Clusters of autumn chrysanthemums bloom in full bloom in the courtyard, like delicate embroidery bordered with gold and silver threads on green brocade, decorating this patch of autumn where the flowers have faded to red.
The midday sun is not shining brightly, but in such a leisurely day, everything becomes lazy. The insects and birds have stopped chirping, and there is not even a trace of life in this huge mansion. There is actually a different kind of atmosphere.
Quiet.
And on such an unattractive afternoon, Ning Yujin sent someone to notify everyone in Prince Ding's mansion to hold her first group meeting since arriving in the mansion.
The location was chosen in a small flower hall in the garden, surrounded by clusters of flowers. Green vines climbed along the shelf and covered the pavilion, twisting and turning, and the fine leaves cast a little green shade.
Ning Yujin sat leisurely on the marble stool in the pavilion, casually flipping through the information she just went to the shadow guards to get.
The defense of Prince Ding's Mansion has always been made of copper and iron walls. No matter where the person comes from, their background will be clearly investigated.
She browsed through it roughly, and she had a general understanding of the people in the mansion.
"Miss, it's almost late." Qiuyun next to him reminded him in a low voice.
"Yeah." Ning Yujin tilted her head and stretched. She raised her head and looked at the hourglass on the table, pursed her lips and smiled.
"Zisu, let's start taking attendance checks."
After all, Zi Su had read and read, so the roll call book made according to Ning Yujin's requirements was quite impressive.
Hearing Ning Yujin speak, she responded and walked to the pavilion with the roll call book.
"You two, help me keep an eye on it." Ning Yujin said to Xia Zhu and Qiuyun, then got up and walked to the wicker chair next to her to lie down, close her eyes and rest.
Not far away, a sparse figure slowly walked over. Zisu carefully recorded everyone's name, arrival time, and meticulous attitude.
The maids didn't understand what the fuss was about. Seeing Ning Yujin resting in the pavilion, they didn't dare to be too presumptuous. After checking their names, they found a shady place to stand by themselves.
Some people who were late for a while did not expect to have their names called on, so they quickly pulled Zisu to try to change the time. However, after saying a few nice words, they found that Zisu still had a cold face, and immediately cursed in a low voice and walked away angrily.
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The announcement was made at noon, so the roll call started at three quarters past noon and was not completed until a quarter past noon.
After the roll call was completed, Zi Su collected the name book, walked into the pavilion, and stood quietly with his head lowered, without speaking.
In the pavilion, Ning Yujin was still lying down and resting, and seemed to have no intention of waking up.
At first, everyone could bear it, but after waiting and waiting for a long time, seeing the sun gradually going west, it was time for dinner, and Ning Yujin hadn't woken up yet, so everyone panicked.
A woman in charge boldly walked to the pavilion and asked Qiuyun in a low voice: "Miss Qiuyun, what do you mean? It's going to get dark today. If we don't go back, we won't have dinner."
Have you done the trick?"
They can understand that the new master comes to give the slaves a slap in the face, but what does it mean to just ask them to stand?
When Qiu Yun heard this, he immediately put his hands on his hips, raised his eyebrows, and said in a strange way: "There are only two masters in this mansion, one is our master, and the other is our miss. Now that the master is in the palace, the miss has a small kitchen for eating, so you guys are busy
Who are you going to cook for?"
"This..." The woman looked around and said in embarrassment, "Miss Qiuyun, this is not what I mean. It's just that with so many people in the house and so many mouths, you still have to eat, right?"
"That's not true," Qiu Yun snorted coldly, speaking in a high and low tone, as if he was singing an opera, "I think when our master was in the mansion, we didn't see many people serving us, and we didn't see anyone hungry? Now we have
The lady has come over, and there are quite a few people there, but I don’t see how attentive you are in serving me.”
"Miss Qiuyun, the old ladies don't want to hear what you are saying. We are all slaves. Naturally, everything is for the sake of the master. How can we neglect the master?"
"Didn't you neglect your master?" Qiu Yun took Zi Su's roll call, opened a page, and said with a smile, "Oh, Aunt Zhao, take a look, I have only heard that slaves wait for their masters, but not that they wait for their masters."
You are so arrogant that you are more like a master than a slave."
"Miss Qiuyun..."
"Okay, okay, just say a few words and don't disturb the lady."
The two old ladies came forward, bowed to Qiu Yun, and took Aunt Zhao down.
"It's so noisy." Ning Yujin yawned and stretched, and finally woke up slowly when the sun was about to go down.
"Miss, are you awake?" Xia Zhu quickly picked up the teacup and handed it over.
Ning Yujin took a sip of water and shook her head. Then with the help of Xia Zhu and Qiuyun, she stood up and walked to the pavilion: "Everyone, have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Not long, not long." A few flattering smiling faces came over and replied hurriedly.
Ning Yujin raised her head and glanced at the faces of the people. Some were looking at her curiously, some were not convinced by her, and some wanted to curry favor with her. There were all kinds of strange things.
She shrugged, waved her hand, turned around and walked inside.
Xia Zhu had already pushed out the chair for her, and she sat down in the middle of the pavilion, looking at everyone casually.
Before everyone could understand the meaning of her gesture, they heard Qiu Yun's voice again: "What are you still doing? The lady asked you to stand according to the classification of each house and level. You can't understand the words?"
They really didn't understand this.
The team was quickly reorganized, and everyone stood back up as required.
Ning Yujin looked at the more organized personnel and felt more pleasing to the eye.
She cleared her throat slowly, took another sip of water to moisten her throat, and then she said leisurely: "Everyone, I have called you here today. I have a little something to tell you. You can listen to what you want to hear.
If you don't want to hear it, you can leave, I won't force you."
"..."
There was silence below.
This is like nonsense. Her master hasn't spoken yet, who dares to leave?
Seeing the silence below, Ning Yujin nodded.
It was better than she imagined, at least no one was bold enough to openly do it with her.
"Since you haven't left yet, then listen carefully and listen carefully to all the words that follow, word by word, because I can't guarantee that if you miss a word, there will be serious consequences."
After saying that, she smiled meaningfully, and among the people below who were looking at each other in confusion, Ning Yujin waved her hand at Zisu and said, "Family rules, read them!"