Chapter 8 Testing
When Mo Li fell off the cliff and lost his memory, the outer disciples of Guiyunzhuang received the news of the accident in the village, and the masters outside the village rushed back to the village as soon as possible, and wiped out all the invading enemies who did not come and withdrew, including a group of people from the Han who had just arrived.
Before he died, Dahan scolded sadly: "Today, Lao Tzu didn't read the yellow calendar when he went out, good things didn't come to him, and bad luck was his grandmother's turn!" ”
After clearing out the invading enemies, the disciples of Shonai were shocked to find that their young lady was missing! For a time, Guiyun Mountain Villa was in chaos, and the disciples in the village gathered all the forces under it to set off, and used all means to find the whereabouts of their young lady Moli.
However, all this has nothing to do with Moli, who has lost his memory and changed his original appearance.
At this time, Mo Li looked at the dilapidated thatched hut and the coarse tea and light rice with three meals a day, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have become a burden to this family.
Although Mrs. Pang didn't say anything, she hid all this from Mo Li, treated Mo Li like her own granddaughter, and was reluctant to eat anything delicious for Mo Li, but the increasingly embarrassing life really couldn't be hidden for too long, and she even faced the embarrassing situation of running out of food for a few days.
In this regard, although Mo Li knew the truth, he did not choose to tell the truth, but began to think about how to make some efforts for this family in his spare time......
On this day, when Mo Li went to the market to sell the herbs planted by Mrs. Pang in exchange for some copper plates to buy vegetables, he accidentally learned from the mouth of the aunt in the adjacent stall that the third prince Mu Xuan's mansion was recruiting maids, and the salary for a month was three taels of silver.
Three taels of silver! These three taels of silver are sky-high numbers for Mo Li at this time, in her hands is the herbs that Mrs. Pang has worked hard to grow for a month, but it is not worth a tael of silver, and the maid's monthly salary is three times that!
Thinking of the poor life of Mrs. Pang's family, Mo Li decided to have the courage to give it a try.
"This is the Three Princes' Mansion! It's beautiful! ”
As soon as he came to the Three Princes' Mansion, Mo Li was attracted by the majestic and magnificent mansion in front of him, which was many times stronger than the thatched house they lived in!
Mo Li bumped around like a headless fly all the way, but he never thought that he happened to bump into the housekeeper of the Three Emperors' Mansion who was out on errands.
"Who are you? Wandering back and forth in front of the Three Emperors' Mansion?! The housekeeper angrily tidied up the robe that had been crumpled by Mo Li.
"I ...... I'm here to apply for a maid here. Mo Li explained his intention to the housekeeper, and the housekeeper first glanced at Mo Li up and down.
"Little Liuzi!" With just one glance, the butler called out to the palace.
"It's coming!" Soon a small man trotted out of the palace.
"Take her to the backyard and remember not to let her run around!" After the housekeeper finished speaking, he left Mo alone and left.
"Girl, please come with me!" The little guy is not like a housekeeper, and he is still as humble and polite as ever to a person of Mo Li's status, and at first glance, he has been well trained before.
Led all the way by the little girl, Mo Li soon came to the backyard of the Three Princes' Mansion, but when she saw the scene in front of her, Mo Li said that she couldn't accept it.
Originally, Mo Li thought that the number of applicants for the position of maid should not be large, but ...... Contrary to what she thought, the backyard at this time was already overcrowded, full of girls dressed in all kinds of clothes, enchanting, charming, pure, petite and lovely, one by one, they dressed themselves up in flowers, and at this moment, whether they knew or didn't know, they were talking to each other, praising each other.
For a while, the fat powder tasted all kinds of things, and those who didn't know thought they had come to the Imperial Garden......
"Ahh
The rich and messy aroma made Mo Li a little uncomfortable for a while, and he sneezed without holding back for a while.
Hearing the voice, everyone turned their eyes and saw that there was a newcomer entering, and everyone was accustomed to looking at Mo Li from top to bottom.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Mo Li was a little restrained, and his eyes were a little evasive, he didn't dare to look at everyone directly, but he just lowered his head and quietly joined the selection team.
At just one glance, everyone had some guesses about Mo Li's identity and family background, so they sneered at Mo Li, who was dressed in cloth.
"Hey, this is a wild man from a ravine and ravine, dressed like this and coming to participate in the selection of the three princes' maids, it's really self-defeating." A woman dressed in an extraordinarily bewitching manner sneered disdainfully, putting her hand to her nose as she spoke, as if she had smelled some foul odor.
"That's right, she still thinks that the maid of the third prince is so easy to choose?" A frail woman twisted her waist and sneered, then covered her mouth with her hand and sneered.
"Hehe~" Everyone also laughed together.
"You ......"
Mo Li wanted to refute, but he couldn't say the words when they came to his mouth, looked down at his cloth clothes, bit his lip, and swallowed what he wanted to say.
Everyone looked at Mo Li, who didn't even dare to refute, and suddenly lost interest, and turned their heads to stop paying attention to her.
Not long after Mo Li joined the team, a middle-aged woman walked into the courtyard, and the girl who was noisy and hypocritical to each other just now instantly quieted down.
I only heard the middle-aged woman speak slowly: "I am the chief maid here, you can call me Sister Qiu, and the maid selection will be carried out soon." You should know that the third prince is the emperor's favorite prince, doing things here, not being sloppy at all, becoming a maid here must not only be smart and capable, but also know a little about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you can't lose the face of the three princes. After speaking, he looked down at the reaction of the girl in the audience.
As soon as the girl below heard the criteria for selecting maids, she also had to know a little about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and just now she looked confident, as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, and for a while there were many discussions and complaints.
"This condition is really harsh, most of the people who come here to be maids are children of poor families, who has the money to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, those are the rights of the rich, and it is good for us to eat well." A woman disgruntled.
"If I want to know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, will I come here for three taels of silver? I'm sure I'm going to work as a geisha at the Drunken Flower Building. Another woman said indignantly.
"That's right, but there are also rich ladies who come here to work in order to attract the attention of the three princes, and want to become the concubines or concubines of the three princes, but that kind of situation is very rare."
"The concubines of the three princes are so easy to be, I heard that the three princes are not close to women at all, and many rich daughters are happy to come and cry back, just like us, don't think about those unrealistic, let's fill our stomachs first."
Sister Qiu looked at the discussion of the girls in the audience and said disdainfully: "If you want to give up, you can leave." ”
For a while, many people were ready to leave, but they were unwilling to leave like this, including the woman who had just mocked Mo Li, she also didn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she just wanted to see the final result and see who could become the maid of the Three Princes' Mansion.
Thinking about this, many people have become less nervous than before, and they have no hope anyway, so what are they nervous about?
Sister Qiu looked at the girl who had barely left, and she didn't show much surprise, as if she expected this to happen, "Since no one is leaving, then the test begins." First of all, test your piano skills, and those who want to try it on stage can come up. ”
There was a lot of coaxing at the beginning, but in the end, there were very few who really dared to stand up. After a moment of hesitation, a girl in a green shirt slowly walked up to the stage, bowed to Sister Qiu and sat dignified in front of the piano, playing half a simple song with some youth.
"Yes, you passed." When the girl finished playing, Sister Qiu nodded. "Who else is going to try?"
The girl who played heard Sister Qiu announce that she had passed, and her expression that was still apprehensive just now instantly showed a hint of pride, although she only played half a simple song, but compared to these people in the audience, she was already much stronger, and at this moment she began to have her own feeling of superiority, isn't it? can be a maid in the Three Princes' Mansion, these people can only watch with their eyes!
So, enjoying the envious and jealous gaze of everyone, the girl tried to maintain a very slow pace, and finally walked off the stage slowly in a perfect posture with her toes high.
Everyone watched the girl just go up and dial it a few times at will, and it was so simple that they couldn't hold it back for a while, and they all wanted to go on stage to try their luck, and then they appeared......
Some of them are out of tune, some are unbearable, and even some of them break the strings in a few strokes.
No, only a stick of incense time, most of the people were eliminated, and the rest of the people also reined in their minds and didn't want to try their luck on the stage, they thought they could pass if they were lucky, but later they learned that Sister Qiu's eyes were very vicious, and she would know whether she would or not at a glance, plus she wanted to make a fool of herself in front of so many people, these girls who wanted to try their luck and gamble finally couldn't stand the ridicule of everyone after the failure, and gave up one after another.
"Is there anyone else going to come up and try it?" Sister Qiu looked at everyone in the audience, and her tone became more contemptuous.
Sister Qiu's gaze swept over, and everyone began to lower their heads, and no one dared to look directly at Sister Qiu's gaze, as if her gaze was like a sharp blade, which could cut their seemingly extremely arrogant self-esteem bloodily, and then cruelly discarded it on the ground and trampled it repeatedly......
Seeing that no one answered, Sister Qiu was about to announce the next item, but at this last moment, Mo Li hesitated for a moment, and finally when she remembered the predicament of Mrs. Pang's family, her mind was empty, she clenched her fist hard and slowly walked towards the high platform.
At this time, Mo Li was extremely worried in her heart, she didn't know why she didn't know why she didn't know how to play the piano and walked to the stage inexplicably, maybe she just remembered the situation at Grandma Pang's house and chose to go on stage to try her luck like everyone else, but other than that......
Why did she feel that the piano placed there seemed to be an inexplicable sense of familiarity to her, as if it was a sense of déjà vu...... It's like a reunion of old friends after a long absence......