The Ling family was a person with sharp hands and feet, and said that he wanted to buy a maid, and the next day he called someone to come into the house. As a result, the familiar tooth woman said that there were few qualified people in her hands, and she wanted to wait, although this person was not in a hurry, she could buy it as soon as possible to adjust her training Ruyi, and she would save Wanhua a lesson in the future. So I looked for a few again, but it didn't mean that I had just been brought in, but I couldn't see a few of them.

This can trap the Ling family, what kind of day is this, if the supplies are added to the palace at the beginning of the year, or bought home at the end of the year to gather people, these can be understood. But the palace has its own way of procurement, and it can't compete with the people so much. If you want to say that you bought it to work at home, you asked five people in a row, and they all said that there was no one in their hands, which is too coincidental.

In the end, I sent someone to inquire, and I learned that the two princes were going to move out of the palace. How big is the pomp of a Hou Mansion, let alone a prince's mansion, it is far from enough to rely on the manpower allocated by the palace, so in the past two months, there has been a steady stream of maids and maids sent to Wenhua Palace.

I heard that it was the prince who wanted someone, so the Ling family naturally didn't want to say anything, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart: I live well in the palace, why do I come out and set up another family.

"Madam, do you want to ask my uncle to help find some people." Cui's mother kindly proposed.

"Forget it, Bo Yan just went back, and it wasn't a big deal if he didn't have to let him run again. How many people can there be in the two princes' mansions, and they can also buy all the maids in the entire capital. "The Ling clan decided to live a few more days.

The Ling clan suddenly remembered one thing, since the two princes had left the palace, they might not be able to enter the mansion to hold a banquet. If it's just one person, it's okay, but now there are two of them coming, and they are still out of the palace at the same time. Even if they don't stand in line, they can't do without this etiquette.

Li Xunzhuo is not an official, so except for the New Year's holidays, all things that have officialdom are Xuyuan's appearance. But this time the matter is extraordinary, their family is now three people in the same dynasty as officials, once a banquet is held, the Li family will definitely not be able to escape. In order to prevent temporary cramming, the Ling family decided to go to the Liu family to discuss, whether she liked it or not, this time she couldn't hide.

The Ling family was about to go out, and someone came to report in a hurry that the Ya Pozi a few days ago brought more than a dozen little ladies into the house to see the Ling family.

If you don't choose it, just choose when she wants to go out, Ling turned around and said to Cui's mother: "You accompany, take them to Biwuxuan, and let Sanniang pick it herself." By the way, call Wu Niang out and let her learn a little. ”

Cui's mother nodded, watched the Ling family leave, and asked Liuxiang to deliver a letter to Wanhua and them.

"A-Niang let me choose by myself?" Wanhua was stunned for a moment.

Although she often accompanies the Ling family to choose maids, she always follows the Ling family, and now let her be the master alone. Wanhua thought, and her heart was happy, this was a good opportunity for her to perform. immediately responded happily, and asked Hanzhang to help her comb her hair again, she had to be mature and dignified.

Waiting for Shaohua to come over, Wanhua had already dressed up, and the beaded hairpin made Shaohua dumbfounded, "Third sister, this is just picking a maid, not looking at each other, what are you doing dressed up to be so beautiful?" ”

"What do you know, this is the rule, if you don't have to pick some shallow eyelids to come in, you will be in trouble in the future." Wanhua glanced at Shaohua, and then ordered the little maid to move two chairs out. It's just that I didn't expect that the girls hadn't come yet, but Jinhua came. Like Wanhua, he also deliberately dressed up, and the two immediately compared Shaohua. Wanhua was a little unhappy, and secretly asked Hanzhang to go to the house to get two beads and hairpins out, and asked Shaohua to make up his head.

"Why are you here?" Wanhua was not very happy to see Jinhua appear.

"I heard that the third sister is going to pick a girl, and I also rushed over to learn, if the third sister goes out in the future, there will be no one to teach." Jinhua pursed his lips and smiled, and Chong Shaohua glanced at it again, "Fifth sister, you're right." ”

Jinhua sulked, she originally planned to go to Taihe Garden to greet Li Gelao. Recently, the weather has changed, and she listened to Su's instructions, and she was very serious about the morning and dusk every day, and finally got a little approval from Li Ge. She was so happy that she was about to cry, because of the gap in her identity, she was also praised by Li Gelao, and she always had to pay more. However, the Su clan told her that in order to get rid of the Ling clan's control in the future, Jinhua had to become Li Ge Lao's heart. Even if she can't, she just needs to get his attention, so that the Ling family will not arbitrarily guide her marriage.

Jinhua has always been precocious, and because of the relationship between concubines, he understands marriage matters very thoroughly. As soon as she turned seven, she knew who she could please, who would be good for her, and who she had to please. can only be glad that Li Ge Lao has no special dislike for her, the only granddaughter, coupled with Li Xunzhuo's preference, in the eyes of outsiders, Jinhua is tantamount to Wanhua and them. It's just that when it comes to marriage, I will naturally remember that no matter how good Jinhua is, he is just a concubine. As a last resort, no one is willing to marry a concubine and go home as the wife of the main house.

But as soon as she stepped out of Biwuxuan, she heard the maid saying how good the Ling family was to Wanhua, and she actually bought more than a dozen maids as a dowry. Jin Hua was shocked, thought left and right for a while, turned around and walked back.

Shaohua ignored her, and when she walked out with Wanhua, Cui's mother had already called everyone in. Judging from the appearance, it is obvious that it should have been screened by Cui's mother, and if there is no problem, the rest can be left. It's just that the age and height are a little uneven, the younger one is only eleven or twelve years old, and the older one looks more mature than Wanhua, more like the age of the maids in Ling's house, and the appearance is clear and beautiful.

"Three ladies, everyone has brought it." Cui's mother walked up and gave a salute to the three of them.

"Is that all?" Wanhua asked with a serious face.

"Back to the lady, I originally brought twelve, but the housekeeper's mother picked it up, and there were only a few of them left." For the first time, she saw a few little ladies picking their own maids, and she couldn't help but be a little impressed.

Shaohua looked at the round and fat tooth woman, and walked in with a smile on his face, wanting to answer them. suddenly remembered that he was almost abducted by such a strong woman to be a maid before, and he couldn't help but shiver, and the whole person shrank back.

Wanhua only cared about talking to Ya Pozi, and didn't notice Shaohua's actions, but Jinhua took them into his eyes. looked at the two ruby hairpins that Wanhua had just inserted, and her eyes were a little red, so she squeezed a sentence: "I haven't seen you for a few days, but the fifth sister is much calmer." ”

"You're frivolous." Shaohua said lightly.

Jinhua suffered a dumb loss, but he had no choice but to pick the head first, and he couldn't refute it. Said softly: "The fifth sister is becoming more and more sharp-toothed. It's no wonder that now the fifth sister is now famous in Beijing, who doesn't know that our Li family has a talented lady. Jinhua's words made people sour their teeth, and the whole smell of vinegar was strong.

Shaohua was watching Wanhua carefully and methodically asking about the maid's origin, ability, and asking some questions about her ability to handle things in a timely manner. is like a housewife, no wonder Ling said that she is not worried that Wanhua will make jokes when she goes out. can read accounts, can discipline maids, can be up and down, and can be good at dancing with long sleeves, isn't this the standard appearance of a good daughter-in-law.

But Jinhua's words made her frown, "You want to make trouble in the future?" ”

"How dare you, I'm just envious." Jinhua said.

Shaohua laughed: "Don't envy what you can't do, just do what you do." ”

Jinhua was angry, her eyes were red, she caught a glimpse of Wanhua's displeased eyes, and looked at the many girls standing in the courtyard waiting to watch the play, she had to endure it. After all the maids asked one by one, the day was in the middle of the day, and Wanhua's face also showed some tiredness.

"Okay, you go down with Hanxiang first, and someone will lead you to where you need to go later." Wanhua ordered the last thing, and said to Cui's mother: "Mother Lao took Mrs. Liu to the account room." Seeing that Wanhua was old-fashioned and not inferior to Ling's at all, Cui's mother smiled happily and responded continuously.

Seeing Hanxiang and Lianxiang leading the maids to retreat, Wanhua breathed a sigh of relief, leaning on the back of the chair and panting. Hanzhang took the handkerchief distressedly and helped Wanhua wipe the dense sweat on his forehead. Wanhua was glad that she didn't let the girls get too close just now, if the maids saw her nervousness, she would have no prestige at all.

"What happened to you just now, what are you doing with the awkwardness?" Just experienced the feeling of being in charge, Wanhua was a little angry that her two younger sisters almost made her step down. "Qi Niang, you're in trouble again."

"I didn't!" Jinhua naturally didn't say what he picked first, his eyes turned, and the butterfly hairpin that fell on Shaohua's head had an idea, "I just asked the fifth sister to give me this butterfly hairpin, I look good, the fifth sister is stingy." ”

Wanhua glanced at the hairpin on Shaohua's head, which was given to them by Boyan a few days ago, and before Shaohua could speak, she immediately retorted, "Of course this can't work!" This was given by Brother Boyan, and Wu Niang and I had one each. If you want it, this is for you. Wanhua said, took a crystal beaded hairpin from his head, and handed it to Jinhua.

Jinhua was stunned, "Why do you have it, but I don't?" ”

Wanhua glanced at her, "Because that's our brother." ”

Hearing this, Jinhua pushed away Wanhua's hand, stomped his foot, and turned around and ran. Shaohua was baffled by her actions, "Is she here to sing?" "Uninvited, then provoked and made trouble, and at the end came a negative breath to leave, who is this play sung for?

"Ignore her, she has to come to make trouble from time to time, and she can go back and ask her father for something." Wanhua seems to have seen it anymore.

I don't want to, Jinhua ran all the way back, but instead of going back to his own courtyard, he went straight to Huansiyuan. As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by a familiar voice and familiar movements, and he crashed into the back room, ignoring Su's concern, and threw himself on the bed and cried.

"Qi Niang, what's wrong with you?" If Li Xunzhuo's death hole is Su's pear blossom with tears, then Su's weakness is Jinhua.

"Why didn't I buy Zhuangzi's uncle, why didn't I buy me a cousin with a flower bead hairpin, why I still can't compare to them." Jinhua's words pierced Su's heart.

This is the difference between a wife and a concubine, which family has a head and a face will be a concubine.

"My good seventh mother, you don't have an uncle and cousin, but you don't have an aunt and a father." Su Shi put aside his heartache and comforted.

Jinhua saw that Su Shi was wiping her tears, knowing that she was unreasonable, she immediately sat up and wiped her dry, and then muttered: "But it's different, my father is now towards the fifth sister, and even the number of times he comes to Huansiyuan is much less than before." Now my wife has bought a rich dowry for the third sister, and the fifth sister grew up in her uncle, aunt, what should I do, I will have nothing in the future. ”

Su Shi sighed, "Don't worry, Qi Niang, my aunt will advocate for you." ”

For the sake of this only daughter, she can no longer pretend to be compromised.