Echoes of a Broken Past

1

Big Week.

The spring rain falls steadily, dripping down on the tiles, making a clear tinkling sound.

A dilapidated temple, covered with spider webs, intertwined, as if firmly locking up someone's fate.

Lily Waters, holding two moldy buns, slowly climbed the 360 steps towards the temple, one round trip a day.

She can't walk on her own, because her legs have been cut off.

In the inner room, a small, burned and charred girl moans faintly, flies and maggots run amok on her rotting body, and she cries out in pain, "Mommy...Mommy..."

"Amy, mommy's here, mommy will be here soon, don't be afraid!"

She tried to speak, but could only make "whimpering" sounds, because her tongue had been cut out.

Lily Waters crawled over to her, drove away the flies, picked off the newborn maggots one by one, then washed her hands with water under the roof, took a bite of the bun, and fed the tiny bits of food into her daughter's mouth.

The little girl's life was coming to an end, and she couldn't swallow anything at all.

"Amy, you have to eat! Why don't you eat?"

Lily Waters cried her heart out, she forced her daughter's mouth open and pressed the pieces of the bun in with her index finger.

The little girl struggled to open her tear-filled eyes, and said weakly, "Mommy... you... eat it yourself... Amy... is dying..."

"When Amy dies, you won't be dragged down by her anymore. You're a good mom, Amy doesn't regret being your daughter, and will call you 'mom' in her next life."

"Mom!"

The familiar call jolted Lily Waters!

It was her son's voice! He'd come, found them!

For five years, she'd dreamed of escaping this temple with her daughter, not to restore her face, but to find peace for her.

But the next words sent her reeling.

"Mom, what made you think of this temple? It's stinky and dirty, and I don't know what kind of dirty people live inside." The teenager's disgusted gaze swept over the cobwebs under the porch, and the fishy odor of decay filled the air.

Lily Waters' heart fluttered. Ben Harris, who are you calling "Mom"? I'm your "mom."

Catherine Waters walked with the grace of a nymph who had descended from the heavens, and whose face stood in stark contrast to the squalor of the temple, and the squalor of the place, the more she rejoiced!

She took the hand of the young Ben, and said, not pretending to understand, "I thought I heard someone talking, Ben, did you hear them?"

Ben's leg was a bit of a handicap, making it difficult for him to walk, and it was rumored that his leg had been mangled by his birth mother when he was born! Not to mention the fact that the poisonous woman betrayed her father and ran off with his sister!

He often wondered if this beautiful woman hadn't treated him as her own son, how could he, a crippled prince, have gotten his father's attention? In order to return the favor, he must remove all the obstacles in the palace and help her to ascend to the throne of the Empress!

The teenager smiled and said, "Mom you wait here, I'll go in and take a look."

Catherine stroked his face, and said kindly, "Mommy will go with you, you know, Mommy is always worried about you."

The teenager showed a smile of attachment, like the sunshine in March, warming the heart: "Mom, you're so good to me."

Catherine smiled and walked to the side room. When she saw Lily Waters holding a disembodied body, her face changed in shock, and she jumped into Ben's arms, "Oh my God, Ben, what... what is that?"

The scene stung Lily Waters' eyes!

"Mom, don't worry, I'll take care of the monster that scared you!" The teenager soothed Catherine, then stepped forward, drew the sword at his waist, and pierced the little girl's body without hesitation.

Lily Waters exclaimed, "Ah...ah..."

Ben, she's not a monster! She's your sister! How could you kill her?

The boy threw the little girl's body out of the window, with a facial expression as if he was throwing away a bean sprout or a cabbage, not caring about the abyss outside...

The sound of "Niinii" appears in the air, as if it were a dreamy, distant sound.

Lily Waters pounced on Catherine, who looked at her with a cold, emotionless sneer: "Sister, didn't you say I was too good for Frank, having served the Prince? You see, I am the one who accompanies him now! Also, you fed me with the medicine to kill the child, so it's not a big deal if I don't give birth to a child, you see, your son has become mine. Oh, I forgot to tell you, your daughter was burned by me, your son was crippled by me, and his memory was erased by me, but in his heart, you're a poisonous woman, I'm a loving mother, and he even said that he wouldn't stop until he helped me to be his queen, oh... Sister, Frank left you with one pair of eyes, just to let you see your own retribution! Betraying him, this is what happens!"

She betrayed him? She loved him so much, how could she betray him? How many dangers did she take for him, how many loyal men did she trap, how many bloodsheds did she incur, how did she become a scorned man? And he was praised for her sacrifice.

She was with him through thick and thin, helping him to become emperor, but he let her fall into such a state!

Ben, you're heartless! Catherine, you're cruel!

I, Lily Waters, swear that even if I become a ghost, I will be entangled with you for eternity, and together we will fall into an endless abyss!

She jumped down into the abyss.

...

A carriage was parked at the edge of the turbulent river, and a handsome man in a black suit leaned back on a soft couch, quietly gazing at the other side of the river, in the direction of South Vietnam.

"Your Highness! Look!" Anping pointed to the river, swollen by the water embracing two corpses, shouted out loud.

Jonathan Griffin looked down, his eyes flashed a deep, as if he could see through the endless currents lurking in the lake, as if a collision would destroy the heavens and the earth.

A long time, he nodded, slowly said: "is a mother and daughter, the river is fast, but she hugged so tight, its mother's heart, the sun and moon can see. Burial, find a high monk for their supernatural."

"Yes!" Anping was shocked, having followed His Highness for more than twenty years, this was the first time His Highness had shown such kindness.

In the eighth year of Emperor Dezong's reign, Lily Waters died.

It was a harsh winter in Great Zhou.

Thirty miles north of Kyoto, in a small, unassuming village in Tong County, rainwater poured down from the eaves of the house, dripping into three worn-out washbasins, and when one of the washbasins was almost full, Lily poked out her thin hand, splashed the washbasin into the yard, and then emptied it back into the original place.

At this moment, Mrs. Bell came in with a food box: "Miss, I boiled some porridge, you can use it."

"You eat too." Lily smiled lightly and took it, divided half of it into another empty bowl, Mrs. Bell quickly poured the porridge back, gulping down her saliva: "I've already eaten, I'm not hungry!"

Mrs. Bell's stomach growled.

Lily laughed softly, "After I eat, I'll save some for you."

Even in the poorest of places, there were rich people, and they belonged to the latter.

When their mother was still alive, their father visited them occasionally, and they were able to get by. Since their mother's death, their father has not appeared, and they have been thrown out of the spacious compound and squeezed into this room of less than ten square meters. There was only a screen, her "room" on the left, Mrs. Bell's on the right.

Her mother, Diana, was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in Jiangnan, but she met Richard Waters, a poor scholar, by chance. When her parents prevented her from marrying him, Diana eloped with a large sum of money and ran away with Richard, who eventually won the Scholarship, but before Diana could rejoice, Richard married Fiona Quinn, the daughter of the Prime Minister.

At that time, Diana was already three months pregnant, want to back out but there is no way back, coupled with her deep love for Richard, so she endured the pain and watched him use her "dowry" in the capital to build a mansion, get married, bribe officials, and gradually rise, and ultimately became a second-ranking minister, but her body is in the betrayal and disappointment of more and more tired, and ultimately died, leaving her with the daughter of the prime minister. However, her body becomes more and more tired from betrayal and disappointment, and she eventually dies, leaving Lily to bear the taunts of her subordinates and the trivialities of life.

Of course, Richard can hold Diana for many years, not without a handle on the heart, but--

"Missy! Good news!" In the midst of these thoughts, Mrs. Chestnut came in, beaming, shaking the rain from her body, and taking off her soaked garments, when she showed Lily an extraordinarily kindly smile, and even a hint of coquetry.

Mrs. Bell held back her disgust, and greeted her with a smile, "What brings Mrs. Chestnut here? Please come in and sit down."
Mrs. Chestnut said to Lily respectfully and joyfully, "Miss! The Shangshu Mansion has come to take you back to the capital! The carriage has arrived at the entrance of the village, it will arrive in a while!"

Fiona is so fast!

Lily's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise: "Who's coming?"

Mrs. Chestnut answered truthfully, "It's Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Wong."

Lily smiled, Mrs. Sun was Fiona's confidant, while Mrs. Wong was the confidant beside the old lady.

In her previous life, Mrs. Wong was not among the people who came to pick her up, she was taken by a group of robbers on the road, who tried to rape her, and was saved by Ben, the son of the Pingnan King, who became her life's calamity!

Now she remembers that both the robbers and Ben were traps set for her by Fiona.

Now that Mrs. Wong is here, at least it means that she has won, there will be no robbers, and she will not meet the man who has made her pay the wrong price for her life.

In spite of the smile on her face, Mrs. Chestnut felt a hint of murderous spirit, and when she tried to probe further, Lily turned away, and Mrs. Chestnut felt a sense of uneasiness, thinking that she was overthinking it, and that it was just a fifteen year old girl.

After Mrs. Chestnut had gone, Mrs. Bell gave her a sharp look!

Lily didn't feel it; it was human nature to worship the high and the low, and it didn't matter that Mrs. Chestnut didn't think it was a big deal; after all, except for her bad attitude, she hadn't done her any real harm.

It wasn't her she was trying to collect a debt from.

Mrs. Bell closed the door and said seriously, "Miss, tell me the truth, Fiona took us back to the capital, is it because... you gave her the jade pendant?"

Lily nodded, "Uh-huh."

Mrs. Bell punched her chest in pain, tears falling like rain: "Miss! That was your only hope! When Madam was alive, Fiona had used this as a threat many times, as long as Madam handed over the jade pendant, she would grant Madam the position of a flat wife, but Madam was willing to be an unheard of concubine for you, did Madam suffer all these years for nothing? There are still two months to go, only two months, the Prince will come to the Shangshu residence to propose marriage! By then, Fiona will have to welcome you back to the capital, no matter how reluctant she is! How can you give away the betrothal token now?"

Lily slowly said, "I don't like the Crown Prince."

Back then, she couldn't give up the jade pendant, suffered a lot, and was eventually tricked into falling into Ben's web of love, willingly escaping the Prince's engagement, and in the end, Fiona became the Prince's Consort. Fiona becomes the Crown Princess. In fact, Shui Lingxi does not become the mother of the world, and the throne is eventually taken away by Ben!

Fiona and her daughter wanted this annoying token, so she gave it to them!

Soon, the sky cleared up.

Mrs. Chestnut brought two new suits of clothes: "It is the great lady's grace, mademoiselle, that I have put you to bed."

After Mrs. Chestnut left, Mrs. Bell frowned: "Don't change, miss, let Mrs. Wong see what kind of day you have! Let the old lady know Fiona's virtues!"

Lily was lighthearted: "So what if I know? The Old Lady will repudiate the Prime Minister's daughter, take out my mother's silver, and return my status as the firstborn? Besides, it's my mother's money that's being spent on the Sangshang Mansion, and this dress belongs to me, so why don't I wear it?"

Lily did not mention that in her previous life, she returned to Shangshu Mansion after the spring, and at that time, the old lady had already passed away, in this life, she returned to the capital two months earlier, even if the old lady is still alive, her health is definitely not too strong, she did not want to put her chips on a sick grandmother.

Mrs. Bell is speechless, since the young lady after a serious illness has changed a lot, no longer crying, complaining about the sky, every day to live a very happy, to see the problem is also extraordinarily generous, I think the spirit of Mrs. can also rest in peace in heaven.

Lily changed her clothes and went with Mrs. Bell to the carriage, where Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Wong were waiting.

This was Mrs. Wong's first time to see the young lady, and she saw that Lily's eyebrows were clear, her eyes were clear, and she was very beautiful, but her figure was too thin, and she seemed to be malnourished, so Mrs. Wong could not help frowning.

"Slave servant greets the eldest miss." The two bowed and bowed, Mrs. Sun's salute was obviously not very respectful.

Lily looked indifferent, and said politely, "There is no need for the two moms to be polite."

After saying this, she elegantly stepped onto the footstool and boarded the carriage, not at all like a woman from a humble family who had never read any etiquette.

Mrs. Wong was secretly surprised, she did not know that Diana was originally a talented woman, etiquette and rules are not inferior to the upper class noblewomen, how can teach out of the daughter is not good? In her previous life, Lily and Ben had worked together to create the world, and had seen a lot of things, and her demeanor was unconsciously superior to others.

Although Mrs. Sun had seen Lily, she still felt that she was very different from a year ago, not because of her looks, but because of her steady and quiet temperament, which instantly reminded her of the second miss of the Shangshu family, the Fiona who was so beautiful and famous in the world, but in an instant, Mrs. Sun threw this stunning beauty to the back of her mind: are you kidding me? The Second Miss was the only one of her kind, and no one could surpass her!

On the vermillion-red gold plaque, the words "Water Mansion" were written in a bold and elegant manner.

Lily stood in the doorway, looking up at the two words that had made her life difficult, her heart was filled with unspeakable irony, every brick, every tile, every blade of grass, every tree, every person, every pawn, were all her mother's money, but in her previous life, she had to look at Fiona's face for even a new coat.

But in her previous life, she had to look to Fiona for a new dress, and what she ended up with was often an old dress that Fiona had worn. She also got a bad reputation for imitating Fiona.

She ran away from the marriage to follow Ben, thus "causing" Fiona, who already had her heart set on becoming the Crown Princess, and when they met again, Fiona cried with tears in her eyes: "Sister is not aggrieved, and sister's happiness is good."

She was deeply touched, and felt that she and her lover were finally reunited, while her sister was separated from the object of her desire forever, since then, she felt guilty about Fiona, and repeatedly condoned her sister to do evil beside her, until Fiona eventually hooked up with Ben.

Why didn't she realize that Fiona didn't have a sweetheart at all, and that she wanted to be the Crown Princess from the beginning?

"Eldest Miss, you go and greet the First Mistress, the slave girl will go and resume her order to the Old Madam." Seeing Lily pondering and refusing to enter the house, Mrs. Wong reminded her.

Lily smiled faintly and looked at Mrs. Wong, asking knowingly, "Shouldn't I go and greet my grandmother first?"

Mrs. Wong sighed slightly, "The old madam had a high fever last night, and it had not subsided by the time the slave girl left the house this morning. The old madam was afraid that the illness would spread to others, and instructed everyone not to go to the morning wake-up call, so when the old madam improves, the slave girl will lead the eldest young lady to go and kowtow to the old madam again."

Sick still miss her, Lily to this grandmother heart can not help but a few more points of goodwill: "May I ask what kind of disease grandmother has? Why is it so serious?"

Mrs. Wong saw that the concern in Lily's eyes appeared to be real, so she explained in detail: "The old lady has been suffering from consumption for some years, and she has been relying on medication to maintain her condition, which is sometimes good and sometimes bad, but can never be cured."

Consumption, should be what Ben called "tuberculosis". In her previous life, she accompanied Ben to fight in the four corners of the world, there was a year of tense war at the border, a large number of soldiers were suddenly infected with tuberculosis in the barracks, and Ben successfully cured them with a strange drug, but she could not think of the name of the drug for a while.

(End of chapter)

2

Shui Linglong smiled kindly at Mrs. Wong and said, "Then Mrs. Wong go first, I will pay my respects to mother and then go to visit grandmother."

Mrs. Wong nodded faintly, "Slave girl will leave."

After Mrs. Wong left, Lily Waters also entered the mansion.

In order to please Fiona Quinn and the Minister's residence, Richard Waters had spent a lot of money on the capital's famous feng shui master to design the landscape, as the saying goes, "mountains can nourish the nature, the water can gather wealth", built on the mountains, living by the water is the most ideal living environment, which is reflected in the Waters residence to the fullest. The landscape of Waters House has been highly praised by Prince Harrison.

Lily's arrival naturally caused the subordinates to stare in surprise, they have always known that the master has a concubine outside, and gave birth to the eldest girl, originally thought that it was some kind of lowly country maid, but looking at the appearance of some thin, but other than with the master of the house, there is no difference.

Lily to the crowd of all kinds of probing eyes seem to be indifferent, not slanting the eyes of the steps. As soon as she entered Changle Xuan, she heard the twittering of birds, looked up, only to see a dozen cages hanging on a shelf, there are cuckoos, parrots, paintbrush, pugs, larks ......Prince Harrison likes to raise birds, Catherine Waters followed his preferences, the previous life of her still In her previous life, she foolishly thought it was just a coincidence.

"A little woman's! Little woman's bird! Little woman!" Exactly the same trick, in her previous life she had turned away in frustration, hadn't even greeted Fiona, had rushed out of the courtyard and bumped into Richard, she had cried without thinking, and what had happened? A maid took the blame, Catherine Waters was not punished, but for disrespecting her first mother, she lost Richard's heart.

In this life - Lily stopped, a fierce glare at the budgerigar, the parrot like to see a ghost, a scream, fluttering and jumping in the cage. mrs. Sun frowned, this parrot what?

"This little thing is so cute." Lily smiled and walked over to the parrot, pinched a branch and started teasing it, no, poking it! The parrot wailed in pain, Mrs. Sun looked at her with a cold eye and snatched the branch from Lily's hand, "Miss, these birds are all expensive species, if anything happens to them, you can't afford to pay for it even if you sell yourself!"

Lily slapped Mrs. Sun unmercifully, "Sold? I'm the lady of the Shangshu residence, and you're telling me to sell myself? Who taught you that? Mother? Ignorant thing, you've disgraced mother's face!"

Mrs. Sun's face was burning with pain, her birth mother was not even an aunt, and yet she dared to be arrogant in front of her? She's been serving the First Mistress since she was a child, and every concubine in the government has to give her a little bit of respect, but to hit her? I'll make you suffer today!

"Come on! Miss is out of her mind, hurry up and catch her! Don't let her hit the nobleman in the house!" A nobleman in the house? So, there are more than the ladies in the house, no wonder Richard was so angry that she didn't go in to give Fiona a good night, she had lost her face to the outside world.

Fiona wants to give her a challenge, she would like to see, today is who gives who a challenge! Several maids came at Lily with their teeth and claws, Lily easily jumped into the flower garden, the maids chased after her, and the valuable peonies were crushed under their pursuit!

Mrs. Sun was horrified and scolded, "Be careful! That's the First Lady's favorite flower!" Of course she didn't really want to catch Lily, she just wanted to scare her away, but if she ruined Madam's flowers, she would be guilty! Qin Fangyi had placed the most beautiful and expensive things in the courtyard, Lily calculated that these flowers were worth nearly a thousand taels of silver. She lifted her foot and trampled the peonies, peonies, orchids, and poinsettias in the flower garden to pieces!

Step on you Fiona, step on you Catherine, step on you Frank Harris! Not satisfied with this, several maids chased after her, and she ran furiously, flicking her hand over each birdcage. The courtyard was in chaos!

Lily dodged and dodged, keeping an eye on the direction of the gate, and when a piece of brown hemline floated into her sight, she knew the time was right. She grabbed a flowerpot and threw it at Mrs. Sun's feet! There was a loud bang, like a thunderclap in the yard!

The bird was so frightened that it fluttered its wings and flew out of the cage, and Mrs. Sun was scared out of her wits! It was Miss Sun's favorite bird! Lily made a pause, let a maid catch her sleeve, and she pulled it with all her might, and the outer sleeve split, revealing the yellowed middle garment.

"What's going on?" As soon as Richard came in, he saw the courtyard full of broken flowers and leaves, birds flying around, Mrs. Sun jumping up and down, several maids chasing Lily around, one of them even tore Lily's clothes, he had no reason to ignite a huge fire in his heart, is this an inner house or a vegetable garden?

Lily as if she saw the savior, three steps into Richard's arms: "Oooo... father... daughter is so scared..." Richard was this sudden intimacy made a shock, since the eldest daughter to understand, it has been a long time since the first daughter to understand, but the first daughter to understand, it is the first time to understand. Richard was shaken by this sudden intimacy, ever since his eldest daughter came to know, she had never been close to him, although he didn't hate his children, in his mind, his children had to rely on him, therefore, his eldest daughter's alienation had always been a thorn in his heart! Now, the eldest daughter nestled in his arms, extremely attached to the cry, really let him through a loving father's addiction!

Richard's heart was in turmoil as Lily cried and cried and cried, and Richard shouted, "Stop it!" As soon as they heard his voice, they immediately stopped all the movements as if they were under a spell, and faced him with their bodies: "Slaves greet the master."

"Oooh... father... Mrs. Sun scolded me for losing my mind... and asked people to arrest me... saying that I'm not allowed to hit the nobles inside... oooh... "Lily complained, Mrs. Sun denied, "Miss must have heard it wrong, how dare I talk about you? It's all a misunderstanding." The words that came out of her mouth were provoked by Lily's slap, in the past, she was used to being a bully in the residence, even the commoner ladies were not much in her eyes. Moreover, with the backing of the First Mistress, the Master would at most reprimand her a few times, and would not really do anything to her!

Of course, Lily understood Mrs. Sun's thoughts, but since Mrs. Sun was Fiona's confidant, she would not be able to escape punishment today! Richard looked at his eldest daughter's white washed and patched coat under the broken sleeve, and his anger was rising!

At that moment, a pile of bird poop fell from the sky, snap! It dripped on his forehead. Pfft... Lily hurriedly stifled her laughter. The subordinates didn't look up and didn't see it, Richard immediately wiped it away with a handkerchief, but the anger in his heart was burning like oil!

He kicked Mrs. Sun in the heart, Mrs. Sun was kicked to the ground, screaming in pain, while listening to his cold voice: "Misunderstanding? I saw them pulling and tugging at the lady with my own eyes, am I blind? Without your orders, how dare they make a move on Miss? You deceitful thing, I'm afraid you've done a lot of bad things behind the master's back!" Richard from a poor scholar step by step to the present, although the official position, but in the eyes of those famous families, he is just a rich man, these years he has been trying to integrate into the upper class society, the most afraid of other people to blame Waters House do not know the etiquette and rules. If the scandal of the first wife treating the children of the concubine is rumored, will those ministers still give him a chance to live?

Lily had realized his concern, so she let the maid tear her coat, which was actually Fiona's fault for only giving her the outer garment but not the inner and middle garments. But Richard would not really do anything to Fiona, and easily put the blame on Mrs. Sun.

Mrs. Sun kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Master, forgive me! Master, please forgive me! I won't dare to do it again!" Richard glanced at her coldly and said, "Someone come!"

"I am here!" Two guards from the minister's residence came in, and Richard commanded in a cold voice: "Beat this unruly slave to death by clubbing him to death!"

"Master, forgive me! Master, let the slave meet Madam!" The guards hurriedly took out a handkerchief and gagged Mrs. Sun's mouth, dragged her out, and not long after, the sound of beating came from the next door. Lily was satisfied with the way Richard handled the situation, three feet of ice is not cold in a day, she didn't expect Richard and Fiona to be completely torn apart as soon as she returned to the house, but killing Mrs. Sun was a great start!

Lily sniffled, and whispered, "Father, I'll go back to the house first to change into a set of clothes, and come back later to greet mother."
Richard took a look at her yellowed sleeves of her middle garment, and frowned: "Forget it, you've been frightened today, take a good rest, and then go to your mother tomorrow to ask for peace."

You are afraid that I will be too shabby in front of the nobles and lose the face of the Shangshu House, right? Lily laughed coldly in her heart, but on her face, she respectfully said, "Yes, thank you for your father's sympathy."

Lily according to the memory of her previous life to Ling Xiang Yuan, once she entered the gate and Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Bell collided, Mrs. Bell puzzled: "Miss you're back? The slave girl had just packed up and was ready to go to fetch you! Have you greeted the First Mistress?"

Lily casually said: "Oh, not yet, accidentally let the dog bite the sleeve, father asked me to go tomorrow."

A dog? Mrs. Bell was more and more puzzled, Lily patted her on the shoulder and said, "But that dog has been killed by father, it's quite a relief!"

Mrs. Bell nodded her head numbly, and followed Lily through the hanging flower door and into the bedroom in the inner courtyard.

Currently, there are two first-class maids serving her in the inner courtyard: Flower Red and Willow Green, two second-class maids: Michelle Branch and Ye Mao, and the remaining four are third-class maids: Ah Si, Ah Ji, Ah Ru, and Ah Chun.

Hua Hong, Liu Green, Michelle Branch, and Ye Mao all bowed to Lily in the inner room, "Slave maids have met the eldest miss." Just now, in order to seek justice for Missy, the master even killed Mrs. Sun, and a few people could not help but feel a little bit more afraid of this young lady whose birth mother could not even be considered an aunt.

Flower Red, Willow Green, as their names suggest, are quite slender and beautiful, Michelle Branch, Ye Mao, on the other hand, are plain in appearance, slightly stout in build, first class, second class is really a difference.

Lily straightened the bangs on her temples, said: "From today onwards, Mrs. Bell is responsible for managing money and personnel arrangements, bonus, willow green is in charge of clothing and jewelry, and by the way, teach the maids in the courtyard, Michelle Branch and Ye Mao are in charge of housekeeping, and the night duty will come in turn."

For Lily to be able to instantly clear up the division of labor of several people, several people are secretly surprised, this is not like a country maid from the mountains?

At that moment, when it was time for lunch, Michelle Branch went to the dining room to get the food back, when Lily saw the so-called three dishes and one soup, a cold light flashed in the bottom of her eyes, green vegetable and tofu soup, cold bean sprouts, stir-fried potatoes, pickled cucumber. There was no meat!

Lily's lips hooked up a cold smile, Fiona is afraid of Mrs. Sun because of the matter of hate to her, in that case, then don't blame her for doing too much.

She stood up, took out the slingshot made from cat tendons from the cabinet, and walked out of Ling Xiang Yuan.

Inside Changle Xuan, Catherine crouched in Fiona's arms, crying with tears streaming down her face: "Mother, is it really impossible to get it back? It was a gift from Prince Harrison! What if I lose it?"

Of all the parrots, he learned those four words the best, and used them to scold Lily! The idea that a commoner's bitch could be her sister, it's a shame!

Fiona looked at her daughter, who was beautiful even when she cried, and slowly spoke, "All the birds have been recovered, except for this one, which must have flown out of the Shangshu Mansion."

"But it was sent by Prince Harrison, if I lost it, will Prince think that I didn't treat him sincerely enough?"

"Silly child, I asked you to please Prince Harrison because I was afraid that Lily wouldn't hand over the jade pendant, so I needed to do something about it, and if you and Prince were in love with each other, then the chances of success would naturally be much higher. But now, the jade pendant is in our hands, this is the marriage given by the emperor, Prince wants to back out of it."

Catherine heard, crying gradually stopped, shyly bowed his head and smiled, white cheeks spread on a layer of red, such as the sunshine in the clean snow cast a scarlet silhouette, how a "beautiful" word?

"Of course, I am not saying this to make you not take Prince seriously, after all, marrying into Prince's house is only the first step, giving birth to an heir and ascending to the throne of the supreme phoenix is your ultimate goal, and for that, you must hold Prince's heart firmly in your hands! As for the parrot, I'll ask your uncle to buy an identical one."

At the end of the speech, Fiona was in pain, that kind of budgerigar is not common in Great Zhou, without a thousand taels of silver can not be bought! Including those spoiled flowers, today's loss is nearly three thousand taels of silver! Plus Mrs. Sun, who has been with her for almost thirty years!

It's really something! She doesn't believe that Lily did it on purpose. How could a country girl be so capable? But if she didn't do it on purpose, how could she have caused so much trouble in her yard on her first day back?

Fiona pressed her temples, the bottom of her eyes flashed a bright light: "I'm afraid that I've been exposed to something unclean lately, some bad luck, I have to go to the temple to put on incense."

"Madam, the master said there is no need to leave the door open for him tonight, he is resting in Auntie Zhou's courtyard." After Catherine left, Michelle hit the curtain and came in, reporting in a low voice.

The master clearly said that he would come over tonight! Fiona's brows frowned: "Got it, drop the lock."

"Yes."

"Wait!" Fiona played with the golden hairpin in her hand, her eyes deepened, "Starting tomorrow, give her meat!"

The master was actually so angry with her for that little bitch, so, she couldn't embarrass her too much for the time being.

In the small kitchen of Ling Xiang Yuan, Mrs. Bell and Lily were busy.

Mrs. Bell said smilingly, "It's been a long time since I've made pigeon soup, I don't know if I can make it well."

Lily smiled narrowly, "Mrs. Bell, your craftsmanship is naturally good, I love it the most."

After laughing, Lily dissected and cleaned the bird, removed the feathers and internal organs, and handed it to Mrs. Bell.

Mrs. Bell boiled it in boiling water for half an hour, took it up, and drained it. The pickled cabbage and ginger were soaked in water, washed, and cut into pieces. The tofu was also washed.

When this was done, and the water in the pot was boiling, Mrs. Bell put in the pickled cabbage, ginger, and the bird, and when the water came to a rolling boil again, put it over medium heat and continued to boil until the bird was cooked through, adding the tofu and a little salt to taste, and then the soup was finished.

Pigeon and tofu soup is said to be good for the spleen and stomach, clearing away heat and promoting the production of body fluids, and Lily thought that, as a bird, the parrot's effects should be similar.

After "overcoming" the parrot that had scolded her, Lily got up and went to Fortune House, where the old lady lived. The old lady had sent Mrs. Wong to pick her up and she owed the old lady a big thank you anyway.

The old lady was suffering from consumption, a contagious disease, so Jade, Amber and Mrs. Wong, who were serving the old lady, covered their mouths and noses with cloth napkins.

Lily stood at the door of the master bedroom, waiting for the old lady's summons.

"Young miss, your thoughts have been brought to you by the slave girl, the old madam is taking her medication, I guess it will take some time, it's freezing cold, please go back, come again some other time." Jadeite, a maid with clear eyes, truthfully conveyed the old madam's meaning.

(End of chapter)

3

"He waits till Mrs. Sun has finished her medicine, and kowtows to Mrs. Sun before he goes." Lily Waters smiled the innocent smile a girl should have.

Emerald said nothing more; she could obviously have invited Lily Waters to wait in the warmth of the side room, but she just smiled weakly and turned to enter the house.

As night fell, the crescent moon hung high in the treetops, and a chilly breeze made Lily Waters shrink and pull her short, slouchy coat tighter. Her toes moved gently in her boots, trying to ease the numbness from the cold. The cold was nothing compared to what she'd experienced in her previous life, when she'd spent the night sprawled out in the snow.

Two quarters of an hour later, the door of the room was pushed open, and out stepped Mrs. Wong, who said that Missy would come to visit Mrs. Sun, even though it was just a polite way of saying that, after all, when Mrs. Sun was sick, there were not many people in the government who had her on their mind except for the Master. Just now Mrs. Sun had deliberately asked Missy to wait outside, as if to test the hearts of the people.Mrs. Wong gave Lily Waters an approving look, and said, "Mrs. Sun has finished her medicine, Missy please follow me in."

Consumption is not really that contagious, as long as you don't touch the sputum she spits out you won't get infected.Lily Waters smiled and said, "No need, Grandmother has never seen me before."

Mrs. Wong's eyes showed more smiles, "Missy, please."

Lily Waters walked into the house, the corner of her mouth raised a warm smile, slowly walked to Mrs. Sun's bedside and knelt down, bowed three times, said, "Linglong has met Grandmother, all hail and peace to Grandmother."

On the large mahogany bed, the elegant curtain was hanging high, Mrs. Sun leaned on a thick pillow, covered with a bright brown quilt, her face looked a little bit older. On the right side of the bed, a silver smoker wafted an elegant aroma, covering the smell of medicine in the room.

Mrs. Sun opened her eyes and said hoarsely, "Well, you look good, cough cough..."

Just after she said a word, she was interrupted by a violent cough.

Lily Waters got up and came to Mrs. Sun, patting her back with a hollow palm, and Mrs. Wong handed her a spittoon, and Mrs. Sun coughed up a mouthful of phlegm before she was finally relieved. She gasped for breath and began to look less cold. Suddenly, her eyes flashed and she said, "Jadeite, send a piece of the brocade that Mrs. Ding Yuan Hou will send tomorrow to Missy."

"Yes!" Jade responded respectfully.

Lily Waters smiled and said, "Many thanks, grandmother."

Mrs. Sun patted her on the shoulder, "You're such a sweet child, go on, I don't have to come around here much, lest I pass on my sickness to you."

When Lily Waters returned to Ling Xiang Yuan, the brocade from Mrs. Sun arrived just in time. It was a dark brown floral brocade of exquisite workmanship, but it did not seem suitable for her age. The furnishings in Mrs. Sun's house showed that she had an excellent eye, so why would Mrs. Sun send her such an unsuitable material?

Could it be...?

Mrs. Sun has come here especially for her? It seems that Mrs. Sun is not as unconcerned about the affairs of the house as she imagined, at least she is fully aware of the purpose of Mrs. Ding Yuan Hou's visit, but she is really too sick to be able to do anything about it.

Lily Waters asked Jade: "Does her grandmother have any other illnesses besides consumption?"

Jade shook her head: "No, the master regularly asked the imperial physician from the palace to check Mrs. Sun's pulse, and the doctor said that if her consumption could be cured, she would live to be at least a hundred years old."

Lily Waters nodded, and ordered Hua Hong to send Jadeite out.

Fiona Quinn married Richard Waters as a lowly bride, and had been as proud as a peacock for many years, but Mrs. Sun, although superficially perfunctory, did not care much about Fiona Quinn, but when Richard Waters's sister became the favorite, Mrs. Sun's status immediately overpowered that of Fiona Quinn.

If Mrs. Sun didn't die of consumption two months later, would Fiona Quinn's monopoly end?Lily Waters paced the room, trying to remember the way Frank Harris had treated consumptive patients in a previous life, and it seemed that there was no acupuncture, no bitter medicines, but something she'd once thought was nasty-- -Penicillium! She once laughed at Frank Harris and said, "Even moldy buns can give you diarrhea, why do I think mold can cure you?" Frank Harris took her by the leg and said mysteriously, "If it's cured, they'll be ready to get married, won't they?"

Her first time, just like that to Frank Harris, now think about it, the reason why she has a good feeling towards Frank Harris, in addition to that life-saving grace, Frank Harris is really the most peculiar man she has ever seen, his medical skills are unheard of. She had never heard of him before. It was not a bad thing to lose to him.

Everyone's constitution was different, but not everyone could tolerate green mold, and if you were allergic, that could be a big problem. In her heart, she was half sure. Moreover, in the middle of winter, it will take some time to make the green mold, but definitely not more than a month.

The next day, Lily Waters woke up early, changed into a plain velvet embroidered jacket, combed a double conch bun, tied it with a light pink hair band, and made sure that she was dressed neatly before heading to Changle Xuan.

In the bright hall, Fiona Quinn was sitting in the main seat. Her face was flushed, her eyes were shining, and she was gritting her teeth in a stern manner. It was obvious that she didn't sleep well last night, and no amount of makeup could hide the fatigue under her eyes.

Who would not know that Fiona Quinn lost several thousand taels of silver, and saw her husband go to the concubine's yard, the heart is inevitably anxious. But Fiona Quinn, the bigger nightmare has just begun!

Lily Waters lowered her head, hid her flashing smile, walked into the hall, and made a bow: "Linglong greets mother."

Fiona Quinn got up and walked to Lily Waters' side, took her hand and said with a smile, "In a flash, the eldest daughter has grown up so big."

Oldest daughter? When she was starving to death in the manor, did she ever think of this eldest daughter?

Fiona Quinn then said, "Shixiang, bring the jewelry box I prepared for the eldest daughter."

"Yes." As ordered, Shixiang took out a dark-colored pearwood box, inside there was a pair of gold walking sticks, a hairpin set with rubies and sapphires, three silver hairpins, as well as a few pieces of carnelian flower inlays.

Fiona Quinn in the end what kind of nature, Lily Waters know very well, to give something always have to ask her to spit out a point, that weasel like New Year's Day meaning is too obvious.Lily Waters legs to take: "Thank you mother."

After getting the hairpin, Lily Waters went to the West Warm Pavilion to choose clothes according to the instructions of the piano room, and just walked into the room, she heard a burst of laughter like a silver bell.

"That rosy red flower satin suits your complexion best, let's go and choose something else!" Speaking girl wearing a light pink tight coat, fine eyebrows and big eyes, petite state of the country, thin lips slightly mean, it is the fourth Miss Luna Waters. her biological mother is Richard Waters sent consort Auntie Zhou, she was originally the official concubine, into the house, became a concubine, and the status of the concubine than the ordinary aunts to be higher, the same as the concubine, Luna Waters but on a different level. The same concubine, Luna Waters is on a different level.

"But that flower satin was clearly the first thing that third sister saw." Fifth Miss Sophie Waters responded timidly.

Luna Waters glared at her, thinking that she didn't deserve to steal anything from her.

Third Miss Monica Waters pulled the fifth sister's sleeve, and said to Luna Waters kindly, "Since the fourth sister likes it, then you can have it, after all, only the fourth sister can wear its temperament and elegance."

Lily Waters couldn't help but smile, the rose red satin was a touch of the foxy temperament of a greenhouse, but in Shui Lingyue's mouth it actually became "elegant" and "noble".

"That's almost the same." Luna Waters hooked her lips in satisfaction, and continued to choose fabrics, which Monica Waters and Sophie Waters dared not touch again.

"A few sisters are here." Lily Waters greeted with a smile.

Everyone in the mansion knew that Missy had returned.

Monica Waters smiled gently and made a bow, "You are the eldest sister, right? Quickly please come in, I'm the third sister Monica Waters, thirteen next year, giving you my regards."
Sophie Waters followed suit, curtsying shyly, "Big sister, I'm fifth sister Sophie Waters, twelve next year."

Lily Waters returned the half-curtsy, "Hello third sister, hello fifth sister."

Luna Waters lightly swept a glance, in the government, except for the first daughter Catherine Waters and the first son Richard Waters, she never greeted her peers.

She walked over, not caring whether Lily Waters gave her a response or not, and directly opened the box between Lily Waters' legs. When she saw the gorgeous jewelry, her eyes were instantly tinted with a hint of resentment, "Yo! A gift from mother? Mother is so nice! A commoner daughter born to a concubine who is not even in the family tree, how dare she use such precious hairpin, is she afraid of being killed and short-lived?"

She picks up a gold shaker and a ruby-encrusted hairpin, "Lend me those two to wear."

"This is a gift from mother, does mother want me to borrow a few pieces of jewelry to restrain myself? I wouldn't dare say mother isn't wise!" Lily Waters shot back.

Luna Waters had a moment of weakness, "I ...... didn't mean it like that!"

"If you're not a bitchy girl, what's the point of having her father?" Lily Waters asked rhetorically.

Luna Waters choked, "I ...... I..."

Lily Waters fiercely snatched the gold dowel and ruby-encrusted hairpin from her hand, "There's no need for that, I'm not borrowing it!"

"A concubine's girl is cheap, she has no atmosphere! What's so rare about two hairpins!"

"Fourth sister, what am I saying?"

After Luna Waters cursed, a voice as soft as heavenly music sounded from the doorway, and Lily Waters' blood froze instantly! The owner of this voice she knew even if she was turned into ashes! Her Amy Waters, her poor Amy Waters, had been burned alive into a pitiful state by that snake of a woman! Was it because Catherine Waters was beautiful, that she was more easily understood and trusted by them? Her husband, her son, were all in her thrall, and Catherine Waters had but to cry, and all heaven and earth wept, and she was a wicked, wicked woman!

Luckily for her, the heavens have allowed her to live again, and she has a chance to reverse her past life's bad luck.

Put away the heart of the monstrous hatred, Lily Waters slightly smile, greeted: "In the manor I heard that our house has a beauty like heavenly fairy, it is really better to hear than to see, the second sister than the rumors of the elegant and beautiful three points it."

She stole her position as the Crown Princess, isn't she angry? Catherine Waters carefully scrutinized Lily Waters' complexion to make sure she was not stagnant, and softly said, "Big sister is too kind."

"Second sister!" Luna Waters walked to the side of Catherine Waters, pulling her arm, softly and angrily shouted.

Catherine Waters slightly smile, put out the first sister's justice: "I heard before the request to borrow the big sister's jewelry, explicitly does not go through the people agree, also not called 'borrow', but called 'rob'. As the old saying goes, 'Flesh and blood is deep, but old age is sparse'. It is not necessarily a blessing that we have been blessed for many lifetimes to be sisters. In a few years' time, when we get married, it will be impossible for us to be so close, and besides, Big Sister has just returned from the manor. Therefore, Fourth Sister, I beg you to get along with Eldest Sister."

Catherine Waters' words, which were both emotional and reasoned, were so eloquent that she appeared to be very talented and elegant, just like the first daughter of the Shangshu family. Lily Waters believed that Luna Waters must have hated her.

Sure enough, Luna Waters looked at Lily Waters with anger and wanted to eat her alive! Her second sister reprimanded her for being such a bitch, and she didn't dare to confront her, so she took it out on Lily Waters!

Monica Waters smiled awkwardly, and together with Sophie Waters, she bowed to Catherine Waters and began to select fabrics.

Catherine Waters smiled and said, "Sisters go first, I'll choose the rest."

Lily Waters looks sideways, in fact she doesn't give a damn!

Catherine Waters' fabrics were always specially sent by the Prime Minister's Office, and were on par with those worn by the Princesses, so how could these long outdated fabrics arouse her interest?

The Fourth Lady, Luna Waters, chose a rose-red flower satin and a goose-yellow bird brocade in bright colors.

The third lady, Monica Waters, chose a pair of light green soft anthracite brocades, which were elegant and clean.

Fifth Miss Sophie Waters chose a blue cloud brocade and a dark red five blessings of life satin.

Lily Waters gave Sophie Waters a meaningful look, originally intended to pick a few plain satin, after thinking, she gave up a plain brocade, chose a mauve cloud brocade.

Several people handed the fabrics to the maid, and then went to the side hall to have dinner with Fiona Quinn. Originally, they should go out according to their seniority, but in the house, the difference between the first and the concubine was as important as the mountain, no one dared to surpass Catherine Waters, who lifted up her gorgeous red train, elegantly like a red cloud, and slowly crossed the threshold, and the sunlight shone on her face, outlining her delicate and exquisite features, as if she had stepped out of a painting, so beautiful that it was breathtaking. The maids on the porch all lowered their heads, feeling that even one more glance was like blasphemy to that heavenly fairy.

Lily Waters smiled and followed closely behind.

Luna Waters glared at Monica Waters, who automatically stepped back and walked side by side with Sophie Waters. Luna Waters hooked her lips in satisfaction, took a big step, and pushed Lily Waters hard!

The front of the threshold, two steps is the green stone steps, that fall, not some can also be disfigured!

Lily Waters coldly smiled, shook off the purse on her waist, and squatted down to pick it up.

Luna Waters was shocked! It was too late for her to pull back her legs, she stumbled, and pushed her legs straight towards Catherine Waters.

"Catherine Waters screamed and fell down the steps.

"Sophie Waters and Monica Waters also screamed, Catherine Waters is the most important protector in the House, if anything happens to her, the entire House will be If anything happens to her, the whole house will change! They vaguely remember that when Catherine Waters was young, she was accidentally pushed into the water by her third brother, and was in a coma for three days and three nights. The Prime Minister's family almost tore down the House of the Minister, and in order to calm down the Prime Minister's anger, their father beat the five-year-old third brother severely, and as a result, the third brother developed a high fever, and a few months later, he even died prematurely.

Lily Waters had heard about it, and if she hadn't ducked and been pushed by Luna Waters, it would have ended with her knocking over Catherine Waters, who would have been hurt, and Fiona Quinn would never have spared her. It was a double whammy, Luna Waters was wrong!

Catherine Waters was in a very good mood as she fell on the ground with her mouth full of dirt!

Lily Waters' eyes flashed with a hint of laughter, rushed down the steps, took Catherine Waters, who was sweating in pain, into her arms, and looked at Luna Waters, whose face was pale, and rebuked in a stern voice, "Fourth sister! Why am I sinking into innocence?"

"I... no..." Luna Waters was incoherent, trying to argue, but Catherine Waters would surely feel it, she could not argue. How could it be such a coincidence? How could that bitch have dodged it so skillfully a few seconds ago? She couldn't understand how the bitch could be so lucky! If she hadn't accidentally patted Luna Waters on the back, who would have thought that she would suddenly run out and hit Catherine Waters? Even if she didn't understand, she knew too well in her heart that Catherine Waters had stolen Lily Waters' position as the Crown Princess, and Fiona Quinn must have thought that Lily Waters was holding a grudge and was waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Fiona Quinn must have thought Lily Waters was holding a grudge and waiting for revenge! A brilliant idea, then, and Luna Waters is a prisoner!
"Lingxi--" When Fiona Quinn arrived, she saw Catherine Waters leaning helplessly in Lily Waters' arms, her right leg skinned and bleeding, and her heart felt like it was being pressed by a huge stone. Her heart immediately felt like it was being pressed by a huge stone, weighing her down with a heavy pain! Her daughter, whom she had held in her heart for fear of dropping, kissed in her mouth for fear of melting, and never wanted to touch a single hair of her daughter's head, now, her daughter fell into such a state, she was really angry with her!

"Mother." Catherine Waters' nose was sore, tears fell down, the pain she could not bear!

Fiona Quinn took her daughter away from Lily Waters' arms and carried her into her own arms, while touching her face, she asked in a cold voice to the people standing on the east side of the corridor: "What's going on here? Who pushed Missy?"

"It was fourth sister."

(End of chapter)

4

As soon as Shui Lingqing opened her mouth, Lily Waters tightly pinched her wrist, signaling her to remain silent. Seeing Luna Waters' silent look, Fiona Quinn had already guessed that she was the culprit. Whether they testify or not, Luna Waters will not escape Fiona's wrath, and Lily Waters will be offended when she tells the truth.

With a cold glint in her eye, Fiona turned to Lily Waters and asked, "Did your fourth sister push you?"

"That's what I saw." Lily Waters is not afraid to offend Luna, this kind of person if not to provoke her, she will not easily let go of you.Luna Waters this firecracker, the previous life gave her a lot of trips.

Luna Waters whole body shivering, agitated: "I ... I did not mean to ... I ... I slippery feet, fell a fall, and accidentally bumped into the second sister. In fact, if sister hadn't suddenly squatted down to pick something up, I wouldn't have bumped into second sister! You know, in front of me was originally elder sister!"

At this point, she even began to justify herself, thinking that Lily Waters had deliberately avoided it.

Lily Waters blinked her bright eyes in confusion, "Fourth sister, are you saying that you were going to bump into me, but ended up bumping into second sister by mistake, like this?"

"I..." Luna's breath stuttered, "Bitchy girl, don't you be full of shit!"

"Bitchy girl? Who taught you that? You're all the daughter of the Shangshu residence, what's the difference between noble and lowly? You dare to insult your eldest sister in front of me, I really don't know how you bully the other sisters behind their backs!" Fiona glared at Luna with hatred, secretly thinking about this incompetent sister! She is the first mother, but if the morality of her petit daughter is not good enough, it will be rumored that she did not teach her well.

Catherine Waters whimpered and cried, Fiona's heart ached beyond words, and immediately looked solemn, and said in a stern voice: "Chastity, quietness and idleness, acting with shame, is a woman's morality; not to talk nonsense and domineering, to choose the words to say, and to stop at the right time is a woman's words. Did you hire a female teacher to teach you for nothing? Look at what you've learned about women's morals and speech. Tonight you will go to the ancestral hall and kneel down to copy the 'Women's Commandments', and when you have mastered them, you will come out again!"

What? Kneeling at the shrine in this cold weather? And copy the "Commandments of a Woman"?

"Mother! Mother, I really didn't mean it! Mother--" Luna said as she was about to kneel down for Fiona, but Lily and Catherine mercilessly grabbed her and dragged her out of Changle Xuan.

Lily was injured, Fiona did not have the heart to eat, sent a few of her daughters back to the courtyard, and immediately sent someone to the palace to ask the Imperial Doctor to come and treat Catherine.

After leaving the gate of Changle Xuan, Lily Waters called Lily Qing and took the mauve cloud pattern brocade from Mrs. Bell's hand, and handed it to her: "I have been looking around and I think that this flower color is more suitable for you."

Lily Qing's face blushed, and she timidly refused, "I...I have two, it's enough to wear."

Lily Waters pointed to the dark red Five Blessings of Longevity satin in Fiona's hand and said with a smile, "This satin looks good on Aunt Feng."

Lily Qing's face turned even redder, that dark red satin was indeed chosen for Aunt Feng, Aunt Feng was a concubine, her life was rather hard, and she had not made new clothes for a long time.

"What a filial child." Just like her Amy! In her previous life, Lily Qing was married off by Fiona to a 60-year-old official as a concubine, and under the persecution of her concubines, she suffered three miscarriages, and ultimately suffered a nervous breakdown and set herself on fire. In this life, with her rebirth, will her fate change?Lily Waters stretched out her hand, gently touched Lily Qing's face, "Mother prepared separate materials for me, I have something to wear, you don't have to be polite to me."

Big sister's hand is so cool and comfortable, like her mother's hand.Lily Qing originally wanted to refuse but couldn't say anything, she only smiled and said, "Thank you, Big sister!"

After Lily Ching and Fiona left, Mrs. Bell wondered, "Miss, when did Fiona prepare a separate material for you?"

Lily Waters touched the jewelry box and said faintly, "How can you not use some outstanding materials for such expensive jewelry? See, soon the new material will be delivered to Ling Xiang Yuan."

Mrs. Bell scratched her head, "I don't understand, if the material will be delivered later, why is the jewelry delivered first? Could it be that...Fiona is deliberately provoking Luna's jealousy towards you?"

"Stirring up Luna's jealousy of me is true, and sending me jewelry is not false." Lily Waters' cold moon like eyes flowed with a hint of mockery, "Take this matter of Luna for example, on the surface Fiona is trying to use Luna to knock me out, but in reality she is provoking Luna to make a mistake, the one she really wants to torture is Auntie Zhou's heart."

"Hm?" Mrs. Bell was stunned.

Lily Waters smiled blandly, "Last night, my father stayed at Auntie Zhou's house."

Mrs. Bell realized that this was the case! "Miss, why did you send fabrics to the Fifth Miss? You don't think you're sympathetic to Miss Five, do you?"

Compassion? In her new life, she had already lost her heart. Her greatest wish in this life was to take back everything that belonged to Dong Jiaxue, and to trample Fiona and Catherine under her feet!

Near the lunch time, Poetry indeed sent the best satin, is a sky blue Shu brocade and a translucent single Luo gauze, although there is no complicated flowers, but the workmanship and texture is far from those materials seen this morning in the Changle Xuan can be compared. In addition, there are also two pairs of fine cotton cloth, which can be used to make the lining and the middle garment.

Along with her was the tailor who made clothes for the ladies of the house. The tailor took Lily Waters' measurements and cut some fabrics accordingly before leaving with Shixiang.

Just before they left, Aunt Feng's maid, Ah Rong, arrived.

Aunt Feng was originally Fiona's dowry maid, clear looking, gentle character, although the dowry maid is generally to be given to the master as a concubine, but Aunt Feng is loyal and honest, all heart knows only to do things, and has never intentionally attracted the attention of Lily Waters, Fiona also gave up the intention, until the young and beautiful Aunt Zhou married into the House of the Shangshu as a concubine, Fiona had a sense of crisis, and that is why she betrothed Aunt Feng to a concubine, and then she was given to a concubine. Fiona was aware of the crisis when the young and beautiful Auntie Zhou married into the Shangshu family as a concubine, and then she promised Auntie Feng to Lily Waters.

Aunt Zhou was able to have a baby because she was smart enough to avoid Fiona's schemes; Aunt Feng was able to have a baby because she was honest enough to gain Fiona's trust, and Lily Waters felt that honest people were not necessarily brainless.

In the outer room, bonus and willow green were sewing a hand warmer for Lily Waters, Michelle Branch had gone to the public center to get the dinner, Ye Mao was knitting the soles of her shoes, and Mrs. Bell was mending Lily Waters' torn and tattered undergarment. When they saw Ah Rong, they all stopped their work for a while and greeted her, "Ah Rong is here."

Ah Rong smiled and nodded, and gave Lily Waters a bow: "Slave girl Ah Rong greets the eldest daughter, long live the eldest daughter."

"No need to be polite." Lily Waters said kindly.

Ah Rong got up as she was told and looked at Hua Hong with a smile, "Hua Hong, is your mother feeling better? I was planning to visit, but with two maids gone from Aunt Feng's place, I'm a bit busy."

Hua Hong smiled and said, "Much better, thank you Miss Ah Rong for thinking of me."

With the exception of Michelle Branch, these maids were all born to the family, but Ah Rong was the only one who greeted Flower Red.Lily Waters could not help but look at Flower Red one more time, and then, her quiet eyes blinked, and she asked with a smile, "Did Aunt Feng send you here for something?"

Ah Rong presented a purple embroidered bird purse with both hands, saying, "Aunt Feng has sewn a purse for each young lady, please accept it."

Aunt Feng was grateful for the material she sent to Lily Qing, but she didn't want to make too much of it and get Fiona's suspicion, so she sent it to all of them, so as not to appear to be too abrupt.Lily Waters took it, and gave a shallow smile: "I like it very much, thank you Aunt Feng, Mrs. Bell, you can see Miss Ah Rong out. Mrs. Bell, please escort Miss Ah Rong out. "

"Okay!" Mrs. Bell bit off the thread, put the embroidery needle away, and then got up to send Ah Rong out of the courtyard.

Soon, Michelle Branch brought back the lunch, compared to last night's fasting food, today's soup has three or two slices of meat, Lily Waters ate a full meal, and then asked the maids to bring the food down to eat, and she took Mrs. Bell out for a walk to eat.
Catherine injury really caused a furor in the house, the government underlings have a heavy face, each in their own way, even talk and laugh are not dare.

Lily Waters immediately rushed to Changle Xuan after the court, even the evening banquet with colleagues also put off, focus on staying in Fiona's courtyard to accompany Catherine.

Auntie Zhou ran over to plead for Luna, and was severely slapped by Lily Waters, and for the next month, Lily Waters did not set foot in Auntie Zhou's courtyard again, of course, this is a later story.

Lily Waters returned to the courtyard, picked a few white steamed buns in the cabinet against the stove, seven days later, the steamed buns grew green mold. Lily Waters will be ground into rice juice, mixed with taro boiled into the juice as a culture solution, put the green mold into the culture of seven days, then filtered through a cotton filter, and then into the rapeseed oil, the water under the oil is the real medicinal properties. But for the time being is not pure enough, have to stir with black charcoal, with the lid of the pot on the soda water to clean, but also add vinegar and boiled seaweed water, and then filtered again, only then is the general purity of the green mold medicine.

After the completion of the work, Lily Waters took the penicillin to Fortune House, where the old lady reclined on her bed, withered in form and cloudy eyes, a little more serious than last time. The old lady did not expect that after half a month, Lily Waters would come to see her again. After a slight surprise, she smiled weakly: "Sit down."

"Grandmother, I met a bone-setter in the manor, he taught me the formula for treating consumption, but some people are allergic to this medicine, and need to test it in their skin, just like this." Lily Waters said, took a homemade metal syringe, and did the skin test for herself first.

Since she dared to personally test the medicine, the old lady naturally believe that it is non-toxic, anyway, the Imperial Doctor has already sentenced her to death, the dead horse as a living horse is also considered to be the whole of the child's a piece of filial piety. The old madam nodded, Lily Waters went to her side, gave her the same method to test the medicine.

After a quarter of an hour, the old lady's arm did not show any abnormality, Lily Waters couldn't help but smile happily: "Grandmother, you temporarily stop the medicine prescribed by the Imperial Doctor, take the medicine I gave you for three days to try, if there is an improvement, let's continue to take it; if not, let's switch back to the Imperial Doctor's medication, how about it?"

The old lady touched her arm, nodded perfunctorily, not believing that her method would work.

From Fortune House to Ling Xiang Yuan, passing through an orange orchard, a plum orchard, and a pavilion surrounded by blue water, the cold winter sunlight shone diagonally on her body, but did not add half a bit of warmth, on the contrary, it made people unable to open their eyes.

From afar, Lily Waters heard the sound of laughter, mellow as wine, the listener's heart can be born out of the sweetness and temptation. Lily Waters followed the sound and looked, only to see the pavilion, two men are playing chess, wearing blue dress, wheat-colored skin, features just handsome Prince Harrison; wearing purple brocade dress, fair complexion, peach blossom eyes enchanting is the Leng family. The one with the enchanting eyes is Ethan Frost, the son of the Leng family, and the laughter that makes the heart flutter is coming from Ethan's mouth.Prince Harrison's great-grandmother, Empress Xiangning, came from the Leng family, so technically speaking, Ethan Frost and Prince Harrison are also related. In his previous life, however, Ethan Frost had not been involved in any of the royal struggles since he inherited the position of head of the family, and Prince Harrison's attempts to bring him into the fold were unsuccessful.

Next to them is Catherine Waters, who is a cloud-combed, moon-swept woman.

Ethan Frost narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Your Highness, this game has trapped me for three years, if you can break it, I will grant you ten mermaid tears."

The so-called mermaid is a human head and tail, beautiful and good at singing, weaving water into raw silk, falling tears into pearls. Of course, this is only a legend, and the tears of the mermaid are actually very high quality pearls.

Prince Harrison's thin lips pursed lightly, showing a difficult color: "This game...is a bit strange."

Ethan Frost looked to Catherine Waters, tone as usual: "Miss might as well give it a try, if you can crack it, the mackerel tears will be yours."

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Shui Lingxi used an exquisite fan to half cover her face, revealing a pair of bright pupils, she said decisively, "Ethan, you always love to tease me, Prince Harrison is the genius of the world, and he is still deep in thought, how can I compare to him?"

Ethan Frost smiled slightly, a hint of flirtation in his tone, "Are you being self-effacing?"

Shui Lingxi's face changed slightly, her heart was annoyed. Her beauty was unrivaled, always attracting people's love, but this Ethan appeared to be unconcerned, as if he was trying to erase all her beauty. Especially Prince Harrison and his close relationship, never stopped Ethan's words, which made her heart even more angry.

At that moment, she caught a glimpse of Lily Waters passing by, and in a flash of insight, she immediately hit upon the idea of waving to Lily, calling out sweetly, "Big Sister!"

Lily slightly raised an eyebrow, a cold smile flashed in her eyes. In her memories of her previous life, Shui Lingxi was always afraid to get close to Prince Harrison, but now she even took the initiative to greet her in front of him, it was really ridiculous, it seems that she wants to use herself again.

Lily walked to the gazebo, Shui Lingxi happily introduced her to the two men, "This is my sister, Lily Waters."

Lily curtsied to Prince Harrison and Ethan, no condescension in her tone, "Lily Waters greets His Highness Prince Harrison and Lord Ethan."

Prince Harrison didn't even look at her, just gave a faint "hmmm" and continued to think about how to solve the chess game in front of him.

Ethan, on the other hand, took a good look at Lily, recognizing that she was unusual in that she was clean and quiet, much more so than the more pretentious women of the world.

"Sister, have you ever played chess in the manor?" Shui Lingxi suddenly took Lily's hand and asked softly, her voice was small but could be heard by everyone present.

Lily smiled and replied, "I've learned a little from my mother, but it's just a drop in the bucket."

"Then do you think you can crack this game?" Shui Lingxi pretended to question, but in fact, she was very conceited in her heart.

Prince Harrison snorted lightly in his heart, seemingly mocking Shui Lingxi's ignorance, how could a woman who grew up in the manor know this?

Unexpectedly, Lily stood up, watched the game intently for a few moments, pinched a white piece with her fingers, and landed.

A single move sealed the deal.

Ethan whistled in shock.

At this moment, Prince Harrison finally raised his eyes and stared at Lily, under the sunshine, she was like a blooming begonia, simple but elegant, he was used to seeing all kinds of beauty, but in his heart there was a different kind of stunning feeling.

Shui Lingxi was so angry that her face was like a pig's liver, and her hand almost pinched the handle of the fan. She had never heard of Lily being so good at chess, did this mean that the gap between her and Fiona Quinn was even wider, and it was difficult to compare them?

Prince Harrison smiled slightly, "Lily, what a great name."

Shui Lingxi was suddenly jealous, her heart was upset, and her teeth were all clenched together!

Ethan shook the fan in his hand, revealing a bewitching smile, "Your Highness, is there still a place on your side to attend the Plum Appreciation Banquet?"

The Plum Appreciation Banquet is held once a year, it is one of the most luxurious activities of the upper class, only the direct family members of officials above the third grade can attend. Shui Lingxi thought in her heart, this seems to be Lily's chance to shine, while she herself was excluded due to her status.

Shui Lingxi turned to Ethan and said softly, "Ethan, although I wish my elder sister could go, but since the Plum Appreciation Banquet was started, only the direct family members are allowed to attend, if Your Highness makes an exception, I'm afraid that it will make people question your impartiality, and it will also be harmful to my elder sister's reputation."

Ethan exasperatedly replied, "I asked Prince Harrison, not you."

Shui Lingxi choked in her heart, but she was unable to refute Ethan because of his high rank.

Prince Harrison smiled lightly, as if he was a gentle spring breeze: "It doesn't matter, the one who can solve the Heavenly Dragon Chess Game should be invited to the Plum Blossom Feast."

In this way, it seems that he does not only value emotions, but also the honor of the two of them, Lily could not help but look at Prince Harrison more, and the scenes of fighting with him in the past gradually dissipated in her mind, after all, back in this world, she has seen Frank Harris' thin heart, how can she fight with Prince Harrison again?

She smiled faintly, like a lily of the valley blooming in the wind, pure and elegant: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Prince Harrison slowly raised his eyes, his warm gaze shone under Lily's eyes, and Lily's long eyelashes trembled, as if he had seen through her.

But she does not intend to admit defeat, Prince Harrison will look away: "Ethan, don't forget to let your mermaid tears to the water lady."

Ethan smiled brightly, "Wind leveling!"

Feng Ping stepped forward, "Master!"

"Bring the Sailor's Tears in the carriage, I want to give them to Lily. "After Ethan finished speaking, Feng Ping quickly left.

Lily glanced at Ethan, knowing in her heart that he was trying to give herself a favor, but she couldn't help but feel that he was waiting for this commoner daughter of his to disgrace herself at the plum blossom viewing banquet, and she was secretly dissatisfied.

Ethan sensed Lily's thoughts and flirted with her, "Lily, I did you a big favor, do you want to thank me?"

Lily smiled, "The quota is a gift from His Highness, I should also thank His Highness. As for the shark's tears, it is your bet, since I accepted it, I naturally have to follow the agreement, but if you want to renege, then I don't need it, it's you who should thank me!"

The corner of Ethan's mouth twitched, "You are unforgiving!"

Prince Harrison laughed softly, his eyes full of tenderness.

Shui Lingxi's heart was burning with anger! Her status is honorable, she has always been the focus of everyone's attention, but today when Shui Lingxi came, she became the supporting role that everyone ignored!

Soon after, Feng Ping delivered a delicate mahogany box, and was about to hand it to Lily, Prince Harrison stretched out his hand and said lightly, "I have never seen a shark's tear in my life, let me take a look."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Feng Ping handed the box to Prince Harrison, he opened the box, the brilliant light reflected on his handsome face, through his starry eyes, instantly giving him a different kind of brightness.

Shui Lingxi couldn't help but steal a glance at the glittering Sailor's Tears, and her heart went crazy with jealousy.

"Not bad." Prince Harrison closed the box, personally handed it to Lily, his face as usual, "On the fifth day of next month, I will send someone to pick you up."

Seeing Shui Lingxi, he also added, "With the second miss."

Only then did Shui Lingxi raise her head slightly.

Shui Lingxi opened the box, but it was not the mermaid tears, but a stack of silver tickets! It was a stack of silver cheques, and underneath the silver cheques was the Sailor's Tears. She hurriedly closed it, not realizing that at this moment, Prince Harrison had already stood up and said lazily, "Ethan, we should go back."

"Okay!" When Ethan saw Lily's stunned face, he couldn't help but tease, "Lily, I still have a lot of good things to give you at the plum blossom viewing banquet!"

He does have a great "gift" to give, just for a commoner daughter like her, it is really precious, and the anticipation in Lily's heart is also born.

What she lacked the most was money, without money it was hard to have a good meal, let alone rewarding her subordinates or buying information, Prince Harrison's mind was also so delicate, Lily blinked, and bowed to Prince Harrison, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Prince Harrison nodded his head lightly, and led Ethan away from the Water Mansion.

Shui Lingxi was furious, walked towards Changle Xuan, and met Luna Waters at the door, who had just greeted Fiona Quinn.Ever since she copied the scriptures for three days in the ancestral hall, she had been much more humble, and recently Shui Hangge had stopped patronizing Aunt Zhou's courtyard, her arrogance had also faded, but today she seemed to be in a good mood.Shui Lingxi was in a good mood, but she was in a good mood.

"Second sister." She respectfully bowed.

Shui Lingxi was furious, she didn't even want to pay attention to her, however, when she thought of the reason why Shui Ling Yue was punished, she changed her mind and softly said, "What did mother say to fourth sister, why is fourth sister so happy today?"

Shui Ling Yue respectfully replied, "Mother said that the day after tomorrow she would take us to the temple for incense, I haven't gone out to play for a long time."


Shui Lingxi took off the sheepskin jade bracelet on her wrist, and handed it to Shui Lingyue. Shui Ling Yue was shocked, but heard Shui Ling Xi softly said, "His Highness the Crown Prince just gave me a place to participate in the Plum Appreciation Banquet, I thought that my big sister has been living in the manor for more than ten years and is quite pitiful, so I decided to bring her along, please give her the bracelet, as a little bit of my heart."

Plum Festival? Shui Ling Yue's eyes glowed: "Isn't that something that only first daughters can attend? Big sister is a concubine daughter..."

"It's not like you don't know the relationship between His Highness and me." Shui Lingxi finished shyly, seemed a little difficult, "Unfortunately, the quota is only one, if there are two I will definitely bring you, after all, the same as the commoner daughter, your identity is different."

Water Ling Yue tightly clutched the bracelet, the heart secretly thought, as the most honorable of the concubine daughter of her, Lily is just playing a sympathetic bottom card! If there is no qualification for Lily to attend the banquet, the one who goes to the banquet can only be her!

Water Lingxi walked into the Changle Xuan, Qin Fangyi is playing with the East China Sea night pearl presented by the nobleman, although it is now daytime, but the translucent light is still illuminated the entire room, Qin Fangyi smiled with self-complacency, is looking up to see her daughter's indignation, the smile suddenly solidified, and asked: "Accompanying His Highness to play chess is not fun?"

Shui Lingxi violently sat down next to Qin Fangyi, and said in a bad mood, "Mother, where is the parrot you asked uncle to buy? Why hasn't it arrived yet?"

"That kind of parrot is not a bird of the Great Zhou, to find a similar form, of course, it will take some time, ranting about these why? Why are you talking about this? Did Your Highness ask about it?"

"It doesn't matter if he asks, at least it gives me and him something to talk about." Shui Lingxi's heart exploded, recalling the image of Lily talking to Prince Harrison, she couldn't bear it any longer.

Seeing her daughter's loss, Qin Fang Yi took her hand and asked with concern, "Tell me, what really happened?"

"It's not that bitch Lily, she tried to approach His Highness in front of me, do you know that? His Highness wants her to attend the Plum Blossom Feast!" She didn't want to mention about the chess game, subconsciously she didn't want to admit that Lily was so good at chess, "Didn't you say that she was self-righteous and wouldn't compete with me for His Highness's heart? I think she is simply trying to use sympathy to get close, to get close to His Highness, to seduce His Highness!"

Qin Fang Yi frowned slightly, slightly unhappy in her heart, but then smiled, "Silly child, Mother said that if His Highness' heart is yours, then it must be yours. Since Mother dared to call her back, she must have already made all the preparations!"

On this day, the sky was clear.

Hua Hong changed Lily Waters into a plain embroidered yellow peony dress with a sky blue jacket, elegant and attractive. Then, bonus pulled her green silk up high, embellished with the sapphire bun hairpin and white jade flower inlays presented by Qin Fangyi, to make sure that Lily was like a heavenly fairy, and then laughed and said, "Miss is getting more and more beautiful, and is no less beautiful than the second young lady."

How could she be compared to Shui Lingxi? If this word got out... Lily smiled and responded, "Is that so? I think it's just thanks to mother's blessing."

Hua Hong winked, "What Missy said is very true, women need to be able to dress themselves, look at Third Miss's makeup every time it's so exquisite, the slave girl has heard that Third Miss's rouge and water powder are all mixed by her own hands!"

Water Ling language will mix rouge and powder, occasionally for the palace Lady Jade will send some, this in the house has long been no secret, bonus why mention this matter, Lily pretended not to hear, just in front of the mirror to appreciate their own pretty face.

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