Su Yunyao paid attention to the work of several maids under him, and asked Lisheng to pay attention to it as well.

On an equal footing with Lisheng, those who take over Lixi's position must find someone who is reliable and knows people well. I didn't know them well before, so let's pay attention now.

Zhaolu has been self-sustaining for many years, and usually looks down on those few low-level maids than her, so the popularity is also very bad, Songyin knows a few words, and usually speaks and does things very quietly, and she never interjects when she speaks, and she is more lively than she is wishing, and her temperament is very similar to Lixi, Huaixiang is a beautiful person, usually very popular, and it is very convenient to ask about something.

Just because she is popular, Su Yunyao decided that she could not be promoted to a first-class maid, otherwise it would be difficult to ensure that the other party would not pay attention when she went out to inquire about things, and it would be inappropriate to say some fake news or keep silent when the time comes.

Su Yunyao asked Lisheng to tell Huaixiang, let Huaixiang understand, and leave a preparation in her heart. The master and servant still trust Huaixiang more, after all, she has not made a mistake in Qinzhuxuan for so long, and she is also careful in doing things, and she has her own way to inquire about the news, and she is a usable person.

Hearing that she couldn't be promoted to a first-class maid, Huaixiang didn't complain, only said that the girl loved her, and she would not live up to the girl's trust, Lisheng secretly winked at her, and said in her ear, "In the future, your monthly silver will be hairy, and you can go to the girl to get another copy after the hair!" ”

After observing for about two or three days, Su Yunyao called Songyin that morning.

Song Yin was wearing a goose yellow plain brocade short jacket, twelve or thirteen, with a small face, a timid complexion, Zhou Zheng facial features, and some dirty things rubbed on the back of his hand when he burned charcoal.

"How many words do you recognize?" Su Yunyao asked with a smile.

Songyin nodded.

"Have you read a book? What have you seen? ”

"I've read some three-character scriptures, I know some simple words, I don't know the difficult ones, the family is not rich, the slave maid only studied in the school for two years, and then the family couldn't afford it and didn't read it anymore."

Well, then she may have been picked by Qin Manhuai and bought into the house.

Su Yunyao nodded, but looked at her with appreciation, "Women are good at reading, women are not talented and virtuous, that kind of talk is short-sighted, it is also a good thing for your old son to let you study, enlightened parents." ”

Hearing this, Song Yin smiled faintly, and she laughed with a pair of pears on her face that were not very obvious.

Su Yunyao continued to ask, "You have been serving here for a long time, but I rarely see you, you seem to be very unkind of acting in the past?" ”

"It's a slave with rough hands and feet, I'm afraid that I will always provoke you in front of the girl." Song Yin's two little hands rubbed each other, a little embarrassed and nervous.

Although she was a second-class maid, she had only entered the girl's room a handful of times in the past, and occasionally one or two times was also robbed by Zhaolu, because Zhaolu couldn't wait to be by the girl's side all the time.

Su Yunyao smiled, that smile was very hearty, and Songyin looked like a round of scorching sun in winter, which looked warm.

"You don't like to show off, but you are in line with my heart, and I want to promote you to a first-class maid, are you willing?"

"This..."Song Yin hurriedly knelt down, "Miss Xie carries love, but the slave maid has rough hands and feet, and she is afraid that she will do something wrong." ”

Lisheng helped her up with a smile on the side.

"It's okay to do something wrong, who hasn't had a wrong time? The important thing is to be loyal and sincere, not to lie to me, not to help others harm me, to think about everything for me, and most importantly, to have a correct mind! ”

Su Yunyao was also smiling when she said this, but the meaning she conveyed was real, once she found out that she was unfaithful, or had other thoughts, it would immediately send her down.

Song Yin nodded, but still didn't dare to respond, just rubbed his hands uneasily.

"You don't have to be afraid, how many mistakes went wrong when Lixi followed me in the first place? Can you see that I punished her once? ”

Songyin nodded.

"So I just ask you, would you like to?" Su Yunyao looked at her with a smile.

Song Yin was stunned, then knelt down again, and kowtowed twice, "The slave swears allegiance to the girl, her mind is right, she is loyal, and she has no two hearts!" ”

On the same day, Songyin moved into Lisheng and Lixi's room, and Zhaolu also knew about her promotion to a first-class maid, and her face turned red with anger, so she had to go in and talk to the girl.

She didn't stop Liuyuan and Huaixiang, but Lisheng walked out in three or two steps, and said in front of the maid in half of the courtyard that Zhaolu was demoted to a third-class maid, and in the future, the girl's close affairs will not be used by her, just do some rough work.

"Why!" Zhao Lu said viciously, "My years by the girl's side are not much shorter than you and Lixi, and Lixi's death wheel is also my turn, right?" Why did Songyin that little bean become a first-class maid, she was just bought from outside, and I have been with the girl for many years! ”

"Your mind is not pure, you just want to take advantage and be lazy, what dirty work you push to others, you are serving people in Qinzhuxuan, not to be an ancestor, the girl has kept you until now for the love of so many years, if you dare to make noise, you will be handed over to the eldest lady, let her stuff you into any yard or sell it!"

Lisheng took out the style of a first-class maid, and couldn't say a word, and stared at Lisheng with a blushing face, as if staring at her could stare at her.

The maids next to her more or less had some opinions on Zhaolu, and when they heard Lisheng say this, a few of them were silent but they could see that they were happy, and a few of them were smiling, trying not to laugh out loud.

Lisheng scolded again, "Put away your thoughts, our girl's kindness is different from your general knowledge, you rely on the girl's soft-hearted power to make a blessing, really when the girl wants to see your face to live?" Everyone else is scattered, don't do a good job, let's not stay in Qinzhuxuan! ”

Qin Manhuai heard about Qin Zhuxuan Songyin's promotion to a first-class maid, and sent a maid who was just over in her early tens, Su Yunyao promoted Yingqiu to a second-class maid, and the third-class maid was missing.

The newcomer's name is Yangmeng, Qin Manhuai just bought into the mansion not long ago, she has been on an errand in Su Ning Yuan for more than half a year, she does things properly and attentively, although she is younger, she is serious and responsible when she is on errands, send her to Qinzhuxuan, Qin Manhuai rest assured.

Mother Qiu led Yangmeng to Qinzhuxuan, Su Yunyao looked at this Yangmeng well-behaved and sensible, very lovely, so she accepted her with a smile, and invited Mother Qiu to drink tea.

"My mother, she is estimated to have been tired a lot in the past two days because of her cousin's affairs, Mother Qiu has worked hard to take care of her, and I, a junior, can't help much, just thank Mother Qiu here."

Mother Qiu smiled kindly, "The girl is polite, you are the master, I am the slave, and serving the eldest lady is within my duty, how can I not be tired?" Besides, the slave and maid don't have to do any rough work, and the tiring things are all done by the subordinates, so I am idle. ”

Zhao Lu returned to the room, and saw that her bed was smaller than before, and the environment was not as good as the previous room, so she thought that she was the only one who could be promoted to a first-class maid after Lixi's death, and lived in Lisheng's room, but she didn't want to be promoted, but she was lowered.

She had seen Lisheng's room, with two spacious kang beds and a warm stove, which was much better than the current one.

People go to higher places, water flows to lower places, who doesn't want to climb higher? The more Zhao Lu thought about it, the more angry she became, Xixia next to her blinked her eyes and wanted her not to be angry, handed over a piece of fruit, didn't want to be pulled away by her palm, and was reprimanded.

I don't know what to do like this, Xixia turned her face away and ignored her.

"You take a good look at those girls, don't let them make trouble, especially Zhaolu, she is not a quiet person." In the evening, Su Yunyao wore a goose-yellow medium coat embroidered with stars and plum blossoms, sat on the dresser and took off her earrings, "Yangmeng is new here, and it was sent by her mother, don't let her be wronged." ”

Lisheng agreed and went down, handing the washbasin that had just been mixed with warm water to Songyin.

Song Yin waited for the girl to freshen up for the first time at close range, a little nervous, and after the girl washed her face, she reached out for the face towel, and as soon as she handed it out, she let go before the other party could hold it steadily, and the face towel fell into the basin.

Frightened, Song Yin hurriedly picked up the face towel, twisted it and quickly knelt down, presented it to Su Yunyao with both hands.

Seeing her like a frightened rabbit, Su Yunyao burst out laughing.

"Li Xi has been a bold and careless since she was a child, and I don't know why my mother gave her to me, once my mother was eating here, she filled it with porridge and handed it to my mother but her hands were hot, and the porridge bowl fell to the ground, and the flying rice porridge collapsed my mother's body."

Song Yin didn't know why she wanted to say this, but she was very curious, kneeling and looking up, "What happened later?" ”

She thought she would be reprimanded.

Su Yunyao smiled, "Later, my mother personally served a bowl of porridge and told her to be careful next time, there was no other superfluous sentence, and after Li Xi went down, she asked Qiu's mother to go to Su Ning Yuan to get the scald medicine for Li Xi, and then there was no follow-up." ”

"Then why isn't the eldest lady angry?" Song Yin asked again.

"Because of Lixi's character, my mother understands that she was unintentional." Su Yunyao looked at Songyin's eyes and said seriously, "If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault, it is a time when a person does something wrong, can you still punish the emperor if he does something wrong?" If it wasn't intentional, why can't you give it another chance? The way for master and servant to get along is not to blindly suppress, but to understand each other, to know what the nature of being a slave is, and the important thing is whether she is loyal or not. ”

Songyin nodded, and Su Yunyao continued, "Don't look at Lixi, who usually makes a bunch of big and small mistakes, and she is not careful when she speaks, but when she saw that the gangster wanted to strangle the fourth lady, it was she who sacrificed her life to protect her, otherwise the fourth lady may not even be able to recuperate, do you say that Lixi is loyal?" ”

"Yes!" Song Yin completely forgot what he had done wrong, and nodded vigorously.