concubines

Chapter 151 Another cup of tea
"Stop her quickly." Miao Li couldn't move herself, so she hurriedly said to Mother Su.

Su Momo ran out and yelled at Li Youfu: "Side concubine, the girl is calling you."

When Li Youfu heard the sound stopped, Madam Su hurried over to pull him back.Miao Li got dressed and came out of the house.Impatient but her legs hurt, she limped over, grabbed Li Youfu's hand tightly, and said angrily, "What are you fighting for? No wonder Xiaohong likes to fight with others, so I learned it from you."

"Sister... let me go, I'm going to avenge you."

Miao Li is also very convinced, one and two are the same.

Miao Li said helplessly: "I don't need you to avenge me, as long as you are good."

"But..." Li Youfu stared at her legs, "But you have been bullied like this."

"I've been bullied, I'll find her to settle it myself, don't be impulsive, stay in the room well, good boy."

Li Youfu yelled again, "Sister..."

"Okay, I'll go first. Su Momo, you watch her, don't let her do impulsive and stupid things." Miao Li still has some things to finish, if it doesn't hurt so much, she will suffer No more, and she won't come.

Madam Su responded immediately, "Don't worry, girl."

Back at Shendetang, Miaoli knew what they were going to do, and she couldn't be fooled a second time after being fooled once.They didn't even need those two people to enter the door, so they just stood outside in an orderly manner.

Miaoli finished her work, and said to the person at the door: "The gate of the courtyard is closed after dark. Since you are here to serve, you should leave after dark. But there is nothing you need to do. It's okay, you just stand here properly."

It is not too much to make them stand for a while after scalding her so big.

Miao Li clutched her legs and walked towards the concubine's courtyard without even looking back.What's the use of arguing with the slaves, the masters behind them are the problem, they are just following orders.

Xiangfeng and Nanny Sun whispered behind her, "She doesn't seem to be very difficult to deal with, she hasn't hit me yet."

"What do you know! Didn't you hear how he scolded you in the morning? The one who scolded every sentence was the princess, and the one who lost it was the princess's people. Those adults said it when they went home, and then it spread, and no one gave pointers behind their backs. Concubine." After all, Nanny Su is older, and she sees things more thoroughly than Xiangfeng.

The two stood in the courtyard until Shende Hall was locked, their legs were already sore.Dragging his sore legs back, Xu Meitang was still waiting for them.Miao Li is not doing well, and now it seems to be her motivation to live.

"How's it going?" Xu Meitang asked impatiently as soon as he saw someone coming in.

Mother Su said: "Xiangfeng poured a cup of boiling hot tea on her body, it should be quite hot."

Xu Meitang jumped up happily, "Very good, I have a big reward." She said to the maid beside her, "Go and get 20 taels of silver for Xiangfeng."

Xiangfeng is in a hurry to spend money now, when he heard the money was given to her, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you, Princess."

Before she finished thanking her, Mother Su added another sentence: "The adults were all present at the time, and she said in front of the adults that the princess did not teach the servants well, and that she was ashamed of the princess."

Xu Meitang's expression changed in an instant, and he fell down with a swish.The maid who picked up the silver has already come over, Xu Meitang grabbed a few tiny silver from inside and threw it in front of Xiangfeng, "If you do things recklessly, be more careful next time, don't pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelon."

"Your maidservant knows." After being reprimanded for not having any money, Xiangfeng had to kneel on the ground and kowtow, tears of grievance almost fell down.

Her mother was dying of illness, and the 20 taels of silver was not just money, but a life.

In the end, Xu Meitang said condescendingly: "Don't feel wronged, as long as things are done well, I will reward you greatly."

For Xu Meitang's reward, Xiangfeng didn't hate Miaoli much at first, but now he regards her as a sworn enemy, and the next day he still wants to find trouble for nothing.

Miao Li has become more careful today and doesn't let them enter the house at all.Naturally, Xiangfeng couldn't find a chance to make a move. Seeing that people were dying of illness, she couldn't do anything, and her eyes were red all day in anxiety.

Nanny Su clearly knew about her situation, and the two had worked together for a long time.Not only did Su Momo not help her, but she just looked at her coldly, and said, "Do you have pink eye disease? If you are sick, go to the doctor as soon as possible, and don't get it from us."

Miao Li came out of the house just in time to hear this sentence.Glancing at Xiangfeng's face, it wasn't pink eye disease, it was all from crying.

What was crying so hard, Miao Li took it to heart. , I am going to find time to ask Xiangfeng, maybe I can help her.The imp is not scary, but it is annoying to jump around in it.

There are more things to do today. It looks like the Chinese New Year is coming, and the household department is ready to settle the accounts.The Minister of the Ministry of Accounting had a few bad accounts that he couldn't figure out. Miao Li said that he could help, and the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts brought some boxes of account books to her.

Then let Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance call a few people over, and Miaoli saw a little hope.

This counts as dark.

The sound of abacus crackling in the room was as lively as setting off firecrackers.Xiangfeng and the others came to serve people, and they could not go back if they were not finished here, and they had nothing to do, so they stood at the door all day as punishment.

Thinking about the situation at home, and thinking about myself now.Feeling that I am useless, and no one is paying attention to me now, I started to secretly wipe my tears.

Miaoli's side was really too busy, several servants were helping to deliver things, and there was no one serving tea and water.She herself doesn't care, it's not good for those people who are eager to come from the household department, they are serious officials of the imperial court.

It happened that she had a sore back and leg pain from sitting, so she came out for a walk and ordered Xiangfeng to pour water. "Go and bring some cups of tea to the adults. It should be warm and not too hot. If the situation like yesterday still happens, it will be shameless."

Xiangfeng lowered his head, quickly wiped away his tears, and said: "I know, I will send it over right away."

There was a thick cry, and it couldn't be covered up by just wiping away the tears.If you are still crying now, you must have encountered something difficult.

Miao Li asked: "What happened? Are you standing at the door crying?"

"It's nothing, the sand got into the eyes, and the servant will never dare again."

"If you tell me, I might be able to help you. I'm not a small-hearted person. I know that you are not to blame for what happened yesterday."

Xiangfeng has nothing to do now, Xu Meitang has the right to reward and punish.Only those who have done meritorious deeds will be rewarded according to their merits.On the other hand, Xu Meitang is also unreasonable, she won't care about your life without credit.

Xiangfeng is waiting for money to save his life, Miaoli is like the last straw.Xiangfeng knelt on the ground with a groan, "Girl, my mother is seriously ill and the family is in urgent need of money, that's why I'm crying here."

What a clichéd story, she actually ran into it, but it was a very good thing for her.

Miao Li didn't even think about it, she just took a bank note and handed it to her, "Take it home and save your life."

Xiangfeng was very grateful, and kowtowed non-stop, "Thank you girl, thank you girl."

"You're welcome, let's go and prepare some tea. It's late at night, let those adults wake up and doze off."

Xiangfeng was so moved that she couldn't say anything, so she lifted her skirt and left, crying and laughing along the way.

Grandma Sun went out on business just now, and now she came back and saw this scene. Although she couldn't hear what they were talking about, she could clearly see that they were giving something.

After Xiangfeng took Miaoli's money, her attitude towards Miaoli changed a bit, but she didn't dare to make it too obvious, she was Xu Meitang's slave after all.

Nanny Sun has been paying attention to her changes all the time, and firmly believes that she has been bribed.

Miao Li's account was not finished overnight, after two or three days, it was almost finished.In order not to be gossiped by others, Miao Li has always paid attention to her distance.

She usually doesn't stay in the house when she has nothing to do.Now it's the rest time, Miao Li avoids going out, and only a few people from the household department are drinking tea and chatting in the room.

After watching Miaoli go out, Nanny Sun brought over two cups of tea and handed them to Xiangfeng, "You bring this tea in."

Xiangfeng thought it was a normal delivery of tea, took the teacup and walked into the house.

"Wait." Nanny Sun called her back, "You will pretend to be careless later, and put this tea on their new ledger."

In the past few days, Xiangfeng also knew what kind of ledger it was, Miaoli and the others had to calculate it for several days.If it is destroyed now, we have to start all over again.

"Nurse, that's a major matter for the court, we can't..."

"There's nothing you can't do. Are you not listening to the princess now?"

Grandma Sun asked meaningfully. She did this for another purpose, which was to try the fragrance.

Being asked this question, Xiangfeng had no choice but to go in with tea.When they entered the door, they did as Grandma Sun said, pretending that their feet were unsteady for a while, and two cups of tea were poured on the books they hadn't dried yet, and they fell heavily.

The scene was chaotic in an instant, and everyone was in a hurry to save the account book.Xiangfeng got up from the ground silently, Miaoli guessed that they had almost rested, and wanted to finish the last account and finish work as soon as possible, and this is what she saw when she came back.

"what happened?"

Someone replied to her in a panic, "Just now a tea-servant came in and wet all the newly made ledgers, and now I can't see them all clearly."

Serving the tea, Miao Li took a look at the fragrant breeze standing on the side with her hands down, not daring to look at her.I understood everything in my heart, such a clumsy method was used once, and there was a second time.

"Forget it once, but there will be a second time. You don't have to come here again tomorrow. Go back and tell the princess that if she dares to send someone over to make trouble again, I will write to the prince right now to say that she is affecting the business."

Xiangfeng nodded with tears in his eyes, "Your maid takes orders." When she went out, she whispered in Miaoli's ear when she was a child: "Your servant didn't do it on purpose."

(End of this chapter)