Chapter 125: Aunt Qiao calculates the Zhao family
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Red Sleeves heard this, her heart was slightly cold, this Aunt Qiao and Ling Wanrou were the same, the same selfishness. But he didn't show it on his face, and said lightly: "The slave maid also learned about it by accident just now, didn't she hurry up to tell my aunt." โ
Aunt Qiao's mind is full of the fact that the Zhao family and the queen mother are relatives at the moment, she can show off her power in this mansion, hold her chest high and raise her head to be a person, one is relying on Ling Guogong's favor, and the other is that she was given by the queen mother, but now the red sleeves told her that the Zhao family and the queen are still related, how did she accept it.
Panic! Aunt Qiao was very flustered, and her heart was beating non-stop.
"What if the eldest lady really betrays me?" Aunt Qiao was about to cry, what should she do?
The queen can't be relied on, what should I do? Prince, she wants to find the prince, and it is safest to return to the prince. No, if the queen knew that she was with the crown prince, she would definitely not let her go......
In the blink of an eye, dozens of methods had flashed through Aunt Qiao's mind, but they were all denied one by one.
It was the Red Sleeves that interrupted her before she came back to her senses.
"Auntie, you don't have to worry, isn't the master's heart still with you now. โ
Aunt Qiao came to her senses at this time, yes, what is she panicking, the master still spoils her.
"But if the lord is disgusted with me, then I will not be trampled under the feet of the eldest lady. "Aunt Qiao has seen a lot of concubines who have fallen out of favor in the palace, and her life is not as good as the sweeping palace maids in the imperial concubine's palace, and she is bullied everywhere.
Red Sleeves smiled flatteringly: "Auntie, you are young and beautiful, how can the master dislike you." โ
When Aunt Qiao heard this, her heart jumped: "Yes, I am young and beautiful, but if I look old, will the master look at me again?"
After thinking about it, Aunt Qiao's heart was still unstable: "No, I must tell the lord that my deed of sale must not stay with the Zhao family, I am the lord's concubine, not a subordinate!"
"But auntie, the deed of sale, the eldest lady may not be willing to give it. Redsleeves persuaded.
This aunt doesn't have a hot brain, thinking that it would be good to blow the pillow wind, auntie, it sounds like the master's concubine, and if it doesn't sound good, it is the person who warms the bed.
"What should I do then? The lord likes me right now, and he will definitely agree to me. Aunt Qiao's palms were sweating, she was actually not sure, Ling Guogong would definitely agree, after these days of observation, she found that Ling Guogong didn't care about the affairs of the backyard at all, so she could give the Zhao family no face unscrupulously, and Ling Guogong would not say anything.
If it is the other way around, the Zhao family gives her no face, and the Ling Guo Guild will make the decision for her, this is really not necessarily, even if Ling Guogong is willing, there is an old lady on top of it, Ling Guogong will not even care about his own mother.
Red Sleeves said, "Auntie, according to the slave maid, you just took the deed of sale, in the end you are still a powerless and powerless aunt in the house, the strength is weak, it is still not enough, it is better to hold the power in your hands." โ
"Power?" muttered Aunt Qiao, "you mean to let me get the power of the housekeeper?"
Redsleeves nodded and said, "Exactly." Auntie, think about it, the eldest lady is the housewife in the Lingguo Mansion, and she is in charge of all the affairs in the mansion, big and small, and everyone's food and clothing, if anyone offends her, she only needs to deduct the monthly case, who dares to say anything? If you get the right to be a housekeeper, but the people in the mansion still don't listen to you, plus the lord likes you, aunt, and then you are brought up to be a flat wife, wouldn't it be better. โ
The right of stewardship?
It was a delightful thing to hear. Aunt Qiao really didn't expect it to be so far away before. At first, she came to Ling Guogong's mansion, but she wanted not to be underestimated, and to gain a firm foothold, but later Ling Guogong favored her, and she was a little proud.
Seeing that her face had loosened, Red Sleeves expected that she had already listened to the words, and continued: "When the time comes, you will not only have the power in the house, but also become an equal wife, and you will be truly equal to the eldest lady, plus you are given by the queen's mother, can the eldest lady still give you no face?"
Aunt Qiao was a little flustered when she heard this, so wouldn't she be the mistress of the Lingguo Mansion by then.
"Yes, yes, red sleeves, you are right, I want to be in charge of the family, and I want the lord to promote me to be a wife. โ
Now that the goal has been set, it's time to say how to do it.
Red Sleeves smiled: "Of course it's good for my aunt to think like this, it's just that this matter has to be done slowly, the stakes are very high, and you have to plan it carefully." โ
Aunt Qiao nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's time to plan well, I'm afraid it's not easy to be a flat wife, this power of the family, you can really think of a way." "Aunt Qiao understands the matter of identity, she is a maid and wants to be the wife of a first-class duke, which is probably not easy. Instead of planning for something that isn't so easy, let's start with something a little easier.
The power of the family is still to be fought for, but how to fight?
Ling Guogong doesn't care much about the affairs of the backyard, and the Zhao family may not be willing to give it.
Red Sleeves smiled mysteriously and said, "Auntie, there will be a good opportunity soon." โ
Aunt Qiao looked at her and wondered, "What chance?"
Red Sleeves said with a smile: "The old lady's birthday banquet is coming, this time it is going to be a big one, the eldest lady is busy at the moment, auntie, you were originally given by the queen mother to assist the Zhao family, at this time, you can't be lazy, but you have to help the eldest lady." Red Sleeves bites the word "assist" very hard.
Aunt Qiao smiled knowingly and said, "Yes, the eldest lady is the elder sister, and I, as a younger sister, don't I want to assist her well." โ
Thinking of this Aunt Qiao, she regained her previous smug look, and said with a smile: "When the master comes back, I have to talk to the master." โ
Red Sleeves said in his heart: Let's talk in bed again.
"Auntie, I'm afraid that the master may not be the master in this matter. Red Sleeves reminded.
This sentence is like a scoop of cold water splashed on Aunt Qiao's heart.
"The master is the master of the Ling Guo Mansion, why can't he be the master!" Aunt Qiao said hurriedly.
"Auntie, don't forget, there is still an old lady in the house? She may not agree, I have been in this house for so many years, Aunt Mei also wanted to be a housekeeper in the past, but she was reprimanded by the old lady, saying that she wanted the position of a wife. โ
Xiao thinks about the position of his wife, isn't she Xiangqiao thinking so now!
"What then? The old lady doesn't seem to like me very much. Aunt Qiao frowned, every time she went to greet the old lady, the old lady's expression was faint, and she didn't like to see her very much.
"Then we'll do the opposite, if the eldest lady makes a mistake and can't be busy alone, and my aunt is kind enough to help, the old lady will have nothing to say, right?" Red Sleeves smiled.
Aunt Qiao almost applauded, and immediately smiled, and said: "This idea is good, the eldest lady can't take care of it, I, as a younger sister, of course have to share my sister's worries." At present, the eldest lady is busy with the old lady's birthday banquet, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions. โ
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The next day, there was an accident in the big kitchen of the Ling Guo Mansion, and all the mountain ginseng prepared for the birthday banquet of Old Lady Ling was broken.
Zhao listened to the report from the maid below, and was so frightened that he directly dropped the teacup in his hand on the ground and smashed it.
"What's the matter, didn't I tell you to check it carefully? Why did the mountain ginseng that you just entered go bad?" Zhao said angrily. Although the fried mountain ginseng is not precious, for the old lady's birthday banquet, there are many guests, so I bought 20 catties and spent 500 taels of silver. At this time, it is all broken, which means that five hundred taels of silver have been lost.
The maid replied: "In the past few days, for the old lady's birthday banquet, I have bought a lot of ingredients, and the big kitchen is too busy, thinking that they are all old customers, so I didn't look closely, who knows......"
The Zhao clan directly slapped the table and scolded: "There are not enough people, what is the Ling Guo Mansion doing with them!"
The maid bowed her head directly and did not dare to speak.
Zhao was angry, but he still had to find a way to get this matter done.
"You go and dispose of that batch of ginseng, pick some good ones, and eat them, and then see how much is still missing. โ
The maid replied in a low voice, "Probably nothing better." โ
Zhao Shi was so angry that he had a headache once, and said angrily: "What do the people in the kitchen do to eat? This little thing can't be done! What does Mrs. Ben want to do with you! It's better to roll up and leave one by one!"
The little girl didn't dare to raise her head when she was scolded, and she didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere.
Zhao scolded and scolded, but he still had to find a way to solve this matter.
"You go and dispose of the broken ginseng, and then go outside and buy some and come back and make up for it. โ
The maid asked weakly, "Is the money paid from the account?"
"From the account office, how to pay it? You can pay one for me!" Zhao said angrily.
The accounts of the account room are clearly recorded, and every expenditure is clearly written, and if you want to pay from the account office, how can you pay it?
The maid lowered her head and said nothing, just stared at the floor, not daring to look up at Zhao.
Zhao only felt stomach pain, headache, and pain all over his body.
"Take two hundred taels of silver from my body, and deduct one or two months of silver from each person in the kitchen for the next month, and use the money to buy ginseng. โ
"But that's not enough. โ
Zhao glared at her angrily, and then said helplessly: "That's all the silver, I don't care how you buy it, anyway, you have to buy ten catties of ginseng back, and the quantity can't be less." โ
The quantity cannot be less, and the silver is not enough, so it can only be deducted from the quality.
The maid understood and said, "The quality of the ginseng I bought back may not be so good." โ
Elm head!Zhao scolded in his heart.