A maid with pigtails followed Aunt Xue and whispered.
Compared with the Jia family's east and west mansions, the Champion Marquis' Mansion is no less impressive. Even when Emperor Ming Kang sent people to repair it before, he also deliberately had people repair it to make it more grand.
What this little maid said is true.
Aunt Xue sighed in her heart, this was her first visit!
From the moment she walked in, she looked around and saw that the size of the Marquis's Mansion was not inferior to that of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion, and was even said to be better than it.
In Dakang, the title and the specifications of the mansion are in one-to-one correspondence. The title of marquis is supposed to be one level lower than that of duke, but the marquis mansion is not inferior to the public mansion in terms of specifications or repairs, and is even slightly superior.
From here we can also see the great power of the Hou Mansion.
"I hope Pan'er's matter can be settled..."
Aunt Xue sighed in her heart and walked to the backyard under the leadership of the housekeeper.
If there was no one in the Xue family, how could it be her turn as a female prostitute to run around!
Aunt Xue is a female. When she comes to visit, Jia Qi naturally does not need to receive her in person. Of course, according to the rules, the person receiving her cannot be a man, so it can only be received by a few girls in the family.
As soon as she thought about this, Aunt Xue suddenly had a thought in her heart, whether she should find a marriage for Baochai.
However, on second thought, she suppressed this thought again. Next year is the day of the draft. If she hastily finds a son-in-law to marry into, or finds a well-matched one to marry, I am afraid it will not be of much use to the Xue family at this time.
Although she is a womanly woman and is not sure about political affairs, she is very clear about her family's financial situation. To put it bluntly, unless Xue Pan has experienced great storms and can still stand up, otherwise the Xue family has little hope of relying on him.
nothing.
Before, when Jia's family was building a garden, she suggested borrowing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the family, just because she had an idea. Although Jia Baoyu was stubborn before, but during this time, he has lost his temper, which may not be an option.
Of course, she also had some thoughts about Jia Qi, but after experiencing so many things in the capital, she also saw through some things.
Compared with the Hou family's situation, the difference between his own family's situation and that of the Hou family is not even a little bit. Jia Chu doesn't lack the money of the Xue family, so for Jia Chu, the Xue family's help is not great.
Of course, this situation is not only true for the Xue family, but also for other people in the capital. At such a young age, he is already a highly respected minister. Even those cabinet ministers are just the icing on the cake for Jia Qi.
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In her opinion, Jia Qi's best choice should be a royal family member, princess, or princess.
As for the others, in terms of benefits, they are far behind.
“Which of us will go??”
After Cai Luan heard the maid's report, she looked at Jia Qi and asked.
Jia Qi glanced at this girl, feeling a little funny in her heart.
He knew very well who was in charge of the affairs of the house. In fact, there were only two managers, one was Cai Luan and the other was Miao Yu.
However, Miaoyu rarely worries about trivial matters. Unless it is something she has to take care of, she will ask Cailuan for a few words. As for Miaoyu's words, Cailuan will obey most of Miaoyu's words. After all, she knows Miaoyu.
This matter, what Miaoyu came here to mention specifically, must not be a trivial matter.
In addition to the two of them, there are actually several girls living in the house. Now that they are counted in detail, it is no wonder that Miaoyu behaves like before.
In terms of time order, Xiangling is the first, the second is Qingwen, the third is Guan Ziyue, the fourth is Qin Keqing, and the fifth is Hung Hom from Zhili, Hebei. As for Xichun,
There are rooms on three sides of Rongguo Gongfu, Ningguo Gongfu, and Houfu. It’s quite comfortable to come when you have time.
This was something Jia Qi deliberately controlled. Not everyone was brought to the Hou Mansion, but before he knew it, the backyard became lively.
"Call Sister Keqing!"
Miaoyu thought for a while and reminded her aloud that although there were many girls in the house, most of them were lacking in status and age. Most of them were still young girls who had not been treated by others. These people did not know how to receive people.
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After hearing Miaoyu's suggestion, Cai Luan looked at Jia Yu again, as if asking what his opinion was. After all, Aunt Xue was officially visiting. She and Qin Keqing went to receive her, which actually represented the reputation of the Hou Mansion.
And there is a deeper meaning in this. People who come to the house are usually female mistresses. Just like in Jia's house, most women come to visit the house, and Jia's mother usually goes to see them.
The second one is Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, and the next one is Sister Feng. They are all the mistresses of the house.
Nowadays, the relationship in the Hou Mansion is not that complicated. There is only one man who is in charge of the house, and that is Jia Qi, and it stands to reason that there is only one corresponding mistress.
Although Cai Luan doesn't think much of this, she still wants to see Jia Qi's feelings.
"The purpose of Mrs. Xue's visit to the Hou Mansion today is nothing more than Xue Pan's matter. When this matter has reached this stage, we in the Hou Mansion can no longer sit idly by. We are beyond our reach to deal with Xueying's affairs.
But that prince is just a prince right under our noses. If he doesn’t want to do it, I can help him!
Speaking of this, Jia Qi couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Seeing that Jia Qi didn't nod or refute Miao Yu's suggestion, Cai Luan couldn't help but give him a rollicking look. This little bastard was pretending to be stupid, and there was really nothing she could do about it.
"Then I went with sister Keqing??"
Seeing that the girl was still holding on to the question, Jia Qi couldn't help but stretched out his hand and tapped the girl's forehead.
"During the time when I was away from the house, you were not the one who welcomed and escorted me there. I guess everyone outside knew that the Champion House had a housekeeper. Now you are acting pretentious~~"
Hearing this, Cai Luan's face was smeared.
"You didn't say anything when you left. When you left, you entrusted me with the entire Hou family, so I can't let Qingwen, Ziyue and the others go!"
Miaoyu curled her lips, the title "housekeeper" really suited the occasion.
Seeing Miaoyu snickering at the side, Cai Luan refused. At that time, Jia Qi left the house to go to sea, but he entrusted the affairs of the house to the two of them!
Do you still dare to laugh at yourself now??
"Sister Miaoyu, if I am the big housekeeper, you will be the little housekeeper. We sisters have agreed that we will share the blessings and share the hardships!
Miaoyu was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but then she shook her head and laughed.
"Sister, do you know that many people are looking forward to this errand but can't even come to it!