"Yes, miss." Liu Wu stepped forward and took the money bag with both hands, bowed his head, and then respectfully withdrew.

Xiao Shu blinked her eyes wide, she seemed a little strange why Jiao Yuzhen didn't hand over the beauty of the silver of the people in the outer courtyard to her, but thinking that she was now a big girl, it didn't seem appropriate to go to the outer courtyard, so she didn't delve into it anymore.

Jiao Yuzhen saw everything in his eyes, and then lowered his eyebrows: "Okay, you go out to work." ”

"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.

After seeing Qingmei and Begonia retreat, Xiao Shu stayed: "Miss, is it okay for Xiao Shu to wait for Miss to try on clothes?" Xiao Shu is Miss's personal maid, and Xiao Shu wants to follow Miss. ”

It was almost a coquettish word, but it made Jiao Yuzhen laugh: "Okay, come here." ”

Although Xiao Shu brought a lot of clothes just now, the clothes of this ancient big family are like matching clothes, and each set of clothes is complete with several layers inside and out, so this pile of clothes is only four sets, and the styles are all gorgeous, not losing at all to the white silk and black silk skirt that Jiao Ruzhi gave her before.

After hurriedly trying on the clothes, Jiao Yuzhen asked Xiao Shu to invite Jiao Ruzhi, Xiao Shu went out with his front feet, and Liu Wu followed in.

"Miss, the money for the people in the outer courtyard has been divided." Liu Fu bowed, and then handed back the money bag that had no silver to Jiao Yuzhen.

Jiao Yuzhen took the money bag and said with a smile: "How much silver is there?" ”

"If Miss Hui is back, this is a total of twenty taels and eight dollars." Liu Wu replied softly, "There are six family members and two grandmothers in the outer courtyard, a total of eight people. Twenty taels and eight coins were not enough to be evenly distributed, so the slave and maid took matters into their own hands, and distributed three taels of silver from the five taels of silver that the young lady had given to the slave and maid just now, and each of them received a reward of three taels of silver. ”

Taking a deep look at the catkins, Jiao Yuzhen showed a real smile, her eyes will never be wrong, this catkins is a smart and steady maid, but there is an obvious scar on the neck, even if the high collar is used to cover it, she can see it clearly: "Where did the catkins work before?" ”

Liu Fu was slightly stunned, and then replied with a pale face: "If Miss Hui, the slave maid was a palace maid in the palace before...... Because he was injured while working, he was scarred, so he was sent out of the palace...... The slave and maid ancestor is a criminal minister, and the slave and maid are official maids, so they can only be maids for big families when they go out of the palace. ”

Jiao Yuzhen raised her eyebrows, and suddenly noticed that something was wrong, she didn't know much about ancient customs in her previous life, and she didn't live as well as a maid in this life, how could she know the source of the maid, but Liu Wu's words made her clearly find the problem: "Do housekeepers generally buy maids to choose official maids?" ”

"Miss Hui's words, Mrs. Jiao is a loyal minister of the court, and if the maid in the inner courtyard of the lady of the house is not a child of the family, she must be an official maid, but there are exceptions. For example, Xiao Shu, Xiao Shu was brought by the housekeeper from elsewhere, and it seems that the daughter of an ordinary family was sold into slavery, so in the half month of learning etiquette, she and the slave maid were also separated. Because officials and maids generally learn etiquette since childhood, they don't need to start over, but slaves and maids have also been strange that Xiao Shu can actually end his training in half a month, and he must be extremely smart and clever. ”

"You're smart and clever too."

Liu Wu didn't understand whether Jiao Yuzhen's words were praise or warning, so he hurriedly bowed his head: "It's the slave who is too talkative." ”

"I like your mouth, and if there is something I don't notice in the future, but you think it's strange, just tell me. As your master, as long as I am alive, I will protect you. "Jiao Yuzhen will never boast about Haikou easily, she has been reborn for less than ten days since today, but she has already made her identity and situation change dramatically, and she can let the Wang family leave the mansion in one fell swoop, and she has real power, so she has always been lucky, but luck is also a kind of strength.

Liu Fu looked at Jiao Yuzhen in some surprise, and then bowed deeply: "Miss Xie raises love, and the slave will definitely be loyal to Miss Xie." ”

Jiao Yuzhen took out ten taels of silver from his arms and handed it to Liu Wu: "Originally, the reward of everyone in the outer courtyard should be my master's hair, and you must not be allowed to bear it." But if you can think about your subordinates, you can also perfectly fulfill my orders, and this is the reward for you. ”

"Miss Xie." Liu Wu smiled and took the silver, this ten taels of silver is her income for more than half a year, and she is naturally happy in her heart, but she paused, and then said softly, "Miss, the slave maid has served in the palace since childhood, and she has seen people's hearts and minds, so the slave and maid have the courage to persuade Miss, please Miss be careful of Xiaoshu, the child looks harmless, but the slave and maid intuitively feel that she is very dangerous." ”

Jiao Yuzhen smiled and nodded: "It's good that you stay away from her." ”

"Yes."

"Let's go down, Xiao Shu is coming with the eldest lady."

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."

Seeing Liu Fu leave, Jiao Yuzhen's heart was also very uneasy, it turned out that the maids bought by Jiao Fu were basically born official maids, but she felt that there were more children in the family before, even if she let Jin Er leave, the housekeeper could also send the family to give birth to a child to come over and wait, why buy it outside, and also chose a maid like Liu Fu who was older, looked old, and even worked elsewhere, and at the same time mixed in a lively and cute little girl like Xiao Shu? Maybe the other party thinks that she is such a concubine and villain, and she will definitely not want to use other people's old things, so she will definitely not use those old maids to be personal maids, so she will definitely choose Xiao Shu, but she also fell for the other party's scheme at the beginning, this Xiao Shu ...... It's dangerous.

"Miss, the eldest lady is here." Before anyone arrived, Xiao Shu yelled outside the door like all scheming children, and then pushed the door in, followed by Jiao Ruzhi and Jiao Ruzhi's personal maid Lan'er.

"Just wait outside." Jiao Ruyi stepped into the door and gave such instructions to Xiao Shu and Lan'er.

"Yes, miss." Lan'er nodded obediently and stayed outside the door.

Xiao Shu seemed to want to go in, but when he saw that Lan'er didn't go in, and Jiao Ruzhi's face was absolutely unkind and never negotiable, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and then took the door and guarded the door.

Jiao Ruzhi walked into the inner room and sat beside Jiao Yuzhen, and looked around the huge bedroom: "It's really nice here, it's the first time I've come in." I used to feel that it was gloomy when I passed by the yard, but after cleaning, it was so bright. Sister, it's good for you to live here, after all, this is the place where your biological mother was born, and it is also the place where you were born...... Unlike me, the room where I was born was actually the bedroom where my aunt has always lived, and I can't live there to this day......"

"Why is my sister so sentimental?" Jiao Yuzhen looked at Jiao Ruzhi with some surprise, in her memory, Jiao Ruzhi was an arrogant and domineering daughter, but she didn't expect that she would become so polite in just a few days.

Jiao Ruzhi looked at Jiao Yuzhen, and then smiled helplessly: "I always thought that you were the superfluous person in this family, your biological mother was born lowly, but I heard my mother say that she is very favored by my father, and my biological mother ...... Before I could be favored, I died because I was born. The eldest lady said that at that time, your biological mother, Aunt Liu, just entered the door, and it was Aunt Liu who killed my mother, so I really hate you. And...... I thought I was lucky because my aunt loved me very much...... But after you said it, I found out about the eldest lady after careful investigation...... No, she doesn't deserve me to call her Auntie. Wang, that hateful woman is out there spreading not only your rumors, but also mine, and it is because of her killing that I am so ...... It's so unbearable...... Sister, over the years, I have recognized the thief as my mother, and I am ashamed of you. ”

Listening to Jiao Ruzhi's words, Jiao Yuzhen shook his head lightly, and stretched out his hand to take her hand: "Eldest sister, don't say that, the person who really killed you and my biological mother is the Wang family, she wants us to kill each other, so that her biological daughter can ascend to the throne, otherwise how can everything over the years only say that we are not, and the second sister is rumored to be like an immortal outside?" ”

Thinking of this, Jiao Ruzhi was also extremely angry, no one had ever come to propose marriage in the past, she thought that she was noble, and felt that no one could climb herself, and even the good man she met did not dare to propose, and would only have an affair with her, but the truth of all this is that the Wang family spread rumors outside, saying that she is a Kemu Kefu, delicate and willful, and has been pampered for many years, which makes her rich, but eighteen Fanghua, but she is already as plump as a married woman, and now she is eighteen years old after the New Year, and she is still in the boudoir at the age of nineteen. I'm afraid that even the lover who has been cheating with her for more than a year is unwilling to face the recruitment of her upside down.

Even if Daddy doesn't say it, today, Jiao Ruzhi knows that her life has been ruined, and in this case, she will not let go of the Wang family and Jiao Youhan who hurt her, but it's a pity that she is not as smart as Jiao Yuzhen, and she can trip the Wang family with her own strength.

"Big sister." Jiao Yuzhen suppressed her voice and attached it to Jiao Ruzhi's ear, "The maid called Xiao Shu just now, I think she was sent by the Wang family to deal with me." The Wang family has been in charge of the affairs of the house for many years, and even though they have taken away all the old women, the stewards, the housekeepers, and the guards have all stayed. Although you and I can also take care of things, we are not the main mother after all. The housekeeper Uncle Cai should be from the Wang family, so he brought that Xiao Shu, and asked the eldest sister to join me in the same hatred, don't let the Wang family succeed. ”

"Sister, don't worry, I understand." Jiao Ruzhi nodded.

Jiao Yuzhen handed the ointment that Xiao Shu gave her to Jiao Ruzhi: "This is the ointment that Xiao Shu gave me, I think there is a problem, and I ask the eldest sister to help find a doctor to take a look." ”

"Okay, sister, be careful yourself. I won't let anyone get in there, but my people have all grown up with me, and all of them are my people......" Speaking of this, Jiao Ruzhi paused, "Why did you send Jin Er away?" I heard that Aunt Liu brought her over to you as a maid before you were born, and she is absolutely loyal to you. ”

"She's actually my cousin, so I don't want her to be a maid or in any danger." When Jiao Yuzhen talked about Jin'er, she still felt a little emotional, she regarded Jin'er as her own relative, so she naturally didn't want Jin'er to suffer with her.

"It's very inconvenient to have no henchmen." Jiao Ruzhi shook his head and did not agree with Jiao Yuzhen's words.

"Eldest sister will investigate the maid named catkins for me again, and if she is suitable, I will let her follow me." felt that Jiao Ruzhi's words were very reasonable, so Jiao Yuzhen added such a sentence.

"Okay, then I'll go first." Holding the ointment, Jiao Ruzhi stood up from the chair, "By the way, sister, you also have to plan for yourself, Prince Jing's Mansion...... It's not good to go. ”