General doctor's wife

Chapter 33
"I heard that Duke Cheng'en has entered the palace?" In front of the curling smoke, the only sound that accompanied this voice was the crisp clicking sound of the Buddhist beads.

"Yes, Your Majesty and Cheng Engong talked in the upper study room, but I couldn't find out what they said." Beside him was a male and female voice.

"Go and inquire, I can't let them ruin my big business." The clicking sound stopped, and the voice became harsh in an instant.

"Yes." The footsteps gradually faded away.

The sound of the Buddha beads colliding sounded again, and the Bodhisattva smiled kindly with pity on his face, but it was a little blurry in front of the perennial fireworks.

The next day, Cheng Engong heard that the queen missed the jujube paste yam cake made by the cooks in the house, so he specially sent two cooks to the palace.

When Emperor Deqing heard the words, he not only gave permission, but also transferred all the cooks from the queen's small kitchen to the imperial dining room, leaving only the two new cooks and the two maids whom the queen liked.

Everyone lamented the deep affection of the emperor and empress.

"Ma'am, Princess Fujia has posted a post, inviting you to come to the mansion tomorrow." Mother Liu came over with a plum blossom note.

Qin Ranran nodded, took the post and put it aside.

"The new maid, is everything okay?" She continued to pick up the herbs in her hands, "Did Master reply?"

Mother Liu said with a smile: "There is no reply from Madam yet, but among the little maids, a few have already started jumping restlessly."

Qin Ranran put the picked herbs in the bamboo basket, and said lightly, "Mother Liu, keep an eye on them, who knows who sent them inside."

Madam Liu should be: "The servant knows the seriousness, Madam don't worry."

"Mother Liu, when I entered the mansion, I was naked. I had no female elders to teach me, nor did I have many friends. There are many things that I don't understand."

"In the future, if I am not thoughtful, you must tell me. I don't want to be laughed at by the general after I go out, and by our General Pingxi's mansion."

Mother Liu's eyes became hot when she heard this, and she hurriedly bowed and said, "Ma'am, you are serious. As long as Madam gives orders, this servant will do her best."

Qin Ranran took her hand and asked her to sit down: "Mother Liu, there may be more and more people in this mansion in the future, and the general's official career is smooth, and he will only go further and further away. I will never let us These miscellaneous affairs in the mansion have dragged down the general. I don't have a wet nurse or a personal maid since I was young, and no one helps me to watch over the many affairs in this mansion. From now on, you will be my wet nurse, how about it?"

Mother Liu couldn't bear it anymore, tears welled up in her eyes, she stood up and kowtowed to the ground: "Ma'am, the general has treated us with great kindness, and you trust me so much, I will never repay one or two. Don't worry, Ma'am, I will do my best." Use all your strength to help Madam take care of the General's Mansion."

Qin Ranran got up and helped Mama Liu to sit up: "Maisui, go get a basin of water to clean Mama Liu's face, this winter hurts the skin too much."

Maisui fetched water as promised, but Liu's mother refused to let others follow and went to clean the room by herself.

"Mai Sui, you heard what I just said to Mama Liu. I have a nurse now. Would you like to be my personal maid?" Qin Ranran raised her eyes and looked at Mai Sui with a smile.

"Madam, Maisui will never disappoint Madam!" Maisui knelt down.

Qin Ranran was certain in her heart that she had completely pulled Mama Liu and Maisui, the two most loyal people, by her side. With their help to take care of her, if she reminded her more, there should be fewer troubles.

"Baizhi." Qin Ranran lifted the ears of wheat and called Bai Zhi who was standing outside.

A woman with big eyes came in, her facial features were not so exquisite and beautiful, but she looked quite pleasing to the eye.This was the big flower who persuaded Qin Ranran not to drink cold tea.Because her family name was Bai, Qin Ranran named her Bai Zhi after the name of the herb.

"You took this medicinal material and ground it with a mortar, the finer the better." Qin Ranran pointed to the bamboo basket in her hand and said.

Bai Zhi picked up the bamboo basket and bowed to leave.

"Hongxiu, come here." Mother Liu, Maisui and Ah Jiu couldn't understand Qin Ranran's decision to keep Hongxiu by her side, but she didn't explain it.

"When did you leave home?" Qin Ranran asked her with a smile.

Hongxiu respectfully blessed Li before replying: "The servant girl was already 12 years old when she left home."

Qin Ranran's heart moved, and she immediately said, "How did you fall into Ren Yazi's hands?"

Hongxiu knelt down on the ground when she heard the words, her voice was full of sorrow: "Madam, this servant is also the daughter of a scholar family, and my father taught me carefully since I was a child. But when I was 12 years old, my mother went away, and I was tricked out by my uncle. , selling his teeth to someone just to pay off his gambling debts."

"I beg Madam, please don't change the name of the servant, the servant is afraid that the father will come to Beijing in the future, and he will not recognize the servant."

"I don't want Madam to let me out, I just want to see my father again."

When Qin Ranran thought of the gray-haired man who was over thirty in his previous life, he couldn't help feeling sad.

"If your father finds me, I will let you go home. Before your father finds you, how about you staying in my house and helping me with some chores?"

"My servant thanked Madam, and is willing to be an ox or a horse to repay Madam's kindness!" Hongxiu's tone was choked, and she fell on the ground and knocked heavily.

Qin Ranran raised her red sleeves: "Get up quickly, what do I want you to do? If you help me do things well, how about repaying me?"

Hongxiu's childish face had faded and she showed firmness: "Madam, don't worry, my father taught me to be ambitious since I was a child. A man who is a confidant dies. Madam treats me like a reborn. I will never let Madam down!"

Qin Ranran's heart relaxed: "You go to Maisui and ask her to call everyone in our yard over. I have something to say."

"Yes." Hongxiu Fushen left.

Not long after, all the maids in the inner courtyard stood in the flower hall, standing respectfully with their hands down.

"Since I have chosen you to be by my side, I feel that you are worthy of my trust. From now on, no one is allowed to go out and gossip about matters in my yard, both inside and outside the house."

"Mama Liu is in charge of the affairs in our backyard, and Maisui and Ah Jiu are in charge of the affairs around me."

"Atractylodes is in charge of the jewelry on my side, Poria is in charge of the clothes, and Bai Zhi is in charge of all the medicinal materials I brought here that need to be processed."

"Hongxiu is in charge of the accounting in our yard. Only Ah Jiu can come with me in the medicine house, and no one else is allowed to enter without permission, understand?"

"My four big maids are like this. Maisui, the second-class maid, you can arrange, and the two young maids can help with chores."

"You must live in harmony. If you have anything to do, you can come back to me first, and I will make decisions for you. I don't want to see any intrigue in my yard."

"But if there are outsiders who bully us, you just call me back. If something happens, I will blame it!"

(End of this chapter)