Chapter Three Thoroughly Investigating the Marquis Mansion
Aunt Cai and Aunt Qi strategized and sent the most reliable person from Jintong's dowry to secretly investigate the slaves in the Hou Mansion. Who are they and what are their positions? What are their character and abilities?
On the sixth day after the wife got married, the seventh master went to fight in southern Xinjiang. As soon as the seventh master left, on the tenth day, the wife was plotted by Shen Miaolian and fell into the water and was injured! The plot was so subtle that they went to check it out and were stunned. There is no trace at all. In this mansion, Shen Miaolian has all the small concubines, and they can cover the sky with one hand.
If Su Bai Danzhu hadn't jumped into the water immediately and lifted his wife to the surface first, she was injured and choked with water, and it would have probably killed her!
Su Bai just didn’t understand the nature of water, so he choked on the water, and now he’s still burned and confused!
Now that Madam has cheered up, she must investigate the Hou Mansion thoroughly. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can Madam be able to win every battle!
Aunt Cai organized the troops, arranged for Jintong to be married to everyone, openly showed off her power, and secretly learned everything she could find.
She herself used the excuse for several days to select fine ingredients for Jintong to stew into soup, and swaggered around the kitchen, picking and choosing!
Almost every time, the kitchen steward, Aunt Zeng, would find an excuse to quarrel with her, and would whisper to her behind her back that Aunt Cai was pretending to be powerful.
On this day, the two of them had a heated argument in the dining room again. Aunt Cai pointed at Aunt Zeng’s nose and cursed: "You old guy! If it weren’t for the fact that the food delivered from the dining room was not fresh and caused my wife to have diarrhea? I Why do you come here to choose the ingredients by yourself? But you still push and hold back every day! What's wrong? Which government regulations have you violated? Besides, my wife is sick and needs to be replenished, so I should get more!"
"Who are you slandering with your red lips and white teeth? The dining room is responsible for three meals a day for everyone in the house, and no one has ever had any problems eating it. Besides, everyone in the house has their share, even though the wife is a member of the same family. Mistress, you can’t get as much as you want!” Aunt Zeng had Aunt Shen’s backing, and her arrogance had always been extremely arrogant.
"Hey! Aunt Zeng, are you trying to get past Madam? You also know that Madam is the matriarch of the family?"
"Mrs. Cai, don't talk nonsense!"
The two of them started to get into trouble while they were arguing. Several respectable ladies and cooks in the kitchen tried to persuade them, either sincerely or pretendingly, until Wu An rushed over.
Grandma Zeng immediately complained to Wu An with great grievance: "Butler Wu, everything is in chaos! Grandma Cai in Madam's room has to come to the dining room to get things by herself every day, and every day she exceeds the quota! This, this is what we have How does the kitchen work?"
Aunt Cai crossed her hands on her chest and looked at Wu An with a sneer without saying a word. She wanted to see: Who is in charge of the Hou Mansion?
"There should be no private fights and quarrels in the house! Madam can ask for anything, just register it in the dining room. Besides, Madam is in bed to recuperate, so she told the dining room that there is no need to send food to her, and the small kitchen of Yanbo Haomiaoxuan is responsible for it every day. It's reasonable for Aunt Cai to come and get the ingredients!" Wu An made the final decision.
Aunt Cai saluted Wu An: "Thank you, Butler Wu!"
Grandma Zeng didn't dare to disobey Wu An, so she just excused herself and left.
Aunt Cai secretly cursed "Idiot!". Then she walked into the food warehouse openly and openly. The kitchen managed all the food in the house and was the most likely place to be tampered with. She had to keep a close eye on it.
When Wu An's family saw Wu An's quiet wink, they immediately followed him, extremely attentive: "Look, Aunt Cai, this is a top-quality blood swallow. Aunt Zeng went to the warehouse to get it for Madam to replenish her body. It’s a full ten pounds!”
Aunt Cai glanced at the blood swallow that Tete from Wu An's family dug out from the bottom of a pile of dry goods boxes, and she knew it all!
Madam feeds two taels of blood swallows a day, and these ten kilograms are enough for more than two months. Moreover, since Madam fell into the water, they were afraid that Aunt Shen would play tricks on their diet, so they used Madam's dowry or Jinhu to send them supplements. Daily meals were made by getting ingredients from the dining room and cooking in the small kitchen. This blood swallow had never been mentioned by Grandma Zeng.
Aunt Cai knew the rules for everyone in the house: the Hou Mansion always treated its servants well. Aunt Shen and Sister Zhan had two soups of six vegetables and six meats every meal, and eight pastries for snacks every day.
The decent nuns and maids in charge were given four vegetarian dishes, two meat dishes and one soup, and the rest were given two vegetarian dishes and one soup, with only one meat dish the next day.
What is more special is the execution room. Since everyone in the execution room is a strong man, and they practice martial arts every day, they eat a lot, so the execution room must have at least two whole pigs every day.
Chef Li, who was in charge of the cooking, "accidentally" mentioned to her a few days ago that the house had fifty pigs, fifty sheep, and nearly a hundred various poultry every day. This amount would be enough for the stewards to turn into tigers. Got it!
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Aunt Qi chose a sunny day and led two young men to the warehouse to find the manager, Aunt Jiang.
"Madam is upset because the red sandalwood landscape screen in the room looks lifeless. Sister Jiang will help me change it to a brighter one with a more festive color."
Aunt Jiang led Aunt Qi into the warehouse where large items were stored. She asked a few maids to help uncover the oilcloth protecting the items. She pointed at several screens made of various materials and said, "What do you like, Madam?" I don’t know, please help Sister Qi to choose."
Aunt Qi looked at the comparison carefully, while Aunt Jiang carefully accompanied her explanation.
Finally, Aunt Qi chose a screen embroidered with green plums and Suzhou. Aunt Jiang immediately asked two young men to carry the screen out, and then asked two little girls to get dusters and fine cloth, and gently cleaned the screen until it was spotless. Let Aunt Qi sign the painting and take it out of the warehouse.
Aunt Qi stopped by the flower room and asked Aunt Liu, who was in charge of flowers and plants, to help pick out a few plates of flowers. Aunt Liu asked Jintong carefully what flavor she liked and whether there were any taboos? Then she personally selected eight plates of various flowers and led a few trays of flowers. A servant sent him to Yanbo Haomiaoxuan.
On the way, Aunt Qi took the initiative to chat with Aunt Liu, talking quietly.
Aunt Liu also wanted to know more about his wife. After all, Jintong is a serious matron. Knowing more about her preferences can please her and make fewer mistakes!
So the two of them talked and laughed all the way to Yanbo Haomiaoxuan.
Aunt Qi directed everyone to change the decorations gently, while Aunt Liu went to the inner room and explained to Jintong in person: "Madam, Aunt Qi said that you like flowers with bright colors and stronger smell, but the old slave thought, You are not feeling well now and you are still taking medicine. The smell of this flower is too strong and you are afraid that it will conflict with the smell of the medicine and make you smell uncomfortable, so you have prepared four trays of green plants, some of which have a slight fragrance of grass and trees. It is best to put them in the inner room. The other two pots of yellow oak orchid are two. The scent of Daphne is very strong, how about putting it in the outer room?"
Lin Jiatong leaned on the bedside and nodded slightly: "Mommy, thank you for your hard work!"
Aunt Liu saw that Jintong was pale and weak, so she didn't dare to stay any longer, so she hurriedly accepted the reward and left.
Aunt Qi secretly watched. The two young men who moved the screen did not look away and only lowered their heads to work. Two of the maids who moved the flowers quietly looked around. One even had the audacity to sneak into the inner room and peek at Jin. Tong.
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The main entrance is guarded by at least four people every day. If you don't have the right cards, you will definitely not be able to get out!
Danzhu gritted her teeth and walked towards the side door with her head held high. A boy immediately stopped her and said, "Sister, please stay."
Danzhu raised his head and said, "I am Madam's personal maid, and I want to go out to buy something for Madam!"
"Sister, please tell the general manager of Wuhan University, and you can go out only after you get the right cards!"
"To your sister! Can you afford to miss my wife?" Danzhu acted like a shrew, jabbing her fingers directly on the boy's forehead, and yelling. But no matter how she coerced and lured, the boy was frightened. Tears welled up in my eyes, but I just blocked the door and refused to let him go.
Danzhu really couldn't continue the performance, so he threatened a few more times before walking back.
She wanted to go back quickly and tell Aunt Qi and Aunt Cai that the Hou Mansion was strictly guarded and strictly guarded.
Under the arrangement of Aunt Qi, Aunt Cai, Jintong's maid and servant, deliberately and arrogantly wandered around the house.
Most of the slaves in the mansion thought that Jintong was taking advantage of Aunt Shen's confinement by the Dowager to deliberately indulge his subordinates to establish power. Most of them tolerated it and did not dare to say anything. There were also a few who relied on their friendship with Aunt Shen to secretly cause trouble. There were even a few smart ones. Surrender secretly.
Mrs. Li in the dining room may seem clumsy, but she has a clear mind.
She thought that no matter what Jintong said, she was still the legitimate wife of Ming Media, the mistress of Pingninghou Mansion, and the "First Grade Madam" personally named by the Holy Lord. It was inevitable to be loyal to her.
And no matter how favored Aunt Shen is, she is just a concubine. Besides, she is definitely not a serious person who is working around the house to make profits!
But the situation is stronger than the people. The kitchen steward, Aunt Zeng, is Aunt Shen's confidant. What the two of them did secretly, Mrs. Li, a rough and tumble mother-in-law, is naturally powerless to stop it, but she can still find a way to inform the people around Jintong.
She secretly observed for a long time that although Wu An's family and Chef Liu usually seemed impartial, they all seemed to be leaning towards Madam, so she finally made up her mind.
Nanny Qi passed by Liuyun Pavilion that day. Mrs. Li, who had been hiding in the maple forest for a long time, rushed out and dragged Nanny Qi straight into the forest: "Nanny Qi, please be lenient. This matter is really too big and we can't let others see it." arrive."
Grandma Qi became more vigilant and followed the old woman into the woods. She finally managed to stand upright. However, when she saw Grandma Li kneeling down, Grandma Qi became more and more confused and even forgot to help her up.
"Mother Qi, this old slave is Granny Li, the rough hand of the kitchen. There is something wrong with the water Madam drinks every day!" Granny Li got straight to the point: "The water used in the mansion is all mountain spring water transported from Qifeng Mountain. Mountain spring water It is sweet and tastes great when used to make soups, rice and tea. However, the water is cold and will cause diarrhea if you drink too much. In the kitchen, they soak galangal leaves for a day before they dare to use them. They are only used by the wife. The water is soaked in banana leaves, and these banana leaves are also something from the great cold! Adding cold to the cold will have a greater impact on the wife's body. The old slave's grandson is responsible for transporting water to the house every day. Grandma Zeng in the kitchen Grandma told them to bring banana leaves, so I paid attention and that’s when I discovered it.”
Aunt Qi felt as if she had been struck by lightning, dumbfounded!
She is very skilled in medicine and knows that if a woman eats cold and cold things for a long time, it will be difficult for her to get pregnant, and even if she does get pregnant, it will be difficult to keep it! This Aunt Shen is vicious and secretive, but thanks to more than a dozen of them protecting her every day, there is still no one. Really, it's so stupid!
She forced herself to calm down and helped Mrs. Li up: "Sister Li, please go back to the dining room first and pretend that this never happened. You can do whatever you should. Don't worry, you are loyal and I will tell my wife!"
Mrs. Li thanked Aunt Qi, and then hid on the roadside and hurried back to the dining room after seeing no one around.
Aunt Qi slapped herself hard. Idiot! Idiot! She scolded herself so hard that she had wasted all her medical skills. She actually let someone harm the lady right in front of her and she didn't even know it! That's enough!
After staying in Fenglin for a quarter of an hour, I calmed down and walked out as if nothing had happened.