Chapter 21: Choosing a Lady-in-Waiting
Qin Changning woke up in the morning, Lu Qi had already brought hot water and planned to serve her to freshen up, Qin Changning sat up, Lu Qi wrung the handkerchief to clean her face, she sat on the bed and let Lu Qi clean her face, only then took the cup in the hand of another little maid, wrapped a mouthful of water in her mouth, rinsed her mouth, and spit the water in the copper basin held by another little maid, before she stood up and walked to the dresser and sat down.
At this time, Zi Su walked in from outside, with a quiet smile on her face, she saw Qin Changning sitting in front of the dresser, and after asking the maids to retreat, she picked up the comb and combed Qin Changning's hair.
"The maid who serves the county lord has been selected for the county lord yesterday, and the county lord can choose a few to serve after breakfast, and if you don't need it, you can wait outside the courtyard." Pulling the butterfly bun for Qin Changning, Zi Su took out a light blue woven color Hundred Flowers Flying Butterfly brocade dress for Qin Changning to wear, and said with a smile.
"Well, I'm worried about Aunt Shisu." After Qin Changning finished speaking, Zi Su put on a small white jacket for her, and glanced at himself in the diorama, Qin Changning smiled slightly, Zi Su is worthy of being the aunt in charge of the palace, not only is she thoughtful, but even this dress is very set, she has been dressed up so carefully, and she is beautiful and smart, but she has a little more quiet and polite feeling.
"The lord of the county has tormented the slaves." Zi Su blessed his body, but glanced at Qin Changning, this county lord seemed to be different from the girl in his impression, I remember that every time the county lord entered the palace, he would bully those princesses and cry, and even the queen mother was not very rude, but now she whispered softly to such a slave as her.
She didn't really want to serve this big-tempered county lord, but she thought that she could finally get out of the palace, if she let go of this opportunity, it might not be easy to get out of the palace, so she came, but she didn't expect that this county lord had changed his appearance, and it seemed that it would be good to serve the county lord well in the future.
Qin Changning stood at the door of the hall and looked at the few little girls standing in the courtyard, all of them were very peugeot, they were all between thirteen and fifteen years old, they seemed to be cautious, Qin Changning glanced at them one by one, and then took a step forward, pointing to a maid who was slightly taller and asked, "What's your name?" ”
The girls who were slightly taller stood up, knelt on the ground, bowed their heads and said, "The slave maid is in frost, and I have seen the county lord." ”
Qin Changning glanced back at Lu Qi, Lu Qi stepped forward and whispered in Qin Changning's ear, "Linshuang was bought by the princess in Wangdong Building yesterday, she is fourteen years old this year, and she was sent to Wangdong Tower because of her poor family background. ”
Lu Qi, you told Linshuang's family background and experience again, Qin Changning nodded and asked Linshuang to get up, "You will be a second-class girl in the future." ”
Linshuang, who had been lowering his head, was overjoyed, and kowtowed vigorously on the ground, "The slave and maid thank the county lord, and the slave and maid will definitely serve the county lord with all their hearts and souls in the future." ”
Qin Changning smiled and looked at a little girl who looked more clever, "What about you?" What is your name? ”
The little girl raised her head and smiled at Qin Changning, her face did not show cowardice, she knelt on the ground, and replied in a crisp voice, "Slave Dong'er, I have seen the county master." ”
"This Dong'er..."Lu Qi said everything about Dong'er's family background again, and finally after Qin Changning thought she was going to finish, she added, "Dong'er used to have another name for magpie in their village. ”
"Huh?" Qin Changning raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Qi.
Lu Qi's voice was a little lower, "Dong'er is the first to know about the big and small things in their village, even earlier than other people's families, but she has one thing, that is, when she goes to other people's houses to report the news, she only reports good news." ”
Qin Changning glanced at Lu Qi appreciatively, reached out to take Dong'er's deed of sale and glanced at it, and raised his hand slightly, "After Dong'er, you will be a second-class maid in this courtyard with Linshuang." ”
"The slave and maid thank the county lord for his grace, in the future, the slave and the maid will be the county lord's, and the slave and maid will definitely do their best to the county lord." Dong'er kowtowed and stood up.
Qin Changning smiled.
looked at the few people who were standing in the courtyard more nervously, and raised their eyebrows.
Several little girls glanced at Qin Changning worriedly, everyone was extremely worried in their hearts, now that the second-class maids have already chosen two, then there are only two third-class maids and one first-class maid left, maybe the county lord will not choose the first-class maid??? Thinking of this, several little girls put on their best looks.
Qin Changning looked at the appearance of a few maids, smiled in his heart, glanced at Lu Qi standing behind him, Qin Changning looked at all of them, and then asked softly, "What are you all good at?" ”
"The slave Bingqin is good at stroking the qin, and when the county lord is bored, the slave can play a song for the county lord." A plain-looking whisper.
Qin Changning nodded, and looked at the other one, this is the most complete figure among the few, although it is not particularly fat, but it is plump and good.
"Slave and maid peony, good at cooking, in the future, the county lord will go out and bring slaves and maids, and he will definitely not go hungry." Peony's eyes were wide open, her dark eyes stared at Qin Changning, she grinned, and two small pear vortices appeared at the corners of her mouth, looking very cute.
The other girls pursed their lips without a trace, they all heard that the county lord hates food, this girl really doesn't have long eyes.
But what surprised them was that Qin Changning looked at the peony with interest, "Oh? Tell the county lord what will you do? ”
Peony was distressed for a while, and looked up at Qin Changning, "What does the county lord want to eat?" ”
Qin Changning looked at Peony's confident appearance, and said a dish casually, "Can the Buddha's hand golden scroll?" ”
"Yes." Peony nodded excitedly.
Qin Changning raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Qi, who nodded and stepped forward, "The small kitchen is on the side, you can go with me to cook for the county lord." ”
Before Lu Qi took the peony away, she handed over the deeds of sale of several maids under her to Zisu, and blessed Zisu, "There is Aunt Lao." ”
"Slave ????" A few girls introduced themselves next to each other, and after listening to it, Qin Changning chose a third-class maid named Biqiao from among them, and just after choosing, Lu Qi came up with a golden roll of Buddha's hand made of peony.
Qin Changning glanced at the plate of Buddha's hand gold scroll in the green Qi tray, took a breath gently, the crispy smell came, Qin Changning couldn't help but take a piece of chopsticks and put it in his mouth, the crispy feeling made Qin Changning's eyes light up, and he waved his hand at the moment, "In the future, the peony will be the same as Biqiao, be a third-class maid, and be responsible for my food." ”
After all the choices were made, Qin Changning glanced at Lu Qi and asked with a smile in his eyes, "Lu Qi, who do you think is more pleasing to the eye for the rest?" Your helper, I think it would be better for you to choose. ”