The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 384

Although Qiao Jiuxiu knew that embroidery was Yingluan's deathbed, she couldn't think of a suitable item to replace it.She reckoned that with Yingluan's ability, it would be very easy to stand out from the group of people, so she didn't have much to worry about.But on the second day, Qiao Jiuxiu was a little surprised by the development of the matter.Because she never thought that there were three hundred people who signed up to participate.

Even Qiao Jiuxiu had made full preparations before, but she didn't expect that there would be so many people, and many of them had the experience of being maids in wealthy families.Qiao Jiuxiu felt strange in her heart, thinking that the conditions she gave were not considered favorable, why did so many people come here attracted by the name?When she was wondering, she saw Jinxiu attracting a person in, and she frowned even more. Naturally, she knew that person, but she didn't know what Qiao Qixiu's plan was when she appeared here at this time.

She wasn't afraid of what Qiao Qixiu would do, but just felt strange that she would appear in this place for some reason.Fortunately, Qiao Qixiu quickly explained her intention for coming.She still had a faint smile on her face, but for some reason, Qiao Jiuxiu always felt that such a smile made her feel very dangerous, and she didn't even want to say a word to Qiao Qixiu.Qiao Qixiu said that she had nothing to do and heard about it, so she came over to have a look, and she could also come over to visit relatives by the way.

Qiao Jiuxiu naturally had no reason to drive Qiao Qixiu out, so she could only laugh along with her and nodded to her, "Seventh sister, you really have nothing to do, how dare you come over to take a look at such a trivial matter ? If there is a shortage of maids in the palace, I can send you two or three at the end." Of course, these words are really just greetings, Qiao Jiuxiu is still looking forward to it in her heart, Qiao Qixiu must not To screw things up.

Qiao Qixiu really had a faint smile on her face, "Jiumei, you are wrong to say that. Everyone knows about the progress of this matter, and now there are more than 200 people gathered outside. How could it be a little girl?" What's the matter? I have seen Mrs. Xiangguo choose her maids before, and there are only more than a hundred of them, Jiumei, I really admire you more and more." Qiao Jiuxiu smiled helplessly. Make it bigger, but Qu didn't expect to make things so big, it was completely beyond his imagination.

Qiao Qixiu also saw Qiao Jiuxiu's doubts, so she explained to her, "I think it must be because Jiumei has become a celebrity in the capital. During this time, the streets and alleys are talking about Jiumei, they must be I came here because I wanted to see her face, but I didn't expect Jiumei to be so charming." Qiao Qixiu said this, which made Qiao Jiuxiu feel even more embarrassed, and she shrugged slightly.I also don't want to give any explanation on this issue.

But no matter what, she had to start selecting maidservants. Qiao Jiuxiu had already found Yingluan among them. She was really smart, and she hid herself among the crowd with a very simple and plain dress.Qiao Jiuxiu thought about it, since Yingluan is not good at embroidery, she should put embroidery in the first order, so that she can grasp it well when it comes to the latter.Qiao Qixiu at the side also scanned all the maids, but found a few particularly clever ones.

Her ability to see people has always been very good, so she can see the essence of those maids at a glance.Qiao Jiuxiu also saw one or two outstanding maids, but she frowned. Such maids might be clever, but she didn't like them very much.One thing to know, although such a maid is smart, she must be difficult to manage.If she put it in her hands, Qiao Jiuxiu would definitely feel very uncomfortable.Now she only wants to choose Yingluan alone, and for the rest, she just chooses simple maids.

She didn't want another Qinglian by her side, it must be very difficult to deal with.Qiao Jiuxiu pondered for a while, then glanced at Qiao Qixiu again, and signaled her with her eyes that she was ready to start.Qiao Qixiu nodded, she came here today just to see how Qiao Jiuxiu planned to choose a maid.She felt that this matter was a bit strange before, after all, Qiao Jiuxiu's sudden selection of a maid really made her not know how to deal with it.

But a very strong intuition told her that this matter is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface, and there should be a very large knowledge hidden in it.It's just that she still can't understand it now, so she asked tentatively, "Jiumei, I can ask, why did you suddenly think of selecting maids? Could it be that the maids in Qiao's house were not enough?"

Qiao Jiuxiu has been asked this question before, so this time she seemed to be much calmer, she nodded slightly, "Seventh sister, it's not a matter of whether the maid is enough, but I think, this matter must be done like this You also know that since the wife yelled, this Qiao Mansion has become a lot more depressed, and many maids have left. There are always not enough maids in the mansion. I think there is nothing to do recently, so I choose Maid. And you know, Yulang will settle down sooner or later in the capital, and it will be too late to choose a maid to go there at that time, so take advantage of this time and make preparations."

She spoke impeccably, Qiao Qixiu could only nod her head, but Wei Wei still had some concerns in her heart.But I couldn't figure it out for a while, so I could only put this question aside, but I looked at the people outside, "Jiumei, but there are too many applicants right now, so I have to think of a way to screen some of them." It is."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, although she said that people should not judge by their appearance.But the selection of maids this time is just a cover after all, so there is no need to pay so much attention, so let Ruyi take Qiaoyu, Jinxiu and Hongxiu first, and weed out those maids with obvious lack of facial features.Although Yingluan was plainly dressed, she was handsome, so she was naturally retained.After some clearing, there were only about fifty people left.

Qiao Jiuxiu pondered, it should be possible now.So Wei Wei nodded and started the first round of selection. The topic of the first round was embroidery, as long as one plum blossom was completed within the specified time.Qiao Jiuxiu looked at Yingluan worriedly, and sure enough, she even held the needle in a different posture. Compared with those maids who have been embroidering for many years, she looks very special.She thought that although she was the one to do the scoring, she couldn't be too biased towards Yingluan, otherwise Qiao Qixiu would see something.

But with a little bit of hard work, the plum blossom is almost finished.Sure enough, Qiao Jiuxiu guessed correctly, Yingluan's embroidery was quite shabby.It looked like a mass of bean curd residue.She bit her lip slightly, feeling very worried in her heart, but Yingluan's face remained unchanged, as if everything was under her control, seeing Yingluan's appearance like this, Qiao Jiuxiu was also slightly relieved.However, I still feel a little worried.I don't know how Yingluan will deal with it in the future.

Qiao Qixiu stood aside and didn't pay attention to Yingluan. In her opinion, the embroidery was too shabby, so she didn't pay attention to it. But if she knew, it was Yingluan's first When I hold up the embroidery needle for the first time, there should be a surprised expression on my face.Qiao Jiuxiu returned to her seat and announced the second round of competition.The second round of the competition was a competition of maids' basic skills. This round, Qiao Jiuxiu wasn't too worried, as it turned out that Yingluan had completed quite beautifully.

Then came the third round of the competition. Although Yingluan owed a lot of gaps in the first round, but with two consecutive rounds of outstanding performance, he still caught up. Qiao Jiuxiu knew that Yingluan was the last round of calculations. Luan's strength lies.When she was in the palace with Yingluan before, she discovered that no matter how big the bill was, as long as Yingluan looked over it slightly and counted it once, she could get the correct answer, and the calculation was very fast.

The data prepared right now is not as large as the usual palace.Qiao Jiuxiu was naturally not worried anymore.But she didn't want Qiao Qixiu who was at the side to notice Yingluan's existence, but she didn't have any other feelings except that some maid was too shrewd to be a maid.And Yingluan has already hidden all the murderous aura in her body, so Qiao Qixiu can't see what's going on.

The last round of the competition ended with Yingluan winning without any suspense. Finally, after a rough calculation of the results, although Yingluan's subsequent results were good, but because of embroidery, she was dragged down a lot, so only No. 4 grades.But it was enough, because Qiao Jiuxiu roughly selected about ten maids.Yingluan is mixed among them, which is not particularly obvious.But Qiao Qixiu on the side suddenly said, "That maid who can't embroider looks very smart, and she has a special appearance."

Qiao Jiuxiu's face turned pale all of a sudden, guessing she was spotted by Qiao Qixiu, although she was full of worries, she still pretended to be calm on the surface, "No, I think she is very normal But in the last round, it's amazing to be able to settle such a large amount of money at once."

Qiao Qixiu heard her say this, and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Jiumei, this is the maid you like. No matter how much I like it, I have no intention of possessing it. But tonight, I will be in Qiao's mansion Stay here, you shouldn't object."

Qiao Jiuxiu shook her head, even if she objected, there was nothing she could do.It was just a light smile, and then said lightly, "Really? Then I will definitely come over later, and have a candle-lit night talk with Seventh Sister."

"I'll wait for you." Qiao Qixiu didn't refuse at all, as if she also had something to say to Qiao Jiuxiu.

(End of this chapter)