Shu Di, Wangzhou, Xue Zhai

In early spring, the air is slightly cool.

Just after the first rain, the low-lying areas were full of water stains.

A little woman in lotus lotus clothes was kneeling on the bluestone floor at the entrance of the main hall of the main house wet at this time, her raised palms trembling slightly, full of blood, but she always stubbornly stayed on her forehead. Lines of blood were faintly oozing from the clothes on her back, as if she had been severely beaten by something like a whip rope and a bamboo board.

"Big lady, you can do well, you can let go of the little lady of the slave family! She has been kneeling for three hours, and if she kneels down again, she will kneel to death!"

At the door, a beautiful little maid dressed in moon-white clothes cried loudly and struggled to push away the servants who were blocking her. How could the domestic servants be all adult men, where could she easily push?

The leading servant was annoyed by the little maid's crying, so he reached out and grabbed the little maid's back collar, threw her to the ground, and said coldly: "The eldest lady has a life, and the little lady of Changbing can't get up before the hour comes." ”

The "Little Lady of Changbing" in the mouth of the leading servant refers to the little woman who is kneeling on the ground. The little girl's surname is Xue, her single name is Yun, the word Changbing, she just turned thirteen years old two days ago, and she is the only daughter of Li Xinyi, the fourth daughter of the head of the family Xue Zhao and Haizhou Ningyuan General Li Dakang, and the only daughter of the Xue family. However, when Xue Yun was less than four years old, Li Xinyi died, and Xue Zhao saw that there was no one to preside over the housekeeping at home, so he recruited Du Lingyun as his successor. Du Lingyun gave birth to a daughter and a son for Xue Zhao in one go, called Xue Ningxiang and Xue Hualin. Xue Zhao came late to have a son, loved the house and Wu, and Du Lingyun won Xue Zhao's infinite favor. Xue Zhao has two other concubines, namely Fu Tinglin and Huang Weishan, each of whom has a daughter under their names, Xue Haiyue and Xue Zirong.

"Aren't you afraid that the old man will come back and ask for the guilt?" the little maid sat down on the ground after being vigorously beaten by the leading servant, staring at the leading servant with tears on her face and asking sharply. This little maid is Xue Yun's personal maid, called the crescent moon. The "boss" she is talking about is Xue Yun's aunt Li Xinyi's cousin and Xue Yun's grandmother Li Yueqin.

After hearing this, the leading servant smiled and said, "Crescent, why haven't you figured out who is in charge of this family?"

When the crescent moon heard this, she was frightened, and subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the open door of the main hall.

When the leading servant saw that the crescent moon had stopped crying, he kindly said, "Go and persuade your master and let her admit her mistake, can't this matter be ended early?"

After hearing this, the crescent moon got up expressionlessly and walked towards Xue Yun.

The leading domestic servant only thought that the crescent moon had listened to his kind words and wanted to persuade Xue Yun, so he didn't stop him.

The crescent moon walked to Xue Yun's side, "Puff" knelt down, and choked up: "Little lady, I'm sorry, it's all the slave's fault." ”

Xue Yun asked in a low voice, "What does it have to do with you?"

The crescent moon sobbed softly: "If it weren't for the slave, the little lady wouldn't have been beaten." If it weren't for the slave, the little lady wouldn't have been punished for kneeling for a few hours. If it weren't for ......"

"Have you finished crying? When you're done crying, hurry up and find me something to eat. Xue Yun's voice was cold, which was slightly inconsistent with her actual age. "As long as I don't move my things, it's okay to kneel. ”

When the crescent moon heard the sound, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Although Xue Yun's words were cold, they were a little more cunning and teasing in the ears of the crescent moon. "Little lady, you wait, the slave will go and find you something to eat. ”