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

"Pooh!"

"This bitch!"

"She still wants to hurt you?!"

Du Juan was really angry and even cursed in front of Lin Mingyan.

Linglan quickly advised: "Sister Dujuan, don't be angry, I didn't listen to her instigation, did I?"

Lin Mingyan sat at the top, thinking about what happened last night.

Yesterday, as soon as she opened her mouth, the Fourth Master interrupted her and changed the subject.

So she didn't know the whole night that there was a maid climbing into the bed in Linfengju.

I thought someone had accidentally burned the Fourth Master, and I was thinking of begging for mercy today.

As a result, the Fourth Master left in the morning with a meaningful look on his face, and Dujuan and Linglan immediately ran in and told her the whole story.

"Have you heard how it was handled?" Lin Mingyan still felt a little unreal.

She and Cuiwei didn't have much of a master-servant relationship, but they met every day, and she was planning to promote her and Rendong to first-class maids after the New Year.

I felt bad when I suddenly realized that the other party had done such a thing.

It's like you've been feeding a stray cat for several months, and you're feeding it dried fish, but suddenly it paws you.

Although this claw didn't cause any serious injuries, it was still a bit uncomfortable.

What's more, this cat may die because it hurt people for no reason.

Du Juan had already inquired: "Eunuch Su refused to say."

Yes.

I think he was unwilling to say it. Yesterday, Su Peisheng went to receive the beating himself, and when he was helping the Fourth Master leave today, he was still limping.

"Who cares about her!" Linglan glared, still angry: "That's a nice thing to say. It's to help Linfengju relieve its worries."

"When she provoked me, I saw it a long time ago. Her eyes were in the sky."

"You think I'm stupid, showing off when I'm around and being lazy when I'm not."

Du Juan looked at her in surprise and said, "Huh? You really have self-awareness?"

When the Fourth Master is not around, Linglan would take a break from time to time.

Both the princess and she turned a blind eye to it.

I didn't expect that she actually knew it!

Linglan turned around and put her arm around Lin Mingyan, tilting her head and snorting: "Humph, I'm not being lazy."

"Which new maid wouldn't want to show her face in front of the princess? I'm just giving them a chance out of kindness."

"But the Fourth Master is here, and it's not good for the princess to be accompanied by only a big maid, so I won't be left behind."

"Who would have thought that Cuiwei, after getting the benefits, would show them off to the princess and then spit on me behind her back."

Lin Mingyan frowned. She really didn't expect that Linglan, at such a young age, could have such thoughts.

And in the face of Cuiwei's provocation and temptation, are you really not moved at all?

Du Juan was obviously shocked as well: "Oh, is this still our little lily of the valley? Could this be some kind person from somewhere?"

Whether in the palace or in the government office, if a servant stands out, he will want to step on everyone else and make sure that no one can surpass him.

Just look at Su Peisheng and you will know.

Having won the favor of the Fourth Master, even if he had just been beaten with a stick, he would still serve him personally even with his lame leg.

Not to mention others, even his good disciple Zhao Lesheng couldn't possibly touch the hem of the Fourth Master's robe.

Linglan is the eldest maid, but she is still thinking about the two younger ones. She is really a good person.

Lin Mingyan said calmly: "You are thinking about others, but they may not be thinking about you."

There was a hint of helplessness in her tone as she sighed softly, "She even thought behind her back that you were bullying her just because you were the eldest maid."

Lily of the Valley pouted, a hint of grievance flashing in her eyes.

"I bullied her? I never asked her to do it for me." Her voice was a little low, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"I told Rendong and Cuiwei about these errands, and they always rushed to do them."

"She has also benefited from it. At least the impression she left on you is that she is hardworking and down-to-earth."

Lin Mingyan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the truth.

She didn't have much contact with the two new maids.

But my impression of Cuiwei is that she is hardworking and motivated, while I have almost no impression of Rendong.

Maybe Honeysuckle did most of the dirty work out of her sight, but she didn't see it and didn't know it.

Thinking of this, Lin Mingyan smiled: "Then why didn't you come and report it first?"

Those who appear to be working hard are not necessarily loyal, but are those who appear to be lazy necessarily loyal?

Lin Mingyan didn’t know what Linglan was thinking, but out of a little affection, she was willing to give her a chance.

"Then I... I don't have any evidence," Linglan twisted her fingers and said with her head down.

Lin Mingyan's smile didn't reach her eyes: "Oh? Without evidence, I won't believe you?"

Linglan's smiling face turned pale now. She knelt on the ground with tears rolling down her cheeks: "Princess, I...I was wrong."

Dujuan then remembered that even though so many days had passed, she had never heard Linglan mention this matter.

If she didn't dare tell her master, she could at least tell herself so that she could be prepared.

It seems...

Lin Mingyan didn't plan to do anything to Linglan, so she asked Dujuan to help the man up.

She analyzed further and thought that Cuiwei might be thinking of letting Linglan test the waters for her first.

If the Fourth Master gets angry, he can just get rid of a big maid so that he can take over.

If the Fourth Master took advantage of the lily of the valley, she would be able to follow suit.

However, although Linglan looked stupid, she pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not take any action. Cuiwei then became anxious and tried to fight on her own.

What a pity, it failed.

As for what Linglan was thinking, Lin Mingyan couldn't tell.

But time will tell, and she couldn't punish a servant for a mistake he hadn't made.

"Okay, stop crying. I don't blame you," Lin Mingyan said with a smile on her face. "But it's also wrong not to report it if you know about it. I'll fine you and Rendong three months' wages each."

Rendong was not implicated, but she lived and ate with Cuiwei, and the clothes Cuiwei prepared could not be hidden from her.

In the morning, Rendong had already heard about what Cuiwei had done, and her heart was in turmoil.

She and Cuiwei were both transferred from the front yard to serve, but they had different personalities and could not get along with each other, so there was no affection between them.

Now Cuiwei, who lives in the same room with her, has done something so extraordinary, but she did not report it to her master. Will she be implicated now?

She only breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the monthly fine. At least the consequences were not too serious.

But when Linglan returned to the room, she lay on the kang and cried.

Du Juan handed her a handkerchief and asked, "Are you still feeling wronged? Are you thinking the punishment given by the princess is too light?"

Linglan was choked by her, her sobs stopped for a moment, and she wiped her face and said, "I wanted to say it, but without any evidence, it seems like I have ulterior motives!"

"Now Cuiwei has made a mistake, and I've spoken out about it, but it's still impossible to clear it up even if I jump into the Yellow River."

Du Juan looked at her angry expression, not knowing whether it was real or just an act, and hesitated for a moment.

Cuiwei's sudden intervention really created a rift between them, and it seemed as if they could never go back to the way they were before.

She sighed and said, "Don't cry, Gege still believes in you, otherwise it would be just a matter of this little monthly salary."

"You should do your job well in the future and stop working for irrelevant people."

Lily of the Valley lowered her head without answering. She clutched her handkerchief in both hands and sighed softly, not knowing what she was thinking.