Chapter 92 Take risks
Ling is a sharp person who said he wanted to buy a maid, and called people's teeth into the house the next day. As a result, the woman who was familiar with teeth said that there were few people in her hand and asked her to wait. Although this person was not in a hurry, she could buy it as soon as possible to teach her, and she would save Wanhua from her own lesson in the future. So I found a few more, but it means that I have just been brought, but few of them can see them.
This traps Ling. What kind of days are these? If you enter the palace at the beginning of the year, or buy home at the end of the year, these can be understood. However, the palace has its own way, and it doesn't have to be so popular with the people. If you buy it to work at home, you have asked five people and said that there was no one in their hands, which is too coincidental.
Finally, I asked someone to inquire before I knew that the two princes were going to move out of the palace. How big is a Hou mansion, let alone a prince's mansion? It is far from enough to rely on the manpower allocated by the palace alone, so there has been a steady stream of maids sent to the Wenhua Palace in the past two months.
I heard that it was the prince who wanted people, and Ling's family naturally couldn't say anything more, but he couldn't help complaining: he lived well in the palace, why did he come out to set up another family?
"Madam, do you want to ask your uncle to help find some hands?" Cui's mother kindly proposed.
"Forget it. Bo Yan just went back and didn't have to let him go again. It's not a big deal. How many people can there be in the two prince's mansions and buy all the maids in the capital. Ling decided to live a few days later.
Ling suddenly remembered something. Since the two princes have left the palace, they may not go to the house for a banquet. If it's just one person, now two people come and leave the palace at the same time. Even if they don't stand in line, they can't do without this etiquette.
Li Xunzhuo is not an official, so except for the Spring Festival, everything that has an official style is Xuyuan. But this time, the matter is extraordinary. Now there are three people in their family who are officials in the same dynasty. Once the banquet is held, the Li family will never escape. In order to prevent temporary clinging to Buddha's feet, Ling decided to go to Liu to discuss it. Whether she was happy or not, she could not avoid it this time.
Ling was about to go out when someone came to report urgently. A few days ago, the old woman brought a dozen little women into the house to see Ling.
It's easy to choose whether to choose or not, just choose when she wants to go out. Ling Shi turned around and said to Cui's mother, "You accompany them and take them to Biwuxuan and let San Niang choose by herself. By the way, call Wu Niang out and let her learn something.
Cui's mother nodded, saw Ling leave, and asked Liu Xiang to send a letter to Wanhua and the others.
"Let me choose by myself?" Wanhua was stunned for a moment.
Although she often accompanies Ling to choose maids, she always follows Ling and now lets her make her own decision. Wanhua thought about it and was happy. This was a good opportunity for her to perform. She immediately responded happily and asked Han Zhang to help her comb her hair again, which must be more mature and dignified.
When Shaohua came, Wanhua had already dressed up, and the beaded pin made Shaohua dumbfounded, "Third sister, this is just picking maids, not looking at each other. Why do you dress up so beautifully?"
"What do you know? This is the rule. You don't have to pick some shallow eyelids to come in. You will be in trouble in the future." Wanhua glanced at Shaohua and ordered the little maid to carry two chairs out. I just didn't expect that Jinhua came before the girls came. Like Wanhua, he also dressed up specially, and the two immediately compared Shaohua. Wanhua was a little unhappy and secretly asked Hanzhang to go to the room to get two bead hairpins and let Shaohua make up and nod his head.
"Why are you here?" Wanhua was not very happy to see Jinhua appear.
"I heard that the third sister is going to pick a girl, and I also rushed to learn. If the third sister goes out, no one will teach her." Jinhua squeezed his lips and smiled and looked at Shaohua again, "Five sister, are you right?"
Jinhua was sulking. She originally planned to go to Taiheyuan to welcome Li Ge. Recently, the weather has changed. She listened to Su's instructions and took it seriously every morning and evening, and finally got a little approval from Li Ge. She was so happy that she almost cried. Because of the identity gap, she was also praised by Li Gelao, and she always had to pay more. However, Su told her that in order to get rid of Ling's control in the future, Jinhua must become the heart of Li Ge Lao. Even if she can't, she just needs to get his attention, so that Ling will not guide her marriage at will.
Jinhua has always been early and wise, and because of the relationship between concubines, he has a thorough understanding of marriage affairs. At the age of seven, she knew who could please, who was good to her, and who must please. I can only be glad that Li Ge Lao is not particularly disgusted with her only granddaughter. Coupled with Li Xunzhuo's preference, in the eyes of outsiders, Jinhua is no different from Wanhua. When it comes to marriage, I will naturally remember that Jinhua is no matter how good he is, but he is a commoner. As a last resort, no one is willing to marry a concubine's wife and go home to be the wife of the house.
But as soon as she stepped out of Biwuxuan, she heard the maid say how good Ling was to Wanhua, and she actually bought more than a dozen maids as dowry. Jinhua was shocked, thought for a moment, turned around and walked back.
When Shaohua ignored her and followed Wanhua out, Cui's mother had already called people in. In terms of appearance, it should obviously have been screened by Cui's mother, and the rest can be left if there is no problem. However, the age and height are a little uneven. The younger one is only 11 or 12 years old. The older looks more mature than Wanhua, more like the age of the maids in Ling's house, but they look beautiful.
"Three ladies, everyone has brought it." Cui's mother came up and gave a gift to the three people.
"Is that all?" Wanhua asked with a serious face.
"I went back to my wife. I originally brought twelve, but the stewman's mother picked them out, and there were only a few of them left." The tooth woman saw several little women choosing maids by themselves for the first time, and she couldn't help looking at them with some new eyes.
Shaohua looked at the round and fat-toothed woman and walked in with a smile to answer them. Suddenly, I remembered that I had almost been abducted by such a strong woman to be a maid. I couldn't help but have a cold war, and my whole body shrank back.
Wanhua only asked the tooth woman and didn't notice Shaohua's behavior, but Jinhua was caught in his eyes. Looking at the two ruby hairpins that Wanhua had just inserted, he was a little jealous, so he squeezed, "I haven't seen you for many days, but the fifth sister is much calmer."
"You are frivolous." Shaohua opened his mouth lightly.
Jinhua suffered a dumb loss, but he picked his head first and couldn't refute it. He said softly, "Five sisters are getting more and more tidy. No wonder, now the fifth sister is famous in Beijing. Who doesn't know that our Li family has a talented woman. Jinhua's words made people sour their teeth and smelled of vinegar.
Shaohua is looking carefully at Wanhua and systematically asking about the maid's origin, ability, and timely asking some questions about her ability to deal with things. As if she were a mother-in-law, no wonder Ling said that she was not worried that Wanhua would make jokes when she went out. Being able to read accounts, discipline maids, inherit from top to bottom, and be good at dancing with long sleeves. Isn't this the standard good daughter-in-law?
But Jinhua's words made her can't help raising her eyebrows, "Do you want to have a new life?"
"How dare you, I'm just envious." Jinhua said.
Shaohua smiled: "Don't envy what you can't do, just do what you want to do."
Jinhua was angry and her eyes were red. She caught a glimpse of Wanhua's unhappy eyes and looked at the many girl standing in the yard waiting to see the play. She had to bear it. When all the maids asked one by one, the sun was right, and Wanhua's face also showed some fatigue.
"Okay, you follow Hanxiang first, and someone will take you to the place you should go later." Wanhua ordered the last thing and said to Cui's mother, "There is Lao's mother who took Mrs. Liu to the accounting room." Seeing that Wanhua was old-fashioned and not inferior to Ling at all, Cui's mother smiled happily and answered repeatedly.
Watching Hanxiang and Lianxiang lead the maids to retreat, Wanhua breathed a sigh of relief and leaned on the back of the chair and gasped. Han Zhang took the handkerchief sadly and wiped the dense sweat on his forehead for Wanhua. Wan Huaqing was glad that he didn't let the girls get too close just now. If the maids saw her nervousness, she would have no prestige at that time.
"What happened to you just now? What did you do when you were awkward?" Just experiencing the feeling of being the master, Wanhua was a little angry that her two sisters almost made it difficult for her to step down. Qi Niang, you have made trouble again.
"I didn't!" Naturally, Jinhua would not say what he had chosen first. As soon as he turned his eyes, the butterfly hairpin fell on Shaohua's head and had an idea. "I just asked the fifth sister to give me this butterfly hairpin. I look good. The fifth sister is very stingy."
Wanhua glanced at the hairpin on Shaohua's head, which was given to them by Bo Yan a few days ago. Before Shaohua could speak, she immediately retorted, "Of course not! This was given by Brother Boyan, and my fifth mother and I are one by one. If you want, I'll give this to you." Wanhua said, took a crystal beaded hairpin from his head and handed it to Jinhua.
Jinhua was stunned, "Why do you have it, but I don't?"
Wanhua glanced at him, "Because that's our brother."
Hearing this, Jinhua pushed away Wanhua's hand, stamped his feet, and turned around and ran. Shaohua was puzzled by her behavior, "Is she here to sing?" He came uninvited for no reason, and then provoked and made trouble. In the end, he left with a negative anger. Who is this play for?
"Don't pay attention to her. She comes to make trouble from time to time, so that she can ask her father for something." Wanhua doesn't seem to be surprised.
Unexpectedly, Jinhua ran all the way back, but instead of going back to his yard, he went straight to Huansiyuan. As soon as he entered the door, there was a familiar voice and familiar movements. He bumped into the inner room, ignored Su's concern, and pounced on ** and cried.
"Qi Niang, what's wrong with you?" If Li Xunzhuo's dead hole is Su's pear blossoms with tears, then Su's weakness is Jinhua.
"Why didn't I buy Zhuangzi's uncle, why didn't I buy me a bead hairpin, and why can't I compare with them?" Jinhua's words hurt Su's heart.
This is the difference between a wife and a concubine. Which woman with a face will be a concubine.
"My good seventh mother, you don't have uncle and cousin, but you don't have aunt and father to love you." Su put aside his heartfelt and comforted him.
Jinhua saw Su's tears and knew that he was making trouble. He immediately sat up and wiped it for her, and then said, "But it's different. Dad is now looking at the fifth sister, and even the number of times he comes to Huansiyuan is much less than before. Now my wife has bought a rich dowry for the third sister, and the fifth sister grew up with her uncle. Auntie, what should I do? I will have nothing in the future.
Su sighed, "Don't worry, aunt will advocate for you."
For this only daughter, she can no longer pretend to be perfect.