concubines are respected

Chapter 7
When De Suxian asked about the whereabouts of the vanilla, the eldest lady's face turned serious, but she avoided mentioning the matter of vanilla, and turned her head to tell Mama Hu, "Call Steward Lin to come and answer. My Lin Mansion has always been a strict mansion, how can we tolerate strange men?" Sneaking into the back house, how did he become a housekeeper!"

Lin Steward, whose real name is Lin Ke, is nearly fifty years old. In his early years, his hometown was hit by floods and fled to Kangzhou alone.Fortunately, he was taken in by the old man of the Lin family and brought back to the mansion. This person was quick-witted and quite intelligent, so he was loved by the old man Lin, and he gave Lin the surname, named him Lin Ke, and served as a housekeeper in the mansion.

Then Mrs. Lin gave Lin Ke the maid in the old lady's room as his wife, and gave birth to a daughter named Lin Qiuer. After Lin Ke's wife passed away, Lin Qiuer followed the old lady as the maid in charge.Therefore, Lin Ke's lineage can be regarded as the son of the Lin family.

A few years ago, Mrs. Lin passed away. Because of her friendship with Mrs. Lin, the old lady attached great importance to Lin Ke's family. In addition, Lin Ke has handled things very well for many years, so the position of housekeeper has never been shaken, and she can be regarded as an important person in the mansion. Very experienced old man.

Hu's mother stepped back and walked out of the room.Soon, a well-dressed middle-aged man in a brocade satin robe, with shrewd brows, entered the room with a respectful expression, "Old Slave Lin Ke sees Da Furen."

"Steward Lin, just now the second lady said that yesterday an outsider sneaked into the backyard to commit misdeeds. How did you manage to be the butler? How could such a big mistake happen without you knowing?" Butler Lin.

"This..." Steward Lin was startled when he heard the words, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and replied respectfully, "Back to the eldest lady, the master's birthday is approaching. When the old lady went to the capital, she had ordered The master has been lying on the couch for a long time, and this year's master's birthday is just around the corner, so a big banquet is going to be held for the master's happiness and disaster. Therefore, the mansion has purchased goods recently, and the people entering and leaving the mansion are indeed a bit mixed. However, when these people enter the mansion, they are limited to How dare you enter the backyard for activities in the front yard and dining room. Perhaps someone got lost and caused a misunderstanding!"

"Well, if someone gets lost, that's fine. But there are so many female relatives in the mansion, and it's not a decent thing to have strange men walking around in the backyard. Fortunately, there was no major disaster, otherwise, when the old lady returns to the mansion, don't say you This housekeeper can't get away with it, and even my eldest wife can't escape the blame. In the future, I must handle things carefully, so that similar incidents must not happen again. As for the petty person who sneaked into the backyard, you should go and investigate quickly, and you must be severely punished It is enough to uphold the family tradition!" As it was related to the reputation of the young ladies of the Lin family, the eldest lady went down the stairs without paying too much attention, so she covered up the matter in a few words.

Suxian's expression was calm, but her eyes sparkled slightly, and the corners of her lips curled into a hint of sarcasm, and she thought to herself: Outsiders broke into the back house, treated the women in the house lightly, and said they didn't cause any serious trouble, this lady really knows how to avoid serious matters!

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Ke nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, but subconsciously aimed at Mama Hu at the side from the corner of his eye.Hu's mother's eyes flickered slightly, avoiding Lin Butler's eyes, raised her hand to her mouth and coughed lightly, so as to hide the uncomfortable expression on her face.

The expressions of the two fell into Suxian's eyes. It seemed that the butler Lin knew that the man who sneaked into the backyard was Mama Hu's nephew, but he couldn't explain it out of sympathy.

However, judging from the situation, the eldest lady deliberately wanted to cover up the matter, if she continued to catch the person who sneaked into the backyard, she would show her edge too much.The most important thing right now is the safety of vanilla.Vanilla shoots and hurts Hu's mother's nephew, thinking that Hu's mother will not spare her lightly, if vanilla has something good or bad because of this, wouldn't it hurt the innocent.

"Mother, that man lost his way and should have been punished, but the vanilla hit him on the head, which is a minor punishment. But now that the vanilla is gone, Qian'er is really worried about whether someone will take revenge and suffer. "Suxian turned the topic to Vanilla.

One of the purposes of Dingchen today was to ask the Da Furen for vanilla.As the second young lady of the Lin family, I have been bullied by others for a long time, let alone the slaves around me.Looking at the Lin family, except for the sick father, there is indeed no one to rely on, and right now only Cuiya and Xiangcao are enough to depend on each other, and she absolutely cannot let anything happen to Xiangcao.

"Steward Lin, maid, have you ever seen Xiangcao?" The eldest lady asked quietly, avoiding Suxian's eyes.

"Vanilla..." Steward Lin paused for a moment with flickering eyes, and said in a low voice, "Back to Mrs. Wei Xianzhai delivered the ingredients for the master's birthday banquet yesterday. The dining room is very busy. There are many people in the backyard. The maids were temporarily transferred to the dining room for errands, I don’t know if there are herbs in it.” After speaking, Lin Butler looked up at Mama Hu, and said with a half-smile, “Mama Hu, the work in the dining room in the front yard, Most of it is taken care of by you, and most of the arrangement of the maids is also handled by you, whether the girl Xiangcao is busy in the front yard, I think Hu's mother knows best."

Jiang really deserves to be old hot, butler Lin knows that Mama Hu must know the whereabouts of vanilla.But Mrs. Hu has the support of the eldest lady, it is better not to accept this hot potato, so she simply threw the matter into Mrs. Hu's hands and let her explain the matter herself.

Hu's mother was slightly stunned, with a shy smile on her chrysanthemum-patterned face, "Master's birthday is coming soon, and you know it, Miss Er. You don't have any important work in your yard, so maybe you can second the vanilla to the front yard for a while." Besides, not to mention that the maids in the second lady's room were temporarily requisitioned, and even the eldest lady's room was transferred to the front yard to serve as errands. After a few days of busy work, it's no good to ask them to come back to serve It's too late." As she said that, Mama Hu turned back to the lady and said with a flattering smile, "Madam, you can see that this old slave is doing well."

"Since there are not enough people in the front yard, it is also appropriate to recruit some people to help in the back yard. But you can't lose the ladies because of this, let them return to their positions as soon as possible after these two days of work." The eldest lady said seriously, as if there was such a thing. It's normal.

Since Da Furen gave a two-day deadline, Su Xian didn't say much anymore, Fushen bowed to Da Furen, and said softly, "In this case, Qian'er can rest assured. Although Xiangcao is Qian'er's maid, but In the early years, she served in her father's study. She was very clever, and her father also valued her ability to read a few words, so she rewarded Qian'er. I think that coming to Xiangcao to do business will make Hu's mother satisfied. Mother, Xian'er bid farewell, Qian'er will visit again tomorrow, so you should rest first."

After finishing speaking, Suxian's extremely dignified body ignored Hu's mother's strange expression, and strode out of the room.

After Suxian left, the room was silent, but the faint smell of gunpowder smoke did not dissipate for a long time.Lin Butler looked at the faces of the eldest lady, the master and the servant, and retreated knowingly.

"Trash!" There was no outsider in the room, so the eldest lady gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Mother Hu, that nephew of yours is such a trash. He can't do such a small thing well, but he was beaten to the point of bleeding by a girl. Right now And let Suxian, a dead girl, get caught up in the conversation, saying that the house is restless, and almost dragging the other girls in the backyard into the water, this is your bad idea!"

Mother Hu quickly knelt down and slapped her face with her hand. The crisp sound echoed in the room, and she said anxiously, "Madam, please calm down. I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Old slave I have already clearly instructed Qiangzi not to touch the second lady rashly, just to scare her so that she escapes from the back door, and leave the rest to Boss Huang who is lurking in the back door. The ground girl hurt his head, and he is still lying on the bed at this moment, his sanity is not clear, I beg Madam to look at this old slave and forgive him for his ineffectiveness."

"Bah! I'm ashamed to say it!" Mentioning Boss Huang and others, the eldest lady became even more annoyed, "Those people are even more unreliable. It's agreed, lock up this girl Suxian for one night, and lock her up early this morning." Take it to the back alley of Cuixiang Building and release it. In this way, others will think that she escaped from Cuixiang Building. At that time, without my saying anything, she will be ashamed to see others. Who would have thought that three A big man can't look down on a little girl, causing her to run back to the mansion in the middle of the night, ruining my plan."

The eldest lady said bitterly, Xianxiu's face was distorted to become more ferocious because of anger, and a cold light appeared in her eyes.

Seeing that Mrs. Hu was really angry, she immediately said with a smile, "Madam, don't worry, no matter what happens, this girl is still in the mansion. Now that the old lady is not in the mansion, she will be round or flat in the future." You can't let her handle it. The days to come will be long, and she will never escape from your palm."

Although Mrs. Hu gave such comforting words, the eldest lady still frowned. After thinking for a long time, she sighed deeply and said softly, "Although that is the case, after the commotion just now, Mrs. Hu, don't you Do you think this girl is a little different from the past? Could it be that I underestimated her in the past?"

The madam's mind was spinning, just now Suxian's performance in the room was vividly remembered, and she couldn't help but have another opinion about Suxian.

At this time Lin Lanzhi pondered a little, nodded secretly and said, "Mother, my daughter also feels the same, Suxian seems to have changed into a different person in the blink of an eye, how could she suddenly become tough from her usual timid and weak temperament Get up. Just now she kept saying that the person who sneaked into the backyard must have passed by her daughter's Bichunxuan first, and her tone was clearly threatening. If her mother punished her for leaving the mansion, she would definitely bite back and question her daughter's integrity. Reputation. As a result, my daughter suddenly became more passive, it seems that this girl should not be underestimated."

The eldest lady pulled Lin Lanzhi's soft catkin, caressed her softly and said, "What my son said is that because of this, although the mother is holding her breath, she can't touch her for the time being. But the more so, this girl The more you can't stay, otherwise it will be trouble in the future. For my son's future, the mother must clear the obstacles for you, Lan'er don't worry, the mother will not lose to a mere yellow-haired little girl."

Lin Lanzhi smiled sweetly, leaning docilely in the arms of the eldest lady, speaking softly.The eldest lady's complexion was soft, and she embraced her beloved daughter in her arms. The mother and daughter spoke intimately. The faint gunpowder smoke in the room receded. Mother Hu wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and quietly retreated outside the door.

As soon as he reached the door, the voice of the eldest lady sounded behind him, "Mother Hu, what are you going to do with that girl, Xiangcao?"

Mother Hu's back stiffened, she turned her head and said in a respectful voice, "That girl, the old slave, punished her for her negligence on the grounds that the second young lady disappeared. At this time, she is temporarily detained in the firewood room. According to the old slave, it is better to send this girl away. Something..." While speaking, Mama Hu's chrysanthemum eyes flashed slightly, she salivated and said with a smile, "Madam, why don't you give this girl to my ineffective nephew, it can be regarded as getting rid of this annoying thorn..."

(End of this chapter)