52. Chapter 52
Just when Honeysuckle hesitated, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching outside, listening to the strength, like the footsteps of a man, the footsteps of a man who could appear in the main courtyard at this time, except for the prince, there was no one else.
Honeysuckle didn't even have time to think carefully, subconsciously, his eyes began to redden, and tears hung on his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he hung on his eyelashes again, thinking that if he was married, the misery that the married person would encounter, his face turned a little pale.
Then, he began to beg Jiao Wanwan for mercy: "Ask the princess to spare her life, if the princess thinks that the slave is an eyesore, the slave will not step out of the yard in the future, and will only eat one meal in the morning every day in the future, no clothes, no jewelry, no monthly money, the slave and the maid just want a room to shelter from the wind and rain, the princess and the maid only think that the slave is a flower and grass, just throw it in the corner, and ask the princess to give the slave a ......way to live."
Jiao Wanwan's eyes widened, and she watched Honeysuckle crying with interest, to be honest, it was the first time she saw a real person crying outside of TV and saying that she would treat herself as a flower or something, the classic little white flower lines, crying can still be so beautiful, if only there could be another roaring horse, it would be complete.
Just thinking about it, I saw an extra figure at the door, and when I looked up, I just saw Zhao Defang entering the door. appeared too suddenly, Jiao Wanwan was a little frightened, and then, her heart was a little complicated...... There are some worries, but also some expectations.
I was worried that Zhao Defang's reaction would be different from what I imagined, and I hoped that I could understand Zhao Defang's attitude through this incident.
Honeysuckle and Danqiu also saw Zhao Defang, the two of them were not the same, Honeysuckle was still crying silently, his eyes were slightly red, his face was slightly white, and the pear blossoms were pitiful, even when the woman saw it, she couldn't help but want to comfort her. Danqiu, on the other hand, howled and cried, rushed over and hugged Zhao Defang's legs, telling her loyalty and affection, and hinting that Jiao Wanwan couldn't tolerate them and wanted to kill them all.
Compared with honeysuckle, Danqiu's trick is a bit inferior, looking at people's honeysuckle crying, half a word has never said that Jiao Wanwan is inappropriate.
Jiao Wanwan also looked at Zhao Defang, Zhao Defang was a little helpless, raised her legs, kicked lightly, and signaled Danqiu to let go, Danqiu didn't dare to be too presumptuous, which angered Zhao Defang, and the end was not very good, so she obediently let go.
Zhao Defang got out at this time, sat on the soft couch, next to Jiao Wanwan, and gestured to the teacup with his chin. The corners of Jiao Wanwan's mouth twitched, but she still obediently carried the teapot and poured a cup of tea into Zhao Defang's hand.
When Honeysuckle saw this scene, he suddenly felt a little more uneasy in his heart, lowered his head slightly, and restrained his cries a little, and now he became silent tears. Danqiu didn't know how to look at it, and was still crying there.
Zhao Defang didn't make a sound, took a teacup and tasted tea slowly, paused for a long time, a small cup of tea, and couldn't finish a stick of incense. He didn't speak, Jiao Wanwan didn't make a sound, Honeysuckle became more and more uneasy, Danqiu slowly noticed that something was not right in the atmosphere, and his crying also decreased.
After drinking that cup of tea, it was all after two pillars of incense, and Danqiu's cry was completely lowered.
"In the past few months, the princess has been missing your share, less than your food, and deducted your clothes and jewelry?" Zhao Defang opened his mouth and asked, Honeysuckle couldn't figure out the shape, and didn't dare to make a sound, Danqiu was a little broken and broken, and she had already come to this point, if she couldn't stay, she didn't have to curry favor with Jiao Wanwan, if she could stay, I was afraid that Jiao Wanwan wouldn't look at her pleasing to her eyes, plus those words just now, I am afraid that it would have been antagonistic a long time ago.
Therefore, after a little hesitation, he kowtowed and said: "Although the princess has not shortened our food and clothing, it has been delayed for two months, and now, the princess has only been in the door for more than three months, and she has not even arrived for half a year." ”
It dragged on for two months in less than half a year, and maybe it will become more and more strict in the future.
Zhao Defang turned his head to look at Jiao Wanwan, Jiao Wanwan coughed lightly, and explained solemnly on her face: "I told you before, this is the matter." "But in my heart, I was lamenting, a small negligence, let people grasp the handle, this ancient day is not easy to mix.
Well, no matter where it is not easy to mix, it is modern, even if it is a small secretary, taking the wrong document or leaving the official document behind, it will also cause losses. Maybe a decimal point error can bring tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of losses.
This matter can't be shirked, it's really her fault, whether it's negligence or deliberate forgetfulness, wrong is wrong.
Pursing her lips, Jiao Wanwan said again: "As compensation, I have instructed the sewing room to prepare six hairy clothes for the two ladies, and the clothes for the four seasons next year will be doubled, and another twenty taels of silver will be rewarded." ”
Zhao Defang nodded, and looked at Danqiu again: "The princess has already made up for it, what are you still dissatisfied with?" ”
Danqiu was stunned for a moment, Honeysuckle was in a hurry, and he was too stupid! But think about it again, if she wasn't so stupid, she wouldn't have pushed her to the front at the beginning, but seeing that Danqiu couldn't speak, Honeysuckle couldn't help it, and if she didn't say anything, she would really be kicked out!
Immediately kowtowed again, and the sound was loud, and Jiao Wanwan Danqiu's bluestone bricks would crack.
"Back to the prince's words, the servants are not dissatisfied with the compensation given by the princess, the servants are very grateful, and a little frightened, these compensation is too heavy, the servants are ashamed, so please take it back."
Honeysuckle first resolutely rejected Jiao Wanwan's reward, and then got to the point: "The servants are now begging the princess not to drive the servants out of the house." The servants have been in the palace since they were children, they have grown so big, and they have learned how to serve their masters, and now they are suddenly going to be driven out of the house, and the servants have nothing to do except serve people, how to make a living when the time comes? Leaving the house is equivalent to cutting off the life of the servants. ”
It is true that there are concerns in this regard, saying that he can think of the misery in the future, and the tears are falling down in a row: "If the princess doesn't like the maids, as long as the maids cover themselves with tiles, as long as they have something to eat, even if it is to the sewing room to be an embroidery girl, or to the pantry to burn the fire and serve tea, or to the kitchen to wash and cut vegetables, or to wash and dry in the pulp washing room, these jobs can be done, the maids swear, the maids swear that they will never go to the prince in the future, will not obstruct the princess's eyes, and ask the princess to spare her life, Don't drive out your servants. ”
In the end, I still couldn't help but give Jiao Wanwan some eye medicine. Even if Zhao Kuangyin promulgated a marriage decree that is very beneficial to women, but there are such things as seven out, but they have existed since the Han Dynasty and have never been abolished, and jealousy is not allowed to be spoken.
Jiao Wanwan still didn't speak, only looked at Zhao Defang. Danqiu was probably reminded by Honeysuckle, and he didn't howl anymore, he was busy kowtowing, begging for mercy, and only said that he would put himself in the corner of the mansion, and he would only fend for himself, and he would not let the princess feel upset or anything.
Zhao Defang listened to a few words, raised his hand and knocked on the table: "Since you said that you have only learned how to serve people in this life, and have never learned any livelihood, I am afraid that you will not be able to survive when you go out of the house, it is better to do this, I will give you a few ways to choose, the first one, let the princess find you a richer family, marry and be a happy grandmother, you don't have to worry about your livelihood." Second, send you to the family temple, the princess will naturally send someone to send the incense money every month, and you don't have to work to make a living, just chant the scriptures every day, eat, drink, sleep and sleep. The third one, and the most relaxed one, didn't you say before that you could go to the sewing room, the pulp washing room, and the pantry? The princess is planning to open a shop, why don't you go and be a housekeeper? ”
Jiao Wanwan couldn't help but smile a little on her face, but Honeysuckle and Danqiu were as if they had been struck by lightning. At first, they thought that Zhao Defang was not there, and Jiao Wanwan, a jealous woman, drove them out by herself, so as soon as Zhao Defang came back, she immediately found the backbone as if she had seen a savior. Unexpectedly, this savior turned out to be Jiao Wanwan's, and the backbone of the heart was also for Jiao Wanwan.
So, when it comes to letting them out of the house, in fact, the prince already knows about it and has already agreed to it?
"Lord Wang, where are the servants not serving well, just say that the servants will change, they must be changed, I beg you, don't drive the servants out." Danqiu started crying again, but Honeysuckle was smart, and when he figured out what was going on, his expression gradually calmed down.
Now that he has offended the princess, the prince has also given a choice, if he is still entangled and angers the prince, I am afraid that these three paths will not be chosen. While there is still a little bit of affection, I chose one of them, and I can leave a way in the future.
After thinking about it, in the interval between Danqiu's crying, he kowtowed and firmly said his choice: "The maid chooses the first one, but I beg the prince to give the maid a favor for the sake of the servant who has served the prince for all these years." ”
Zhao Defang looked at Jiao Wanwan, Jiao Wanwan was a little surprised, and thought that she had to use some thunderous means to suppress people, but she didn't expect that this person would understand.
"You say, if you don't go out of line, I will give you this favor if it is within my ability." Jiao Wanwan asked with a smile, and Honeysuckle hurriedly said: "After the princess and the maid chose a good lover for the maid, the maid wanted to meet and look at each other, and the maid nodded, and this family affair can be counted." In the future, if the maid is not satisfied, can you ask the princess to let the princess make the decision for the maidservant? ”
Jiao Wanwan nodded hurriedly: "I can, no matter when, whether you come to the door yourself or send someone over, I will make the decision for you." This thing is very deserved, and it is not a favor, I allow you to make another request, if you can't remember it now, you can keep it for now, and then talk about it when you think about it later. ”