Chapter 2 Zhuang Jie
Swept by Jin Rou's gaze, several maids only felt that their hairs stood on end, and they broke out in a cold sweat, what the eldest princess was thinking, they could guess roughly, whoever listened to the words of the county lord would think that there was some gossip coming in. Several people lowered their heads one after another, and they didn't dare to let out the atmosphere.
Jin Rou couldn't see anything unusual for a while, so she had to turn her head to look at Fang Yage, cautiously probing, "Ge'er, what nonsense did you hear?" β
Fang Yage didn't know why, shook his head and denied it, "What does Mother mean by talking nonsense?" β
Seeing that Fang Yage's expression didn't seem to be disguised, Jin Rou let go of her heart, "It's nothing, I'm thinking, if you didn't listen to anyone's nonsense, how could you say such nonsense, my daughter is naturally going to marry the most outstanding man, and with your identity, how can it be your mother-in-law's turn to learn." β
Fang Yage secretly sneered in her heart, couldn't it be her mother-in-law's turn to learn? Fang Yuxuan's desire to marry her was unkind and ill-intentioned, and her nominal mother-in-law, Jing Ran, refused to give her even a straight eye, because she was a woman with a bad reputation.
Yes, how did she forget, Fang Yage remembered that she was reborn back to the age of thirteen this time, precisely because she fell into the lotus pond in her previous life. She and her sister Fang Yaxin made an appointment to collect lotus pods in the lotus pond together, and when the boat rowed to the middle of the lake, her sister Fang Yaxin stood up to reach a lotus flower, but she fell into the water inexplicably, and knocked her into the water before falling into the water. Fang Yaxin's girl Yueji knows how to water, but in that case, Yueji only rescued Fang Yaxin, and she could only struggle in the water......
Originally, Fang Yage had only one way to die, but who knew that that day the guard Zhuang Kai took his sister into the garden to ask for an errand, and heard the cry for help from a distance, crossed over the wall, and saved Fang Yage's life. It's just that men and women don't kiss, let alone fishing a woman out of the water, Fang Yage is equivalent to ruining her innocence. Although Jin Rou issued a gag order afterwards, the matter still spread out, and since then, Fang Yage has been very unhappy in marriage, and he is often secretly ridiculed by the daughters of those courtiers when he goes out, and Fang Yage does not like to go out to socialize more and more, but he hides in Yahe Garden and pities himself.
It wasn't until she was eighteen years old that the Fang family came to propose marriage for Fang Yuxuan, and her mother couldn't wait to agree, thinking that the Fang family came to marry Fang Yage for the eldest son because of her uncle's affection. For the sake of the Fang family's face, her mother and uncle specially asked her to marry from the palace, but who knew that it gave those rebellious ministers and thieves an opportunity, and the wedding day was when they rushed into the palace to rebel...... The misfortune of a qiΔ all stems from this falling into the water.
Thinking of the past, Fang Yage was suddenly shocked, how could she forget such an important matter, the surprise of rebirth was too great, and even the vigilance against danger that had been honed over the years had been reduced. She must not be as discredited as in her previous life, spurned and swallowed her anger.
Fang Yage looked at Jin Rou frowning lightly and her lips dry, thinking that her mother must have worked hard behind her shouting and smiling at her these days. Fang Yage knew how much her mother loved her, and she had no doubt that her mother, who was usually gentle and kind, would kill any person who talked nonsense in order to save her reputation. In her previous life, she was provoked by others, complaining that her mother did not control the rumors in time, and did not kill Zhuang Kai with a rod, so the mother and daughter became more and more estranged. She can't afford to make such a mistake again in this life.
Fang Yage instantly had a plan in his heart, and pretended to be surprised and asked, "Ah, I almost forgot to ask, does my mother know who saved me?" I'm almost fine, so why don't I have to meet the people who saved me? β
Hearing her daughter ask herself, Jin Rou didn't know how to answer for a while, Jin Rou asked the maids around Fang Yage in detail at that time, and the maids all said that Fang Yage fell into the water first, and the maids shouted for help, Zhuang Kai jumped in from the outer courtyard wall, and the mother-in-law who managed the inner courtyard also confirmed that Zhuang Kai had already proposed in advance that he would bring his sister in to work that day, so the brother and sister were not suspicious, but they just happened to save their daughter's life. Although the result of saving people was not satisfactory, but Jin Rou couldn't do the revenge thing, so she didn't expel Zhuang Kai, and left his sister Zhuang Jie in the princess's mansion......
Fang Yage looked at his mother's embarrassed and hesitant expression, and sighed softly in his heart, "Mother, is there anything difficult about this?" I just remember that there was a very naΓ―ve woman who jumped into the pond and saved me, didn't she find her? β
Hearing Fang Yage's words, Bai Zhi was secretly frightened, the county lord must have known!! Seeing Fang Yage fall into the water that day, the maid Banxia jumped down in a hurry, but Banxia didn't know water at all, and almost drowned in the pool, Zhuang Kai's sister Zhuang Jie, who came in together, jumped off the pond and fished Banxia up, so it was Zhuang Kai who saved the county lord, and it was Zhuang Jie who saved Banxia. But the county lord is now deliberately saying the opposite......
"Yes, it's a girl named Zhuang Jie, and now I'm helping in the back kitchen, and I'm thinking about how to thank people when you're better."
Fang Yage's words woke Jin Rou violently, at that time, the little lotus pond was full of people from the eldest princess's mansion, the personal maid was by the lotus pond, and the servant woman who served was just standing far away and chatting at the periphery, not daring to disturb closely, which is why the boat lady didn't arrive in time at that time. The maids naturally didn't dare to talk nonsense, and the servants only saw their daughter fall into the water from a distance, and the Zhuang brothers and sisters saved people. But who can be sure who saved Ge'er between the two brothers and sisters? As long as the Zhuang brothers and sisters are allowed to clarify the facts, then no one will doubt that even if Fang Yaxin and her maid leak the news, as long as the eldest princess's mansion is determined, how can outsiders believe the words of a concubine.
"Mother, I want to meet this Zhuang Jie, can you find someone to pass her over?" Fang Yage actually wanted to see if this Zhuang Jie was a usable person, if she was still available, she would stay by her side, so that she would not become a handle for others to attack her in the future, in her previous life, she just didn't care about anything, so things would get out of control.
"Ge'er, you're in good health, it's better to recuperate now, people can't run, let's see you in a few days." Jin Rou was worried that Zhuang Jie would say something wrong, so she thought it would be better to mention it in advance.
"Mother, I'm going to see you now, people can't wait." Fang Yage gently shook Jin Rou's arm and took out a coquettish trick.
is so coquettish, Jin Rou naturally does not want to go against her daughter's wishes, and if she is very shirking and afraid that her daughter will see something, she glanced at her personal big girl Xiwu, Jin Rou ordered: "Xiwu, you go to the back kitchen, call Zhuang Jie over, and say that the county will see her and thank her for saving her life!" Jin Rou deliberately bit the words "life-saving grace" very hard.
"Yes, the slave obeys the order and will definitely bring Zhuang Jie well." Xiwu understood what Jin Rou meant, smiled coquettishly, gave a salute, turned around and walked out.
The kitchen of the Eldest Princess's Mansion is located in the southwest corner of the entire mansion, at the very front of the second gate, and there is a carriage and horse room in front. Because there are only four serious masters in the house, unlike those big families who eat and live together for several generations, a kitchen can also produce a lot of trouble, and the weekday menus are also drawn up according to the preferences of the masters, so each courtyard eats meals from the big kitchen, and there is no small kitchen of its own.
At that time, Zhuang Jie's brother came in with his sister from the north corner gate at the back of the house, thinking that he would go directly to the kitchen at the south gate to work through the westernmost alley, but he heard a cry for help outside the wall of the backyard garden and jumped in...... How do you know that the person who fell into the water is the county lord, so it saves people and saves the disaster. Thinking of this, Zhuang Jie was secretly bored, now the eldest princess is not being investigated, but she doesn't know what to do in the future.
"Miss Xiwu, why are you here in person today, if there is anything to send the little maid to command, run this trip on a hot day, don't get caught in the heat." The kitchen steward Shi's mother saw that it was the eldest girl beside the eldest princess, and hurriedly greeted her, with a kind face, which was completely different from the usual arrogance.
Zhuang Jie has fully realized what kind of character this Shi's mother is in the past few days when she came to the kitchen, and she can be treated with such a groveling reception, and she wants to come to this person's status is not low.
"Mama Shi, I have nothing to do today in the Three Treasures Palace, and I have been ordered by the eldest princess to let Zhuang Jie go to the front to reply." Although he can't look down on a two-faced person like Shi's mother, Xiwu still responds politely, so that people can't see anything unusual. In a big house like the princess's mansion, there are hundreds of maids and servants, and the relationship is complicated. Although Xiwu is the eldest princess's personal maid, she is not arrogant and human, but she will never let people look down on her.
When Zhuang Jie heard her name, she looked up and saw a twenty-eight-year-old girl standing at the door, her jet-black hair was simply combed into a double bun, a bead chain the size of a grain of rice was coiled around the bun, and she also had a pair of mutton fat jasmine hairpins on her head, a white and red collar placket printed gown, an apricot yellow tie around her waist, and a pair of silver silk double-buckle bracelets on her hands, which was the dress of a first-class maid.
Zhuang Jie hurriedly took two steps forward, curtsied, and said, "Zhuang Jie has seen my sister." β
"Oh, sister, you're welcome." Xiwu held Zhuang Jie with both hands and did not let her salute herself.
"I don't dare to take my sister's gift, you are a great contributor to saving my county lord, don't say that I should respect it, even when I get to the eldest princess and the county lord, that is also a person who looks up to me." Yuki said kind words, but his eyes were fixed on the person in front of him.
Zhuang Jie was stunned for a moment, and it was obviously her brother who saved the county lord...... No, if it was himself who saved the county lord, then all the troubles would be solved, and in an instant, she understood this truth, and Zhuang Jie hurriedly saluted again.
"My sister exalted me, I was originally from the eldest princess's mansion, it is my duty to go to the soup for the master, and I want to take my life, Zhuang Jie has nothing else to say." This time, the evening fog did not stop Zhuang Jie again, and accepted her salute safely, it seems that the woman in front of her is also smart, and nodded with satisfaction.
"My sister can understand this truth, it can be seen that she is not a fool, and she will not lose her sense of proportion when she thinks about it in front of the eldest princess and the county lord. It's just that the county lord was sick and groggy two days ago, and today I just got up and wanted to see you, you still don't talk about the dangers of the day when you arrive, don't be surprised by the county lord again. In fact, I was afraid that Zhuang Jie would say something wrong.
"Yes, Zhuang Jie understands, what shouldn't be said, Zhuang Jie will definitely not mention a word."
"That's the best, you can go with me to the backyard." Without saying a word, the two left together, but Shi's mother knew that with this life-saving grace, this Zhuang Jie was only afraid that she would soar in the future.