Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 153 People are stupid and have more money
The eight maids stood in two rows like eight delicate flowers, bowing their knees to salute, Li Tian enjoyed listening to the singing of Yingying and Yanyan, and looked at the eight of them carefully with a smile before giving orders He said: "What's your name? How old are you? Where did you work as an errand? Who is there in the family? Tell me one by one in detail."

The girl standing at the front subconsciously glanced at Mother Qiao, stepped forward hesitantly and bent her knees half a step forward, and said, "My servant's name is Baoyan, she is eighteen this year, and she used to work in Jingfu Palace. There is a brother and a sister."

"Where do the parents and elder brother work? Has the elder brother married? Which girl did he marry? How old are the younger siblings? Have they received any errands?" Baoyan couldn't hide the astonishment on Li Tian's series of questions. He replied in a daze: "My maidservant's father took a job in charge of the treasury in the household department, and my mother didn't take the job. My elder brother took a job as a second-class guard in the Jian'an County Prince's Mansion, and he has already married. , my younger brother is not on a job, he just passed the entrance examination last year, and my younger sister is still young, so she doesn't have any job."

"Oh." The smile on Li Tian's face remained unchanged, and he replied in a long voice, then turned to look at the next flower and asked, "What about you?"

"Back to the princess, the maidservant is named Yu Lian. She is seventeen this year. She used to work in the Shangshi Bureau. Her father is a gardener in Yujin Garden, and her mother has no errand. The maidservant has an older sister and two younger brothers. The elder sister is married, and the eldest brother I learned how to grow flowers with my father, and my younger brother is still young and has not yet received an errand."

"Which family did my sister marry?"

"Married to the Lin family." Yu Lian mumbled uncomfortably, and Li Tian smiled and said, "Is it the housekeeper Lin's house in Dongyang County Prince's Mansion?"

"Yes." Yu Lian answered in a low voice, Li Tian looked at her and praised her with satisfaction: "What a smart kid." Yu Lian's face changed after one word of praise, she praised her for being smart, because she wanted to To avoid the matter of my sister marrying into the steward's house of the king's mansion in Dongyang County?Mother Qiao's fingers trembled, forcing her heart to beat wildly for a while.

Li Tian looked away from Yu Lian, looked at the third flower and motioned her to continue. After talking all the way, these eight flowers either have a deep relationship with Jingfu Palace, or they are inseparable from the palace of Dongyang County. Li Tian picked it up carefully in public, and Mother Qiao only felt that her temples were throbbing as if they were about to explode, and the jumping made her dizzy, nauseated, and dizzy, and she could hardly stand up.

"Sure enough, they are all good children who have been carefully selected. Mammy took the trouble." Li Tian praised sincerely. Mammy Qiao lowered her head and dropped her hands, not daring to answer. After thinking about it, he said: "Good steel must be used on the blade. How about this? Let's all go to the East Courtyard to serve the Marquis. The East Courtyard is the prince's inner study. First, the important documents are all in it. Second, the prince is afraid that most of the time in the future. To rest in the East Courtyard, that is the most important place in our mansion, and only you who are one in a million can serve it. Where is Yuye? Take them there and give them to Miss Hongxiu, and tell Miss Hongxiu, They are all very rare and good children, if there is something bad about it, it means that they have never served the prince before, and they don't know the prince's preferences and temper, so let her train her carefully."

Yu Ye promised, and was about to lead people out, Li Tian seemed to just remember, raised her hand to stop Yu Ye from smiling and said: "There is one more important thing, I almost forgot, Lu Lian remembers, from today onwards, The red-sleeve girl's monthly allowance is increased to five taels, um, add two little girl's allowances to her, and let her choose the monthly fee, one person, five hundred yuan a month, Yuye said to the red-sleeved girl. "

Mother Qiao stared at Li Tian in a daze, and all the housekeepers in the room also stared at Li Tian in a daze, all of them couldn't react, adding five taels, and two girls, this is my aunt's example!

Yuye agreed, and led Baduohua out to the east courtyard.Yingluo accepted Li Tian's signal, dismissed all the housekeepers, and called in the fifty housekeepers who were waiting outside.

Unlike the women in charge, Li Tian hardly said anything, but asked everyone to introduce himself and their errands, and asked Lan Mo to write down that, except for announcing that the external account room would not be used for the time being, all support would be from Lvlian. Except for the withdrawal, he didn't say a word about anything else, and just sent the foreign stewards away.

Some of this group of foreign managers were lucky, some were puzzled, and some were sullen and puzzled. They had only heard that there were no internal tents. Who had heard of any company that did not have external tents?Wang Youdao, the steward of the external tent, felt a tight chest pain, what's the matter!Is it possible that in the future, the income in the village, the filial piety of the investors, the salary of the master, etc. will all be controlled by a group of women?No such reason!Besides, the external account room is not open, how can I explain to my superiors?Wang Youdao took a group of tents outside, and sat sullenly in the wing room in the yard where the stewards were resting, meeting people, and directors, thinking about ideas irritably. He whispered in the past: "I told you a long time ago, you still don't believe it, there is no tent yard in the front yard of this mansion!"

The corners of Wang Youdao's eyes kept twitching, and it took him a while to grit his teeth and said, "I don't believe that she dared to go against the sky! Go, wait for the master at the gate, I don't believe it. There is no external tent, so it is impossible for the prince to spend so much money." Do you want to get it from those girls?" Wang Youdao jumped up and rushed towards the gatehouse with his hands behind his back, his confidants Lao Gao and Lao Chen hurriedly followed, and the other ten tents looked at the three of them eagerly. Well, if this external tent is really not set up, what will they do?In order to get into the prince's mansion as a tent, they have tried their best to dig people's hearts, tried their best, and spent a lot of money seriously!

The courtyard where the stewards were resting was several times busier than usual. The master is loose-tempered, generous, and married a girl from the Li family who has no relatives to rely on. Although no one dared to think deeply about it, they all secretly planned to follow the fifth master. Even if there is something wrong with him, what can he do?Without these butchers, he would have to eat hairy pigs!What's more, it's really embarrassing, and the pair of them will have a harsh reputation, the nobles are the most embarrassing!A few days ago, I saw the dowry of the princess again, and these stewards who had managed to sneak in felt that their job was one of the most fat jobs in the world. Seeing this again today, the mood is even more high-spirited. This Jin'an County Palace, It's just how stupid a person is!

The head of the comprador, Gu Deqing, who was in charge of the purchase of rouge, pollen, etc., didn't think so. He had a cousin who had been kidnapped seven or eight times and worked as a bookkeeper in Qianchunfang. The accounting daughter-in-laws around the concubine were full of praise for their accounts. Those daughter-in-laws were clear in their accounts and familiar with all the affairs of the winery, no worse than the shopkeeper of Qianchunfang. In this way, how can the princess be such a fool?Gu Deqing would come and have more thoughts, even if he thought of this, he didn't mention a word, he went along with everyone's jokes for a while, found an excuse, and went out of the corner to go home.

Gu Deqing's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Han, was working in the oil candle department in the inner courtyard. Gu Deqing arrived home not long ago, and Mrs. Han also came back. Gu Deqing asked in surprise, "Why did you come back so early? Nothing happened. Bar?"

"It's nothing." Sister-in-law Han took off her servant's clothes and carefully folded them before explaining: "The princess called the nanny in charge to speak today, who is in charge of what, when, where, and who is in charge. The nanny in charge can clearly distinguish It is clear, and we are also clear about it, I will be on duty in the first half of the night during the ten days." Gu Deqing was slightly relieved to hear her say that, for her job, he spent a total of 30 taels of silver.

"No wonder your cousin said that the concubine's errand is not good enough. It's true. Madam Wan trained me for half an hour today, saying that the concubine has rules. From today on, no matter who comes to receive the lamp oil and candles, they have to make it clear. Where it is used, from when it is used to when it is used, it has to be written down. You see, this is too detailed. Which house lights up like this? How does this look like a palace? Even ours I've never calculated it like that before." Sister-in-law Han couldn't help feeling resentful when she thought about the accounting, if she kept it like this, how could she have candles in her house?This candle is much better than an oil lamp!

"The concubine made the rules for the inner court? Tell me in detail, what else?" Ji Deqing was startled, and asked hastily. Seeing her husband's expression of surprise and solemnity, Mrs. Han hurriedly thought while saying, "Yes." The concubine thinks that the mansion is not enough. Starting from today, the road to the west of the mansion will be closed, and a lot of rules have been set. By the way, Madam Wan is very happy. I heard what she said, what is going on in the future? , She skipped Mammy Qiao and reported it directly to the concubine, besides...that is to say that she should work hard, as the concubine said, the prince is picky, no matter what he wants to be top-notch."

Ji Deqing walked back and forth in the room with his hands on his hips for four or five circles, stopped abruptly, pointed at his daughter-in-law and solemnly confessed: "I tell you, you have to take care of this matter. From today on, one Candles, a tael of lamp oil can’t be taken home, and even a thread end can’t be taken. This is not an easy matter. I mean, the princess is not a bully. Just watch, in a few days, someone will be in bad luck! "Sister-in-law Han was taken aback, and quickly nodded in agreement. Her husband is famous for his long tail, and he is a hozen. He never misses what he says!"
In the east courtyard, Hongxiu looked weakly at the eight flowers standing in front of her, and felt that she couldn't even cry anymore. The princess suddenly raised her monthly money, added two little maids, and put the two girls together again. A bunch of maids of unknown origin were sent to her for training. What does the princess mean?Conscience of heaven and earth, she really hasn't even touched Fifth Master's side!
Hongxiu couldn't care less about this bunch of Yingying and Yanyan, so she casually touched the rules of the palace and asked those delicate flowers to copy first, then hurried to the hallway leading to the west courtyard, guarding the door and refusing to leave, no matter what , she has to see the princess today, this is a terrible thing!

(End of this chapter)