Chapter 45: Vanity

Qiu Ge and Dong Qu are both maids from the Liguo Mansion like Huaichun, who have followed Qin Mingyue since childhood, and now the two of them are famous throughout the Great Zhou. Before Qin Mingyue got married, all the powerful families of the Great Zhou Dynasty knew them, they were Qin Mingyue's personal maids, and they followed Qin Mingyue to the north and south, handling official affairs, not only helping Qin Mingyue manage internal affairs, general affairs, and bits and pieces of life, but also helping Qin Mingyue manage some simple official affairs. This power is really eye-catching.

Later, Qin Mingyue got married, and they all got married one after another. The people who marry are all people in the Daomen, not slaves, but sons of the Daomen family, and the family background and character are all good handsome sons. They are also serious wives in their husband's family, but after they got married, except when they gave birth, even when they were pregnant, they always followed Qin Mingyue and served Qin Mingyue. Qin Mingyue also relied more and more on the four of them, and awarded the four of them the position of a five-grade female official in the court.

Dongqu's business cards can be unimpeded throughout the Great Zhou, and he is a real powerful person. Getting Qiu Ge's jade pendant is equivalent to getting Qiu Ge's promise, which may be a good thing to save your life.

Huaichun didn't expect that Qiu Ge didn't come with him, and brought such a good thing to himself, and he couldn't help but be moved to tears again.

Dongqu shook his head and said, "Let's talk well, why do you cry at every turn." My sisters haven't seen each other for more than half a year. Since the separation of the capital, you have arrived in Ba Province and entered the big business, and in a short period of time, it has been mixed up. The National Teacher is very satisfied. ”

Huaichun held back his tears and said, "Hey, everything is an opportunity given by the National Teacher." Speaking of which, this is also human life. You see, we were all good sisters back then, since entering the mansion as an errand, Nian Xia and I had good luck back then, followed by the eldest lady, it looks infinite, in fact, at that time, the Guogong Mansion, the poor, what rough work, fine work is not all the two of us are doing, that is, there is no grievance, and happiness is not to talk about. Even the monthly money is not at all. Although the eldest lady was favored, at that time, she did not have much silver in her hand, where would she reward us. Fortunately, everyone has been poor for decades and is used to it. ”

"At that time, Nian Xia and I were looking forward to the fact that in the future, when the eldest lady got married, she could marry into a wealthy family, and when the two of us could mix and have a monthly amount of silver, we would be satisfied."

However, who would have thought that later, the second lady actually became the apprentice of the national teacher, and the Qin family of the Duke of Liguo had undergone earth-shaking changes. First of all, the second lady started to take care of the house, and we didn't have to marry with the eldest lady, and we could have monthly money in the mansion. Moreover, the status of the eldest lady and the second lady has changed dramatically. The favored eldest lady returned to her original form and became a concubine. The second lady is the heir to the national teacher, and the magnates of the entire Great Zhou are vying for it. ”

"At that time, you and Qiu Ge were already gradually in power. When I was in the mansion, Nian Xia and I were not less taken care of by the two of you. Especially me, my mother and son in my family are both sick, if it weren't for Qiu Ge asking someone to invite a doctor for them, and also invited a doctor from Xinglou to diagnose and treat them, maybe they would have died a long time ago. ”

"Dongqu, you also arranged for several younger brothers and sisters in my family to enter the mansion on errands, and with the monthly money, my family's life is getting better and better."

"I remember your affection. Thank you always. However, after so many years, Nian Xia's mind has long been crooked from the eldest lady. Although her family has gradually gotten better since the second lady was in charge, her mother and son have also become a little housekeeper, and the younger brothers and sisters in the family have also come out to work in the house, the family is getting richer and richer, the sister-in-law has also married back, and the younger brother and daughter-in-law have also arrived at home, and the family is thriving. However, she is still not satisfied, her heart is higher than the sky, she always thinks about the scenery of the eldest lady in the past, complains that the two of us now have no status in the mansion, and complains that you and Qiu Ge were trampled under her heels by her in the past, and now everyone respects them in the mansion, that is, the old ancestor, the old prince, and Mrs. Yin all give face. ”

"I really don't know, what's the use of her wanting that vain face? At that time, there was endless work every day, there was no monthly money to take, now we have a good life, better and better, the monthly money is on time, the family mother, younger brothers and sisters are on errands to get money, a few sets of clothes a year, we follow the eldest lady are a first-class maid monthly, there are one or two silver every month, but also wear gold and silver, there are often rewards, rough work does not have to be done at all, naturally there are second-class maids, third-class maids, rough mother-in-law, little maids to do. We are better off than the average landlord's lady. ”

However, Nian Xia was still not satisfied, she was looking forward to following the eldest lady to marry into a wealthy family, and she still wanted to be an aunt to her future uncle? I look forward to being as beautiful and favored as Aunt Shui in the future. I know in my heart that if the second lady becomes a national teacher in the future, where will there be a more noble family than the Qin family in the entire Great Zhou? Who can dare to call a big family in front of the Qin family? ”

"However, it's useless what I think, if we follow Miss like this, we must marry with Miss as a dowry maid. Not only am I like this with Nian Xia, but didn't you and Qiu Ge also follow the second lady out of the Qin family? ”

"There is no way, I can only follow the eldest lady to marry into the Niu family. It was okay for the first few years when I arrived at Niu's house. Because the eldest lady was born in the Qin family, she has a sister-in-law who is a national teacher, and the Niu family spoils and protects her, even her uncle lets her everywhere. It's just that she is not smart, because she is used to belittling her sister, even in front of the Niu family, she also shows her despise the national teacher from time to time. ”

"Mrs. Niu is extremely shrewd. She herself has extremely strict rules, and she is strict with Mrs. Shizi. is particularly tolerant of the eldest lady who was born as a young lady, isn't it because it looks at the face of the national teacher? Later, she saw that the eldest lady and the national teacher were not in harmony, and was even disgusted by the national teacher. ”

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's nothing, the eldest lady has already given birth to children, and the original family rule of the Niu family is that the second son should go back to manage the family property, and this has been the case for many generations. How can the eldest lady be exempt from vulgarity? Besides, I went to Niujia Town, although it is not as prosperous as the capital, but it is the same glorious and rich life, everyone in the clan respects, the power is great, and I manage many fields and industries, and I have loose hands, how good? ”

Thinking of that time, his ridiculous thoughts, Huaichun laughed self-deprecatingly.