Half a month has passed since Muchen said that he asked Hongyao to be his personal maid, and after Hongyao left the East Wing, he never dared to appear there, and he didn't even dare to get close to the courtyard, for fear that Muchen would see and mention the matter of letting her be his personal maid again.

And since that day, Mu Chen has not let people talk about red medicine, and gradually, this matter has been forgotten and forgotten.

Today is the 50th birthday of Mu Xiangqian, and all the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital will come here to congratulate him; On this day, the people in the house began to do all kinds of work from dawn, and they worked together in an orderly manner.

At this time, people have come to the house one after another to congratulate and give gifts.

As a handyman in the house, Hongyao went wherever she needed it.

"Burn with a fire, burn with a fire." The chef urged, in a loud voice.

Before he finished speaking, Hongyao picked up a piece of firewood with a diameter of about five centimeters, put it whole into the stove, and then put another piece of firewood, and when the two pieces of firewood went down, the fire was not vigorous, but after being suppressed by the firewood, it was much weaker; She pulled the bellows vigorously as she adjusted the position of the firewood in the stove to allow more oxygen to enter it.

The whole kitchen is busy.

At this time, a maid who was choosing vegetables shouted at Hongyao: "Hongyao, you go and fetch two buckets of water, there is not enough in the jar!" ”

"Okay!" Red Medicine raised his voice. Then he looked at the cook and said, "Master, please help me watch this fire for a while." ”

The chef readily agreed.

Red Medicine picked up the two wooden buckets that were placed in front of the water tank, and hurried to the wheel, she tied the bucket to one end of the rope, put it into the well, and began to shake the handle, and with great effort, she finally lifted the two buckets full of water out of the well.

She carried a bucket in one hand, and staggered towards the kitchen, at this moment, Mu Tongtong, who was rushing from the courtyard to the kitchen, accidentally bumped into the red medicine, the red medicine was unstable, and the two buckets of water she was carrying spilled out, and one of the buckets was still rolling on the ground a few times.

Mu Tongtong looked at the wet skirt, and when he angrily slapped Hongyao, Hongyao was stunned on the spot, and at this time, he heard Mu Tongtong say disgustedly: "Do you know how expensive my clothes are, they were ruined by you like this, how can you compensate me!" ”

Hongyao looked at her fierce appearance, and felt very unhappy, but she didn't want to cause trouble, so she could only secretly say in her heart: Obviously you bumped into it yourself, and you still blame me, it's really inexplicable; The clothes are dirty, don't you just wash them, as for such a fuss?

"What's that look on your face?" Mu Tongtong said angrily.

"The slave has apologized to the young lady." Hongyao couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, and said respectfully on the surface.

"Apologies? It's not enough to trade your life for it! ”

Hongyao said speechlessly: Is my life so cheap?

"Why don't you speak?" Mu Tongtong saw that Hongyao was stunned in place, without saying a word, and his heart was even more angry.

What do you want me to say? It's not enough to take my life, what do you want me to use? The whole body, the most valuable place is life. Red Medicine Heart.

At this time, the little maid who sent the red medicine out to fetch water saw that she had not come back for a long time, so she hurriedly went out to look for it, who knows, just a few steps out of the door, she saw the red medicine, and the angry Mu Tongtong, the little maid saw this, and subconsciously said: How did you provoke this little ancestor?

After speaking, she returned to the kitchen and told Mama Li about the situation, Mama Li put down the work in her hand, and as soon as she got out of the kitchen door, she saw a dressed Mu Tongtong, and Hongyao who was standing silently, she raised her voice at Hongyao: "Hongyao, why does it take so long for you to go out to fetch water, if you delay the master's birthday banquet, you can afford it!" ”

As soon as Mama Li walked up to Hongyao, she pretended to be frightened and said, "Miss, the old slave doesn't know that Miss is here, and I ask Miss to atone for her sins." ”

Mu Tongtong said: "Mama, you come to judge the reasoning, she splashed me with water, not only did she apologize to me, but also ignored me, in the end I am the master, or she is the master, you say, I just beat her twenty boards, it's not an exaggeration." ”

"What the young lady said is that it was Hongyao's fault in the first place, not only colliding with the master, but also snubbing the master. Red medicine, don't come over and admit your mistake to the young lady. Miss is generous, as long as you admit your mistakes and have a good attitude, Miss will not be as knowledgeable as you. After saying that, Mama Li gave the red medicine a look.

As soon as Hongyao was about to bow his head and admit his mistake, he heard Mu Tongtong say: "This dress was specially commissioned by my father to invite a tailor in the palace to be made for me, not only the material of the clothes is superior, but even the tailor is one of the best in the palace. ”

When Mama Li heard this, her back shook, and she hurriedly reprimanded Hongyao and said, "Hongyao, why don't you come over and kowtow to the master and admit your mistake." ”

Hongyao glanced at Mama Li in surprise, and found that Mama Li's face was serious like she had never seen before, and then she realized the seriousness of the matter, although she didn't want to think so.

In Hongyao's memory, she had never knelt down to anyone, but now she wanted to kneel for a piece of clothing, Hongyao was unwilling and felt humiliated; During her time in the shogunate, she gradually realized how power controlled the fate of one person, the fate of a group of people.

She slowly knelt down on her knees, and said in a cold voice: "Miss, the slave knows that she is wrong, and she will never dare to do it again in the future, and please spare the slave and maid." ”

Mu Tongtong looked at the red medicine kneeling in front of her, and felt a burst of refreshment in her heart: "You are a woman who has escaped marriage, and you are destined to bear the reputation of being scolded for the rest of your life, and letting you stay in the house as a handyman will also elevate you; Your worthless life can't be compared to the gorgeous clothes on my body, even if you kneel me, I can't get rid of the fire in my heart. ”

Mama Li said: "Miss, today is the big day of the master's 50th birthday, it should be harmonious and beautiful, can the young lady look at the face of the lord's birthday today, spare the red medicine once, if the young lady has not dissipated her anger, can you wait for the birthday banquet to pass and solve it?" ”

Mu Tongtong's eyes were full of fire and red medicine, she had already seen her unpleasantly, and she wanted to take this opportunity to teach her a good lesson, but she didn't expect to run into her father's birthday banquet, which made her unable to hide the fire in her heart: "No, if you don't punish her, I can't swallow this breath!" ”

Seeing this, Hongyao had no room to maneuver, so she stood up from the ground, and when she saw it, she was even more angry, and she said angrily: "Who told you to get up?" ”

Hongyao said nonchalantly: "Since they all have to be punished, then why do I continue to kneel?" If you kneel, you will be punished, and if you don't kneel, you will be punished, so it is better not to kneel. ”

"You! How dare you talk back and say such a rebellious thing! Mu Tongtong trembled with anger.

"Red Medicine! How do you talk to your master? Don't apologize to your master yet! Seeing this, Mama Li hurriedly reprimanded.

"What's the use of me apologizing, she's just trying to humiliate me." Hongyao said lightly.

"You have to be humiliated, and you have to bear it." Mama Li said.

Hongyao suddenly had a temper, and she refused to give in again, obviously she had already apologized and admitted her mistake, and knelt down, besides, she bumped into it herself, and it wasn't she who splashed water on her, why should she bully people so much.

"You wait for me!" After Mu Tongtong said this, he left angrily.

Mama Li hated that iron could not become steel, so she pointed at the head of the red medicine and said: "We are slaves, not only to serve the master well, but also to share the worries and solve problems for the master, you are good, but you have learned to fan the flames, people are fanning the wind of others, lighting the fire of others, but you are fanning your own wind and lighting your own fire." ”

"Obviously she bumped into me herself, her clothes are dirty, and my two buckets of water are gone." Red Medicine whispered.

"You're still stubborn!" Mama Li said. "That's the most difficult master in the house to mess with, this matter is bound to spread to the second lady, and the matter will only get bigger and bigger, you just wait to be punished."

"Then what can I do, I knelt and knelt, and apologized, and it was obviously not my fault." Red Medicine Road.

"If the master says you're wrong, you're wrong, and if the master says you're right, you're right."

Hongyao was still about to speak, but when she saw Mama Li's serious appearance, she closed her mouth obediently, she picked up the bucket that fell on the ground, turned around and went to the place where the water was fetched, Mama Li shouted: "Let others go to the work of fetching water, you just clean up here." ”

Red Medicine let out a sullen sigh.