I was a housekeeper in ancient times

There have been cool breezes blowing recently, blowing down many leaves from time to time and spreading them everywhere.

Every day, Aunt Xue would scold the little maid who was responsible for sweeping the yard. She would scold this one and that one, and would still be panting after she was done.

Just when Aunt Xue was in a bad mood, Zhu'er was not paying attention when walking and bumped into her, causing her to almost sprain her waist.

Before Zhu'er even had the chance to apologize, Aunt Xue kept scolding her: "Oh, oh, Zhu'er, don't think that just by following Madam Lin, you can be like a lady from a wealthy family, living a life of luxury and not having to work! No matter who you follow, even if you marry into a wealthy family, you will still be destined to be a servant!"

At this time, there were several little girls around, looking around and watching the fun.

Logically speaking, Zhu'er should have been used to such scolding. Perhaps it was because she had been with Lin Weiqiao for a long time, and had been used to the comfortable life. She also often went to Qinzhai and was taught by Aunt Yanwei, so she could recognize a few words, read some books, and understand some principles.

As her horizons broadened, her thoughts naturally changed, especially the kind of unwillingness she had to be a lowly person all her life, and even more unwilling to be trampled and insulted by others.

Her life wasn't supposed to be like this. The more she thought about it, the more unconvinced she became, and she glared angrily.

Aunt Xue was scolding Zhu'er, and when she saw Zhu'er dared to glare at her, she became even angrier. She grabbed Zhu'er's ears and said, "Why, you're still not convinced? You bitch, do you still want to disobey my discipline?"

Zhu Er pushed him away fiercely. "I am now a member of Mother Lin's family. How can it be your turn to discipline me? I am said to be a servant, aren't you the same? What right do you have to say that about me and scold me? You are acting arrogantly just because you are a little older. Mother Lin has more power than you, but she is not as arrogant as you!"

Madam Xue laughed in anger, "Hey, you're still controlling me! If I don't show you a little warning today, I won't have to stay in this house anymore!"

After saying that, she was about to beat Zhu'er. Zhu'er was not stupid. She knew that Aunt Xue was unreasonable, so she simply ran away.

Aunt Xue tried to catch up with him for a long time but failed. She even made a fool of herself in public and fell down, leaving the little girls and boys to laugh at her.

Aunt Xue couldn't swallow this humiliation. Since she couldn't cure Zhu'er, she went to find Lin Weiqiao.

At this time, Lin Weiqiao was checking the accounts with Madam Li. Seeing Aunt Xue coming in angrily, she was very confused. Lin Weiqiao asked, "Aunt Xue, who made you so angry?"

Madam Xue said, "It's Zhu'er beside you, mother! Zhu'er is so opinionated that she doesn't even take me seriously. I have been in the mansion for so many years, and no maid has dared to point at my nose and scold me! Even Miss Chunqing in the Madam's courtyard is polite to me..."

"Did Pearl scold you?"

"No!"

Lin Weiqiao felt that there must be a misunderstanding, so she asked Hong Luo to call Zhu'er over.

When Zhu'er came, she also felt aggrieved and explained the matter clearly.

Aunt Xue felt that Zhu'er was wrong and shouldn't have talked back to her.

Zhu'er felt that it was Aunt Wu's fault and that she shouldn't be humiliated in public.

Both sides have their own reasons, and from the other side's perspective, both are indeed correct. Lin Weiqiao is caught in the middle and is in a dilemma.

Logically, she would naturally stand on Zhu'er's side, but due to social etiquette, she couldn't afford to offend Aunt Xue over such a small matter.

She couldn't ask Zhu'er to apologize, so she and Madam Li persuaded Aunt Xue not to bear grudges. She also gave Aunt Xue the box of pearl powder and Fritillaria cirrhosa that Xijie'er had given her as a gift.

Seeing Aunt Xue leaving contentedly with her things, Zhu'er stamped her feet in anger, "Mom, why did you give her the things? Why?"

She said, "Well, she is in charge of the maids anyway, you can't confront her head-on."

"But it was clearly her fault first. I just bumped into her, and she kept scolding me. She doesn't even treat me as a human being."

"Alas, she has always been like this. You don't have to take her too seriously. Just fool her."

Zhu'er was still very angry and felt very aggrieved.

She knew that Zhu'er was angry because of the inequality of their status. Aunt Xue could beat and scold Zhu'er at will without being punished, but Zhu'er just talked back, as if she had committed a big mistake, and everyone still stood on Aunt Xue's side.

This situation was caused only because Aunt Xue had a higher status than Zhu'er.

Zhu'er felt unfair, and she could understand it, but that was all she could do.

Just like when she argued with Ding that day, Ding was clearly wrong, but she was beaten for nothing. If Yu Muyan hadn't felt sorry for her and compensated her, she would have suffered more.

But there is no way, this is the way the world is, hierarchy is supreme and difficult to overcome.

She didn't want to let Zhu'er down, so she gave half of the new cloth to her so that she could use it to make a new dress.

But Zhu'er is not her after all. After getting the information, she returned to her room, still angry and took it out on the pillow.

What happened today made Zhuer more determined to move up. She didn't want to be inferior to others all her life.

If she told the first wife's secret, her good days would be over and she would have to make plans for herself.

On the other side, Lin Weiqiao went to the front yard to look for Chef Huang and ran into Papaya who was about to go out.

"Where are you going?"

"Mom, I'm going to go see my sister."

"Isn't Yanyan in the big kitchen?"

"It's my older sister."

She was stunned. She had forgotten that Mugua had a younger sister in Chuqing Pavilion. It seemed that she had been given a new name, something like Huanchunnu. She had asked Xiaohan's mother before and asked her to take care of Huanchunnu.

She asked, “Have you ever been inside to take a look?”

Papaya scratched his head and said, "No, I only dared to watch from a distance, not to go in and see."

She thought that she hadn't been to Chuqing Pavilion for a while, so she decided to go with Papaya.

When they arrived at Chuqing Pavilion, they only dared to wander around and did not dare to get closer.

Mugua said that his sister was learning some dance music in the museum, so she had no worries about food and drink and did not have to suffer. But when she grew up in a few years, it would be hard to say what would happen to her.

"Mom, when can we get my sister out?"

"Well, I can't really say. We don't even dare to step into someone else's door right now. Just wait. It won't take long."

As they were talking, Lin Weiqiao noticed from the corner of her eye that there was someone nearby who was also observing Chu Qingguan. This person was Jiang Zhaofang.

Jiang Zhaofang also hid in the dark, quietly watching the people coming and going in Chuqing Hall.

Just last night, Duke Qian’s Mansion received another secret letter with only three words written on it: Chu Qingguan.

After asking around, I learned that Chu Qing Guan was a place of brothels, and that those who came and went were only rich and powerful young men. There was nothing special about it.

Based on the previous secret letter, Jiang Zhaofang judged that there must be some connection between Chu Qingguan and Lu Yuxuan.

If Lu Yuxuan is really still alive and in the capital, then he has to play with Lu Yuxuan. Faking death is a crime of deceiving the emperor, which is a serious crime.

On the other side, Lin Weiqiao thought that Duke Qian's Mansion was the mother's family of Prince Huai, and behind Lu Yuxuan was Prince Jingcheng, so the two sides were mortal enemies and even rivals.