The First Phoenix

Aunt Wen suddenly turned her head and saw the slim Shi Anxia standing at the door with a playful and evil smile on her face.

She was startled, "You want to snatch someone from me?"

Shi Anxia asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to sell Gui's sister-in-law? Our hospital is short of people, so there's no need to go to such trouble. Just give me the deed, no need to sell her."

Aunt Wen then slowly let out a sinister smile, "So, you finally know who has the final say in this family!"

Shi Anxia smiled sincerely, "It won't matter soon."

"What do you mean?"

"Literally." Shi Anxia's red lips and white teeth looked like pink plums blooming in the wind and snow.

Aunt Wen felt a little flustered.

A lazy smile appeared on Shi Anxia's eyebrows, "How about I trade you a girl?"

Aunt Wen didn't even think about it, "I won't change!"

Which slave in this house doesn't have her body contract in her hands, why should she exchange it with a yellow-haired girl?

Shi Anxia lowered her eyelids, "If you don't change, then I'll leave."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and went out. The maids and women who were following her also hurriedly followed.

There was only a strange-looking nanny who frowned and looked back at the situation in the room several times.

The eyes were sharp and confused for a while, and then they fell on Aunt Wen's face, with a faint hint of contempt, and finally shook her head and walked away.

Aunt Wen was so flustered by those few glances that she couldn't figure out the purpose of An Xia's hurry, "Mother Liu, who is that person? What's her expression like?"

Madam Liu was a shrewd person and had already found out everything. "She was also transferred from the Duke of Huguo's Mansion by Miss An Xia. She's called Madam Tan. Now she's been left to work in Xia Shiyuan, following Miss An Xia in and out. I heard she punished quite a few people right after she arrived."

Aunt Wen's face looked ugly. It’s really easy to invite God but hard to send away!

Now that someone from the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion has moved into the Marquis' Mansion, how can she still manage the household expenses as blatantly as before?

Madam Liu said, "I suspect Miss Anxia is going to complain to the old lady. Because of her reputation, the old lady will soon take back the reins of the household. So Sister Gui can't be sold for the time being. Since the young lady wants it, give it to her."

"Damn it!" Aunt Wen was so angry that she slapped Sister Gui on the face, "You bitch! You must have been in contact with that smelly girl! Otherwise, how could she protect you!"

Sister Gui was covered in wounds, curled up on the ground, and murmured, "I didn't! I have never said a word to Miss An Xia."

Aunt Wen didn't believe any of this and had already regarded Sister Gui as a thorn in her side. "Go to Xia Shiyuan and find Shi Anxia and tell her that I agree to let you work there."

Sister-in-law Gui raised her blue eyes in shock.

Aunt Wen was condescending and said, "I remember that your husband is a carpenter and has a job at a tailor shop on East Street. You can ask him to go to my natal brother tomorrow and we can make your own arrangements."

Sister-in-law Gui immediately understood, "Auntie asked me to go to Xia Shiyuan..."

Aunt Wen glanced at her with disdain and said, "If Shi Anxia has any movements, you must report it immediately. If you delay, I can't guarantee that your family will be safe and sound."

Sister-in-law Gui was shocked. She could not care about her man's life or death, or her parents-in-law and sister-in-law, but she could not ignore her daughter.

A touch of sadness came to my heart, people like them were just tools of others after all.

In less than an incense stick of time, Mrs. Gui was sent to Xia Shiyuan.

Tan's mother smiled and praised, "The girl is really good at predicting things."

Shi Anxia lifted the lid of the tea, brushed off the foam, took a sip, and smiled softly, "It's all thanks to those few glances from Madam Tan that I got the job done."

Tan's mother laughed, and the maid standing nearby also snickered.

Shi Anxia pointed at the group of maids, "You guys, don't just laugh! Learn from Mother Tan. How can you get things done without saying a word?"

The maids all responded, "Yes!"

Only then did Shi Anxia take another sip of tea with satisfaction.

She is just an aunt, and if the name of the head of the family is not right, it will damage the reputation of the Marquis Mansion if word spreads about it. Then shouldn't you be careful about embracing this wealth?

This was because no one had deliberately instigated it in the past. Otherwise, even if Tang Shi didn't want the power to manage the Marquis's Mansion, there were still the eldest aunt above her and the third and fourth aunts below her. How could a concubine have the turn to show off her power?

Sister Gui was brought in covered in wounds, crawling on the ground with her forehead pressed against the ground. "This servant greets the young lady and thanks you for saving my life."

Shi Anxia said, "No need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank yourself for your kindness. The first thing Brother Yunqi did when he woke up was to ask where Sister Gui was and whether she had been punished because of him."

Mrs. Gui burst into tears and said, "Master Qi is a very good person."

For a moment, she didn't think of anything kind she had done to the young master.

She just secretly gave him half a cold steamed bun when he was extremely hungry; when he had a high fever and was extremely thirsty, she secretly gave him half a bowl of cold water... She was unable to do anything else.

Shi Anxia didn't want to talk to her, "You will recover from your injury in Xia Shiyuan first. When the injury is healed, you can go and serve the young master. Are you willing?"

Mrs. Gui was thinking about how to tell the girl that she was forced to become Aunt Wen's spy.

When Shi Anxia saw Gui's wife didn't respond for a long time, she knew what was going on. "You don't have to be afraid. The people standing here are all people I trust. You can speak with confidence."

Sister-in-law Gui then raised her head and repeated Aunt Wen's words. After she finished speaking, she cried and kowtowed, "I can ignore other people, but my daughter is only nine years old..."

"You mean, your daughter is the only person you care about? You don't care about other people's lives or lives?"

Sister-in-law Gui recalled the harsh words her parents-in-law had spoken to her last night; her sister-in-law laughed at her and slandered her for having a lover in the Hou Mansion; her husband even beat and kicked her, saying that she was a chicken that couldn't lay eggs and couldn't even give birth to a son.

Her good cousin was still shamelessly fanning the flames, "From now on, it's up to me to continue the prosperity of the Gui family, don't you think so, cousin-in-law?"

Mrs. Gui thought about this, looked up at the girl's eyes, and said solemnly, "Yes."

"That's easy to handle." Shi Anxia frowned slightly, "In two days, you go back and tell your husband that our Xia Shiyuan needs someone to hire someone, someone who can sign a contract of sale, and each person will be paid seven taels of silver, and there will be a monthly salary. Twenty cents. Let your sister-in-law give it a try."

Sister Gui didn't understand, "Why did you let my sister-in-law come?"

Tan's mother explained at the side, "If you ask your sister-in-law to sign the deed of sale, she will definitely quarrel with you. She will instigate your husband to sell your daughter into our house. When the time comes, your daughter's deed will be in our girl's hands, and you What else are you worried about?”

When Shi Anxia heard this, he remembered that in his previous life in the palace, there were several capable nuns who were also able to get things done with just a few clicks.

When she speaks the first half of a sentence, they immediately know the second half; when she looks at her, they immediately know what she wants.

After all, without those people, she wouldn't have been able to last so long in the palace.

An inexplicable trace of wistfulness rose in his eyes, "Mother Tan, it would be great if you could come and help me long term."

Tan's mother felt happy and said, "Girl, what are you talking about? Bei Hui is much better than the old slave when he is trained."

"Then please ask Mama Tan to teach her more."

"I will do my best."

Aunt Gui saw that the masters and servants of Xia Shiyuan were getting along harmoniously, unlike Aunt Wen's place, which was gloomy all day long. Thinking that my daughter would be with me in the future, I felt inexplicably happy, and it seemed that the injuries on my body no longer hurt that much.

But then the girl said, "You will be Aunt Wen's eyes and ears in a while, and tell her where I went..."