Bai Lianuha asked what would happen if her rating decreased and the system wanted to open her head and see if water was there instead of a brain. "If your rating decreases, the points you get in this world will definitely decrease. This also affects how well you will do in the other tasks later. So you have to try and do things well! I know you can do it~"
Long Ting clutched her forehead and dismissed all the concubines saying that she needed to rest and replenish her energy.
The concubines all saluted her and returned to their residences - Bai Lianhua included. Once she got back to her courtyard, she suddenly realised that she was in an ancient world and she couldn't move around at will. The only times women were allowed to go out was during festivals or when banquets were hosted by the emperor. "Hey system, I'm bored. What should l do now?"
But the system didn't want to reply to this question. It knew that its host was relying too much on it now and that would hinder her development. The best thing would be for Bai Lianhua to make her own decisions and act independently.
Bai Lianhua decided to learn how to embroider - at least she could pass the time making small cute things. She called the maids who were outside and asked them to go and get some needle, thread and cloth from her dowry. The maids didn't dare to be lazy and Bai Lianhua got what she wanted within a stick of incense.
She drank some hot oolong tea and then started the long journey of embroidery. Bai Lianhua knew how to thread a needle because of her fashion major but she'd never sewn anything by hand before. She looked at the lilies in the pot near the entrance to her courtyard and decided to embroider that first. After about five hours, it was time for lunch and she had to go to the main hall to serve people. Yes, you heard that right, she had to go and serve people.
Concubines were not allowed to eat until the masters had eaten. They also had to actively put food into the masters' bowls. Bai Lianhua wanted to kill whoever came up with that rule since because of them, she had to stand for a whole hour in the scorching sun and serve a scumbag and his scheming mother and wives. She smiled gently and put a piece of lotus root in Long Aotian's bowl. But just after that, Wen Lili and Lu Weiwei put in more vegetables and they looked at Long Aotian more amorously than her. The so-called backyard battle started!!
The only people who didn't take part in this were Li Zhenzhen who was serving herself, Feng Minyan who had a high status and had maids to feed her and Wang Xiuying who was busy serving Long Ting. Bai Lianhua could see that if she wanted to survive, she had to pick a side. She looked at Wen Lili and Lu Weiwei and decided not to clutch Long Aotian's thighs. These women could act even better than her - who knows how she would end up if she tried to fight them? She looked at Li Zhenzhen and crossed her out because she had a higher status. Could it be that she had the power to convince the main wife to be her follower? Impossible.
Long Ting is also dangerous and she already picked Wang Xiuying, she didn't want to interrupt and cause trouble for herself. The most obvious choice is Feng Minyan because they are both from the palace. Bai Lianhua couldn't help but doubt this choice as well. 'She might act friendly on the surface but scheme against me in private. I guess I'll be on my own.'
After lunch, she went back to her courtyard and spent the rest of the day leisurely pruning some flowers and reading poems.
Later, a maid came in to report Long Aotian's whereabouts. "Fang niang, nubi just saw the master going to the wife's courtyard. It seems that he will spend the night there today." Bai Lianhua shrugged and continued enjoying herself in peace.
Meanwhile, Feng Minyan was biting her nails off her fingers in distress. She pulled her dowry maid over and asked: "You answer me! Why did my mother send this maid into this house? Is it to support me?" The maid nodded hurriedly: "Niang, you can just use her as you wish. Just send her a note and tell her to support you. Because you've raised her so well, she should start to repay the graces you've given her." Feng Minyan's lips moved into an arc and vicious thoughts started running through her mind. 'Let's start with that bitch Li Zhenzhen! She always acts so nonchalantly but we've all suffered losses from her. Fang Lianhua's arrival has helped me a lot! I will be the winner!'
She immediately dipped her brush into some ink and wrote some instructions on special paper. Then she gave it to her maid and told her to give it to Bai Lianhua's dowry maid. Everything must be done secretly.
Bai Lianhua woke up to eat dinner and saw a note next to her bowl. 'I didn't even look for trouble and trouble started looking for me. It's the first day people!'
Instead of looking at the note, she first ate food. Only on a full stomach could she whether the schemes of these women. When she thought of Hu Pingheng's father in the last world, she shivered in fear. 'I wonder whether these women will be better or worse.'
Bai Lianhua wiped her mouth neatly with a handkerchief and then opened the note. The paper was blank with no writing on it! "Hey, do l put this near fire? Do l spray it with water? What do l do?" She poured cold tea on the paper and the writing finally showed up. She then scanned the paper quickly and then wanted to scold Feng Minyan. "Does she think I'm stupid? Why would l do that? I thought she was smart." To sum it up, Feng Minyan asked her to put odourless musk into Li Zhenzhen's incense so that she could lose her baby. "Fck! I'm not even a martial artist. How the heck should l enter Li Zhenzhen's courtyard to do this? Also, harming babies is wrong."
But she closed her eyes and thought deeply about Feng Minyan's plans. 'Why would she send me this? No one with a brain would do this.' Then she opened her eyes and glanced at the food she'd just eaten. 'No, she's doing this as a diversion. The musk won't be in the incense. But why tell me?' Bai Lianhua paced up and down for a while before finally coming to one conclusion: "She wants to frame me. She won't put the musk herself - someone else will definitely move first. That person will definitely put the musk in the incense. When that happens, Feng Minyan will put the musk in the food as well. Li Zhenzhen will lose the baby and the musk in the food will be discovered. It just so happens that l coincidentally have some medicated food in my dowry which l JUST offered to all the other concubines. Since everyone has the food, they will all go back and find that the food has musk in it. The result will be that l am framed thoroughly and because l targetted everyone, they will all hate me. What's worse, Feng Minyan already said her plan. Who is cooperating with her? That person must be able to get into all the concubine's dowry storage rooms to contaminate the medicated food."
Feeling some mild pain in her head, Bai Lianhua chugged tea and continued thinking about this dilemma. "Damn! The schemes already started the moment l went to that morning meeting!"