Chapter Twenty-Seven: Asking for Hardship
Updated: 2014-04-22
Tang Shi beckoned the two maids who had been standing behind her to come forward, and looked at Qin Yunuan with a smile on his face, his smiling look seemed to be a provocation, with a good and dramatic attitude.
To tell the truth, even in Qin Yunuan's opinion, the two maids sent by the Tang clan are really one in a hundred, one has a goose egg face, big eyes, convex and backward, plump limbs but slender limbs, especially the waist that is less than a hand, it is difficult to look away, and the other is slightly inferior, but the face is a first-class beauty, melon seed face, big eyes that are watery, and the eye wave seems to hook the soul.
"These are the two maids I chose, I also know, Yu Nuan, you are now working in the three shops in the east of the city, not to mention, the Qin family has also had a lot of things now, they follow you, so as to reduce a little burden for you, it's not that I said, these two maids have been taught before, and they will be able to serve Changxi well."
To put it bluntly, isn't it just that I sent two maids who want to share Qin Yunuan's favor, Qin Yunuan didn't make a noise on her face, but showed a look of careful consideration and then felt very satisfied, and stepped forward to ask the round-faced maid: "What's your name and how old are you?" β
The round-faced maid bowed her head obediently and said, "Slave Lily, I am sixteen years old this year." Immediately, another maid with a melon seed face couldn't hold it back, and hurriedly replied: "Slave Peony, this year is seventeen years old." β
Qin Yunuan's eyes shrank, and Man'er beside him immediately stepped forward and slapped the peony twice, and with twelve points of strength, he left a five-finger print on each side of the peony's beautiful face in the blink of an eye.
"How to be a slave, did our young grandmother ask you? Don't answer easily if the master doesn't ask, don't you understand these rules? Man'er taught Qin Yunuan a lesson.
Tang was taken aback, although this slap was made by Man'er, but Man'er was Qin Yunuan's personal maid, this was undoubtedly Qin Yunuan's attitude.
Qin Yunuan smiled at Aunt Tang: "I'm really embarrassed, there are many rules in my yard, and Man'er is the big girl in charge of teaching people to make rules in my yard, seeing those ignorant people, she naturally couldn't help it, and scolded the maid sent by her aunt, and I hope that my aunt will not be surprised;
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Forget it, where does the Tang family dare to be surprised, she smiled embarrassedly: "Where, this person, the ignorant nature is to take care of it, since I have sent this maid over, it is naturally Yunuan your maid, teach at will." β
"Okay, I'm relieved if my aunt has this," Qin Yunuan smiled as bright as a spring flower, but often there are always sharp and sharp words behind such a smile, Qin Yunuan said towards the lily and peony, "Although you are the maids sent by my aunt, but I treat everyone equally in this yard, and the new maids have to work with the third-class maids, and those who perform well will naturally have the opportunity to rise to a higher position and increase their wages, but if there are some thoughts in my heart that should not be had, I will never tolerate them." β
These words are obviously a warning to Lily and Peony to be honest and keep their duties.
"You two, let's go to the firewood room tomorrow to be responsible for carrying water and chopping firewood, and Man'er will come over to watch you regularly." Qin Yunuan's understatement shattered the dream of lilies and peonies flying on the branches and becoming phoenixes.
As a maid, anyone who has a little idea in his heart hopes that one day he can become the master and be served, Lily and Peony were selected by Aunt Tang from so many maids, and they all thought that their hard days were over, but as a result, their original errand was a second-class maid, a relaxed guy who was responsible for serving tea and water, and now it was good, but they became coolies.
Lily is a timid person, and she dares to be angry but does not dare to speak, but Peony wrote her anger completely on her face, and she pouted, looking unconvinced.
"What, is there anything else you don't accept?" Qin Yunuan moved her eyes to Peony, Qin Yunuan's eyes were full of majesty and a kind of Ling Ran aura, which made people a little afraid, but for the sake of her own future, Peony still spoke rashly, she raised her neck, it seemed to be a negotiation gesture: "Third young grandmother, Aunt Tang sent a slave maid to be a maid in the room, not to be a coolie." β
"Hmph." After listening to this, Qin Yunuan just snorted coldly, her eyes glanced slightly, this time, before it was Man'er's turn to step forward and fan the peony, Aunt Tang had already gone up and kicked the peony violently, although the movement was big, but Qin Yunuan also knew that Aunt Tang did not use all her strength, but this was enough.
"I don't have the eyesight to see things, don't you see that the third young grandmother is testing you? One by one, I am really ashamed of how I picked you out. After that, Aunt Tang smiled awkwardly at Yu Nuan again, "This girl's mind is also a little bad, it's all my presbyopia, I picked the wrong person, change Ming'er, I'll send a few more good ones." β
"No need." Qin Yunuan decisively refused, the one sent this time was timid, the one who was reckless and didn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth just happened to be easy to deal with, who knows what kind of stubble Aunt Tang will send next time.
"Alright, Man'er, you can take these two people down and teach them well." Qin Yunuan emphasized the word "teaching", and added another sentence, "Also, the name peony is too gorgeous for a maid, let's change the name, it's called Begonia." β
"But the slave ......." Peony still wanted to talk more, but she thought of the two slaps she had just received and Aunt Tang's kick, and endured it alive.
The maid was taken down, but Aunt Tang also left happily, she thought that according to Qin Yunuan's character, it would be impossible to leave these two maids, so she had prepared a lot of countermeasures, but she didn't expect that Qin Yunuan would be left so easily, although the process was a little tortuous, but the flies don't bite the eggs, Qin Yunuan is busy now, there will definitely be a time when he can't be in the yard, at that time, as long as he uses some means, as long as one of the lilies and peonies can be favored by Leng Changxi, that is the biggest achievement;
Seeing Aunt Tang leave satisfied, Qin Yunuan couldn't help but feel ridiculous for Aunt Tang's naΓ―ve idea.
"Why did the third young grandmother accept these two maids, she was not afraid that these two maids would really gain power in the future, and join forces with Aunt Tang to bully the third young grandmother?" Listening to Xue asked suspiciously while helping Qin Yunuan back, she knew that Qin Yunuan had always been cautious and would always minimize the probability.
Qin Yunuan glanced leisurely into the distance: "This is Ning Wang's Mansion, no better than the Qin family, even if I refuse the lilies and peonies sent by Aunt Tang, there will be laurel and peony sent by others, I can block it for a while, can I block it for a lifetime?" β
Just when Tingxue thought that Qin Yunuan was helpless to compromise, Qin Yunuan suddenly smiled: "I might as well accept these two who have evil intentions but have immature means, and make an example of them, so that the other people in the courtyard can know that I am not someone here who can be casually presumptuous." β
Killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, this is Qin Yunuan's ultimate goal, Tingxue couldn't help but nod in admiration, sure enough, her master has never been a master who easily submits defeat, which is also the reason why she admires Qin Yunuan and is willing to be a cow and a horse by Qin Yunuan's side, and she can always learn a lot by Qin Yunuan's side.
When he walked to the Hanging Flower Gate, Qin Yunuan could already see Leng Changxi waiting for him while practicing his sword in the courtyard, the summer was hot, Leng Changxi directly took off his shirt, revealing his strong chest, showing perfect abdominal muscles, a set of Songshan swordsmanship practiced smoothly, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes the sword went sideways, and sometimes the silver snake danced.
When he heard the snow, he had already retreated with interest, leaving Qin Yunuan alone to stand in the weeping flower gate and enjoy the meteor-like swordsmanship.
Dancing to the general, Leng Changxi suddenly picked up a yellow sachet on the stone bench, flew between his wrists, and in the blink of an eye, he picked up the finely crafted sachet into a snowflake, and the materials and spices in it were broken into pieces, falling one after another, and then collected the sword, his eyes were sharp, and he said to a resigned woman beside him: "I accepted the sachet you sent, and I am not allowed to appear in this courtyard again in the future, otherwise the next time I pick the flowers, it will not be the sachet, but your hands and tendons, and your neck." β
Qin Yunuan turned sideways, and then saw that there was a girl in red standing next to an acacia tree next to Leng Changxi's sword practice, dressed in red and wearing bright red acacia flowers as if born from the same root, very suitable for the occasion, the tightly bound waist seemed to tell the endless charm, as well as the cherry lips and the curved face of the willow eyebrows, I have to say that this woman has a little bit of Li Mengming's demeanor, although it is slightly inferior to Li Mingming's beauty, but the charm that flows out is enough to tease every man's heart and make people not squint.
But Leng Changxi didn't bother to look at her, which is also a point that this woman in red can't understand, is she not beautiful enough? But God knows how many men in this palace have thought about her, and every time she walks through the garden and the pond, she can always get countless ambiguous glances.
"Third Young Master, you didn't treat the slave family like this in the past." The soft tone is like a mournful Jiangnan song.
Qin Yunuan slowly approached, she gradually saw the face of the woman in red, and felt very familiar, she remembered that it was the woman she had seen at Princess Ning's birthday banquet before, and Fang Ziying told her at that time that this woman's name was Xie Ruying, and she was Princess Ning's distant niece.
"It's funny," Leng Changxi's words were full of banter and disdain, "Didn't you treat you like this in the past?" As far as I can remember, I've done this to you every time. β
Xie Ruying was stunned for a moment, her affectionate eyes seemed to be frozen at once, and at this time, she saw Qin Yunuan approaching, Qin Yunuan, the woman she was most jealous of, was smiling calmly at this time, and walked over to this side.