Chapter 171: Signal
Ji Xianzhi made fists with both hands, bent down to her and said, "It's just that Miss Qianshan came to deliver food in person. But... since everyone in the house has one, what is this other food box used for?"
Qianshan lowered her head and glanced at the food box she was holding. A hint of gentleness was pulled out from her face, restraining her unwillingness in her heart and said, "This is the one given to Nanyang Pavilion by the Queen... But... Mr. Ji, you also know that our girl had a big fight with Mrs. Xiang. It is really hard to show her face in Nanyang Pavilion again, for fear that she will fight for immortality. So... The Queen wanted to bother Mr. Lao and send the dessert soup cakes and fruits to Mrs. Xiang for the North Courtyard, and also apologize as the Queen."
She carried the food box and handed it to Ji Xianzhi, and her face looked as if she was smiling but not smiling, which made her very twisted.
Ji Xianzhi knew that it was not easy for Jiang Chengcanon to ask Qianshan to hand over the food box in person. Now, the girl has been humiliated by her master at Madam Xiang, and it is very reasonable that she has not yet calmed down.
He thought about it thoughtfully, then put the clothes in his hand in the bamboo basket in front of the door, took the food box with both hands, and bent down slightly and said, "In this way, I will run for the Queen. Please ask Miss Qianshan to bring a word to the Queen for me."
Qianshan nodded and said, "Mr. Ji, please speak."
"After all, Mrs. Xiang is the wife of the lord's old friend and brother. Even if she is a little scheming and beautiful, she is not as good as the lord. And let the lord feel at ease. The lord is doing this now, but she can't help herself. I will take care of her around the lord and never give her the chance to sit in the position of the mother of this mansion."
Ji Xianzhi suddenly said this, which surprised Qianshan a little.
She really never expected that Ji Xianzhi would hate Li Xiangjun so much. She thought that he, like Lu Xun and Zhou Yuanmo, looked down on Mrs. Xiang, and believed that her girl was the sister of a political enemy. Ning Nanyou really couldn't be close or loved.
She was stuck at this moment, and suddenly she didn't know what to say for a moment. She stood blankly at Ji Xianzhi, looking at him for a long time.
Ji Xianzhi coughed lightly and reminded him.
Qianshan immediately withdrew her gaze, lowered her eyes and turned her back twice before bowing to the middle-aged man in front of her, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Ji, for your care for my girl. I will take my leave first."
Ji Xianzhi nodded, watched the three maids go to the outsiders, lowered his head and looked at the food box in his hand and sighed, picked up the bamboo basket with dirty clothes in front of the door and went to the backyard.
He hurriedly told the maid in the washing room, and rushed to the south courtyard with his food box.
Although the house where Gu Anxuan was not big, in the past two months of staying in, the servants in the mansion opened the backyard in a wasteland, built the house in pieces, demolished the walls and rebuilt it, which was much more spacious. The layout of the house was also rebuilt. The originally narrow and high passage turned into a long corridor street with gravel roads, which looked really good, but at the same time, the distance between the courtyards also increased a lot. The spare places were used to plant plants, so there was naturally no shortcut to go.
Ji Xianzhi went to Nanyang Pavilion in the South Courtyard with all his twists and turns.
I happened to see the maid Peiling, who had been following Mrs. Xiang, walking out. This maid is the girl who was holding a grudge against Mrs. Xiang when Ning Nanyou came to Nanyang Pavilion in the morning.
Pei Ling saw Ji Xianzhi at a glance, so she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "What's the important thing about Mr. Ji here?"
Ji Xianzhi took the food box and said, "The lady made a meal for the whole mansion and specially prepared a portion for Mrs. Xiang. However, the people from the North Court were embarrassed to come, so she asked me to give it to her, and also apologized to Mrs. Xiang."
When Pei Ling heard him mention Jiang Chengjia, her face immediately collapsed, and her usual kindness disappeared. Instead, she said toughly: "Our princess doesn't need her, a rural woman, to apologize."
"Pei Ling! What are you talking nonsense?" As soon as the little maid in front of her finished speaking, a stern shout came from the inner room.
A girl in a green brocade robe walked out and stared at Peiling with a very serious expression.
Ji Xianzhi collected the food box and looked at the girl silently, with a hint of disgust in his heart.
There are three maids accompanying Li Xiangjun.
Whether in the Huai Palace or later marrying into the Wei family, these three maids have always followed Li Xiangjun. During the years in the Wei family, these three maids have been her right-hand man, and have done a lot of things for her and have a very high status in the Wei family. In addition to Li Xiangjun, the county princess, there are these three men in charge.
And the maid in front of me happened to be the leader of the three, named Minghua.
This woman was also an official daughter, but because her father was sent to prison, her property and land were confiscated, and her clan members were all guilty, and they were all sold out in a low position or sold to the kiln. Later, she was bought into the house by Dongqin Gong and sent to serve Li Xiangjun. In the past, Li was just a daughter of a duke and had no title, because when he was nine years old, he saved the emperor who was still the crown prince when Chang Mengjun was plotting against rebellion. This maid called Minghua was not favored by Li, and he only stayed in the washing bureau of Li's boudoir to do things.
Later, when the emperor ascended the throne in one year of Yonghe, he granted a county to Li family, granted a fief and assigned a princess's mansion, but because he was still young, he could only temporarily take care of the Huai Prince's Mansion. It was not until Li family got engaged with Wei Cao that Dongqin Gong, in order to help him gain a foothold in the Wei family, that the man beside her was born in the official family and read some books. A maid with some knowledge followed Li Xiangjun and married into the Wei family as a dowry girl with two maids who had been with Li family since childhood.
After Wei Cao's death, this maid overcomes all the troubles for Li, gives advice for her, and helps her prestige in the Wei family grow higher. Only then can she truly become Li Xiangjun's confidant. If Li Xiangjun's city is so deep that it is impossible to find, Minghua is not a good person.
When Li met Minghua on the day she married from the royal family, Ji Xianzhi felt that this woman was not a good person. Later, after learning about the evil things she did for Li family, he became even more disgusted with her.
"Sister Minghua, Pei Ling has never said nonsense..." Pei Ling was so motivated by Minghua that she shook her whole body, and she took two steps back and screamed.
Minghua ignored her, but instead bowed to Ji Xianzhi and said, "Mr. Ji, Peiling has always been unruly and ignorant. I hope she will not blame her."
Ji Xianzhi's face was neither shocked nor dry, and said calmly: "Little girl... It is normal for some little temper to protect the master, but... I am also in this huge commanding office, and the manager of the Huaiyin Marquis' Mansion. Even if you can't ask a girl to slander the mistress, it's nothing..."
His face changed slightly, and he became dark. He stared at Pei Ling, who was hanging his head and said, "Even though the woman had been with her childhood, she was not an ordinary person and a rural village woman. As the first female official beside the princess, she had to take care of the virtues and upbringing of her maids at all times. Don't let Princess Nanyang be embarrassed outside the princess's mansion."
Every word of these words was like a thorn, and Peiling, who was lowering her head, was discomfort all over and her face turned bloody.
Minghua also changed his face after being scolded, and bowed to him respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Ji, for your advice. Minghua has received education and will definitely control his subordinates in the future."
Ji Xianzhi didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he looked slightly at the inner courtyard and asked, "Isn't the princess here?"
Minghua said happily again: "Mr. Bing, Junhou sent someone from Laifu Restaurant to call the princess to the banquet and have a drink. Now the princess has been invited and takes Sihui out."
Sihui is another maid beside Li.
Ji Xianzhi was very confused when he heard her words, and asked with concern: "The princess's wind and cold have not yet healed... How can she go to the restaurant against the wind? How can she drink alcohol?"
Minghua froze and said softly: "This... I don't know... I really can't figure out the matter between the master."
The voice of Nanyang Pavilion was the tightest, especially the person in front of him. Minghua didn't say a word, but Ji Xianzhi knew what the Li family was going to do.
I'm afraid there was no lord who sent a servant to invite her to the restaurant. Because of his lord's character, he would never send someone to call Li to the restaurant for no reason. Li had never participated in the Linhe incident from beginning to end, so how could the lord call her over? All this was just that Li got the news that Zhou Yuanmo had held a banquet in the restaurant in time. He insisted on going, accompanied by his lord's side, and participated in the Linhe incident with his lord, and wanted to make up for it.
After all, Li did not trust his lord. If he could not accomplice with his lord and plan a matter together, he would probably not be able to completely believe his lord's sincerity.
Ji Xianzhi scoffed at her thoughts, but he still had to hold on his face.
He handed the food box in his hand to Minghua and said, "So... there are still many things to do in the mansion. I will hand the food box to Miss Minghua and take the lead."
Minghua nodded and said, "Mr. Ji is here in person."
Ji Xianzhi was different from her nonsense, so she turned around and turned around and left.
Minghua smiled and kept watching Ji Xianzhi go out with a gift. When the plain figure completely disappeared in front of the yard. Minghua's face that kept smiling suddenly darkened.
Pei Ling, who was standing beside her, stared at the food box in her hand with some disgust and said, "Sister Minghua... Are we really going to collect this food box? I'm afraid that the princess will be upset when she returns."
Minghua took the crimson carved food box to his eyes and looked at it again and again, sneering: "You don't look at what we are here? Where can we collect these vulgar things? Jiang Nu, a dignified mother and daughter, actually made snacks for her servants and gave us one as fair. What? Do you think of our Nanyang Pavilion as the servant of their marquis' mansion?"
Chapter completed!