The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Probably not.

Fangse knew Concubine Yun's personality very well, as she had been with her for so many years.

Be cruel to others, but even more cruel to yourself.

Once you make a decision, you will never regret it.

Fangse respects and fears people like her master.

When Princess Ruyi was four years old, she would have been six years old in lunar age, which was the time for her to receive enlightenment.

But Concubine Fang was of low status and had no influence on this matter.

The princess has been unwell recently and she has tried to ask for an audience several times but was unsuccessful.

Due to a moment of negligence, the maidservant beside Princess Ruyi became restless and even instigated the princess to blame her.

The princess is young and easily misled. Fangse only hates those who instigated her for their evil intentions!

These people relied on the fact that they were old men who had served Concubine Yun. Seeing that Fangse had a good temper and would not make things difficult for others, they started to act arrogantly.

They don't show much respect to them on normal days, but now they want to win the princess's heart and make her favor them.

No matter how good Fangse's temper is, she can't stand it.

These people didn't realize that she was not a maid, she was the master.

It is indeed difficult for a maid to send away another maid.

But if the master wants to send a maid away, it is just a matter of words.

Concubine Lian was pregnant, so Fangse sent the maid to bring her a bowl of nourishing soup.

"Why is the master sending tonic soup again? It's always tonic soup, it's all tiring and laborious, and Concubine Lian won't even notice."

"Concubine Lian is just a concubine, and her background is so shameful. Why does the master bother to please her?"

Fangse seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, "You're right."

"But this soup has already been cooked, but it cost me a lot of money..."

"Isn't it better for me to give it to the princess than to give it to Concubine Lian?"

"That's true. You can give it to Ruyi."

"Slave, go now."

After a while, the maid that Fangse had sent came back and complained, "Master, she said she was going to give it to the princess, but she took it into her room and started eating it."

"The tonic soup worth ten or so taels of silver wasn't eaten by Concubine Lian, but she got to eat it?!"

Fangse said calmly, "What's the rush?"

She raised her hand and said, "Go and bring some nourishing soup to Concubine Lian."

An hour later, the maid came crying and brought the news, "Master, someone replaced the tonic soup with dishwater. Concubine Lian was furious when she saw it. She was so angry that she had a miscarriage and even called the palace doctor, which alarmed the princess."

Fang Se was still as quiet and indifferent as ever, seemingly without any temper at all: "Really? What should I do?"

"Of course, we need to find out who replaced the tonic soup you prepared. And punish that thief severely!"

"Everyone saw you go to the kitchen to make soup early in the morning. We can't put the blame on you."

Fang Se also became anxious: "Then let's go find it quickly. If it's someone from our courtyard, then you can blame me for not taking good care of it and disturbing Concubine Lian."

Afterwards, the princess sent Nanny Li to come over.

The maidservant who was caught cheating on her husband made all kinds of excuses.

Fang Se took the initiative to take the responsibility on herself, but was despised by Li Ma Ma: "Master Fang, please don't be so weak. Protecting such a treacherous maid will harm the princess."

"Having such a person around the princess not only tarnishes her reputation, but we also don't know how she treats her secretly, and whether she has ever stolen her food."

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

As soon as Nanny Li said this, the maids serving the princess immediately stood up and made a complaint one by one.

Finally, the princess sent word that he should be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and banished to a remote house to do hard labor.

Fangse pleaded with pity, "Please show some mercy, Madam. She is old enough now. Since she has made a mistake, just let her go home. This way, you can punish her without shedding blood and hurting Tianhe."

Now the princess is pregnant, but she has been feeling unwell and has not announced the news.

Nanny Li was thinking about the princess. After listening to Fangse's plea, she reported it to the princess and immediately drove the maid out.

As night fell, Fangse coaxed Princess Ruyi to sleep before returning to her own room.

She stared at the lamp on the table in a daze.

Now, she has also learned to calculate people.

She would make this soup.

But a bowl of soup saved her and also got rid of the people who were competing with her for the title of princess.

As the master often says, it doesn’t matter if the recruit is old, as long as it is useful.