Resourceful beauty

Chapter 1 Nightmare
It was midsummer, the sun was scorching, and the cicadas were neighing.

In the yard, the osmanthus trees planted against the corner of the wall were originally lush and luxuriant, making people feel cool when looking at them. At this moment, the leaves of the trees are all curled up, and just looking at them makes me feel bored.

Under the eaves of the corridor, the maidservants who walked hurriedly did not dare to make a sound, and hurried back to the house to cool off.

There was a sound of broken porcelain, and there was a suppressed scolding sound in the main room, "Damn girl, you have eaten bear's heart and leopard guts, right? Dare to make such hot tea for the master...Go to the veranda and kneel for two hours. "

The sound of cursing was accompanied by the rustling of Xixisuosuo's clothes. After a while, the curtain was lifted, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman went out in tears, kneeling on the bluestone floor in the courtyard.

The woman was wearing a pink gauze dress, with almond eyes, pink face, and black hair like ink. Although she was still young, she already exuded an indescribable charm.

At this moment, the woman's face was full of anger that dared not to speak, and the teardrops in her eyes that were rolling but did not dare to fall, made her face a little more fierce and dispelled a little bit of charm.

At noon, the bricks were already scorching hot in the sun. After kneeling for a while, the woman felt that she could smell a faint fishy smell coming from her knees. Presumably, she was burned by the bricks.

But the physical pain is far inferior to the heartache caused by the words he heard.

"Golden mother, you can let her kneel under the eaves of the porch, kneeling under the big sun, if she faints after a while, the second young master will feel bad..."

"What are you afraid of when you faint? A pot of water won't wake you up? Do you want to be the master in Wutong Garden because of your good looks? You don't want to piss to see what kind of virtue you are, I'll..."

"But, after all, she is also the young lady of Duke Qi's mansion. After all, she is still a princess. If the queen mother and the emperor know about it, she might be..."

"Prince Qi's mansion? Madam Wu, where is the Prince Qi's mansion now? Don't forget, Prince Qi's mansion has been cooperating with the enemy and treason, and its entire family has already been ransacked. Even if there are still a few people left, the sage's heart is kind and he can't bear it." The son of Prince Qi's mansion. As for her?"

The person in the room called Golden Nanny opened the curtain and took a look, seeing that the woman was still kneeling upright, she smiled proudly and said: "She is a kind-hearted servant of our Xiangye who bought it from outside. , if the Second Young Master wasn't in a bad mood, would she be able to serve such a lowly bastard by his side? Madam Wu, I advise you to put away your kindness."

After finishing speaking, Nanny Jin brought out the tea that the woman had made just now, and poured her head on the woman's head.

"You lowly maidservant, do you think that you have some color, and the second young master likes you, so you think you have climbed a high branch? Let me tell you, it is your duty to serve well, and if you do not serve well, then you have to Take it easy and don't forget your rules."

After finishing speaking, Nanny Jin twisted her fat waist, turned around and entered the room.

The warm water was scorched by the sun in an instant, and ran across her cheeks along her hair, but the woman felt that the water was icy cold, penetrating into her heart, making people shudder.

Under the eaves of the corridor, the maids who were originally enjoying the shade in the house all leaned out to look curiously, gathered together in groups of threes and twos, chattering.

The woman who was punished to kneel was called Fang Ruxuan, but now in this Xiangfu, she no longer has a surname, only a humble name bestowed by her master: Ruyi.

But I don't know who wants her to do what he wants.

Fang Ruxuan is the daughter of the former King Qi, but King Qi was accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy. Five years ago, he was convicted of ransacking his home, and hundreds of servants in Prince Qi's mansion were all executed. The ruins, and King Qi and his family have been sent to serve in the bitter cold of northern Ning.

Fang Ruxuan herself, because of an incident in the past, was retaliated against by others, so she was hired into the prime minister's mansion and became the concubine of the prime minister's stupid second son.

It can be said that she is a concubine, but she is not as good as a maid who does rough work in the backyard. She wears a jacket in summer and a thin collar in winter, and she is punished by the nuns and ridiculed by the maids in the inner courtyard on weekdays.

Such a life, Fang Ruxuan felt that the days were like years, but she thought that as long as she was alive, she would have hope and see the father and brother she missed. Even if she only had one breath, she struggled to hold on, just to have that day.

Will there be that day?I will, I will……

Unbearably moving her knees, Fang Ruxuan looked up at the sun, thinking to herself.

After all, the weather was too hot, and such things were commonplace in the past. After a while, the yard became quiet again, except for the cicadas on the trees.

The door of the side room in the corner of the main room was gently opened, and a little maid with a bun stuck out her head.

Looking around, she saw that there was no movement in the yard, and no one was paying attention to her. The little girl tiptoed to Fang Ruxuan with a ceramic teapot in her hand, "Sister Ruyi, take a sip quickly, otherwise, you can drink it in a while." I'm going to have heat stroke..."

"Taoye, go back quickly, if someone sees you, you will be punished. Go back quickly..."

Fang Ruxuan only felt that her eyes were going black, but she could still vaguely recognize who was bringing the water to her.

"Sister Ruyi, drink quickly, don't care about that much..."

Looking around in a panic, seeing that no one was passing by, Tao Ye quickly brought the spout of the kettle to Fang Ruxuan's mouth, and the cold water poured down her throat, Fang Ruxuan felt as if she woke up all of a sudden.

The next moment, Tao Ye's face turned pale, and her wide-open eyes stared blankly at the direction behind Fang Ruxuan.

"Hey, it's better to come early than coincidentally, and let me see such a good show of sisterly love. Jinmao?"

A group of people walked in from the gate of the courtyard. The woman in the center was about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing an emerald green chest-length skirt, indescribably charming and charming.

Responding to the sound, the Golden Nanny who had just punished Fang Ruxuan for standing outside lifted the curtain and came out, "Miss, it's such a big day, why are you here? Come in quickly."

This woman is Qiu Shumin, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who is ranked third in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but when the servants see her, they all respectfully address her as "Miss", because she is the only Miss of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Qiu Shumin glanced at Nanny Jin, but didn't answer why she came here, pointed at the trembling Taoye in front of her and scolded Nanny Jin: "My mother, Kuxia, has only been ignoring things for a few days, why, the prime minister's house is now Are you so unruly?"

"The old slave doesn't dare, miss, you can go into the house quickly, let the old slave take care of it here."

Talking to Qiu Shumin in fear, Nanny Jin straightened up, and said to the rough maids kneeling under the eaves: "Come on, drag Tao Ye to the firewood room, and you will be charged thirty."

"Wait a minute..."

Seeing those rough envoys walk up to Taoye, Qiu Shumin smiled, raised her hand to stop them and said: "With such punishment, if things go on like this, the Xiangfu will become more and more unruly, and the servants will be able to ride on the head of the master." ?”

I don't know who she said this to, but the Golden Nanny lowered her head and wiped her sweat: "But according to the young lady's order."

With a pretty face and a smile on her lips, Qiu Shumin walked up to Fang Ruxuan and stood still, and said with a smile: "Taoye knowingly committed a crime and helped someone who shouldn't be helped, so she went against this lady, dragged her down, and beat her to death with a stick... ..."

Qiu Shumin spoke the last four words especially slowly. Seeing Fang Ruxuan's face turn pale, Qiu Shumin smiled more and more comfortably. In her ears, Taoye's shrill cry for help made her even more proud.

"Qiu Shumin, you can come at me. What kind of skill is it to attack a little maid to make an example to others?"

Fang Ruxuan, who was kneeling, looked up at Qiu Shumin with disdain.

Being looked at by her like this, Qiu Shumin became angry from embarrassment.

With a "slap", Fang Ruxuan had a slap on her face.

Lowering her head and staring at her fiercely, Qiu Shumin scolded sharply: "Fang Ruxuan, do you think that you are still the high-ranking second lady of Prince Qi's mansion, that one day the royal family will make you the princess, or even a princess? You are dreaming... Now, you are just A lowly maidservant without a surname is the concubine of my stupid second brother..."

After finishing speaking, Qiu Shumin straightened up and looked at Nanny Jin beside her and said, "Slap your mouth..."

Crackling slaps sounded, Qiu Shumin smiled triumphantly, turned and entered the room.

Behind him, resenting Fang Ruxuan for causing him to stand under the sun, Nanny Jin's fat palms became more and more forceful, and Fang Ruxuan's pretty face turned red and swollen in just a moment.

In the past few years, Fang Ruxuan has no choice but to live or die, but she thinks that as long as she has a breath, even if she lives by stealth, one day she will be able to reunite with her father and brother.

The days when Fang Ruxuan was suffering were the days that Qiu Shumin was most proud of. For more than five years, almost every day, as long as she had free time, she would come to Wutong Garden to sit for a while, taking the opportunity to clean up Fang Ruxuan. Looking at her arrogance and arrogance.

After sitting in the main room for a while, before leaving, looking at Fang Ruxuan who was completely changed, Qiu Shumin smiled very sweetly, "Fang Ruxuan, I have two very good news to tell you, you have to listen carefully."

Seeing Fang Ruxuan looking up at her, her delicate and charming face was as ridiculous as a pig's head in the past, Qiu Shumin said with crooked eyebrows: "The sinful minister Fang Qizhi contracted the plague while serving in Ningbei, and now, he has been swept away by the grass and thrown away." He is on a mass grave. Although he is only middle-aged, he will be exempted from hard labor for the next few decades. Don’t you think this is his great relief? Hey, this life is really good..."

Her heart seemed to be tightly squeezed in someone's hand, Fang Ruxuan couldn't breathe from the pain.

Before she could catch her breath, Qiu Shumin's magnified face was in front of her eyes, "Also, your eldest brother, who can't recognize his identity, still thinks he is the son of Prince Qi? Hey, I don't know who I offended , was beaten to death. Although his face was completely changed when he died, and his head was in a different place, he was spared this long life of hard labor. Don’t you think it’s a good life?”

Seeing that the tears in Fang Ruxuan's eyes were stained with a touch of blood, but stubbornly refused to fall, Qiu Shumin laughed loudly, and the cheerful laughter like silver bells woke up the cicadas on the tree, making them scream even more vigorously.

"You will be punished, you will definitely..."

Fang Ruxuan said bitterly.

"retribution?"

Bending down to look at Fang Ruxuan, Qiu Shumin said softly: "Your Qi Prince's House is treasonous and collaborating with the enemy, isn't this just retribution? Fang Ruxuan, they are dead, but you are still alive. I will make your life worse for the rest of your life." Die, just wait..."

Said viciously, before Qiu Shumin could react, she was pushed vigorously by Fang Ruxuan who was shaking and stood up.

Qiu Shumin yelled and stepped back, just as she stood still, she saw Fang Ruxuan slamming into the pillar in front of the main house with all her might.

"Stop her quickly..."

Shouting subconsciously, the next moment, Qiu Shumin's body was bumped into by Fang Ruxuan who flew over vigorously.

The blood gushing from Fang Ruxuan's forehead instantly stained Qiu Shumin's face and her emerald green skirt red.

Bean-sized blood spots spread on the skirt, like the green calyx blooming in the backyard in the cold winter, it was indescribably beautiful, but at this moment, there was a shocking panic.

"Even if I turn into a ghost, in this life, I will haunt you wicked people and keep you sleepless every night..."

Fang Ruxuan spoke in a soft voice, and after she finished speaking, Fang Ruxuan gave Qiu Shumin a sad and beautiful smile, which looked even more terrifying against the blood-stained face.

"what……"

Shouting, Qiu Shumin fainted.

"Father, brother, mother, Ruxuan has come to look for you. In this life, our family will be together forever."

Her lips moved, and in front of Fang Ruxuan's eyes were the kind smiles of her father Fang Qizhi and mother Su Xin, as well as the bright face of her eldest brother Fang Zhengjun with a warm smile.

(End of this chapter)