Sitting outside, Jiang Xuening was thinking about the affairs of Yan Lin, Zhou Yinzhi and others in her previous life, but she didn't pay much attention to the voices inside.
There was only a sound of the curtain, and when he looked up, Jiang Boyou had already come out.
She immediately stood up, first bowed politely, said "I have seen my father", and then said: "It is a daughter who is incompetent and ashamed to disturb my father for such trivial things..."
Not to mention how comfortable Jiang Boyou felt at this moment, he waved his hands and said, "The servants in your yard are not like servants, and the master is not like a master. It should have been accepted long ago..."
"Ahem!"
Before he finished speaking, Chang Zhuo immediately coughed twice beside him.
Jiang Boyou glanced at him, saw him slightly shaking his head at him, and suddenly came to his senses.
It's been four years since this girl Xiao Xiao came back to the mansion, what she looks like, adults like them can see in their eyes.
Doesn't she know that the maid in the house has dirty hands and feet?
Obviously aware of it.
But these servants, no matter how excessive they are behind the scenes, in front of her, the second girl is long and the second girl is short. They surround her like stars and the moon, and hold her in their hands, as if she is the only one in this world. unique existence.
She also indulged these people.
In the final analysis, this child was brought back from the farm, Wanniang is gone, she is not close to the Meng family, and there is no one she knew in Beijing when she first came here, she looks pampered on the outside, but she is fragile on the inside And sensitive.
The weaker it is inside, the more it needs external things to support it.
After all, Jiang Boyou is a person who can achieve the third rank in the court, not to mention that he is in charge of such a crucial real job as the Ministry of Household Affairs. He can understand many things and many people, and this daughter is of course no exception.
So in the past days, even when he saw her pampering the servants in that room, he advised Mrs. Meng not to treat her first, lest she would hurt Xiaoning's heart if she didn't cook well, and she would feel that the house was targeting her. she.
Today, she didn't know what offended her, so she wanted to make a move and find him.
But the more so, the less he can show his enthusiasm for this matter.
It’s okay if she manages people by herself, but if someone else hurriedly intervenes and scolds the people in her room, maybe she has to think too much, and others will scold for her, and the matter will not be done when the anger dissipates .
Jiang Boyou thought about it, it would be better to retreat and advance, and suddenly changed his words: "However, you are quite protective of them on weekdays, and I think you have served them well. It is also common for servants in the mansion to have dirty hands and feet, but you want to come Looking for your father to help you uphold justice, and you have to take care of the people in the house. In fact, it’s just a matter of dealing with it in the house, how can you make such a big fuss and go to war?"
What a smooth and natural turn.
Jiang Xuening listened, looked at Jiang Boyou quietly for a while, and saw the clue, she just turned around: "Father is also right, it's because the daughter didn't think carefully, so let's go back to the house and let the daughter take care of herself?"
"Hey! Don't!"
Why was her reaction different from what she thought?
Hearing someone speak for these maids, shouldn't you be more angry and want to punish these people severely?
Jiang Boyou was caught off guard by her words, and seeing her turn around to leave, he didn't have time to think about it, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he quickly pulled her back, showing a comforting smile: "Tell me about you, come here! Come on, how can father let you go back to take care of yourself? You must know that I am in charge of the household department in the imperial court, and I hate these dirty hands and feet the most! If the family is not neat, how can you govern the country? Father will never let you be wronged!"
Wouldn't it be nice to say that earlier, but I want to play to retreat!
Her father is really...
The corners of Jiang Xuening's lips curled up imperceptibly, but it was rare that while it was amused, a bit of inhuman melancholy suddenly appeared.
When I was a girl, I was in the mansion, even if the servant girl was not good, I couldn't cause any major troubles, and if I had any troubles, I could basically deal with them. But after marrying Shen Jie, although Shen Jie did not treat her badly, but he would not take care of everything for her like Yan Lin. At that time, she was in a dangerous place like the palace, no matter how bad she was at it, she was forced by the environment to move forward step by step.
Only slowly did he sharpen his calm mind and the skills to deal with others.
But at that time, compared with her when she was young, she seemed to be a different person.
Looking at her, Jiang Boyou also felt that there seemed to be some subtle changes in her eyebrows, so he asked out of curiosity: "In the past, you were very 'generous' to them, and your mother and I were quite worried. Why did you suddenly change your mind today?"
Jiang Xuening thought about it, she had indeed changed a lot.
Better to have a decent explanation.
When she raised her eyes and thought about it, she said without changing her face and heartbeat: "Yan Lin taught it."
oh.
That brat who always climbs over the walls of their mansion...
Hearing the words, Jiang Boyou twisted his beard and snorted inwardly, revealing a thoughtful face.
After a while, all the maids and women in Jiang Xuening's room arrived.
All of them trembled like chaff, and their faces were ashen-colored.
Jiang Boyou thought that there were still guests in the room, so he was afraid of disturbing him too much, so he ordered two chairs to be moved and placed them under the eaves outside the study, and only asked the gang of maids and women to kneel in the yard.
There was such a commotion, many servants in the mansion knew about it, and quietly poked their heads out under the walls and verandahs to watch.
Headed by Wang Xing's family, all the people serving in Jiang Xuening's room couldn't believe what they had experienced in less than half an hour: First, the second girl who was coaxed by them suddenly called them into the room , and then asked them to hand over all the things they had taken before without warning. They only denied it for a round, thinking that the second girl would reason with them even if she wanted to punish them, but turned around and sued the master without saying a word , pulled them all out to kneel here?
Wang Xing's family is even worse.
When Jiang Xuening came back to ask for the bracelet, she was frightened for a while. She felt that the second girl who had really "obedient to her" in the past suddenly played cards in an unreasonable manner. She couldn't understand what she was thinking at all. Why did it suddenly change.
Now that Jiang Xuening has Jiang Boyou's backing, she just raised her hand and nodded Lian Er: "Go, bring two big boxes."
Lian Er went to get it, and put it on the ground according to Jiang Xuening's instructions.
Jiang Xuening took the tea that Chang Zhuo brought up next to her, blew it lightly, took a sip, put it down and said: "I have already said that when I was in the room, if anyone takes my things, it is best to find them early." If I put it back, I can let it go."
With all eyes on and the master watching, there was complete silence below.
None of Wang Xing's family dared to speak out.
There was a little girl behind who pushed her. She hated her so much that she held back and kept silent, only thinking about going back to deal with this little girl after she got over the difficulties in front of her.
Seeing that they still refused to speak, Jiang Xuening smiled.
But she doesn't talk much either.
People are kneeling and she is sitting, there is hot tea to drink and cakes to eat, why worry?
The middle of the courtyard is paved with hard bluestone slabs. Although the maids in the mansion cannot be said to be pampered, most of them are thin-skinned and tender-skinned, and have not suffered much.
It's okay to kneel for a while, but gradually some people can't bear it after a long time.
The person knelt on the ground, his knees began to move, his body began to shake, and his forehead and back were soaked in sweat.
What a mouth that turns black and white.
At first glance, it was the one who refuted her in the room earlier.
If it weren't for thinking that her hands were more or less delicate and delicate, Jiang Xuening would have slapped her up by now.
It is expected that she will not be able to produce evidence.
Especially the fact that she doesn't count her own things, they all know it well, and if they bite this point to death, they can still beat Jiang Xuening: You must know, she is spoiled by nature, if another word of mouth makes money, it's not that she can't be washed away Cleared?
"You want evidence, don't you?" Jiang Xuening lowered her slender eyebrows, a smile appeared on her lips, and her voice was leisurely, "In the past, you always felt that you still knew who was the master in the house anyway. Thinking of you guys still daring to contradict me now. Do you really think I don’t know what to do?”
Everyone was taken aback for a moment.
Even Lian'er and Tang'er, the only two who were not implicated and stood aside to serve, didn't react.
Jiang Xuening glanced at the two girls, then shifted her gaze from Lian'er to Tang'er, and then ordered, "Tang'er, get the account book."
Lian'er was very confused at this moment: The girl has an account book, why doesn't she know?
Even Tang'er, who was more stable, was a little dazed.
But Jiang Xuening didn't let her be at a loss for too long: "The sixth book from the left on the third floor from the top on my bookshelf is, you go and get it."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Boyou next to her immediately looked at her with a strange look.
Jiang Xuening drank tea and waited
When the maids and women who were kneeling down heard the word "account book", their hearts trembled violently. Some of them were not able to bear it, and almost fell to the ground.
How can the second girl have an account book?
A person who throws away all his precious things casually, but still keeps accounts in private?
It is simply puzzling.
They really hoped that they had heard it wrong. While kneeling in a panic, they looked in the direction of the Hanging Flower Gate, hoping that Tang'er would come back empty-handed.
It's a pity that the sky doesn't obey people's wishes!
Tang'er is back.
She came from the side of the Chuihua Gate, holding a book with a thick blue cover in both hands, and presented it to Jiang Xuening when she came up: "Second, Second Miss, the account book is brought according to your order."
It's a little far away, and the other people kneeling below can't see it at all—
Tang'er, who seemed calm, had both hands shaking!
Jiang Boyou got close, subconsciously glanced at Tang'er's hand, and almost spit out the tea he just drank in surprise!
Where is the ledger?
On the cover is clearly written four large characters, "Junior Learning Qionglin"!
God knows that there is no broken account book on that bookshelf at all, and what Tang'er saw on the sixth book on the third floor according to Jiang Xuening's instructions was this book for children's enlightenment!
But there was no other way, so I bit the bullet and took it.
With such a big scene right now, Tang'er couldn't even think about how her daughter would end up!
But Jiang Xuening did not change her face, calmly took the "account book" from her hand, and flipped through it: "In March this year, on my eighteenth birthday, my mother added a ruby ruyi pendant. A pair of emerald heads; father gave pine smoke ink, and Chengxintang paper; Prince Yan gave a pair of Ru kiln white porcelain flower goblets, a night pearl from Dashi Kingdom, and a whole piece of suet white jade. Nine Chains, and..."
A snow-white little rabbit.
Yan Lin caught it when she was out hunting, and said that she thought the little rabbit was very similar to her, with red eyes, pitiful and cute, and she was reluctant to kill it, so she simply caught it and gave it to her to raise.
It's a pity that she didn't care about the rabbit, so she gave it to the servants to take care of it, and it was raised to death within two months.
It is naturally impossible for Jiang Xuening to have an account book.
She didn't remember these at all when she was young.
But Yan Lin remembered it all.
During the period when he was under house arrest in the palace, every time he came in the dark, he would lie on her side on her couch, caressing her cheeks with calloused fingers from martial arts practice, and he would tell her about his childhood. those thoughts.
It's hard for her to forget.
Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes, and after reading for a while, she raised her eyes and looked at the group of people kneeling below.
Where can I still kneel at this time?
One of them almost completely collapsed on the ground.
Wang Xing's is the fastest to see the opportunity, I only heard that she remembers everything in this account book very clearly, and some items are very special, if the mansion wants to check, even if they go out, they can find them back, and then it will be a certainty For the crime, it would be over if he was turned over to the government.
At critical moments, she was willing to let go.
Wang Xing's family knocked their heads on the ground with a "boom", and cried sincerely: "Young lady is wise, it's my wife and I have been deceived by lard. I didn't dare to admit it at first, because I underestimated the girl's ability. The old servant's family Seeing other people take the girl's things, the girl didn't care, so I thought about borrowing the girl's things to turn around, and when my family got through the difficulties, I quietly returned it to the girl. Who would have thought that the girl's heart is like a mirror Yes, see us picky **** clearly. The old servant has served the girl for so many years, and when she watched the girl return to the mansion, these days, because she has done something wrong to the girl and lied to the girl, she can't even sleep at night Good. I was found by the girl today, but I was relieved. Please wait a moment, the old slave will return your things in full. I sincerely ask the girl to look at the old feelings and let the old slave pay off. It's up to you to beat or punish, as long as you can stay by your side to serve, this old slave will be satisfied!"
"..."
All the little girls kneeling behind her almost stared out their eyes.
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen such shameless people!
In terms of the thickness of their skins, they couldn't flatter Wang Xing's family.
Hearing what she said, Jiang Xuening not only found a reason for herself to take the things, but also complimented her, the point is that she also admitted her mistake and showed her loyalty. If anyone didn't listen carefully, he might think that he is really a "loyal servant" out and out!
She finds it funny.
Immediately said: "Then go down and get something."
As if being pardoned, Wang Xing's family kowtowed three more times on the ground before getting up. After showing a flattering smile to Jiang Xuening, he retreated and went back to his room to pack his things.
How could other people dare to resist stubbornly when they saw this?
I didn't think it was serious in the room before, but after being called to kneel down just now, I was scared to death. Seeing that Wang Xing's family was scared, everyone knelt down and begged for mercy, and they all went back to their own rooms to plead guilty. He took out all the things and put them one by one into the box that Jiang Xuening ordered to put on the ground earlier.
After a while, the pearls and emeralds, the vases and the scrolls were piled up to the brim, and even pointed.
He didn't know if he died, but after treating this group of people, Jiang Xuening realized that she was still a little rich woman.
Even Jiang Boyou next to him couldn't help being speechless when he saw him.
Obediently, after all, the Yongyi Hou Mansion is one of the two great sects of the current dynasty. Yan Lin posted so many posts before she got married, could it be that she gave her all of her own money?