Ling Yi and Gong Xiru had dinner at their mother's house before going back to the Hou Mansion, and at this time Gong Sheng had already moved all the things in the Closed Hall, including the layout in the new house, leaving only an empty shell in the Closed Hall, which also meant that the two would never go back to live.

The maids sent by Gong Chengyan to the hall also let Gong Sheng bring them back, and he knew that if he left people behind, these people would definitely report to Gong Chengyan.

Whether his master's relationship is good or not, he doesn't want to let these servants talk about it, but if he finds out one day by the one in Bi Hetang, it doesn't matter if he is angry.

There are not many things in the Hou Mansion, and Gong Xiru doesn't like to use people, so Gong Sheng is in charge of the front and back, and the Hu family and the Weaving Feather Weaving Fan sisters are following Ling Yi, since there is a hostess in the mansion, then everything about this general affairs is decided by Ling Yi.

In the backyard, she asked the Hu family to be the chief steward, and as for the front yard, the palace was still in charge, and the weaving feather and weaving fan were still serving her.

"The monthly purchase expenses, the income of the tenants' rent, and the expenses of several yards are all recorded by me according to the rules of this booklet, and the key to the accounting office is also in the management of the promotion department, and where I need to spend in the future, write me a note for me to read the permission, and then go to the accounting office to get the money.

Also, I read it yesterday, and the cook said that she would prepare twelve dishes in the future, fold half of them, and just a few people can eat them, and six dishes will be enough. The maids in the other house will be collected for me later, and I will recognize their faces next to each other. ”

Hu Shi wrote down Ling Yi's words one by one, and he didn't have much effort. I gathered all the maids in front of the hospital and behind the yard.

Ling Yi clicked next to the roster, and recognized who was doing things in what yard, and finally only slightly mobilized some people. The rest is still according to the old rules.

After these basic arrangements were completed, she met the four maids brought from the palace in the house.

"The four of you look good, you haven't done any heavy work, and it's not appropriate to arrange to do chores, I also saw it just now, the courtyard in this house has been arranged, and I am in the house of the Hou Ye. It's enough to have a weaving fan and weaving feathers, tell me, where do you want to go? ”

The four maids looked at each other. They all knelt on the ground, and one of them pleaded in fear: "Madam, the servants can do anything, just beg the lady not to kick the servants out." ”

Ling Yiluo was silent for a moment. Only then did he say regretfully: "Master Hou doesn't like you." I don't want you to stay in the inner room to serve, if I keep you any longer, won't it make the Hou Ye unhappy.

I also know a little about the situation in your family, and I am reluctant to come out, and I have prepared a silver tael for you here, as well as a letter of recommendation, and you will go to your next family according to the position mentioned in the letter, if you can talk about it. Just stay and do things, if you can't talk about it. With this money, you will be able to spend money for a while, and you will not starve to death if you make a living. ”

The four maids looked at each other, and they all tried to get the money bags on the table, and when they opened them, they were all shocked, and when they saw the weight, they had twenty taels of silver, which was more than their wages for two or three years.

Originally, these people still had fantasies in their hearts, if they could make Hou Ye take a fancy to him and accept him as his aunt's wife, they would fly on the branches and become phoenixes from now on, but since Hou Ye said so definitely that he didn't want them, this would only hinder the eyes of the new lady. The four of them thought for a moment, all took the silver and kowtowed to thank them, and then went to pack their luggage after retreating.

After three days of entering the house, everything went well, but on the fourth day, problems gradually appeared. It turned out that there was also a big maid in charge of the yard, and the means were powerful, and now there was a new Hu family, and the big maid's work was finished, she was very unwilling, but because of the name of the new lady she heard, she didn't dare to move.

After observing for three days, I also feel that the new lady is just a paper tiger, and with that temper, I am afraid that she does not even have the courage to speak loudly, let alone take care of things.

"Sister Cui, are you really not going? I think Hou Ye is very good to his wife, if we mess with his wife, what should she do if she tells Hou Ye? The little girl pushed Cui'er's arm, her face full of confusion and embarrassment.

Cui'er's face turned sideways, and she said disdainfully: "What are you afraid of, a person like Madame, I look like a soft persimmon, she said that she is in charge of general affairs, but up and down in this house, not all of them have the final say in the promotion of management, she has not done anything, so she spends all day in that room looking at books and embroideries or something, this kind of person is still afraid?"

And who am I? What if she gave it to the Hou Ye? I've been following Hou Ye for many years, and if I say something inappropriate, I'm afraid Hou Ye is more willing to be close to me than her. ”

The little girl's face turned pale with fright, "Sister Cui, you are quiet, what should you do if you are heard so loudly?" This lady is not such a simple person, do you know the rumors about this lady? Anyway, if you don't go, I'm going to go, Mama Hu is Madame's nurse, and if you offend her, you won't have good fruit to eat. ”

As he spoke, he ran away, leaving only Cui'er stomping in the courtyard and scolding the gutsy things.

Hu Shi twisted his eyebrows and whispered: "Madam, it's this girl named Cui'er, the first day I saw that she was dissatisfied with the slave maid, and she spoke in a weird way, and she jumped up and down in just three days, so she didn't take you seriously, the slave and maid had to teach her a good lesson." ”

Ling Yi straightened his clothes, walked out from behind the rockery, and said with a smile: "It seems that the saying that the wall has ears is really true, you should be careful when you speak in the future." ”

Hu Shi followed beside her, stunned, and then immediately reacted, and hurriedly echoed loudly: "What Madam said is that the slave and maid must be careful when they speak in the future, but the slave and maid are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door if they don't do bad things. ”

Cui'er's face turned pale, she was so surprised to see Ling Yi and Hu Shi walking past her, she even forgot to salute, and when Ling Yi walked away, she came back to her senses, only Ling Yi glanced at herself in her mind, it seemed that the smile was shallow, but in fact it was cold, as long as she thought about it, she felt cold in her hands and feet.

She was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, but Ling Yi listened to all those words just now, since she heard it, the latter didn't react at all, Cui'er didn't think stupidly that the latter would be generous and didn't care, but instead, it was more like the calm before the storm.

In any case, if you just sit back and wait for death. There will definitely be a big loss, Cui'er made up her mind in her heart, and hurried back to her house to prepare.

Hu Shi took the roll call later. Finally, according to Ling Yi's instructions, the little girl who was talking to Cui'er was left behind and brought to Ling Yi.

The little girl didn't know what she had done, but she knelt on the ground in a panic and waited for Ling Yi to ask.

"What's your name?" Ling Yi asked softly.

The little girl trembled, became more and more nervous, and stammered and replied: "The maid - the maid's name is Zhu'er." ”

"Zhu'er-you Zhu'er, Yun'er, Cui'er, make me dizzy. I can't remember. Ling Yi smiled slightly.

Zhu'er was like a great enemy, the cold sweat on her forehead fell down, and she kowtowed again and again in horror: "Madame, spare your life." The maid - the maid deserves to die, please spare her life, the maid is just - just get closer to Sister Cui'er, but the maid is different from Sister Cui'er - the maid really regards the lady as the master of the servant. The servant swore to serve his wife. If there is the slightest rebellion, let the servant die a good death. ”

Ling Yi raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "What's wrong with you, am I that terrible?" Didn't I ask anything yet, why did I stutter in a hurry? ”

Zhu'er's hands trembled, and she became more and more panicked: "Madame wants to know something, the maid must tell Madame everything she knows, and she will never dare to hide anything." ”

Ling Yi nodded: "Since that's the case." Then let's talk about the Cui'er you just said. ”

Zhu'er said again and again, "Cui'er is the Hou Ye's inner and outer room to serve tea." Hou Ye doesn't like the servants to serve closely, and the inner room is served by the promotion manager, but he often goes in and out, and Cui'er brews a good hand of tea, so he can occasionally say a few words with Hou Ye, and the rest is really nothing. ”

Hu Shi sneered and said in Ling Yi's ear: "It seems that I am not self-sufficient, I think that I have gained face in front of the Hou Ye, and I have forgotten who I am, madam, this kind of person must not be tolerated, if she is spared today, she may not be able to cause any trouble in the future, it is better to deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Ling Yi waved her hand and said with a smile: "Even if I don't do anything about this kind of person, someone will deal with her." ”

"But madam-" Hu couldn't think about it in his heart, and he still had to be persuaded to do so, so he heard Ling Yi say to Zhu'er: "Okay, you can step down, go back and register with Mother Hu, and you can transfer me to work in the outer courtyard." ”

Transferring Ling Yi's outer courtyard is equivalent to being promoted to a second-class girl, Zhu'er was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed happily to thank her, "Thank you, madam, thank you, madam-"

After leaving the hall, Zhu'er immediately went to Cui'er's house, and the latter really lay down on the bed and slept unsteadily.

"Sister Cui'er, don't sleep, hurry up and admit your mistake to Madame, Madame knows what you said at noon, and you asked me to ask about it just now, Madame is waiting for you to plead guilty."

Cui'er was woken up by her, and yelled impatiently: "What kind of mistake do you admit and what kind of crime?" I'm not afraid of her, with Hou Ye supporting me, I'll go to see Hou Ye. ”

"Eh-Sister Cui'er, listen to me, Madame is very good, but you can't go against her, if you go to Lord Hou at this time, you will definitely not be able to get benefits." Zhu'er thought about the two who had known each other for many years, and still persuaded her as much as possible.

But where could Cui'er listen to it, she felt that the Hou Ye would like her own tea more than the new lady, so she immediately got up, made a pot of hot tea seriously, and went to Gong Xiru's study without listening to Zhu'er's persuasion.

"Master Hou, the maid has brought you tea." Cui'er stood in the doorway and whispered. After a while, the door opened, but it was Gong Sheng who came out and asked in a deep voice: "Hou Ye didn't let me send tea, you quickly retreat, don't disturb Hou Ye." ”

Cui'er smiled and pleaded: "Promotion, you let me in, if the Hou Ye leaves my tea all day, he will definitely be restless, I am just a little worried, I will leave after sending the tea, and I won't delay much effort." ”

Before Gong Sheng agreed, Cui'er pushed the door straight and walked in, not taking Gong Sheng in her eyes at all.

Asking her to stop at this time will only disturb Master Hou. Gong Sheng had no choice but to endure his anger and let her in, just thinking that the latter would put down the teapot and leave, but who knew that Cui'er had a change of attitude, knelt on the ground with a teacup, and cried.

Gong Xiru finally raised her head, looked at her lightly and asked, "Why are you crying?" ”

Cui'er was overjoyed in her heart, and Gong Xiru didn't blame herself for disturbing him as soon as she opened her mouth, but asked herself what was going on, so it seemed that she must have her in her heart, so she cared so much, and immediately cried louder, and said aggrievedly: "Hou Ye-The servant has committed a capital crime, and he also asks the Hou Ye to be the master of the servant." ”

Gong Sheng made a gesture to pull her: "If you commit a capital crime, let me out first, where is Master Hou so much spare time to take care of you, hurry up." ”

Cui'er didn't move, but the crying became louder, "Master Hou, you often praise the maid for making good tea, the maid is very happy in her heart, after the lady enters the house, the maid sends tea every day, but the maid's skills are limited, and the lady is not happy, and says that the maid - the maid is a bad tea, and says that the maid is going to waste the maid's hands."

Hou Ye, the maid is wronged, since Hou Ye likes it, why can't Mrs. drink it? If the lady really can't get used to drinking, the maid can change it, but the lady actually said that she would cut off the maid's hands, so that the maid can no longer use her hands.

The maid knows that the lady must have misunderstood the maid, although the maid is serving by the Hou Ye's side, but the maid only admires the Hou Ye, and has nothing to think about, and asks the Hou Ye to be the master of the maid, if the maid does not have these hands, he will really not be able to live. ”

Gong Xiru looked at her coldly, "Which hand did Madam say she wanted to cut off you?" ”

Cui'er was stunned, and for some reason, she felt a little uneasy in her heart, and said, "Say--I said that I was going to cut off my handmaid's hands." (To be continued.) )