In the small courtyard behind the Youning hall, it was very lively early in the morning.
More than a dozen of little maids, dressed in blue dresses and combed with double servant girls, stood in a row.
In front of them was a 40 year old woman in charge. She was wearing a piece of iron rust with dark lines on her back. She had a bun on her head. Her thin lips were tight on her white and fat face. She looked at her with a smile.
The little maids did not dare to look directly at the mammy in charge, and they all looked down.
From one end to the other, the steward looked at the little maids and said with satisfaction, "this time, there are only 15 of you left, which are still worth learning."
The steward continued: "when the master comes to pick people, you can be more clever. Where you can go is up to you. "
The little maids only accepted the promise. They were worried, expectant, nervous and at a loss.
In March and April of each year, new slaves will be added to the palace. Generally, people will be selected from the family. If the number is not enough, they will buy some people from outside. They were sent to the government for a month. After a month's training by granny Ge, who was in charge of training the servant girls, several unqualified ones were eliminated. Now they are left.
Just wait for today's master to choose a person, which will determine their future fate. If the luck is good, they can go to serve the master; if the luck is not good, they can only go to the garden to do sweeping, or go to the starch room, sewing room, kitchen and so on.
At this time, a servant girl in blue and blue dress came at a quick pace and came to mammy Ge and said, "Granny Ge, the imperial concubine and the eldest girl are coming to you Ning hall."
A word makes the atmosphere in the yard coagulate, the little servant girls are secretly pinching their fists, and then it is the moment that determines their fate.
After sweeping the servant girls with her sharp eyes, she took them to the Youning hall.
At the door of the hall, mother Ge asked a servant girl to go in and report to Nangong Yue. After that, she went in with her servants.
"I've met the princess, the eldest girl." Mother Ge is busy curving her knees to Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei.
And those little maids were kneeling a foot behind her. These maids were seven or eight years old, no more than ten years old, or of uncertain temperament. Several little maids secretly looked at the two masters.
Xiao Fei seemed to have a sense of it, and looked at those little maids kneeling on the ground. Several of the little maids who had been peeking at them nervously and immediately dropped their eyes. Xiao Fei frowned slightly, and her eyes swept over them quickly.
Granny Ge appropriately reported: "princess, this time I have selected these 15 girls. Please have a look at them." Said, she respectfully presented a list, handed to the hands of hundred flowers.
As soon as her voice fell, a small servant girl guarding the door came in and said, "princess, here comes the Kikyo girl."
Kikyo is a big servant girl in Wang Wai's study in Zhennan. The dozen or so small servant girls kneeling on the ground also know about it. After hearing the words, they all speculated to themselves: do you mean that the prince also wants to choose a servant girl?
Think of here, a few small servant girl's eyes glitter, unconsciously slightly moved a bit.
One side of the magpie and thrush have been observing the expression and behavior of those little maids. They have seen everything in their eyes and exchanged a look in secret, and they have a clear idea.
After a while, he came in a piece of Pink Blue Willow grain. After curving his knees, he said in a respectful voice: "princess, the prince ordered his servants to come to pass the message. The prince said that Aunt Mei was pregnant now and needed more hands in the yard. He also asked the princess to pick two little maids for Aunt Mei to deliver."
Nangong Yue is holding a cup of tea and sipping hot tea. He just covers his subtle expression with the cup. The corners of her mouth curled slightly, and a trace of interest was caught.
Since it was the order of the king of Zhennan, it was not against the rules to dial two more servant girls, so Nangong Yue began to smile.
She put down the tea cup in her hand, and pointed to a few servant girls on the right, and said, "you four, go with the girl and let father have a look." Nangong Yue faintly smile, meaning to increase the volume of a certain two words.
The four little maids answered in fear and bewilderment, wondering whether it would be a blessing or a curse if it came into Aunt Mei's eyes
And Kikyo is also a smart man. With a twinkling of eyes, he thanks Nangong Yue respectfully. After that, he takes those servant girls to Zhennan Wang's study.
For Nangong Yue, this is just a matter of sesame size. In a flash, it is put down, and the wind has no trace.
Baihui also handed back to her the list given by mammy Ge just now, and said, "Granny Ge, circle the names of the four servant girls just now."
Granny Ge answered. She went to one side of the case and took the pen from a servant girl in green. She circled out four names. Then she presented the list again. She asked, "princess, all the courts need more staff. How do you think this should be distributed?"
Nangong Yue glanced at the list and said in a deep voice: "the elder girl, the third girl and the fourth girl are almost old. This time, I will choose some younger servant girls for them, and it will be better to replace them for two years."The maids who are close to the maids should first be carefully adjusted, and secondly, they should observe their parallelism and manners. If they are not prepared in advance, they will inevitably be busy and disorderly when the big maid is going to get married.
Moreover, several girls in the palace are not young. Most of the maids selected for them are to be married with them, so they need to be trained by good students.
Baihui should a, let those servant girls stand up and split into two groups, one side is seven or eight years old, the other side is over nine years old.
After listening to Nangong Yue's words just now, Xiao Fei's face shows a thoughtful expression. She can't help looking at Taoyao and Baizhou behind her. Tao yao is as old as himself. There are still a few years to go. But Bai Zhou is almost seventeen years old, so I should think about it. Xiao Fei half lowered her eyes and thought.
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei's drooping eyes and thought, and proposed, "Fei sister, what are your favorite ones?"
Xiao Fei was stunned, and then nodded solemnly.
The elder sister-in-law said that in the future, even if she does not take charge of the feedback, she should also take care of her own yard.
This is the first step in the management of the inner court.
Xiao Fei looked at the seven or eight year old maids carefully and looked to the left from the far right. She remembered that as soon as the one on the far right entered the hall, she turned her eyes and looked around secretly. She was too frivolous.
The second one is her proper behavior, her eyes never squint all the time, and her hands
Xiao Fei's eyes pause on the middle finger of the little girl's right hand. The thimble has been worn out. The girl seems to be good at sewing.
The third one is graceful and graceful, but his hands are slender
Fourth
Xiao Fei has always done things in a leisurely manner, even choosing a servant girl. In the twinkling of an eye, she is just a cup of tea.
Seeing that Xiao Fei has been silent, Granny Ge is a little nervous. She always follows the rules in her work, and rewards and punishments are clear. Once she knows her temperament, it's not difficult to give her what she likes. But the big girl is different, often does not play according to the common sense, lets the person not know the way, also can respect, avoid.
At this time, Xiao Fei finally raised her hand and ordered two of them.
Granny Ge breathed a sigh of relief. The most difficult one was over. However, the elder girl's eyes were still a little strange. Mother Ge couldn't help looking at the two servant girls ordered by Xiao Fei. One of them was a child born in the palace. It was said that the needle and thread were good, and the other was black and fat. Her name was Heiniu. She had bought it from outside this time. But for her strength and rules, she would have wiped her off.
Originally, Granny Ge intended to let black girl go to the storehouse to be a servant girl after she had chosen a servant girl. She could also help carry heavy objects. I didn't expect to be taken in by her.
The eldest girl is not a reasonable card!
Mother Ge sighed in her heart, but Nangong Yue was smiling in her eyes.
Even if you can't find the most suitable one, you have to choose an honest one. If you choose a frivolous one, if you don't make a good one, it will cause disaster and damage the reputation of the master
From today's point of view, Fei's sister is ready to leave school. The two maids she chooses are honest. One is good at sewing and the other can learn some Kung Fu to be a female guard. When Fei's sister gets married in the future, she won't have to worry about her.
Youning hall bustling all morning, just return to quiet, small servant girls also have their own place.
In the next two days, the servants in the palace made a lot of noise because of the influx of fresh blood. However, for the masters, the days were still the same as before, and only a few days of spring hunting still made people have some expectations.
Two days later in the morning, after Nangong Yue finished his chores, he saw two pots of peony flowers in the room suddenly.
Let the servant girl take the painting tools and go to the pavilion in the back yard.
From the perspective of the pavilion, you can just see the window of the small study. The pot of "red and white color" is just on the flower table beside the window. The flowers and branches of the window flutter slightly in the breeze, and there is a taste of Pipa half covering the face in the bright and colorful.
Nangong Yue hooked his lips and laughed, and his eyes twinkled with moving light like a gem.
This angle is also good. If Yi is leaning against the window to read a book, isn't it that people are more charming than flowers?
Thinking, Nangong Yue's smile is deeper.
The thrush and Yinger secretly exchanged a look. She felt that the princess's eyes were a little strange. How could it be a bit like that the prodigal childe saw a beautiful woman? Are they thinking too much?
At this time, Nangong Yue said with a smile: "spread paper, pen and ink serve, I want to draw."
She painted the peony first, and then called Yi to pose next time.
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue drew with great interest, drawing lines, sketching, filling in, bones, splashing ink
After a stick of incense, she painted a "red and white fighting color", and freely added some branches and leaves. From a distance, there was a cry and a combination of rapid steps: "princess, son of a generation! The princess... "The thrush and the warbler looked at the sound and saw a magpie in a blue dress running out of breath.
See a hundred flowers frown toward their own eyes, magpie this just remembered the manner, bashfully spit out the tongue, behavior between become respectful and decent.
Nangong Yue simply stopped writing and looked at the beautiful peony with satisfaction.
Magpie'er adjusted her breath and walked quickly outside the pavilion. She knelt down and said, "princess, there's something wrong with Aunt Mei. I saw red just now..."
The news made the pavilion quiet.
Nangong Yue put the brush in his hand into the brush wash, and the ink fainted from the tip of the pen. The clear water immediately became turbid.
In the trivial matter tossed about a circle, Aunt Mei is finally out of the second move.
Interesting.
Magpie continued: "two days ago, the Lord chose two of the four maids to give them to Aunt Mei. One of the girls was sweet and smart, which was very popular with Aunt Mei. He gave her the name Mingzhu. Aunt Mei said that Mingzhu looked like her sister. She was very happy at the first sight. She immediately promoted Mingzhu to be a second-class servant girl. She also asked her to serve in the house, give clothes and jewelry. Originally, people are saying that Mingzhu has a good life these days. But early this morning, Aunt Mei drank the tocolysis medicine presented by Mingzhu. Suddenly, she fell down with abdominal pain and blood Aunt Mei has sent for a good doctor. "
Nangong Yue chuckled his lips, so he said that all the people in the inner courtyard calculated and went by these means.
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