Wealth and glory seek stability

Mother Xing and others came.

Xia gave her a total of six maids, all of whom were about twelve or thirteen years old. Mother Xing and Mother Gui were elderly people in the palace. They had no children in the first half of their lives, and they hoped to have someone to rely on in the palace so that they would not be left alone in their old age. Unexpectedly, they were given to Jian Xi by Xia in the end.

No one knew the temperament of this new master, and they felt very restrained for a moment.

Jian Xi didn't care about that and directly assigned the tasks, "I will live in the main house, and the side rooms are for you to live in. You can choose which one you want. The affairs in this yard will be temporarily handed over to Mother Xing to take care of, and Zi Cui will assist you. Don't worry, as long as you do your job well, everyone will be fine.

I will upgrade your share of the General's Mansion by one level according to the share of the Prince's Mansion. I will be leaving soon. You should clean up the rooms where people will live first. It takes time to clean up this courtyard. The rest can be left for later. Su Jie, Xiao Shuang, you come with me.

If you are hungry, go to the kitchen of the general's mansion and order food."

"Yes, girl."

People are like iron and food is like steel. None of them were familiar with the place, and the two old mothers looked like honest people.

Jian Xi was afraid that they were too shy to ask for food, so she reminded them before leaving.

The few of them waited until Jian Xi left before they relaxed.

"Look, this yard is so big and beautiful."

"Yes, I just saw that the place where the young lady asked us to live is bigger than the place where we live in the palace."

"I thought we would have to suffer after leaving the palace, but I didn't expect to have such good fortune. The young lady just said that we would all get a raise. Is that true?"

"It should be true. Last time I helped the girl run errands, I got a reward of one or two taels of silver."

"Wow! So many?!"

Several little girls were whispering, and Xing's mother scolded them, "The girl is good to you, you should be grateful, put your things away quickly, fetch water and clean up the house."

"Yes." Everyone didn't dare to talk anymore and started to get busy.

Zi Cui followed behind Mother Xing and helped put Jian Xi's things away.

"Mother Gui, I see there seems to be a small kitchen in this yard. Go and clean it up. It will be convenient to make some tea or something when the girl comes back later."

"Okay." Mother Gui was originally a cook in the small kitchen of the palace. She was taciturn and seldom socialized with others. When Xia assigned people to Jian Xi, no one was willing to serve Jian Xi, as they felt that there was no benefit in following a little girl, so this job fell on her.

Now it seems that it is not a bad thing. The new master seems to be quite tolerant and generous.

The entrance to the General's Mansion.

The housekeeper Liu Rui personally brought the carriage over, "The servant Liu Rui greets the young lady."

As Jian Xi walked out of the door, she was startled when she saw a man in his early forties kneeling on the ground.

"Butler Liu, please get up quickly."

What a deal!

"Thank you, girl."

"Let the servants do these things. Why bother Butler Liu to come in person?" Jian Xi was very polite to Liu Rui.

Liu Rui replied respectfully, "The general just ordered that the general's housekeeping and the storeroom keys will be handed over to the young lady in the future. I was just an incompetent servant, so I wanted to go and pay my respects to the young lady, but I didn't expect that the young lady was about to go out, so I thought of personally leading the horse and driving the carriage for the young lady."

"No need, just let the servant drive the car. I have something to do today, and I need Butler Liu to take care of the affairs in the mansion. I chose Huashui Pavilion to live in, and there are only three or four little girls and two old ladies cleaning it. If Butler Liu is free, he can go and help with the chores."

This housekeeper Liu is already old, but he always kneels to her. She is really afraid that this will shorten her life.

It’s better to send him away and set rules when you have time.

"Yes, young lady." Liu Rui immediately asked a servant to drive and take his place.

Coincidentally, Shen Nanxing also came out on horseback.

Jian Xi looked at him, "Are you planning to ride over there on horseback?"

Shen Nanxing looked innocent, "Yes."

......

Jian Xi took a deep breath and said, "You need to bring something back later, how can you do that while riding a horse?

"Butler Liu, go get another carriage and ask two servants to follow." I was really fooled by my cheap brother.

"Yes."

Shen Nanxing dismounted and said with a simple smile: "Xi'er, you are really thoughtful."

……

Jian Xi smiled dryly, "It's okay, hurry up and get in the carriage, there are still a lot of things to deal with in the mansion after we finish the work."

Shen Nanxing got into another carriage.

The small courtyard in Songzi Lane had not been inhabited for a long time, and a thin layer of moss had grown on the ground.

Jian Xi took the basket from Xiao Shuang's hand, which was full of incense, candles and paper money.

After going into the inner room with Shen Nanxing to pay homage, he wrapped the tablet with a clean cloth and placed it on the carriage.

Shen Nanxing took the tablet back to the general's mansion.

Jian Xi opened her room and found that there were not many things inside, except for a few sets of clothes and only a dozen taels of silver.

The servants brought by Shen Nanxing were left to Jian Xi to help.

Jian Xi gave her clothes to Su Jie and took out five taels of silver and gave them to the servant.

"I'm going to go out and pick up a girl here in a while. You guys take care of cleaning up the yard, buy whatever's missing in the kitchen, and buy a quilt, a mattress, a soapnut towel, and other things you can use on a daily basis. You don't have to buy the best ones, just simple and durable ones will do. You can divide the rest of the money and buy some snacks."

The servants were naturally happy to receive the reward money, "Yes, young lady, please rest assured, we will definitely get it done."

I heard that Baili Yanhua has concealed his identity from that girl, so it’s better not to make it public.

Jian Xi was very familiar with the prices in the area, and two or three taels of silver were enough.

"Xiao Shuang, Su Jie, go into the room and clean up that room." Girls are always more meticulous when doing things.

"Yes, girl."

Jian Xi did not show favoritism and gave each of the two little girls a tael of silver after they finished cleaning.

The servants worked efficiently and the small yard was cleaned up in no time.

The water tank was also filled with water.

Jian Xi was very pleased to see the newly renovated yard.

really not bad.

Fulai Inn.

Lin Yun was lying on the bed reading a book, bored.

It's so boring.

She flipped through a book over and over again, and then threw it to the ground angrily.

After waiting for a while, I felt bored and picked it up again to continue reading.

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on the door.

Lin Yun was delighted. He opened the door and saw a beautiful lady with an unfamiliar face. He couldn't help but wonder, "Miss, who are you?" Looking behind the beautiful lady, he saw two maids and two servants.

It was obvious that the person was coming with bad intentions, so Lin Yun took a step back and took a defensive stance.

The person who came was Jian Xi.

Jian Xi curled her lips and asked, "Excuse me, are you Miss Lin Yun? I am here to pick you up on behalf of my brother."