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

Cheng Yu saw Ding Xiang's expression and knew that since she asked, she must want to eat it.

Although Dingxiang is the head maid serving her master, there is a clear distinction when it comes to food. The master is the master, and the maid is the maid after all.

That means eating the leftover food of the master, which is either cold or tastes a bit bad.

Those delicious meals are only suitable for the master.

Smelling this kind of fragrance, especially the delicious smell of freshly cooked food, is naturally much better than the taste of leftovers.

Ding Xiang asked, and Cheng Yu naturally said it happily.

Dingxiang is the head maidservant serving the mistress and has a lot of say. The old women and maids under her all have to call her Miss Dingxiang and Sister Dingxiang.

"I was craving for food, so I picked up some leftovers from the kitchen and cooked a hot pot. Sister Dingxiang, go and have a bite. If there's any work outside, just tell us to do it."

Cheng Yu entered the room and hurriedly found a pair of clean chopsticks, took out an empty plate, poured some water to rinse it, and poured the water directly out through the door.

He tidied the table neatly.

"Sister Dingxiang, if you don't mind, try it."

Cheng Yu winked at Zhu'er who was still eating, but Zhu'er was so addicted to the food that she seemed not to notice.

However, when Cheng Yu pulled her, Zhu'er quickly got up and swallowed the duck intestines in her mouth.

Then he said, "Sister Dingxiang, the small pot made by Yu'er is delicious, especially the duck intestines, which are crispy and delicious."

Listening to what they were saying and smelling the delicious aroma coming from the small pot in front of her, Dingxiang felt her mouth watering.

She didn't despise it. She picked up the chopsticks that Cheng Yu handed to her, scooped up a handful of food and put it in the bowl.

Under Cheng Yu's expectant gaze, she dipped some of the condiments.

Then put it in your mouth.

"Well, it's really delicious, Yu'er, how come I didn't know that you are so good at making food?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I just followed my grandmother and tinkered with some things before. They were all things that were not presentable. Sister Dingxiang wants to eat them. From now on, I will ask you to come with me whenever I cook something."

Lilac smiled happily.

After eating a few bites, he suddenly remembered something and put down his chopsticks.

"I just wanted to come to you and ask you what you think. The mistress is in the early stages of pregnancy and has a poor appetite. Not to mention the big kitchen, here in our small kitchen, Madam Li is sick and not here, and Madam Wang's cooking skills are a little bit inferior. The mistress ate the pancakes you made today and she didn't feel sick. I thought you should make some more food."

Dingxiang meant to let Cheng Yu go to the small kitchen to work.

She said it was temporary.

After the lady has passed the time of harming others, she will naturally be allowed to return to the inner courtyard.

The maids working in the main gate prefer to work for their masters. Usually, they find someone to work for their masters. The master must also be someone with some means and a status in the inner house.

The saying "everyone will prosper" is not said in vain.

The ultimate goal of an ordinary maid is to start as a low-level maid, be promoted to a third-class maid, a second-class maid, and finally a senior maid.

This is a show of face in front of the master.

Except in front of his master, he can act like a jerk anywhere else.

The job a maid least wants to go to is the kitchen.

Ding Xiang also knew this, so she explained it clearly to Cheng Yu.

"Yu'er, don't be upset. I'll talk to my wife later and raise your monthly salary by ten copper coins. Do you think that's possible?"

Dingxiang could also force Cheng Yu to work in the small kitchen, but she was afraid that if she was forced, her mind would not be on cooking, and if she continued to fool around, the mistress would scold her.

Since we are going to do something, we naturally want to do it well.

Dingxiang said this to her in a gentle voice.

Cheng Yu nodded and agreed, "Sister Ding Xiang, don't worry, since you said so, I will definitely agree."

Hearing this, Cheng Yu happily agreed, and Ding Xiang also felt relieved.

The mistress is pregnant and has an unusually picky appetite.

If you do well, it will benefit you, me and everyone.

If you don't do well and anger the mistress, the people under you will naturally suffer the consequences.

However, Zhao Rulan did not have a bad temper. On the contrary, she was easy to talk to. She would only criticize the maids under her at most. But if some maids and followers behaved excessively, she would also lose her temper.

No rules, no standards.

If the lady of the host family wants to be the housekeeper, she must have authority. Zhao Rulan is quite lenient to the people in the inner courtyard, but she is still a bit strong towards the people in the outer courtyard.

It's not about being overbearing. Zhao Rulan is the legitimate daughter of the royal family. Although she has no status, she is still the eldest daughter of the royal family.

This dowry can support three Lu families.

The Lu family was originally quite wealthy, but after the death of the old man of the Lu family, also known as the old tutor, the Lu family's status in Kyoto plummeted.

Although Lu Zhaowen was a Tan Tan Lang, he was only a bit shrewd as an official. When it came to handling household affairs and the Lu family's business, he disdained these vulgarities and naturally ignored them.

Before Zhao Rulan married into the family, the Lu family was managed by the late master's wife, Sun.

Sun was the daughter of the cousin of the old lady, Zhao Rulan's mother-in-law, so there was some relationship between them.

In addition, Sun married into the Lu family five years earlier than Zhao Rulan, and gave birth to a son and a daughter for the Lu family, so her status was secure.

Before Zhao Rulan got married, everything in the Lu family was managed by Sun.

After Zhao Rulan married into the Lu family, Sun found an excuse, saying that Lu Zhaowen was now the head of the Lu family, and everything in the Lu family should be left to Zhao Rulan, the mistress, to manage.

Zhao Rulan actually believed what she said.

After taking over the Lu family's business, I found that the Lu family's warehouse was in deficit and the businesses outside were also losing money.

The only ones still making money now are Madam Lu’s dowry farms. The income from those two farms can barely maintain the Lu family’s decent life.

It can be said that the current prosperity of the Lu family all depends on Zhao Rulan's dowry.

Therefore, Zhao Rulan had the final say in the Lu family. Whenever Lu Zhaowen needed money for some social events, he would often sleep in Zhao Rulan's house. Zhao Rulan would know what was going on and send someone to question him the next day. Zhao Rulan would give him as much money as he needed.

Therefore, Lu Zhaowen felt that he was always unreasonably humble in front of his wife.

After a long time, he didn't like to come anymore.

Zhao Rulan, the legitimate daughter, was taught how to behave by her nanny when she was in the palace. She was generous, decent, calm and measured. She never did anything to seduce men, and even in bed she would not use her body to please men.

Deep down, Lu Zhaowen was unwilling to come to Zhao Rulan, but apart from the two concubines in the house, Lu Zhaowen was not favored and did not go out to look for other women. Outsiders saw that the couple was very loving and harmonious.

Especially in the past few days, the Second Master often came to the mistress' room. As the personal maid, Dingxiang saw that the mistress's appetite had improved a lot because of the Second Master's visit, and she was happy too.