In the early morning, Minna opened her eyes and felt refreshed when she saw the curtains gently blown open by the cool breeze of early summer, and the sunlight that penetrated through the cracks of the curtains.

She rolled out of bed and pulled back the curtains to look out. The terrace outside the window is facing a corner of the garden, I came late yesterday, I didn't have time to see clearly, the clusters of brightly colored flowers in the garden are in full bloom, the neatly trimmed trees are also very green and lovely, a dozen servants shuttle among them, carefully watering the plants, and some people are holding clean silk scarves to wipe the dust on the braids.

Minna was stunned when she heard the door open behind her, and when she turned around, it was three maids who walked in. The first one was about thirty or forty years old, with meticulous high hair, and wore a crisp maid's uniform, but with a small square scarf tied around her chest, and a skirt a little longer than the other two youngsters, and a few more lace trims, she should have been a high-class maid.

She bowed slightly to Minna with a straight face: "Good morning, Miss Minna, my name is Melissa, and Madame has ordered me to come and serve." She clapped her hands, and the two young maids behind her stepped forward with some uneasiness, and then stepped back at her clap motion.

What is this for? Minna frowned slightly, and thought with some displeasure that this Melissa's name was too much like that of her grandmother. But she also understood that the maid of the aristocratic family usually had a high repetition rate of names, so she just nodded casually: "That's hard." I'm going to wash up first. She didn't ask the other two women, thinking that since Melissa hadn't been introduced, they probably weren't her exclusive maids

She went into the bathroom, and while she was busy, she heard Melissa outside instructing the maids to clean up the beds, and asked, "Don't you like silk dressing gowns?" Why not wear it? The products of this shop are the most popular among aristocratic ladies, and only Ito can buy them. This light and soft nightgown can prevent the delicate skin of young ladies from being damaged. ”

Minna looked down at the linen nightgown she was wearing, and said vaguely, "I'm used to wearing my own." He continued to wash his face.

When she walked out of the bathroom, she was stunned: "What are you doing here?!" ”

They somehow opened the closet and took out all her outgoing clothes. A whole bed was arranged, and the two maids each had two pieces in their hands.

"Just picking out the right clothes for you. Madame has specially instructed you to dress appropriately and look like a young lady. Melissa picked up a goose yellow lace dress a little picky, "I suggest you wear this one, this is the only one that can be considered fashionable, the most popular style this spring, but unfortunately the lace pattern is a little old-fashioned, and this vine pattern is not fashionable now." Then he glanced at the shoe cabinet: "But none of your shoes are worthy of this dress, so don't talk about boots." That pair of straw sandals is only liked by civilian wild girls, only small leather shoes can barely match, but Yan Se is not suitable. I think you can borrow from Miss Manda, who has always been a generous and kind girl. ”

Minna stared at her face and suddenly smiled: "You are so enthusiastic!" But—" she had a fierce glint in her eyes, "I thought that the maids of the Kado family should be trained, and they should know what it means to be a maid!" ”

Melissa grimaced: "What do you mean by that?" I did as my wife commanded. Come and serve you. Where do you not know your duty? ”

"Without the owner's permission. And he took out his master's lichen. Is this a maid's duty? Minna smirked sarcastically.

"But it's my job..."

"You are working according to my direction. Go get the clothes I want! Minna stared at her. Instead of acting high. Treat me like a countryman who has never seen the world! She pointed to the lichen on the bed: "Go!" Put things back in their original places. Put it back as it is. Don't mess around! ”

Melissa choked. I had to give the two maids a look. Motioned for them to clean up.

Minna said, "I want you to go!" They are not my maids. You're just

Melissa held back her breath. He whispered "yes" and hung the clothes back in the closet. Halfway through, Minna pointed out that the two places were wrong, and she blushed while responding, and waited until she cleaned up and closed the wardrobe before standing behind Minna again. By the way, he glared at the two maids fiercely.

They dared to watch her work and not come to help! Shrink your neck in fear. But I was a little unconvinced. Obviously, she made this young lady angry, why did she blame them?

Minna didn't have time to pay attention to the eye exchange between them. He just quickly combed his hair and took out a small glass jar. It is filled with my own skin care cream.

Melissa hurriedly dragged the cart by the door, on which were placed thirty or forty small altars the size of a baby's fist with a lid on the ground, colorful, some paste-like, some fine powder, and a few delicate bottles of different sizes on the lower level, filled with delicate and lovely liquids, and the whole cart was shrouded in a rich aroma.

Melissa restrained her originally arrogant expression, and said softly as much as possible: "This is produced by the Xiao family's beauty shop, specially designed for the noble daughters, the lady and the two young ladies use it every day, you can also pick a few, it will definitely make you more beautiful and moving." She didn't dare to say anything superfluous, but she was still unconvinced, and deliberately did not introduce the types and uses of various skin care products or cosmetics, and wanted to see the jokes of this country lady.

Minna just glanced at something, then wiped her skin care cream, and said casually: "I've seen these things, and I still made a few formulas in them, but they are too fragrant, I obviously told them that putting too many spices will weaken the skin care effect, and the dye is also harmful to the skin, why don't they listen?" A layman is a layman. Take it away, the effect of my own blending is much better, and it is one, and the materials are more advanced than those they use. "And the aroma is fresh, and by the way, there is a slight anti-virus function, but this does not need to be said.

Melissa's face flushed, so she had no choice but to answer and push the cart away, and when she got back to say something, Minna interrupted her: "You all go out, I want to change my clothes." ”

"Change... Uh, miss, shall we help you? ”

"Get out!" Minna was expressionless. A pair of big eyes just stared at her, and the two maids hurriedly saluted and withdrew, and Melissa reluctantly left.

Minna pursed her lips and snorted quietly. She also worked as a maid, of course she knew that they were not easy, but this kind of self-righteous guy who pretended to want to take the opportunity to humiliate her, she wouldn't be pitied!

Considering that Ito was different from Maiton after all, she changed into a shirt with long lace trim on the neckline and cuffs, and still wore a long red dress. But the material is a little more gorgeous than usual, with a faint pattern made of gold silk on it, plus a wide belt of black silk, small leather boots, and a random red ribbon tied with a bow in the hair, even if it is dressed.

In Maiton, she only wears it on festivals, and Ito is such a troublesome place!

After sorting out what she might need, she left the room and walked up the stairs. Seeing Melissa approaching her, she didn't wait for the other party to speak, and then ordered, "Is breakfast ready?" I will go out after dinner, and I will be there in the next two days, and when she comes, I will give her the key to my room, and you will do as she instructs. Melissa didn't have time to say anything but to reply, so she watched her leave, and looked back to see the two maids who seemed to be snickering. angrily slapped each of them and shouted, "Get out of here!" The two of them were on fire. But he didn't dare to refute, so he had to turn around and run.

Minna listened to the roar behind her, smiled coldly, and went down the stairs and through the atrium. I entered the corridor opposite. As she walked to the dining room on the other side of the hallway, she ran into Manda, who came down the stairs next to her. Manda Shen Se was a little haggard. There are also dark circles under the eyes, which look sullen. Seeing Minna, he smiled reluctantly: "Good morning." You woke up so early and slept well last night? ”

"I'm fine." Minna looked at her carefully and asked worriedly, "Are you alright?" Is it unwell? ”

Manda tugged at the corners of her mouth: "I'm fine, probably I didn't sleep well last night." Let's go to the restaurant. ”

Minna nodded suspiciously and went with her to the restaurant, where no one else had arrived. A butler saluted them respectfully: "Good morning, Miss Minna, Miss Manda, do you want to eat first?" Manda nodded, and then asked, "Hasn't father and mother come yet?" Brother

"Your Excellency the Earl and the Countess haven't gotten up yet, Young Master Bewen has already gone to the office, and Miss Beryl hasn't gone downstairs yet." The butler smiled and saluted, and brought the breakfast of the two young ladies to him. The omelette was good today. ”

He had only taken two steps before he was stopped by Manda, who hesitated for a long time before asking, "Last night... Did my sister come back late? ”

The butler still smiled respectfully, but someone spoke before him: "If you want to know, why don't you come and ask me?" ”

When Minna heard the prestige, she saw Beryl wearing a simple dark blue dress standing coldly at the door of the restaurant, with a contemptuous smile on her face: "When did you care so much about me."

Manda's eyes were red and she stared at her sister tightly. But Beryl walked over nonchalantly, casually said good morning to Minna, pulled out a chair and sat down, and glanced at the butler. The butler quickly retreated.

Minna saw that Manda was just glaring at Beryl, who was sitting on a napkin, and pulled Manda to sit down opposite. Manda gently broke away from her hand, stared at Beryl and asked, "Okay, I'll just ask you, you saw him again last night, didn't you?" What the hell are you doing?! Why didn't Selig come to me? and will not tell me why you are here

Beryl glanced at her sister: "Because you are so stupid that you don't understand what he's thinking, even if you tell you, it's useless!" She took out a small bag and threw it in front of Manda: "This is for you by Selig, you take it and stay at home obediently, don't be troubled!" ”

Manda opened the bag and saw that it was a precious gemstone necklace, although it was her style and it was also very suitable for her, but she was not happy at the moment: "What does this mean?" Why did he send me this? ”

Beryl originally wanted to say that it was a gift of reparation, but when she thought that her mediocre sister was carefully pampered by a prince, she became angry: "How do I know?!" Anyway, I'm in business with him, you just don't care! ”

Manda's heart ached, pushed away the chair and got up and ran. Minna screamed a few times, but couldn't stop her, and when she turned around, she saw Beryl indifferently ordering the servant to serve milk tea, and even the amount of milk and sugar was strict, so she said a little angrily: "You have time to care about how many tea leaves are in a cup of milk tea, why don't you be patient with your sister?" ”

Beryl glanced at her sister's back, didn't answer, just looked at Minna and said, "I was interrupted by my mother last night, and I didn't have time to ask." Are you sending His Highness back to Ito with the youngest son of the Mandheling family? Why didn't you tell me about it? ”

"Why should I tell you?" Minna decided to treat the other party with a cold attitude, "Your Highness has returned to Beijing in secret, and I don't need to tell anyone about this until His Majesty the King says yes." ”

"But I'm different! You know how much I take this! ”

"If you're really different from others, someone will naturally tell you that you don't need me to do much." The butler brought a hearty breakfast, Minna looked at the greasy meat pie and fried egg, frowned, only picked milk, eggs and a few slices of Beryl to hold back, and after a while said: "Okay, now that I already know, someone told me, then can you tell me how His Highness's injuries are doing?" The person who informed me only said that he was not seriously injured, but I wanted to know the real situation. ”

Minna glanced at her strangely, this is already the real situation: "His Royal Highness is indeed not seriously injured, it is a minor problem, and it will be fine after a period of recuperation." "The original injury was almost healed, but he just had another crutch on his foot, and his leg was worn badly when riding, so it was not convenient to walk, in fact, it was all skin trauma.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Beryl's eyes, and her attitude returned to coldness: "If you don't want to say it, forget it." I thought that you were my cousin and would not deceive me. She ate two bites casually and said to the housekeeper: "If Madame asks, she will say that I will go back to the academy and come back in the evening." "What did you do when you got up and left? She also lost her appetite, hurriedly ate eighty percent full, dropped a sentence and said that she was going out, and pulled her horse to run

When she came to the street, she was confused again, where should she go? If you want to go on a study tour, you should go to the right school, but the documents and books are all in Winnie's place, and you can't go until she comes. She wanted to inquire about the convoy, but she didn't want to go to the Security Department.

After wandering for half an hour, she caught a glimpse of an old woman who was familiar with selling flowers, and hurriedly inquired if the carriage escorted by the knights had returned. The informant glared at her a few times in disgust, before revealing the situation: the convoy had not yet returned, but there was news that they would be in Ito tomorrow.

Minna happily stuffed her with a small bottle of water for treating her legs, added a few silver coins, and took away a large bouquet of flowers. Knowing that Winnie had heard of them, she let go of her worries and began to worry about what to do next.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. I've known Alex for so long, and I haven't been to his house yet, so it's better to... To surprise him?