Queen's Development

Chapter 3
As soon as Yuzhi packed up her pens, ink, papers and inkstones, she heard someone calling her outside, which seemed to be the voice of Ma Pozi, the rough envoy next to Mama Jin, so she agreed and went out with Zhu Lingling.

Seeing that Zhu Lingling was here, Mrs. Ma immediately smiled: "Miss Yuli has already passed by, I had to call Miss Lingling, now I don't have to run errands!"

She smiled and said: "You two girls, Mama Jin told you to come over!"

Mama Jin sat on the armchair by the east wall, looking at Yuzhi, Hong Yuli and Zhu Lingling expressionlessly.

This time it is to choose maidservants for the eldest son, the second son and the third son from Princess Li. It is related to the second son, so you have to choose carefully.

Yuzhi is the most beautiful of the three, her small face is white and crystal clear, her eyebrows are black and her eyelashes are thick, her lips are bright red, especially her pair of almond eyes, which are black and clear, as if she can speak.

Zhu Lingling has narrow eyes and a high nose, and fair skin. Although there are a few grains of fine linen, she is very charming.

Although Hong Yuli has a plump and graceful figure, the distance between her eyes is a little wider and her lips are a little thicker. In the eyes of women, she is not beautiful, but Mama Jin knows it very well. In the eyes of men, a person like Hong Yuli is the most attractive. attractive.

After looking at it for a while, Mother Jin said, "Yu Zhi, would you like to serve the Second Young Master?"

A twisted melon is not sweet, although she has chosen Yuzhi, she still has to look at Yuzhi's own attitude.

If Yuzhi is unwilling, she also does not want to send someone who is reluctant to be with Second Young Master.

Yuzhi didn't expect that Mama Jin would ask her opinion. She stared into Mama Jin's still clear eyes, and she had already made a decision—she was willing to go to the second son's courtyard!

She trusts her instincts and is willing to take risks.

After hearing this, Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli breathed a sigh of relief—the second son's mother is gone, he has a bad temper, and his reputation is bad. Who wants to serve him!
Mother Jin nodded slightly, and said: "Then it's settled. Zhu Lingling will serve in the first prince's courtyard, Yuzhi will serve in the second prince's courtyard, and Hong Yuli will serve in the third prince's courtyard."

Zhu Lingling, Yuzhi and Hong Yuli thanked Mama Jin and retired together.

When they arrived outside the small courtyard where Jin's mother lived, the three girls hugged each other happily and laughed.

Zhu Lingling let out a long breath: "I'm finally leaving this shady place!"

She has always liked to be lively, and she was almost suffocated to death in this remote and closed villa.

Yuzhi pursed her lips and smiled.

She is also full of longing for the future life.

Hong Yuli smiled reservedly—the third son is Princess Li's own son!
She served the noble third son, and she was naturally more noble than Zhu Lingling, who served the eldest son from a concubine, and Yuzhi, who served the motherless second son!

In the evening, Yuzhi packed her luggage and took a book and sat under the lamp to read when she had nothing to do.

She was reading a book when she heard footsteps outside, followed by Madam Ma's voice: "Is Miss Yuzhi in the house?"

Yuzhi looked through the window and saw Mrs. Ma holding a lantern, standing outside on the porch with Mama Jin, so she smiled and said, "I'm in the house!"

She got up and straightened her skirt, walked to the open room, opened the door, and greeted her out.

Mama Jin and Yuzhi sat down in the bright room, while Mrs. Ma went to the porch to watch.

Mother Jin thought over and over again, and finally said: "Yu Zhi, why are you willing to serve the Second Young Master?"

Yuzhi has been observing Mama Jin, and after hearing her question, she guessed that Mama Jin might be the former concubine.

She organized her words in her mind, and then said: "Mom, I was sold by my parents. Having parents means not having parents. I think the second son has no mother, just like me..."

Mother Jin narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Yuzhi for a long time, and finally got up and left without saying anything.

The Second Young Master is only 16 years old now, young, stubborn, and still a child, I'm afraid that Princess Li will plant a vixen next to the Second Young Master, who will seduce the Second Young Master.

Someone like Yuzhi who doesn't seem to be in love is more suitable than Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli...

In the early morning of the next day, Yuzhi, Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli left Biezhuang and headed east along with the daughter-in-law sent by the county palace in a carriage sent by Xingping county palace.

After entering the west gate of Qingzhou City, the carriage rolled along, entered a road lined with phoenix trees, and finally stopped.

Zhu Lingling quietly opened the curtain on the car window to look out, and Yuzhi looked out along the way, and found that there was a majestic and tall archway-like main entrance in front of it. Two rows of well-armored soldiers lined up on both sides looked quite solemn.

Hong Yuli stared straight at her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Yuzhi, are we going to enter through the main entrance of the county prince's mansion?"

Yuzhi smiled, and said in a low voice: "You have a good idea, we must enter through the corner gate!"

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the person in charge of escorting them led their car into Xingping County Prince's Mansion through the corner gate.

The carriage drove along a boulevard east of the palace.

After about a cup of tea, the carriage finally stopped.

After some fuss, Yuzhi, Hong Yuli and Zhu Lingling got out of the carriage and followed the wife in charge who picked them up into a small courtyard.

The yard is small and unique, with verdant flowers and trees, and it looks very neat.

Zhu Lingling looked left and right, and couldn't help but ask: "Is such a tidy courtyard the one where the princess lives?"

The rough envoy who led them in laughed with a "puchi" and said, "My little eldest sister, this is the courtyard where Mama Xia, the housekeeper, lives!"

Zhu Lingling knew that she had been laughed at for her narrow vision, and her face blushed, but she still said: "The housekeeper's mother's yard is so nice, our concubine is probably living in a fairyland!"

Hearing Zhu Lingling mentioning the concubine, the mother-in-law became silent now, and led the three of them into the open room of the main room.

Mama Xia, the housekeeper, looked in her 30s, her skin was fair and pretty, and her eyes were shrewd.

She sat upright on the Luohan bed in the open room, called Yuzhi, Zhu Lingling and Hong Yuli to sit down, and asked a few words in a soft voice.

Because she has already divided her masters, Yuzhi adheres to the principle of moderation, and refuses to gossip, appearing very plain.

Zhu Lingling is naturally eloquent and loves to talk and laugh.

Hong Yuli, on the other hand, knew her strengths and did not dare to perform well.

After saying a few words, Xia's mother had a good idea of ​​the characters of Yuzhi and the three of them, so she said with a smile: "The concubine has now followed the prince to Beijing to have an audience, and the eldest son, second son and third son have also followed , the three of you go to the courtyard of the three young masters for the time being, let the big maid take it first, and wait for the princess to come back and ignore it!"

The three of Yuzhi hurriedly bent their knees and answered "Yes".

Zhu Lingling loves pinching the tip the most, so she quickly asked with a smile: "Mom, I wonder how the three of us are now?"

Xia's mother glanced at Zhu Lingling and said with a smile: "When you first enter the mansion, start from the third class. If you are diligent and loyal, you will be promoted."

Zhu Lingling's eyes were bright, and she still wanted to ask the third-class maid about her monthly schedule: "Mom—"

With a smile on the corner of Hong Yuli's mouth, she glanced at Zhu Lingling.

Yuzhi hurriedly tugged Zhu Lingling's sleeve quietly.

Zhu Lingling looked at Yuzhi.

Yuzhi blinked her eyes.

Zhu Lingling reluctantly swallowed what she hadn't finished speaking, and said with a smile, "Mom, we're leaving!"

She bowed her knees together with Yuzhi and Hong Yuli and retreated.

The rough envoy who brought them in called a daughter-in-law and a maid, and led Yuzhi and the others to their respective places.

The rough envoy took the jade jasmine to divide the flowers and brushed the willows, turning around all the way, and finally arrived at a courtyard shaded by flowers and trees.

She pointed to the front door that was about to be covered by Ling Xiaohua's vines and said, "That's the Ling Xiao Courtyard where the Second Young Master lives!"

Now that the Second Young Master is not in the Prince's Mansion, the Lingxiao Courtyard is headed by two first-class maids, Shui Lian and Shui Xing.

The rough envoy made the mother-in-law take Yu Zhi to see Shui Lian and Shui Xing.

Shui Lian and Shui Xing are sitting in the open room of the main room having tea.

The rough envoy accompanied her with a smile, pulled Yuzhi forward, and said, "Sisters, this is the third-class maid newly arranged by Mama Xia, her name is—"

She forgot Yuzhi's name for a moment.

Yuzhi smiled sweetly, bowed her knees and saluted: "Report to the two sisters, my name is Yuzhi!"

Shui Lian and Shui An sized up Yu Zhi, seeing her fair skin, picturesque eyebrows, and a very glamorous appearance, but she was still young, and she was the lowest third class, so they didn't care much.

Shui Lian casually ordered the rough envoy and said: "The little maids of Lingxiao Courtyard are all living in the small side courtyard outside now, you can take her to arrange a place to live!"

The rough envoy agreed and took Yuzhi out.

After leaving the Lingxiao Courtyard, Yuzhi took off the silver bracelet from her wrist, and quietly handed it to the rough envoy, and said in a low voice with a smile: "Mama, please help me arrange a sunny and airy room!"

The rough envoy looked down at the silver bracelet in her hand, and said with a smile on her face, "Sister, don't worry!"

She led Yuzhi to the small courtyard, and went straight to the second floor of the East Wing.

The east wing has three rooms, one bright and two dark, but after going up to the second floor, there is a garden, and to the north of the garden is an exquisite wooden house.

The rough envoy smiled and said, "Although this room is above the east wing, it can still be regarded as a south-facing room!"

Yuzhi looked at the flower garden in full bloom, and then at the small wooden house surrounded by the flower garden. With sparkling eyes, she bowed her knees and saluted the rough envoy: "Thank you, Mom!"

Seeing this little girl with picturesque features smiling at her made the mother-in-law feel very happy. She took out a bunch of keys, found the key of this house, took it off, and handed it to Yuzhi: "You Open the door!"

When Yuzhi unlocked it, the poor woman said, "This was Shuiping's house before. After Shuiping left, this house became vacant. Many people wanted to move in, but I never gave them the keys. Shuiping moved in quickly." Hurry up, the bedding should still be there, you can still use it if you clean it up!"

Yuzhi hurriedly thanked again.

She opened the door and asked the rough envoy with a smile, "Mom, who is Shui Ping?"

The rough envoy stopped and said: "Shui Ping is the second son's big maid, and later she was favored by the prince, and now she is... Aunt Ping!"

(End of this chapter)