Although Lu Yinxi wasn't raised in the prime minister's mansion, she was still the prime minister's own daughter. So, the mansion would send servants to the villa every month to deliver her monthly allowance and daily necessities.
However, how much the original owner could actually get in the end was uncertain.
In the main hall,
The young girl was lounging lazily in a chair, with her legs crossed high. She was playing with a small pebble in her hand, wearing a half - smile.
Below the hall, Nanny Sun from the prime minister's mansion averted her eyes with disgust, as if even looking at the girl was an insult to her own eyes.
After a long while, seeing that Lu Yinxi didn't bow to her for a long time, she finally spoke with a displeased expression.
"Fourth Miss, is this how you treat your elders?"
"Elders?"
The young girl put down her legs, raised her eyebrows, and stared at the old woman in front of her brazenly, with an arrogant curl of her lips.
"What do you think you are? How dare you claim to be my elder?"
"You!"
Nanny Sun's eyes flickered. She was a bit surprised and flustered.
She didn't expect Aunt Liu to exaggerate. The Fourth Miss could really speak now, and even her personality seemed to have changed a lot.
After all, in the past, even if she didn't say a word, Lu Yinxi would obediently come over to bow to her as a junior. But today, she knew how to use her status to overpower others.
Knowing that she was in the wrong, Nanny Sun still straightened her back and unconsciously raised her voice, thinking that this could cover up her uneasiness.
"Fourth Miss, this servant is from Second Lady's side!"
"Second Lady?"
Before her voice fell, the pebble in the girl's hand flew out, leaving a blurred shadow in the air, and then hit a pair of knees.
"Thud!"
Nanny Sun hadn't even come to her senses when she found herself kneeling on the ground.
A moment later, the delayed pain spread along the kneecap and instantly throughout her whole body. Her back bent like an old bow due to the pain, and her wrinkled face looked like a chrysanthemum.
Seeing this, the young girl laughed even more wantonly.
She got up and walked to Nanny Sun, forcefully pinching her jaw and forcing her to look at herself. Her eyes were full of coldness.
"So what if she's the Second Lady? She's just a concubine. How dare she claim to be my elder?"
According to the rules of this era, except for the emperor's harem, the status of young masters and young ladies in the inner courtyard was naturally higher than that of concubines.
Nanny Sun's arrogance had faded a lot by now.
She dared to speak like that before because she relied on the support of the Second Lady and the timid and cowardly nature of the original owner.
But now, the Fourth Miss had changed!
She could even feel the killing intent on the Fourth Miss!
"Nanny Sun, why aren't you speaking? According to the usual practice, shouldn't you ask me to copy Buddhist scriptures next?"
In the memories Lu Yinxi saw, every time Nanny Sun came to the villa, the already difficult days of the original owner would become even worse.
Picking on faults verbally was the least of it. The most disgusting thing was that she would ask the original owner to copy Buddhist scriptures in the name of showing filial piety to the prime minister and his wife.
She still remembered that it was a freezing snowy night. The young girl was wrapped in a single - layer robe and copied scriptures all night in a room without a charcoal fire.
When they went to check on her the next day, the little girl was on the verge of death. Fortunately, the doctor came in time, otherwise...
Although her life was saved, the original owner was left with a weak constitution and cold in the uterus. She would suffer excruciating pain during her monthly period.
All this only led to the scriptures being turned into ashes in the fire.
The scriptures the original owner had copied at the cost of half her life were casually thrown into the kitchen stove by Nanny Sun.
The killing intent grew stronger and almost became tangible. Nanny Sun didn't dare to be tough anymore. She hurriedly cried and begged for mercy.
"Fourth Miss, spare my life. This servant will never dare again! Please be magnanimous and forgive this servant just this once!"
Her head hit the floor with a "thud" sound. Her hairpin was in disarray. At this moment, Nanny Sun no longer had the arrogant look she had before.
"Spare you?"
The young girl took a few steps back in disgust, looking down at the begging servant at her feet. She seemed to be deep in thought and didn't speak for a while before opening her mouth again.
"Actually, it's not impossible for me to forgive you.
According to the usual practice, Nanny won't return to the mansion until tomorrow. Why don't you take this opportunity tonight to copy Buddhist scriptures for me?
You don't need to take too long, just the whole night. What do you think?"
The kowtowing stopped abruptly, as if on pause. Nanny Sun opened her mouth to refuse, but when she saw the Fourth Miss's murderous look, the words of refusal were forced back down her throat.
"This servant has no objections!"
Seeing her nod, Lu Yinxi showed a timely smile.
Then, the heavenly yet demonic voice rang out again.
"By the way, I think Nanny Sun is quite strong and healthy. You surely don't need a charcoal brazier. So I'll tell the servants not to bother preparing one for you."
It was now February. Although it was early spring, the night was still bone - chillingly cold. Making Nanny Sun copy Buddhist scriptures at this time was just perfect, wasn't it?
In the Jingwang Mansion in the capital,
A row of guards were kneeling neatly at the foot of the tree. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
For that ledger, their master had gone personally and even got injured, but in the end, it was all in vain. Who wouldn't be angry?
The man roughly recalled his whereabouts that night and finally fixed his target on the villa on the outskirts of the capital. He had stopped there after getting the things and leaving.
He also met a very interesting young girl.
"Chen Guang, go and investigate that villa on the outskirts of the capital."
"Yes."
The weather was fine today. Lu Yinxi got up early. After breakfast, a servant came to inform her that Nanny Sun was here.
"F - Fourth Miss, this is the scriptures this servant copied last night. Please take a look."
As soon as she entered the room, Nanny Sun knelt down "plop" at the young girl's feet very sensibly, her hands trembling as she presented the scriptures.
Lu Yinxi glanced at her casually. The person in front of her had red and frozen hands, a pale face. The only color on her whole face was the purple on her lips, which was caused by the cold.
Last night, Nanny Sun really copied scriptures all night in the cold room, just like the original owner used to do.
It was a pity that the temperature last night wasn't as cold as that night.
"Nanny Sun really has a strong constitution. You're still so energetic after staying up all night. Unlike me, I almost lost my life after just one night. Am I right?"
Nanny Sun didn't dare to answer this. She could only lie prostrate on the ground, shivering. It was hard to tell whether it was from the cold or fear.
Lu Yinxi felt much more relieved after venting the original owner's anger. She didn't plan to continue to make things difficult for Nanny Sun.
After all, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
"I think it's getting late. Nanny, you'd better go back quickly. Don't keep the Second Lady waiting, right?"
Nanny Sun was stunned. She couldn't believe it and thought she was hallucinating.
The Fourth Miss was just going to let her go like this?
The next moment, she heard Lu Yinxi's voice again.
"When you go back to the mansion, please convey a message to the Second Lady for me. Tell her that since she has taken such good care of me, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will surely repay her handsomely."
The young girl deliberately emphasized the words "repay her handsomely", full of provocation.
In fact, this was her declaration of war against the Second Lady.
Aunt Liu and Nanny Liu were just servants. In this era with a strict hierarchy, how dare they treat their master like this?
Lu Yinxi didn't believe that there was no one behind them pulling the strings.
She had always been a person who would repay every grievance. Those who bullied her would surely receive ten - fold or a hundred - fold repayment.
"The Fourth Miss from the prime minister's mansion?"
Hearing the result Chen Guang found out, the man was full of doubts. When did the prime minister's mansion have a Fourth Miss?
"Your Highness has been on the battlefield all year round, so you may not know."
"There has always been a Fourth Miss in the prime minister's mansion. But it's said that she's a mute, so she's been raised in the villa on the outskirts of the capital."
"A mute?"
The man curled his lips in an ambiguous way. The young girl he met could talk very well!
"Chen Guang, go and investigate that Fourth Miss again."
The early spring sun was shining brightly. The servants didn't dare to cause trouble. Lu Yinxi, who had finally had a few days of leisure, was lying in the yard, basking in the sun.
The original owner had a weak constitution and needed good care.
However, this leisurely time was soon broken.
Because someone from the prime minister's mansion had come again.