Rise From the Humble

A good night's sleep, backache.

"The truth is the same..." When Zhu Ping'an got up the next day, he felt the dull pain in his lower back and the dark eyes in the mirror. He rubbed his waist and warned himself in a low voice.

Li Shu was sitting in front of the dressing table, doing her makeup in front of the mirror. She dipped lipstick from the carved ivory tube in her slender hand. Her pretty face was rosy, and her whole figure looked like a peach moistened by the spring rain. Her pretty face had not yet been painted with gouache. , already ruddy and tender, as if it would drip water when touched.

"What are you mumbling about? Do you want to go boating today?"

Hearing Zhu Ping'an's whisper, Li Shu stopped what she was doing and blinked her big watery eyes curiously. Her small cherry mouth was as red as a petal, and her delicate voice was a hundred times more beautiful than the most beautiful song in the world. .

boating?

You are really talented.

Looking at Li Shu's cute and ignorant look.

"Why are you looking at me like this... If you want to go boating, you can go boating in Shichahai in the afternoon. My uncle is coming in the morning, so we have to meet him." Li Shu pouted her little mouth and said coquettishly.

"Ahem, let's talk about it, let's talk about it."

Zhu Ping'an coughed, said haha, cheered up and put on his clothes.

Brush your teeth and wash your hands.

Although Zhu Ping'an misses modern toothbrushes and toothpastes, he has become accustomed to brushing his teeth with pig-bristle toothbrushes and green salt and poria paste.

The breakfast was still made by Li Shu. It was delicious and loving, and paired with a stack of pickled cucumbers, Zhu Pingan gained three pounds after one meal.

Nowadays, this pickled cucumber has become popular in the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. Of course, it is mainly due to the contribution of the old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. The old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion eats every meal and uses half a bowl more than before. This makes The old lady's personal maid Zijuan always wanted to thank Zhu Ping'an every time she saw him.

Just like "the king of Chu has such a thin waist, many people in the palace starve to death", the old lady loved to eat, and soon there was such a home-cooked dish in every room of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. It is said that the old lady of the Duke of Wei's house next door was influenced by the old lady of the Marquis of Linhuai, and she also fell in love with this pickled cucumber dish. It was perfect with porridge. In recent days, she often sent people to the Huaihou Mansion to ask for it. .

After breakfast, Zhu Pingan went to the study to practice calligraphy as usual, while Li Shu directed the girl to clean up in the living room.

There was some noise in the courtyard, but it soon calmed down. After a while, the little maid Baozi walked in holding an inkstone in her hands.

"What's wrong?" Li Shu glanced at the little maid Baozi and asked.

"It's not like those two little vixens Xi'er and Yan'er. Last time, the old lady wanted to point them out to the young lady as dowry. After the young lady refused, who would have thought that they would not give up. I don't know where I heard about yesterday. My uncle was reading in the courtyard and wanted to see him by sending him pen and ink. Fortunately, my uncle was not in the courtyard, otherwise he would have been succeeded by these two shameless vixens. Miss, you haven't seen how many they have. She is shameless and wears something so thin, transparent and low that her chest is almost exposed." Baozi's little maid was arrogant and pouted so much that she could wear an oil bottle. She leaned close to Li Shu and whispered in Li Shu's ear.

Li Shu's eyes were calm when she heard this. She stretched out her slender hand through the handkerchief and picked up the inkstone from the little maid Baozi's hand. She lifted it to the height of her forehead, pointed it at the marble on the ground, and then let go of her little hand.

"Snapped"

With a sound, the inkstone fell on the marble and broke into two pieces.

"Qin'er, take Mother Li, Mother Wang, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang, take the two halves of the inkstone, and ask Xi'er and Yan'er what their intentions were in sending the inkstone broken in two. If they admit it, go and ask grandma to see her and ask her for justice; if they don’t admit it, let Mother Li and the others slap her until they admit it, and then go and ask her to see her and ask her for justice."

Li Shu glanced at Qin'er with a pair of spiritual eyes, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, opened her lips slightly, spoke softly, and spoke like beads.

"Don't worry, miss." Qin'er, who was standing by, picked up the inkstone on the ground and walked out.

"Ah? Oh." The little maid Baozi was stunned for a moment, but she didn't react yet. The inkstone sent by Xi'er and Yan'er was good, but she broke it in half. It took a second to react, Then he nodded his head vigorously.

It was those two little vixens who made the first move to seduce my uncle. They should be taught a lesson. What is the crime of breaking the master's inkstone? It seems that they should be punished as girls who sweep the floor and do laundry. Hum, they deserve it. Who made them want to seduce their uncle?

Outside Tingyuxuan.

"Bah, look at those little prodigal hoofs in Ting Yuxuan. They are incompetent and can't fly on the branches. They don't like us anymore."

"That's right, they are all like guarding against thieves."

Xi'er and Yan'er looked very unhappy and spat in Ting Yuxuan's direction as they walked.

"But Xi'er, I heard that the fifth uncle is very serious and not as lustful as Master Zhou. If Master Zhou is like a cat that hasn't seen Xing'er for several days, I can take the bait by hooking my little finger. But Fifth Young Master is too serious." Yan'er came close to Xi'er and whispered in her ear.

"Giggle, serious, would a serious person take off his clothes in public?" Xi'er giggled.

"Ah? Are you talking about the fifth uncle?" Yan'er was surprised.

"Who is the fifth uncle? Haven't you heard? The day before yesterday, when the fifth uncle was on errands, he took off his clothes completely naked in front of many people. At first glance, he didn't feel ashamed or ashamed. And my stupidity Sister, you haven't seen her, but I heard about Fifth Uncle's thing." Xi'er blushed and leaned close to Yan'er's ear, speaking in a low voice while making gestures with her hands.

"What? It's true or false, how could it be like that?" Yan'er's eyes widened, and her heart seemed to be hopping like a deer.

"Of course it's true. If you can climb into the fifth uncle's bed, you will have endless blessings in the future. You can eat well and drink spicy food. The fifth uncle is already at the sixth level at a young age. I heard that this This time I ran a big errand and showed my face in front of the emperor. My future is limitless." Xi'er started to look forward to it.

Yan'er was also filled with admiration, "However, I also heard that the red note beside the Sixth Miss once"

"How can that young girl from Hongjian not have the means we have?" Xi'er curled her lips after hearing this, and then became filled with resentment, "Huh, it's all Miss Fifth's fault. The old lady obviously pointed us out to her as dowries. , but she pushed me away, otherwise there would be no point in going to such trouble."

"That's right, wait until later, hum." Yan'er agreed.

"We must be good sisters from now on. Miss Fifth is not easy to get along with." Xi'er looked at Yan'er and said.

"Of course." Yan'er nodded vigorously, and the two looked at each other and smiled.