The Devious First-Daughter

"Qing'er's coming to our Mingshuang Courtyard should be caused by Yulian! Unexpectedly, Yulian has taken care of her younger sister." Ning Xueyan said coldly.

Everyone could see the appearance of Mingshuangyuan at that time. Qinger was placed in Mingshuangyuan. As the master, Ning Xueyan could not say anything more even if she knew that this girl was unable to work. Seeing Ning Xueyan, she didn't care if she lost a maid, why would she care, one of the maids was weak and couldn't work much.

That's why Yulian tried to get Qing'er to Mingshuang Courtyard, but this girl has many ways to do it so quietly.

"What does Qing'er do every day?" Ning Xueyan squinted her eyes and asked lazily. The sun outside the window shone on her, warming her body, reflecting a slight blush on her jade-like face.

"She is a third-class rough maid, and all she does is sweep and sweep. But after she passed out that day, Nanny Han had no choice but to ask her to do some fine work. Fortunately, she embroidered flowers well, so she did two The guy who waits for the maid, but he still gets the money from the third-class maid." Lan Ning said.

She and Nanny Han came up with this idea together. They can't send her away, and they can't let her do heavy work, so they can only choose some delicate and less strenuous work for her.

"Did Yulian come to see her?" Ning Xueyan twitched her lips.

"Yulian has come to see her, but every time she is secretly, about once a week, Yulian will bring her some tonics, sometimes the servants see her and ask Qing'er, Qing'er said that her family is worried about her The body was sent here specially, and I have not revealed to others that Yulian in the Da Furen's yard is her own sister." Ever since Ning Xueyan asked about Qing'er, Lan Ning has been paying attention to Qing'er's affairs.

"Lan Ning, what do you think of Yulian's appearance?" Ning Xueyan smiled, and suddenly changed the subject.

Lan Ning was stunned, and for a moment didn't understand why Ning Xueyan asked: "Yulian is very beautiful, more beautiful than most maids in the mansion."

"Then why hasn't her idea been realized?" Ning Xueyan raised her head, quietly took a sip of tea, deep in her dark eyes, there was a mocking smile that was not a smile.

What's on Yulian's mind? Lan Ning was taken aback at first, but after realizing it, she immediately found the source: "Yulian is afraid of the eldest lady!"

"Yes, she is afraid, so she has the heart but not the guts." The smile on Ning Xueyan's lips became more and more sarcasm. Yan also knew another thing, which Ning Xueyan specially asked Xinmei to investigate.

Apart from Yulian herself, there is only one other person who knows about this matter, but even Yulian doesn't know about that person's thoughts.

"Which one was embroidered by Qing'er?" Ning Xueyan pointed to a stack of clothes on the side. Mrs. Tai has been making clothes for her for a while in order to decorate her appearance.

It's just that Ning Xueyan likes plain clothes, and her clothes are mostly light-colored. Mrs. Tai asked her to embroider some small flowers on the corners of her skirts, and the maid who can do embroidery in Mingshuang Courtyard took over the job.

Lan Ning and Qing Yu took care of all these tasks. They didn't trust others to make Ning Xueyan's personal items, so they had to take the leftover materials and ask the second-class maid below to make a few handkerchiefs. It's not used by Ning Xueyan herself. When she goes out to reward people's silver pouches during the Chinese New Year, she can wrap it in this kind of veil and tie it into a beautiful knot, which is more delicate than a sachet.

"Girl, I dare not let her embroider on your new clothes, but let her embroider some small items like handkerchiefs." Lan Ning walked to the table in the corner and took out a few handkerchiefs from the hidden compartment below. , the flowers and plants embroidered on it look good, and one can tell that the embroidery is skilled and exquisite.

Ning Xueyan picked up a piece, touched the delicate bouquet of flowers embroidered on it, and said two words coldly from her lips: "Tear it up!"

Lan Ning didn't react for a while, and stared blankly at Ning Xueyan.

"Cut off all these pieces of handkerchief." Ning Xueyan's lips curled up slightly, she held the handkerchief and put it in front of her eyes, Mo Yu's eyes were slightly cold.

"Yes, this servant will cut it off!" Of course, Lan Ning would not think that Ning Xueyan was doing nothing, but she had always obeyed Ning Xueyan, so she took a pair of scissors as she said, and cut a beautifully embroidered piece, which was immediately destroyed. Into a few pieces, beyond recognition.

"Have someone bring these pieces to Qing'er, just say that I don't like her embroidery, and let her embroider for me after she has practiced the embroidery." The sunlight outside the window shone on Ning Xueyan's face. With a delicate little face, there is a touch of coldness.

Is this to dismiss Qing'er?

But is this the right time? When the servants of Mingshuangyuan left Hou's mansion, Mrs. Tai asked Mrs. Tai to change a batch. After a while, she had to change again. Would it make Mrs. Tai unhappy.

Feeling uneasy, I didn't understand what Ning Xueyan meant for a moment.

Lan Ning looked at Ning Xueyan dumbly. Although she was smart, she couldn't keep up with Ning Xueyan's rhythm.

"I'm always reprimanded by my master for no reason. You, a close maid, have to comfort and comfort others. By the way, it's okay for Aunt Ma to rape me." Ning Xueyan blinked at Lan Ning deliberately, with a look on her face. The coldness receded, and there was a bit of ridicule.

Aunt Ma slandered her daughter? And in the end, is Aunt Ma okay? Lan Ning was smart after all, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he immediately grasped something, his doubts disappeared, his brows relaxed, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded repeatedly.

The girl was waiting here.

That afternoon, in a small room on the left side of Mingshuang Courtyard, there was a burst of suppressed crying, sobbing, so low that you couldn't really hear it if you didn't listen carefully. A thin little girl in a navy blue jacket He was lying on the side of the bed, crying sadly, the ground and the side of the bed were full of cut rags.

The embroidery thread above was also twisted into a ball.

There were two soft knocks on the door: "Qing'er, may I come in?"

The little maid Qing'er was sobbing, she raised her head while wiping her tears, and saw Lan Ning, the eldest maid of Mingshuang Courtyard, standing at the door, she immediately nodded her head vigorously, and promised while crying.

"Is sister Lan Ning here to drive me away? Can you not drive me away, I will work hard in the future, and I am willing to do any job."

Her family background is not good, the family her second mother married to was not only not good to her, but also to her mother, who was tortured and sick now, so she had no choice but to sell herself into the Hou's mansion as a maid.

"But the girl doesn't like your embroidery?" Lan Ning asked in embarrassment, sighed, picked up a few rags from the ground, put them in front of her, and looked at them carefully.

"What kind of embroidery does the girl like, Sister Lanning, tell me, I will embroider whatever the girl likes, just please don't drive me away, Sister Lanning, can you help me to ask the girl?" Qing'er burst into tears She said, how could her body be able to do a job, if Yulian hadn't thought of a way secretly this time, who would sell a sick and weak maid.

If this person is driven outside, how can he find a job!

Seeing Qing'er's pitiful appearance, Lan Ning was hesitant to speak, "Your embroidery is actually pretty good..."

"Then...then why did the girl cut my veil and drive me away?" Qing'er's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Lan Ning's sleeve.

"Actually, it's not that the girl doesn't like your handkerchief, it's Aunt Ma..." The look on Lan Ning's face became more and more difficult, she pulled Qing'er's hand, patted her on the shoulder, and seemed to stop talking , "Just clean it up, don't embarrass me, we are always servants, not as good as Aunt Ma, she is always the master of our house, she is different from us."

"Good sister, tell me that even if you really want to drive me away, you have to make me understand." When she heard that there was an inside story about this matter, Qing'er became anxious, and she tugged at the corner of Lan Ning's clothes and refused to accept it. Let go, pleading with red eyes.

After being begged by her like this, and seeing her cry like that, Lan Ning's heart softened, and she took Qing'er's hand and sat on the side of the bed: "Think about it, what kind of temperament is the girl, how can she miss you? You got mad for no reason, not because of Aunt Ma."

The affairs of Mingshuangyuan have always been arranged by Nanny Han and Lan Ning, and Ning Xueyan will not be like the other girls in the yard to beat people up, so everyone in Mingshuangyuan thinks that Ning Xueyan has a bad temper Well, this is the first time I've encountered something like Qing'er, now Qing'er also sensed the abnormality, and sat down beside Lan Ning.

"Sister Lan Ning, tell me. If you tell me, I will definitely not say it. I can't embarrass Sister Lan Ning." She wiped her tears and promised.

"Young lady is in charge these few days. This morning, I asked someone to wrap Aunt Ma's silver. I didn't have a sachet at hand, so I took the handkerchief you embroidered. Who knew that the maid who sent it over was beaten, saying that it was Aunt Ma. I feel that the veil that the girl sent over is embroidered too ugly, and she deliberately neglected her, even cut the veil into pieces, and made a fuss about punishing such an ugly person, this is clearly causing trouble on purpose, the girl is now in charge of the inner courtyard , I can’t let people talk about it, so..."

Lan Ning told what happened, and then sincerely said to Qing'er: "In short, she is also our master!"

"She is a aunt, at most she is only half a master, how can she compare with a girl!" Qing'er said unconvinced, thinking that she would be kicked out, it was all because of how Aunt Ma didn't get annoyed.

"Although she is an aunt, she has been favored by Lord Hou. The last time she raped a girl like that, Master Hou didn't say much, which shows how much Lord Hou dotes on her. The eldest lady has been imprisoned in the Buddhist hall again. The wife is gone again, Aunt Ma is so beautiful, maybe she can still be regarded as an ordinary wife, then Aunt Ma will be even more terrible, even her family members will follow the chickens and dogs to heaven, what a blessing it must be."

There was a bit more envy in Lan Ning's words.

"Is it still possible to become the second wife?" Qing'er's eyes lit up.

"No, if there is another son and a half daughter in the future, it will also be the direct line of the Hou family, and even the descendants will be prosperous!" Lan Ning stopped talking, stood up and said helplessly to Qing'er, "You too Don't cry, I'll try to persuade the girl again, maybe the girl is willing to keep you, but Aunt Ma's hands are too long, and she is in charge of our Mingshuangyuan's affairs, I hope Aunt Ma will not think of you again in the future."

"Sister Lanning, thank you!" Qing'er was overjoyed, wiped away her tears, and said emotionally, "As long as you don't let me go, I'm willing to do anything!"