Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Prime Minister's House Buys Slaves (I)

Back in Yuzhu Courtyard, the twilight was already four, the moon was clear, and the courtyard was empty.

Walking into the courtyard, the windows were bright and clean, the dead grass and black ash had been cleaned up, and the two aunts didn't know where they went.

Lin Yumu was under this moon, and the little maid followed behind. This day is really tiring, first arrived in the capital, too late to rest because of the courtyard, and have to work hard to suppress the two slaves, and then have to cheer up to deal with the palace banquet, step by step.

Now that I'm finally back in my yard, I finally have a pure land to inhabit! Under the moonlight, people also seemed clear, and only a black shadow on the eaves was stunned. And Lin Zhiyu was still thinking about it at this time, but he didn't know what he would face tomorrow?

On the eaves of the roof of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a woman in black walked like a fly, shuttling between various courtyards, and finally stopped outside the Wutong Courtyard, attached to the corner of the wall, and a night dress blended into the night. I only heard words from the house.

"Yu Niang, you say, did I do something wrong?" The woman in red didn't eat the tea in her hand for a while, and then put it back again, still thinking about it in her head.

"Madam, don't think too much, Miss is still young after all, Madame should teach more." Standing behind an aunt-like woman in Tsing Yi gently massaged her master's shoulders while comforting her.

"Although Fu'er is young now, but it's only been two years for Fu'er and Lou, who is willing to spend this time teaching?" As a mother, she naturally thinks about her children, and the second aunt is no exception.

"Miss has been smart since she was a child, and she will definitely be able to understand Madame's hard work!" The aunt named Yu Niang behind her was not easy to refute, so she only picked up nice words to comfort her wife.

Half-loud, Madame didn't seem to mean to speak anymore.

"Madam, there is one more thing, today the chief manager Fu went back and forth and said that the second lady has a few maids and servants in the courtyard, do you see if it is ......" The aunt said softly, afraid that she would disturb the lady's thoughts.

"Just send two." The second aunt didn't care and spoke casually.

"Madam, the rough servant is good to say, but this maid is ...... It turned out that there were a few little maids who made mistakes and were sold, and there was really no suitable one at this time. "The aunt called Yu Niang behind her is difficult, the Prime Minister's Mansion has come from the lady's housekeeper, and the expenses have always been frugal, which is also one of the things that the lord likes to be Mrs., but there are not many maids and servants who serve for this, if there is no satisfactory candidate, it will not be such a trivial matter to annoy Mrs.

"This ...... Let's call someone tomorrow! Thinking of the few little maids who were sold by herself, the second aunt seemed to have regained her expression, now is a good time for her to straighten up, but you must not ruin Xiangye's good impression of herself because of such a trivial matter.

"Also add a few clever ones to the Fu'er Courtyard, after all, it's the group leader!" As he spoke, he sighed inadvertently.

"Well, yes, ma'am."

The night was getting deeper, there was no one in the corner, and the Xiangfu was bathed in silence......

The next day, at noon, the sun was shining.

"Miss, Miss, Mr. Fu is here." The little maid said outside the curtain.

"Well, please come in!" Finally, for a moment today, Lin Zhiyu was reading a medical book in the house, ready to see if he could find some way to protect himself. Hearing this, he casually put down the medical book and straightened his clothes and walked out.

"Mr. Fu is here." It's good to be gentle and soft-spoken.

"Miss, yesterday the two rough aunts were ignorant, and they bothered Miss." Mr. Fu didn't rush to say anything first, but told him about yesterday in advance.

"Well, the aunt in the house is getting older...... I don't know what the Fortune Administrator is ...... to come over today, "I don't know what the Fortune Administrator means by saying this."

"The matter of the maid returned to the second lady yesterday, and the second lady said that there are many slaves and maids in the house, and she specially called someone Yazi, and she will come over this afternoon, and let the second lady pass." Mr. Fu explained the intention.

"Well, okay, I'm going to make a trip myself." I'm afraid it's not a drill, and there's no one at all. But it's okay, take advantage of this opportunity, I don't know if I can pick two maids.

"Where is the second miss talking about, being able to serve the second miss is also a blessing for the slave"

"Manager Fu, I wonder if there is a monthly quota for the purchase of objects in this courtyard?" Lin Zhuyu was thinking that Lin Bai had not entered the Prime Minister's Mansion since yesterday. How can I get in touch with Lin Bai on a fixed basis, and I can know the situation outside.

"This ...... What do you want to add to the second lady's courtyard? I'll do it today. ”

"I have been away from Beijing for a while, and I never thought that the heavenly fire would destroy the medicine house, but I thought that the craftsman would come over to see if it could be remedied."

"It's not difficult for Miss Er, I'll go back and find someone to find the craftsman."

"Well, okay, can Mr. Nafu help me deliver a letter to Lin Bai, I don't know how the kid is doing now." Lin Zhuyu took the opportunity to say what was in his heart.

"Naturally, I just don't know where the little boy is now?" Although Mr. Fu did not follow Lin Xiang to Jiangnan, he only heard that Miss had saved an orphan, so he was not surprised.

"The manager only needs to send the letter to the shopkeeper of the carriage shop, and he can find Lin Bai."

"That's fine, it's not that hard." Mr. Fu is in charge of this.

"Then it's a matter of trouble!" Saying that, he gave the little maid a look, and the little maid naturally understood, holding a string of ten cents in her hand.

After the manager left, the courtyard was quiet, and from time to time there were one or two unknown bird calls outside the window, and the little maid was busy, and Lin Zhuyu naturally studied medical skills.

Suddenly, "oleander stems and leaves and their secreted juice contain highly toxic substances, which can be fatal if eaten by humans and animals." Accidental ingestion can be solved by guò stomach lavage, mung bean licorice soup. A sentence broke into his eyelids, looking at the picture of the oleander tree in the medical book, and couldn't help but smile. The ingredients are common, the drug production is simple, and it is easy to detoxify, isn't this a good tool for self-defense? And I seem to have seen this oleander tree somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.

Calling the little maid, she pointed to the hand-drawn picture on the book and asked, "Do you know where this tree is?" ”

"Miss, isn't this a tree planted outside Langcui Pavilion?" The little maid didn't understand why the tree in the palace was drawn on the young lady's book. Could it be that Miss's book came from the palace?

After being reminded by the little maid, Lin Zhiyu thought that he had specially looked at the unknown tree that day, and now looking at this picture, is it a kind of tree?

Lin Zhiyu naturally thought that this oleander was as common as later generations, but she didn't expect that this could only be found in the palace, of course, when she tried to find it from elsewhere, after all, Lin Zhuyu didn't dare to think about the things in the palace, only to find that this was the only place in the palace. It is not known where the tree came from.

Thinking about how quickly time passed, the morning passed in a hurry. Simply followed the little maid to get some food, this is really not good without the maid, Lin Zhiyu thought to himself.

Soon after noon, a mother-in-law came to ask for it, saying that Ren Yazi had brought a slave, and the second lady asked the second lady to go to the middle courtyard to pick someone.