Chapter 7: Winning Hearts and Minds

Wanyue was scolded by Chang Manting's words and couldn't say anything, trying to search her mind for the methods she could think of, Wanyue helplessly set her eyes on Lu Zhiyao, and Lu Zhiyao smiled in her heart.

"It's late at night, let's all go back and rest. Even if you want to do something, you can't do it overnight. Lu Zhiyao accepted it when he saw it, and he didn't plan to say anything else to the two.

"Miss, don't worry, I will definitely go and beg the master to let you go again after dawn." Chang Manting swore to Lu Zhiyao, and afterwards, she also proved that she had indeed done what she promised.

Lu Zhiyao returned to her small courtyard again, and felt a lot of emotion in her heart. The days of killing without seeing blood have just begun.

On the way back from the firewood house, Lu Zhiyao was inevitably pointed at and ridiculed by the people in the house. She was standing alone in the empty courtyard, still thinking about how to bring down Ye Lianrong, but her thoughts were interrupted by the sneaky Wanyue.

With another strange woman behind Xuanyue, Lu Zhiyao turned around and asked with some surprise, "Why did you come here in broad daylight?" Can I help you? ”

It is not unreasonable for Lu Zhiyao to ask this, there is not a single maid by her side, and no one in the whole house wants to come to her. One is that I don't want to feel uncomfortable with myself, and the other is that I don't want to offend the second lady and the second lady.

"Just come and have a look, and we'll leave later!" Wanyue answered Lu Zhiyao's question cleanly, then tugged on the sleeve of the woman next to her, and said, "Sister, I didn't lie to you, I don't believe you can ask her yourself!" ”

Lu Zhiyao looked at the girl who was called her sister by Wanyue, and looked carefully, the appearance of these two people was somewhat similar. Slender willow eyebrows, straight nose, slightly thin and ruddy lips, full of luster, not tall, even, vigorous, full of aura.

Could it be that these two are the daughters of Chang Manting? However, they and Chang Manting do not look alike.

Yudie looked at Lu Zhiyao silently, and it happened that Lu Zhiyao was also looking at her. Yudie pursed her lips and didn't ask any questions, but stepped forward and walked in front of Lu Zhiyao, and then took out some freshly picked herbs from the basket she was carrying in her hand and handed them to Lu Zhiyao.

"I'm afraid the last time I gave Miss has dried up, but this herb is still freshly picked and better. I don't know when the second lady of Lu Dao will come, so it's better to be prepared first. ”

It's really a rainy day maid. Lu Zhiyao said secretly in his heart, and then took the herbs in Yudie's hand, and looked at it, and it was really the same as the herbs she had just found here. Lu Zhiyao had long suspected that he didn't have the opportunity to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion on weekdays, where did those herbs come from. Her reputation outside has long been terrible, how could Lu Yuanzheng let her go out of the house to wander around in the middle of nowhere? It turned out that these two girls were secretly helping themselves.

"Thank you, thank you for your hard work." Lu Zhiyao smiled lightly, pushed the door into the house, and put away the herbs. Turning his head to look at the two people who were standing in the courtyard, staring at themselves stupidly, and hadn't left yet, Lu Zhiyao raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing standing there with a pestle?" Do you think the sun in this sky is not poisonous enough, and you can't do it if you want to bask in it for a while? ”

"Hey, hey." Wanyue listened to Lu Zhiyao's words, suddenly smiled, and then pulled Yudie into her room. "I'll just say, Miss, you've really changed, you would never have said this before! I thought I was dreaming last night. ”

"Just run over like this, aren't you afraid that the second lady will see you and punish you?" Lu Zhiyao sat down, pointed to the two stools beside him, and motioned for them to sit too.

"The second lady is going to take a nap at this hour, and the maids in her house are too lazy to walk here." Wanyue didn't hesitate to answer Lu Zhiyao's question, which made Lu Zhiyao want to get more words out of her mouth.

Lu Zhiyao didn't say much to Wanyue last night because Chang Manting was there. Although Chang Manting is just a servant, she has been in this prime minister's mansion for a long time, and her mood has changed. She has been swallowing her anger for so many years, how could she easily follow her and do anything to overthrow the second lady? It's this moon, young and vigorous, so it's easy to manipulate.

Lu Zhiyao didn't know who Lu Dao Wanyue and Yudie were working under, so she had to knock on the side, wanting to find out the news that was beneficial to her.

"My father agreed to let me out today, does the second lady know about this?"

"How can I not know what to say, but listening to my mother, the second lady doesn't seem to say anything. So Miss, keep an eye on yourself, the second lady and the second lady may come to you again for trouble. As soon as Wan Yue mentioned Ye Lianrong and Lu Zhiqing's aggressiveness, her emotions became a little excited. I don't know what they want to do, why is it endless? ”

"Yue'er, don't say a word." Yudie finally opened her mouth, soothing Wanyue's emotions. "We are all slaves, how can we talk about the master's affairs behind our backs. Be careful that the second lady knows it, and she wants to slap your mouth again. ”

After Yu Die's words were finished, Wanyue also seemed to remember the scene when she was beaten by Ye Lianrong. She bit her lower lip hard, looked at the yard vigilantly, and although she was unwilling, she didn't continue to say anything.

The words between Yudie and Wanyue reminded Lu Zhiyao of some of what his father had said before. He said that leading troops to fight and winning people's hearts are actually the same truth. If you want your subordinates to listen to you, work hard for yourself, and be loyal to yourself, you have to let them know their attitude towards them, let them eat the sweetness, and give them enough benefits. That's the most important thing.

It is impossible for Lu Zhiyao to find a slave who is loyal to her in a short period of time, and it is impossible for her to really rely on herself to bring down Ye Lianrong. The two people in front of her are her hope, even if they don't come in handy, she can always send some news to herself. Besides, they can still get out of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is the most important thing.

"You were beaten, and in the end, it was because of me. It's me who is not good, and it hurts you. Lu Zhiyao lowered his head, and said slowly in a dull voice: "Erniang has always looked at me unpleasantly, and this time she failed to get rid of me, a thorn in the flesh, she will definitely not be reconciled." When you leave this courtyard today, you'd better not walk in easily. Otherwise, if you are really beaten at that time, I will not be able to protect you. ”

"Miss, didn't you say last night that you had to find a way to deal with the second lady? Why do you regret it now? Wanyue's eyes widened, and she looked at Lu Zhiyao with displeasure and said. And Yudie stopped interjecting at this time, and looked at Lu Zhiyao quietly.

The reason why Yudie appeared here today is entirely because of listening to Xuanyue's words. She didn't believe that the eldest lady who always hid in the house and cried for a day would really say what she wanted to deal with the second lady.

"It's a long time coming, what's the hurry." Lu Zhiyao raised his head slightly, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said softly: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." You all protect yourselves first. ”

Wanyue and Yudie came on purpose, and the last one was pushed out of the yard by Lu Zhiyao. On the way back, Wanyue was talking to Yudie with some excitement, and Yudie was also thinking about Lu Zhiyao's words just now. Today's Lu Zhiyao is indeed completely different from before. So in addition to being surprised, Yudie's heart felt more strange. Because now Lu Zhiyao is completely like a different person.

The two of them were thinking about their own things, and neither of them noticed the few people who walked in front of them. By the time I saw it, it was too late.

"Ouch, which one didn't step on me for a long time?!"

An exclamation brought both Wanyue and Yudie back to their senses. Looking at the few people in front of them, the hearts of the two sank. It's the maid in the second lady's yard!

"Look at it, look at what you see! You don't have long eyes, do you? Or do you just want to bump into me and step on me? ”

"Sister Yuechan, Wanyue didn't mean it, don't be angry." Yudie whispered to the high-spirited Yuechan: "I apologize to you on her behalf." ”

"Didn't she open her mouth? Use you to show off? "Yuechan is Lu Zhiqing's personal maid, because of Lu Zhiqing's favor, so her status is naturally higher than that of other maids. And the two sisters, Wanyue and Yudie, offended Yuechan because of a trivial incident in the past, and since then Yuechan has kept it in her heart. In addition, the two of them had secretly sent food to Lu Zhiyao, and they were discovered by the second lady, so the master and servant had one heart and treated these two people, Yuechan just met once and cleaned it up. "My shoes were only rewarded by Miss yesterday, and if Miss sees them dirty like this, she may scold me! Can you take this responsibility?! ”

Wanyue looked down at the pair of tender yellow cloth shoes on Yuechan's feet, obviously they were just a little dusty, and they didn't even have their own footprints printed, but she was about to say it so seriously! Wanyue was bullied by this Yuechan several times, and there was already fire in her heart. Seeing Yuechan insulting her sister, and the other maids standing beside Yuechan also gloated and watched the excitement, helping to make a gesture, Wanyue's heart was crossed, and she wanted to open her mouth to argue with them.

"Moon, shut up!"

Yudie was slapped by Yuechan, and her face was hot and painful. After hearing Wanyue shouting in a loud voice: "You deceive people too much! After that, Yudie said to her sharply, telling her not to say anything else.

The two suffered a loss, and they had to squat down to shine Yuechan's shoes after the worst. After Yuechan teased the two of them enough, she finally settled down and swaggered away. Unfortunately, she hadn't gone far before her wail came again.