The daily life of a concubine's daughter

As soon as Shi Yao returned to Guanju Courtyard, Nanny Tang came with people and delivered a batch of new ornaments, gold, jade and porcelain, and ordered the maids to help clean Guanju Courtyard.

Shi Yao went to take a nap.

Madam Tang lifted the curtain, took a look, and quietly left. Banxia sobbed, "The young lady came back and saw the yard was in a mess. She cried for a while, then lay down on the kang. Madam, please don't wake her up. She is a girl and she has to be proud. How can she face people now?"

These few words made Muxiang, Rendong and Xingmi scurry around looking for things to do, fearing that Nanny Tang would notice something - like master, like servant. The second girl said irritating words without stopping, and Banxia just lied!

The second girl didn't cry. Not only did she not cry, she even shouted that she wanted to destroy the yard of the second master and the second mistress.

Nanny Tang looked around the messy courtyard, then looked around at the maids with bruised faces and noses. In the entire Guanju Courtyard, the only good person who was not injured was Liu Hua.

She sighed and stuffed four bottles of wound medicine and four bottles of beauty cream into Banxia's pockets. "These are rewards from the old lady. One bottle is for healing and one bottle is for beauty. You four can use them together. The little maids below and the old women and wives serving outside can go to the eldest lady to get more. You can take as much as you need."

Banxia smiled with tears in her eyes and said, "I will thank the old lady on behalf of the girl for thinking of her."

After half an hour's work, Guanju Courtyard was completely renovated, even more magnificent, luxurious and low-key than before.

Shi Yao got enough sleep, got up and rubbed her eyes.

Xing Mi helped her rinse her mouth and sat at the table. Ren Dong and Ban Xia came back covered in dust. Ban Xia was angry and aggrieved, and complained like popcorn:

"Girl! The kitchen said that they were very busy today and that you are the youngest among the grandchildren, so they would cook your dishes last and asked us to wait half an hour before eating. It was clearly their fault, but they acted as if they were being arrogant and kicked us out."

It wasn't like this before.

Muxiang wanted to keep things quiet, but she felt she couldn't stand waiting for half an hour.

How can a master be asked to wait for his servant?

Since there is not enough time, we should prepare the meal earlier.

It's just that Shi Yao offended the Duke's wife today, and the servants acted according to the mistress's mood and deliberately made things difficult for her.

The second young lady is not afraid of making a scene. She has already made one in the morning. If she makes another one, it will disturb the peace in the house and the lady will not even have time to rest. This is because the second young lady is ignorant.

As time goes by, the second young lady will fall out of favor with the lady dowager.

Who would like a granddaughter who causes chaos in the house every day because of trivial matters?

Muxiang, Rendong and Xingmi looked at each other, all with bitter faces, ready for another fight.

Shi Yao smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's no big deal. Look how anxious you are. The sky hasn't fallen yet. Even if it does, I'll hold it up. Let's go!"

Mu Xiang's face was ashen as death as he asked, "Girl, where are you going? Do you want to grab some weapons?"

She tried the feather duster that Aunt Tang had just brought her and found it very sturdy.

Shi Yao stepped out of the door and turned back to glare at her: "What weapons did you bring? It's so rude for a girl to fight and kill. Just go, you won't starve."

Shi Yao left Guanju Courtyard and looked around. She had been running around yesterday, and today she had been fighting, crying and acting. She was really exhausted and felt exhausted. So she decided to stay nearby.

He limped to the Lanpei Courtyard next door.

The old woman guarding the gate cried out in her heart: The female king of hell is coming!

The maids and servants in Lanpei Courtyard were extremely alert, and they all thought: Could it be that the Second Miss has gone mad and is here to destroy Lanpei Courtyard?

Shi Yao went straight into the warm room.

Shi Mingzhu was wearing homely clothes and a large lilac-colored coat. She had obviously just come out of the side room and was going to eat and take medicine before going back to lie on the bed.

She had received the report from the maid, so she endured it, dropped her bowl and chopsticks, stood up and greeted Shi Yao.

Shi Yao took her hand and sat on the table without any hesitation. She held Shi Mingzhu's hand tightly and complained aggrievedly, with a tone that was intimate and coquettish:

"The people in the kitchen are useless. They haven't prepared my meal yet. I was fighting and crying all morning, and I'm too tired to bother with them. So I came to my elder sister's place to have a meal. My elder sister is always generous and virtuous. Do you mind if I, your younger sister, have a meal?"

Shi Mingzhu had never seen a more shameless person. She got goose bumps all over her body. When Shi Yao held her right hand, she felt like she was being entangled by a poisonous snake.

She was so weak and fragile that she couldn't break free. She neither quarreled nor fought. The maidservant next to her could only worry and didn't come up to help.

Shi Mingzhu missed Nanny Xin very much. She was used to being dignified, so she could only say, "It's just a meal. Sister, eat if you want."

What could she say?

The big kitchen used to be managed by my eldest sister-in-law. After she returned to her parents' home, my mother took over.

Shi Yao openly blamed the head cook, but secretly accused her mother of personal revenge and poor housekeeping.

"I knew Big Sister wouldn't mind!" Shi Yao turned around and said, "Shi Mi, Lian Qiao, go get me a pair of bowls and chopsticks, hurry up, Big Sister can't eat cold food."

Shi Mingzhu closed her eyes. This scoundrel is so shameless!

When Shi Mi Lianqiao saw that her daughter's hand was held by Shi Yao, she was so anxious that she wanted to cry, and hurried to get a set of clean dishes and chopsticks.

Shi Yao gestured for them to serve the rice.

The two maids were afraid that Shi Mingzhu would eat cold food, which would further chill her spleen and stomach. They didn't know when she would recover from her illness, so they hurriedly served Shi Yao more food.

Only then did Shi Yao let go of Shi Mingzhu's hand and gave Banxia a look.

Banxia stepped forward and served food to Shi Yao, as she knew best what Shi Yao liked to eat.

Aunt Liu Hua, Mu Xiang and the other four were stunned, their hands and feet were stiff.

Does this work too?

No words are spoken when eating, and no words are spoken when sleeping.

Shi Yao ate happily and put down her bowl and chopsticks. Seeing that no one gave her a hot towel to wipe her hands or tea to rinse her mouth, she stood up, snatched the hot towel prepared for Shi Mingzhu by the maid, wiped her mouth, and called Banxia to pour tea.

All the maids and servants in Lanpei Courtyard were stunned.

Shi Yao rinsed her mouth and turned around. Seeing Shi Mingzhu looking at her with the eyes of a vulgar country girl, she smiled and said, "The Duke's Mansion is my home. I won't be polite to my elder sister in my own home."

Shi Mingzhu had heard that her mother was scolded by Shi Yao in the morning, and she was angry. When she saw Shi Yao blatantly barging into her yard to eat for free, and behaving in such an arrogant and domineering manner, she felt even more angry and could not eat.

She had eaten less than half a bowl of rice when she put down her bowl and chopsticks and said calmly, "Second sister is so domineering and has offended everyone in the mansion. Don't you have any scruples at all?"

Shi Yao was shocked: "How can you slander me so easily, elder sister? I am a humble person who can't even afford to eat. How can I be arrogant? If we talk about being arrogant, it is my second brother and his friends who are arrogant. They treat human life as worthless and women's innocence as a joke. If we talk about offending, they were the ones who offended me first. I just didn't keep silent.

Just like today's commotion, my aunt saw clearly that it was my second sister-in-law who first smashed my yard. She scolded my second sister-in-law for being ignorant, and instead scolded me, the innocent victim, for being uneducated. As a younger generation, I was filled with sorrow and grievance, but I could only swallow it down. What else could I do except forgive my aunt? But my sister said I was domineering! "