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

I have to say that Zhao Rulan is really calm and has the demeanor of a mistress of the house.

Just a few days later, Cheng Yu's injury had just healed, and the concubine that Zhao Rulan found for Master Lu was sent to Master Lu's room.

Lu Zhaowen saw that there were two more people serving in the room and said that they were given a favor by the mistress.

Lu Zhaowen also came to see Zhao Rulan specially.

Zhao Rulan said softly, "I am too heavy to serve the Second Master now, but the Second Master is a serious man and he cannot live without a woman to serve him in the house."

Lu Zhaowen said, are you really so heartless to push me into the arms of another woman?

Zhao Rulan had no expression on her face and said in a calm voice, "Isn't it the mistress's job to arrange a concubine for her man?"

If she hadn't seen the little girl who looked very similar to Lu Zhaowen when she went out that day, Zhao Rulan might not have given up. She also saw the man holding the little girl's hand, wearing a blue dress, with a bright smile on his face. He looked so carefree and unrestrained, and she was so sunny.

What made Zhao Rulan give up even more was that the woman was none other than the daughter of Lu Zhaowen's teacher.

The old gentleman was a very knowledgeable person. When she was studying, she asked him to teach her for three years.

The old man said that he also had a daughter at home who was about the same age as the eldest girl, but she was a little more lively.

Later, the old gentleman sided with the prince, and the current emperor, who was suspicious, would never allow the prince to interfere too much in government affairs.

He wanted the prince to be capable, but he didn't want him to be too capable.

Suddenly one year, the prince was found to have secretly colluded with the enemy country. All the civil and military officials who had relations with the prince were killed or exiled.

If she remembered correctly, Mr. Song later became the prince's aide and his entire family was exiled.

I just don’t know why the girl from the Song family became her husband’s mistress.

By the way, Zhao Rulan also did not forget that Mr. Song and the old lady of the Lu family are cousins, and Lu Zhaowen and Miss Song are also cousins.

As expected, there is nothing simple about cousins.

***

Cheng Yu lay in bed for three days before getting up to work.

Originally, she would be fine after waking up, it was just a headache, but the mistress said that she had three days to rest.

Paid vacation, this is a good thing, she is not willing to say no.

Of course you have to enjoy it.

When she started to do things, she found out that the second master of the Lu family had already slept with Su Juan.

It turns out that those who have some means are the ones who are favored.

On the first day back to work, Cheng Yu naturally thought about preparing some new and exotic food.

Maybe because she had been lying in bed for three days, she was in good spirits and got up early in the morning.

Cheng Yu has been promoted to a higher status, and now she is a second-class maid.

There was one person missing on Ziwei's side, so Zhu'er was also brought up.

Zhu'er followed Ziwei and began to learn the work in the needlework room, such as threading a needle, sewing and embroidering, and organizing.

Zhu'er did not dare to neglect it, for fear that she would be embarrassed and thrown into the Second Master's service as a concubine.

When Zhu'er was in the palace, she worked as a lowly maid in the princess's courtyard.

A maid who entered the palace with her was unwilling to do hard and dirty work and wanted to climb into the prince's bed. Unexpectedly, she woke up in the prince's bed in a daze.

The next day, he was beaten to death by the princess and thrown into a mass grave.

Zhu'er saw it with her own eyes.

He entered the palace with her, and they slept next to each other on a large bunk bed.

Zhu'er had nightmares for several days in a row, and from then on she started to live a slacking life, smiling at everyone she met and doing whatever she was told to do.

But she would never be a concubine.

Even if the little maidservant who entered the palace with her successfully climbed into bed with her and became a concubine, it would be impossible for her to give birth to her master's child.

With the mistress putting pressure on her, it's impossible for a little maid with no skills to become famous by relying on her son.

Moreover, the status of a child born out of wedlock is only slightly better than that of a servant.

Zhu'er is following Ziwei now, and she can't even take a break and sleep in. Ziwei is even stricter than Dingxiang, and a bit old-fashioned.

No laughing or joking is allowed.

These days, Zhu'er has been getting up according to Cheng Yu's schedule.

It was only because she followed Cheng Yu's schedule that she was not scolded by Ziwei.

Cheng Yu got up after washing up, and Zhu'er followed suit.

Zhu'er got up a little early, and thinking that Ziwei was not awake yet, Zhu'er followed Cheng Yu to the small kitchen.

Cheng Yu had already rolled up his sleeves and tied them up, put on his headscarf, scooped a bowl of flour, and then took two eggs.

Zhu'er leaned against the kitchen threshold, yawning.

"Yu'er, you are so energetic. Let's start working now."

"I see that Madam Wang and Madam Li are not here yet."

In the kitchen, Taozi, who arrived a little later than them, was bringing dry firewood from outside so that she could light a fire when Cheng Yu started cooking.

You also need to replace the charcoal fire on several stoves and put several kettles on them to burn.

The hot water in the small kitchen has to be kept burning continuously, and Taozi is responsible for this every day. Fortunately, only the mistress needs hot water, so Taozi can handle it alone.

If this were done in a large kitchen, with one person both lighting the fire and boiling water, it would be impossible to finish the task.

Cheng Yuhe made up his mind and replied to Zhu'er.

"Mrs. Li is the chief steward in the small kitchen. How can a chief steward get up the earliest? Madam Wang must have arrived at the same time as the delivery man."

"You, why don't you go to the sewing room to work?"

Cheng Yu felt that no matter what he did, he had to be conscientious and do his job well, and there would always be good results.

Especially since their mistress Zhao Rulan is a kind person.

We will not treat these servants who work sincerely unfairly.

Zhu'er yawned again and was about to speak when she heard the voice of the maid outside the door.

"I feel embarrassed to bring food every time. Just go in. From the sound, the sisters in Lanyuan are all up and on duty."

The maid from the Lu family guards the back door. Normally, Lan Yuan would occasionally give them some tips, and they are quite respectful to the mistress.

As long as they said they were delivering something to the mistress's room, no matter if it was the vegetable delivery man in the morning, or the shoemaker who came to cut clothes for the mistress, or the peddler who delivered shoes, or the peddler who delivered some fun things, they would be allowed in without any embarrassment.

The teasing voice of the vegetable delivery man mixed with the creaking sound of the carrying pole shaking came from far away.

Soon we arrived at the door of the kitchenette.

"Miss Yu'er is on duty. I caught a few crabs today..."

Before the waiter could finish, Cheng Yu said, "My wife is pregnant, so she can't eat crabs."

Eating crabs has something to do with your physical constitution.

But Zhao Rulan's health was obviously not suitable. She had tried to preserve her pregnancy before, but she didn't dare to eat crabs.

If nothing happened after eating some, it would be fine, but if something went wrong, she would be guilty.