cold clothes

That Granny Liu is really wicked.

Liu Mama, dressed in cold clothes, could no longer conceal her desire to kill.

Miss Yuqing was so easily manipulated, sigh.

"Then let's move to the side room and begin now." Wang Yuqing's tone was still soft and sweet, but you could hear a hint of helplessness in her voice. After speaking, she got up and moved gracefully to the side room.

The side room was simply furnished, seemingly set aside specifically for teaching Lengyi. Lengyi knelt on the prayer mat, and Wang Yuqing began to explain the general content she would be teaching, including the rules of the inner courtyard of the mansion, the etiquette of women in the inner courtyard, female virtues and precepts, needlework, and cooking.

Wang Yuqing spoke earnestly, but Leng Yi didn't listen to her much; her attention was focused on Wang Yuqing herself.

Young ladies from noble families are raised in seclusion, and very little information about them is known to outsiders. Leng Yi had previously wondered if Wang Yuqing was the kind of person who was extremely arrogant and domineering. Now that she had actually met her, seeing how dignified she was in sitting and walking, how earnest her gaze was when she spoke, and how gentle her tone, she found this Miss Yuqing to be truly likable.

The Third Prince is so lucky.

"That's what I want you to do. Did you understand?"

"Uh, I heard you clearly," Leng Yi replied, snapping out of her daze. Actually, she hadn't been listening at all, but she had been studying these things for six years and was quite confident in herself.

"I will be strict with you, and if you don't meet my requirements, I will punish you," Wang Yuqing said haltingly, clearly unaccustomed to making threats.

Leng Yi smiled inwardly and replied casually, "Miss Yuqing, you may ask me anything."

"Then, today we'll teach the concubines the proper etiquette for paying their respects to the mistress morning and evening... Xiaolian." Wang Yuqing called to the maidservant waiting beside her, "You give a demonstration first."

"Yes, ma'am."

A maid named Xiaolian first demonstrated, and Lengyi then followed suit and offered tea to Wang Yuqing. The moment Wang Yuqing accepted the teacup, she smiled gently at Lengyi, as if bathed in a spring breeze.

"Wait, don't move." Granny Liu's annoying voice rang out again.

Leng Yi paused.

“Miss Yuqing, her bowing posture looks very casual from behind, showing no respect whatsoever. This is unacceptable,” said Granny Liu, coldly looking at Leng Yi.

"Miss Yuqing, I dare not be disrespectful in the slightest," Leng Yi quickly said, feigning pitifulness.

She had long expected that Granny Liu would torment her in this way, so she was completely unfazed and even felt a little amused.

"..." Wang Yuqing frowned, looking very troubled.

“Miss Yuqing, you said you would be strict with us…”

“I understand,” Wang Yuqing interrupted Liu Mama’s words with a cold tone, then looked at Leng Yi with a complicated gaze, “Since the bowing posture is not up to standard, then punish him with… the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to practice. Xiaolian, you watch over him.”

After Wang Yuqing finished speaking, her eyes were filled with guilt, and she lifted her skirt and went out.

Leng Yi assumed the posture of bowing, and the maid Xiao Lian lit incense to keep time.

A stick of incense? That's a bit childish.

When Qingyou taught Lengyi swordsmanship, she could practice just the sword flourishes all night long.

However, she still had to put on a more difficult act. Wasn't she just going to the Prince's mansion to be bullied? No matter what, she would be picked on, and if she didn't give the bullies enough satisfaction, the outcome would be even worse.

Soon, only Lengyi and Xiaolian remained in the side room, and it was quiet. There was no stove in the side room, and the temperature was a little cold. Gradually, Lengyi felt her body getting chilly.

A sudden sharp pain shot through my head.