"The young mistress has not woken up yet. Is there something you need to report?"

It was still dawn. Through the window screen, he could see the snow falling from the trees in the windy courtyard. The sound of the green duckweed talking on the porch carried in with the sound of the wind.

"What's the matter?"

"I'm awake. Come in and answer!"

I lifted the curtain and reached for the hook on the beam of the bed.

The northern winter weather was cold and dry, and my throat was dry. The messenger outside whispered a few words to Lu Ping through the green window. I couldn't hear him clearly. Then, I heard Lu Ping's voice through the window. "You go, I understand."

The curtain that was lifted up hit the door frame with a bang. Then, he heard the sound of footsteps and a gust of cold air rushing into the room. He only stopped when he was right in front of the bed.

I sneezed from the cold.

"Miss." Lu Ping stood in front of the bed in a daze, her eyes filled with fear and tears.

I couldn't help but frown. What could make her act this way?

"Well, you'll have to find out sooner or later if you don't say it now." I sighed.

"The wet nurse is gone."

Lu Ping's voice was choked with sobs.

My heart thumped as I raised my voice.

"What's going on?"

Last night, I noticed the abnormal behavior of my wet nurse.

"Mother swallowed the gold last night. This morning, when Mother Zhao went to deliver the medicine, she saw that she had already died and was lying on the bed. Beside her was the gold hairpin that you had given to her daughter. It had been twisted into pieces, the phoenix hairpin missing the hairpin."

It suddenly occurred to me that the wet nurse's daughter had gotten married a few days ago. I was ten years old this year, and according to the wet nurse, her daughter should only be eleven years old.

So the wet nurse lied to me?

But since he swallowed the gold, it must have been decided after seeing me last night. Why would he lie to me?

"Go and find out who the wet nurse's daughter married. How old is she?" Lu Ping nodded with a pale face. Gratitude flashed in her eyes. I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

This girl must have misunderstood, thinking that I was going to lift my wet nurse's daughter.

"Miss, you are such a good person!"

Lu Ping's nose was red as she expressed her gratitude.

I felt a little sad. Would she be disappointed if she knew my true appearance?

I am completely different from the kindness she thinks I am!

I've always felt that only with the ability to protect myself can you help others. But in Lu Ping's pure heart, she felt that there was nothing she could do about my identity as the young miss of the Yang family. She hoped that I could help all the poor people, but I just wanted to protect myself.

"Go and call Mommy Chen over. I have something to tell her." "Lu Ping was helping me to get dressed, but when she heard my words, she became a little hesitant." "Miss …" She had just called out when she was interrupted by me.

"Go ahead. I've put in so much effort, but I have to trust her this one time." I was sitting in front of the mirror when I saw Lu Ping bite her lips and, at last, listen to me and go out to find Mama Chen.

Soon after, two heavy and light footsteps could be heard.

"Mama Chen, you're here."

I figured that as soon as Lu Ping left the house, she would run into my mother.

"Miss." Mommy Chen's gentle voice came in.

"Mom, you came. I thought that very soon it would be New Year's Eve, so a peony bun would make you look a little happier. I didn't expect the girls to be so clumsy; their combs wouldn't even look good. I heard Mom say that you were very skillful when you were young, and I was just thinking of looking for you!" Smiling, I went to the door, where my mother hurried to help me into the house.

"Lu Ping, my former grandma sent Da Hong Pao over to go and let mother have a taste of their southern stuff."

"Yes!" Lu Ping turned her head back three times with each step.

I sat down in front of the mirror. Mama Chen stood behind me and combed my hair. In the mirror, her expression was respectful and serene, unlike her usual domineering attitude.

"Mother already knows that the wet nurse is dead, right?"

"Yes," Mama Chen answered calmly.

"Then mother should know."

"Madam should have known about it when Mama Zhao shouted."

"Daddy didn't stay with mother last night?"

"The lord went to see the concubine last night, and said that the concubine suffered from some cold yesterday, and would speak nonsense at night. The lord went to take a look, but stayed there."

Stay in Aunt Wang's room?

"Mom, can you help me see which hairpin to wear? Is it green or is it cat's-eye? "

Chen opened the jewelry box on the makeup table, following my instructions. On top of a full box of hairpins was the money bag.

Her eyes glittered, and her face was first surprised, then filled with a mocking smile.

"Miss is young, I think a step with a bell is more appropriate." Mama Chen lifted the purse with her hand, and the bell on it tinkled.

"Miss's hair is black and thick, do you know why?"

Mama Chen looked at me with her purse in her hand.

I smiled at her.

"I've heard that once you cut your hair, it will turn black and thick."

She was telling me that she knew of my birth.

His body was covered in skin, and he was received by his parents. I'd never heard of cutting my hair, and it was yellow and thin, clearly a hair from the inside of my head.

The hair in the bag must be my hair.

"Mother Chen respectfully put the bag back into the box." For Miss to be so fortunate at such a young age, I don't know how I will be able to shine in the future.

"Mother is by mother's side, I naturally have to respect her."

Mother Chen's expression of goodwill I naturally understood.

"Mom probably thinks that I have misunderstood Mom. Mom needs to clear things up for me. We're a mother and daughter, after all."

I want my mother to fool my mother for a while and give me more time to prepare.

"Miss is too serious. There is no enmity between mother and daughter. Just like our family's Hong Lu, I can only cry and curse for a while. At that time, it would no longer matter."

She reminded me to keep the red dew.

Honestly speaking, I prefer this way, only with a request can I be more at ease.

"This servant saw that Miss's clothes were a bit plain. It's the middle of the year, so I should make some clothes to celebrate. When I'm free, I'll go and return to Madam."

"Then I'll be troubling Mommy." Chen's mother gave me a pair of maidservants, each side inserted a golden leaf step, once left the sound of jingling, more and more I appear young.

Only this sort of disguise was suitable for concealing himself!

Lu Ping walked in with a tray of tea and asked in a daze, "Where is Mother Chen? "Why didn't you drink a cup of tea and leave?"

I laughed and teased her. "Who's like you? You obviously don't like her, yet she's using good tea to entertain you. Since she doesn't dare to drink your tea, she will naturally leave. "

"Miss, it's really you." Lu Ping stomped her foot in anger, but she couldn't do anything to me.

"Come, use rouge to dye my eyes red."

I pointed to the enamel bird rouge box on the edge of the table.

"Why are your eyes red?"

Lu Ping's face was filled with confusion, but she did not move at all.

Seeing that I didn't answer her, Lu Ping had no choice but to follow my instructions.

Taking advantage of Lu Ping bending over to wipe my rouge, I gently said to her, "Actually, it's not that I don't feel sad that my wet nurse has gone, but I have more important things to do. I can't not continue to live just because of sadness."

"Miss!" A tear rolled down her face.

I understood the sadness in her heart, from childhood to bring up the wet nurse, I did not drop a tear, still smile.

In the end, it had hurt the hearts of the people around him!

"Lu Ping, there are some people who seem to be close to you and are wholeheartedly trying to help you. However, she unintentionally did something that harmed you. You can not hate him, but you cannot forgive him because he will unintentionally continue to harm you." Lu Ping nodded her head and I sighed. This girl may seem gentle on the surface, but she is actually stubborn. On the surface, she seems to be obedient to me. In reality, her heart is still filled with sadness!

"Let's go and greet our grandmother."

I don't have the time or the mind to think about other people's thoughts. Some things have to wait for them to understand.