Chapter 61 - Who Do You Think You Are
Chapter 61Who Do You Think You Are
Lin Mengya suddenly changed the topic and said gently. But she looked at these servants coldly at the same time.
Steward Deng and Lin Kui didn’t have to come here. But they represented the opinions of the Prince.
In addition to the Princess, the Prince may also have several vice Princesses and concubines. But Long Tianhao needed to let everyone in the mansion knew that Lin Mengya was their real master.
Lin Mengya looked around and immediately noticed that there were two maids who dared not look her in the eye.
They were bossy and domineering in the morning. It was too late for them to be afraid.
“Princess, please forgive me! It’s all my fault! I was stupid and didn’t recognize Baishao. I’m sorry I offended you this morning.”
Lin Mengya had never met these two maids before. They flopped down on their knees and tearfully pleaded with Lin Mengya to forgive them.
Their parents were also servants in Prince Yu’s Mansion. The Princess had bought many servant girls and maids from the middleman and they were afraid of becoming useless and expendable. Therefore, they were deceived by Miss Lin and Miss Jiang and started to work for them.
Lin Mengya looked at these two maids. One of them got that bruises on her cheek while the other had reddening welts on her hands.
She glanced at her personal servant and found that she was still angry. Lin Mengya realized that Baishao had a great fighting capacity.
“You said that you didn’t recognize Baishao and offended her. But I think that you stirred up trouble on purpose. Anyway, you’ve broken the rules. Steward Deng, please tell me how to handle them based on the rules of Prince Yu’s Mansion.”
Looking at the Princess who was elegant and beautiful, Steward Deng couldn’t believe that she was also a scheming and clever girl.
He thought that she ought to be at the right hand of the Prince and the mansion could become safe and sound under her supervision.
“These two maids offended Princess. According to the rules of Prince Yu’s Mansion, we need to cancel their residence registrations and sell them to the woman broker if their parents are also our servants. If they signed revocable contracts with us, we will hit them fifty times with a wooden stick before driving them out.”
The faces of the two maids suddenly darkened.
They were no longer citizens of this country if their residence registrations were canceled.
If the master sold them to the broker woman, they would become slaves and could never get paid.
The young slaves could be sold at a good price while the old slaves like them could only do backbreaking work for the rest of their lives.
“Princess, please forgive me! Please don’t kick me off!”
The two maids broke down in tears and cried for mercy. But Lin Mengya remained indifferent to their tears.
No one dared intercede for those two maids. They clearly knew that the Princess would punish them mercilessly if they offended her, so they remained silent.
“There are many servants and many rules in the mansion. I want all of you to be vigilant and to avoid bringing shame on the Prince, otherwise, I will not spare you.”
The servants of the mansion were scared by her cold voice.
No one dared to look her in the eye. They were afraid that the Princess would follow the rules and dismiss them if they pissed her off.
Looking at their expressions, Lin Mengya nodded slightly while Baiji took out a box of red packets.
“This is the master’s reward for your good behavior. Those who made mistakes must be punished and those who followed the rules will have a reward.”
Baiji took the box and gave everyone a red packet.
After opening it, they saw three taels of silver and a delicate pure gold chain.
“I don’t know how to reward you and could only give you a little money. You can buy a drink. Please work hard and I’ll not treat you shabbily.”
A mixture of stick and carrot always worked. First-class servant girls working for them only had a monthly payment of several taels of silver, pieces of coarse cloth, and the money to buy make-up.
The manservants and butlers working outside the courtyard were also badly paid.
Therefore, Lin Mengya was quite generous and successfully won popularity among servants.
But a beautiful girl suddenly appeared at the door of the Qinglan Courtyard before all the servants left.
Lin Mengya glanced at her casually and realized that it was Lin Mengwu, her vicious sister.
Why did she come here? How dare she walk into the Qinglan courtyard and offend her?
“Sorry, I forgot to pay respect to you. Sister Princess, wish you all happiness.”
Lin Mengwu greeted her affectionately but Lin Mengya clearly knew her intention. She snorted silently but didn’t show any aversion.
“Get up. What a surprise! What brings you here?”
Lin Mengwu wore a goose-yellow gauzy dress today.
She also wore some fashionable artificial flowers in her hair. She looked beautiful and smiled with feigned elegance and modesty.
“I’m young and innocent. Mother told me to visit Sister Princess earlier but you were always busy recently. So I didn’t come here to bother you.”
But deep in her heart, Lin Mengwu really hated Lin Mengya who was sitting in front of her.
Both of them were daughters of the Lin family but father and brother only loved Lin Mengya since they were still kids.
Although Lin Mengya was stupid, she was still the favorite daughter of their father and the only lady of the Lin family.
But Lin Mengya thought that she was treated unfairly. As the daughter of the legal wife, she was more privileged than Lin Mengya. But she could only look with envy at this bitch’s happiness.
She couldn’t reconcile herself to that!
“It’s alright. But why do you come here today?”
Lin Mengya glanced at Lin Mengwu faintly. She was all dressed up today. No wonder there was a miasma of stale make-up in the mansion.
“My good sister, it’s all my fault. I was innocent before. I’ve already made an apology to you. Sister Princess, please don’t be angry with me.”
Lin Mengwu took Lin Mengya’s hands intimately. Looking at her behavior, others may think that they were really great sisters.
But Lin Mengya remained indifferent and quietly pulled her hand free. In fact, she still remembered everything that had happened.
But it was not a proper time to revenge herself on them.
“Please come straight to the point. I’m quite busy these days and don’t have time to chat with you.”
Lin Mengya directly ignored Lin Mengwu and walked to her desk. This was the first time Lin Mengwu entered the main house of the Qinglan Courtyard.
She thought that her mother’s bedroom, which was decorated with carved beams and painted pillars, was magnificent and brilliant enough.
But she didn’t expect that Lin Mengya’s room looked more luxurious.
Her bed-curtain was made of the Qingling yarn while the screen was made of fragrant wood. Even the container used to wash the pen on her desk was made of good sapphire.
Everything in this room should belong to her!
Lin Mengya was just a humble bitch. She was not worthy of these expensive items!
Lin Mengwu fought down her envy and looked at Lin Mengya in a friendlier way.
“Sister, I have to admit that we once had a brief disagreement at home. But these are just family matters. We are sisters and we are of the same family. Now, we are living in Prince Yu’s Mansion and as your sister, I can’t let others bully you.”
This was such a high-sounding explanation. Lin Mengya believed that Lin Mengwu herself was also convinced.
“Oh, this is strange. I don’t know that I have been bullied.”
Lin Mengya clearly knew that Lin Mengwu wanted to ask her for help and drive her powerful opponent Jiang Ruqin out of the mansion.
This was a brilliant scheme but, unfortunately, she barked up the wrong tree.
“Humph! Jiang Ruqin is just a humble bitch! She thinks that she’s a close relative of Concubine De and bullies servants and acts like a tyrant in the mansion. But her mother is just a concubine. How dare she covets the identity of Yu Princess!”
Lin Mengya dropped her eyes and Lin Mengwu couldn’t see her expression.
Lin Mengya didn’t expect that Jiang Ruqin was the daughter of a concubine.
It seemed that Jiang Sheng wouldn’t take over the family business in the future and the Jiang family wanted to use the son and daughter of a concubine to please Prince Yu.
These were all old tricks and there was nothing new in it.
“Don’t say that. People who are blessed don’t care about their family background. The Prince is also the son of a concubine. Be careful and don’t offend him.”
Lin Mengya silenced Lin Mengwu easily. In fact, Concubine De came from an old and well-known family. She was definitely a noble lady.
Therefore, Long Tianhao didn’t feel interior despite that he was the son of a concubine.
But Lin Mengwu was very proud that her mother was the legal wife. Usually, she didn’t respect those whose mothers were concubines.
As a result, she was unpopular among the noble women of the capital city.
But they all controlled themselves and suppressed their anger because Lin Mengwu was the niece of the Empress and the second daughter of the Marquis Zhennan.
“Yes, yes, you’re right. I was too angry and forgot that our Prince’s mother was also a concubine. But Sister Prince, she slapped your servant today and I believe that she will become bossy and bully you someday. Sister Princess, you must take action now!”
Lin Mengwu was shameless and called Long Tianhao ‘our Prince’ affectionately. Lin Mengya blushed for her.
Lin Mengya picked up the fragrant tea on the table with her slender hands and took a sip. But she caught a flash of cunning in Lin Mengwu’s eyes.
Did this girl really have a scheme?
But Lin Mengya immediately refuted her opinion. Lin Mengwu was stupid and everyone knew that it was she who had poisoned the Prince before. She couldn’t have any excellent plans.
“Well, this baffles me.”
Lin Mengya pretended to be worried and frowned slightly.
“Miss Jiang is the cousin of the Prince and the niece of Concubine De. Besides, she got Concubine De’s permission before living here. Concubine De may have plans. If I drive Miss Jiang away, Concubine De might be angry with me.”
Lin Mengya gave her an ambiguous answer on purpose.
In fact, Jiang Ruqin was thick-skinned and she had pleaded to be allowed to stay here.
Concubine De was tired of her pleading and agreed reluctantly that she could stay here.
But Lin Mengwu didn’t know this secret, instead, she believed that the reason why Concubine De allowed Jiang Ruqin to stay was that she wanted Jiang Ruqin to become the vice Princess of the Prince.
She immediately became panicked and gnashed her teeth in hatred.
“Sister Princess, don’t worry. I’m here and I’ll get rid of the bitch for you.”
Lin Mengwu was worried that Lin Mengya would accept Concubine De’s arrangement without protest. She could do nothing if Lin Mengya was so useless.
She had wanted to instigate Lin Mengya to get rid of Jiang Ruqin, but now it seemed that she had to deal with this girl in person.
Mother was right. You had to work out a plan and implement it by yourself if you wanted to get something.
“Oh? What’s your plan? I’m curious.”
Lin Mengya smiled faintly, but there was an invisible steel knife behind her smile.