Chapter 31: The Butler He Found
A few maids quickly prepared the items that Ling Ruohui needed, and watched Ling Ruohui write in hairpin letters: Recruitment notice, and then there were more than a dozen requirements for one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven, and the few maids who watched it were dumbfounded.
"Someone, put this recruitment notice outside the gate of the mansion for Miss Ben, and if anyone comes to apply, bring it to see Miss Ben immediately." After Ling Ruoxuan explained all the matters, he walked towards Fengyin Pavilion elegantly.
Several family members pasted this recruitment notice on the wooden board, stood at the door of the mansion, attracted a crowd of onlookers, some literate, some illiterate, a few talented people read softly: recruitment notice, because of the complexity of the affairs of the prime minister's house, the need for a special person to manage, is now open to recruit a housekeeper, the requirements are as follows: 1. People from the capital, male, between 30 and 40 years old; 2. Use their own expertise to manage and train the maids and servants in the house; 3. Actively work hard to complete all the matters assigned by the grandfather, the son and the eldest lady; Fourth, have good professional ethics, and do not eat inside and outside; Fifth, have strong public relations ability, able to deal with various government matters; Sixthγ......, recruitment notice written by Ling Ruoxuan, a reader of Xiucai, some people who beg for a living, originally thought that this was the Prime Minister's Mansion recruiting subordinates, but they didn't expect it to recruit housekeepers, but the conditions of this eldest lady are really harsh.
A black figure disappeared into the sea of people after seeing the recruitment notice. After two teas, the figure reappeared in King Qi's mansion.
"Lord Wang, the remnant wind is back." Uncle Zhong whispered outside the door of King Qi's study.
"Come in." A warm male voice rang out inside.
"Lord Wang, just now Miss Ling posted a housekeeper recruitment notice outside the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Oh? Housekeeper recruitment posting? What is said above? King Qi asked with a smile.
"The above conditions are very harsh, one of which is that the housekeeper must be from the capital, and there are many, many more, a total of fifteen." Remnant Wind said softly.
"Oh? Then Uncle Zhong, you will also go with this king to have a look? Remnant wind, let's go. King Qi said with a smile.
Remnant Feng and Uncle Zhong looked at each other and smiled, followed King Qi out of the palace, there was still a group of people at the door of the Ling Mansion, everyone walked into the mansion happily and confidently, and walked out again dejectedly. King Qi looked at the recruitment notice posted at the door, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "This Ling Ruohui is really ingenious and different." The person she wants, this king has a candidate. β
"The prince is saying, Chen Feng?" Uncle Zhong asked with a smile.
"Yes, Chen Feng, it turned out to be the housekeeper of the Anguo Mansion, after the men of the Anguo Mansion died on the battlefield seven years ago, the Anguo Mansion has declined since then, Chen Feng also returned to his home, presumably he is still living in his own home."
"But Chen Feng's temper is stinky and hard, is he willing to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to be a housekeeper?" Uncle Zhong asked softly.
"Ling Ruoyi's mother is a young lady from the Zhenguo Mansion, this Anguo Mansion and the Zhenguo Mansion are world friends, the two families are very close, Ling Xiang is a loyal minister, presumably Chen Feng is also willing to go to the Ling Mansion to do things."
"What the prince said is that the old slave understands." Uncle Zhong said with a smile.
"Then let's go visit this Chen Feng." Uncle Zhong continued to smile.
"If you want to visit Chen Feng, you have to go to Jade Zhai first, Chen Feng likes to eat Jade Zhai's Jade Hibiscus cake the most." King Qi said with a smile.
A few people came to the gate of Jade Zhai, ordered a few of Chen Feng's favorite pastries, packed them and walked towards a house in the west of the city......
When dangdang, King Qi knocked softly.
"It's coming, it's coming. Who is it? A heavy male voice came from inside.
The door creaked open, "Lord Qi." The middle-aged man was surprised.
"Uncle Chen, it's been a long time." King Qi said with a smile.
"Yes, it's been two years, and the old man can live without worrying about food and clothing, thanks to the clothes and silver taels that the prince asked Uncle Zhong to send to the old man every month." The middle-aged man said with tears in his eyes.
"Does Uncle Chen want this king to stand at the door and speak? Aren't you going to let this king in and sit? King Qi said with a smile.
"Oh, it's old and unreasonable, please come in, prince." The middle-aged man made a gesture of please.
The four of them walked into the room together, and the middle-aged man poured a glass of water for King Qi and said, "The prince is visiting today, is there something wrong?" β
"Hahaha, yes, this king does have one thing. This king wants to ask Uncle Chen to be the housekeeper of Ling Xiangfu. King Qi said lightly.
"Be the housekeeper of Ling Xiangfu?" The middle-aged man wondered.
"Yes, Uncle Chen must have heard that the housekeeper of the Ling Mansion had been beheaded for murder a few days ago."
"This old man has heard of it." The middle-aged man's facial expression continued.
"The eldest lady of the Ling family is now openly recruiting housekeepers, and all this king hopes that you can help her."
"Since it is an open recruitment, then you must be able to find a suitable candidate, why did the prince come to find the old man? What's more, the old man and Ling Xiang are not familiar with each other. β
"Uncle Chen, do you still remember the Xiahou family of Zhenguo Gong?"
"Of course I remember, Miss Xiahou's concubine was a famous doctor in Yunshang Country back then, but unfortunately, she died so young."
"It is Ling Ruoxi, the daughter of Miss Xiahou, who is recruiting housekeepers on the list today." King Qi saw that the middle-aged man had great respect for the Xiahou family, and continued: "After Miss Xiahou died, Miss Ling and Ling Gongzi did not have a mother's love. β
The middle-aged man saw that King Qi was so bothered about the affairs of Ling Xiangfu, in order to let him be a housekeeper, he did not hesitate to condescend to beg him, although the prince took care of him on weekdays, but it was not like this, it seems that King Qi must be so because of the eldest lady of the Ling family.
"Miss Ling, I remember that she hugged her when she was a child, when Mrs. Ling was still pregnant with a little boy in her womb, and their family went to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Anguo." The middle-aged man said with nostalgia.
"Then did Uncle Chen agree?"
"The old man reluctantly made it difficult for him, and he agreed, but the old man had a request, I wanted Miss Ling to invite me personally."
"Lao Chen, you are too much, Miss Ling is a daughter's family, how can you casually run to a strange man's house." Uncle Zhong said unhappily.
"Then please forgive the old man for being powerless, please go back." The middle-aged man's face sank, and he unceremoniously ordered the eviction of customers.
Seeing this, King Qi didn't want to say anything more. But looking at the capital, only Uncle Chen can assist her well, but this old man is stinky and hard, and it is indeed a bit too much to let Ling Ruohui personally invite her, it seems that he has to worry more about the housekeeper.
"Lord Wang, should we tell Miss Ling then?" Uncle Zhong looked at King Qi with a sad face and asked softly.
King Qi looked at Uncle Zhong, thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, go to Lingfu." β
There was still a lot of traffic outside Prime Minister Ling's mansion, and even a few troublemakers were beaten out by Miss Ling. A man who had just been driven out was very displeased and scolded loudly: "Ling Ruoyi, you tigress, don't think that you are beautiful, I don't dare to beat you, the lord didn't care about you because you were a woman, and actually said that I was not qualified for the job of a housekeeper, I really blinded your eyes, do you know why King Rui doesn't want you?" It's because ......" Before he finished speaking, Remnant Wind slapped him, and the man covered his face and glared at Remnant Wind angrily and said, "Why did you beat me, I didn't say anything about you." "The remnant wind looks like he doesn't care about himself, and he is even more angry with that person.
"Let people put him in prison, and dare to make a mistake in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this king wants to see who gave him the courage." King Qi said coldly, looking at the man's gaze that made him shudder.
The remnant wind responded and walked towards the mansion with the man.
In the courtyard of the Ling Mansion, there were a large number of applicants, and even if some people could not apply for the position of housekeeper, they were very happy to see the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Miss, Lord Qi is here." Xiao Liuzi saw King Qi at the door, and hurriedly ran to Ling Ruohui to report that since he closed the ghost door once, the people who were loyal to the mansion were Ling Ruoxi's sister and brother except Ling Xiang.
"Oh, please come in."
"Yes, the little one will go and invite the prince into the mansion."
As soon as Xiao Liuzi trotted to the door, he saw King Qi walking in with Uncle Zhong's remnants. "The little one sees the prince, the eldest lady is choosing a housekeeper in the courtyard, is the prince in the past or waiting in the living room for a while, and the little one is going to invite the eldest lady over."
"This king went to find her." After speaking, King Qi took a step towards the crowd.
From a distance, I saw Ling Ruohui wearing a lilac embroidered robe covered with a translucent gauze of the same color, and dragged it to the ground. The intricate cloud temples are embellished with shiny ornaments, which look very noble and elegant. Ling Ruoxuan saw the Qi Dynasty walking in his own direction, and slowly got up, "The courtiers participate in the prince." β
"Excuse me." King Qi smiled and helped Ling Ruoyi, who was saluting, with one hand.
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Ling Ruoyi was very elegant and decent.
"How? Has there been progress in the selection of housekeepers? β
Ling Ruoxuan shook her head helplessly and said, "No, the capital is so big, it's so difficult to find a housekeeper, it can be seen that in the capital, talents are withering." β
"This king has a personal recommendation, which is guaranteed to meet your requirements." King Qi pretended to be a mysterious.
"Oh?" King Qi's words aroused Ling Ruoxi's curiosity, "Who is it?" β
"Chen Feng, who used to be the housekeeper of the Anguo Mansion, has returned to his own home since the fall of the Anguo Mansion."
"Then why didn't the prince bring him to me to meet?" Ling Ruoyi was puzzled.
"That old man has a strange temper, he said that if he wants him to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to do things, you must invite Miss Ling in person." King Qi said tentatively.
"I'm going to invite it personally?" Ling Ruoyi was a little puzzled.
"Miss, what kind of person is that old man Chen, you actually asked Miss to invite him personally, he is just a housekeeper, why let Miss invite him." Si Xia on the side was full of displeasure when he heard it.
"Si Xia, don't be rude. Miss Ben was willing to personally invite him to come to the house as a housekeeper. Ling Ruoyi smiled lightly.
"Miss." Si Xia still wanted to say something, but Ling Ruoyi made a move and was silent.
"Miss Ling is willing to invite you personally?" Uncle Zhong asked in surprise. What did the woman in front of her think, just a housekeeper, even if Chen Feng had two brushes, it wouldn't be so good that he would come and invite him in person.
"Since Yi'er is willing to ask Chen Feng to be the housekeeper, then go with this king in the afternoon, right?" King Qi said softly.
"Okay, the prince might as well stay in the house at noon to eat, and take me to visit Chen Feng in the afternoon."
"Okay, then the king is welcome." King Qi seemed to be in his own house, and got up and walked towards the living room......