Zheng's mother hasn't been back for three days.

Not only did the green calyx jade peony think a little about this matter, but even the Zhu family was disappointed in his face. She naturally knew that Mother Zheng was running around outside either for the Korean Duchess or for Princess Jin, and now for her own illness, she was afraid that any news would only be sent to Chen Lan to stop, for fear that some bad news would stimulate herself. Therefore, just because Chen Lan didn't say a word in front of him, Zhu knew that most of them were either no progress or the situation was bad, so he thought that it must be the Korean duchess in charge over there, and he couldn't help but worry that if he wasn't there, the only daughter would not be able to support it, and even secretly complained about Zhang Ming.

At this moment, she drank the medicine under the service of the green calyx, reclined on the large lacquer pillow, and absentmindedly listened to Yu Shao tell an interesting thing that she heard outside. In the past, she could laugh after a while, but now she is in one ear and one ear out, and it wasn't until Chen Lan entered the door that her eyes lit up.

"Old lady."

After Chen Lan saluted, he saw Zhu's chin head signaling, so he stepped forward and sat on the edge of the kang as usual. After asking about the situation of the green calyx and the old lady of Jade Peony first, she smiled and talked about the situation at home, and finally took out a list from her sleeve and read the list of people who had been set up in Qingxi Residence now. She was thinking about it here, and the green calyx and jade peony, who were very familiar with the personnel in the house, couldn't help but look at each other, and even Zhu's eyes showed contemplation. Therefore, as soon as she finished reading, she smiled and glanced at the green calyx and the jade peony.

It wasn't until the two of them retreated to guard outside the door that she explained: "Old lady, even if we install people in Qingxi Residence, and when the third uncle comes back, they won't stay long, so I don't think I need to do it again." Almost all of these have flattered Aunt Luo a long time ago, and they have given me generous gifts, and now I have all my brains planted in the important places, and those who are jealous of them do not say it, but naturally remember it in their hearts. Next, it is the turn of those who are two-faced and three-faced, who have no job but lack of ability, and want to get together with the third uncle and Aunt Luo but fail to get to the front of the law. When they will be cleaned out as a whole, they hate the old lady and me, and naturally grit their teeth, but looking at those who are safe and stable, can they tolerate others to be proud? ”

The Zhu family has been in charge of the Hou Mansion for many years, and now they have moved into the Qingxi Residence with three rooms, and many things can be seen clearly. Green Calyx and Jade Peony couldn't figure it out, she only figured it out after a while, but Chen Lan explained it in detail in front of her, but she was very satisfied. Compared with people who only show off their cleverness, she naturally prefers not to hide it, so she laughed unconsciously.

So, when Chen Lan said that today she would meet Mrs. Xu's mother Wu and Lai's mother from the Lixiang Courtyard to clear the servants in the house according to the booklet, and tomorrow she would go to Tian'anzhuang in person, and Rongyuezhuang, where she married, would go back to Zheng's mother, she nodded, and moved her right hand to signal Chen Lan to get the cardboard.

"Four ......" Chen Lan looked at the words written by the Zhu family, and after a little thought, he asked, "What does the old lady mean, let the fourth brother go with me?" Seeing that Zhu nodded, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "The fourth brother has only joined Han Hanlin's sect, but he has only studied for a few days, isn't it appropriate to take a leave of absence rashly?" Why don't I bring a few more followers......"

However, to her surprise, the Zhu family has almost obeyed her these days, but at this time, she was stubborn and just shook her head, so she thought about it carefully, and felt that it was not a bad thing to let Chen Yan follow, take a look at the hard work of farmers in this season, and learn more about how to manage personnel by the way, so she agreed. After talking with Zhu for a while, Lai's mother came in to report that Chen Xi and Wu's mother had arrived at the Water Mirror Hall, and she stood up.

"Old lady, then I'll go to the Water Mirror Hall first."

Zhu's expression did not move, and when she saw Chen Lan leave and Lu Calyx and Jade Peony came in, she motioned for Lu Calyx to step forward and wrote a line of words on the cardboard. However, although the green calyx was smart, after all, he didn't know the previous situation, and he hesitated after pondering the meaning: "Old lady, the fourth young master should still be on Han Hanlin's side now, and he specially sent someone over to help ask for leave, will he miss his schoolwork......

She originally wanted to persuade a few more words, but seeing the sternness on Zhu's face, she remembered that the old lady had mentioned it to Chen Lan, so she immediately stopped talking, and curtled her knees and responded: "The slave knows, so go out and inform Mother Zhang." ”

For the subordinates in the Hou Mansion, the afternoon is often a time to be idle. You have to work early in the morning, and the morning is also the busiest time of the day, sprinkling and running errands, everything can not be casually perfunctory, but in the afternoon, if you are not in front of the master, you can naturally find an opportunity to take a nap, or knock your teeth in twos and threes. Only in the past two days, due to the relocation of the three rooms, the people of the Hou Mansion have all worked hard, although there is no time at this time, but no one dares to complain about the people who were called to the Water Mirror Hall, and they only waited outside, and they had to make their eyes look at each other, or whisper to ask for verification.

"I was only assigned a good shortage two days ago, so what's the good thing today?"

"Who knows...... We've been giving gifts for a few days, but fortunately, the result is not a loss, it's worth it. ”

"The third lady thought it through, although the third master is not here now, but the old lady is unreliable, not to make a little is a little, at least this dowry is a small half, after all, where can she be able to resist the third master, the justifiable Hou Ye? Only when the third master is not there, can she fight the old lady's momentum, the fourth young master is so small, isn't everything in the hands of the third master? ”

"You can't say that, the fourth young master is now the same door of the prince of Weiguo, the county lord of Yixing and the mother Qian of the Jin Wangfu are polite to the third lady, things are not accurate, it is better to be honest and do your duty at the moment, don't cling to this and that."

Although Chen Lan, who arrived a moment late, only took Lai's mother with him, there were both Chen Xi and Wu's mother inside, and everyone naturally knew that what was going on today was also discussed and decided by Sanfang and the old lady, so the voice that was whispering just now disappeared all of a sudden, replaced by a silent silence. After Chen Lan and Chen Xiwei met, they couldn't help but have some doubts in their hearts when they saw each other's eyes indifferent and their faces were calm, as if they didn't care about today's incident.

These days, Chen Xi seems to have completely regained his indifference when his parents were not around, is this because he has finally regained his calm and self-control after suffering a heavy setback, or has he seen through the self-abandonment of the world?

Doubts are doubts, but Chen Lan is not a saint after all, Chen Xi has a father, a mother, a brother and a brother, after all, he is no better than Chen Ting, a four-year-old child, so she didn't think about it. After glancing at the people who came in from outside and were standing in the hall full, she took a booklet from Lai's mother, and said unhurriedly: "In the past few days, because of the relocation, the family has sent a lot of new jobs out, and the names have been added to the account room one by one, and today is for another thing." Since the death of the old marquis, the family has not let go of the slaves, and there are more and more family members on the register, some of them receive a share of money and food, and they have jobs outside, some of them simply do not live in the back streets, and some of them can't do things at all. Only in this way, there are too many people under the banner of the Hou Mansion. ”

Chen Lan paused, and as soon as he changed his words, he talked about the incident in the ** medical hall before: "In the past two days, because of the death of the servant of the Korean government who was kicked out of the hospital, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has been impeached. In the past few days, there have been dozens of family members released by the South Korean government. And who is that domestic servant? Running rampant and domineering outside under the banner of the government is pure scum, and it should have been chased a long time ago! According to the words of the old lady and the third lady, if this kind of person is in our house, not only will he be killed, but he will simply be sent to Shuntianfu to be dealt with! ”

Because of the sudden increase in voice, the already silent Water Mirror Hall was even more deadly silent. The nobles in the capital are not only the in-laws of the masters, but also the in-laws of the subordinates, so the Zhu family does not know about the affairs of the Korean government, but the people below all know it, and it is not without discussion behind their backs. But now that this incident has affected them, they can't help but feel a little worried.

Chen Xi had been just sitting there coldly, and when she saw Chen Lan stop, Mother Wu gave her a look again, remembering that she had only been called to Mrs. Xu before she came and explained what she was going to do today, Aunt Luo didn't know how to be annoyed when she learned this, and she couldn't help but be a little stunned. Only she opened her mouth, but when she looked at the people around her, she felt that she was afraid that none of them were facing her, and she was suddenly disheartened, and the words that came to her mouth turned into a silent sigh.

What Chen Xi was thinking next to him, others naturally had no time to take care of it. At this moment, in the midst of the confusion in the audience, a mother finally thought that it was none of her business and wanted to show off, so she smiled and said: "What the third lady said is that there are too many idlers in the house, all of them are under the banner of our house, and it is inevitable that something will happen in the future." ”

Chen Lan also arranged people, but at this time, there were irrelevant people answering the conversation, which naturally hit her heart, and she immediately nodded: "So, since there are a lot of new people in the house before, the idle family members have to be let out." If you are old and single, you can stay in the granges in Jiangnan and Shandong; If you are young and strong, if you are willing, and you have a housekeeper and so on who can make a pledge as a guarantee, you will recommend it to all shops outside; As for the rest of the people, if they want to continue to keep the name of the Hou Mansion, the government will be a Zhuang Ding servant woman in the grange of the prefectures and counties of Zhili, and the rest will be released from the Shuntian Mansion to issue documents. ”

If it hadn't been said that the Korean government had also released slaves, then there might be people who would have come out to persuade at this time, but Chen Lan not only put the affairs of the Korean government on the table, but also had the impeachment of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, even if someone wanted to be a good person, he would first weigh the things behind this matter, and then think that Chen Xiren was here, Mrs. Xu and the old lady should have nodded too much, and those who were idle and had no duties had nothing to do with themselves, and it was none of their business to hang high, and someone suddenly took the lead and said.

"Since the old lady and the third lady have decided, what do we do."

Since some people agreed, the rest thought that it was a foregone conclusion, and responded unevenly at the moment. An hour and a half later, when the list was freshly released, it was already sunset, and they dragged their already stiff feet, and as soon as they left the Water Mirror Hall, they immediately talked about it.

When Chen Lan returned to the Tatexiang Courtyard, she learned that Mrs. Runingbo had just brought her second son Yang Rong and daughter Yang Qian to visit the Zhu family, and she couldn't help frowning slightly. The Zhu family had been sick more than once in the past few days, but the people in Runingbo's Mansion had sent things as usual in other mansions, and Mrs. Runingbo didn't show up at all, how could she suddenly be so attentive now?

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