The room was as warm as spring, Ruilan was wearing a small jacket and was sitting on the shelf bed, her red and swollen cheeks had turned purple, which showed that Fang had just been beaten heavily.

There was a plate of fried fragrant melon seeds on the small table at the head of the bed, and Yu Xiang moved a pestle to sit next to the small table, roasting the fire and snorting melon seeds, while pointing to the direction of the main house with his chin and scolding:

“…… I don't look at my origin, I just went back to our house and was so public, you see, the old lady cherishes the fourth miss so much, but the fourth miss was beaten by her, and the old lady didn't peel her skin! ”

Seeing that Yu Xiang was getting louder and louder, she didn't care about it at all, Ruilan said anxiously: "My aunt, you can be quieter, in case you call the girl back to listen, do we want to stay in Sydney Courtyard in the future." ”

"Are you afraid of her? I'm not afraid! Yu Xiang took a sip and wiped off the skin of melon seeds stuck to the corners of her mouth, "Didn't you see the attitude of the old lady and the eldest lady towards her?" This person is also a fool, he just came back and convicted the two highest status in the house, Mrs. is her own mother and doesn't want to see her, what good will she have in the future? ”

casually threw the melon seed skin into the burning charcoal basin, and a burning smell gradually spread, but Yu Xiang seemed to be unconscious, still threw the melon seed skin into it, and sneered:

"We are also unlucky, we are waiting in Xingning Garden, with the qualifications of you and me, we often serve by the master's side, and it is difficult to guarantee that we will not be able to be a master in the future. It's good now, being thrown in such a place where dogs don't, and being a vulgar village girl, what good future can there be in the future, it's really unlucky! ”

This sentence really hit Ruilan's heart.

Although Ruilan is only a second-class maid, she didn't have many opportunities to serve in close proximity when she was in Xingning Garden, but a handsome character like Xiangye can make people's hearts beat pounding with just a faint look, and Mrs. has never come out again, her own conditions are not bad, she has already had some ideas, who knew that she would be sent to Sydney Courtyard, and she would be beaten like this on the first day.

Thinking of Qin Yining's powerful appearance, Ruilan felt a chill behind her, and couldn't help frowning and persuading: "You haven't seen the girl's power." I advise you to save some trouble, in how the girl is also the concubine of the Xiangye. ”

"What if it's a concubine, don't you want to live by our eyes? Mother Jin is also very eventful, what to do to give her these good charcoal, she is used to collecting firewood in the mountains to burn, I am afraid I don't know that there is such a kind of silver frost charcoal without smoke and dust. As he spoke, he sneered and laughed: "But it's still cheap, let's use it." ”

"You." Ruilan remembered that Qin Yining was not annoyed when she found out that something had been detained, and she could still talk to them with a smile, and then thought about the cold ice cellar-like main house, and felt inexplicably happy in her heart.

Yu Xiang swallowed a few more melon seeds, and suddenly smiled again: "She beat Miss Huining like that today, and she doesn't know if she can come back." ”

"That's right." When Ruilan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.

Just when their hearts were dark, the wings were suddenly pushed away with a "creak".

Both of them were startled, thinking that it was a little girl outside, and they just wanted to scold them, but they were stunned when they saw the person who came.

The woman with a honey-colored cloak in front of the door, with a slender figure and a gorgeous appearance, is not who Qin Yining is that they are despising!

Looking at each other, Ruilan saw the killing intent from Qin Yining's cold eyes, and then looked at the shallow smile on the corner of Qin Yining's mouth, she couldn't help but have the cold hairs on her back stand on end, and hurriedly got off the ground and put on her shoes, not even caring about the pain on her body.

"Fourth girl, you're back." Ruilan saluted.

Yu Xiang's face was also very ugly, and she saluted with Ruilan: "Four girls." ”

"Don't dare to be, how can I afford your courtesy, I'm a vulgar village girl? After all, if Miss Yu Xiang has such a character, if she stays in Xingning Garden in the future, she may be able to be an aunt. ”

Qin Yining walked to the side of the bed with his hands in his hands, looked at the fine silver frost charcoal in the stove and the melon seed skin that had not yet burned out in the charcoal fire, and said with a smile: "How about it, the good charcoal given by Mother Jin, are you two enough?" Do you want me to send some more? ”

Ruilan's heart jumped, and she knelt down as soon as her knees went limp.

What they just said was called this household!

This is a master who kills people without blinking, even if he kills them, it won't be anything, it's a big deal to go to the government to report to them and put a crime on them at will, and pay ten taels of silver to get it, the old lady just doesn't like his granddaughter, and he won't be reluctant to give up ten taels of silver.

Ruilan shuddered and began to recall what he had said, but fortunately, he didn't say much.

Thinking of this, Ruilan hurriedly kowtowed: "The girl is angry." ”

"Anger? I am not angry, so why should I be angry? Qin Yining didn't look at Ruilan, but looked at Yu Xiang with the corners of his lips slightly curled.

Yu Xiang saw that the matter had come to this point, but it was tougher than expected, and she raised her chin arrogantly, and said, "The girl said that she laughed, did you see who made me an aunt?" ”

Qin Yining carefully looked Yu Xiang up and down, his eyes were like a knife quenched with ice, and Yu Xiang's whole body trembled.

Yu Xiang felt that she was afraid that she was going to suffer, and she didn't know what to do with her?

However, a girl who has just returned home does not understand these rules of a wealthy family, and I am afraid that she will not be beaten twice at most. Yu Xiang thought so, and her heart settled down a lot.

Just when Yu Xiang was thinking about how to report to her Lao Tzu Niang for help later, Qin Yining smiled incomprehensibly.

"I'm going to copy the Book of Filial Piety, Ruilan, come and help me sharpen my ink."

It seems that he is not going to punish her?

Yu Xiang snickered.

Ruilan also sighed, got up with "yes", pulled the wound on her body, and "hissed" in pain.

Yu Xiang stretched out her hand to help Ruilan, and said dissatisfiedly: "The girl is too unreasonable, Ruilan is like this, where can she still serve pen and ink." Otherwise, I'll wait for you to polish the ink, and you can rest for Ruilan today. ”

The tone was tough, as if she was the master.

Ruilan trembled all over, and said continuously: "The slave is fine, the slave and the maid will immediately go to serve the girl's pen and ink." ”

Yu Xiang glared at Ruilan dissatisfiedly when she heard this, looking like she was going to give her a head today.

Qin Yining saw Yu Xiang like this, and said funny: "Ruilan is here to serve the pen and ink, Yu Xiang is going to boil water, I want to bathe." ”

Yu Xiang's eyes widened when she heard this.

She is the son of a family, Lao Tzu Niang is in charge in the outer courtyard, since she was a child, she has been top-notch among the subordinates, and the masters have a face when they walk around, where have you done such rough work as boiling water?

"Girl, you just went home, I'm afraid you don't understand, we are all just in charge of the same, each performing its own duties, such as boiling water, such as the rough work of naturally the little girl is in charge, and the girls in other rooms have never heard of letting the big girl around them boil water. For the sake of your reputation, the slave maid should come to serve the girl's pen and ink. Yu Xiang not only expressed her dissatisfaction, but also unabashedly despised Qin Yining's ignorance of the rules.

Ruilan broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "The slave doesn't matter." The slave can serve the girl's pen and ink. ”

Yu Xiang was not lightly angered when she heard this, and pinched Ruilan's arm fiercely, what's the matter with this person, she is helping her out, she still doesn't appreciate it!

Ruilan frowned in pain and almost cried.

"Who is the master in this courtyard? Could it be that Miss Yu Xiang wants to be the master of the house? Qin Yining turned around and walked outside, and said undoubtedly: "Yu Xiang boils water, and the rest of the people come with me." ”

"Yes." The maidservants under the porch should be.

Ruilan and Yu Xiang found that outside the door of the small wing, Mother Zhu, Qiu Lu, Liu Ya and others were standing neatly outside, and they didn't know how long they had been here.

Ruilan hurriedly followed.

Yu Xiang pursed her lips and reluctantly went to the small kitchen where she sat down to boil water.

In the main house, Liu Ya and Qiu Lu were busy holding the lamp, and the little girl listened to Zhu's mother's instructions to prepare the charcoal fire. Qin Yining sat down on the rose chair with a pale green mattress in front of the black lacquer cloud echo pattern bookcase, and Ruilan immediately put the blue and white bowl of carp playing lotus within her reach, and handed over a delicate hand warmer: "It's not too late to write when the girl is warm." ”

Qin Yining was very funny. This person was beaten, but he became diligent, which shows the truth that people are good at being bullied!

The room is getting warmer.

Ruilan took a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, laid out the rice paper, and took an ink ingot to grind it carefully.

Qin Yining picked up a wolf pen casually, playing with the tip of the pen with his white fingers, and said softly, "You have come to serve me this time, but you have also been wronged and delayed your good future. ”

"The slaves don't dare." I wish my mother to take the lead, and Ruilan, Qiu Lu, Liu Ya and the three little girls all knelt down together.

Qin Yining chuckled, revealing her braided shell-like teeth, and her bright face was even more dazzling and bewitching under the light.

"If you are in the Prime Minister's Mansion, you must abide by the rules of the Prime Minister's Mansion," Qin Yining put down the wolf pen, looked directly at the saluting people, his eyes were shining, and he said slowly: "Since Mother Jin arranged for you to go to Sydney Courtyard, you are my people." I'm new here, although I'm not familiar with the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I don't know much about the rules of everyone's ladies, but Ming'er's grandmother and Xixi have also arrived, do you think I will never understand anything? ”

"The girl is serious, and the slaves and maids don't dare." Everyone kowtowed, and it was like an initiation in an instant.

There must also be a limit to "bullying", not to mention that this girl is the only blood and blood of the master, and it is only a matter of time before she wants to turn over!

Qin Yining's words made everyone's attitude towards her more cautious and respectful, and also gave these people who had left behind their past prospects for the first time in Sydney Courtyard a sense of belonging.

At least, they now feel that following this girl is not a bright future!

Qin Yining grew up in the market, and he best understands the truth of "the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit". If you want people to follow her with peace of mind, at least people don't feel that they will lose their support anytime and anywhere. What she said just now was said after turning it several times in her heart, because she had no experience in calling people, let alone giving people a lecture, in fact, Qin Yining was afraid that she would say something wrong.