CHAPTER 129: CHAPTER 129: THE SHOCKED GREAT PRINCESS! (2)

The Great Princess rolled her eyes, "Eat more and you’ll get fat to death!"

Li Xing’an went to announce the start of the meal, while Li Yuzhu walked to the South Courtyard to call Xue family.

Laziness while cooking, laziness while serving the dishes, then don’t eat at all!

"Sister-in-law, guests have come to the house, are you just going to stay in your room?" She stood at the door and said unceremoniously.

Xue family immediately sat up from the bed, rubbed her forehead, and said, "You all were noisy last night until midnight, I didn’t sleep well, I have a headache."

Li Yuzhu chuckled lightly, "We are family, knowing that Sister-in-law works hard taking care of the children at night and needs to catch up on sleep during the day. Outsiders don’t know that, they only see Mother with two kids and think the children are orphans."

Xue family was crafty but also valued her reputation.

Upon hearing this, she immediately sat up from the bed, quickly combed her hair, and went outside.

Watching her feigned action, Li Yuzhu lightly curled her lips.

Just as Xue family walked out of the house, Princess Consort Luling came holding Guoguo with Li Jing.

She asked Xue family coldly, "I thought I needed to find a maid for you."

Xue family lowered her head, "Wife... wife just had a headache."

"Does your head still hurt now?"

"Not anymore, as you can see, I’m going to the kitchen to check." Xue family said sheepishly.

"Hmph!" Princess Consort Luling walked away holding Guoguo.

Li Jing glanced at Xue family and ran off too.

Xue family bit her lip and headed to the kitchen.

Upon entering the kitchen, she found the meals were already prepared.

She was secretly pleased.

However, the Great Princess and the others tacitly ignored her.

Two tables of food, eighteen bowls and plates, plus chopsticks for eating and cups for drinking, it was all up to her alone to serve them out.

This left Xue family quite furious.

The two tables of food, the Princely Heir arranged them in two rooms.

The men’s table was in the main house.

The women and children’s table was arranged in Prince Luling and his wife’s bedroom.

The master bedroom of the house was more spacious than the bedrooms of Li Yuzhu and the others.

With tables and chairs set in front of the bed, it wouldn’t be too crowded with ten people seated.

When the food was served, the Princely Heir called for the male guests, and Xue family, with a cold face, went to call her sisters-in-law.

It’s time to eat, what are those three dead girls still talking about?

"Are you eating or not?" She shouted impatiently.

"Alright, big sister, stop talking about Sixth Aunt Wei’s things, let’s go eat, I’m hungry." The Second Princess pleaded, "Sister-in-law has already come to rush us, I’m sure Mother is already at the table."

"Let’s eat first, talk later." The Great Princess finally ended the topic of the beaten woman.

The three sisters went to their parents’ bedroom.

Princess Consort Luling, with two children, was already seated at the head.

According to the Mansion’s custom, Xue family sat on her left, the first position on the right was for the Great Princess, followed by the Great Princess, the Second Princess, and lastly, Li Yuzhu.

However, the Great Princess disliked Guoguo always tugging at her sleeve, preventing her from eating, so she swapped seats with the Second Princess.

Guoguo still harassed the Second Princess.

When the Second Princess went for food, Guoguo clutched the chopsticks and knocked on her hand.

Clearly, he was a seven-month-old baby, but his strength was deceivingly strong, bouncing the Second Princess’s fleshy hands up and down.

The Second Princess was about to cry, "Third Sister, sit next to Mother, I’m afraid of Guoguo."

Guoguo looked at Li Yuzhu and smiled.

Li Yuzhu was indifferent, the first position on the right was a respected seat, if they didn’t want it, she wouldn’t be polite about it.

Li Yuzhu then took her bowl and chopsticks and sat there.

But to the Great Princess’s and Second Princess’s indignation, Guoguo didn’t make a fuss with Li Yuzhu!

"Since our family encountered troubles, it has been almost two months. We thought we would starve to death here, yet..." Princess Consort Luling looked at the table full of food and remarked emotionally, "Although compared to past life it’s vastly different, it’s much better than when we first arrived here, thanks to your efforts."

The Great Princess and the Second Princess, praised, beamed with delight.

Li Yuzhu smiled slightly.

Xue family lowered her eyelids.

The gaze of Princess Consort Luling swept over her face, "But not you, Zhen Niang."

Xue family hurriedly raised her head, "Mother, the wife will do her best."

"Before eating, I’ll arrange future affairs." Princess Consort Luling looked at Xue family, "From today, I’ll take care of Guoguo and Jingjing, Zhen Niang, you don’t have to worry about them, just take care of the household affairs."

Xue family was accustomed to laziness, managing children allowed her to avoid doing things.

She hastily said, "Mother, these children are still young, they can’t be without their mother."

"I’m not telling you not to see them." Princess Consort Luling said coldly, "These two children were in your hands, and you didn’t really care for them. Either lost this or starved that."

"The first few days we arrived here, there wasn’t anything, you can’t blame me for that." Xue family murmured in rebuttal.

Princess Consort Luling was too lazy to argue further about this matter and said, "Your three sisters-in-law are also growing up, they won’t always stay at home doing things, they will eventually marry off. You must take on all the household responsibilities."

Xue family looked at Princess Consort Luling, "Is Mother intending for the wife to do everything? Cooking, washing, earning money? The wife can’t do it all alone."

"I didn’t say you should do it alone, aren’t the Princely Heir and the others there too? I’m saying, if you keep hiding in the room when things arise like today, just go." Princess Consort Luling turned her head away, reiterating her words of sending her off.

Xue family was startled, "The wife... the wife understands."

Princess Consort Luling gave her a cold look, "Eat!"

The three sisters happily began to eat, while Xue family felt uneasy in her heart.

When will these hard days finally end?

There were six dishes on the table: fish block and fresh mushroom soup, stewed rabbit, fishball soup, fried shredded cabbage, smoked meat and carrot stir-fry, plus a steamed egg custard.

Egg custard was Li Jing’s favorite, and Princess Consort Luling scooped half a bowl of egg custard into Li Jing’s bowl.

Li Jing ate happily.

Fishballs are a southern delicacy, uniquely made, and extremely difficult. When ordinary folks couldn’t even afford rice, fishballs were a luxury that few had seen, and even fewer could make.

This was made by Li Yuzhu.

She was a southern person in her previous life.

Li Yuzhu removed the skin from the back meat of the grass carp, then chopped the skinless fish into mince, mixing it with finely milled sweet potato flour, and made fishballs resembling tangyuan.