I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"Ding!"

A cry of pain came from the darkness.

"Brother, you hit me again."

Lu Xinghua covered his forehead, rushed into the yard with his eyes wide open, and slammed the silver coins as big as a fingernail on the boy's desk.

"Oh, it's my sister. I'm sorry, I thought it was a wild cat."

"How can there be a night owl as big as me? Brother, you hit me even though you knew it was me. Look, my forehead is all red."

Lu Xinghua pouted and leaned her forehead towards the boy. The boy tapped her forehead with his finger: "You know you'll get beaten but you still want to hide from me?"

One wants to hide, the other wants to fight. This kind of drama is played out every now and then in the Lu Mansion, and the servants are used to it.

"You knew I was out there and still fought."

Lu Xingchen looked at his spoiled sister and said with a smile, "Whose sister would sneak around outside her brother's yard in the middle of the night?"

"Which brother would be willing to beat his sister like this?"

Lu Xingchen and Lu Xinghua are brother and sister, but they are not from the same mother. Lu Xingchen's mother was Lu Xinghua's personal maid. When Madam Lu became pregnant, she sent her maid to Mr. Lu's bed in order to consolidate her favor.

Therefore, Lu Xingchen is only a few months younger than his brother Lu Xinghua. This year, Lu Xingchen's brother Lu Xingyao participated in the imperial examination, but Lu Xingchen was very tactful and did not participate.

Although the Lu family has many illegitimate sons and daughters, they are harmonious.

Lu Xingchen's aunt Zhou looked at the quarreling brother and sister and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"I don't care. If you accompany me to Princess Dingguo's mansion tomorrow, I will forgive you."

Lu Xinghua put her hands on her hips, pouted, and looked very proud.

"What are you going to do?" Lu Xingchen wondered.

"The people in the Princess's Mansion are so beautiful. Come with me to see them and draw them."

Lu Xingchen's face turned cold: "Nonsense!"

He naturally knew what kind of person his younger sister was. She did not do any work all day long and just loved to paint pictures of beauties everywhere.

"If you don't go, draw your self-portrait for me!"

Lu Xinghua gave Lu Xingchen a second choice and then looked at him.

Lu Xingchen pinched his brows and said, "Can you be more serious? What young lady is like you, collecting pictures of beauties all day long?"

If it was a picture of a beautiful woman, it would be fine, but there was also a picture of a handsome man. If this gets out, won't my reputation be ruined? How will I talk about my in-laws in the future? How will my sisters and brothers get married?

"What's wrong with me? Is it because I collect pictures of beauties? I didn't visit the Nanfeng Pavilion, and I'm not like He Yuxuan, so how can I be wrong?"

Lu Xinghua was not convinced. She just loved beautiful women, what was wrong with that?

Lu Xinghua said earnestly, "Don't you think about how you will be treated by your in-laws in the future if you behave like this? Who would dare to marry you?"

"Who says women must get married? If I don't get married, you brothers won't be able to support me. In the Lu family, I will always be the spoiled young lady. If I get married, I will have to go through the pain of giving birth, and watch my husband have sex with other women. I will also have to be generous and take care of the food and drink of the whole family. If I am unlucky and marry a foolish and filial man, I will have to endure the anger of my mother-in-law. Why bother?"

Lu Xingchen: ...

"Oh, brother, good brother, please go with me. Princess Dingguo is really beautiful, and I want to draw her. Besides, the princess has many treasures. Maybe when we go there, she will be happy and give you some rare copies or something."

Lu Xinghua pulled Lu Xingchen's sleeve and shook it. Finally, Lu Xingchen got tired of it and agreed.

"Oh yeah! Bro is awesome!"

Looking at the girl jumping away, Lu Xingchen pinched his eyebrows again.

"Chen'er, why did you agree?"

"Auntie, I know my limits."

Of course Lu Xingchen knew that Lu Xinghua was making trouble, but if he could enter the princess's mansion and establish a good relationship with Princess Dingguo, it would be beneficial to him in the future.

Although he was the son of an assistant minister, he was born out of wedlock. In the future, he could only marry a legitimate daughter of a lowly family or a concubine's daughter of a noble family. It would not be wrong to have a friendship with the popular Princess Dingguo.

The next day, after Minister Lu left the court, he went to the princess's residence and met with Qiao Linxi, humbly asking for advice on how to do things there.

Qiao Linxi was also very straightforward. He directly gave Minister Lu a book and asked him to find a way to promote the methods in it.

In order to establish a causal relationship between Lu Shilang and himself, Qiao Linxi also wrote a line of words on the book. When Lu Shilang got the book with Qiao Linxi's name on it, he immediately felt an inexplicable bond between him and Qiao Linxi.

This is also the requirement of the system. If you just hand the book to Minister Lu, maybe Minister Lu won't be able to make instant noodles. This is equivalent to authorization.

Qiao Linxi wanted to research it herself before, but then she thought, why should she bother? She could just buy it from the system mall. She had so much gratitude value anyway, so she could use it as she pleased.

As soon as Minister Lu left, Lu Xinghua arrived, bringing with him an elegant young boy.

After Lu Xingchen entered the princess's mansion, he found that the servants there were indeed outstanding in appearance. No wonder Lu Xinghua wanted him to come and paint.

They were the same type of people, and Qiao Linxi and Lu Xinghua got along very well the second time they met. Qiao Linxi was surprised to find that Lu Xinghua's ideas were very avant-garde, and not much different from hers.

"Ms. Lu, come with me."

Qiao Linxi mysteriously pulled the little girl towards the backyard of the princess's mansion. Before they got close, they heard bursts of shouting.

The princess's mansion can maintain palace soldiers. When the title of Princess Dingguo was bestowed, this group of palace soldiers moved into the princess's mansion, but they lived in the backyard of the princess's mansion, a certain distance away from the main courtyard.

There is a very large open space in the backyard of the princess's mansion, where hundreds of young soldiers are standing and they are training.

"Ahhhh!"

Suddenly seeing so many young men, Lu Xinghua made a goose sound. The strong smell of male hormones almost overwhelmed her. She liked it so much.

"do you like it?"

Qiao Linxi also likes to watch the palace soldiers training, it is really pleasing to the eyes.

Lu Xinghua nodded: "Princess, you are awesome."

She also discovered that in addition to the palace soldiers, there was a group of people wearing different clothes, who should be the palace guards. The difference between the guards and the palace soldiers was that the guards had to be on duty, while the palace soldiers were only used when something happened in the palace.

"Hey? Why is there a maid?"

Qiao Linxi explained: "Maids can also practice to strengthen their bodies."

She had read too many novels and TV dramas, and there were many dangers around people like her who were in high positions. She didn't want the servants in her house to panic when danger came and then be slaughtered.

If I had martial arts skills, I would be able to struggle a few times, right?

"What do you mean by physical fitness?"

The sudden sound startled the two of them. Qiao Linxi turned around and saw Meng Qingyu, who had disappeared for a whole night, and his elder brother standing behind them.

"Princess, who wants to keep fit?" Meng Qingliang emphasized the words "keep fit" with extra emphasis.