Ji Man turned to look at her, shook his head and said, "little girl, you need to know what it means to be a child and give up. You don't want your child to be a wolf. Aunt Zhao is a slave with status and doesn't have much money. How can she be willing to do things for you?" ? We don’t ask too much, just eat something good and don’t feel cold or tired. The remaining one hundred taels of silver is enough for us to spend a while.”
Clover was still a little upset, and felt distressed for a long time with the money in his pocket before turning around and hiding in the bottom of the cabinet.
"What did you ask her to buy?"
Ji Man picked up the embroidery needle and continued to embroider the handkerchief, and said slowly: "They are all very common things. I wrote a list and asked her to bring me some every month to make something. We won't have to worry about money. gone."
Alfalfa didn't understand, but seeing how confident his master was, he didn't ask any further questions and helped embroider the handkerchief.
Because of Sang Yu's diligence, she handed two handkerchiefs to Grandma Liu every day. Within a few days, all the aunts and concubines in the mansion used new handkerchiefs. Excellent stuff. In addition, Nie Sangyu's embroidery is so good that even Wen Wan can't put it down.
When Mo Yuhou was sitting at the table drinking tea, he saw Wen Wan pinching the handkerchief, carefully touching the pattern on it and saying, "I'm afraid I won't be able to practice this kind of craft even if I practice it for a few more years."
Ning Yuxuan followed her gaze to look at the veil, the lavender lotus was blooming just right, faintly, as if one could smell the fragrance.
"That's all she can do."
Wen Wan raised her head and gave him a white look: "I think Sang Yu's temper is not as embarrassing as you said, maybe there was something wrong in the past, but now she has become docile and obedient? Why do you still have such a big prejudice against her?"
He has a prejudice against her? Ning Yuxuan couldn't help sighing, Nie Sangyu married him at the age of fourteen, and she has been jealous and mean for so many years, who knows her temperament better than him
He welcomed her when he was fifteen years old, and Nie Sangyu dismissed all his former maids when he first entered the mansion. He was angry, so she went to his mother to sue. Because of Concubine Nie's relationship, and his mother protecting her, he couldn't even get angry.
When Nie Sangyu was sixteen years old, he had nothing to do, of course he did it on purpose, and then welcomed Qi Siling as his aunt, and that jealous woman almost ruined Qi Siling's face. After being stopped by him, she didn't know how to repent and said that she was not wrong.
When he was eighteen years old, he welcomed Qian Lianxue and Liu Hanyun. She cried, made troubles and hanged herself. She was ill for a month, and the noble concubine blamed him.
When she was twenty years old, she met Mu Shuiqing. She tried to commit suicide by swallowing poison, which caused all the people in the capital to see all the jokes and embarrass the Hou Mansion.
Now at the age of 21, that woman finally made such a fuss that she lost her position as Mrs. Hou, and pushed Wen Wan up with her own hands. Now I am afraid that he is finally sensible, or he is secretly planning something in his heart.
If his mother hadn't forced the marriage, would he have married this shrew? Originally a laid-back and unrestrained Lord Hou, because of this woman, he has not had a good life for several years, and now he has finally locked her in the Siguo Pavilion, and even if he is killed, he will not let her out easily.
"I don't know why, but I think she is quite pitiful." Wen Wan sighed, put the handkerchief back into her sleeve, looked up at Ning Yuxuan and said, "I'm also quite jealous that she has been with you for such a long time."
Ning Yuxuan raised her eyebrows, and smiled very nicely with her lips hooked: "Are you jealous of her? You still have decades to spend with me."
She gave him a gentle look, and blushed slightly: "I didn't have days before you, so of course I would be jealous. But it doesn't matter, I will be the only one in your world from now on."
Mo Yuhou reached out to hug her into his arms, put his chin on her forehead and said, "Before you, I never loved anyone, and Nie Sangyu is nothing, you don't have to worry about it."
"Yeah." She hugged him with a gentle smile, and closed her eyes reassuringly.
Ji Man sneezed several times in a row, tears came out. Sniffing and muttering: "Could it be really sick?"
All of a sudden, I feel down, and I don't know what's going on. She has never been a sentimental person, this is probably Nie Sangyu's mood. It's still a bit awkward to think that there is another person living in her body. But it's all right, why is she so low
Someone knocked on the door outside, and Clover ran to open it, and Ji Man heard a servant girl's voice resounding crisply: "My master Qing likes the veils embroidered by your master, I will send two more to Feiyue Pavilion tomorrow, they are not enough .”
Clover looked at the handkerchief in Banxia's hand, her small face tensed: "Master Qing, how can it not be enough? You and I are both maids, so can you use the things master embroiders?"
Ban Xia is the girl next to Mu Shuiqing. She has the same virtue as the master, and said arrogantly: "Slaves are also divided into three, six, nine grades, and some masters are not as good as slaves. This handkerchief is given by Master Qing, so we can Yes. If you are dissatisfied, go to Lord Hou."
"You!" Clover said stupidly, and could only stare at her.
Without such a bully, the master is already very tired of embroidering two handkerchiefs every day, so why do you want to embroider for these maids? Really think her master is a embroidered mother!
Hearing the voice, Ji Man stood by the door, looked at the gate of the courtyard, and called out, "Clover."
"Master." Clover ran back a few steps, stood beside her and stomped angrily: "They bully people!"
Ji Man looked at the maid at the door, probably because her eyes were a little sharp, and Ban Xia took half a step back in fright. But thinking of what her master said, the little girl plucked up her courage again and said: "Give me a salute to Master Sang, our Master Qing's orders have been brought, and Master Hou also said that there are no idlers in the house. You don't have to serve Master Hou anymore, Of course you have to do something else.”
It is useless to mock her for falling out of favor, so she is being used as a slave. Ji Man snorted, still holding a freshly embroidered handkerchief in his hand, and asked Alfalfa: "Alfalfa, how is your master's craftsmanship compared to the embroiderer's in the No. 1 Embroidery Building in the capital?"
Clover was very cooperative and said: "It's not bad at all. After the master's handkerchief is handed over, the madam doesn't need to send it from Xiulou."
Ji Man nodded: "Then how much is the first embroiderer's handkerchief?"
Banxia's face was a little green, and Clover took a look at her, and replied, "Three taels of silver a piece."
"Okay, three taels of silver for one piece. The colored thread of the handkerchief comes from the mansion, and the manual fee is two taels of silver." Ji Man nodded with a smile, looked at Banxia and said: "Master Qing likes it, so I will give it to her." One discount, one or two pieces of silver, take the silver to pick up the goods, I will embroider as much as you want."
Ban Xia opened her mouth wide, looked at her for a long time but couldn't speak, stretched out her finger to the master and servant for a while, stamped her feet and left.
Clover was overjoyed: "Master is amazing."
Ji Man waved his hand: "If Mu Shuiqing was an aunt, I would embroider for her today without saying a word. She is a concubine like me, and she still wants to bully me, and there is no fruit to sue."
Clover smiled, looked left and right, pulled Ji Man into the room, closed the door and said, "Master, don't forget that Master Qing was given to Lord Hou by the crown prince. Although he is a concubine, Lord Hou also She will not be punished lightly."
Prince? The background is so hard? Ji Man was speechless, at first he thought that Nie Sangyu was the only one behind the scenes, but there is another one hidden here, no wonder she is so arrogant, no one blamed her for speaking in front of several aunts, it turned out that the prince was behind her.
But what is she afraid of? One tael of silver and one handkerchief are all justified. The Hou Mansion doesn't support idlers, right? Is it possible that the value of Nie Sangyu's labor is only worth five taels of money a month? It's fine to embroider two hundred handkerchiefs for them for free, but do you want an extra gift? no way.
Signaling Clover not to worry, Ji Man put down the two handkerchiefs embroidered today, and began to prepare things: "Ask Aunt Zhao to find some clean, unused pots and a small stove."
Clover agreed, turned around and ran outside.
Ji Man thought about it, and according to the plot in the book, when the old lady comes back, she can get rid of the masterpiece of Siguoge until she kills herself. But she doesn't want to die, she still wants to live a good life, so it is very important to have a good relationship between her superiors and her superiors and to settle down.
Nie Sangyu probably did a lot of immoral things in the past, otherwise he wouldn't be so annoying. So how to make up for it now, and try to make everyone let go of their resentment towards her
House servants and servants are too simple, except money is money, if you give more benefits, you will have no enmity, such as Aunt Zhao. But the aunts and concubines in each house are not so easy to fool, and they need to spend a lot of thought.
There are only two things that women care about, one is the face, and the other is the man. Although he has only met Mo Yuhou so far, Ji Man doesn't have a good impression of him. As the heroine, he must think this man is very nice, but unfortunately she is the second female lead, who was tortured to death by the male lead.
So it is impossible to fight for favor with her, not only don't fight, but also make Mo Yuhou hate her, hate her to death. The more Mo Yuhou hated her, the higher her chance of survival.
As for the face, she has to do an experiment, if it succeeds, at least half of her life will be saved.
But Clover left and didn't come back for an hour. Ji Man sat alone in the room and waited. Seeing that it was almost dark, there was no movement outside.
Unable to sit still, Ji Man opened the door and took two steps outside, thinking about the rules of the Hou Mansion, it seems that people in confinement are not allowed to go out, otherwise they will be dealt with by the family law.
But she was alone and helpless now, and if something happened to Clover, she would really be doomed. Regardless of other things, always find the person first, and it is best not to disturb the people above.
Thinking of this, Ji Man slipped out of the Siguo Pavilion against the wall. It's a pity that she didn't know the way, so she went left and right, and she didn't dare to ask people when she met her. She walked secretly for a long time, and finally got lost by herself.
In front of him was a nice-looking yard, and Ji Man was standing by the firewood pile in the backyard, thinking that it would be better to find an excuse to ask where Manager Qian was, and let him find someone, rather than wandering around alone. .
But just as he was about to climb over the wall and leave, suddenly there were many chaotic footsteps behind him, the sky was getting dark, and the torches were all lit. One of Wei's domestic servants saw her in the backyard and shouted, "Here!"