first princess

Chapter 2
Shui Linglong said with a friendly smile to Mama Wang: "Then Mama Wang will go first, and I will pay my respects to my mother before going to visit grandma."

Mama Wang nodded lightly: "Your maidservant will leave."

After Wang Mama left, Shui Linglong also entered the mansion.

In order to win the favor of Qin Fangyi and the prime minister's mansion, Shuihange spent a lot of money to invite a famous Fengshui master in the capital to design the scenery. As the saying goes, "Mountains can nourish nature, and water can gather wealth". The most ideal living environment, this point has been vividly reflected in the water mansion.

Even the prince is full of praise for the landscape of the water mansion.

The arrival of Shui Linglong naturally aroused the surprised gazes of the servants. They always knew that the master had a concubine outside and gave birth to a young lady. They thought she was some kind of wild girl, but besides looking thinner, The others are no different from the master in the mansion.

Shui Linglong didn't seem to notice the people's various probing gazes, and just walked her own steps without looking sideways.

As soon as she entered the Changle Pavilion, she could hear chirping birds for a while. Shui Linglong looked up and saw more than a dozen cages hanging on a shelf beside her, including cuckoos, parrots, thrushes, starlings, larks...

The prince liked to keep birds, so Shui Lingxi fell in love with him. In her previous life, she foolishly thought that everything was just a coincidence.

"A little woman! A little woman! A little woman!"

Exactly the same trick, in her previous life she was so wronged that she turned around and left without saying hello to Qin Fangyi at all. After rushing out of the yard, she immediately ran into Shui Hangge, and she burst into tears without even thinking about it, but what happened?A servant girl took the blame, and Shui Lingxi was not punished. Instead, she lost Shui Hangge's favor because she disrespected her aunt.

This life--
Shui Linglong stopped, and shot fierce eyes at the budgerigar. The parrot screamed as if it had seen a ghost, and jumped up and down in the cage.

Mother Sun frowned, what happened to the parrot?
"This little thing is really cute." Shui Linglong walked to the parrot with a smile, picked a branch and started to tease it, no, poked it hard!

The parrot screamed in pain, Mama Sun gave her a cold look, snatched the branch from Shui Linglong's hand and said: "Miss, these birds are all rare species, if there is something wrong with them, you will sell yourself, Miss!" I can't afford it either!"

Snapped!
Shui Linglong slapped Sun's mother mercilessly: "Sell it? I am a dignified lady of Shangshufu, but you let me sell myself? Who taught you this? Mother? You don't know how to live or die, mother You've lost all your face!"

Mother Sun's face was in hot pain, the birth mother is not even an aunt, how dare she jump in front of her?She was the servant girl who served the eldest lady since she was a child, which concubine lady in the mansion should not give her a little face and beat her?
Old lady, I want you to look good today!

"Come here! Missy has lost her mind and is insane. Hurry up and catch Missy! Before she bumps into the nobles in the house!"

Nobles in the house?So, it's not just the female family members of the Shangshu Mansion.No wonder in the previous life Shui Hangge was so angry at her for not going in to greet Qin Fangyi, and she was ashamed and thrown outside.

Qin Fangyi wanted to show her off, but she wanted to see who was showing off to whom today!

Several maidservants rushed towards Shui Linglong with all their teeth and claws, and Shui Linglong jumped into the flower garden with ease. The maids chased after her, and those rare and exquisite peonies were trampled to pieces under their intentional or unintentional ravages. !
Mother Sun was horrified, and hurriedly scolded: "Be careful! That's Da Furen's favorite flower!" Of course she didn't really want to catch Shui Linglong, she just scared her away, but if she ruined Madam's flower, she would sin!

Because of ostentation, Qin Fangyi placed all the most exquisite and luxurious things in the yard, and Shui Linglong counted them, these flowers were worth nearly a thousand taels of silver.Shui Linglong raised her foot, and trampled all the peonies, peonies, clivia, poinsettias in the flower garden to pieces!

Step on you Qin Fangyi!

Step on you Shui Lingxi!

Step on you, Xun Feng, who is ungrateful and ungrateful!
She still didn't feel relieved, several servant girls chased after her fiercely, she ran all the way, brushing her delicate hands quickly over every bird cage.

Soon, the yard became a mess!

Shui Linglong dodged and dodged, keeping an eye on the direction of the gate from the corner of her eye. When the brown skirt floated into her eyes, she knew the time was right.

She picked up a flower pot and threw it at Mama Sun's feet!

There was a loud noise, like thunder on the ground, blasting in the courtyard!
The bird was frightened, fluttered its wings, and rushed out of the cage.

Mother Sun was scared out of her wits!Oh my god, that's the second miss's favorite bird!How can it be good to fly?

Shui Linglong's figure pretended to stop, and a servant girl grabbed her sleeve. She pulled it vigorously, and the outer sleeve tore open, revealing her yellowish undershirt.

"What's going on?" As soon as Shui Hangge came in, he saw the courtyard full of broken flowers and broken leaves, birds flying around, Mama Sun jumping up and down, and several servant girls running around chasing Shui Linglong, one of them even tore Shui Linglong's clothes , What he had in his mind for no reason was a monstrous fire. Is this the inner house or the vegetable garden?
As if seeing a savior, Shui Linglong threw herself into Shui Hangge's arms in three steps at a time: "Wuuuu...father...daughter is so scared..."

Shui Hangge was shocked by this sudden intimacy. Ever since his eldest daughter was sensible, she has never been close to him. No matter whether he waits to see his children or not, in his consciousness, the children must rely on him. Therefore, the eldest daughter's estrangement from him has always been a thorn in his heart!This is why after Dong Jiaxue passed away, he didn't even bother to look at his eldest daughter.At this time, the eldest daughter nestled softly in his arms, crying with great attachment, it really made him feel like a loving father!
Shui Linglong cried and cried, until Shui Hangge's heart was in a mess.

Shui Hangge shouted sharply: "Stop it all!"

As soon as they heard Shuihangge's voice, everyone stopped all their movements as if they were under a curse, and turned to him with blessings: "Slave, please greet the master."

"Woo...Father...Mother Sun scolded me for losing my mind...and asked someone to arrest me...forbidding me to run into the nobleman inside...Woo..." Shui Linglong complained.

Mama Sun denied it categorically: "Miss must have heard it wrong. How dare this servant say that to you? It was all a misunderstanding." She just said that because she was so enraged by Shui Linglong's slap, She is the lady's accompanying room, and she was used to domineering in the mansion in the past, even the concubine ladies didn't pay much attention to her.Furthermore, with the support of the eldest lady, the master can at most reprimand her a few words, but he won't do anything to her at all!

Of course Shui Linglong understands what Mama Sun is thinking, but because Mama Sun is Qin Fangyi's confidant, she will definitely die today!
Shui Hangge looked at the elder daughter's white-washed and two-patched tunic that was exposed under the broken sleeve, and the anger in her heart was rising!

Just at this moment, a lump of bird droppings fell from the sky, pop!dripped on his forehead.

Pfft -- Shui Linglong quickly suppressed her smile.

The servants didn't look up, so they didn't see it, Shui Hangge immediately wiped it off with a veil, but the fire in his heart burned like oil!

He kicked Mama Sun in the heart, and Mama Sun was kicked on all fours. She was in pain and heard him coldly say: "Misunderstanding? I saw them teasing the eldest lady with my own eyes. Could it be my eyes?" Blind? Didn't they dare to do anything to the eldest lady without your instigation? You are a deceitful thing, I am afraid that you will often do bad things behind your master's back!"

Shui Hangge started from scratch, worked hard step by step from a poor scholar to the present, and became a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Although his official position is high, in the eyes of those famous families, he is a nouveau riche. Over the years, he has been working hard to integrate into the upper class. In the social circle, people are most afraid of being reprimanded by others for not understanding etiquette and rules.He has climbed to the prime minister's mansion, and he is about to climb to the crown prince's mansion. There are many people who are jealous of him. If there is a scandal about his wife's harsh treatment of the concubine's children, will those civil servants give him a way out?

Shui Linglong calculated his concerns correctly and let the servant girl tear her coat to pieces. In fact, it was Qin Fangyi's fault that she only gave the outer coat as a superficial effort, but not the inner and middle coats.

But Shui Hangge wouldn't really do anything to Qin Fangyi, seeing between the lines in his words, he easily put the responsibility on Mama Sun.

Mother Sun kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Master, please forgive me! Please, please forgive me! This servant will never dare again!"

Shui Hangge glanced at her and shouted: "Come here!"

"Your subordinate is here!" Two guards from the Shangshu Mansion walked in.

Shui Hangge ordered in a cold voice: "Beat me with a stick to kill this slave who deceives and disrespects his master!"

"My lord, please spare me! My lord, let your servants see your wife! My lord..."

The guard took out a handkerchief and gagged Mama Sun's mouth, and dragged her out. Not long after, there was the sound of beating boards from the next door.

Shui Linglong is quite satisfied with Shui Hangge's handling method. Freezing three feet does not happen in a day, and she didn't expect Shui Hangge and Qin Fangyi to tear each other apart as soon as she returned to the house. Great start!
She would not believe that Shui Hangge did it because she cherished her. Mama Sun is Qin Fangyi's confidant, and she should be handed over to Qin Fangyi if she made a mistake. Don't take things too far.But in the hearts of the servants, they would only think that Shui Hangge was standing out for her, and invisibly established her prestige, which was a good thing for her, a concubine who was airborne.

Shui Linglong sniffed, and said in a low voice: "Father, I'll go back to the house and change my clothes, and I'll come back later to say hello to my mother."

Shui Hangge looked at her yellowed jacket sleeves, and frowned: "Forget it, you were shocked today, so you can rest, and I will greet your mother tomorrow."

You are afraid that I will lose the face of the Shang Shufu if I am too shabby in front of the nobles!Shui Linglong sneered in her heart, but respectfully said on her face, "Yes, thank you father for your compassion."

Shui Linglong walked to Lingxiangyuan according to the memory of her previous life. As soon as she entered the gate, she collided with Mama Zhong. Mama Zhong said doubtfully, "Huh? Miss, you're back? The servant has just packed up and is going to pick you up! Have you greeted the eldest lady?"

Shui Linglong said casually: "Oh, not yet, I accidentally let the dog bite the sleeve, my father asked me to go again tomorrow."

dog?Does Changlexuan have a dog?Mother Zhong became more and more confused, Shui Linglong patted her on the shoulder and said, "But that dog has already been beaten to death by my father, so it's still a relief!"

Mother Zhong nodded dully, followed Shui Linglong across the hanging flower door, and entered the bedroom in the inner courtyard.

Currently, there are two first-class maids serving her in the inner courtyard: Hua Hong and Liu Lu, two second-class maids: Zhi Fan and Ye Mao, and the remaining four are third-class maids: A Si, A Ji, A Ru, Ah Chun.

In the inner room, Huahong, Liulu, Zhifan, and Yemao all bowed to Shui Linglong: "I have seen the eldest lady." Just now, in order to get justice for the eldest lady, the master even killed Sun's mother. Unavoidably, she felt a little jealous of this young lady whose biological mother was not even considered an aunt.

As the name suggests, the Huahong and Liulu people are quite slender and beautiful, while the branched and leafy people are ordinary in appearance and slightly stout in shape. There is indeed a difference between first-class and second-class.

Shui Linglong straightened her bangs, and said, "From now on, Mama Zhong will be in charge of money and personnel arrangements, Huahong and Liulu will be in charge of clothes and jewelry, by the way, she will train the maids in the yard, Zhi Fan and Ye Mao will be in charge of internal affairs, Those who are on duty at night will take turns."

Seeing that Shui Linglong was able to sort out the division of labor between several people at once, she was secretly surprised, how could she look like a wild girl from the mountains?
It just so happened that it was lunch time, so Zhifan went to the dining room to get the food and came back. When Shui Linglong saw the so-called three dishes and one soup, a cold light flashed in her eyes, green vegetable tofu soup, cold bean sprouts, and fried potatoes , pickled cucumbers.

There is no meat!
There is no meat in Shang Shufu's food!

Shui Linglong's lips curled up into a sneer, Qin Fangyi was afraid that she held a grudge against her because of Mama Sun's incident, so don't blame her for doing too much.

She stood up, took out the slingshot made from cat tendon not long ago from the cabinet, and walked out of Lingxiangyuan.

Inside the Changle Pavilion, Shui Lingxi was lying in Qin Fangyi's arms, weeping with tears streaming down her face: "Mother, is it really impossible to find it? It was given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! It would be better if you lost it?"

Among so many parrots, it is the one who learns those four characters the most. How good it is to scold Shui Linglong!A lowly girl from a concubine is actually her sister, just thinking about it makes me angry!
Qin Fangyi looked at her beautiful daughter, who was so beautiful even when she cried, and said slowly: "All the birds have been found, only this one is missing, it must have flown out of Shangshu's mansion."

"But it was from His Highness the Crown Prince. I lost it. Would the Crown Prince think that I didn't treat him sincerely enough?"

"Silly boy, in the past, I asked you to please the prince in every possible way. It was just because I was afraid that Shui Linglong would not hand over the jade pendant. I needed to play tricks on it. If you agree with the prince, the chances of success will naturally be much higher. But now, the jade pendant is in our hands. In my hand, this is a marriage bestowed by the emperor, and the crown prince will never regret it."

When Shui Lingxi heard it, her crying gradually stopped, she lowered her head and smiled shyly, her fair cheeks were covered with a layer of bright red, like the rays of the sun casting a crimson silhouette on the clean snow, how could the word "beautiful" be so beautiful ?

"Of course, I'm not saying this to make you stop taking the prince seriously. After all, marrying into the prince's mansion is only the first step. Your ultimate goal is to give birth to an heir and ascend to the supreme phoenix position. For this reason, you must Hold the prince's heart firmly in your hands! As for the parrot, I will ask your uncle to buy an identical one."

At the end of the story, Qin Fangyi died of heartache, that kind of budgerigar is not common in Dazhou, and it is impossible to buy it without 1000 taels of silver!Counting those spoiled flowers, she lost nearly 3000 taels of silver today!Plus a mother who has been with her for almost 30 years!
It's so wicked!
If Shui Linglong did it on purpose, even she wouldn't believe it. How could a country girl be so capable?But if it wasn't on purpose, how could Zensheng have made her yard a mess on the first day she came back?

Qin Fangyi pressed her temples, and a bright light flashed in her eyes: "Recently, I'm afraid that something unclean has been stained on it. It's a little bad luck. I have to go to the temple to burn incense."

"Ma'am, the master said that there is no need to keep the door open for him tonight, he is resting in Aunt Zhou's yard." After Shui Lingxi left, Shiqing opened the curtain and came in, reporting in a low voice.

The master clearly said he would come over tonight!

Qin Fangyi frowned: "Understood, lock it up."

"Yes."

"Wait!" Qin Fangyi played with the golden hairpin in her hand, her eyes darkened, "From tomorrow onwards, give her meat!"

The master is so angry with her for that little bitch, so she can't embarrass her too much for the time being.

In the small kitchen of Lingxiang Courtyard, Mother Zhong and Shui Linglong were busy for a while.

Mother Zhong smiled and said: "I haven't made pigeon soup for a long time, and I don't know if I can make it well."

Shui Linglong smiled narrowly: "Mother Zhong, your craftsmanship is naturally good, and I like eating the most."

After speaking with a smile, Shui Linglong dissected and washed the bird, removed the hair and internal organs, and handed it to Mother Zhong.

Mother Zhong put it in boiling water and boiled it for half an hour, picked it up, and drained the water.

Then soak the salty sauerkraut and ginger with clean water, wash and cut into pieces.

And the tofu also passed through the water.

After finishing this, the water in the pot was boiling hot. Mama Zhong put the salty sauerkraut, ginger and bird in it. Add a pinch of salt to taste and the soup is done.

It is said that the effects of pigeon tofu soup are: invigorating the spleen and appetizing, clearing away heat and promoting body fluid.Shui Linglong thought, if it is also a bird, the function of this parrot should be similar.

After "rescuing" the parrot that scolded her, Shui Linglong got up and went to the Fushouyuan where the old lady lived. The old lady sent Wang Mama to pick her up. Anyway, she owed the old lady a thank you.

The old lady suffered from tuberculosis, which is an infectious disease, so Fei Cui, Hu Po and Wang Mama, who served the old lady nearby, covered their mouths and noses with cloth towels.

Shui Linglong stood at the door of the master bedroom, waiting for the old lady to be summoned.

"Miss, your servant has brought you your heart servant. The old lady is taking medicine. It will take some time. It is freezing cold. Please go back and come back to greet the old lady some other day." Fei Cui, a beautiful maidservant , and truthfully told the old lady what she meant.

(End of this chapter)