tried to stand up straight.

The tentacles are soft silk, and under the silk are solid and warm muscles...

Yuzhi subconsciously looked up at the other party.

The man was also looking down at her.

The two looked at each other.

The rising sun in the east was shining on the man's face, coating his face with a golden halo. His thick eyelashes cast heavy fan-shaped shadows on the eyelids, and his beautiful eyes sparkled under the cover of the long eyelashes Brilliant, with a straight bridge of nose, and tightly pursed lips upturned to the moon - he turned out to be a very handsome young man!
Yuzhi took a step back in panic.

Unexpectedly, she was at the edge of the corridor at this time, and seeing that she was about to step on the air and fall, the handsome young man reacted quickly, reached out and grabbed Yuzhi's arm, and pulled her back.

Yuzhi was still in shock, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back instantly.

She stood there panting lightly, her mind blank.

The handsome young man took a look at Yu Zhi, pushed her slightly aside, walked down the steps with his hands behind his back, and walked outside with his head held high.

Yu Zhi lightly covered her hot face, watched the boy's figure disappear behind the screen wall, and thought: Coming out of the main room at this time, it should be the Second Young Master!
The second son was born so handsome, why doesn't everyone like him?

Is it because of his stubborn personality, or because of other reasons, such as the stepmother who is in charge of the house...

The more she thought about it, the more complicated it became, so she simply stopped thinking about it, bent down to pick up the bamboo broom that fell on the ground, and continued to clean the corridor.

By the time Yuzhi finished cleaning Lingxiao Courtyard, the sun had already come out.

The big maid Shui Lian who lived in the west side room pushed open the bedroom window, and stood fluffy in front of the window, her voice sounded sleepy: "Yuzhi, go get me hot water, I have to wash up and go to serve the second son! "

Yu Zhi knew that the second young master had left, Shui Lian was talking nonsense, but she didn't expose it, but she agreed with a firm smile, "Sister Shui Lian, do you still use green salt to wipe your teeth today?"

Shui Lian yawned and said, "Green salt is also fine!"

After delivering hot water, green salt, and fragrant soap to Shui Lian and Shui Xing, Yu Zhi waited for a while, and when Qing Cha, Vanilla, and Xiu Yun came over, the four third-class maidservants gathered together, carrying food boxes, and went to The big kitchen served meals for the sisters of Lingxiao Courtyard.

After bringing the food back, Yuzhi, Qingcha, Vanilla and Xiuyun placed the food on the table of the Eight Immortals in the East Wing, and then went to invite the two first-class maids, Shui Lian and Shui Xing, and the four second-class maids to have breakfast .

Because the second son had already gone to study with his husband in the outer study, Shui Lian and Shui Ning also relaxed, and sat around the Eight Immortals table in the east wing with four second-class maids, and let Yu Zhi and the other four little maids wait on them for breakfast .

After the big maids had finished their breakfast, Yuzhi and the other three young maids cleaned up the mess, sent the cups, plates and chopsticks back to the big kitchen, brought back their regular breakfast, and went back to the small courtyard where they lived, where they gathered together. Chat and eat together.

For the rest of the time, as long as the big maids don't scream, they can just do some needlework in their respective rooms.

In Yuzhi's busy routine of going out early and returning early every day, it gradually came to the end of October to receive the moon silver.

Yuzhi is a third-class maid, and Yueyin is a tael.

Girls from the Great Zhou Dynasty were very cheap, five taels of silver was enough to buy a little girl, and a beautiful little girl like Yuzhi was only worth 15 taels of silver.

For Yuzhi, this tael of silver is a huge sum of money. As long as she stays in Xingping County Palace honestly and saves one tael of silver a month, she can save 36 taels of silver in three years, which is enough for her to redeem herself.

Therefore, every time it came to the day of receiving the moon silver, Yuzhi was very happy.

The rule of Xingping County Prince's Mansion is that when it is time to receive the monthly silver, the maid in charge of each courtyard will receive the monthly silver from everyone in advance, and then distribute it to everyone one by one.

That day, after the second young master left the Lingxiao Courtyard, Yuzhi, together with Qingcha, Xiangcao and Xiuyun, who were also third-class maidservants, went to look for the eldest maids, Shuilian and Shuiying, to receive Yueyin.

Shui Lian is comparing the newly bought rouge gouache with Shui An.

Hearing that the little maids came to collect the moon silver, Shui Lian snorted coldly, and said: "These little bastards are really petty, it's only a tael of silver, they can't wait for a day, come and get it!"

Shui Xing dipped some rouge and put it on her lips, and took a picture in the mirror. She felt cute and cute, and said with a smile: "I'll tell them that I won't send it out this month, and I've saved enough for three months. send!"

Shui Lian picked up the newly bought silver-encrusted garnet earrings, and compared them to the ears in the mirror: "Go ahead and talk about it!"

The moon silver of the four second-class maids and the others dare not withhold, but the third-class little maids are fine, they all live like little mice, who dares to say no to her and Shui Ning!

The moon silver of these little maids this month has already been spent by her and Shui Xiong, so naturally they cannot be distributed to them.

Shui Ning stood under the corridor of the west wing, looked at the jade gardenia, green tea, vanilla and Xiuyun standing under the steps, drooped her eyelids and said indifferently: "Mother Xia, the steward of the inner courtyard, said that the four of you this month's months The silver will not be distributed for the time being, but it will be distributed together after saving enough for three months!"

Vanilla and the others were immediately disappointed, and stood there blankly.

Yuzhi looked at Shui Nian, felt that Shui Nian's words were full of loopholes, so she kept it in her heart, and prepared to find a chance to find Yu Aimei, Zhu Lingling or Hong Yuli, who were also third-class maids, to see how much they had received.

After finishing the chores arranged by the maids, Yuzhi and the others returned to the small courtyard.

Vanilla was impatient and kept cursing in a low voice.

Xiuyun's family was waiting to use the money, and she cried anxiously.

She is a native of Qingzhou, and her grandmother was seriously ill and bedridden. In order to treat her grandmother, the family sold her into the county prince's mansion.

Now that my grandmother's condition is getting worse, the family is looking forward to using Xiuyun's moon silver to buy medicine for my grandmother every month. Now the moon silver is distributed every three months, what should I do?Do you want to let grandma wait to die?

Green tea has always been based on jade gardenia, so I always look at jade gardenia.

Yuzhi didn't say much, she took some tea and said, "The weather is not bad today, let's go outside for a walk!"

Xiuyun was regarded as a cash cow by the family, and was squeezed until there was no oil left, but she still turned to the family everywhere. Now that Yueyin has not been in hand for a while, if she doesn't think of a solution, she will only cry non-stop.

With Xiuyun's temper, Yu Zhi sympathized with her, but she was a little sad and angry at her, and she disliked Xiuyun more than Baozi.

On the one hand, she didn't want to hear Xiuyun crying about the family's troubles, and on the other hand, she wanted to ask Yu Aimei whether all the third-class maids, Yueyin, were postponed for three months, or it was only her Lingxiaoyuan.

(End of this chapter)