One hundred and fifty-eight chapters, handkerchief, tribute embroidery in Qi
With the lessons learned from the sewing room, the next housekeeper was serious when answering each one. Even if there were arrangements to be deliberately delayed, her face changed when she saw a pool of blood in the yard, and she didn't dare to make any small moves anymore.
This is not provoking Aunt Zhou, but provoking Mr. Hou.
It was the first time for a director to deal with all the matters in the house, but there was no time to look at some of the account books. Yu Xijiao and Yu Zhuqing each brought a few account books back to help Aunt Zhou check the accounts first.
"Girl, I heard that Madam was reprimanded by the Marquis. Many people heard that the Marquis got angry in Madam's room and smashed the fine tea bowl. When the Marquis left, the Madam burst into tears, but the Marquis still left regardless.
, everyone in the house said that Madam... I'm afraid she has really lost her power, and Aunt Zhou will be helped to become an equal wife."
Aunt Xu came in with a few pieces of pastries before she came over from the kitchen. Qian's most trusted wives in the past no longer dared to show off.
I heard that the steward of the sewing room was beaten half to death just because he went against Aunt Zhou's wishes. With Lord Marquis supporting Aunt Zhou, no one dared to underestimate Aunt Zhou as a director.
Yu Xijiao lowered her eyes and smiled slightly: "I'm crying now!"
Qian thought that by retreating, she would take the initiative to find out the power of management, so that she could avoid her father's anger and cover up the previous witchcraft incident. However, she never thought that since she handed over the power, her future power of management would be
It's hard to get back into her hands.
She wanted to force Aunt Zhou to quit and wanted her father to give her the power of management again. What Qian thought was great!
There will be a long time to come, but now...it's just the beginning!
"Third Miss, why is the Marquis so angry about the princess from the previous dynasty that you mentioned earlier?" Qingyue asked curiously, she knew clearly that the Marquis was furious because her own girl mentioned this allusion.
"The princess of the previous dynasty ended up like this, and the eldest sister is just the legitimate daughter of a marquis." Yu Xijiao chuckled, "It's not just the eldest sister who will be punished when the time comes."
Qian made stupid mistakes again and again, putting the entire Xuanping Marquis Mansion in danger. Even if his father didn't care, he understood the pros and cons at this time, so how could he not reprimand Qian.
The Qian Mansion used kindness to threaten his father and not deal with the Qian family, but in this backyard, there was never just divorce!
How could Mr. Qian be willing to accept repeated miscalculations, cruelty and self-righteousness?
Qingyue looked at her girl smiling. It was clear that she was just a thin and delicate girl with childishness, but the smile on her lips had a more serious meaning...
"Third Miss, Grandma Ya is here." A maid's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
Yu Xijiao stood up. Aunt Zhou had asked her to pick a few more maids. Madam, because of the matter of Nian Chun and Yan'er, Yaoshui Pavilion was cleaned again, so she took the initiative to help Lanshui Pavilion that day.
The mother-in-law kicked out all the maids, and now Yaoshui Pavilion has fewer manpower.
Now that Ya Po has come to visit, Yu Xijiao is sitting on the porch, preparing to pick someone.
The Yapo who came this time was not the Yapo before. After coming in, she bowed respectfully to Yu Xijiao, and then respectfully introduced the characteristics of the maids and mothers-in-law she brought one by one. Although the characteristics of many people sounded different,
Similar words, "mild-tempered, honest, reliable, and most loyal" are the most commonly heard.
But it also gave Yu Xijiao some idea.
"Third girl, this girl has a lot of strength, but she eats a lot and has many brothers and sisters at home. I sold her when I couldn't support her." Mrs. Ya pointed at a thin girl and looked at a fifteen-year-old girl.
, about six years old, with a very delicate face. If Ya Po hadn’t said this specifically, who would have thought that the thin maid in front of her could actually have a lot of strength.
Yu Xijiao deliberately looked at this maid a few more times, and then listened to Ya Po's introduction.
By the time she finished speaking, Yu Xijiao already had a rough idea. She glanced around and whispered a few words to Aunt Xu. Aunt Xu nodded and went to choose someone first.
There were a total of forty maids brought by the mother-in-law. Aunt Xu selected twenty in the first round, then questioned them one by one, and then selected ten more.
Ten people stood in front of Yu Xijiao, looking well behaved and extremely respectful.
The sky was getting dark, the sun was hanging in the sky, ten people were standing like this, some were already swaying, and these few were also eliminated.
In the end there were five people left.
Three maids and two mothers-in-law.
Yu Xijiao's eyes fell with interest on the maid standing in the middle. It was the maid whom Ya Po said was very powerful just now. Her long eyelashes fell down and slowly fell on the handkerchief in the maid's hand. After looking at it, she looked back.
She waved, and the maid hurriedly stepped forward.
"What's your name?" Yu Xijiao asked.
"Slave Mingyue." The maid replied.
"Mingyue?" Yu Xijiao smiled, "It's really fate. The maid next to me is called Qingyue, but you are Mingyue. Is this the name you chose yourself?"
"This is the name I chose myself." The maid said.
"Are you still...literate?" Yu Xijiao smiled.
"My slave is literate. My family used to be... okay. But something happened to my father, and now... I can't live anymore." The maid bit her lip and frowned. She looked a little pitiful, but she thought about it.
Her so-called strength is really unbelievable.
This is another person whose family has fallen into disgrace.
"Are you from the capital?" Yu Xijiao continued to ask, her eyes once again falling on the handkerchief in the maid's hand. There was a delicate orchid on the handkerchief, facing Yu Xijiao's direction.
"This slave is from the capital." The maid said without hesitation, and moved her hand again. Yu Xijiao could see it more clearly this time.
"Is it true that you are very strong?" Yu Xijiao smiled and changed the topic.
"My slave is really strong. She was very strong when she was little. When we fought with other children at that time, they couldn't beat me. Later, she ate more and became stronger." The maid looked like she had something to say.
He was somewhat calm and not timid about Yu Xijiao's questions.
"Okay then, just stay!" Yu Xijiao said simply.
"Girl, do you want to ask more?" Seeing that she asked extremely hastily, Aunt Xu said uneasily. The incident about Nian Chun still made her feel uneasy. Even now, when she saw the new maid coming, she was still worried.
I think a good interrogation is needed.
"No need, this girl looks like a governor, just let her fill the role of a first-class maid next to me!" Yu Xijiao smiled slightly.
"Girl!" This time, not only Nanny Xu was anxious, but Qingyue also looked up at her girl anxiously.
The girl is always cautious in doing things. How could she say such hasty words today? The incident of Nian Chun has just passed.
Yu Xijiao smiled and waved her hand gently, indicating that they don't have to worry: "Mother Xu, just keep these people. You can take Ya Po down to collect the money."
Seeing that her girl was like this, Aunt Xu could only agree and retreat with Ya Po and the others.
Someone led the other maids and the mother-in-law down. Yu Xijiao took Qingyue and the new maid Mingyue into the house together. The two of them now occupied the space of her two serious first-class maids.
After sitting down inside, he took the tea handed by Qingyue and took a sip, then put it down, smiled slightly at the worried Qingyue, and then his eyes fell on the maid Mingyue who followed in.
After being bought in, she became a first-class personal maid. For the servants, it was almost a leap to the sky. Anyone who made such a leap would be so excited that they would tremble with fear, facing the new master's willingness to show loyalty to the extreme, and this Mingyue
He acted very calmly.
Seeing Yu Xijiao's eyes turn around, her smile became more peaceful and comfortable, as if the woman in front of her was not her new master, but someone she had served since she was a child.
"Can I see your handkerchief?" Yu Xijiao raised her hand gracefully.
"Girl, please take a look." Mingyue readily lifted the handkerchief she was holding in her hand and respectfully handed it to Yu Xijiao.
Yu Xijiao stretched out her hand to take it, and looked carefully at the exquisite embroidery on it. A trace of surprise flashed in her eyes: "What kind of embroidery is this? It looks a little... different."
Growing up in Jiangnan, Yu Xijiao has seen a lot of embroidery. Jiangnan's double-sided embroidery is the most outstanding among all embroidery, but she has never seen anything like this.
It's not double-sided embroidery. This embroidery method is a little different from what Yu Xijiao has seen before, but it makes people see that this embroidery is high-quality, not much worse than Jiangnan's double-sided embroidery.
Yu Xijiao also likes embroidery, and she became even more interested in it. After looking over it, she discovered that these threads were actually thinner than ordinary silk threads. After looking over, Yu Xijiao guessed:
"This is... Qidi's tribute embroidery?"
"What the girl said is that this is Qidi's tribute embroidery!"
"I have heard that Qi is called tribute embroidery, but I have never actually seen it. There was also a saying in the Jiangnan area that tribute embroidery and double-sided embroidery were compared, but I didn't expect it to be true. The number of strands in this tribute embroidery is
There are more shares than those in Jiangnan, and at a glance, they are different from those in Beijing."
Yu Xijiao sighed, her grandmother once said to herself that tribute embroidery from Qi was extremely rare, to a certain extent even rarer than double-sided embroidery. After all, double-sided embroidery has not been lost in Jiangnan, and there are exquisite embroiderers.
From time to time, there are reports of double-sided embroidery, but the real tribute embroidery of Qidi seems to be lost soon.
"Girl, do you like tribute embroidery?" Mingyue asked with a smile.
Yu Xijiao nodded. It is hard for a girl who grew up in Jiangnan not to like embroidery. Compared with the daughter of aristocratic families in the capital, the daughter of aristocratic families in Jiangnan has higher requirements for embroidery work, and is more willing to draw first according to her own requirements.
Embroidery pictures and embroider different embroideries by yourself.
In Jiangnan, there is an embroidery club where the daughter of an aristocratic family can embroider small samples by herself, but there is no embroidery club in the capital. When it comes to embroidery skills, the eldest sister here in the capital is definitely one of the best, but in Jiangnan, the eldest sister can only be regarded as average.
"It would be great if the girl likes it." Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief and took out a small brocade box from her sleeve. "The master said that if the girl likes it, there are a few pieces of tribute embroidery in it, and the girl can take it off and play with it."
Master? Take it apart and play with it?
Qingyue stared at this and then that, feeling that she understood every word, but why couldn't she understand them all together...