"Silly girl, I'll keep it if I give it to you! What's the heart collar! Don't forget to wear it every day when you turn around! It's a pity for such a young girl not to dress up properly!" Liu Yan smiled and winked at Zhang Nanny.
Nanny Zhang understood, so she came to pick up the white jade hairpin, and wanted to stuff it into Xiuhe's hand.
While pushing and shoving, Nanny Zhang caught a glimpse of the bruises on Xiu He's wrist, her eyes flickered involuntarily, and she suddenly raised her eyes to stare at her.
Xiuhe was taken aback and stopped giving way. Nanny Zhang smiled, stuffed the jade hairpin into her hand, and patted the back of her hand lightly: "Why don't you hurry up and thank the young lady!"
Xiuhe was startled, holding the white jade hairpin in her hand, unable to advance or retreat, so she had to kowtow to thank her for accepting it.
Lu Yiqing knelt there without saying a word, as if what happened just now had nothing to do with her.
Originally, it had nothing to do with it! She sneered secretly in her heart: Could it be that you still want to buy Xiuhe with this? Then try it! It's unreasonable for her to dare to betray me!
Qi Momo finally brought back the tea, and said with a smile: "Aunt Lu, please! Aunt Lu, please don't slip your hands this time, this is hot water that has just been boiled. Oh no!"
Lu Yiqing's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously leaned back.
Nanny Qi laughed and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Lu, the old man's hand is steady and she will never spill it! Auntie doesn't need to be on guard, just learn from the person who treats the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"
Lu Yiqing hummed silently, carefully picked up the saucer, and offered tea to Liu Yan again.
Liu Yan smiled, bent slightly to take it with her own hands, and said with a smile: "Drinking Aunt Lu's cup of tea is really not easy! It took me a long time!"
She casually pursed her lips, put it aside, and smiled at Nanny Qi: "Give it a reward!"
Nanny Qi picked up a slap brocade box that had been prepared by the side and handed it to Lu Yiqing: "Lu Yiqing, please!"
Lu Yiqing accepted it with both hands and thanked him, naturally he would curse a few words like "putting on airs" in his heart.
After all this effort, it was time for lunch.
When Nanny Qi went out to order the dinner, Liu Yan smiled at Lu Yiqing and said, "The young master has gone to the study outside, and he probably won't be back at noon. Since Aunt Lu is here, let's go after lunch!"
Why would Lu Yiqing want to have dinner with her
What she said sounds nice, can you use it together? But she is a wife and she is a concubine, when the time comes, she will not be sitting and standing, eating and serving herself!
When she finished eating, she still had to eat the leftovers she "rewarded"!
But Lu Yiqing knew very well that since she said this, she had to stay, and even if she wanted to leave, she definitely couldn't! No matter how much you say, you are just asking yourself to humiliate yourself!
"Yes, thank you, Young Madam!" Lu Yiqing replied with a smile, but she secretly waited and watched with hatred in her heart!
Nanny Qi said quickly: "In that case, let's ask Aunt Lu to help prepare the meals! It's good to get familiar with it first, anyway, in the future, these are Aunt Lu's work!"
This is to make her come to her side every day to set the rules!
Lu Yiqing couldn't bear it anymore, smiled lightly, and said, "Don't worry, Mammy, as long as the old lady doesn't ask me to come over, it's right to set rules by the young lady's side every day!"
Using the old lady to threaten the old body? After hearing this, Nanny Qi sneered, and said with a smirk: "You're right, Aunt Lu is quite clear on this point! The tutor is good!"
Lu Yiqing was so angry that her chest stagnated, she gave Qi Nanny a dark look, and went out to the dining room to help arrange the meals.
After a while, the food was ready, Liu Yan was sitting at the dining table, and Lu Yiqing really had to stand beside her serving the dishes.
Liu Yan dawdled, this meal took more than half an hour to prepare.
Lu Yiqing waited for her to rinse her mouth and wipe her face. After serving hot tea, Liu Yan smiled and said, "Aunt Lu is tired! Aunt Lu, go and use some! By the way, the plate of fried mutton with green onions is very good. Auntie use more!"
Fried mutton with green onions? She doesn't even look at what season it is! After cooking for such a long time, the plate of fried mutton with scallions has already congealed a thick layer of mutton fat. Just thinking about it makes Lu Yiqing feel sick!
"Young Madam, don't worry! This old slave will take good care of Aunt Lu!" Qi Momo volunteered from the side.
Lu Yi was very angry.
After finally eating this meal like a torture, Liu Yan must have been tired too, so she yawned and finally let Lu Yiqing go.
Feeling relieved, Lu Yiqing hurried away with Xiuhe.
Back at the hut in the Wisteria Garden, the first thing he did was to order someone to prepare hot water to rinse his mouth, and to swallow two candied fruit, finally getting rid of the fishy smell left in his mouth. Since then, she has never eaten mutton again.
Changing from the tea-stained clothes, Lu Yiqing lay on the couch, not even leaving Xiuhe to wait on her.
The room suddenly fell silent, and the sunlight was projected on the ground through the window sills, dappled with light and shadow.
Looking at it, Lu Yiqing suddenly felt in a trance. The days of luxury and freedom in the past seemed to have reached the horizon far away, as unreal as in a dream.
Unknowingly, tears flowed down the cheeks.
Lu Yiqing raised her hand to wipe. The more you rub, the more you bleed. She just wiped it silently.
Being someone else's concubine, only you know the sadness in it. Even though she had been mentally prepared for a long time, when this day really became a reality, she still felt so uncomfortable!
This is the first day! She knew that not to mention Liu Yan, even those two old nanny would definitely not let her go easily!
Lu Yiqing suddenly cried "Woo", and bit her lip in a hurry to hold back. She can't cry, can't let others know!
Wiping away her tears fiercely, she gritted her teeth and muttered: "Lu Xiaoshu, all this is because of you, it's all because of you... I won't let you go..."
Lu Yiqing fell on the couch powerlessly, and cried hard, crying away the soreness in her heart, and then raised her voice to call Xiuhe in.
Xiu He couldn't help being startled when she saw her red and swollen eyes like Tao'er, she hurriedly lowered her eyes and dared not look.
Lu Yiqing had nothing to hide from her, so she gave her a hard look, and said in a cold voice, "Why are you still in a daze? Hurry up and get a basin of water! If I don't fix my eyes well, I won't see people tomorrow!"
"Yes, Miss San!" Xiu He hurriedly fetched water.
Lu Yiqing was full of hope that Mrs. Li would ask her to go the next day, so that she would not be at the mercy of Liu Yan, and on the other hand, let Liu Yan's master and servants take a good look at her status in Mrs. Li's heart.
Unexpectedly, no one came after waiting. For three days in a row, Mrs. Li didn't ask anyone to pass her over.
After thinking about it calmly, Lu Yiqing finally understood: She did this on purpose to make Liu Yan vent her anger! Who told me, this concubine, to enter the door before her regular wife? She wanted her granddaughter-in-law to let out all the bad breath in her heart!
Home and everything are going well! As for her dispensable concubine who can be thrown aside at any time, what's the point!
As Lu Yiqing thought about it, she was filled with resentment.
Lu Yiqing didn't wait for Mrs. Li to pass her on, but she waited for someone from Liu Yan. But this time it wasn't her who was called, but Xiuhe.
"Young Madam said that the girl embroidering lotus is very good at needlework. I want to trouble her to help embroider a purse! Please let her go over to Madam Madam so I can explain to her! Auntie, is it all right here?" said the little girl who came to pass .
Lu Yiqing glanced at Xiuhe suspiciously, naturally she couldn't say no, she nodded and said, "Since the young lady called you, you can go! Answer the young lady's words properly, and don't make the young lady unhappy again! "
Xiu He lowered her head, not daring to look at her, and followed the visitor with a soft promise.
Going to the main room, where did Liu Yan tell her what purse? After she saluted, he beckoned her to come forward, grabbed her wrist fiercely, and pulled up the sleeve, revealing the hidden secret on the arm.
Looking at the large and small, blue and purple, new and old scars on her slender arms, Liu Yan, Qi Mama and others couldn't help gasping, and were suddenly stunned.
Xiu He had already been frightened out of her wits, and suddenly withdrew her arm, standing there trembling badly.
Liu Yan didn't blame her for being rude, but instead gave her a pitiful look and sighed softly.
"My mother!" Qi Nanny cried, "Is this a human thing! What a ruthless person can do it!"
Xiu He knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, it's the slave girl herself, it's the slave girl herself—"
"Come on!" Qi Momo snorted and said, "What kind of bastard is your master? You think we are all fools and don't know! Can you coax people with your words? You are loyal, and you are still protecting her at this time." ! Or are you afraid of being beaten by her?"
Xiuhe's heart felt cold, she couldn't help but shed tears, she hung her head and said nothing.
Speaking of which, there may be no one in this world who is more miserable than her!
She is obviously a dowry girl, and the girl who follows her family not only doesn't enjoy the slightest blessing, she also has to be her punching bag! Now that the eldest young lady has captured her again, most likely she is also threatening to use her! But they didn't even think about it, is her master a fool
In the end, she will only end up with two ends! This is to force her to death!
Forget it, she's dead, and it's over! It is better than living in fear all day long!
The more Xiu He thought about it, the more grief and indignation became, and the accumulated misery suddenly rushed into her heart, and with a rush of blood that went straight to her forehead, she slammed into the wall beside her.
Nanny Qi, Nanny Zhang and others cried out in shock, Nanny Zhang quickly grabbed her arm with quick eyes, Nanny Qi stepped forward, hugged her waist tightly, and cursed angrily: "Damn girl, If you want to die, don't die here!"
Xiuhe was stunned, and burst into tears with a "wow".
Liu Yan stopped Nanny Qi, took Xiuhe's hand to comfort her, and after a while persuaded her, she sighed softly: "What a silly girl, why are you crying! I didn't ask you to come here to eat I missed you, and I didn't say what I want you to do for me, why are you like this!"
Xiuhe was stunned, and bowed her head without saying a word.