The life swap begins with Consort Hua becoming Lady Qin.

Granny Su opened her mouth.

Wang Ruofu continued, "Who taught you these rules? Bandits or robbers? And what kind of rules taught you to be so disrespectful! If you have the guts, tell me the name of the person who taught you these rules, and I'll ask her in front of everyone in the mansion if all the servants she teaches dare to lay a hand on their masters!"

Granny Su was stunned by the scolding and didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

Upon careful consideration, not a single word that the princess said was untenable.

She was indeed a servant. No matter how much respect she had for the mistress, or how many people in the household respected her, she could not overstep her master and directly reach out to search the princess's belongings.

But Granny Su still felt wronged and humiliated.

She had been by the lady's side since childhood. After she was a dowry maid in the Fucha family, in order to help the lady gain a foothold, she even humbled herself to marry the son of an unremarkable steward in the mansion, instead of becoming the master's concubine under the guise of being a dowry maid.

Over the years, she has gradually worked her way up to where she is today.

Everyone in the mansion knew that she was the lady's confidante, her ears, eyes, and mouth. Her words and actions often represented the lady's will, so no one dared to disrespect her.

Even when facing the princes, she could still give them a few words of instruction.

Now, in front of a room full of maids, the princess scolded her as a servant with eyes on her head, how could she possibly save face?

Granny Su gritted her teeth and forced herself to perform a curtsy.

"This servant knows her mistake."

Her movements were stiff, and her voice showed little fear. In fact, after she finished speaking, she made an excuse and left with a cold face.

Wang Ruofu squinted at her back.

This old codger's arrogance and condescension are ingrained in his bones; even his apology is so perfunctory.

She sat back down at her dressing table and urged, "Hurry up, I need to get to Mother before she complains. If you're late, you'll all be going hungry today too."

The maids looked at each other in bewilderment.

One of the maids, dressed in a light green vest, reacted the fastest. She immediately stepped forward, took the comb, and quickened her pace. She then instructed another maid, "Go and fetch the shoes the princess wore today. Pick the pair with the lower soles."

After saying that, she looked towards the door and said to a nimble little maid, "Go out from the back and try to distract Granny Su for a while. Don't confront her directly. Just say that there's been some progress on the fabric that Madam asked us to investigate yesterday, and ask her to come and take a look."

The maidservant quickly agreed and hurried away.

Wang Ruofu glanced at the head maid in the bronze mirror.

As Fucha Langhua's remaining memories slowly surfaced, she remembered this person's name.

Submerged light.

She's quite clever, though.

Wang Ruofu said nothing, but silently kept the name in her heart.

Her hairstyle wasn't too complicated. She was still young, not even eight years old yet, so her hair was simply combed neatly, braided, and pinned up at the back of her head, with two plain-colored velvet flowers pinned to it.

Her clothes were also a light blue cheongsam, with delicate patterns embroidered on the collar and cuffs.

After getting ready, Wang Ruofu led a group of maids to the main courtyard to pay her respects.

Jue Luo Shi had already gotten up.

Seeing that her daughter arrived fairly punctually today and her manners upon entering were impeccable, her expression softened slightly. She raised her hand to let her stand up, and as if the punishment of eating dinner last night had never happened, she casually instructed that the meal be set out.

Wang Ruofu took his seat after the Jue Luo clan.

After Jue Luo Shi picked up her milk tea and started eating, she gestured to Chen Guang behind her to serve her food.

Breakfast was plentiful, including a steaming bowl of milk tea. The tea was light brown in color, with milk and a little salt added. It was rich and smooth, but also had a salty and savory flavor that Wang Ruofu found very unpalatable.

Other items included steamed buns made from wheat flour, millet cakes, milk skin, a small bowl of rice porridge, thinly sliced ​​braised mutton, shredded chicken, and several kinds of pickled vegetables.

During the Song Dynasty, Wang Ruofu preferred congee and steamed buns for breakfast, along with a few refreshing side dishes. If he had a good appetite, a bowl of wontons or soup noodles would be enough.

Who serves glistening, oily mutton on the table so early in the morning?

She looked at the plate of braised mutton and had some doubts.

The food from outside the pass is quite rough; early in the morning it's meat and salty milk tea, and they're not afraid of clogging their stomachs.

But despite my complaints, I was genuinely hungry.

Shen Guang picked up a piece of white flour bun for her. The bun was exquisitely made and filled with a layer of slightly sweet bean paste. Wang Ruofu took a bite and found it to be soft, sweet, and quite to her liking.

She quickly ate half a piece and then took a sip of milk tea.

The salty milk tea made her brow twitch slightly, but the warm liquid felt comforting in her stomach. She quickly gestured for Shen Guang to pick up a piece of millet cake, then ate two mouthfuls of rice porridge, and even picked up a piece of the braised mutton that she had initially disliked and put it in her mouth.

Just then, Granny Su finally came in.

Her face was not very good. After entering the room and bowing, she first glanced at Wang Ruofu, then walked to Jue Luo's side, bent down and whispered a few words.

Jue Luo's expression immediately changed.

Wang Ruofu noticed this out of the corner of his eye and subtly quickened his eating pace.

Seeing her like this, Jue Luo's anger grew stronger.

Finally, she slammed her chopsticks down on the table.

"presumptuous!"

The servants inside all lowered their heads.

Wang Ruofu, however, seemed not to hear and continued to slowly finish chewing the pastry in his mouth.

Jue Luo's chest heaved with anger: "How could you become so unruly? Yesterday you offended the governess, causing her to injure her foot—that was extremely rude! Do you know that if someone like that were to gossip, your reputation would be completely ruined! When you reach marriageable age, which family would dare to want a naughty, disobedient daughter-in-law?"

Wang Ruofu took another sip of milk tea.

Seeing this, Jue Luo felt even more disappointed and frustrated.

"Granny Su watched you grow up and is one of my most trusted people. She only wanted to teach you a lesson because she saw that you were behaving inappropriately, and you actually said those things in front of everyone in the room. Are you slapping her in the face, or are you slapping me in the face?"

Wang Ruofu gestured for Shen Guang to pick up the last piece of steamed bun.

Shen Guang hesitated for a moment, but still did as instructed.

Jue Luo almost had the urge to flip the table: "I'm talking to you!"

Wang Ruofu finished the last piece of pastry and felt at least ten percent full. Only then did she leisurely pick up a handkerchief and carefully wipe the crumbs from the corners of her mouth.

She put down the handkerchief, finally looked up at Jue Luo Shi, and softly asked:

"May I ask, Mother, what are rules?"