C17

"Second Miss, yesterday Old Mistress had an extra bowl of japonica rice porridge. When the doctor came to ask about my pulse, he even said that Old Mistress's body was much better than before." Even though he lowered his voice, Zhao Fen's voice still contained a hint of happiness.

She used the method Second Miss told her, adding a licorice root to the medicinal cuisine, and then some sour fruit. Sure enough, when Old Mistress used the medicinal cuisine, her expression became less unsightly, and the medicinal cuisine that required half an hour to finish every fifteen minutes was now finished.

It had only been half a month, but the old lady was feeling much better. The old lady was overjoyed when she heard the doctor's request. She received a golden hairpin and several taels of silver as a reward for her monthly allowance of three months as a third-rate girl!

Although the silver made her happy, the face that the Old Mistress had given her was the most important part. This made Zhao Fen unable to sleep for the whole night, after all, this was something that she had obtained with the help of the Second Miss. Therefore, after waiting on Old Mistress to finish her medicinal food, Zhao Fen stayed in the corridor waiting for Chu Qinghuan to come out.

"Only when Old Mistress is in good health can the Residence be safe, right?" Chu Qinghuan laughed indifferently, in the house, Chu Jinfu seemed to be joking around, the Old Mistress was laughing happily, all of them were laughing happily.

As Zhao Fen looked at this face that was as tranquil as water, she felt that she was simply unable to see through the person in front of him, "Second Miss, how about I treat Old Mistress …"

Chu Qinghuan shook her head, "No need." What kind of person was Old Mistress? Although she did not care about the matters in the manor, her eyes still stared at the surroundings, she had probably guessed the relationship long ago, since she did not mention it, why should she reveal herself? She was looking for a backer, not a hatchet man. Why would she expose herself now?

Moreover, Chu Jinfu was also a friend to him, so how could she act rashly when the little tiger had not been able to benefit from it?

Just as Chu Qinghuan was about to leave, she saw a figure running extremely quickly. Behind him was a servant girl's anxious voice: "Sixth Young Master, slow down …."

Sixth Young Master?

It was Chu Wenyu.

Chu Qinghuan was startled, but then she saw Chu Wenyu suddenly stop in front of him, with arrogance in his eyes: "You are that big sister from the countryside?"

Because he was a boy, although Chu Wenyu was only ten years old, he was still around his own height. He was the beloved son of the First Madame, the little overlord of the Prime Minister's Palace. First Madame had really high expectations for his two sons. It was a pity that Chu Wenyu had been studying since he was six, and even now, he still could not read much.

"Sixth Young Master, what are you waiting for?" However, the servant girl who was rushing to catch up didn't even look at Chu Qinghuan, she seemed to have joined hands with her young mistress instead.

"Doggy eyes look down on people!" Zhao Fen spat, but when she saw that Chu Qinghuan was still standing there, she could not help but stick out her tongue, but she could not help but say softly: "Second Miss, you do not know, Sixth Young Master especially trusts that girl Hong Mei. She is a popular person by Master's side, so she has never taken us seriously."

Chu Qinghuan could not help but laugh, "That is true, but Sixth Young Master is also ten years old this year, why is he still a servant girl?"

All along, the young masters of the rich families would move to the front courtyard after they were ten years old, and the servant girls they served in the past would always be replaced by the manservant.

Zhao Fen snorted, "Who knows what bewitching soup she gave Sixth Young Master. Since First Madame can't refuse, Hong Mei will always serve her."

"So that's how it is." Chu Qinghuan laughed meaningfully. Just as she was about to go in, she caught sight of a money bag on the ground. On the tip of the money bag was embroidered a branch of Hong Mei, probably left behind by accident while Hong Mei was tidying up Chu Wenyu's clothes.

Chu Qinghuan bent down to pick it up, sized it up, and laughed: "That's good …" She slightly wrinkled her nose and continued after a pause, "You're really good at embroidery."

Zhao Fen did not understand, but kept her bag and casually left, as if nothing had happened.

Chu Qinghuan had just walked to the entrance of the Zilan Courtyard when Pink Butterfly hastily welcomed him. "Miss, it's not good …" However, before she could finish, she was interrupted.

"Second Miss, a few maidservants have entered the mansion. This servant shall follow the order of the Madam and deliver a few maids to the Second Miss. "

The one who spoke was another Nanny Zhao of First Madame. Nanny Zhao was not like the other powerful mothers in the palace, who were white and fat, but had a skinny body, looking completely indifferent.

Chu Qinghuan welcomed him with a smile, "Sorry for troubling you, Nanny Zhao. Thrushy, why aren't you going to hurry up and serve Nanny Zhao some tea?"

Just as thrush wanted to answer, he heard Nanny Zhao's dry voice, "There is no need, this servant still has other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave first." With that, he turned and left, not putting Chu Qinghuan in his eyes at all.

Seeing this, she could not help but become angry, "Young miss, First Madame, she …"

"Shut up!" Chu Qinghuan bellowed, only to see that the few girls who were originally laughing in the courtyard had stopped their laughter, and had half lowered their heads as they secretly looked at Chu Qinghuan.

She had never been scolded by the Second Miss before, so her tears immediately started rolling in her eyes. Her eyebrows drew and she wanted to pull her away, but she was stopped by Chu Qinghuan.

"Prime Minister's Mansion is not a place for you to behave atrociously. If you do not follow any rules in the future, don't blame me for sending you to the Madam for punishment!"

Everyone in the yard trembled when they heard this. The pink butterfly felt wronged, and her eyes became moist.

Seeing the pink butterfly cry, Chu Qinghuan's voice also softened, "You're a first-rate servant girl in my courtyard, you naturally have to set them as an example."

According to the rules of the prime minister's residence, each lady was accompanied by a first-rate servant girl, two second-rate maidservants, four third-rate maidservants, and a few low-level maidservants. In addition, there will also be a mother manager and a few rough women, only the general mother is the mistress's wet nurse.

Chu Qinghuan had been in the palace for over half a month, and it had always been the two of them who served him, Pink Butterfly and Tou Mei. In addition, there weren't any other servant girls in the Zilan Courtyard now, and now that First Madame had finally extended her hand inside, Chu Qinghuan couldn't help but smile.

However, the First Madame only sent a bunch of servant girls but did not give him a mother in charge. Was she afraid that she would be connected to the outside world, or … Afraid of falling into a trap?

She had always felt that the Miss was kind and kind to her, but she had never expected her to be such a servant girl. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at her thrush.

"Thrushcross head, do you have any objections?"

Tou Mei shook her head, there was no uneasiness in her eyes. "Servant, listen to Miss."

With that said, the maidservants standing as pillars in the courtyard all nodded, "This servant will follow Second Miss's instructions."

Chu Qinghuan nodded her head in satisfaction, "You are all her capable subordinates. You will not be lacking when coming to my place. Cai Die, go ahead and divide the girls up according to the method Nanny Zhou used, report this to me later. "

Hearing this, Cai Die became nervous, but she soon became excited again. "Yes, Miss."

Almost all of the new maidservants in the courtyard were looking at Cai Die, and only one of them had his eyes set on Chu Qinghuan.

Inside the room, Chu Qinghuan was drinking tea with a thrush and said after a long while: "Don't blame me for being ruthless, she was simply too greedy."

Her body trembled. She couldn't help but remember when she was in Luo City. She raised her head and held her hand as she asked, "Sis thrush, what if no one requests me to do?" At that time, she had been poor and poverty-stricken, and had been sold by her family as a slave since she was young.

Just a moment ago, the pink butterfly before the door was not covering up. If it really entered into the ears of the First Madame, the young miss's days in the future would be even more miserable. Miss is not afraid of the First Madame's attacks, but... There was no need to trouble yourself.

When she thought of this, her heart sank. She could hear the soft voice of the pink butterfly from outside the room. It sounded like she was inspecting the maidservants, "Miss, she definitely didn't notice. I hope Miss can give her another chance."

Chu Qinghuan's eyes drooped slightly. If it wasn't for the fact that she had revealed her fox tail back then, she would never have thought that she was the one being planted by the First Madame. Previously, she had mistakenly sent the thrush into the military workshop as a traitor. Most of the girls in the military workshop were maids and concubines that had been dealt with by their masters. There was only one place she had gone to, and that was the military camp …

Chu Qinghuan thought for a while, but in the end, she said: "Fine, as the saying goes, you can say it again and again, but if she really insists on not realizing it, then don't blame me for not considering this little bit of kindness."

The thrush heard this and was about to open his mouth to say something, only to see Pink Butterfly walk in. "Miss, the arrangements have been made."

Chu Qinghuan slowly put down her tea cup and raised her eyes to look at her. Because of her excitement, her usually weak face now had more elegance than she would have thought, "I didn't expect you to have so many capable people."

"Young miss, you're too kind. I'll take the five of them …"

Chu Qinghuan interrupted her, "You don't need to report to me about this kind of thing."

Cai Die's face darkened, it took her a while to regain her senses, but she realized that Chu Qinghuan was already not in front of her, so she quickly pulled on her thrush's hand and asked, "Sis thrush, did I do something wrong?"

With such a pitiful face, she was unwilling to believe the words of the Miss, but …

"Just do our job well, and don't say too much."

The thrush rushed out as if dodging, but did not notice that the pink butterfly was deep in thought as she gazed at her back. Instead of the timidness from before, there was a glimmer in her eyes instead.

There was not much of a hush in the Zilan Courtyard, and the place was bustling once again.

"Second Miss, Old Mistress said that the Zilan Academy still needs a few more servants to show them to Second Miss." If you fancy them, then keep them. If you don't, Old Mistress will pick a few for you to send over. "

The people in the courtyard all looked familiar, Chu Qinghuan could not help but squint her eyes, and when Nanny Lin saw this she laughed: "Nanny Zhou was also a capable person by Old Mistress's side back then, although Zhao Fen, Zhao Zi are a little stupid, but they can all be considered to have some skills."

The Old Mistress was beating the First Madame!