"You're Rong Xia?"

Rong Xia raised her head and looked at the girl standing in front of her, and said a little shyly: "Yes, I am Rong Xia." Who are you?"

"I am the second young lady's dowry maid. The little girl named Scarlet, an old man with a stretched neck, looked at Rong Xia's eyes full of contempt and disdain, and only heard her say in a somewhat proud tone: "Come with me, the second young lady wants to see you!"

Rong Xia was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "Is there something wrong with the second young lady looking for me?"

"Why do you do so much when you ask so much, and the master asks you to go, you can go, don't you dare to disobey?" The scarlet girl glanced at her sideways, and said very critically: "Hurry up, go and change your dirty clothes first, and save the eyes of my young lady." At this time, Rong Xia was turning over the soil in the greenhouse, and her body was indeed dirty, but it was far from being filthy, this scarlet girl just looked at Rong Xia unpleasantly, so she deliberately picked on thorns!

But Rong Xia didn't say anything, indeed, she has no right to refuse here.

Quickly changed his clothes, Rong Xia followed Scarlet and walked towards [Cangduzhai].

"Slave Rong Xia has seen the young lady!" Rong Xia knelt on the ground and saluted.

"Well, get up!" Qiao Sulan called lazily.

Rong Xia stood up, hung his head slightly, and stood aside very nervously.

"I heard that in this family, the second master only eats the food you cook?" Qiao Sulan tilted her head slightly, revealing a curious look. For this question, Rong Xia didn't know how to answer. She had a hunch that if she said yes, the woman in front of her might be unhappy.

So she moved her pink little mouth and didn't reply.

Qiao Sulan looked Rong Xia up and down, if such a little girl was a master of cooking, Qiao Sulan would never believe it in her heart, but the reality was: her husband really only seemed to eat the food made by this little girl.

There is no small kitchen of its own. Qiao Sulan's three meals a day are also provided by the Hou Mansion's big kitchen, the food in the Hou Mansion is not bad, and it tastes quite delicious, of course, if you want to eat some extra good ingredients, such as snow lotus, abalone, ginseng chicken soup or something, you only need to add your own money, or send the things directly to the back kitchen, and the masters will make them.

But since getting married, Qiao Sulan has found that her husband's meals are all made separately, every time she eats, He An will come over with a food box, and the meals inside, Qiao Sulan observed, and it doesn't seem to be any delicacies, but her husband will eat them with relish, and the other dishes on the table will not be touched.

Qiao Sulan asked people to go out to inquire, and soon learned that these meals were all made by Rong Xia.

"I'm a little curious about your craft. Let's cook a meal today, let me take a look!" Qiao Sulan raised her eyebrows and said to the scarlet below: "Take her to the kitchen!"

This kitchen naturally refers to the large kitchen of the Hou Mansion.

Rong Xia's cooking skills are good, however, he relies more on the food itself watered by the water from the spiritual well. So half an hour later, when Qiao Sulan ate the dishes made by Rong Xia, the expression on her face was very disapproving.

It's not the taste of the dish, it's the person who cooks it.

Qiao Sulan looked at Rong Xia in front of her.

The little girl was only eleven or twelve years old, and her body was immature, and she looked like a child, and her expression was shrunk, and she looked very timid.

"Don't keep your head down, lift your face, let me have a good look. ”

Rong Xia blinked, and raised his face according to his words.

This is an extremely beautiful little girl, with delicate facial features, pure eyebrows and eyes, such a look is not aggressive, and she belongs to the type that can make people feel pity at first sight.

Pity?

"I can't complain that the second young master likes you so much!" Qiao Sulan chuckled in her heart, but smiled slightly: "Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, you don't want to stay in Luzhuxuan, just live here." I officially ask you to be a first-class maid. Hearing Qiao Sulan's words, the scarlet on the side pouted unhappily, and looked at Rong Xia's gaze with a lot of unkindness.

She herself still leads the example of a second-class maid, such a little girl, why!

"Back to the young lady's words. A greenhouse was opened on the side of Luzhuxuan, and some vegetables were planted in it, and someone needed to serve them. Rong Xia added in a low voice: "It was the second young master who asked me to stay over there." ”

Is she using the second master to press me?

Qiao Sulan's heart immediately became unhappy.

She is a woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and likes to control a qiē. It's a pity that the current Dingyang Hou Mansion and this turn can't let her meddle in the housekeeper, and after marrying these days, she has also obviously noticed the hostility of some people in the Hou Mansion to her own house, especially the old lady Shen, although she doesn't say that she deliberately bullied and abused her, but she likes to love something that is also decided, she is in charge of the housekeeping of the entire Hou Mansion's backyard, she is not happy, and Qiao Sulan's days are inevitably shrinking back. Therefore, for [Cangduzhai Zhai], which belongs to her own one-third of an acre, Qiao Sulan wants to achieve 100% control. Rong Xia, a subordinate who belongs to [Cangdui Zhai] and is out of the sight of her, the hostess, is particularly eye-catching.

"I'll talk about it over there, Second Master. The look on Qiao Sulan's face faded: "Scarlet, you go over to help clean up, and move over tonight!"

"What are you doing in a daze, don't thank you Madame for your grace!" Scarlet glanced at Rong Xia.

Rong Xia felt a little scared, because she was originally mute, in fact, she was a little socially phobic, and in the face of unfamiliar people, or people who were hostile to her, Rong Xia would feel extremely nervous and afraid.

Obviously, the second young lady was divided into this part of the crowd by her.

It can be said that it is just like what was just said: here Rong Xia has no right to refuse.

So even if she didn't want to, she could only say, "Thank you, Madame—"

"The second master is here!" Rong Xia didn't finish speaking, and a loud voice came from outside.

Qiao Sulan immediately had a smile on her face, stood up and walked towards the door. When Pei Jinzhi came in, he saw two people standing and kneeling, and the one standing smiled at himself: "Husband, I went down so early today!"

Pei Jinzhi gave a faint sigh of gratitude, glanced at the one shrunk on the ground, and asked Qiao Sulan, "Why is Axia here?"

The smile on Qiao Sulan's face did not change, and she said softly: "The concubine saw that the second master usually only eats the food cooked by Axia, and when she was curious, she called someone over and asked her to make some and taste it." Not to mention, although Ah Xia is young, her skills are really good, and she can't complain that her husband likes it!"

"Ah Xia has been helping me manage the affairs of Green Bamboo Xuan, and he is indeed very capable. Pei Jinzhi smiled at Qiao Sulan, and then said to Rong Xia below: "Axia, come here." ”

Rong Xia lowered his head and walked in front of Pei Jinzhi very obediently.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to visit the Imperial Village on the outskirts of Beijing tomorrow, and the Crown Princess asks you to follow by name, you go back and pack up and bring all the things you should bring. ”

When Qiao Sulan heard this, she immediately showed a look of surprise on her face, and exclaimed, "Why did Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess order a little girl to go with her?"

Pei Jinzhi looked over when he heard this, and said lightly: "Ah Xia is very favored by Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and Madame must not treat her as an ordinary little maid." ”

Qiao Sulan heard the warning in Pei Jin's words, and her face quickly flashed with embarrassment.

*****

"Madame, is there any embarrassment for you?" the two went out, and Pei Jinzhi turned around and asked.

Rong Xia shook his head.

Pei Jinzhi looked her up and down, and the more he looked at a pair of brows, the tighter he wrinkled: "Why have you lost so much weight?"

"The most, I have a bad appetite recently!" "Since Pei Jinzhi got married, the two have rarely seen each other on weekdays. As soon as they met coldly, Pei Jinzhi immediately found that the little girl had lost a lot of weight, and her already light and fluttering little body became more and more thin.

"What's the matter, are you sick?" Pei Jinzhi raised his hand to touch the lowered little head.

Who knew that Rong Xia suddenly took a step back.

Pei Jinzhi's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, and the atmosphere stiffened suddenly, he looked at Rong Xia for a long time, and finally slowly let it go.

"Go back!" he said at last.

Rong Xia returned to [Green Bamboo Pavilion] with a sense of self-loathing that he couldn't understand. She felt that she was really bad, and she thought that she could really treat him with a calm mind, however, when she saw him standing with the young lady, Rong Xia still felt an incomparably great sadness and sadness.

The love was so intense, so intense that she couldn't even disguise it.

"If only I could leave! to a place where I can't see him anymore. Rong Xia thought dejectedly.

But she still has Li Niangzi and Lao Rongtou, and Pei Jinzhi can't do without the things grown by Lingjing water.

Alas............

In the midst of Rong Xia's constant frustration and self-loathing, the second day came.

The imperial family had many estates on the outskirts of Beijing, including one called "Yusenso". As the name suggests, there are several excellent warm water springs here, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has some cold legs, and every year around winter, he will go to the hot spring pool on the hot spring pool.

This year is no exception.

"Axia, we're here—" Outside the carriage, He An knocked on the wall of the carriage.

When Rong Xia heard this, he pushed the car door and jumped in.

"It's so beautiful!" Rong Xia couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at a magnificent manor surrounded by mountains in his eyes. Standing at the foot of the mountain, she couldn't fully see the whole picture of the villa, but even if she only got a glimpse of it, she could see that it was a very large and gorgeous manor.

The prince came to the palace this time, not only with the crown princess, but also with some ministers of the East Palace, Pei Jinzhi was the prince who must be brought over, which also shows from the side that the prince likes and values him very much.