Chapter 52: Provocation
Mrs. Luo's indifferent temperament towards Cen Erniang has long been commonplace, so she didn't expect Cen Erniang to listen to her words, but pushed Cen Sanniang out of the house as soon as she finished speaking: "Sanniang, didn't you say before that you wanted to cut a few plum blossoms from my yard and insert them back?" It just so happens that a few of the plants are blooming today, so I'll let the peony accompany you to prune a few branches! β
Peony, who had been standing aside with her eyebrows lowered and lowered her eyes before, listened, and immediately walked to Cen Sanniang's side smartly, and said with a smile: "Third girl, not only are the plum blossoms blooming well in the yard, but the snow lotus raised in the water tank is also blooming well. β
Cen Sanniang's favorite thing besides Lamei is the snow lotus, so as soon as Peony said that the snow lotus raised in the green glazed water tank bloomed, her attention was immediately attracted......
I saw Cen Sanniang immediately run out like a child, and shouted excitedly as she ran: "I want to cut a few of the most beautiful plums, and I want to cut a few snow lotus!" I've been waiting for this snow lotus for almost a winter, and I just heard that it's blooming today, and no one is allowed to rob it from me! β
Mrs. Luo smiled when she saw that Cen Sanniang finally broke into tears, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and instead instructed the maid to clean up the spilled debris in the house.
After Mrs. Luo finished instructing the maid, she saw Cen Erniang sitting calmly reading from beginning to end, so she could only shake her head helplessly, and complained to Chen's mother with a depressed face: "How did I give birth to three daughters?" Obviously, I gave birth to three enemies who came to collect debts from me! These three little ancestors don't let me worry! β
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But said that although Cen Sanniang was coaxed by Mrs. Luo with flowers, and temporarily forgot about the maid being snatched away, but the next day, as soon as several girls met in Wutong Garden, Cen Sanniang saw Liu'er standing behind Gu Zheng obediently and quietly, and the fire in her heart immediately jumped up again, no matter how you look at it, she feels that Gu Zheng is not pleasing to the eyeβββ especially when Liu'er serves Gu Zheng as she served her before, it makes her feel dazzling and uncomfortable!
This kind of discomfort has been lingering in Cen Sanniang's heart, so when she was about to write the post, Li'er, who was deliberately on her own, pointed to Liu'er who was standing behind Gu Zheng, and said in a domineering tone: "I want to grind, Liu'er, you come and serve." β
Cen Sanniang's order made Liu'er glance at Gu Zheng with a slight hesitation, seeing that Gu Zheng was engrossed in lowering his head to write, and did not make a sound to stop him, after hesitating for a moment, he boldly walked to Cen Sanniang's side, lowered his head and silently grinded for Cen Sanniang.
Cen Sanniang couldn't help but feel good when she saw that Liu'er was still knowledgeable and in a good mood, and in order to deliberately embarrass Gu Zheng, in addition to letting Liu'er grind, she also asked Liu'er to help add water to the water injection, and lay pen felt, paper, wash pens and other miscellaneous things, in short, she didn't let Liu'er have time to serve Gu Zheng, so that Gu Zheng could only do many things by Spoon alone.
Cen Sanniang was in a happy mood after losing Gu Zheng's face, and when she saw Gu Zheng didn't dare to say a word about what she did, her face immediately felt a little more proud, and soon deliberately rewarded Liu'er with a big purse in front of Gu Zheng: "Liu'er, you served well today, I rewarded you!" β
There was no joy on Liu'er's face, and her tone was unwavering and respectful: "Slave and maid thank the third girl for the reward." β
Cen Sanniang glanced at Gu Zheng, who was squinting at the big characters, and asked deliberately loudly: "Liu'er, I'm afraid your new master is not as generous as me, right?" She must have never rewarded you when you went to her house, did she? β
Hearing this, Liu'er hurriedly replied: "Returning to the girl......
"If you don't say it, I also know that your new master is so poor that he even has to help his grandmother prepare a meeting gift, how can he have spare money to reward you!"
Cen Sanniang didn't give Liu'er a chance to finish speaking, so she sarcastically said something sarcastic to Gu Zheng, and then she saw that Gu Zheng looked as usual after hearing it, and still paid full attention to the word, which didn't seem to be affected by her words at all, so she immediately threw a big purse to Liu'er angrily: "Girl, I pity you for following a poor master, and I will reward you with a big purse with kindness!" β
This Cen Sanniang insists on rewarding, how dare Liu'er not accept it?
Therefore, Liu'er could only sigh secretly, stretched out her hand to take the purse that Cen Sanniang rewarded again, and then secretly glanced at Gu Zheng, seeing that Gu Zheng was still engrossed in the word, there was no dislike on his face, and then he quietly breathed a sigh of reliefβββ this is the fighting spirit between the masters, and it is really difficult for her little maid to be sandwiched in the middle!
Because Gu Zheng didn't show any displeasure, and he didn't confront Cen Sanniang head-on and compete for the right to use Liu'er, it seemed that there was no displeasure in Cen Sanniang's call for Liu'er, who had become her maid......
Gu Zheng's disapproving attitude made Cen Sanniang feel like a punch on the cotton, and it also made her feel like she was angry in the rest of her life, and she let her own maid not call every day, and when she saw Liu'er, she had to ask her to do this and that, that is, there was nothing to do with the maid, and she had to give birth to something to let Liu'er do before she would stop.
Gu Zheng still adopted the strategy of ignoring Cen Sanniang's provocation, but Spoon Er saw that Cen Sanniang always deliberately called Liu'er, and Liu'er never refused, so she quickly couldn't hold it back, and took advantage of Liu'er's absence to complain to Gu Zheng: "Girl, that Liu'er has been transferred to our Tingquan Courtyard by Mrs. Tai, but she listens to the orders of the third girl every day, and she doesn't take you, the new master, in her eyes at all, she is really angry!" β
When Zhen'er heard this, she also said with a worried face: "The slave and maid have secretly observed Liu'er for a few days, and I also feel that she doesn't seem to have made up her mind to follow the girl wholeheartedly, otherwise she won't follow the orders of the new master and the old master one by one...... However, she may not be able to completely abandon the master-servant relationship with the third girl for a while, and it will take a process of slow adaptation, and she will be swaying like this now. β
Seeing that Zhen'er's words were pertinent and had the meaning of helping Liu'er speak, Spoon immediately pursed her lips disdainfully: "What did the masters on both sides tell her to do?" That Liu'er is obviously biased towards the third girl, okay? Girl, you are really, you let her listen to the words of the third girl without saying a word! If you want a slave, you should teach her a hard lesson, so that she can recognize who is her master! β
Spoon'er's indignant and unwilling appearance for Gu Zheng made Gu Zheng have a faint smile on her face, and also made her calmly say her plan: "In fact, the reason why I have watched what the third girl has done coldly in the past few days is because I have my own plans!" I want to test Ryu'er quietly and see what kind of person she is. β
Seeing that Gu Zheng was not indifferent, Spoon Er immediately asked in surprise and joy: "Girl, then what are you going to do with Liu'er, a big girl with two hearts?" β
"I have secretly observed Liu'er's behavior in the past few days, and I see that although she always listens to the words of the third girl, she is not like a snobβββ if she is really that kind of person, I guess my grandmother will not dial her to me," Gu Zheng said his analysis before he said to Spoon: "You call her to me, I have something to ask her." β
After Spoon got the order, he quickly called Liu'er to Gu Zheng, and Spoon had just gone to call someone before, Gu Zheng pondered carefully in his heart, and after pondering several ways out of the ancient maid, as soon as Liu'er arrived, Gu Zheng asked straightforwardly: "Liu'er, can you tell me what your plans are in the future?" β
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Gu Zheng's question made Liu'er feel surprised, and it also made her bow her head and be silent for a moment before she spoke: "Slaves and maids are not free bodies, and they come and go according to the words of their masters, so they never dare to have their own plans." β
Gu Zheng saw that this Liu'er looked respectful, and knew that she didn't dare to tell her even if she had any plans, so she couldn't help but look carefully at Liu'er standing in front of her, and saw that she had a melon seed face, a pair of beautiful big eyes, and her face plate was no worse than that of a serious master, so she remembered a joke she saw on the Internet in her previous lifeβββ "A maid who doesn't want to climb the bed is not a good maid."
As soon as this joke came to mind, Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask Liu'er out loud: "I see that you are handsome and smart, and everyone loves you, don't you want to marry with the girl in the house in the future, and be an aunt when you go to the man's side?" β