The Virtuous Concubine

Half an hour passed quickly as Liu Yuan chatted with the system. Liu Yuan got up quickly and changed her clothes with the help of the nanny. As the daughter of a minor official of the Zhenghuang Banner, she was also served by a nanny and a maid, named Nanny Chen and Xiaotao.

Although it was not as good as those Manchu noble ladies who often had more than ten or twenty men, and they also had to do some work themselves, and their daily food and daily expenses could hardly be called extravagant, it was definitely much better than the lives of ordinary people, especially the Han people.

After getting up, Liu Yuan kept looking around. She was really curious! In fact, this house looked very ordinary from a modern perspective, even a little shabby. The brick and tile walls, wooden windows and doors were all clean and tidy, with some simple decorative patterns.

There were few decorations, only a few porcelain vases and potted plants. However, when the system heard Liu Yuan complaining about the conditions, it was very patient and reminded him: "Liu Yuan, don't underestimate the Baoyi. There are many lucrative positions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Wu Ya family's E Can was once the head of the imperial kitchen! What's more, he was able to get away with it, which shows that he is also a low-key person."

Liu Yuan thought about it and felt that what the system said made sense. She couldn't use modern eyes to look at ancient productivity. These simple things that she thought were hard-won in the Qing Dynasty. However, she was more determined to save points to take back - being a superior person in ancient times was not necessarily more comfortable than an ordinary person today.

The system was quite satisfied to see that Liu Yuan listened to the advice. I was afraid of encountering a host who was fearless and stubborn! At this time, the nanny spoke up: "Miss, you are very lively today. Why do you seem to have just arrived? What are you looking for?"

Liu Yuan's heart tightened. Could she have been discovered right after she came here? She didn't bother to reply to the system. She just clamped her voice and pretended to be innocent as a little girl and said to Nanny Chen: "The weather feels particularly good today. The sun is so bright that everything looks bright!"

Nanny Chen looked at her smiling face with her head tilted up, and her heart melted: "Okay, okay, then Miss, if you have any questions, just ask me."

Liu Yuan didn't dare to ask, so she just let Nanny Chen lead her hand and walked towards her mother's yard. As she walked, she said to the system: "You should call me Malu from now on, otherwise I'm afraid that if someone calls me, I won't respond!"

The system agreed and corrected the registered name information. From then on, there was no Liu Yuan in this world, only Malu.

When they entered the room, Malu's mother Sai and Li were preparing food, and Wuya Weiwu was also there. When they saw their eldest daughter coming, they both asked her to sit down.

Malu sat down obediently and took a bowl of light chicken porridge. There were simple steamed buns and porridge on the table, nothing new. Malu had eaten similar food in modern times, so she didn't have to worry about being exposed. While she ate, she pricked up her ears to listen to the couple's conversation.

No wonder she was the only one here. Bai Qi had to study in the morning, so he usually came to pay his respects a little later. And the younger sister Mayanzhu was rather spoiled, and had always been kept by her mother, and was still asleep.

Malu was also relieved. After all, it was easy to be exposed if she had to deal with too many strangers at once. Weiwu saw her with two small pigtails and the little one sitting there drinking porridge obediently, and he was also happy: "You came early today, girl."

When Malu heard her name being called, she quickly sat up straight and replied, "It is the duty of children to visit their parents every morning and evening!"

Weiwu raised his eyebrows: "Who taught you to say such sour words to the Han people?"

Malu remained calm and said, "I heard my brother say that in a book."

Sai and Li were very pleased to hear this: "Our Malu has grown up!"

When Malu heard this, he quickly climbed up the pole, put down the bowl, and rubbed against Saihelishi and hugged her legs: "Enie~ I'm grown up~"

Sai and Li quickly hugged their daughter and touched her neatly-tied bun: "Okay, okay, you've grown up."

Malu quickly followed up the conversation and said, "Malu has grown up and is going to school! She wants to be like Enie and embroider clothes for Mafa, Ama, Enie, her brother, and her sister!"

Sai and Li Shi had no choice but to accept it. Manchus start looking for marriage partners at the age of 14. It is good for daughters to start learning needlework early! When the time comes, let the father-in-law or husband help Ma Lu to arrange a few things, and then report to the free selection before getting engaged.

Sai and Li said that they would take their daughter to learn needlework after sending Weiwu to work. They were thinking that they would let Mayanzhu learn after she woke up. It was the same to drive one sheep or two sheep. The two daughters were not much different in age, so they could learn together!

Weiwu, who was standing by, was only thinking about where to go for a drink after the roll call, and didn't care about these trivial matters. When Sai and Li sent Wuya Weiwu out, they saw Bai Qi who came over after morning reading.

Bai Qi looked of average stature, and his appearance and conversation were ordinary. Liu Malu looked at this brother and was sure that he was an ordinary child. No wonder the younger sister was favored by the six palaces, but her treatment was also ordinary. She was indeed gifted.

Perhaps all the spiritual energy and luck of the Wuya family are concentrated on Malu alone.

Sai and Li were obviously much more enthusiastic about this son. They asked him about his food, clothing and other expenses in detail before letting him go back to school. Bai Qi accepted the whole process calmly and didn't even notice his sister beside him. This difference in attitude made Malu frown.

So from what we can see, the father was a hands-off boss who didn't care about anything, and the mother was partial to him? No wonder the Defei in history was also partial to her. People from the same family are alike.

The system heard Malu's complaints and wanted to remind Liu Yuan not to reject the wisher, as it would be detrimental to the task. But after analyzing the content, it felt that Malu's judgment was very true, so it did not say anything.

Sai and Li Shi didn't know what was going on in Malu's mind. They watched Bai Qi's back gradually go away, and then taught Malu: "Your brother is the pillar of the family. He will support you when you get married! You guys have to help each other. Mother only has the three of you..."

Malu was speechless after hearing this. If she was really six years old, she would believe it. Malu would be the empress dowager in the future! How could she fight her way out of the harem alone and stand shoulder to shoulder with other Manchu noble ladies as a bannerman?

Who is helping whom? Who is more promising? What support? She didn't believe that Bai Qi would dare to beat Kangxi and teach him a lesson in the future! But she also knew that Sai and Li didn't know these things, and they were just very traditional women.

Seeing that their eldest daughter didn't understand, Sai and Li also laughed. Forget it, she's only six years old, what does she know? The two chatted irrelevantly until the old woman brought the sewing box and Mayanzhu came over from the side room.

I heard her voice before I saw her. Her sharp voice came from outside the door: "Ene! Ene! Where are my father and brother? Why didn't they wait for me?"

Sai Heli smiled dotingly, and waited until Mayanzhu ran to her side before tapping her nose: "You, you got up so late and made father and brother wait for you? Wouldn't that delay everything?!"

Malu laughed secretly when she heard this. Sai and Li said something very true. Hahaha! But isn't it normal for a five-year-old girl to want to sleep? Only she, as a hard-working tasker, had to get up early to work!

Mayanzhu was used to hearing this, and she knew her mother didn't mean to scold her, so she didn't take it seriously. But when she saw Malu next to her smiling, she thought she was laughing at her, and she immediately got angry.

"What are you laughing at! Are you here early?!"

Malu was a little surprised. Why was this sister so hostile to him? Was she really jealous of her beauty?

Sai and Li rushed to help but ended up adding fuel to the fire: "Yes, your sister came at the beginning of the morning. Your sister didn't laugh at you for coming late, did she, Amalu?"

Malu gasped when she heard this. Most of the discord between children is caused by the lack of morality of the elderly! Did the mother do this on purpose?

Sure enough, after hearing this, Mayanzhu started crying shrilly in the voice of a little child. Sai and Li's attempts to comfort her were ineffective, which made Malu very annoyed.

"System! System! Do I have to learn housework from Sai and Li? I can't stand it if it keeps going like this."

The system quickly comforted Malu: "You only need to go through the Sai and Li family to get started, and then you can practice on your own. Otherwise, it would be strange if you suddenly knew how to do exquisite embroidery."

Malu thought about it and could only grit his teeth and bear it. After Mayanzhu finally stopped crying, Sai and Li began to educate her again: "Look at your sister, not only did she come early, but she also wanted to learn embroidery from me and knows how to make progress. Mayanzhu, you should come too. If you have a skill, you can marry into a good family. Otherwise, your in-laws will despise you in the future!"