Since it was her daughter’s first time choosing a maid, she would not interfere. She would only observe for a few months. If there was really someone scheming, she would choose to let her daughter learn a small lesson.
Because based on Mrs. Fan’s own experience and the experience of observing others, she found that only after experiencing some hardship could people learn a lesson.
After that, Mrs. Fan patted Ah Wu’s hand and let her choose her own maid.
“What’s your name?”
Ah Wu stood in front of a thin maid.
This little girl looked younger than Ah Wu. She was not tall and as thin as a bamboo pole. She would fall down if the wind blew.
Fortunately, her appearance could barely be called pretty, and her eyes were extremely strong and firm, so it was no wonder that she was valued by the human traffickers and sent to the Marquis of Changping Mansion for the masters to choose.
“To answer the Seventh Young Lady’s question, this girl is called Er Ni’er. Her father is seriously ill and she has an older brother. Her mother was reluctant to sell her, so she gave her to me.”
“Don’t be fooled by her small stature. She is very strong, not much different from an adult male.”
The brokerage answered on behalf of the little girl, “And this girl doesn’t talk much and is tight-lipped. If she can be chosen by the Young Lady today, it will be a blessing for this girl in eight lifetimes.”
After saying that, the brokerage pushed Er Ni’er from behind and asked her to say something nice, but the little girl named Er Ni’er seemed too honest and reserved. She moved her mouth for a long time, and her face turned red, but she still couldn’t squeeze out a pleasing word.
“Just choose her.”
Having a brother who was sold by her mother to pay for her father’s medical treatment, this life experience was so similar to Ah Wu. Anyone else might feel the same way.
Ah Wu’s external performance was similar. After choosing Er Ni’er, she selected two house-born children and a little girl who was sold by her aunt after her parents died.
These four maids were temporarily appointed as second-class maids. After a while, whichever one was more useful would be promoted to first-class maid.
Mrs. Fan did not say a word during the whole process. After finishing everything, she handed the contract of the four people to Ah Wu.
***
“The person has been delivered.”
Yu Yan received a secret letter and burned the note after reading it.
***
Ah Wu looked at the newly hired second-class maid, Er Ni’er, who was renamed Hu Lu, without leaving any trace.
She was wondering in her heart whether the other party’s life experience was just a coincidence, or whether it was tailor-made for her after learning about her life background, with the purpose of gaining her pity and making her a chess piece that would stay by her side smoothly.
If it was the latter, who would be the person behind Hu Lu?
***
“Your Majesty is going to select several companions for the Third Princess.”
Old Mrs. Wu could not hide her excitement.
Looking at her two granddaughters beside her, the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn out of shape by her.
“The Third Young Lady is a little older, but Ah Wei is just the same age as the Third Princess. This time, Ah Wei has a great chance of being selected.”
The Third Young Lady is the illegitimate daughter of the Second Madam, while the Fifth Lady, Ling Wei, is the legitimate daughter. It was obvious at a glance which one had a more noble status and which one was more likely to be selected. It was not just a matter of age.
But if you really said so, Ling Zhuo and Ling Wu from the first branch were more likely to be selected because they are the ‘biological’ daughters of the Marquis of Changping, while Ling Wei is only the niece of the Marquis of Changping.
Old Mrs. Wu’s target was the Third Princess, the youngest princess in the palace. Her mother was of ordinary origin and was not involved in the fight for the throne.
Being able to be the companion of this princess with a sufficiently noble status and without too many troubles around her would help her get married to a higher level in the future.
The benefits to the second branch were obvious.
But if such a good thing was taken away by the Eldest Madam, it would not be so pleasant for Old Mrs. Wu.
Therefore, she had to think of a way to have Ling Zhuo and Ling Wu excluded from the list of candidates for companion selection.
***
While Ah Wu had already set her sights on the selection of the princess’ companion.
If she wanted to investigate someone in the palace, was there a faster way than going directly to the palace and investigating in person?
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