The two are maids who serve the kitchen, one is the maid who cooks the fire, and the other is the cook. They are very close friends and always play together. Jixiang is from Xiyuan. Although he is assigned to the kitchen, he has always been only responsible for Xiyuan's food.
They were relatively close to the maids of Xiyuan. It is not new for the master of the house to be favored, and the slaves to be courteous and attentive. Today, they heard a message from Lingxi, ordering the two of them to make a stir-fried beef dish for Haoyueju, and it was the prince's concubine.
Point. But the two of them were extremely happy. They had served them in the palace for four or five years. It was such an honor for any master to remember their names, let alone order them to cook.
This time, Yun Buhui was serving the meal. The two of them stood aside respectfully, waiting for Yun Buhui to praise and accept the reward. Yun Buhui moved his chopsticks. The dish was really good. She took a bite, and the two of them were nervous.
Di waited for Yun Buhui's comment, fearing that she would say it was not delicious. Yun Buhui nodded with satisfaction and praised the craftsmanship. Both of them looked happy. Suddenly Lingxi shouted in surprise, "Prince Princess, don't eat it..."
Yun Buhui frowned and put down his chopsticks. Everyone was puzzled. Lingxi took his chopsticks and rummaged through the stir-fried beef and picked out a caterpillar. Bingyue and Lingxin shouted in fright, and Da Niu and Ji Xiang were also frightened.
broken.
Yun Buhui suddenly slapped the table and said sternly, "Drag him out and hit twenty big boards with his stick!"
The two shouted that they were unjustly accused and were beaten with canes. All the maids and slaves of the Four Gardens gathered outside Dongyuan to watch the imperial concubine punish these two people. Cheng Youtian and Lou Yanran, the mother and daughter of Concubine Li and Concubine Yu, and Cheng Mudong also came after hearing the news.
Lou Yanran recognized Ji Xiang. Ji Xiang served as the cook and was the girl from Xiyuan's outer room. She had met her several times. She asked Qiu Shuang to find out what was going on. When Qiu Shuang asked, no one knew. People in Haoyueju were very tight-lipped.
Can't ask anything.
Qiu Shuang only found out that the Crown Princess suddenly sent a message to Ji Xiang and Da Niu today, asking them to make a stir-fried beef dish and send it to Haoyueju. Not long after the delivery, the two of them were beaten.
Yun Buhui deliberately chose to carry out the execution outside the Dongyuan compound, and also deliberately let Lingxi reveal the news first, attracting people from each room to watch. A beating of twenty sticks with two sticks is a kind of punishment for two delicate and weak women.
After being tortured, Ji Xiang couldn't bear it and fainted, but Da Niu couldn't bear it and lay motionless on the ground with blood stains on her buttocks. Yun Buhui never appeared outside the Dongyuan Courtyard from beginning to end.
Concubine Li and Concubine Yu looked at each other. Concubine Yu smiled lightly and said, "Seeing that the Crown Princess is so delicate and frail, she wouldn't even dare to trample an ant to death. I didn't expect that she would be quite ruthless."
Concubine Li sneered, "Don't underestimate this new daughter-in-law. I have suffered from her and know how powerful she is."
Lou Yanran asked Ling Xi, "What mistake did these two make that warrants such a severe punishment of twenty sticks?"
Lingxi bowed respectfully and said, "Back to the eldest young lady, Ji Xiang and Da Niu made a dish with insects and brought it to Haoyueju, scaring the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine scolded her lightly, but she didn't know that these two people actually still
Mouth, the imperial concubine was angry, so she ordered the staff to scold them."
Lou Yanran didn't believe it. There was a clear line between master and servant in the palace. Jixiang and Da Niuer didn't dare to talk back to Yun Buhui. She was just looking for an excuse to punish them. But why? Lingxi smiled faintly. In fact, as long as someone with a heart would investigate, it would be easy.
Knowing that this was a trap set up by the Crown Princess, he could also find out why they were beaten. In this way, he asked the servants in the mansion to be careful and keep their mouths shut and not to gossip about their master.
Yun Buhui's goal has been achieved. She is the person in charge of the palace. Who dares to say anything when reprimanding two slaves?
Everyone gathered around Dongyuan dispersed, Yumei said, "Mother, second sister-in-law..."
She hesitated to speak. Concubine Li glanced at her, and Yumei pursed her lips and dared not speak. Concubine Li knew what her daughter wanted to say. She wanted to say that the second sister-in-law was very powerful and terrible... She was in charge of the government.
Zhongjing is well-organized, saves manpower, material and financial resources, manages the family well, and shows kindness and power at the same time. Most of the servants in the house respect and love her, and she is deeply popular. She can punish others without mercy.
Unlike the princess, she is strong on the outside and hard on the inside. She looks tough, but she is a soft-hearted person. Therefore, there are many trends in the house that have not been stopped. It is common for slaves to fight. Fighting for favors in the four gardens will endanger the slaves.
But Yun Buhui will not. She is soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She is the matron of the family, which is awe-inspiring.
She is in charge of the palace, so it seems that it would be unreasonable for others to decentralize power.
The people surrounding Dongyuan slowly dispersed. Lou Yanran smiled faintly and said, "Youtian, did you see it? She already knew who was beating Xiyuan, but you didn't feel anything at all?"
"If it's not wrong, others can't find any reason to make things difficult." Cheng Youtian said calmly, his face was very indifferent, and he was not moved at all. Lou Yanran smiled coldly, "It's not wrong?" "If you really want to make things difficult for others, there is no need to do so."
If she makes any mistakes, she will make a mistake for you to bear."
Sisters for many years, how could she not understand Yun Buhui, but Cheng Youtian said, "Don't talk to me about this kind of thing in the future."
After he said that, he walked away. Lou Yanran looked at his back, biting her lip and saying nothing, don't tell him, haha, Cheng Youtian, you are the master of Xiyuan, if I don't tell you, who should I tell?
Is he just tolerant of Yun Buhui?
The news of the beating quickly spread throughout the palace. In the Xiyuan, Ji Xiang, who was seriously injured, knelt down and begged the prince for mercy. He kept wailing and complained that Yun Buhui was cruel and beat people for no reason. The prince was very annoyed.
According to Jixiang, a plate of beef was made today and sent to Dongyuan, but for some reason, bugs were found in the beef. Yun Buhui ordered people to drag them out and beat them without asking for a reason.
She argued that she and Da Niu worked very seriously and cleanly, and there was absolutely no chance of bugs in the beef. It was clearly the Crown Princess who deliberately made things difficult, and the prince was very bothered by this kind of family matter, which was common in the palace.
"You said that the Crown Princess made things difficult for you for no reason. Why did the Crown Princess make things difficult for you?" The prince asked in a deep voice, and smiled coldly, "How many kilograms do you weigh, and is it worth the Crown Princess's troubles to beat you?"
Ji Xiang glanced at Concubine Yun and said with red eyes, "Your Majesty, because this slave is from Xiyuan, that's why the Concubine did this."
The prince narrowed his eyes, and Concubine Yun Fang suddenly shouted, "What are you talking about? You are so impudent that you spoke ill of the Crown Princess behind her back. You and Da Niu did something wrong and talked back. The Crown Princess deserves to be beaten. This
You can bear twenty sticks."
"Concubine, this slave is really unjust."
The prince said in a deep voice, "Shut up, everyone, I have my own discretion in this matter."