Chapter 39: The Stepping Stone

Hibiscus Garden - Pujia Pavilion

Li Wanqing had already changed into a clean middle coat, and the eldest lady personally fed her a decoction, afraid that she would be bitter, so she quickly put a piece of rose candied fruit in her mouth.

Feeling the eldest lady's concern, Li Wanqing's face had a hint of a smile, and then she remembered that Li Wanru, who had caused her to fall into the water, was depressed again.

"Mother, why did you let them go so lightly, you must know that it was all because that damn little slut Li Wanru's daughter almost died."

At this time, Li Wanqing's delicate and beautiful face still had a trace of gentleness, full of hideous color, and the eldest lady did not look surprised at all when she saw her like this, but just raised her eyes to look at the people in the house.

The maids and women in the house had already lowered their heads, and they were the men in their hands lightly, and no one dared to look up in the direction of Li Wanqing, the eldest lady nodded with satisfaction, and turned around to signal Mama Zhou with her eyes.

Mama Zhou has been following the eldest lady for more than ten years, and the eldest lady's meaning can be understood with just one look, it is the eldest lady who has something to say to the eldest lady.

"You all put down the work in your hands, Yu Rongyu and you will prepare some pastries and tea outside and send them in."

The maid in the house couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard Mama Zhou's strict and unwarm voice, and now the eldest lady and the eldest lady were angry, and they were afraid that they would be punished for accidentally touching the moldy head, so they quickly put down the work in their hands and hurriedly retreated.

Yurong and Yuhe also hurriedly went out to prepare, they knew that Mama Zhou was asking them to guard outside, in case someone came to disturb them.

Although Li Wanqing knew that this should be the meaning of the eldest lady, she was still a little dissatisfied with Mama Zhou's pointing in her room, but she didn't show it on her face, but there was inevitably a trace of unhappiness in her tone: "Mother, how can you let the maids all quit?" ”

The eldest lady looked at Li Wanqing's still somewhat pale little face, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Wanqing, is today's incident that the fourth girl wants to rectify the second girl?" Did you know beforehand? ”

Li Wanqing didn't expect the eldest lady to know the reason for the matter, looking at the disapproval in the eldest lady's eyes, she somehow gave birth to a feeling of resistance, so she only lowered her head and did not answer.

The eldest lady understands this daughter, and she is the most arrogant. After all, he suppressed the words he wanted to reprimand, and said softly: "Wanqing, you want to be a master in the future, and you shouldn't put your mind on how to deal with that little slut." ”

Seeing that Li Wanqing was moved, the eldest lady raised her head and glanced at Mama Zhou, and then continued: "Why do you think I raised the fourth girl in the Furong Garden, and the food and clothing are still compared to your share?" It's not for the critical moment to let her do what you want to do but it's inconvenient to do. ”

Hearing this, Li Wanqing raised her head suddenly, although she had always known that the fourth sister's current temperament was the result of her mother's intentional connivance, but she never knew that her mother was originally for her.

"Mother, it's Wanqing who doesn't understand your hard work and makes you worried!" As he spoke, he threw himself into the arms of the eldest lady.

The eldest lady raised her hand and gently patted Li Wanqing's back, and softly comforted her: "Wanqing, you have to remember that you are the eldest lady of our Li Mansion, and you can't afford to surrender your identity and get along with your sisters." No matter how powerful they are, they will never be able to surpass you! At critical moments, you still need them to pave the way for you. ”

Li Wanqing raised her head from the arms of the eldest lady, a bright smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth, and the willow eyebrows that had just been wrinkled were also stretched out at this moment, coupled with the somewhat morbidly white skin after falling into the water, the whole person was as cute as a hibiscus out of the water.

The eldest lady looked at Li Wanqing's stunning face and strengthened the thoughts in her heart, and after thinking about it, she still told Li Wanqing the news she got from her brother before: "During this time, you have to pay more attention to etiquette and poetry, I heard your uncle say that the Pingwang Mansion is choosing a companion for the lord of Pingyang County, if you can be selected, it will be of great benefit to you in the future." ”

Although I knew that my mother had something to say to herself, I didn't expect it to be such shocking news. She asked with a surprised expression, "Where did my uncle get this news?" But really? ”

"You don't know your uncle's methods yet, it's not true, how can he send someone to send me a letter, next month on the fifteenth Pingwang Mansion will go to Fushan Temple to pray for blessings and incense, and then my mother will also take you over, if you can get the blue eyes of the county lord of Pingyang before the official selection, it will be a great creation."

"Madam, don't worry, with the appearance of the eldest lady, as long as the county lord of Pingyang sees our eldest lady, this companion reading thing will be successful!"

When the eldest lady heard Mama Zhou say this, she was naturally happy in her heart, and her eyes were full of eager anticipation when she looked at Li Wanqing.

"Wanqing listens to her mother." Hearing the words of her mother and Mama Zhou, Li Wanqing's eyes crossed a trace of longing and a hint of ruthlessness, what her mother said, even if Li Wanru has a good skin, she can only be her own stepping stone.

I can't say why, she has an indescribable dislike for this second sister who always pretends to be well-behaved on weekdays, even more so than the fourth sister's dislike for her, and she has always had the urge to trample her on the soles of her feet.

said some words of comfort to Li Wanqing, and the eldest lady took Mama Zhou and left Pujia Pavilion.

After Li Wanqing watched the eldest lady leave, she stretched out her hand and picked up the teacup next to the bed and smashed it on the ground. Hearing the sound, Yurong, Yu and the two quickly opened the door curtain and walked in.

"Miss, what's wrong, is there anything wrong?" Although she is Li Wanqing's eldest maid, Yurong can't help but have a trace of apprehension in her voice.

Li Wanqing raised her eyes and looked at Yurong coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Kneel." ”

"Miss......" Yurong looked at Li Wanqing with a surprised face.

"Kneel, or I'll ask my mother to match you to Li Si in the stable." Seeing that Yurong didn't follow her words immediately, the anger in his voice frightened Yuhe next to him shuddered.

Compared with Li Wanqing's tone, her sentence of allocating herself to Li Si in the stable made Yurong's body seem to shake into a sieve. You must know that Li Si is in his fifties, but I heard that he has a lot of quirks in sexual affairs, and he has been married twice, but he was tortured in less than a month, and finally died.

This matter is no secret in the Li Mansion, but I didn't expect the eldest lady to match herself to him. Yurong quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately for mercy.

"Now that you know that you are begging for mercy, what are you thinking about today in the Huxin Pavilion?"

"The slave and maid know that it is wrong, please ask the eldest lady to spare the slave and maid, the slave and maid will do their best to serve the master from now on, please don't talk about the slave and maid to Li Si!"

Looking at the jade face in front of her, which was already red and purple, Li Wanqing's face finally eased a little, and she raised her hand and pointed to the broken porcelain piece on the ground: "The time to kneel on it for a stick of incense will not be remembered for a long time in the future." ”

When Yuhe heard the eldest lady say this, her face couldn't help but turn white, if she knelt down, she was afraid that this leg would also be wasted, and she wanted to ask for mercy, but she saw Yurong secretly shaking her, she also knew that pleading now would not help Yurong, and she was afraid that it would hurt her.

Yu couldn't help kowtowing and thanking her, as long as she wasn't allowed to marry Li Si, she would do it even if she went up the knife mountain and went down to the sea of fire.

The sharp broken porcelain pieces quickly cut through the outer pants and pierced into the flesh, and Yurong was in a cold sweat of pain, but he didn't dare to cry out in pain. I knelt for about a cup of tea, and I couldn't stand it, and my body fell straight to the ground.

Li Wanqing didn't even raise her eyes, but just told Yuhe to call a few little maids to carry people down, and allowed her to recuperate for a few days, Yuhe quickly knelt down to thank Yurong.

The eldest lady didn't let the doctor be invited, she could only simply give Yurong some hemostatic powder, looking at Yurong's bloody knees, Yuhe's heart was sad, they were the big maids around the eldest lady on the surface, but only they knew the true temperament of the eldest lady.

Because of this, the eldest lady will never let them go out to marry, that is, when the eldest lady gets married, the best outcome as a dowry maid is to be an aunt.

Although they knew that the eldest lady was not as gentle and kind and generous as she appeared on the surface, they never expected that the eldest lady would say the words of marrying Yurong to that Li Si so lightly, how could this not make them chill. usually looks decent, but after all, he is just a lowly minion, and life and death are held between the thoughts of the master.

I don't know why, she remembered Xi'er, who was always smiling beside the second lady, and suddenly a trace of envy rose, how good it would be if they were the maids next to the second miss, thinking of this, she couldn't help but be scared out of a cold sweat by her own thoughts, and didn't dare to think about it anymore, so she only calmed down and concentrated on helping Yurong wipe her wounds.