"Madam, if you send her out, it will be a scourge to stay in the house."

"No, you can't send her away, arrange some chores for her, tell her not to go near the outer courtyard, let alone contact Sister Yin'er."

"Yes!"

After Guo's mother received the order, Song Qingyun didn't eat much for lunch, and after the meal, she took Sister Yin to play in the garden for a while and then went back to the house to take a nap.

In the evening, Mu Qingao came back covered in muddy water, and after bathing and changing clothes, he went to Qingyun's room.

"How? Are these books still interesting? ”

Qingyun closed the book, tilted his head to look at him, and said with a smile, "The book chosen by King Jing, even if it is not good-looking, I have to say that it is very interesting." ”

"Listening to this tone, it seems to be very dissatisfied!"

"Where?" Qingyun glanced at him with disgust, moved his body in, and let Mu Qingao also sit on the couch.

"What are you doing at home today? Is Sister Yin well-behaved? Guo's mother said that you didn't eat much for lunch, is it because the food is not to taste? ”

"You've asked so many questions, which one should I answer?" Song Qingyun asked with a playful smile.

"Say whatever you want, and listen to your husband."

"Sister Yin is very well-behaved, after applying the ointment, the rash on my body is gone, the weather is too hot, naturally I don't have much appetite, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat much tonight."

Mu Qingao pinched the flesh on her waist, and said distressedly, "You have lost a lot of weight, when we are done here, we will go back to Liujia Village." ”

"Let's wait until next spring when the flowers bloom and then go back, Sister Yin is too young to toss!"

"So, my lady is not doing well today?" Mu Qingao's chin rubbed against her hair.

"Well, in my heart...... Somewhat comfortable. ”

"Because of what?"

"Alas, forget it, nine times out of ten, it's because I'm too hypocritical, and I always want to find some anger for myself."

"Tell me, I'm your husband, I will be sad if you don't tell me something but hold it in your heart."

"Do you really want to hear it?"

Mu Qingao nodded, but there was an ominous premonition in his heart.

"That girl named Red Lotus, she likes you."

"What?" Mu Qingao stood up half of his body and looked at her in dismay.

"Isn't that a surprise?" Song Qingyun sneered.

"Lady, I'm innocent, I don't know anything at all."

"I know it has nothing to do with you, how many unmarried women in the Great Zhou Dynasty admire the demeanor of Prince Jing, this is an undeniable fact. It's a good thing to have admirers, it means that my husband is one in a thousand miles and very good, but I haven't been generous enough to share my husband's love with other women, and I don't want to do it in my life. ”

"Qingyun, I promised you that I will not marry someone else in the same life and death."

"Qingao, I said I believed in you, but there is a woman around me who is always thinking about how to meet you by chance and have some ambiguity with you, I can't accept it."

"I understand, let Honglian leave the mansion tomorrow, and don't allow her to appear in front of us again."

"Qingao, I didn't mean that, if you don't give her a chance to get close to you, if she thinks normally, she will slowly know that everything she does is a flower in the mirror, the moon in the water, and gradually die of this heart, I can also be regarded as benevolent and righteous, so it is much better to stay here than to go elsewhere. But if she is as delusional as Wang Shuqi, I will never be soft on her. ”

Even if you kill the chicken and show it to the monkey, take the opportunity to knock and knock on the prince Jing. It's easy for his machismo to ignore these things, and to put out the fire in the back alone, isn't this sincere exhaustion to her?

Honglian, who ran back to her room crying, had been doing her own thing silently all afternoon, and finally waited until the evening to rest, and she had time to take out the "Book of Tea" to read.

She rubbed the cover lightly, and a shy smile tugged at her lips, the first gift she had ever bought her from the man she admired.

Being able to live so close to King Jing was something she never dreamed of. After the family was ruined, Mu Qingao was the only spiritual pillar she could live, but what Song Qingyun said today made her heart half cold. Madame was beating her, telling her to remember that she was a slave and not a daughter, and that she would one day be able to fly on a branch and become a phoenix.

Honglian's smile slowly disappeared, and she stared directly at the thick night outside the window.

Why? Why is God so unfair? are also women, why is Song Qingyun's life so good? The dream of being able to marry all women?

"Red Lotus, Aunt Zhang told you to pour the swill, why don't you go?"

The little maid in the same room came in and found her holding the book in a daze, so she muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Huh? When was this? I do not know. ”

"Don't you know now? Why don't you go soon? Be careful of being scolded by Aunt Zhang. The little maid glared at her and walked out with a piece of clothing.

Red Lotus hid the book under her bed, rubbed her sore arm and walked out.

She is a sprinkler girl, and the little maid just now is the kitchen helper, and every time she asks her to do some dirty work in the name of Aunt Zhang.

The bucket of swill placed at the back of the kitchen emitted an unpleasant smell, Honglian covered her nose, carefully avoided the dirty water on the ground and walked over, picked up one of the buckets with difficulty, and walked towards the back door.

She didn't know that the path leading to the back door was tied to either side with a thin rope, and when she got there, she tripped under her feet, and the dirty bucket in her hand flew out, and she fell in the middle of the swill.

"Ahh

Honglian got up in a panic, her body was covered with the smell of swill, she angrily ripped off the string blocking the road, and scolded angrily, "Who did it?" Get the hell out of here! ”

The backyard was a desolate place, and wild cats and dogs roamed the neighborhood, and all she answered was a creepy barking of dogs, which frightened her to get up and quickly pick up the barrels that had fallen into the grass.

Grievances are pouring down like a tide, once upon a time, she was also a daughter who wanted to be served, when did she suffer this kind of grievance?

The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, hugging her red and swollen knees, and her cry caught the attention of Jiang Jie, who was patrolling nearby.

"What are you doing here?"

Honglian looked up suddenly, and found that it was several guards with knives dressed in black, she quickly stood aside, and replied in a panic, "I am the girl who went to the swill, and I accidentally spilled the swill." ”

Jiang Jue and a few people covered their noses, and after looking at the mess all over the ground, Jiang Jue said coldly, "Hurry up and clean up." ”

"Yes!"

When they walked out of the backyard, one of the guards whispered, "She seems to be Lord Liu's daughter, I heard that after Lord Liu was beheaded, the female dependents of the family were all lowly status, and it was also her creation to be able to come to the palace on an errand." ”

Jiang Jue looked back at him and asked, "Do you know?" ”

"Lord Jiang, she sent supper to the prince, and I checked her that night."

"What's her name?"

"It seems to be called Red Lotus. I remember that she was a sprinkler girl, why did she still do rough work in the kitchen? ”

The other person sneered and said, "She must have been excluded, and there are also ranks among the subordinates, and a lowly status like her is naturally looked down upon by some servants with a white background." ”