Reborn eldest daughter

In Xia Yuyuan——

Zhao Keren was sitting by the window, reading the book quietly, turning the pages gently with his hands from time to time.It looks demure and elegant.It has to be said that Zhao Keren is really a beauty, even the way he reads a book can easily attract the attention of others.However, what is in her heart, I am afraid that few people can see through it.

"Miss." Xianyun came in from the outside and whispered.

Hearing Xianyun's call, Zhao Keren gently put the book on the window sill, turned his head, and looked at Xianyun, "How is everything done?"

Xianyun nodded, and replied with a smile, "Miss, I'm going to do something, don't you feel relieved?"

"That's good," Zhao Keren nodded, "Then just wait for tomorrow morning to choose."

Seeing Zhao Ke's calm and relaxed look, Xianyun couldn't help asking, "Miss, is this really possible? What if the young lady doesn't choose her?"

Zhao Keren smiled, and said confidently, "Don't worry, I will go to the election with her tomorrow. At that time, as long as I promote it by the side, it will be fine."

"But—" Xianyun frowned, a little worried, "Miss seems to have changed a lot now, so this servant is still a little worried."

Zhao Keren smiled contemptuously, "No matter how Zhao Keran changes, she can't beat me. Besides, she trusts me very much now, doesn't she? You see, even if I took away her engagement , She still regards me as her good sister, she is really stupid."

Xianyun sighed and prayed in his heart, hoping that everything goes well tomorrow morning.

"By the way." Zhao Keren suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "Did you hear what I asked you to inquire about last time?"

Ever since he came back from Chunhui Garden last time, Zhao Keren has been fascinated by the white jade Guanyin statue mentioned by Zhao Keran, and asked Xianyun to inquire about it as soon as he came back.It has been a few days, and Zhao Keren is a little anxious to wait.Although what Zhao Keran said was convincing, she was still not at ease. She had to check it out carefully so that she could feel at ease.

Hearing Zhao Keren's question, Xianyun quickly replied, "Miss Hui, what she said before is true. Zhenbaozhai has indeed added a new white jade Guanyin statue. That white jade Guanyin statue is really top-notch. It was carved from a whole piece of white jade, without any splicing at all. Also, I heard that it was the last work of Fan Yong, a famous sculptor in the dynasty, before he retired, so this white jade Guanyin statue It's really worth it!"

Zhao Keren asked quickly, "Is that really 5 taels of silver?"

If it is really so expensive, how should I spend this huge sum of money?This is what Zhao Keren is most worried about now.

Xianyun nodded, "I have already inquired about it, and it is true that I want so much money."

Hearing Xianyun's answer, Zhao Keren frowned. It seemed really expensive, but——

"Then cousin Yimiao also wants to buy this white jade Guanyin statue?" Zhao Keren asked.

Xianyun nodded, "Yes. Ms. Biao Yimiao has indeed taken a fancy to this white jade Guanyin statue, but she hasn't bought it yet. I heard that Ms. Biao Yimiao is still collecting money!"

Hearing Xianyun's answer, Zhao Keren temporarily breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it turned out that cousin Yimiao hadn't collected enough money yet.However, thinking about it, 5 taels of silver is not a small amount, even if Cousin Yimiao is the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion, it is not so easy to get it together.That means you still have a chance.As long as he buys the white jade Guanyin statue before Cousin Yimiao, Cousin Yimiao's expression will not be too good at that time!From childhood to adulthood, Cousin Yimiao was better than her in everything, and this time I finally had a chance to beat her once.This opportunity, I will never give up.It seems that the top priority now is to get out the money as soon as possible.Otherwise, it would be bad if Cousin Yi Miao was allowed to take the lead.

Thinking of this, Zhao Keren said, "Xianyun, how much money can we use now?"

After thinking for a while, Xianyun replied, "Miss, all the silver we can use now, if added up, is only 2 taels at most, and if there is more, we really can't move it out."

"What, it's so little. It's not even half enough." Zhao Keren frowned deeply, "I remember that there were [-] left before, why did it drop so much all of a sudden?"

Zhao Keren looked at Xianyun suspiciously.

Seeing Zhao Keren's suspicious gaze, Xianyun felt very wronged in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down, "Miss, even if I have the guts, I will never dare to touch your money! You have to trust the servant Ah! Every amount of money spent is recorded by the servant. Miss, if you don’t believe me, the servant will show you the account book right away.’

For Zhao Keren's suspicion of him, Xianyun's heart is full of grievances.You know, she has been by Zhao Keren's side since she was a child, always thinking about her, planning for her everywhere, without any dissent, but she never thought that the young lady would suspect that she was greedy for her money.Thinking of this, Xian Yun's heart became cold.

Seeing Xianyun's appearance, Zhao Keren also knew that he shouldn't suspect her, but, "Then tell me, where did the 1 taels of silver go?"

Xian Yun quickly replied, "Miss, you forgot! Before, you asked your servants to spread the rumors in order to force the eldest lady to withdraw the engagement. The 1 taels of silver were given to those who helped spread the rumors."

Zhao Keren thought about it, and there was indeed such a thing.She knew that she had wronged Xianyun, but her temperament was arrogant, and it was absolutely impossible for her to confess her mistake.

Seeing Xianyun still kneeling on the ground, Zhao Keren just said lightly, "Okay, I see, you get up first!"

Hearing Zhao Keren's flat tone, Xianyun felt very uncomfortable. She didn't expect that the lady wronged herself like this, but she didn't explain a word. She had been with her for so long, and she still didn't believe herself.It seems that to the young lady, she is really just an ordinary maid, nothing special.However, even so, her heart is still towards Zhao Keren.because.If there was no Miss, then their family would not be able to survive now. 1

Zhao Keren didn't notice Xianyun's appearance, but was just thinking about how to get the money together.

"Xianyun, I have another courtyard in the suburbs, right?" Zhao Keren asked suddenly.

Hearing Zhao Keren's words, Xianyun was taken aback, "Miss, you probably want to sell the other courtyard in the suburbs! That's not okay, if the master and madam know, it will be terrible. "

Zhao Keren also knew that what Xianyun said was right, but, "If I don't sell the other courtyard, I won't be able to raise the money."

Xian Yun quickly persuaded, "Miss, the other courtyard must not be sold! Otherwise, you can borrow some money from the eldest lady or the madam first. They love you so much, they will definitely agree."

Zhao Keren's other courtyard in the suburbs was given to her by the patriarch of the Zhao family, Mr. Zhao, on her tenth birthday.At that time, Zhao Keran also got one.The two other courtyards are located in the suburbs, and they are still adjacent to each other.Selling that other courtyard, if others find out, it will cause big trouble.Instead of this, it would be better to borrow from the madam and the young lady.Madam loves Miss so much, she probably won't refuse.As for the eldest lady, she has always loved the second lady so much, and she will definitely agree. 13acv.

After listening to Xianyun's words, Zhao Keren shook his head, "No way. If you ask them to borrow it, they will definitely ask why. You forgot, Zhao Keran has never agreed with my idea of ​​using this Baiyu Guanyin. Yes, even if mother loves me, she will never agree with me to buy such an expensive thing as a gift."

"Then, Miss, or else we should choose something else as a gift." Xian Yun suggested at the side, "That white jade Guanyin statue is really too precious. Besides, Missy is just embroidering a screen Well! We don’t need to buy such expensive ones! The most important thing is the heart.”

"No." Zhao Keren said firmly, "I'm not Zhao Keran. You know, on that kind of occasion, almost all the dignitaries in the capital will be present. I am not as stupid as Zhao Keran, and I can't tell the occasion. Also, now, I am the future wife of the Zhongyihou Mansion, and I must not be compared by others."

"But, miss—" Xian Yun still wanted to persuade.

"No, but." Zhao Keren interrupted Xianyun's words, "There is no need to say anything, after tomorrow morning, after the matter is over, you can ask me about the buyer, and if the price is right, then sell it. !"

"Yes, Miss." Xian Yun replied helplessly.

--split line--

In the morning, after breakfast, Zhao Keran and Zhao Keren came to the garden and sat down at a stone table.Soon, the maids had set refreshments on the stone table.A few days ago, Zhao Keren had already told Qin Xianghe that he hoped to choose a maid again with Zhao Keran.Because Ling'er next to Zhao Keran had already been executed for stealing the imperial gift; and Xian Luo next to Zhao Keren had asked for leave to go home, and she would not be able to come back for a while, considering that there was indeed a shortage of people around them, Qin Xianghe also agreed.Now, Zhao Keran and Zhao Keren are preparing to choose a few more maids.

Zhao Keren slowly picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Sister, this time we really have to choose carefully, and we must choose some honest and smart ones."

Looking at Zhao Keren's appearance, Zhao Keran was thinking in his heart, what is going on with Zhao Keren, why did he suddenly ask his mother to choose some new maids?She didn't believe that Zhao Keren would really be so kind and take the initiative to care about her.No matter what Zhao Keren does, he must have a purpose.But what trick was she trying to play?

But even though he was thinking this way in his heart, Zhao Keran had a pleasant smile on his face, "Keren, you should choose carefully! You know, you only have Xianyun and a maid by your side now, so it must be very inconvenient." Yes, just like last time, you just asked Xianyun to buy pastries, and there is no more caring maid beside you."

After hearing Zhao Keran's words, Zhao Keren also smiled and retorted, "Where is my sister who you said is so miserable! Apart from Xianyun, there is Xianluo beside me! But now Xianluo asked for leave and went home. , I'll be back soon. It's my sister, you can choose carefully!"

"We sisters don't have to refuse any more." Zhao Keran said with a smile, "Anyway, we both have to pick and choose, and we can't have a maid like Ling'er again."

"Sister, it's good if you can think like this." Zhao Keren looked concerned, "I thought you were still sad about Ling'er!"

"No way!" Zhao Keran shook her head with a smile, "Ling'er's matter is her own fault, and she has nothing to do with others. She has been with me for so long, since she dared to do such a thing, it seems It’s really because I’m not strict in discipline!”

While the two were talking, a woman about 30 years old came in and bowed to Zhao Keran and Zhao Keren, "The villain, Nanny Chen, has met the eldest lady and the second lady. Today is the little one." They brought someone here to choose for the two young ladies. Madam has already said, let the two young ladies choose carefully, and each of you can choose three servant girls."

Looking at the woman in front of them, Zhao Keran and Zhao Keren already knew that this was a human tooth.

After listening to Nanny Chen's words, Zhao Keren waved his hand, "Then let people come in now!"

Hearing Zhao Keren's order, Nanny Chen clapped her hands, and not long after, plainly dressed girls came in one by one and lined up.Zhao Keran counted them, and there were six of them in a row, a total of three rows, a total of 18 people.These 16 girls are of different ages, the oldest is about [-] years old, and the youngest is only about seven or eight years old.However, there are two girls who stand out the most, one is wearing light blue clothes and the other is wearing grass green clothes.They are special because they are all very good-looking, and they have such an aura that they don't look like maids at all.Zhao Keran couldn't help but look at them a few more times.However, looking at the group of girls in front of him, Zhao Keran didn't know how to choose.

Speaking of picking maidservants, Zhao Keran couldn't help but think of Situ Xu. Earlier, Situ Xu said that he would send some maidservants over, but it had been so many days. Apart from seeing a liuyueqin and a book of poems, she couldn't even see her personally. I didn't even see the shadow of her, let alone a few servant girls.It seems that I was really cheated, but I am still annoyed that if he really sent the maid, should he accept it!

"Sister, sister." Seeing that Zhao Keran seemed to be absent-minded, Zhao Keren called several times in a hurry.

"Ah, what?" Hearing Zhao Keren's shout, Zhao Keran woke up like a dream, "Keren, what's the matter? Why did you call me suddenly?"

Seeing Zhao Keran's appearance, Zhao Keren frowned, "I should ask what's wrong with you? Why do you seem to be absent-minded? I've called you several times, but you didn't answer me."

Zhao Keran smiled, "No, I just saw so many girls all at once, and I don't know how to choose."

"That's not easy." Zhao Keren said with a smile, "Let them introduce themselves first, and if you see a suitable one later, then stay."

Zhao Keran nodded.

The group of girls all looked at Zhao Keran and Zhao Keren eagerly, because they were all about to sell themselves, it would be great if they could stay in a big family like Xiang Taishi's house as maids.But if they can't be selected, they have to go to other people's homes again to be selected.If they can't be selected, they may be sent home.But they were forced to sell themselves as slaves because their family was poor. If they returned home, the family would probably not be able to survive.Therefore, they must seize this opportunity well.

Nanny Chen waved her hand to signal the girls in the first row to come forward, and introduced one by one, "This is Mei Lan, Ju Qing, Yan Yan..."

Looking at the six girls in front of him, Zhao Keran didn't feel anything, and Zhao Keren didn't seem to like them either.They all shook their heads.Seeing this situation, Nanny Chen waved her hand to signal them to leave first.The six girls went down disappointed.

Soon, the girls in the second row came forward again. Just as Nanny Chen wanted to introduce, Zhao Keran stopped her, "Let them speak for themselves!"

Soon, the girls started introducing themselves.However, after two or three, Zhao Keran didn't pick anyone, but Zhao Keren seemed quite satisfied, so he picked two at once.

Soon came the girl in the light blue dress that Zhao Keran noticed just now.The woman in the blue dress in front of me, but seeing her oval face, her eyes are like lacquer, she is delicate and exquisite, not only that, but she also has a temperament that makes me feel pitiful. I believe that any man will be attracted to her.However, how could such a woman be willing to be someone else's maid?Zhao Keran was very puzzled.

"Servant Qin Xiang, I have seen the two young ladies." The woman said lightly, her voice was like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley.

Qinxiang?Hearing this name, Zhao Keran paused while drinking tea, but soon returned to normal.Therefore, no one present noticed her abnormality.

"Qin Xiang, this name is elegant." Zhao Keren praised with a smile.However, there was a cold light in her eyes.

"Does sister like it?" Hearing Zhao Keren's words, Zhao Keran asked with a smile.

Zhao Keren smiled and shook his head.

Looking at Zhao Keren's actions, Zhao Keran knew it clearly.No matter what, Zhao Keren would not like the woman in front of him.Zhao Keren is a very proud person, and she absolutely cannot tolerate beautiful people serving her by her side.Especially the woman in front of her, with such a temperament, she would never put such a person by her side.

Zhao Keran didn't say anything, but just motioned for the next woman to continue introducing herself.And such a woman is the girl in the grass green dress just now.The woman in front of me has Baixi's skin, big eyes, delicate nose, full mouth, plus that petite figure, she looks very delicate and cute, definitely not inferior to the girl named Qinxiang in front of her .It can be said that among all the girls today, the two of them are the most prominent.But why did such two people come back to be maids?They have such a temperament, they will never be cultivated by ordinary small families, so what is it for?Just when Zhao Keran couldn't figure it out, the girl in grass-green clothes in front of her spoke,

"Servant Shixiang, I have seen the two ladies."

What, Shixiang?Hearing the girl's self-introduction, a gleam of surprise flashed across Zhao Keran's eyes.Soon, however, she returned to normal.

"Qin Xiang, Shi Xiang. Is that so?" Zhao Keran asked.

"Yes." The two girls replied in unison.

Zhao Keran smiled, "Good name, you guys can keep it in the future!"

This is Zhao Keran who seems to have understood why the two girls in front of him came to be maids.This is probably what Situ Xu meant when he said, "Qin and poems will come later, and they are also gifts".It turns out that the so-called qin and poetry probably refer to the two women in front of me!However, she really needs someone by her side now, it seems that she still has to accept it!However, who is Situ Xu? She can even have a hand in matters such as the selection of maids in the Grand Master's Mansion.

"What?" Hearing Zhao Keran's words, Zhao Keren exclaimed before the two girls opened their mouths.

Seeing Zhao Keren's abnormality, Zhao Keran frowned, "Keren, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing." Zhao Keren seemed to have noticed his abnormality, and quickly said with a smile, "Sister, you chose too quickly! There are still a few people below, why don't you take a look again, and choose again. Not too late."

Seeing Zhao Keren's appearance, Zhao Keran thought to himself, what the hell is this Zhao Keren doing?Why is it so abnormal?I just chose two maids.

"Karen, what are you talking about?" Zhao Keran replied with a smile, "Didn't you also choose two at once?"

Hearing Zhao Keran's words, Zhao Keren didn't say anything more, but just exchanged glances with Xianyun beside him.There seemed to be anxiety in the eyes of both of them.

Although Zhao Keran also noticed it, he acted as if he hadn't seen anything and just sipped his tea quietly.

Soon, the girls in the third row also came forward.They still introduced themselves one by one.However, Zhao Keran has no interest anymore.So I didn't listen carefully.

"Servant Qingzhu, I have seen the two young ladies."

"Sister, what do you think of this servant girl?" Zhao Keren asked suddenly when he arrived at the girl named Qingzhu.

Hearing Zhao Keren's words, Zhao Keran raised his head. Although the woman in front of him was not a peerless beauty, she was still quite good-looking, and she had the feeling of being from a small family.However, Zhao Keran was very puzzled, how could Zhao Keren fall in love with this girl with his temperament?

Thinking of this, Zhao Keran asked with a smile, "Why, sweetie, do you want this girl?"

Hearing Zhao Keren's question, Zhao Keren quickly denied it, "No, it's just that I think this girl is pretty good, sister, or you can accept her!"

Zhao Keran looked at the woman in front of her again. For some reason, she seemed to always feel that this girl was very weird. She seemed to see her looking at her with hatred, but when she looked again, she didn't seem to have it.

Zhao Keran shook his head and said, "If my sister likes it, she can keep it for herself!"

"But, sister, you only chose two." Zhao Keren advocated from the side, "It's better to keep this one!"

Zhao Keran still shook her head very persistently, she didn't know why Zhao Keren always wanted her to accept this girl, could it be that this girl was another eyeliner arranged by her.Thinking of this, Zhao Keran insisted on his idea even more.Zhao Keren also wanted to persuade Zhao Keran.But Zhao Keran seemed to see what she meant, and quickly pointed to the youngest girl to stay.

However, in the end, Zhao Keren still kept the green bamboo for himself.