Ruan Yuanren was suddenly demoted to the Linen Department and changed from a Yuanren to Zhao Zhao. She hated Mantuo, who framed her, and hated Bai Suyan, who turned against her. While she was distracted, the Nanny in charge's whip fell on her shoulder. "Are you trying to be lazy? Hurry up and wash. If you don't finish washing, you won't be able to eat for the whole day!"
Zhao Zhao gritted her teeth and endured it. Her hands scrubbed faster, but in her heart, she told herself that it was okay. She still had one last trump card. Bai Suyan, I haven't lost yet! As long as she could spread the news, as long as there was someone who could help her spread the news!
Zhao Zhao discreetly looked at the people around her. Everyone's hands and feet were nimble and at the same time, mechanically and numbly washing the mountain of clothes. No one glanced at her curiously, as if they had seen too many demoted "nobles" like her.
Life in the Linen Department was not easy. Every day, she had to get up and go to the Linen Department to do some washing work. When Zhao Zhao was in Mu Province, she was a senior maidservant who served the madams and misses. In private, there were also junior maidservants who fawned on her. Even her clothes rarely needed to be washed by herself.
The first day was the most difficult. A group of people surrounded a well in twos and threes, constantly scrubbing the clothes. Zhao Zhao was a newcomer. Not only was she reprimanded by the Nanny in charge because she was slow, but some seniors would also throw one or two clothes at her when she was not paying attention. Often, when she finished washing a pile, she would turn around and see another pile. She could only grit her teeth and swallow her blood.
After another day, Zhao Zhao supported her sore back and got up to go back. But she was stopped by someone, "Hey, newcomer, wash this pile of clothes too. Hurry up, okay?"
A basin of clothes was placed in front of her. The woman in front of her was wearing a light purple short gown. At first glance, she could tell that she was a palace maid who served the Nanyuan Yuanren.
With a cursory glance, the large basin of clothes most likely belonged to these palace maids. After throwing down the clothes, the palace maid turned around and left. Zhao Zhao wiped her sweat and didn't say anything. She sat down and continued to scrub.
She finally finished washing the clothes brought by the unknown palace maid, but when she turned around, there were a few more pots of clothes. She was shocked, aggrieved, and indignant. At this moment, the Nanny in charge poked her head and scolded her, "You wicked girl, why are you so slow? Do you still want to eat? What's wrong? Are you feeling wronged? Hurry up, hurry up! "
Zhaozhao bit her lips and felt those gloating eyes. Finally, she couldn't help crying. Her tears didn't get any sympathy but made the Nanny in charge even more dissatisfied. "What? Are you still not convinced?" Feeling her shoulder being pinched hard, she subconsciously shrank back. "You wicked girl, you still dare to hide?" The Nanny in charge grabbed Bai Suyan with one hand and pinched her back several times with the other.
"Oh, Nanny Cui, you're so energetic. Are you teaching someone a lesson?" A somewhat playful voice suddenly sounded.
Nanny Cui hurriedly pulled her to kneel down, "Old Slave greets the people of Dan Manor and Li Manor." Zhaozhao was pulled to kneel down. There were many things around, so her knee directly knocked into the basin and the basin overturned. She splashed water all over herself and wet Nanny Cui's skirt.
"You wicked girl!" Nanny Cui grabbed her hand and pinched me hard again.
Zhaozhao lowered her head, and her vision was blurred. A pair of embroidered pink shoes came into her sight, "Is this girl new?"
"Answering the people of Dan Manor, this girl was punished here a few days ago because she made a mistake …"
"Nanny, don't be nervous. I just came to see my sister." It was the same teasing voice as before. At the same time, a pair of purple embroidered shoes came over, "Raise your head." After taking a few deep breaths and blinking away her tears, she raised her head and looked at the two people's waists.
"This rule is not bad." The teasing voice from before sounded again, "I quite like this child. Does she know how to sew? I just happen to be lacking someone to do embroidery. " Several jealous and hateful gazes were cast over. Only now did she realize that she didn't know any of these people. Heh, she didn't pay her respects in advance, so she deserved to be bullied.
"This servant thanks the people of Ruan Manor." Zhaozhao sorted out her emotions, bowed and kowtowed, pursing her lips, "To be able to catch the eyes of the people of Dan Manor is this servant's good fortune from a previous life. However, this servant made a mistake before and was punished to learn the rules here. I can't compare to her sister … please forgive me."
Finished speaking, she kowtowed again. The people of Dan Manor were a bit stunned. This Zhaozhao was still flexible, so they asked again, "Do you really want to stay here?"
"Yes. Moreover, this servant is not good at sewing."
"Forget it." The pair of purple embroidered shoes began to walk towards the door, "I was just casually asking."
After a while, Cui mama stood up and scolded, "Enough, enough. What are you looking at? Get up and work. All of you have drooping faces. If you have the ability to catch the eyes of the noble people of Bei Yuan, a group of short-sighted things! And you, hurry and change your clothes. Do you want to be sick and slack off? "
Zhaozhao did her best to pull up the corners of her mouth, trying to show a natural smile. She said submissively, "Thank you mama." Just now, it wasn't that she wasn't moved, but the people of Dan Manor definitely had an ulterior motive for mentioning her at this time. If they really wanted her, they would definitely come back to find her in the future. But now, if she easily agreed and was asked to leave, she would be useless to the people of Dan Manor.
"Thank me? Ha, my Cui shi has been in charge of the Siyi Bureau's cleaning for many years. You are the second person to thank me. What are you thanking me for? " Cui mama's tone was neither feminine nor feminine, and one couldn't tell if she was happy or angry. She didn't think that a polite sentence would touch on this old person's taboo.
Zhaozhao thought about it and said carefully, "I've only been in the palace for a short time. If you didn't take care of me just now, I'm afraid I would have offended the noble people …"
"Enough, don't try to bewitch me. I don't buy it. If you don't change your clothes now, then don't. After all, there are many palace maids in the palace. It's not a big deal if one of you dies of illness. Humph!" Cui mama rolled her eyes at her and left. The palace maids around all sneered and whispered to each other. They didn't avoid looking at Zhaozhao.
"Look at her. She flattered the horse. Serves her right!"
"That's right. Who doesn't know that Cui mama hates this the most?"
"Idiot. She thinks she's smart. Does she think she can be the second concubine just because she has some beauty?"
"She's been here for a few days, but I haven't seen her greet us. She still thinks she's from Dan Manor and acts noble. Who is she trying to impress?"
"Shh, don't talk. Mama is watching!"
Back in the room, Zhaozhao glanced at the bunk bed. Zhaozhao couldn't remember what the other three people in the room looked like. She didn't even know their names.
She opened the wardrobe and rummaged through her bag for her coat. She didn't know what she touched, but her fingertips hurt, but there was no blood. Relying on her intuition, she carefully took out the item. It was a pouch, heavy when she picked it up. When Zhaozhao was convicted, all her belongings were confiscated. Could it be?
She opened the pouch. There were dozens of taels of silver and some hairpins of good quality. For a moment, Zhaozhao suspected that she had taken the wrong bag. But when she looked at the pouch carefully, it was clearly hers. She had embroidered it herself during the Qixi Festival.
Framed? Framed? But she had already fallen to such a state, so who would scheme against her? Afraid of being scolded by Cui mama again, she didn't dare to delay for too long. She stuffed the pouch, changed her clothes, and went back to wash the big basins of clothes. As usual, she missed dinner.
Holding her sore waist, she walked into the room. The table was a mess. There wasn't even a decent bowl of rice. Zhaozhao picked up a pair of seemingly unused chopsticks and wanted to eat a few mouthfuls of cold dishes. She didn't want to overwork and her hands trembled so much that she couldn't even hold the chopsticks. The chopsticks fell on the plate and made a "clack" sound.
"Humph, you can't even hold the chopsticks with such little clothes. You're really a young lady with a servant's life." The person who spoke looked like she was in her thirties because of long-term labor. She was surrounded by two other palace maids. During the day, the palace maids could only wear a double spiral bun according to the rules and were not allowed to put on makeup. But at night, there was nothing to do, so the palace maids secretly put on makeup to pass the time.
Trying hard to control the trembling of her fingers, Zhao Zhao made a smiling face and stood up with the help of the table. "It's my fault for disturbing you sisters. I'll apologize to you here." As she spoke, she walked towards the wardrobe and rummaged through the pouch she had bought during the day. "I have some small gifts for you sisters as an apology for the past few days." She gave each of them a hairpin and revealed a careful and apologetic smile. "I hope that you sisters won't dislike me for not giving you enough gifts."
The palace maid with a round face sitting on the right took the hairpin and looked at it. She was surprised and said, "The color looks good!"
Noticing that the palace maid in the middle didn't look happy, the palace maid with a round face sneaked a glance at her. Her smile froze on her face. It seemed that she was the leader of the three. Bai Suyan smiled and took out a jade bracelet with some flaws and helped her put it on. "This bracelet isn't very expensive. It's just right for you. Please accept it."
The palace maid in the middle touched the bracelet and her expression became slightly better. For people of their status, it was already very good to receive this kind of jade bracelet. Zhaozhao quickly struck while the iron was hot. "I was immature before and didn't formally greet you. My name is Yan Yan, which is the kind of bird under the eaves." For some reason, she used Bai Suyan's alias when she was in Mu Province.
The palace maid in the middle nodded and said, "I'm Huang Ying."
The palace maid with a round face immediately said, "What a coincidence. I'm Yan 'er, which is also the name of the bird under the eaves."
"What a coincidence." Zhaozhao took out a silver chain that was a little black. "This bracelet was left by my sister. Since our names are similar, I'll be thick-skinned and call you Sister Yan 'er." Zhaozhao said as she put the silver chain on Yan' er's wrist.
She rubbed the silver chain excitedly and didn't mind that it was used by a "dead person". She agreed as if she was afraid that Zhaozhao would go back on her words.
The palace maid on the left was the prettiest of the three. She saw Zhaozhao look over and a faint smile appeared on her delicate face. "I'm Huamei."
"I didn't expect our room to be full of birds!" Yan 'er was obviously very excited and didn't pay attention to her words.
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