Mrs. Wu glanced at her, then looked at the medicine in her hand, and did not listen to Lu Zhi's words as usual, but lowered her eyes and whispered: "Zhi'er, my mother knows that the medicine is a little bitter, but this is the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, it must be much better than the ones you drank when you were young, my mother knows that you have your own opinions, but in this matter, you will listen to your mother once, okay?"

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Hearing this, Lu Zhi turned to look at her, was silent for a moment and sighed: "Okay, this medicine must be drunk." ”

Mrs. Wu's eyes lit up when she heard this, she raised her head and hurriedly handed the medicine bowl in her hand to Lu Zhi, although she didn't understand what it meant to drink, but watching Lu Zhi drink the medicine, she still breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Is Zhi'er bitter? ”

Lu Zhi shook her head, handed the empty bowl back to Mrs. Wu and said, "Mother, a bowl of medicine is not bitter." ”

"It's good if it's not bitter, it's good if it's not bitter. Mrs. Wu smiled: "Zhi'er have a good rest, you don't have to go to the dining hall for dinner, my mother asked someone to send you to the house." ”

After speaking, she was about to leave with the empty bowl, Lu Zhi thought about it and suddenly called her: "Mother, Zhi'er has something I want to discuss with you." ”

Mrs. Wu stopped when she heard this, turned around and asked with a smile, "What's the matter with Zhi'er?"

"That's right. Lu Zhi said: "Zhi'er has no one around except for the green wind and green leaves sent by the nurse and grandfather from Jiangnan, and now I go to the palace or Steward Xu specially took a winter to accompany her, Zhi'er is now over five years old, it is time to find two maids of similar age, and the friendship that has been accompanied since childhood is better than that of finding it temporarily in the future." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wu's face suddenly showed a touch of self-blame: "It's my mother's fault, my mother will tell your father about it today." ”

Lu Zhi sighed almost invisibly when she heard this, she looked at Mrs. Wu and said slowly: "Mother, Daddy has been on duty for a day and has been very hard, how can you use the trivial matters of this back house to bother him? ”

"But ......"

"Nothing. Lu Zhi interrupted her lightly: "Mother, Zhi'er to tell the truth, if it weren't for the fact that her father values love and righteousness, insists on handing over the right to be in charge of the house to you, and silently shares a lot for you, I'm afraid that there is no place for you and me in this mansion, Zhi'er is getting older day by day, and she can indeed share some of it for her mother, but what about the future? Zhi'er is a daughter after all, and she will always leave home one day, how will her mother deal with herself in the house at that time?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Wu's face suddenly froze, and her face gradually began to turn white.

Seeing this, Lu Zhi hurriedly stepped forward and took her hand, gently snuggled on her arm and whispered: "Mother, you are Zhi'er's only support, even if it is for Zhi'er, you should learn to make your own decisions about many things, can you handle the matter of buying a maid yourself this time?"

Listening to her only support, feeling her attachment, Mrs. Wu pursed her lips, and there was a hint of firmness in her eyes: "Okay, mother listens to Zhi'er." ”

It's just that as soon as she finished speaking, there was a trace of embarrassment and fear on her face: "But ...... But if I can't do it, I'll cause trouble for your father and make them laugh. ”

Naturally, they are talking about Chen and Ma.

Lu Zhi left her arm, stood up straight and said seriously: "Mother, although you can do it boldly, if you don't understand anything, ask Steward Xu, or directly let Steward Xu accompany you, with him, you will definitely not be able to go out of the pool." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wu was silent for a moment and finally nodded.

Seeing her respond, Lu Zhi smiled slightly, and said: "Today, Steward Xu arranged for Dong'er to accompany Zhi'er to school, although Dong'er is the eldest sister's person, but she has nothing to do with the eldest sister, Zhi'er thinks it's very good, you let Steward Xu transfer Dong'er to the daughter's room, along with the deed of sale." ”

Mrs. Wu nodded in response, Lu Zhi thought about it and said: "Although Dong'er is irrelevant, but if the daughter wants it, the eldest aunt will definitely be embarrassed, although she is a young lady from an official family, but she attaches great importance to property, her daughter guesses that she will definitely take this opportunity to ask her mother for the queen's gift today, you don't have to open your mouth for the time being, when she is ready to leave, then say that the red coral rewarded by the queen mother will be given to her, and the rest should not be." ”

The queen rewarded several pieces of jade jewelry, and the red coral was only one of the small pieces, and Mrs. Wu immediately hesitated when she heard this: "What if she doesn't?"

Lu Zhi snorted lightly: "A little maid of a few years old is only more than ten taels at most, and the red coral is more than a hundred taels, she has earned more than ten times this transaction, if she is not greedy enough, you can tell her directly to give up, more than 100 taels of silver is enough for us to pick many maids." ”

Mrs. Wu nodded when she heard this: "Okay, just follow what Zhi'er said." ”

Sent Mrs. Wu out of the hospital, watching her go away, Lu Zhi returned to the house, and the nurse who followed her hesitated for a long time and asked carefully: "Miss, since the red coral is worth a hundred taels, why do you want to use it to exchange it for a little maid." ”

Lu Zhi spread out the book in front of him, and replied without raising his head: "The things rewarded in the palace all have the seal of the palace, don't say that they are worth a hundred taels, even a thousand taels, we can't exchange them for silver, after all, objects are objects, we can only look at them, in this case, it is better to exchange them for some useful ones." ”

The nurse nodded when she heard this, and said with a smile: "It's still young lady who is smart." ”

The senior female official returned to Kunning Palace, retreated left and right and came behind Empress Xiao, stretched out her hands and gently pinched Empress Xiao's shoulders, and said with a smile: "The slave maid went to see Lu Zhi, the concubine of Young Master Lu, just like the secret guard, she is a beautiful and intelligent girl. ”

Empress Xiao closed her eyes and enjoyed her kneading: "It seems that you appreciate her very much?"

The senior female officer smiled and nodded: "The slave maid went to the Lu Mansion, she did not salute the slave maid when she came, but first called Mrs. Wu who was squeezed aside to come to her side, it can be seen that she is not a person who climbs high and flatters, Niangniang, you didn't see it, her eldest aunt opened her mouth to reprimand Mrs. Wu, she was such a small person, she actually blocked Mrs. Wu behind her, and the eldest aunt Chen was speechless. ”

"Oh?" Empress Xiao opened her eyes and seemed to be a little interested: "When the secret guard told the palace what she said to the emperor before, the palace was still suspicious, listening to you say this, then Lu Zhi is indeed a person of incomparable intelligence?"

"I don't know if it's a smart and unparalleled slave. The senior female official smiled and said: "But the slave maid looks at her as a person who can speak well and is affectionate and filial, didn't Niangniang tell the slave maid before, if she is not as smart as the secret guard said, she will go and go back, if she is really as the secret guard said, let the imperial doctor treat her 'well'?"