Since they are all worn by the Qing Dynasty, you might as well be bold and choose Kangxi!

Inside the house, as soon as the meal was finished, Shi Rongyue asked Zixia to get a basin of hot water. He was served with foot soaking and massage. He felt drowsy, but he kept muttering:

"I was so pissed off today. Fortunately, that Suochu Luo Jiahui was punished, otherwise I would have vomited to death..."

As they were talking, they fell silent. Shi Nanxi put down the book in her hand, glanced at the sleeping Shi Rongyue, and silently instructed Zixia to wipe her feet dry, then gently lay her body flat, and finally cover her with the quilt.

At this time, Hongying asked in a low voice: "Second Princess, do you want to sleep for a while too?"

Shi Nanxi shook her head and picked up the book again to read it. This book was nothing but a record of all the palace rules and regulations.

She was not a native of the Qing Dynasty, and she grew up on a farm. She did not understand many of the rules. In order to avoid making mistakes due to ignorance in the future, she would rather spend time and effort to memorize them in advance.

Hongying was a little surprised, but also slightly relieved. Unlike other palace maids who tried their best to curry favor with the new beauties in order to get them a good future, she just wanted to keep her life safe and sound, and leave the palace when she turned 25 to take care of her poor mother who was favored by her father over his wife.

Seeing that this serving Second Princess was not at all arrogant and domineering like other Manchu princesses, but was gentle, polite and well-behaved, and so easy to serve, she had to be more diligent and polite.

Thinking of this, she glanced at the inner room, ready to find work to do. Just then she saw that the water that Shi Da Gege had soaked her feet in was still not poured out by the soft couch. She bowed to Shi Nanxi and whispered:

"Second Princess, Zixia has gone to the Imperial Hospital to get ointment for the eldest princess's injuries. I will go and pour out the water for washing feet."

Shi Nanxi nodded without even looking up. Just as Hongying was about to leave with the water, she suddenly remembered something and looked up to say:

"It's March now and it's cold, so don't pour frozen water outside your door, or it will freeze and cause someone to slip."

"Yes, Second Princess, I understand."

After Hongying left, Shi Nanxi continued to recite the palace rules and regulations with the same attitude as when she took the college entrance examination. However, after a while, there was a sudden noise outside the door. She didn't care at first, but she seemed to hear Hongying's begging for mercy.

She frowned, glanced at Shi Rongyue who was still sleeping soundly on the couch, put down the book, and opened the door quietly.

The first thing he saw was Hongying kneeling in front of Socho Luo Jiahui in the courtyard, kowtowing and begging for mercy, with a clear mark of a slap on her face.

She narrowed her eyes and did not speak at once. Instead, she stood there and observed the two of them calmly. She saw obvious water stains around Socho Luo Jiahui, and upon closer inspection, she saw that her feet were wet, while the brass basin next to Hongying was empty.

He immediately had a guess in his mind that either Hongying was disobedient or was instructed by someone to pour the water on Socho Luo Jiahui, or the other party framed her.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that there was an obvious wet mark on one of Socho Luo Jiahui's hands, but the area of her thigh where she was wearing the cheongsam dress was dry. This was obviously wrong. If it was her feet that were splashed, her hands would not be wet.

If it was the body that was splashed, the hands and sleeves would be wet, so how come there is no water on the thighs? Unless - the other person knocked over the basin with his hand.

So it should be the latter.

He knew what was going on, so he pretended to hear something and asked:

"Hongying, what happened?"

Hongying, who was originally panicking and frightened, felt like she had found a life-saving straw when she heard Shi Nanxi's voice. She knelt down and turned to Shi Nanxi's direction and kowtowed fiercely:

"Second Princess, Princess Socholuo said that I deliberately splashed water on her and wet her shoes, but I didn't! I am innocent!"

Shi Nanxi seemed a little flustered and puzzled when she heard this. She clenched her fingers tightly, hesitated for a moment, and walked over. When she got to the front, she timidly glanced at Suochuo Luo Jiahui, then mustered up the courage to ask:

"Suo, Suo Cho Luo Gege, is there any misunderstanding? Hongying, why would Hongying deliberately throw water on you?"

Suochao Luojiahui was tired, hungry and cold because of being punished by standing. She was filled with resentment and could not get rid of it. She could not swallow this anger unless she retaliated.

She happened to see Hongying coming out to pour water, and thinking of how Shi Nanxi had ruined her business before, and also seeing Zhenzhu, she decided to collect interest from the other party's palace maid.

Seeing Shi Nanxi come out, he immediately turned his attention to her:

"Misunderstanding? The water on my shoes is the evidence. She committed treason and I just gave her a lesson. Do you want to stop her?"

"I don't have it, I don't dare to do it!"

When Hongying heard this, she kowtowed to defend herself. In just a moment, her forehead became red, swollen and purple.

Shi Nanxi's lips trembled. She was obviously scared and wanted to go back to the house immediately, but she still held the handkerchief tightly and stammered to explain to Hongying:

"Suo, Suo Cho Luo Gege, I, I specifically reminded Hongying before she left that it's March, March is a cold month, and the ground might freeze. I told her to lie down somewhere far away. Hongying is very well behaved and obedient, she won't lie down at the door!"

His tone became anxious at the end.

Suochao Luo Jiahui looked at the other party who was so scared that he couldn't speak clearly. His expression was similar to that of the slave girl. He immediately became more arrogant:

"So you're saying that I, a master, deliberately framed her, a slave?"

"...I, I didn't mean that. Gege misunderstood. I, I meant..." Shi Nanxi looked terrified and kept waving her hands to explain but couldn't make herself clear.

At this moment, the door of the ward room opposite was suddenly opened, and Aunt Zhang came over with a grim face:

"What are you arguing about?"

Without waiting for Shi Nanxi to explain, Suochuo Luo Jiahui was the first to complain, and finally pointed at the red tassel on the ground and said:

"Madam Zhang, we must not keep such a servant who commits treason. Otherwise, it will corrupt the atmosphere of our Chuxiu Palace, and everyone will learn this audacious behavior."

Nanny Zhang glanced at the ground and saw that there was indeed water on the uppers of Socho Luo Jiahui's shoes. She then looked at Shi Nanxi, who wanted to explain but didn't know how.

The scene of being questioned by the other party's sister today flashed in her mind, making her lose face. She was so angry that she immediately said righteously:

"Gege Suochuolo is right. We cannot keep such slaves in Chuxiu Palace. Come, take them to the Ministry of Punishment."

Upon hearing this, Hongying collapsed to the ground with a dejected look on her face. "Mother, I can't leave the palace to take care of you."

"Wait, Mammy!"

At this time, Shi Nanxi seemed to be in a hurry, and finally said what he wanted to say:

"Hongying did not splash the foot washing water on Socholuo Gege's feet, please understand..."

However, before he finished looking up the last word, he suddenly heard Socho Luo Jiahui screaming beside him, and then he wiped his hands vigorously with a handkerchief like a madman.

"Foot washing water, isn't this face washing water? My hands, ugh~"

As she said this, she looked at her hands which seemed to still have some smell even after being wiped dry. She couldn't help but vomit, but she hadn't eaten for most of the day, so she couldn't vomit anything.

At this time, Shi Nanxi glanced at the diamond-shaped window of the east room not far away, but held the handkerchief with a puzzled look on her face:

"Hands? How come there is foot washing water in Gege's hands?"

At this moment, Suochu Luo Jiahui, who was dizzy from vomiting, yelled subconsciously:

"Of course there is water for washing feet in the brass basin that I overturned with my hand!"

As soon as the voice fell, the surroundings fell silent. Nanny Zhang cursed him in her heart as an idiot and was about to fool around, but Nanny Yang's stern voice came from behind her:

"Didn't Princess Socholuo say that it was Hongying who spilled the water at your feet? How can you say now that it was the brass basin that was overturned by hand?"

Nanny Yang came closer with a stern face, her eyes shooting at Sochor Luo Jiahui like arrows.

Suochao Luo Jiahui finally realized that she had let the cat out of the bag in a fit of anger. Her eyes kept dodging. Seeing this, Madam Yang's voice became even more stern:

"It seems that Princess Socholuo still hasn't reflected on her actions after being punished. In that case, she will have to stand for another hour and copy the palace rules twenty times."

"Madame Yang, I..."

Socho Luo Jiahui raised her head suddenly and tried to argue, but she met Nanny Yang's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly avoided it and turned to look at Nanny Zhang.

But Nanny Zhang turned her head away and was caught red-handed, there was nothing she could do.

Seeing this, Socho Luo Jiahui could only accept the punishment with resentment, and Hongying was exempted from the trip to the Ministry of Punishment.

Shi Nanxi looked at Suochao Luo Jiahui with a shocked and hesitant expression. In the end, she opened her mouth but said nothing.

He turned and nodded slightly to the two maids, then personally helped Hongying back to the house.

As soon as she returned to the room and closed the door, Hongying knelt down and kowtowed three times to Shi Nanxi.