concubines are respected

Chapter 45
"Hurry up, look at your dilapidated appearance, you are tired and huddled in front of the mansion all day, how decent is it?" Suxian, the master and the servant, had just arrived at the gatehouse when they heard Zhang's mother shouting angrily. rebuke.

"Mom, please keep me, I can do anything, as long as you give me a bite of food." A little girl's weak pleading voice came from outside the door.

"I can't be the master of this matter. You'd better leave as soon as possible. If the master sees it, not only will you not have a good time, but I'm afraid I will suffer innocently!" Zhang's mother's tone was extremely impatient, and her tone Also rose a few points.

Outside the porter's room, the little girl stopped talking, only the sound of crying could be heard faintly, looking very helpless.

Suxian frowned, and came to the gate of the mansion in three steps at a time. She saw a little girl in ragged clothes, thin and full of stains, leaning timidly in front of the big red pillar in front of the mansion. The tears were shining, and the little face covered with dirt was washed out by several criss-crossing tear stains from the falling tears.I don't know if it's because of fear or the cold weather, but the little girl's thin shoulders trembled slightly, and her feet in tattered open-toed coarse cloth shoes moved uneasily, looking very pitiful.

"What's your name, why are you staying in front of our mansion?" Suxian ignored Zhang's mother, strode forward and asked softly.

When the little girl saw Suxian, she quickly raised her hand to wipe her tearful eyes, and said in a humble voice, "Back to this girl, the maidservant's name is Yanzi. Last year, my hometown was hit by a plague. My father died of the plague. My mother took care of me." I escaped and died of illness a few days ago." As she spoke, the little girl couldn't help sobbing again, her small appearance was really heartbreaking, "After my mother died, the only money I had was spent. Now, the slave girl has become the only property on her body, buried her mother, and there is no place to stay. I beg the girl to do a good job, take in the slave girl, taste the slave girl's meal, and give the slave girl a place to stay. The slave girl wants nothing. I can do it, please girl."

After finishing speaking, Yanzi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Suxian non-stop, making a thumping sound when her head touched the bluestone floor.

"Come on, it's cold on the ground, get up and talk." Suxian couldn't bear it, stepped forward to help Yanzi, and said in a pitiful voice, "Your name is Yanzi, how old are you?"

"My maidservant is 12 years old this year." Yanzi got up, looked up at Suxian, and responded with sobs, "Although this maidservant is young, I have learned a lot of work from my mother, such as washing, washing, cooking and washing. I beg the girl to keep the swallow."

Seeing how pitiful she was, Suxian was moved to hide her heart, and was about to speak, but Zhang's mother took the words, "Second Miss, you can't do it, this girl's origin is unknown, how can she stay in the mansion easily, if she doesn't serve her properly, Da Furen blames it, but what should I do?"

Suxian has never had a good impression of Zhang's mother. Her indifferent attitude towards Yanzi just now has already made Suxian resentful. The way is unknown, if she was abducted by someone and sold into the mansion, she would still be ignorant. Look at her frail appearance, if I don't keep her down, let her wander on the street If she is abducted by gangsters and sold into the Goulan Garden, wouldn’t it ruin her life.”

"This." Seeing Suxian's words, Zhang's mother couldn't help being a little speechless, and murmured, "But. But if you want to buy a maid in the mansion, you have to get the nod from the eldest lady. Second Miss, you are so casual. I'm afraid it's against the rules to keep her here."

"You don't have to worry about this. Grandma used to say that saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. I took her in today, which can be regarded as accumulating blessings for the Lin family. Mama Zhang, you just need to take care of the gatekeeper. Don't worry about the rest." You are here to worry about it." After Suxian finished speaking, she ignored Zhang's mother, stretched out her hand to hold Yanzi's little hand, and said softly, "Come in with me, I will send someone back to you later, and I will give you a place to stay. place."

"Yes, Yanzi thanked the second lady." Yanzi Qi was overjoyed, and wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but was supported by Suxian's elbow, "Stop kowtowing, come with me."

Suxian's master and servant returned to Yixiang Pavilion, Xiangcao led Yanzi to the side room to wash up, then changed into clean clothes and came to the main room.

Swallow, who had been washed clean, came to Suxian and gave her a big blessing, and said respectfully, "Slave Yanzi pays respects to Second Miss, thanking Second Miss for her kindness, and leaves Swallow to serve by her side."

Suxian took a closer look, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes. Although this girl was thin and small, her five senses were still delicate, especially her pair of big dark eyes shone with a shrewd luster, without the dullness of an ordinary peasant girl. color.

"According to the rules, all newly added maids and servants in the mansion need to be reviewed by the eldest lady, and then registered in the hands of the housekeeper Lin. Later, let Xi'er lead you to the lady's room to answer, and wait for the housekeeper Lin to register. After making the booklet, follow the orders of the former eldest lady, and you can serve wherever you need manpower." Suxian said with a smile.

Yanzi was taken aback when he heard the words, staring at Suxian with star-like shining eyes, and said anxiously, "Second miss, you saved the slave's life, and the slave will not go there, and the slave will serve the second miss." Beside!"

"Hehe, the deployment of the servants in Lin's mansion should be decided by the eldest lady. You go to Sui Xier to answer in the eldest lady's room first, and see what the eldest lady means. You must not break the rules." Suxian said nothing. Keshi chuckled, and said to Xi'er, "Xi'er, take Yanzi to the Da Furen's room to answer, and just say that I let her stay in the mansion."

Yanzi was about to speak unwillingly, but Xi'er said in a low voice, "Okay, the second lady kindly gave you a place to stay, and you should be grateful. Why are there still so many requests? The mansion didn't start with the rough servant girl in the front yard, but you are lucky, you want to serve in the second lady's room as soon as you come here, there is such a good thing in the world."

Saying that, Xi'er couldn't help but drag Yanzi out of the room.

Seeing the two leaving, Xiangcao brought a cup of hot tea in front of Suxian, and said softly, "Second miss, my servant saw that you took Yanzi in, and thought you planned to keep her in Yixiang Pavilion to serve her. "

Suxian picked up the hot tea and took a sip, then said in a low voice, "This girl has a pitiful background, and she is still smart, I really like it from the bottom of my heart. But the more so, the less I can rashly keep her A few days ago, there was a fire in the lamp building, and the lady couldn't kill me. She must have been very upset. She used the banner of the old lady to install someone in my room several times, but I politely refused. Who can guarantee that Yanzi found another way? Arranging people to enter the house? If Yanzi is the person arranged by Da Furen on purpose, wouldn't she have fallen into her trap?"

Saying that, Suxian sighed, and said helplessly: "People's hearts are sinister. Although I have the intention to be kind to others, I have to guard against the petty tricks of people with ulterior motives. Although the swallows are left behind, I really feel conflicted."

Vanilla was a little confused, "Second miss, I don't understand, since you have doubts about Yanzi, why did you take her in just now? You can just ignore her."

"Hey, you are so clever, why don't you understand what I mean at this time." Suxian said with a light smile, "Although I have doubts about whether Yanzi belongs to Da Furen, I am not sure. You also saw Oh, Yanzi is so pitiful. If I was overthinking, wouldn’t Yanzi end up living on the street, and lose his life if he was not careful? I have thought about this matter carefully, and according to Da Furen’s temperament, if Yanzi was not arranged by her People, she will definitely not divide Yanzi into my room, but send her to the front yard as a rough maid. She also counts on her manpower in my room, how can she be easily occupied by others? this deficiency."

Jing Suxian pulled it out for a while, and now Xiangcao understood, and praised with a smile, "Second miss is very considerate, if the eldest lady directly assigns the swallows to Yixiang Pavilion, we can find a reason to push it away, and we can simply do it ourselves." I’ve pushed it many times, and I don’t care about it this time.”

"Hehe, what I said is that vanilla is always the smartest." Suxian smiled knowingly.

At this time, Xi'er opened the curtain and went back to the room, "Go back to the second young lady. The servant girl led Yanzi to the eldest lady's room. At first, the eldest lady disliked Yanzi's thin body and couldn't do much work, so she didn't want to keep her." It wasn't until I heard that it was Miss Er's idea that I reluctantly asked Steward Lin to register for her, and arranged Yanzi to do odd jobs in the woodshed in the front yard."

"I see, you back off." Suxian's eyes met with Vanilla's, making Xi'er back off.

"Second Miss, it seems that Yanzi is really a poor child." Xiangcao said pitifully, "She is so thin, she is chopping firewood in the hands of Mother Chen, how can she survive?"

Suxian thought for a while, "There's no rush, let her work in the front yard first, and find an opportunity another day. I'll go back to the old lady and take her back to the room."

"Well, that's a good idea." Only then did Vanilla feel relieved, and then she raised her eyes slightly, looked at Xi'er who was working in the yard through the window, and continued to say to Suxian, "Second Miss, this servant has been observing carefully these days. Guo Xi'er, I don't think there is anything unusual about her. She always rushes to do the work in the yard, maybe we really misunderstood her that day."

"I hope we really misunderstood her. As the saying goes, knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing the heart, since I was promoted to the throne, I have been on the cusp of the storm, and the eldest lady can't tolerate me anymore. I have to be careful. , Alas." Suxian sighed softly, shook her head with a wry smile, "People's hearts are unpredictable, which makes me suspicious, otherwise I wouldn't have doubts about the swallow who just entered the mansion, and I will be everywhere."

Xiang Cao said comfortingly, "Second Miss, I can't blame you for being paranoid about this matter. Over the years, Da Furen has made things difficult for you and framed you all the time. You should be more vigilant."

The master and servant sighed and whispered for a while, Suxian got up and went to Fushouju, intending to report to the old lady about her taking Yanzi into the mansion.

(End of this chapter)