Lu Yiqing suddenly felt like a kitten or puppy.
In the eyes of Mrs. Li, maybe she is no different from a pet cat or dog!
"With the old lady's words, the concubine will feel more at ease! Don't worry, the old lady, the concubine will definitely keep her duty in mind, serve the young lady well, and serve the young master together!" Lu Yiqing made a happy expression, and accompanied Mrs. Li smiling.
Mrs. Li nodded happily, and said with a smile: "Okay, I know you are smart and obedient! You have always served me and Guanghao with all your heart, and now it is not impossible to mention you as a concubine. I just thought, It would be more justifiable for you to do this as the mistress, and you will get along better in the future! What do you think?"
"The old lady is thoughtful! This is naturally great!" Lu Yiqing smiled, and then smiled shyly: "Actually, the servant girl knows that the old lady, the young master, and the eldest lady will not treat the maidservant badly. When to mention, there is nothing... "
Mrs. Li was even more satisfied and nodded with a smile.
Lu Yiqing took the opportunity to flatter and flatter her again, and casually talked about how she had worked so hard for Miss Liu these days, how she had planned and thoughtful, and made Mrs. Li very happy.
After returning to the wisteria garden, Lu Yiqing's mood was not so good, and the smile on her face had already collapsed completely.
"Liu Xiuhe is here to serve you, both of you, go down!" Sitting down in the Nuan Pavilion, Lu Yi ordered lightly.
The two little girls retreated under the orders, Xiuhe's body trembled slightly, and her face turned pale.
After the two little girls retreated, Lu Yiqing's expression could be described as ferocious.
"Come here!" She stared at Xiuhe coldly.
"Miss San..." Xiu He timidly bit her lip, her eyes filled with deep fear.
Lu Yiqing hated her current status very much, so she ordered this dowry maid brought from her natal family not to call her Auntie when there was no one around, but to still call her Third Miss.
"Who are you showing this deadly look to? I'm not a tiger, I'll eat you!" Lu Yiqing couldn't help being furious when he saw this, and he vented his anger at Xiuhe.
"My servant is guilty, my servant is guilty! Please forgive me, Miss San!" This kind of situation has not happened once or twice, Xiuhe has already formed a conditioned reflex, blurted out the words of begging for mercy, and knelt down in front of Lu Yiqing tremblingly .
"You lowly slave, how dare you get angry with me! Is it possible that I can't even cure you now? Stretch out your hand!" Lu Yiqing shouted.
Xiuhe resisted the tears that swirled in her eyes, answered "yes" in a trembling voice, raised her left arm, rolled up her sleeves, and stretched out her slender arm in front of Lu Yiqing. The arms were covered with bruises and bruises, some were darker and some were shallower, layer upon layer, shocking.
"Damn girl! Smelly girl! Who are you going to show this half-dead face all day long! It's not bad luck! You loser, broom star, shameless bastard..."
Lu Yiqing kept cursing and pinching Xiuhe's arm. The long nails scratched across her skin, bringing up bloodstains, adding new wounds to old wounds.
Evidently, Xiu He had resigned herself to her fate, without saying a single word of begging for mercy, her body knelt upright, her head was lowered and her teeth were gritted to endure the burning pain, and she didn't dare to move her outstretched arm.
All she can do is endure and endure.
Only forbearance will not result in more insane pain; as long as you endure it, this torture will soon come to an end.
She knew that the young lady's life was not easy, and she also knew that it would be very difficult for her to become a concubine with a low status from the favored daughter of the Lu family. It still chills her.
She became more and more gloomy and terrifying, and she was far from the gentle and lovely lady in my impression!
She knew that the former lady would never come back...
Lu Yiqing pinched and scolded Xiu He frantically, and when she vented, her arms were sore and gasped slightly, so she let her go, leaned back, gasped lightly, and said coldly: "Get up! Get out, don't get in the way My eyes!"
There are a total of five maids serving in the Wisteria Garden, but only one, Xiuhe, was brought from her natal home. If she wanted to maintain her image in the eyes of everyone in the Li family, she would not be able to touch the maidservants of the Li family. Naturally, Xiuhe became her punching bag.
Even so, she didn't slap her in the face, and she never let others see the slightest bit of injury.
"Yes, Miss San!" Xiu He slowly withdrew her bruised and blood-stained arm, endured the burning pain and kowtowed to Lu Yiqing, and slowly lowered her sleeves to cover all the scars.
She secretly sighed in her heart: I have survived again...
He couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly: I don't know how many times I can get through it!
In the East Palace, the Crown Princess was idle and casually asked Xiao Lianzi, the little eunuch who liked her so much: "Lu Yiqing hasn't come over to greet and talk with me for several days. What is she doing recently?"
The reason why Xiao Lianzi is so favored by the Crown Princess is that he not only cares about the Crown Princess, but also cares about the people around the Crown Princess—especially the people she cares about.
Hearing the princess's question, of course such a simple question couldn't trouble him, so he hurriedly replied with a smile: "I'm afraid Mrs. Li has no free time these days. The young master of the Li family is going to marry his wife in November. At this moment, Li The madam is helping to take care of things and make various preparations!"
"What! The young master of the Li family - is he going to marry his wife? Which family's lady is he?" The princess was very surprised.
Xiao Lianzi quickly understood.
The princess sneered: "So it's her! Last time my mother hosted a banquet in Shanglin Garden to enjoy the flowers, that Miss Liu who stole the limelight, right? Yiqing is really virtuous, not to mention hitting him with a stick, on the contrary, she even helped to get her together." Already!"
Xiao Lianzi let out an "ah" and said: "Maybe the princess forgot for a while, Mrs. Li is only an aunt in the Li family after all, and the young master of the Li family wants to marry a wife, so it's not her turn to say no! "
The Crown Princess was stunned, frowned and said: "What you said is also reasonable! But, she is the savior of this palace, and she can be regarded as a person who has made great contributions to Da Zhou, so how dare the Li family neglect her so much! Where are you going to put your face!"
The Crown Princess felt a little uncomfortable and uncomfortable. Wouldn't it be insulting to her identity to ask her to associate with a small concubine in Li's mansion and call her a sister
It was not easy for her to have a friend like Lu Yiqing, but she refused to let it go easily.
Xiao Lianzi saw that her eyebrows were erect and her eyes were cold, and she knew that she was going to lose her temper, so she secretly regretted that she had talked too much just now!
This is a master who doesn't care about things!
Sure enough, before Xiao Lianzi finished thinking about it, he heard the crown princess slapping the tea table angrily, and said coldly: "The Li family's doing this is obviously for the sake of my palace! Hmph, that's really great!" What courage! Xiao Lianzi, you go to Li's house right now and tell them to annul this marriage and make Yiqing the official wife! You saved Bengong's life, so why can't you still be the official wife!"
Xiao Lianzi groaned secretly, it was like shooting himself in the foot with a rock!
Not to mention that the marriage between the Li family and the Liu family was arranged first, and Lu Yiqing's rescue of the princess was later, even if the order was reversed, the Li family couldn't make a little concubine their official wife just because of this!
Lu Yiqing didn't save the emperor, or the empress, or the empress dowager...
Xiao Lianzi knew that his master was very capricious, if he tried to reason with her at this time, not only would she not listen, but he would be punished, and he might not be favored from now on!
Of course he wouldn't do such a self-defeating thing.
In a hurry, Xiao Lianzi hurriedly smiled and said: "My lady, according to the slave's opinion, it is better to invite Mrs. Li over first, and the lady will tell her face to face that she will be grateful to the lady, wouldn't it be better than the slave's message? Besides, this After all, it's her business, it's better for the empress to tell her first!"
The princess thought about it for a while and found it reasonable, so she nodded: "Okay, then you go to Li's house now and invite Yiqing to my palace!"
"Yes, empress, the slave will go now!" Xiao Lianzi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, immediately bowed and retreated, and hurried out, for fear that if the princess changed her mind again, it would be a disaster!
These days, the entire family is busy with Li Guanghao's marriage, so it is naturally inconvenient for Lu Yiqing to go out to chat with the Crown Princess at this time, otherwise, it will be showing off intentionally to express her dissatisfaction with this marriage. Then she will not have to mess around in the future.
Seeing that Xiao Lianzi came to invite him in person, Lu Yiqing was secretly happy, but put on a embarrassed expression on his face. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li naturally would not refute the Crown Princess' face, so they ordered her to change clothes.
When I came to the East Palace and met the Crown Princess, it was another scene.
"I haven't come to say hello to my mother for a few days, I really miss my mother a little!" After saluting, Lu Yiqing said with a smile.
The Crown Princess motioned her to sit down, and said with a smile: "My sister can come if she wants to, but I also want to talk to myself! You haven't come these few days, and I'm so bored!"
Lu Yiqing smiled wryly, and looked at the Crown Princess with clear eyes: "Is there anything that can be hidden from the Crown Princess? I think the Empress already knows about it? Our family is busy now!"
The Crown Princess was very pleased to hear this, and said disdainfully: "Isn't it just the young master of the Li family getting married! Then the Liu family is just like that. As for making such a big fuss and disturbing the whole family's peace? This situation is too big! "
"That's what it should be," Lu Yiqing said with a forced smile, "After all, that's marrying a wife..."
"Okay!" Seeing that she was so agitated, the Crown Princess frowned and interrupted her, and said angrily, "Isn't this your truth? Do you really want that woman surnamed Liu to come in?"