I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

How could Dingxiang not know about what happened to Cheng Yu?

When she heard Cheng Yu say that he wanted to escape from slavery, she sighed. She didn't say anything to discourage him, nor did she say that he could really escape from slavery.

Some people were willing to escape from slavery because they still had family members who wanted to go back.

For someone like her, without a father or mother, or brothers or sisters, what could she do after escaping from slavery?

In this compound, she can only serve others and has no way to earn money.

After she gets out, she may not be able to find a good husband to protect her for the rest of her life. It is better to stay in front of the mistress, gain face and be somewhat decent, and people below will call her Sister Dingxiang when they see her.

Ding Xiang did not express any opinion on Cheng Yu's idea of ​​escaping slavery, nor could she understand it.

"Just do your job well. When you want to leave in the future, I will help you put in a few words in front of the mistress."

"Thank you so much, Sister Ding Xiang. You are my real sister."

There's no harm in being a little sweet-mouthed.

***

After Dingxiang went to the small kitchen to give instructions, she went to serve Zhao Rulan. On her way back, she was thinking about what Cheng Yu had said to her.

When she got there, she didn't see her husband, but only saw Second Madam Zhao Rulan fiddling with the incense.

That's some incense.

Put it in the house and the whole house will be filled with fragrance.

The incense that Lu Zhaowen brought was the scent of orchid, light and faint. Zhao Rulan liked it very much because there was a word "Lan" in her name. Zhao Rulan especially liked orchids. When she was in the palace, she even built a greenhouse to grow many precious orchids.

After marrying into the Lu family, she also asked the Lu family to build a greenhouse in their house, just to bring the orchids she raised before she got married.

The Lu family agreed readily.

However, the greenhouse they built was very small, less than half the size of the one Zhao Rulan had in the palace.

After Zhao Rulan married into the Lu family, she was displeased with the family. Later, she paid for an expansion herself. Her dowry nanny, Mama Zhang, also said that she originally thought that the Lu family was a good family, but she didn't expect that after marrying into the Lu family, she realized that the Lu family was just a good-looking family and was stingy inside.

In the final analysis, the Lu family is poor and has no money to buy these things.

Later, Lu Zhaowen bought two pots of pink orchids from outside and gave them to Zhao Rulan, which coaxed Zhao Rulan into losing her temper.

Zhao Rulan was fiddling with the incense with another maid, Ziwei.

I heard Zhao Rulan say, "Take these incense sticks to the laundry room."

Ziwei asked, "Madam, do you want to use the incense that my husband brought for you?" After asking, Ziwei added, "It's just right, let me change the scent of the incense for you. I don't know if the previous incense was stored for too long and it got a little damp. After being exposed to the sun, the fragrance has lost half of its original scent."

The main reason was that the incense Zhao Rulan gave as a dowry was too much, and it could not be used up at all.

Zhao Rulan would ask the maids to sort out some damp things, such as clothes, brand new clothes that had never been worn, or incense and scented soap, and give them to the maids in the yard.

After Ziwei finished speaking, Dingxiang stepped in.

"My lady, you are newly pregnant. I asked the doctor privately about how to take care of your daily life. I heard the doctor accidentally say that since you are pregnant, try not to wear clothes with fragrance."

"Really?" Zhao Rulan's eyes were confused. She really didn't know this.

Zhao Rulan started learning housekeeping at the age of eight and married into the Lu family at the age of sixteen. She began to manage some of the household chores in the palace at the age of thirteen.

Speaking of which, she has five years of experience as a housekeeper, and she is very experienced in managing household chores.

But Zhao Rulan didn't quite understand what to do and what not to do after getting pregnant.

"Dingxiang, don't scare me all the time. I'm pregnant and I'm already cautious enough. I don't even dare to eat hawthorn slices."

Ziwei said something to Dingxiang.

Ding Xiang said: "I am not trying to scare you, my lady. I just want you to get better."

Zhao Rulan knew that these two maids were both good, and they had grown up with her since childhood, from when she was eight years old to now when she was seventeen, which was almost ten years.

As long as Ziwei and Dingxiang don't make any big mistakes, Zhao Rulan will protect them.

"My dear, if you like these scents, you can use them after you give birth to the baby. Now you should focus on the baby in your belly."

Ziwei said, "This fragrance was given by my husband. He loves my wife so much. When he left just now, he said that he liked the orchid scent on my wife."

Dingxiang didn't dare to say anything more.

As a maid, you should be loyal and dutiful, but you cannot interfere too much in your mistress's affairs and should not intervene too much.

Zhao Rulan knew that Dingxiang was a steady person. She heard from her that she was told this only after consulting the doctor who told her that incense could not be used.

Zhao Rulan said calmly, "Listen to Dingxiang and stop burning incense first. Wait three months before we talk about it."

Dingxiang looked at Ziwei and immediately said, "During this period of time, all the clothes that my lady wants to wear should not be fumigated with perfume."

Ziwei and Dingxiang are of equal status. Now, hearing Dingxiang ordering her around like this, Ziwei feels unhappy.

With a frown on her face, seeing that the mistress didn't say anything, she had no choice but to nod.

Ding Xiang then told Zhao Rulan what lunch they were going to prepare this morning in the small kitchen.

Zhao Rulan listened indifferently, obviously a little absent-minded.

"Madam, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Dingxiang asked with concern.

Zhao Rulan shook her head and said nothing.

Dingxiang helped her lie down on the couch, then turned around and asked Xianglian who was serving her in the room.

Xianglian whispered, "Maybe it was because of my husband. My husband was talking to me about fragrance. Sister Dingxiang, you know that I like fragrance very much. They were talking about it with great pleasure. Suddenly, Changfu, the attendant beside my husband, came. I don't know what he said. My husband stood up and told me that he would not eat lunch here."

Ding Xiang also frowned.

"I think my wife is lost."

Let Xianglian go to do the work, and Dingxiang came back inside and talked to Zhao Rulan, leading the topic to the children, which comforted Zhao Rulan a little.

In the small kitchen here, Cheng Yu was busy preparing lunch. Half an hour later, the food was ready and served to Zhao Rulan's table. Only after he finished his work did Cheng Yu have some free time to relax.

The dishes are cooked in the big pot and the buns are still being steamed in the steamer.

Normally, the servants all eat from a big pot. Even though Cheng Yu can cook some food in the small kitchen, she can't do it every day. She can bring some food to the servants' room and cook it privately, but she can't be so blatant.

If someone saw her getting jealous again, who knows what they would do to her behind her back. Even if the mistress liked the food she cooked, she would not indulge her.

Cheng Yu also ate from the big pot with everyone, and it was okay to just mess around occasionally.