Xie Yunjin's expression remained unchanged, and he leaned over to Lu Jiao's ear and said, "It depends on his will. If he has this thought, I will help him. Who told me that he was raised by me."

Lu Jiao nodded, but after a while, she became worried again and said, "Do you think that if Sibao becomes the emperor in the future, will he kill us because he is afraid of us?"

Maybe not at the beginning, but what about later?

Xie Yunjin smiled and shook his head: "No, if he really takes that position, as his adoptive father, I will resign and return to my hometown early. Without me, the father who is the chief assistant of the court, why would he be afraid? Well, I won't let him become like that."

After listening to Xie Yunjin's words, Lu Jiao nodded in agreement, but felt a little pity for him.

"Then it's a pity for you."

Xie Yunjin laughed: "Where is this? It's early, let's go wash up and sleep."

"OK."

The next day, Lu Jiao packed up and took Ding Xiang and Ruan Zhu to Chongde Women's Courtyard. On the way, Lu Jiao thought that Ruan Zhu was not young, she was already 21 years old this year, so Lu Jiao asked Ruan Zhu.

"When are you and Tong Yi planning to get married? Why has there been no news?"

Ruan Zhu blushed immediately, and acted like a baby in disbelief: "Ma'am, why are you talking about us so well?"

"You are getting old, it is reasonable to get married, Tong Yi has no parents, so I, the wife, can only take care of it for you, you can discuss it with Tong Yi later, set a date, I will give you a house, and then Give you your deed of sale, and you and Tong Yi will be free in the future, and the children born will not be slaves, they can go to school and educate them well."

Although Ruan Zhu was shy, but he was born in martial arts, so he was quite generous, and said softly: "Everything is up to Madam."

"Okay, then I'll ask Steward Xiao to show you a place later, and set a good date to get this done."

"Thank you ma'am."

Ruan Zhu looked at Lu Jiao with a smile and said, "From now on, Tong Yi and I will still follow the Lord and Madam to protect you."

There is no one better than your lord and your wife, and it is difficult to make a living at this time. The two of them know martial arts and can only protect others. They have monthly silver with your lord and his wife. Over the years, the two of them have saved a lot If the child has enough money, it will be enough for the child to go to school in the future. If the child has that kind of brain, it is not bad to study a scholar.

As for them, they have practiced martial arts since they were young, and their lives are poor, so they don't want their children to suffer like them, but these are things for later.

In the carriage, Ding Xiang immediately congratulated Ruan Zhu.

Lu Jiao looked at Ding Xiang again and said: "You are also nineteen, see if there is a suitable one to come to me, I will help you look, if it is feasible, you will marry, if it is outside, I will let you go. You get married, if it's from the mansion, I'll take care of it for you."

Ding Xiang immediately said: "Madam, I will not leave Xie's house."

Life outside is not so easy, especially those of them who are used to serving people by the master's side, they can't do the work, can't bear the hardship, so it's better to be comfortable by the master's side, Ding Xiang intends to follow the master.

As for the children's status as slaves in the future, Ding Xiang doesn't think it's a problem, the main reason is that it's really hard to mix outside, they follow the master's side, and they behave decently, I don't see how many people outside resist sacks, even coolies can't support them Living a family, although many people have also made a fortune, but that is only a part of it.

They didn't want to gamble on that part, so Ding Xiang decided to be Xie's family to give birth to a child.

When Lu Jiao heard her say this, she knew that she had fallen in love with someone from her family. Who?

Lin Dong? Lu Jiao saw that Ding Xiang had interacted with Lin Dong several times.

She couldn't help laughing and looked at Ding Xiang and said, "You don't think you have a crush on Lin Dong, do you?"

Lin Dong is now following Xie Yunjin's side as a long-term entourage, running errands for Xie Yunjin and taking care of him. Because he is used to it, he is Xie Yunjin's confidant.

In the carriage, Ding Xiang didn't speak, but Ruan Zhu couldn't control his mouth and cried out: "Madam is smart."

Lu Jiao smiled and said, "This is a good thing. Later, I will discuss it with Lin Da and Aunt Hua, and I will take care of it for you."

Ding Xiang's cheeks flushed, and she did not forget to raise her head and stare at Ruan Zhu.

"You talk too much."

Then he snorted like a mosquito: "Everything is up to Madam."

Lu Jiao sighed, "I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, you would all grow up and be able to marry."

Ruan Zhu and Shan Cha were only thirteen or fourteen years old when they came to her, and they have grown up in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jiao looked at Ding Xiang and said: "Later, you ask Steward Xiao to buy a few little girls to come in and train them. Don't look back, you are married and no one will take over."

When Ding Xiang heard Lu Jiao's words, she became flustered, and said, "Master, I want to serve Master with Master. If I can't enter the mansion to serve Master after getting married, I still won't marry."

Lu Jiao nodded her head amusedly: "You have a lot of thoughts, and I didn't say I won't let you wait on me, I just said to buy a little girl, so you think so much. How can you have so much free time after you have a baby?" Take care of me, buy a few little girls and train them well, and you can just be an aunt in charge in the future."

Ding Xiang was overjoyed when she heard that, and immediately thanked happily: "Thank you Madam."

"Okay, okay, don't thank me again and again."

The three of them talked and laughed. Lu Jiao is a person who has no pretensions. She usually gets along with the maids around her, more like relatives and friends. Unless the people around her don't know how to flatter them, they will piss her off. Most of the time, she Ruan Zhu Dingxiang and others are more like relatives and sisters, so those who have served her like to get close to her.

It was Feng Zhi, who was married far away, who would visit her several times a year and talk with her.

In short, many people like Madam.

The carriage drove all the way to Chongde Women's College. The front of the college was very lively, and the carriages were crowded. Fortunately, the master of the college arranged for someone to do something. Whenever the carriage came, the woman arranged by the college would arrange the carriage to one side. Then, the people went all the way to the academy.

Nie Yuyao and Tian Huan waited in front of the door with Hu Lingxue and Zhao Yuluo. Seeing Lu Jiao approaching, Nie Yuyao and Tian Huan waved them over again and again.

Lu Jiao smiled and nodded, and the wives around her greeted her when they saw her.

"Mrs. Xie is here."

"Mrs. Xie, your family doesn't have any girls of the right age?"

The Xie family did not have girls of the right age to participate in the college assessment, so everyone was surprised.

Lu Jiao smiled and nodded, "I was invited by the Crown Princess to be the guest of honor for the assessment."

The smiles on everyone's faces became more real when they heard it: "So it is like this, it should be, it should be."

"Lord Lu is the official of the medical department, the seventh-rank official, and you are a role model for my Dazhou women. It is normal to be a VIP in the assessment."

Lu Jiao talked with these people and walked all the way to the gate of the academy.

Nie Yuyao greeted Lu Jiao with Tian Huan, and then Hu Lingxue and Zhao Yuluo came to salute Lu Jiao.

"Meet Aunt Lu."

Lu Jiao could see that Hu Lingxue was very nervous and her face was a little pale, while Zhao Yuluo on one side was a little better, but not too good.

Seeing their state, Lu Jiao couldn't help but said: "You guys can't do this, you have to calm down, if you pass the exam, you will pass the exam, if you don't pass the exam, you will fail the exam."

Hu Lingxue said warmly: "The main thing is that we are old, if we fail the exam, why don't we be laughed at?"

They looked around earlier, and the people who participated in the women's college assessment today are all eleven or twelve years old, and there are few thirteen-year-olds, and they are fourteen.

Lu Jiao looked at the two of them and said, "It's the worst thing for you to think like this. You're always worrying about what other people will do. Now what you want to think about is to show yourself well. Just show your best self."

Lu Jiao said with a smile at the end: "Today, I was invited by the princess to be the VIP of the assessment, so I will sit in the VIP seat above, don't be nervous, I will watch you."

Hu Lingxue and Zhao Yuluo were overjoyed when they heard this: "Aunt Lu, is it true?"

(end of this chapter)