Miao had considered it very carefully. With the second daughter-in-law coming in, there was someone to serve the elders, so there was no need to keep Lingxiu at home. No matter whether a woman was the wife of the first wife or not, having children was the most important thing. Since the eldest son could not come back, Lingxiu had to go. After two or three years outside, she would have two children and then come back, so that she would have confidence both internally and externally.
Miao was also worried. What if Yang Ge'er took another concubine in the capital and gave birth to a concubine? How could she face her family? Her son was not close to her, and it would be terrible if he had a concubine. Thinking of her son's cold face, even in front of his mother, Miao was more determined to let her daughter-in-law go to watch in person. She couldn't help but complain to the old lady, "It was all her instigation. Yang Ge'er has been estranged from me since he was a child."
In the afternoon, Zhuxiang bathed and changed clothes again. She applied a layer of face cream in front of the mirror, then carefully traced her eyebrows and then put on rouge. Tianshui was very different from the capital. Not only was there sand and dust flying everywhere, but it was also extremely dry. The makeup she put on in the morning was no longer acceptable by noon, so she had to wash it off and put it on again.
As the wedding procession moved northwest, the climate became gradually drier and the population became sparser. Compared to the capital, this place could be described as desolate. When Zhuxiang first arrived in Tianshui Prefecture, she was very unhappy.
However, when she saw the second young master of the Anxi Marquis's mansion, she changed her mind. On the wedding day, the second young master Bao, wearing a bright red wedding gown, walked out of the courtyard full of apricot blossoms. Looking at the second young master's handsome face, she could only think of a poem, "Walking in spring, apricot blossoms blowing all over the head, who is the young man on the road, so romantic."
This poem was recited by the eldest daughter of the Xu family, whom she served when she was still in the Xu family in the capital. She thought it was very beautiful, so she wrote it down. It is also the only poem she can recite.
If she stayed in the Xu family and served the eldest lady, in the future she would either be noticed by the male master of the Xu family and become a concubine or be married off to another family as the eldest lady's concubine. Since they were both concubines, she would naturally want to fly to the highest branch, not to mention that the second young master was so handsome and charming.
Zhuxiang proudly put on makeup, hoping to surprise the Second Young Master when he came. It would be best if he fell in love with her and gave birth to a son before the lady. In this way, her position would be secure, and even if she grew old and ugly in the future, the Second Young Master would not make her sad because of their years of affection.
Before Zhuxiang finished painting, the door was pushed open with a slam. Zhuxiang angrily slammed the eyebrow pencil on the table and scolded without even turning her head: "You rude little bitch, who let you in?" She thought it was the two maids serving her who were so clumsy.
However, from the bronze mirror, she saw that the people who came in were three unfamiliar maids.
Zhuxiang turned back in horror, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The leading nanny was well-dressed and said with a polite smile, "The madam told us to come here." Zhuxiang felt relieved when she heard that. The madam had proposed that she be a concubine and treated her very well.
However, the nanny smiled kindly and said, "Madam said that the aunt doesn't know the rules, so she asked us old women to teach her." After saying that, she winked at the two nannies behind her.
The two maids immediately stepped forward, one grabbed Zhuxiang, the other covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and slapped her hard on the face, causing stars to appear in Zhuxiang's eyes and the blood from the corners of her mouth to stain the handkerchief red. Afterwards, the two strong maids dragged Zhuxiang to the northernmost courtyard of the Anxi Marquis's mansion, which was overgrown with weeds and had dilapidated houses.
After throwing Zhuxiang into the room, the nanny locked the door and said politely outside the door: "Don't blame me, my aunt. As a servant, we have to obey the orders of the master. The mistress said that my aunt will reflect on her mistakes for two months. If she has changed, she will be released. If not... my aunt will have to stay here." After that, several people left.
Mingyu lay lazily on the couch by the window, while Madam Zou sat beside her, doing some needlework. The sun shone into the room through the window, making her body feel warm and making her want to take a nap.
Occasionally, there were voices coming from the yard. Mingyu narrowed her eyes. It seemed that the two maids who served Zhuxiang, named Juxiang and Taoxiang, came to talk to Lixiang about something.
Soon, Lixiang ran in excitedly and said to Mingyu and Madam Zou happily, "Miss..." Before she finished speaking, Madam Zou glared at Lixiang. Lixiang quickly changed her words, "Second Madam, you don't know that in the afternoon, three madams went to Zhuxiang's room, blocked her mouth, slapped her hard more than a dozen times, and threw her to the most desolate courtyard in the north of the mansion and locked her up, saying that it was Madam's order to punish her for not following the rules!"
Madam Zou also laughed, "She deserves to be punished! How could a concubine not respect her mistress? She should have been punished long ago!"
Mingyu, however, looked like she knew it long ago. She just squinted her eyes and listened with a smile, continuing to enjoy the sunbath. Lixiang was surprised, "Second Madam, you knew it long ago?" That's impossible. The young lady had been in the house all the time.
Mingyu shook her head. How could she know how the Madam was going to punish Zhuxiang? She just guessed that she had reported the matter to the old lady and took a gamble to see if the old lady would help her.
Before Lixiang could be happy for too long, three maids came to Mingyu's yard again and politely asked Mingyu to go to the ancestral hall and copy the family tree a hundred times, saying that the second wife was not familiar with the Sima family, and wanted to take the opportunity to get to know them better. This was the wife's intention.
Lixiang was a little confused. Didn't the madam just punish Zhuxiang? Why did she punish the second grandmother again? Besides, the second grandmother just recovered from her illness!
"Mammy, the Second Madam has just recovered from her illness and is weak. Can you wait until she recovers before copying?" Mammy Zou pleaded.
The leading maid smiled politely and said, "Madam, this is the Madam's order. We are just delivering a message. We are all servants and it's not easy for us. Please don't make things difficult for us."
"I'll be there right away." Mingyu sat up straight on the couch and said to the nanny sent by the wife, "Pack your things first."
The leading nanny only glanced at Mingyu, then lowered her head and said, "Then the old woman will go to the yard and wait for the Second Madam." It was said that the Second Madam was young and useless, and was naive and stupid. After seeing her today, she felt that the rumors were untrue. Generally, new brides were punished to copy the family tree in the ancestral hall as soon as they entered the house, and they were already scared. It was rare for the Second Madam to be so steady at such a young age. Or was she just scared stupid
However, looking at Mingyu's calm expression, that didn't seem like it. Recalling Mingyu's delicate little appearance, the nanny couldn't help but sigh that when she grew up in two years, she would surely be a beautiful lady with a graceful figure.
As soon as the nanny sent by the madam left, Lixiang burst into tears and said, wiping her tears, "Miss, what did you do wrong that the madam wants to punish you by making you copy the family tree? Are the people in the Marquis' Mansion reasonable? You are still weak!"
Mingyu stuffed a handkerchief into Lixiang's hand and said with a smile, "It's just copying the family tree, not fighting monsters. Why are you crying like this? You are a marquis, can't you let me starve or freeze?"
Damn it, it would be best if I starved to death or froze to death, and then travel back to the modern era! I don’t want to do this anymore!
Madam Zou also wiped her tears and put another thick coat on Mingyu, "Wear more, it's cold at night." She then said, "Second Madam, such a well-behaved child, what did she do to upset Madam?"
Mingyu felt soft-hearted. She reached out and hugged Madam Zou, and laughed softly, "She just blamed me for going directly to the top leader, bypassing her." Just like in the kindergarten, Mingyu, as an ordinary teacher, dared to bypass the section chief and directly complain about the head teacher to the principal. The sad thing was that this head teacher was the section chief's favorite. Wouldn't the section chief have to deal with her when he got back
Madam Zou didn't understand what Mingyu was saying, and was about to ask again, but Mingyu had already left the house and said to the madam standing in the yard, "Madam, I'm done, let's go."
The Sima family's ancestral hall is located in a small courtyard at the easternmost part of the Anxi Marquis' Mansion, built on a high platform. There is a hall with ancestral tablets and the air is filled with incense. There is also an inner room with a simple bed and a table by the window.
Mingyu entered the ancestral hall along the high stone steps in front of the entrance. The light was a little dim. Perhaps it was due to the year-round fumigation of sandalwood, everything here exuded a faint fragrance.
This was Mingyu's second time entering the Sima family's ancestral hall. The first time was the day after her marriage. The real Mingyu was sick and confused, and was brought into the ancestral hall by everyone to kowtow to the ancestors. When she and Mr. Bao consummated their marriage in the future, she would have to kowtow to the ancestors again on the second day of the wedding to show that she had truly become the daughter-in-law of the Sima family. Thinking of this, Mingyu felt nauseous.
It's better to copy the family tree than to ask her to consummate her marriage with Sima Hong right now! Mingyu sighed in her heart. Even a fool could see how much her mother-in-law Miao disliked her. She was only punished to copy the family tree. There was a place to sleep in the ancestral hall and someone brought her food. She didn't let herself get cold and hungry. It was already very good.
The nanny had already stopped looking down on Mingyu. She lit three incense sticks and asked Mingyu to kowtow to the ancestral tablets. Then she led Mingyu into the inner room, took out a thick book from the bookcase, and handed it to Mingyu respectfully, "Second Madam, this is the genealogy of our Sima family."
Mingyu’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Oh my god, such a thick book, and reading it a hundred times… Suddenly, Miao turned into a ferocious monster in Mingyu’s mind.
The nanny politely pulled out the chair in front of the table for Mingyu and went out. Mingyu sighed and thought she was unlucky. Her mother-in-law asked her to copy the family tree, and no one could find any fault with it. She was living under someone else's roof and had no control over anything.
Mingyu opened the family tree, ground ink and spread out paper, then picked up the pen and began to write with concentration. Her beautiful and graceful Zhao style was the result of her hard work in practicing it when she was a child. It was a little awkward when she first started writing, but it became more and more fluent as she wrote.
Just as Mingyu was concentrating on copying, a head appeared on the open windowsill. Mingyu was so frightened that she screamed.
The head shouted, "Hey, you little bastard, how dare you tell the old lady about me!"
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