[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

But Zhu Xiu heard a series of ding-ding-dong-dong notifications in his head, and was already frozen in the snow.

It turns out that the 'skills' that have followed Zhu Xiu for two lifetimes have been alienated: "Aura is detected, the system is alienated and upgraded", "The upgrade is completed, and the emerald bag is obtained", "Enable the enhancement function", "Enable the identification function"...

Only then did Zhu Xiu confirm that she really had a system, but the original system only had the function of "collecting proficiency", and she hadn't encountered a place to upgrade the system for more than 20 years in her previous life. In this life, she just had a fight with Jia Baoyu Face to face, it became like this.Sure enough, he deserves to be the protagonist who is sitting on thousands of reds.

Even though Zhu Xiu was very experienced, he was both surprised and delighted, and couldn't stop wanting to experiment with the alienation system.There happened to be an old plum plant by the side of the road, and she put her attention on it, and she knew instinctively in her mind: "Plum blossom snow, multi-branched snow crystals, with plum fragrance, high quality"... If you look at it seriously For a plum blossom, there is an understanding of "Dagongfen variety, large flowers, pink, double petals, compound calyx, strong fragrance, easy to bear fruit, and high quality..." Such understanding.

This is so useful!This is the ability to settle down!

Before the upgrade, Zhu Xiu couldn't even be sure if this thing could be called a system. Who would have thought that the upgraded system would be so useful!Not only are there many more functions, but the randomly obtained items can also be taken out at any time she chooses, so she doesn't have to worry about a washboard broom suddenly appearing out of nowhere when cleaning and washing... But there is no need to worry about it all the time.

Zhu Xiu was curious about what the 'green flower pouch' was, and seeing no one around, she quietly took it out for a closer look: I saw it was a white satin embroidered emerald green flower vine grass sachet. Only then did I realize that the brilliance circulates and is not like ordinary things-this is actually a 'storage' purse, which can keep fresh. It is about half the size of a room inside, like a Baizi cabinet for traditional Chinese medicine. It is divided into hundreds of grids, as long as it is smaller than the grid Everything can be put in.There is only one thing, this thing is called Emerald Blossom Sac, it is most suitable for storing vegetation, as long as it is exposed to the moonlight for an hour every night, the vegetation and things put in it can be nourished by the moonlight, and gradually improve their own rank .

Zhu Xiu held the emerald green pouch to his chest, and his face was flushed with excitement—although he didn't know how fast he could improve the grade, but as long as he thought of putting in a three-year ginseng this year, he might be able to harvest a five-year ginseng next year... Crazy with joy—the teacher is no longer afraid that my medicinal materials will lose their properties after a long time!This is really a blessing from heaven.

Zhu Xiu thought to herself, just by meeting Jia Baoyu, she would get these unexpected benefits, should she ring the clock a few more times? ...In the next few days, Zhu Xiu really became more and more active. As long as he could go to the Upper Court and the Main Court, Zhu Xiu would follow the steward's errands. As a result, he saw Jia Baoyu several times, Only when there was no more vision, Zhu Xiu gave up.It wasn't until Jiangzhu entered the mansion that Zhuxiu got good luck again.

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As time passed and the stars moved, day and night passed, Zhu Xiu entered the Rongguo Mansion for nearly two years.

In the past two years, the Rongguo mansion chief Fang Lian and the second master married Wang Xifeng, the nephew of the second wife's wife, Wang Xifeng, and the house was full of excitement for more than a month.

Unexpectedly, before the red joy faded, news came that the imperial court's three-yearly selection of a beautiful girl to enter the palace was rejected this time. In a short while, Jia Yuanchun, who was in her prime, was left in the open space, and the joy became a success. sad.

Everyone in the Rong Mansion was panicked, Jiamu and Mrs. Wang were both sad and angry, and even Jia Yuanchun, who had always been graceful and elegant, couldn't bear it, and soon became ill and disappeared.The Jia family has spent years of hard work in vain, and the whole family is unwilling.

Three years ago, for the sake of Jia Yuanchun's future, the Rongguo Mansion did not report the name of Jia Yuanchun, who had just turned 13, to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was because they planned that three years later, when Yuanchun was sixteen, it would not be too late to apply for election.

And at that time, it was the time for the throne of the Supreme Emperor, and it was the first general election after the new emperor ascended the throne. The daughters of all the high-ranking mansions were vying to apply for the election. Li, who did not come from Xijue's long room, was not ranked among the top girls in that class.Therefore, Jia's whole family discussed it as a safe plan, and waited for the next general election. At that time, Yuanchun was in the year of breaking melons, and there was a chance to compete.

Unexpectedly, today's behavior is completely different from that of the Supreme Emperor. This is only the second draft, so he ordered the government and the opposition to strike out.If the daughters of each family are about to exceed the age, the imperial court has ordered their parents to choose a spouse and marry them.

The rules of this dynasty: Beijing officials above the fifth rank and local officials above the fourth rank can send their daughters who are 13 to 16 years old for election. Girls who are [-] years old are called "Ji Sui", and those who are over [-] are called "Over Sui". Candidates no longer participate in the selection.

By the time of the next draft, Yuan Chun will be 19 years old, and this general election is Yuan Chun's only chance.

Not to mention entering the palace as a concubine or concubine, there is no chance of being pointed out by the emperor to the clan. This is how reconciled Jiamu and others who have placed high hopes on Jia Yuanchun, who is born on the first day of the new year.

Mrs. Wang urges Jia Lian and others to go out to inquire every day, only hoping that the present day will be the same as the Supreme Emperor's past.In the year of the resignation, the Supreme Emperor will send "selection envoys" to the people to select beautiful, legal-looking women from good families to enrich the harem.

It's just that this glimmer of hope has also come to nothing. Today is obviously not as greedy and fond of beauty as the Supreme Emperor. Not only did the imperial court not send a "picking and selection envoy", but also the "Choice and Selection Department" newly established by the Supreme Emperor in the past. Just solve it.

It was like a bolt from the blue, and Jiamu and the others had nothing to do.Many high-ranking households in Beijing who sent their daughters to run for election three years ago were secretly watching Rongguo Mansion's jokes.Mother Jia already had the intention of retiring, and discussed with Mrs. Wang and others to choose a son-in-law for Yuan Chun who was from a family background, and his future prospects should not be bad in the future.

It's just that Mrs. Wang wholeheartedly believes that the birthday on the first day of the first lunar month in Yuanchun, and her natural beauty and gentleness, must have great fortune, and it must be the royal family.Even Jia Zheng is the same.It was useless for Jia's mother to dissuade her in every possible way. She became ill and didn't turn her son and daughter-in-law's mind around.

The old lady took care of Baoyu wholeheartedly, and because she was dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang, she secretly selected many beautiful little girls into the upper courtyard to make her grandson happy and win over him. Playing and laughing in one place, I can't think about getting close to Mrs. Wang.There was a little girl named Qingwen beside Mammy Lai who got this Qiaozonger. Because of her beauty and dexterity, she caught the eyes of Mother Jia, and Nanny Lai honored her to Mother Jia.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng and his wife didn't find any other way out, so they reported Yuan Chun's name to the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they were going to refer to next year's election.

The threshold for the small election is much lower, and the election is held once a year. The selection of people from the new palace and the release of people from the old palace is a gift left by the ancestors, and it will not change easily.In the small election, women from the age of thirteen to seventeen are selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be served by the main positions of the inner court, and their status is low.It's just that during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, there were many examples of beautiful palace people who were lucky enough to be promoted to the throne, and Mrs. Wang, who had nowhere to go, was not moved.

When Shi Taijun found out, it was already a done deal, and the old lady couldn't help but feel sorry for her granddaughter.

"Confused bastard, that is your own daughter, who has been held in your hand for more than ten years just to be sent in to serve others?!"

There are two other reasons why Shi Taijun is hard to say: one is that after entering the palace, those girls who were not qualified to be friends of Yuanchun's boudoir in the past, as long as they have a grade, even if they are only permanent and promised, Jia Yuanchun will see you He has to bow his knees and salute and call him a slave, how can Yuanchun bear it!The second is that their family put a lot of effort into nurturing Yuan Chun, but they were all raised in a graceful, dignified and virtuous direction, aiming at the lowest position of the lord of the first palace!With Yuan Chun's current temperament and character, if he doesn't enter the palace, he can only marry into a wealthy and prominent family and be a clan wife to be a good match.However, Yuan Chun entered the palace as a court lady, and when Yuan Chun went to someone else's palace, she looked more like a master than a master, who could tolerate it!I'm afraid that it won't take long to lose my life.

Shi Taijun dismissed others and explained the truth in detail, which made Mrs. Wang panic.

Shi Taijun is really disappointed with Niu Xinzuo's second daughter-in-law, but he still has to take over this mess, but he is very annoyed in his heart, seeing that she can poke out such a big mess without making a sound, he is also on guard .Then he took the opportunity and said directly: "All these years, you have been pretending to coax me. I'm afraid that if you don't talk about your daughter now, you will miss my Baoyu in the future! Today I say here, and Baoyu will I must nod my head before counting the marriage!"

Mrs. Wang agreed at that time, but she just waited for Yuanchun's entry into the palace later. She couldn't help but regret it. Seeing Baoyu getting closer to the old lady, she wanted to find a daughter-in-law with her own heart.This thought involved another incident that Zhu Xiu could not have expected.

Ever since Shi Taijun took over this matter, he acted vigorously and resolutely.On the one hand, they are re-inviting the mothers who were released from the palace in the early years to bring up Yuan Chun's temperament. If they can't, they must learn the rules of court ladies; Filial piety, talent, will be selected into the palace as a female history.

As soon as the news came out, those who knew the inside story, but because of the ambiguity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, did not make much theory.Not many days later, the rumors turned out to be true, people outside all said that Jia Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, was virtuous and filial.

Mother Jia specially sealed 5 taels of silver and sent it to Zhen's house in Jiangnan, secretly asking Princess Zhen to take care of and support Yuanchun in the future.

In this way, it really put on a fig leaf.

Among them, the most ridiculous thing is that the servants of the Rongguo Mansion believed it to be true, and all of them said it with a smug look on their faces, which made people who knew the inside story laugh and despise.

On this day, there was finally news of the nuns who had been hired with a lot of money, and one of them was sent to Beijing by my aunt Jia Min all the way from Suzhou.Jia Min's letter said that Madam Zhu was originally to raise her daughter, and Lin Ruhai searched for it for half a year before she found it, and entered the Lin family as an enshrinement, but her daughter was only four years old, so stay close to her natal family first. It's just convenient.He told him again and again, saying that Madam Zhu was originally from the former empress's palace, so she must treat each other with respect.

When Jia's mother received the letter, she was overjoyed, so she wrote a reply and ordered to buy a heavy gift and send it to Jia Min.He also ordered people to clean up the Pear Fragrance Courtyard with about ten rooms in the northeast corner, and prepare to live in it for two nuns.

Mrs. Wang felt very uncomfortable. She tried hard to find a mother to raise her, and she also asked her natal brother and sister-in-law for help.Borrowing the help of his elder brother, Wang Ziteng, he managed to hire a nanny who was born in the palace from the family of a fourth-rank official in Beijing, but he was not as good as the one from Jia Min's family. He was just a errand in an ordinary palace. , Never served even a powerful concubine.

I was already so uncomfortable by this gap, and the old lady gave the Lin family face in this way, so that someone cleaned the Lixiangyuan and came out.The Pear Fragrance Courtyard was originally the place where the father-in-law was raised in his later years. It was ingeniously furnished and beautiful everywhere, but now it has to be lived in by two nuns.

No matter how slandering Mrs. Wang was, she didn't dare to show half of her face. She had to agree with her smile: "It's fortunate that my sister has a heart. In the future, Yuanchun will be blessed. I will thank her aunt." ordered out.

Jia Mu heard her insincere words, knowing that the two woods had been at odds with Min'er in the early years, so she kept silent.He also asked the top and bottom to choose a clever girl to serve the two nuns.

In the past two years, Zhu Xiu has gained a firm foothold in the big kitchen. The chefs all know that this girl has a good family handed down skill and can make medicinal food for body repair, so they all want to win her over.It's just that Zhu Xiu has been trained, and it's slippery, no one can take it off, but it's deadlocked.

The big kitchen is rich in ingredients, and the manager treats her leniently, and she has a wink, and often makes some timely medicinal meals for everyone to eat, and the mix becomes more and more like a fish in water.

There is only one thing that is not going well, and that is the matter of making progress. The relationship between servants and servants in Rongguo Mansion is extremely complicated. Each family is connected with relatives and competes with each other. , but also caught the eyes of some housekeepers.

On the other hand, Qingjin, who fits Madam Wang's eyes, is as quiet and diligent as Zhu Xiu, and has a temperament that Madam Wang likes, she is already second-class, only someone needs to make room for her - this is something that can be seen Now, there are four or five maids in Rongxi Hall who have reached their age, and when Mrs. Wang is free, they will be released or married or married on their own.

Zhu Xiu also knew that Lixiangyuan was going to live in two nuns from the palace soon, and she was secretly surprised, but she didn't expect such a pie to fall on her head all of a sudden.

——Mother Lai personally ordered her to go to Lixiangyuan to serve the mother Zhu sent by the Lin family.Since then, Zhu Xiu not only won the second-class case, but also got to know her benefactor and relatives in this life.

Because it was Mammy Lai's idea this time, Zhu Xiu would miss her for the rest of her life.