The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Mrs. Xing finally smoothed things over and said: "Okay, we met by chance, we have done everything we can, and don't care about the rest." Then she said to Daiyu: "I have a lot of new satin, I will ask the servant girl to send you some later, and let the maid give you some. Xu Yena will make some more new clothes for you."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yingchun, and asked Siqi: "Why didn't you make new clothes for the second girl with the material you gave the second girl last time?"

Siqi muttered, "The handicrafts of the servants are not fine enough, and the materials have already been handed over to the sewing room."

Mrs. Xing frowned: "If you don't know, you can learn. Look at the maids around Miss Lin. They used to be bad at needlework, like Zhu Mei Cuiliu, and now they are very good at needlework. As I said before, poor craftsmanship It doesn't matter, you can learn. You guys, don't bully your master just because your girl is thin-skinned and talkative. As a personal servant girl, she can't even do her master's sewing well. It's good to pinch the tip. It's useless, so keep it. What are you doing?"

In a word, Siqi and Xiuju were too embarrassed to say anything.

Yingchun also blushed, but her own servant girl didn't live up to expectations, and she didn't know how to break up with her aunt.

It was Daiyu who helped Yingchun out of the siege: "Everyone has their own strengths. I see that although the chess player is poor in needlework, she has always been loyal. The second sister is soft-tempered. Fortunately, she can calm down the situation with eloquence. Those maids in my sister's house have rebelled long ago."

"Even so, it can't be too much, a maid is a maid, you have to remember your identity, don't really think of yourself as a vice lady."

good. " Madam Xing said lightly.

At this time, the novice from the temple had just brought the lunch when Mrs. Xing stopped talking.

Seeing the opportunity, Xueyan asked Xiaohong in private: "What's wrong with Ma'am? She is not such a mean person on weekdays, did Siqi do something she shouldn't have done?"

Xiaohong said in a low voice: "This is what my sister asked, so I told you. In fact, my wife brought a girl to see her today. The other party is also from our family, but he is just an offspring, so his clothes are inevitably a bit shabby. The wife of that family was a little reluctant. She thought my girl was a concubine, and her words were a little offensive. Siqi was also angry but couldn't help choking a few times. The wife was annoyed that she didn't know how to measure, so we made a fuss. If you don't care about it, it will cause the second girl to be talked about. It's hard for the wife to say it clearly, this is to beat her with another excuse."

"So that's the case. No wonder when you first came back, I saw that the eldest lady's expression was not right. But the second girl is only 13 years old this year. Is it too early to say kiss so early?" Xue Yan asked suspiciously.

Xiaohong smiled and said: "You think the same as I did, but the wife said it was not early at all, and it takes a lot of time for a big family to walk the six ceremonies. Even seeing each other is not done once, you always have to see someone After two years, it would be good to be able to settle down when the time comes. After that, it will take another year or two to go through six ceremonies and prepare the dowry, and it will be just right to get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen."

After finishing speaking, he squinted and smiled: "Sister asked about this, is it because she wants to find her brother-in-law?"

"You little girl, see if I don't tear your mouth apart, you'll just talk nonsense." Xueyan joked with Xiaohong, but couldn't help but think of a clear face in her mind, and she didn't know that How is the preparation for the exam?

After all, Mrs. Xing was still kind-hearted, and felt that it was not easy for these maids to come out, so she specially ordered a table of vegetarian dishes for them to eat alone.Xueyan was full of praise while eating. It is indeed a famous vegetarian restaurant in Beijing, and it is indeed very delicious.

When returning home, Mrs. Xing asked the temple for two boxes of snacks to bring back for Jiamu to taste.Mother Jia tasted it and praised: "The rose and mincemeat cake in Guanghua Temple is still the same taste as before. It is sweet and delicious but not greasy. No dim sum shop in Beijing, including our chef, can make it like this. Come taste."

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "I think they must have their own secret recipe."

While talking, a woman hurried in from outside and replied: "Old lady, there is a nanny outside, who took the post from the son of Prince Rui, saying that she is here to greet the old lady."

Mother Jia was taken aback: "Son of Prince Rui?" Although she was puzzled, she still raised her voice, "Come in, please."

Xue Yan thought to herself, it came quite quickly.

After a while, a well-dressed nanny came in with two little maids.

The visitor was surnamed Jiang. After meeting her, Mother Jiang smiled and said, "This servant is ordered by the master to come to thank the cousin of your mansion. My princess will not go to Guanghua Temple to burn incense with my son today. Shen fell into the lotus pond, thanks to the cousin girl of your mansion, the mother-in-law came forward to rescue her, and gave her a new set of clothes, my family's son is very grateful. I specially asked the servant to send a thank you gift."

After finishing speaking, he asked the maid behind him to present a gift: four pieces of brocade, and a set of coral hair.

Daiyu glanced at the side, and hurriedly said: "It's just a little effort, this thank you gift is too heavy." I didn't expect that the girl turned out to be a princess.

Mother Jia looked at Daiyu, and said, "Yes, His Royal Highness is too polite."

Mother Jiang insisted: "The things are all prepared by the princess's orders, and the servants dare not make their own opinions. Please don't embarrass the servants."

Then, Mother Jiang took out a palm-sized box and said, "My princess said that there is a Xueyan girl serving very well today. This is a reward for Xueyan girl."

Xueyan didn't expect that a princess could think of herself as a little maid, and she was flattered at once, but she was a little embarrassed.

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Since it's your reward, go and pick it up."

Xueyan stepped forward, took the box, thanked her, and then withdrew.

At this time, in Prince Rui's Mansion, Chang Ning was looking at the embroidery on his clothes with a bit of desolation: "The flowers embroidered by this maid named Xueyan are really beautiful. Brother, look, do these orchids look real?"

Ji Cheng glanced at her, and rarely agreed: "It's really not bad, since you like her, she's just a maid, you might as well come and serve her by your side."

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Chang Ning sneered: "Brother, when did you imitate that woman's style, and when you see something you like, you have to pull it by your side? Sister Lin helped me once, and I turned around and asked for her close-up Maid girl, what will people think of me if the news spreads? Do you still think my reputation is not domineering enough?"

Ji Chengneng said indifferently: "So you know that you have a bad reputation, so I didn't see how restrained you are."

Chang Ning said with a smile: "No matter how bad the reputation is, I don't have to worry about getting married, why should I wrong myself."

"Well, you are always right." Ji Cheng said helplessly.

After seeing off Mother Jiang and her party, Mother Jia asked Mrs. Xing and Daiyu, "How did you get in touch with people from Prince Rui's Mansion? You didn't tell me in advance when something like this happened."

Daiyu smiled and told the story, and said: "His Royal Highness did not reveal her identity, so we did not expect her to be such a prominent identity."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "It's finally a good relationship."

By evening, the news had already spread throughout the mansion.When Tanchun came to greet Mother Jia, he said to Daiyu with envy, "I never thought that my sister would have such a great opportunity to go out and have a good time." In addition to envy, there was also a hint of sadness in his tone, as if blaming Mrs. Xing He refused to take her when he went out.

Daiyu replied calmly: "It's just a coincidence, there is nothing to say."

Afterwards, she finally distributed some of the satin she got to the sisters and sisters-in-law.As for Xue Baochai, Daiyu easily ignored her because the two had had little contact.Even Jia Baoyu didn't like Daiyu in this life, let alone Jia Baoyu's relatives.

Xueyan returned to her residence at night, saw a few extra things, and nodded with satisfaction.

She took out a peace talisman she had asked for at Guanghua Temple today, held it tightly in her hand, and prayed silently: I hope that person can pass the exam smoothly.