Reborn Concubine, Be Respectful First

"Girl, girl, my good girl, wake up, wake up quickly. Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month. It's time to pay respects to the old lady." The nanny helped Su Xinqing's thin body and sat up.

However, the force was a bit too strong and Su Xinqing felt some pain and cried out "ouch".

"Miss, you just have to bear with it for a while. If you are late, you will be punished again. Now that you are better, you should go to pay your respects earlier. Otherwise, the old lady will worry." The wet nurse comforted her.

"I understand, wet nurse." Su Xinqing replied softly. She didn't think that the old lady would worry about her, a concubine's daughter.

She wouldn't even look at anything unless it brought any glory to the Su family and her.

"Luhe, go prepare some water for the girl to wash up. The fourth and fifth girls will be here soon."

"Uh-huh"

"Miss, how can you be late? We will definitely arrive first, so that the old lady can see our girl's filial piety."

Su Xinqing also became a little more sober. Every time, it was the nanny who asked her to arrive early, but the old lady never looked at her even once, as if she had grasped something but also seemed not to have.

She glanced at the wet nurse, put on her outer layer of goose yellow short jacket, and walked to the outer room with steady steps.

As he walked, he said, "Nurse, I'm hungry. Bring me something to eat first."

"But... girl"

"Nanny, you said that I have just recovered from a serious illness. If I don't eat breakfast and faint from hunger in the old lady's yard, will the old lady be unhappy?" Su Xinqing said word by word.

The nanny thought about it and hurried to the big kitchen to get food. At this time, the big kitchen had already prepared food for the masters. She thought that as long as she hurried, there should be no problem, and she didn't care about Su Xinqing's change at all.

Only when Luhe brought in water for the third girl to wash, and saw that the wet nurse was not there, she kept staring at Su Xinqing, and one could see her confusion in her little eyes.

"Luhe, what's wrong?" Su Xinqing couldn't stand being stared at anymore, so she asked.

"Miss, I feel that you have changed, become more beautiful, more beautiful than the older girls."

"Don't talk nonsense, I get it. Hurry up and pack up and come with me to Yishoutang later." Su Xinqing knew the changes that Lu He was talking about. When a person becomes more confident and transparent, his overall aura must be different. This reminded Su Xinqing that she needed to cover up and she would have to make a living under her stepmother in the future.

She picked up the powder box and applied some dark powder on herself.

He looked at himself in the bronze mirror again and pulled his hair looser.

The nanny was worried that the pearls would fall off, so she combed Su Xinqing's hair very tightly just now, and it felt like her scalp was about to be torn off.

There are two dark pink velvet flowers in the shape of rabbits worshipping the moon on the two little buns. They were given by the old lady during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

In the previous life, the wet nurse said that gifts from elders were valuable and should not be taken casually, so I believed it. Later, other sisters all got new pearl hairpins, but I didn't have my own. I didn't want to go to the old lady's Yishoutang anymore, so I was schemed against by my stepmother step by step and she didn't even care.

Looking at myself in the mirror, my face looked pale and I looked listless.

Su Xinqing sat down with satisfaction, waiting for the nurse to bring back the food and then eating something before going over. Even though she looked weak on the outside, she was not really hungry.

If he really fainted, it would bring bad luck to the old lady, which would make her even more disgusted.

Serving some porridge and side dishes, Su Xinqing sat down at the table without any surprise, waiting for the meal.

At this moment, the wet nurse realized the changes in the girl whom she had taken care of for more than five years. She no longer had any admiration for her, and actually started to act like a daughter of an earl. She was naturally noble, but she was ruthless and treated her like a stranger, sitting there indifferently, as if she were just an ordinary servant. The wet nurse shook her head in disbelief.

"Nurse, what's wrong? I have to go to Yishoutang urgently." Su Xinqing said in a milky voice.

"Oh, oh, nanny, I'm old and a little distracted. Please don't be angry, young lady." Hearing the young lady's soft voice, the nanny confirmed that she had thought too much. She lowered her head and hurriedly served the young lady breakfast. If she was really late and the lady asked about it, she would be punished again.

Although she had a simple breakfast, Su Xinqing was still the first to arrive. Winter mornings are always exceptionally cold, and Su Xinqing had a small hot water bottle in her hand.

Luhe was not so lucky. She didn't have a thick long jacket to wear and no hot water bottle in her hand. She was already shivering from the cold.

"Sister Cui Yu, can I go wait under the corridor?" Su Xinqing couldn't bear to see little Lu He suffer with her. In her previous life, before she was drowned in the pond, she hit her head against a pillar to prove her loyalty. She was a loyal girl, but as foolish as herself and was deceived.

Cui Yu looked at the master and servant with pale faces. The third girl always came the earliest, but she had never been favored by the old lady. She felt sorry for their stupidity and nodded.

When they reached the corridor, the wind stopped blowing into their clothes. Lu He also stopped shaking her legs and feet and stood behind Su Xinqing without saying a word.

No wonder the nanny always urged herself and Luhe to come over quickly, but the nanny herself found various excuses not to come, and later she made fewer excuses.

It is hot in summer and cold in winter, which is indeed not a good job. Logically, when a girl goes out to visit her elders when she is young, she is accompanied by a wet nurse. Firstly, the wet nurse can take care of the girl, and secondly, the girl is still young and may not be able to answer some questions, so the wet nurse will answer the questions of the elder mistress.

However, when it came to Su Xinqing, the wet nurse thought that the girl was still young and did not have a reliable aunt to look after her, so it was easy to deal with.

As long as you don't give the stepmother a reputation for being kind and gentle, and having a good parenting style, you won't be subjected to excessive harshness.

This is also the accumulated experience of the nanny after careful study, and there have been no problems until now.

Sometimes, she could even receive reward money from Li's eldest maid, which was also a testament to the wet nurse's behavior.

Soon, the courtyard was filled with girls, some little maids and wet nurses, except for the fourth girl Su Xinwan and the sixth girl Su Xintao from the main courtyard.

Finally, even the eighth girl, Su Xinyan, who was still in her wet nurse's arms, came. She had just turned one year old and her speech was not very fluent yet.

The second son, Su Lin, was born out of wedlock and was sent to another place to serve as a prefect. The only daughter in the mansion was the fifth daughter, Su Xinyu, who was born out of wedlock, and her mother, Liu.

Liu was the illegitimate daughter of Lord Liu, the Vice Minister of Six Ministries. Because of her low social status, the old lady asked her to marry him to Su Lin, the illegitimate son, so that the old lady could keep her by her side and control her.

However, Liu's pregnancy was quite good. Perhaps because Su Lin and his wife got along well with each other, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter soon after their marriage. The two sons are now starting to learn and only come to the old lady's yard during the holidays.

Su Xinru, the seventh child and the eldest daughter of Su Ling from the third house, was held by her wet nurse, wearing a quilted cloak.

The round face and red brocade jacket made the little girl look like a delicate and exquisite New Year picture doll, and the old lady loved her very much.

The Wei next to her was Su Xinru's mother and Su Ling's wife. Also standing next to her was the Sixth Young Master Su Wenxin, who was about the same age as Su Xinqing. His little face was also red from the cold.

Mrs. Wei felt a little sorry for her children and was looking outside the yard, but she didn't see anyone.

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he said, "Mother Wang, please carry Miss Seven inside first. She is still young and weak, and she has just recovered from a cold. Don't let her get hurt again."

Madam Wang, who was called, opened the door curtain and came out. Seeing that most people had arrived, she said, "Madam San, please bring in Miss Qi and Young Master Liu. The old lady misses Young Master Liu."

"Oh, okay, let's go, Wenxin, your grandmother misses you," Wei turned around and handed the Shujin hot water bottle in her hand to the head maid behind her, took the Seventh Girl from the wet nurse, and followed Mother Wang in with small steps.

Su Wenxin looked at the people at the door with a proud look on his face as they followed his mother and sister in.