Chu Qingyan frowned, but didn't say anything, and knelt down according to the words.
"It seems that Miss Chu Jiu doesn't come from a famous family, and she can't even do this kind of etiquette. Mammy Li, you can show the lady how the real kneeling ceremony is done." Mammy Zheng said rudely.
"good."
After Mammy Li demonstrated the salute and stood up, she turned around and said to Chu Qingyan, "Miss, you can be optimistic, follow the old slave's method and do it again!"
Chu Qingyan glanced around at the three of them, and saw that they had their hands in front of them, looking like they were watching a good show, and snorted coldly in their hearts, you can continue to laugh, and you will feel better in the future.
She restrained her mocking expression and leaned over to kneel again.
"No, no, your posture is too stiff, and the direction of your hand is not right, do it again!" Hong mama waved her hand, her tone very impatient.
"No, your feet are not together, come again!"
"The direction is wrong, come again!"
"… "
Kneading on the hard ground caused some pain to her knees. It was clearly a spring morning, but Chu Qingyan was already sweating profusely. She gritted her teeth and suffered.
"Since you have come down several times, Miss Chu Jiu can't get the essentials, why don't you just kneel like this for two or three hours, and get a good grasp of the essentials, Liu'er, stand here and supervise Miss, don't be lazy, otherwise you will be Disobeyed the decree of the Empress."
Mammy Hong condescendingly bowed to Chu Qingyan, and then Shi Shiran went into the room to drink tea, leaving Chu Qingyan alone to face the bluestone slab.
Listening to the laughter in the room, Chu Qingyan bent down slightly, the corners of her mouth slightly raised at an angle that others could not see.
Huo Linghuo rushed into the study, "Master, it's not good, it's not good!"
Xiao Xu was working on a painting at this time. Seeing that he was so anxious, he could not help but stop the tip of his pen and raised his eyebrows, "What happened?"
"I heard that the little princess was punished by several maids to kneel. Several hours have passed since the morning, and Xining was scared to cry." Huo Ling spoke quickly and authentically, with a very worried expression.
A drop of thick ink dripped down the tip of the nose onto the white paper, and in the blink of an eye, a large black mass was dyed, just like Xiao Xu's mood at this time.
"These people have really eaten the guts of a bear's heart and a leopard!" He threw off his pen and strode out the door coldly.
Huo Ling thought to himself that these maids would have to suffer, but they were the ones on the top of the master's heart, and he immediately followed.
At this time, in the side courtyard, Xining, who was standing on the side, saw that his master's face was getting paler and paler, and he couldn't help sobbing, "Master, let's stop kneeling, we won't learn this rule, let's go back!"
Chu Qingyan shook her head, "Good boy, stand still and don't talk, I'm fine."
"Your face is so white, how can you be okay?" Xining shook her head in disbelief, and stepped forward to pull her up.
At this moment, the three maids who received the report from the outside came out aggressively.
"You bitch, don't you know that your master is learning the rules? Get out of the way!" Mammy Hong pointed at Xining and yelled.
"Xining, you go back obediently." Chu Qingyan immediately persuaded in a low voice for fear that these people would anger Xining.
Seeing her master being bullied like this, Xining couldn't care anymore, she glared at the people in front of her, and said angrily, "My master has been kneeling for so many hours, you still want her to continue kneeling, It’s too much to deceive people, if you guys are dissatisfied with my master, just come to Xining for me, I’m willing to kneel for a few hours, please let my master go!”
"Xining—" Chu Qingyan didn't think that Xining, who had always been timid, would stand up for her despite being afraid of power, her eyes were hot, and she couldn't say anything.
"How dare to commit crimes, what kind of servants did what kind of master raise? Liu'er, give me a slap in the face, and see if she dares to be rude!" Mammy Hong ordered Liu'er to say, she came to Jiangnan In order to clean up Chu Qingyan for the Empress, now I will start with her confidant maid, to see if she is honest.
When Chu Qingyan heard it, she immediately said, "Mammy Hong, Xining is young. If you offend a few people, please forgive them. The adults don't remember the villains, so don't bother with her." Xining winked and asked her to be obedient.
"Young?" Mammy Zheng sneered a few times, "She can be Miss Chu Jiu's eldest maid, which shows that her ability has been favored by the young lady, and since she is so lucky, she dares to contradict me, etc., you can see her There are no rules at all. If the old slave does not teach you a lesson for the young lady today, if you offend the nobles in the future, you will be the one who will be implicated in the future, so you still watch from the sidelines. The old servant is not only teaching you court etiquette, but also I'm teaching you how to discipline your servants."
Chu Qingyan narrowed her eyes coldly, "Mammy Zheng, if I'm here today, I won't let you touch the people around me. If you guys insist on punishing me, punish me, it's because I'm not strict, I'm responsible. ."
She knew that these people came from the palace, and the means of punishing people were quite exquisite. She knew how to beat people without leaving traces, but it could make the victim unbearable. She knew a few taels, and she definitely couldn't stand these punishments.
When Mammy Zheng heard the words, she laughed instead of being angry, but felt that she could take this opportunity to make Chu Qingyan suffer from flesh and blood, why not do it
"It's true that the master and servant are deeply in love, and the old slave is moved by it, but there are national laws and family rules. If you are favoritism, how will the young lady convince the public in the future? Since the young lady has spoken by herself, then the old slave can only bear the pain and punish him. Liu'er, palm your mouth ten times as a punishment!"
After Mammy Zheng finished speaking, Mammy Zheng and Mammy Li looked at each other by coincidence. Although these ten times may not sound like much, only those who have been making a living in the deep palace for many years know that they feel distressed at one time, and golden flowers at three times. , ten times is enough for her to be speechless for three days.
And the meaning this time seems to be that he does not intend to show mercy. Since His Highness has taken a fancy to your face, then we will destroy your face and see what you will use to confuse His Highness in the future.
And they came here on the order of the Empress, even if they slapped Chu Qingyan's face, it is not necessarily that His Highness would come against his own mother and concubine because of a disfigured woman, so the three of them were even more confident. .
So several people stood and waited to see Chu Qingyan being punished.
Seeing Liu'er approaching step by step, Xining couldn't accept the result. She jumped up to stop her master, and said to everyone, "I won't allow you to touch a hair of my master!"
"Pull this hoof off me!" Mammy Hong waved, and several palace guards stepped forward to ask Laxining to leave.
Xining people are weak and weak, and can only be pulled away by others.
"master-"
Xining's face was white and she couldn't cry, she could only watch Liu'er's palm raised.
Chu Qingyan's gaze slid past Liu'er's smug smile and raised palm, and finally landed on the three of Hong mama, her eyes strange but pitiful.
When Hong mama met her gaze, she couldn't help but be stunned. The girl's eyes were so scary, she shivered, and then said angrily, "Do it!"
Chu Qingyan slowly closed her eyes.
Good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil. It is not that the time has not yet come.
"boom-"
The side courtyard door was kicked open.