The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(14)

While Yaoniang was doing laundry, Cuizhu also received the clothes sent by Lu'e.

She just looked at it with disdain and threw it aside.

The material is pretty good, but the color is a bit bland. Although she is a widow, she does not want to be a widow all her life.

Since they are new here today, Yaoniang and Cuizhu do not need to be on duty, and this half day is reserved for settling in. But Cuizhu was a person who couldn't sit still. After cleaning up, he changed his clothes and went out to talk to someone.

She has a lively personality and a sweet mouth. She talks like an aunt or a girl. It didn't take long for her to become familiar with the people in the small courtyard.

When Yu Yan reported what had happened, there was no trace of emotion on Grandma Mu's face.

"Ignore them, we just have to keep an eye on the little princess."

Yuyan nodded.

Yao Niang finished washing her clothes and hung them to dry on the rope.

She went to fetch some water, brought it back, and wiped every corner of her room. The room seemed to have been cleaned in advance, but not carefully. Some dust could be seen in the corners.

Since Yao Niang wants to stay in this courtyard, she has made a gesture, and what she is doing now seems to have nothing to do with it, but in fact it is to show her attitude to everyone.

These principles are what Yao Niang only understood after she stayed in the palace for a long time in her previous life. She can only do this, everything else depends on whether others give her a chance.

In the next few days, life in the small courtyard was dull and boring.

Just like in the previous life, the people in the small courtyard seemed to treat the two of them kindly, but in fact, they were kind but alienated.

Although Yaoniang and Cuizhu also went to serve the little princess, they could only watch from a distance. They would have to be replaced by others even if they made a move, let alone serve the little princess up close.

Within a few days, Cuizhu got fed up and started running outside frequently.

The excuse was to go find her aunt, and most of the time she was trying to get close to the people staying in the Chun Hall, but Yao Niang remained as calm as ever.

The weather is gradually getting hotter, but it is also changing. Maybe it’s a sunny day today, so I can wear a summer shirt, but it starts to rain in the middle of the night, and I have to put on a jacket again the next day.

It rained yesterday, and the sky was still overcast in the morning. The sun came out in the afternoon, and it suddenly became hot, making people feel uneasy.

It was dusk, and the small courtyard was usually quiet. At this time, it was even more quiet, like a deserted place.

Not being reused has the advantage of not being reused, that is, no one cares about anything. Yao Niang went to the kitchen to bring her own dinner. Because it was hot and she really had no appetite to eat, she left it there first and planned to take a bath before talking.

It took a while to finish washing. It might be raining, and the room was very hot. Before Yao Niang's hair was dried, she was sweating again. She walked out of the house with wet hair. It was indeed much cooler outside than inside. The breeze was gentle and made her feel very comfortable.

As soon as Yao Niang stood still outside, she heard a creaking sound coming from the side and Cuizhu came out.

There were beads of sweat on her pink face, which seemed to be caused by the heat.

Recently, Cuizhu changed his attitude of not wanting to see Yao Niang earlier. Perhaps because of someone's instructions, he treated Yao Niang very warmly.

The two of them lived next to each other, and from time to time Cuizhu would come to Yao Niang's house to sit and talk to her. Yaoniang is clear-minded in her heart, but gentle on the outside. Cuizhu just thought she was weak and didn't think much about it. Occasionally, she would ask Yao Niang to help her wash some clothes.

However, if Yao Niang helped her with a job, she would not repay her favor. From time to time, she would bring a plate of pastries, fruits, etc. to Yao Niang.

Cuizhu's biological aunt, Mrs. Cao, was a steward in the big kitchen, and Cuizhu got all these things from her. Cuizhu would often bring back some snacks and feed them to the maids and women in the Xiao Kua Yard. Some of the rough girls and women were greedy for this, so Cui Zhu was not as good as Yao in front of the servants in the Xiao Kua Yard and even the Liu Chun Pavilion. Mom is much more popular.

When others saw her, they all smiled, but Yao Niang looked much gloomier, with almost no sense of existence.

Cuizhu saw Yao Niang standing outside the door and came to stand beside her.

"It's too hot today," she said, fanning herself with a round fan.

Yao Niang said: "Yes, I just took a shower and I'm sweating again."

Cuizhu wiped her sweat and saw a white mark on her hand. She immediately curled up her palms, took out a sweat towel from her sleeves, and pressed it on her face to conceal it. At the same time, he glanced at Yao Niang's face like a peeled egg without leaving any trace, and shouted: "No, no, no, I have to go and wash up. It's too hot today."

She wanted to ask Yao Niang to help her carry water, but at this moment Yao Niang had gone to sit on the stone platform in the verandah, and was stroking her long hair with her other hand. She could only shut her mouth angrily, and turned around and entered the house. inside.

Yao Niang glanced at her back and then looked back.

The sky darkened unconsciously. At this time, there were more or less mosquitoes. Yao Niang's long hair was almost dry, so she planned to go back to the house to have dinner.

As soon as she came to sit down at the table, she heard a baby crying. The sound was very sharp, and she subconsciously tensed up.

It's not that I was scared, but that as a mother, I was born to be particularly sensitive to the cries of my children.

Yao Niang realized that it was the little princess who was crying. Ever since she came to this small courtyard, the little princess would make such a fuss every night. She picked up her rice bowl and planned to finish her dinner and then fetch some water to wipe herself down before resting.

The food was a bit greasy. The food of the wet nurses was richer than that of the ordinary servants, mostly meat and meat, because eating more meat can produce milk. But Yao Niang was already anxious, and the food was a bit cold. She always felt uncomfortable after eating.

She put down her chopsticks, cleaned the table, and went to the small kitchen with the dishes. When she came back, she brought half a bucket of warm water. The hot water in the small kitchen is continuous, because the little princess can use it all the time, and she boils a lot, so the servants can also use some.

Yao Niang wiped her body and took the water out and poured it away.

During this period, the little princess's crying did not stop, and even became more and more sharp. Especially at this moment, the wind suddenly blew, and the whimpering sound of the wind against the child's crying, in this quiet night, it seemed particularly creepy.

Yao Niang couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but go to the door and look towards the small building.

At this time, the candles had already been lit in the small building, and people came in and out from time to time. Someone also came to the Liuchun Pavilion, and left after asking what happened.

Cuizhu walked out of the house, leaned against the door and said to Yaoniang: "Those two are very capable, how come they can't even coax a child." She smiled, with obvious gloating on her face:

The two she was referring to were Nanny Wang and Nanny Qian who were serving the little princess now. The reason why Cuizhu and Yaoniang were excluded and had no way to interfere with the little princess was that the two first-time nurses made great contributions. These two people joined forces to squeeze Cuizhu and Yaoniang, but Yaoniang was fine, but Cuizhu hated them in her heart.

It's a pity that Cuizhu had no way to deal with them. First, they had more experience than her, and second, they treated the little princess very attentively, and it was almost impossible to find any fault. The most important thing was that these two people were Concubine Hu's people, and she couldn't afford to offend them at all. She could only hold back her anger and only make a few sarcastic remarks to Yaoniang in private.

If she didn't see such a movement, Cuizhu didn't need to think about it to know that the two nurses of King Qian would definitely be scolded by Concubine Hu tomorrow, and she smiled particularly brightly.

Yao Niang was silent, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Suddenly, Yao Niang reached out to close the door and walked out.

Seeing this, Cui Zhu asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll go see."

"Come on, don't go and get in the way. It's not like you haven't been there before. How did you get squeezed out last time?"

Cui Zhu's words were not in sympathy with Yao Niang, but she was just venting her dissatisfaction, because she also went there last time, but was squeezed out.

For the time being, she and Yao Niang are still on the same front, which is one of the reasons why she treats Yao Niang with a pleasant face now.

Yao Niang ignored her and walked straight to the small building.

"You're not satisfied with being cheated!" Cui Zhu said loudly behind her.

Yao Niang was thinking about her last life.

In her last life, Cui Zhu was so poor, but she could still stay in the small courtyard as the nurse of the little princess. It was not because of anything else, but because she had made great contributions.

At that time, the little princess also cried like this, but Yao Niang didn't take it to heart. She had just left her son Xiaobao, and when she heard this kind of crying, she couldn't help but think of whether Xiaobao would cry so desperately after leaving his mother.

So she became more and more sad. The little princess cried, and she cried too, crying day and night.

Some people said that she was unlucky, and she felt very wronged and even more sad. There were many wet nurses around the little princess, so she was inevitably excluded. But it was abnormal for the little princess to cry like this, so she couldn't help but pay attention.

After observing for a few days, she almost knew what was going on.

She volunteered to solve this problem, but was blocked outside. Not only could she not see the little princess, but she couldn't even enter the small building. She was anxious in her heart, and she really felt sorry for the little princess crying like this. How could she bear it. So she found Cuizhu, the only one who could talk, and wanted to tell this method to the person who took care of the little princess.

Cuizhu took her method and cured the little princess's night crying.

But she didn't tell anyone that this method was hers. Instead, she designed and instigated the situation when she was completely unprepared, so that Mu Ma, who was already very dissatisfied with her, would send her back.

On the contrary, Cuizhu has established a firm foothold in Xiaokuayuan. The little princess can't leave her, her position is getting more and more stable, and even Concubine Hu looks at her differently.

Chapter 12 (Catching Bugs)

Yao Niang didn't understand this at the time until she was driven out of Xiaokuayuan and came to Liuchun Pavilion as a servant under the arrangement of Princess Jin. Seeing that the people in Xiaokuayuan treated Cuizhu differently, she found out what was going on and suddenly realized it.