After being brought back to Yalanxuan, Jin Xin had no strength at all, her body was so limp that she could hardly walk.
Lianrong waited for a long time. It was already dark before Jin Xin was sent back. Seeing Jin Xin leaning there weakly, she hurriedly stepped forward to support Jin Xin.
"Master, they didn't make things difficult for you, did they? Did they torture you?" Lianrong asked nervously.
Jin Xin shook her head, "No, I was fined three months of silver and was banned here. I'm afraid this life will be difficult."
Hearing this, Lianrong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good if nothing happens. Money and money are external possessions. The most important thing is that everything is fine."
Jin Xin nodded, leaned against Lianrong, and walked slowly into the house.
There was no more charcoal in the room and it was a bit cold. Lianrong immediately went to put some charcoal on it, but was stopped by Jin Xin.
"It's better to save some money, otherwise you won't be able to survive this winter. If you really can't survive it, you'll have another fever."
Lianrong frowned and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty has not dismissed you. We still have our share. This charcoal can still be used until next month. It will be the New Year in more than ten days. I will definitely give it again." "
Jin Xin shook her head helplessly, "You still don't know that people's hearts are evil. Now that I have fallen out of favor, no one will give us a good look anymore. Do you think they will give us the examples that should be given to us? They won't."
In the past, in the Marquis Mansion, when she and her mother were in the winter, those who were supposed to give her monthly money were deducted, and coal was never seen. Even the winter clothes and bedding were all saved by her own embroidery work starting in the spring. Only in winter can I afford thick bedding and clothes for the winter.
Otherwise, they would have frozen to death countless times.
The first year was the hardest. Mrs. Jiang treated her harshly. They also had high expectations for Jiang Tiancheng, and they had never seen the faces of those servants. She and her mother almost died from the cold.
Later, she realized that the living environment in the backyards of these powerful people was much more difficult than outside.
Her thoughts wandered far away, and she felt very tired. She hugged the quilt to her body and fell asleep.
I don't know how long I slept for, but when I woke up again, it was the next morning.
It's just that it's still dark, so I think it must be very early.
Very hungry.
Looking at the table, there were only two cold steamed buns and a bowl of cold porridge.
Lianrong happened to get up at this time. Seeing Jin Xin getting up, she hurriedly said, "Master, take these things and heat them up. They were delivered last night. The kitchen said there was no food left, so this is the only one. See if you can sleep well." Xiang, I didn’t call you, I’m just going to warm it up for you.”
There is still firewood in the yard. I had prepared one earlier, but luckily I can use it now.
Jin Xin was very hungry, so she didn't care, so she just picked it up and ate it.
After two bowls of porridge and two steamed buns, I felt that it was just enough.
"Let's do some embroidery work later." Jin Xin suggested.
She wouldn't be able to get out for a while, and she couldn't just wait.
Lianrong then went to get some needlework, and the two of them started working in the room.
Two and three days a day, these days are quiet and boring.
There was a lot of lively laughter at the door. It must be that Yingxiju was preparing new year's goods, or perhaps the prince came to Yingxiju, but no one asked about what was going on here.
Even though King Rui passed by here, he didn't even look at it.
The meals delivered, at first there were some normal dishes, but after a few days, they only delivered some clear soup and watery things, or some overnight meals, and now they even delivered some sizzling meals.
Looking at these meals, Jin Xin frowned. In the middle of winter, these meals could taste like this, even after being stored for a few days.
Jin Xin felt nauseated when she smelled the smell, covered her mouth and nose, and quickly pushed away.
Seeing this, Lianrong quickly took it away.
At this time, there was movement in the courtyard. Lianrong stood up to check and found that it was the concubine Chen and other concubines.
Lianrong saw that these people were coming with bad intentions, so she quickly stopped them and said, "My master is unwell and cannot entertain the masters. Please ask the masters to leave."
Concubine Chen rolled her eyes at Lianrong and pushed her away, "Why are you putting on airs? The life you are living now is worse than a down-and-out dog on the street."
After saying that, the leader led several concubines to the door. He saw Jin Xin's face turned pale and retching, and there were stinky food on the table. Mrs. Chen pinched her nose and frowned in disgust. Looking at everything around them, it was cold here. They felt cold when they walked in. Even though the environment was so bad, they had no intention of leaving.
"Hey, isn't this the former glorious Concubine Jiang? What is she eating? Oh, isn't this the swish food for pigs? How did Concubine Jiang fall to the point of eating swish food?" Concubine Chen smiled very proudly, He looked around the room with a sarcastic expression.
Several concubines also came forward to check, but they all avoided the food and stayed away when they heard it.
Jin Xin calmed down for a long time before she felt a little more comfortable.
"If you guys are here to see a joke, that's about it. Can you go?" Jin Xin said indifferently.
Concubine Chen looked at Jin Xin, "So what if I laugh at you? Do you think you are still the glorious Concubine Jiang from before?"
As he said that, he stepped forward and knocked over the meals one after another. The smell of the meals scattered on the floor spread even further.
"So? What are you doing here? What do you want to prove?" Jin Xin was still calm, with no mood swings at all.
This little trick is nothing. When she was in the Marquis Mansion, she was even forced to kneel down by her eldest sister to shine her shoes. They looked for faults to punish her mother. It was common for her to be slapped because she took the blame for her mother.
"I'm here to ask you to beg me. As long as you beg me, I will reward you with a meal. How about it?" Concubine Chen smiled, waiting to see her compromise.
Back then, she spoke ill of herself in front of the prince, which lowered her status. Now, she wanted to humiliate her.
Even if she begged him, he would not really give her good food, just a joke.
Jin Xin raised her eyes lightly, smiled lightly, and said nothing.
Concubine Chen felt extremely uncomfortable being looked at like this. She stepped forward and slapped Jin Xin on the face, "Don't look at me like that. If you look at me again, I will gouge out your eyes."
Seeing this, Lianrong stepped forward and hugged Jin Xin, glaring at Concubine Chen angrily, "Why do you hit someone? My master's position is higher than yours, and you are the one below."
"I'm not only going to hit her, I'm also going to hit you." As she said that, she was about to attack Lianrong again, but Jinxin hugged Lianrong so that she didn't hit her face.
"Concubine Chen, please don't go too far. No matter what I do, I haven't fallen to the point where even your concubines can teach me a lesson." Jin Xin said coldly.
"So what? Did anyone see me beating you? Did you see it?" Concubine Chen looked at the people behind her and asked with a smile,
Several people shook their heads and said with a smile that they didn't see it.
"Did you hear that? No one saw me beating you. You can't even get out of this garden. Who would know what happened today?" Concubine Chen said arrogantly.
Jin Xin stared at Concubine Chen, gritting her teeth and stroking her abdomen. She suddenly didn't want to wait any longer.
If this continues, she is afraid that she will really die here.
