No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Lin Mingyan went over and sat on a big rock, bent down and put her hand into the water, and immediately felt a cool breeze.

Lily of the valley also came over, and it became convenient for her. She scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on her face, and immediately felt that most of the heat was taken away.

Then he took out a large clean handkerchief, rinsed it several times in water, wrung it half dry, and handed it to Lin Mingyan.

Lin Mingyan looked at her with a little envy, hesitated for a moment, then took the handkerchief and slowly wiped her cheeks.

Forget it, there are people around. If she scoops water like this, it will definitely reach other people's ears.

Just wipe it to cool it down.

Lin Mingyan wiped her face and looked at the small pond. The guards occupied one-third of the upper reaches, and there were some people scattered around a large area in the lower reaches.

Many of them were carrying large bags on their backs, some were washing their hands and faces, and some were just taking off their shoes and socks and standing inside.

Her hand paused as she wiped her face. Fortunately, she was upstream, otherwise she would have been wiping her face with someone else's foot washing water.

"Wuwu~~ Mother, wuwu~~" A small suppressed cry came along the wind, sounding like a song and a weeping.

Lin Mingyan turned around and looked around, and saw a little girl with thin shoulders, covering her mouth and crying cautiously.

Perhaps it was because the guards standing there were a bit scary, so she even suppressed her crying.

After so many years in ancient times, Lin Mingyan has long been accustomed to the sorrows of small people.

People are born, grow old, get sick and die every day, especially the lower-class people, who can be killed by a small cold.

Those who drink raw water casually by the pond may also die from parasitic infection.

In this era, apart from the upper class, who can drink boiled water to make tea every day?

Even the upper class people would choose to drink raw water when they don’t have the conditions outside.

"Oh~" Lin Mingyan sighed softly and didn't intend to meddle in other people's business.

Linglan also heard it. She was a gossipy person, so she wanted to go over and take a look after hearing it.

After looking at her for a while, she said to Lin Mingyan, "Master, this person seems to be a geisha dancing in the VIP residence."

"Hmm? VIP Residence?" Lin Mingyan then took a closer look.

After all, VIP House is her shop, and if the person dancing there is a geisha, then she is her employee.

I always have to take a look when my employees encounter difficulties.

"Hey, isn't this the one who danced so well last time? Master, you even threw a sachet to her," Linglan identified it carefully.

The main reason was that it was her first time to go to VIP Residence, and watching the dancing was so new that she couldn’t forget it even if she wanted to.

Lin Mingyan also recognized her and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Go ask her what happened."

Lin Mingyan has a "preventive saintly mentality" rule, the first of which is: Don't interfere with people you don't know.

But now she is someone she knows and is also her employee, so I will just take care of her to the best of my ability.

Linglan is someone who likes to be in charge, and she runs faster than anyone else when she gets an order.

He ran over and asked, "Girl, are you in trouble?"

The little girl had been crying here for a long time and was driven away by the guards. She could only suppress her sobs.

Seeing this elegantly dressed maid coming over, she was afraid that she was here to cause trouble for her, so she quickly apologized:

"I'm sorry, am I disturbing your Excellency?"

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her torn sleeves, and there was fear in her red eyes.

Linglan smiled gently: "No, my master asked me to ask you what difficulties you have."

Then he hinted, "My master is kind and generous, and he has seen you dance, so he thought, could he be of some help?"

She knew that her master asked her to ask and must want to intervene, so she said it carelessly.

After hearing this, the little girl looked at Lin Mingyan who was sitting here and narrowed her eyes.

Ah, it's her~

Yu Niang originally didn't intend to meddle in other people's business and stayed away from it.

She had seen many of these noble people and only treated them as little toys, not even taking a second look at them.

Sometimes, noble people will suddenly feel like listening to their tragic past to show their kind character.

Although she was a lowly person, she didn't want others to listen to her suffering as a joke.

But this noble man is different. She has received some favors, and it is a good thing to meet him and express her gratitude before returning home.

Yu Niang followed Ling Lan to Lin Ming Yan, knelt down and kowtowed: "Greetings, Concubine Jin."

"Huh? You know me?" Lin Mingyan was a little surprised and quickly asked Linglan to help her up.

Being so close, she could of course hear everything Linglan said clearly.

Her identity was not mentioned at all, so how did this person recognize her?

Yu Niang said: "I used to make a living in a theatre troupe and was fortunate enough to sing at the Fourth Prince's residence..."

To put it nicely, it's like singing an opera, but in fact it's just a funny and miscellaneous role.

The actors in the troupe were all men. As a woman, how could she be qualified to perform on stage and earn a living?

Sometimes I couldn’t even get a bite to eat. That time I was so hungry that I felt dizzy and fell down with a bleeding head.

Of course the boss hated her to death for such a mistake, and wished she would die in the house so that he could get some pension.

It was the concubine who passed by and asked someone to call a doctor and gave him a lot of money as a reward.

Lin Mingyan was stunned. The mansion had invited opera troupes several times, but she had never seen this person.

After hearing what she said, I remembered this little episode that happened when we had a banquet at home.

The little girl's face was covered in blood at that time, and she couldn't see her appearance.

It turns out there is such a fate.

Lin Mingyan asked, "Since you're an opera singer, why did you go to the VIP House to dance?"

Yu Niang said, "I offended someone, and the troupe master kicked me out."

"I heard that VIP House was looking for dancers, so I tried out and was chosen..."

The days of dancing in VIP House were the rare good times in her life.

The money paid by VIP Residence was generous, and there were also extra sachets as rewards, so she had enough energy to dance from morning to night.

At that time, the money for my mother's illness was settled, and our lives gradually got better.

Unexpectedly, I ran into my enemy again...

Lin Mingyan was puzzled when she heard her say this: "Isn't your enemy just an opera singer? And the VIP Residence kicked you out?"

Madam Tong had never told her this, but after thinking about it, she felt that there was no need for her to be afraid of an opera singer, right?

Yu Niang shed two lines of tears: "It's not that the VIP House is driving me away, it's that my mother can't stay any longer..."

When she went dancing, idlers came to bully her mother. How could she stay there?

My mother was timid to begin with and was also seriously ill. After such harassment, her illness became even worse.

In addition, the house was smashed and destroyed, so none of the money I earned could be kept.

"So where are you taking your mother now?" Lin Mingyan clicked her tongue.

Yu Niang said, "Let's go back home and find my fiancé."

"But my mother's illness won't heal. The doctor said she'll only be here for a few days. I'm afraid she's not... not on the way."