Edge of the Red Chamber

Nanny Su and Mother Song waved their hands and said, "We'll just stand."

Just when she was about to speak, she heard someone talking outside, Hong Xiao said, "I'll go out and have a look."

Daiyu nodded, Hongxiao went out, came back in a while, and said, "Mother Qin is here."

Nanny Su and Mother Song got up and said, "Then let's go back first."

Daiyu thought for a while, Mother Su and Mother Song were here, and Mother Qin was afraid that she would not say something, so she nodded and said: "Mom and Mother also come here often, let's talk." Then she said to Hongxiao: "Please come in."

As soon as Hongxiao left, Xiangcheng said, "Zhenyue is Mother Qin's daughter." Daiyu smiled and shook her head, she must be able to be a mother in charge, and she is also a main courtyard, so she must have some skills, but she can't teach her daughter.

Qin's mother has a square face, which looks very serious and difficult to get along with.

Daiyu pointed to Zhang Muzi to sit down, Qin's mother refused to sit down, Hongxiao moved a foot, and then sat down.

Qin's mother said: "I should have come to see the princess long ago. If I delay this meeting, I ask the princess to punish me."

Daiyu smiled and said, "You don't have to say that, I don't have time in the morning, and the concubine and some wives are here in the afternoon, even if you come, I don't have time to see you."

Qin's mother smiled coyly, and Daiyu said again: "I just came, I don't know anything about the family, my mother is an old man, if you have free time, please tell me."

Qin's mother said: "My concubine is serious. A slave is nothing, but I can't bear it. If there is anything, the concubine will do it." Then she said: "I have been in charge of this yard for a while, so I will tell the concubine After that, he went on to say: "Thinking that the ones around the concubine are used to it, there is no first-class and second-class ones. The rough envoy has eight, and only cares about the cleaning and tea in the house. They are on duty in rotation. There are also eight mothers-in-law, who only care about the access control and the cleaning of the yard. I used to work in front of the concubine, but I was sent here because there was no one in charge here. I said I didn't have the ability, concubine Said, don’t care about anything, you just look at the things in the house, don’t teach others to bump into them, and when the princess enters the door, the princess will take care of her. Only then did I dare to agree, but I was also trembling, and I finally hoped gone."

He said a sentence, every sentence said how useless he was, but pointed out that she was an old man next to the concubine, and she was ordered by the concubine, but he never mentioned the words of going back to the concubine.If the concubine did not ask her to go back, Daiyu would not be able to send her away.From this point of view, Qin's mother wants to stay in the main courtyard.

Who is Daiyu, how can she not hear it?Qin's mother served the concubine as a child, and her relationship with the concubine was no different than others, and she had another milky time. In this palace, she is also a person who keeps her word.Daiyu is a new daughter-in-law and has no foundation yet. In this palace, she might not be as good as Qin's mother when she speaks a word.If she stayed in the main courtyard, Nanny Su and Mama Song would retreat, and the mother in charge would naturally fall on Mama Qin's body.The old prince is gone, and now Shui Rong is in charge.Although the affairs of the inner court are still in the hands of the concubine, they will be handed over to Daiyu sooner or later.The mansion in charge of this palace must be the main courtyard.In the main courtyard, it is naturally more decent than the Manqiu Garden.

Daiyu nodded, and said with a smile: "I see that the girls in this yard are all thoughtful, and the maids and women have a certain amount of advance and retreat. Mom still says they can't, so what is it?"

Although Daiyu didn't agree, Qin's mother didn't care.Whoever it is, will not agree.Hearing this, he smiled and said: "The princess has won the prize." He also said: "The rules in our house, the princess is surrounded by eight first-class maids, sixteen second-class maids, and the princess is half. There are only two maidservants, according to the rules in the mansion, there are still two more."

Hongxiao and Xiangcheng are the first-class big maids, apart from the five Yaohuangs, one was promoted to the second-class from the young maids in the Xuancaotang.

Not only the first-class ones are two short, but the second-class ones are also two short.

Qin's mother only pointed out, but did not say the solution, and left it to Daiyu to decide.

Daiyu can pick up two of the second-class maidservants brought by her family, and choose four second-class maids from the palace.It is also possible to promote two first-class people and two second-class people from the palace.

If Daiyu chooses the first method, the personal servants are all familiar people, so it will be easier and more assured.If you switch to the latter method, although it is not cheap, if you use it well, you can buy people's hearts.

Daiyu didn't promote two other first-class ones, because she was afraid that the concubine would reward the girls.The concubine didn't give it to the girl today, and she won't in the future. She is going to bring Lan Qiao and Zi Yuan up.

This was decided long ago, so Daiyu didn't think too much about it, and she didn't realize Qin's mother's intentions.He just nodded, indicating that he knew, and said: "I'll talk about this later." Then he said: "I just came here, and I don't understand many things. My mother is an old man in the house, so she often mentions something, so don't make trouble. It’s a joke.” Then he said, “I have a few questions for my mother.”

Qin's mother smiled and said: "This is the job of a slave." She also said: "If there is anything that you don't understand, feel free to ask the princess, you should not ask for advice."

Daiyu said, "When does the concubine usually get up?"

Qin's mother said: "The concubine always gets up at the right time, eats at the third time of the first time, and at the second time of the first day of the morning, the ladies in charge come to collect the cards, and they are about to leave. If there are many things, there will be at the beginning of the afternoon. You must take a break at noon Zhong, there is nothing to do in the afternoon, and we will rest at the second watch."

Daiyu wrote it down silently, and said with a smile: "It's lucky to have a mother, otherwise, I don't know which one to ask."

Qin's mother smiled and said, "I don't know if the princess will be free at the moment?"

After thinking about it for a while, Daiyu understood, and said, "I happen to be fine at the moment, but what's the matter with mother?"

Qin's mother said: "If the concubine is free for a while, I will ask them to kowtow to the concubine."

Daiyu said: "It should be, so as not to turn around and see people who don't know me, and make a joke." Then she said to Hongxiao, "Let them come in." Then he got up and said, "Go to the main room."

Qin's mother hurriedly got up and helped her, and said, "Princess, step carefully."

When we met for the first time, it was hard to say anything, but everything looked good.Everyone kowtowed, rewarded and said a few words, and the western clock rang.Guessing that the concubine was going to pass on the meal, she offered a reward and parted ways.

It was getting late, but Shui Rong hadn't returned yet.If it is later, it will be too late to go to Manqiu Garden.Just thinking about whether to send someone to the outer study to ask, then he heard someone talking outside, and said in the moonlight: "The prince is back."

Shui Rong said: "Where is the princess?"

Zhenyue said: "It's in the house."

Daiyu hurriedly got up, the purple kite in front of the door had already opened the curtain, Shui Rong lowered her head and walked in, seeing that Daiyu was about to salute, she hurriedly stepped forward and took her hand, saying: "There is no need to be too polite."

As soon as Daiyu's face became hot, she wanted to break free, but Shui Rong had already let go, walked over and sat down on the east side, and said, "What are you doing?" As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to take the celadon tureen on the table.

Daiyu hurriedly ordered Hongxiao, and said, "Brew a bowl of tea for the prince." Seeing that Shui Rong hadn't touched the bowl of tea, she replied to him just now, and said, "It's nothing, I met the girl in the room."

When Shui Rong came in, he saw that the mattress on the west side of Luohan's bed was a little messy. There was a cup of tea on the table, so he knew it was Daiyu's, and for some reason, he stretched out his hand.When Daiyu made a sound, he came to his senses.I also feel embarrassed.After all, when he was walking outside, he hid it and didn't teach Daiyu to see it.

Hearing the words, he responded casually, and said: "If it doesn't work, just choose another one."

It was Zhenyue who brought tea.

Only then did Daiyu see that she had changed into a new dress.In the afternoon, she was wearing a light green floral skirt, but now she was wearing a pomegranate skirt.After a while, the little maid poured water in, so she rolled up her sleeves and came up to serve.

She stayed in the house all afternoon, but she didn't see Zhenyue coming in to serve her, and when she came back, she came.She ordered Hongxiao to pour tea, but she was the one who brought the tea.She stood here, and she didn't even ask about the things that her supposedly water-soluble wife did, and stepped forward.

She really didn't take her princess seriously.

Shui Rong didn't notice anything, seeing that Daiyu didn't come forward, instead she turned around and sat down on the first chair to the west.It's just that Daiyu has a thin skin, so I'm sorry.Seeing Zhenyue approaching, he waved his hands, rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hands to wash.Thinking about it, he asked, "When did the concubine mother and the wives leave?"

Daiyu didn't raise her head, she first told Xiangcheng to look for clothes, and then she answered Shui Rong's words, "I haven't left yet."

Shui Rong wiped his face, put down his veil, sat down opposite Daiyu, and said, "Why is it so late?"

Hongxiao poured a bowl of white water, and just as Daiyu was about to speak, Qingping came.

She sat down, Qingping saw it and told the concubine that it was a matter of right and wrong.Daiyu hurriedly got up and sat down opposite Shui Rong.

Water soluble but not happy.

Suddenly Qingping came in, invited Ann, and asked with a watery smile, "Why are you here? We're going."

Qingping said: "I was afraid that the prince and concubine would get up, so I hurried over here. The concubine said that she was tired after a day of work today, and she wanted to eat earlier and rest. Please don't go there. .”

Daiyu hurriedly asked: "Does it matter? Otherwise, please ask an imperial physician to take a look." Shui Rong called Zhenyue and asked her to take the post.

Qingping smiled and said: "My lord and concubine don't have to worry, the concubine is fine, she is just happy today, she walked a few more steps, she is a little tired, just rest for one night."

After sending Qingping away, food was delivered from the kitchen.In the case of water soluble, there are eight dishes, but Daiyu halved it, and there are also twelve dishes. There was a full table, but only the two of them were eating.

Daiyu then pointed to a bowl of tofu soup, and said to Hongxiao, "I remember that my mother loves tofu the most. This soup is not bad, so hurry up and send it here." Then she pointed to a bowl of vegetables and said, "You and oranges will share this one." That's it." These two dishes are her example.

Hong Kao didn't serve any dishes, and said with a smile: "You and the prince eat first, and then reward us when we're done."

Since the marriage was bestowed, Shui Rong has been to Lin's mansion a lot, he knows the rules of their mansion, and Daiyu also knows a thing or two about things.Hongxiao didn't listen to Daiyu's words, she was jealous of him, so she said: "The princess gave it to you, you just eat it." Then Hongxiao took the food down and came back to serve.

After the meal, Zhenyue brought tea, and after the two of them had washed, they brought the tea they had eaten.Daiyu didn't know what to do, Zhenyue didn't know if Daiyu had an attack because of what happened in the afternoon and just now, so she was a little cautious and said: "I'll go and make a new bowl for the princess."

If Daiyu agrees, nothing will happen.

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