Chapter 301 Persuasion
No wonder people say that this countryman of the Gao family is a little clever, but he can't be put on the stage. When he shouted like this, Yue Mian really didn't know whether he should be polite or not. He shouldn't be rude. If he answered, others who didn't know what he was talking about would think he was wrong.
She took herself seriously. Her husband was a scholar. Although he was freed from slavery, he was still a servant of the royal family. He actually regarded herself as an official wife.
After a pause, Yue Mian could only say: "Sister-in-law, just call me Yue Mian. Everyone here calls me that. Who is this sister-in-law?"
She pretended not to recognize Mr. Gao, and her words seemed unfamiliar. As long as Mr. Gao had a little bit of shame, he shouldn't have made any demands, but the facts proved that people like Mr. Gao didn't know what integrity was, what advancement and retreat meant.
"Yue Mian, don't you remember, I came to have a wedding banquet on the day you got married." Mrs. Gao was obviously unhappy, but she still had a smile on her face, "I am Fan Juren's mother, do you remember?
"
Yue Mian shook her head and said apologetically, "There were too many people on the wedding day and my memory is not very good. Please don't take offense, sister-in-law."
"It's okay, Yue Mian, you should know about my son Fan Yi, right?" Gao reminded, "There is a new martial arts event in this courtyard."
"My husband-in-law is a teacher. If he is a scholar who studies literature, he might mention martial arts to me. I don't know." Yue Mian was still pretending to be stupid.
"My son was originally going to get married with you." Mrs. Gao misunderstood that Yue Mian really hadn't heard about it. She was disappointed but also a little happy. She rolled her eyes a few times and said, "The marriage didn't happen because of some misunderstandings."
"Oh! That's such a pity." Yue Mian looked up at the sky and said with a smile. "Sister-in-law of the Fan family, it's getting late. I have to rush back to the palace. Let's talk next time."
"Yue Mian, sister-in-law, I have something to ask for your help." Seeing Yue Mian was about to leave, Gao felt anxious and quickly grabbed her.
Yue Mian looked helplessly at the hand holding her sleeve, frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"Promise me first." Gao said hurriedly. "I won't say anything until you promise."
Yue Mian couldn't pretend any longer, rolled her eyes, took her arm out of Gao's hand, and said: "This sister-in-law is making no sense. For those of you who don't know me, she wants me to agree to help. You haven't said anything yet.
, how should people respond to this? Well, I won’t agree, so you don’t need to say anything.
"No, no, I said. Yue Mian, listen to me." Gao became even more anxious, seeing Yue Mian about to leave. He said hurriedly, "Yue Mian is like this. A few days ago, I accidentally said the wrong thing.
I have offended the princess and want to make amends with her, please help me intercede."
Yue Mian only found it funny. She said: "Sister-in-law of the Fan family, the princess and the princess have just gotten married. How can they become an old person? Besides, I am just a little maid. Not to mention that after I get married, I will be assigned to work in the outer courtyard. Even if I don't get married, I will still be a maid.
, I am just a maid who manages the tea and trivial matters in a small attic by the lake. I am not qualified to go to the princess’s yard. It is rare to see the princess, like me.
For maids like you, if you really want to see something, you have to report it to the nanny in charge, clearly explain the cause and effect of the matter, and then the manager will pass the message to the nun in the princess's yard, who will report it to the princess.
The personal maids, and the princess's maids decide whether to bother the princess, and pass it down from level to level. If it's not a big deal, at most it's just a word from the superiors, and we won't see the princess at all."
Ah, that's it! When Mrs. Gao heard about it for the first time, she couldn't help but said, "Aren't you the maid in the palace?"
Yue Mian smiled and explained: "The so-called eldest maid is just a rank title. Anyone who takes care of two or three little maids can almost be called an eldest maid. If you want to have face in front of the princess, it is really not as good as the ordinary sweeper in the princess's yard.
maid
, those little maids at least still have the opportunity to see the princess every day. The older maids like us who cannot enter the princess's yard are unlucky and sometimes don't see the princess for several years. The princess doesn't know that there are maids like us.
"
"Then you can't speak in front of the princess?" Gao asked suspiciously.
"Yes! Not to mention talking, even meeting the princess is not easy." Yue Mian was not lying. She was indeed speechless in front of the princess.
Yue Mian's confession made Mrs. Gao completely dumbfounded and extremely upset. If she had known that a maid like Yue Mian would never see the princess, why would she have refused Liu'er's marriage last time.
"Sister-in-law of the Fan family, I really can't help you, so I'm leaving first." Yue Mian took a few steps, thought about it, then stepped back and said: "Sister-in-law of the Fan family, I sincerely advise you, if you just ask the princess
There is no need to apologize. There are thousands of people in the palace, like us, the princess.
How can I remember them one by one? Your Majesty, your Majesty, will not care about the wrong sentence you said. Let your son do his job well and repay the prince and princess in the future. This is the best apology to the princess. Don’t go around asking others to talk about these things.
The princess is bothered by trivial matters."
In the last few words, Yue Mian's tone was very serious. I hope Mrs. Gao can understand and stop causing trouble. Although the princess was displeased with what happened last time, after all, Mrs. Gao is just an ignorant village woman and is not worthy of the princess's concern.
As long as Gao's son does his job well and the prince has cultivated his son for so many years and won the promotion, he will not abandon him. But if the mother and son are not focused on the right path and have no intention of repaying their kindness, they will always want to reap the benefits.
It's hard to say.
It's understandable that the village girl from the Gao family is a little confused. Fan Juren, a grown man, won the imperial examination, but she was so confused that even her own mother couldn't persuade her. That's nothing to say. Let alone the princess, she didn't like it.
How can such a man run a good job outside? Fortunately, he was not fooled by the title, otherwise it would be miserable if he got married.
…
Mongolian Mansion
After listening to Aunt Qing's message, Mrs. Meng thought about it for a long time before asking Aunt Qing, "Did you wait for the princess yesterday? Who did the princess see and what did she say?"
Aunt Qing lowered her eyebrows and replied: "The princess didn't see anyone after my wife left yesterday. There were only two maids waiting in front of her. If the servants have something to do, I will discuss it with a few nannies and deal with it."
"All the trivial affairs of the palace are handled by you nuns?" Mrs. Meng was a little surprised, and then her face sank, "How could you not persuade the princess? If this continues, you will not care about everything, and people will gossip."
"Madam, I misunderstood. It's not that the princess doesn't care about everything, it's just that sometimes there are too many things." Aunt Qing explained hurriedly, but her eyes flickered, "It's like this, usually the mother who is in charge of the little things in the house can't handle them, so when she comes to ask the princess what she wants.
, it is true that we, the nuns, discussed it, but it was not that we, the nuns, made the decision, it was just that the nuns discussed it and came up with a solution.
The decision will be reported to the princess again, and it is up to the princess to decide whether this is the case. It is not that the old slave has overstepped. This is just a small matter, such as whether the kitchen recently used rice from Jiangnan or Jiangbei for cooking, and whether the roses on Huayuan Road have withered.
You don’t have to bother the princess with small matters such as whether to continue planting roses or plant other crops, etc. The big things are decided by the princess herself.”
There is also such a solution. Mrs. Meng heard that Nanny Qing was avoiding the important and trivial. In fact, apart from this trivial matter, there is nothing major in the palace. After thinking about it, she was a little impressed. It is a way to save worry and effort. In this case
I can do it without thinking, and my servants have no room for deception, and I am not afraid that the nuns will not try their best. After all, if something goes wrong, I can be held responsible. Of course, if I am afraid of taking responsibility, those who dare not come up with ideas will be regarded as incompetent and abandoned.
use.
It seems that this approach can be used for reference in the future. Mrs. Meng secretly made up her mind and then asked: "Then did the prince say anything after he came back? I mean did the princess say anything to the prince?"
Aunt Qing was a little hesitant about this question. It was inconvenient for the prince and the princess to get along with each other and their daily life to talk to outsiders too much. The nuns in the palace had reminded this several times. They said that the prince was most taboo about his servants bringing people into the palace.
Don't talk about anything, even a trivial matter. If you talk nonsense, you will be kicked out of the palace.
"Nanny Qing, you are the person in front of me." Mrs. Meng carefully observed her words and reminded her. After knowing what she was thinking, Nanny Qing had been with her for decades, and she had only been married to the palace for a few days, and yet she dared to treat her, her old master.
Concealing it, the servants who can easily take advantage of the situation may not be able to do so.
Nanny Qing was shocked, thinking of Mrs. Meng's past tricks. Even if she is now married to the palace with the princess, Mrs. Meng is the princess's nominal mother after all. If she really wants to get angry and call her back, can the princess stop her?
Or will the princess disobey Mrs. Meng for her sake? But if she offends the prince and the princess is kicked out of the palace, Mrs. Meng will not speak for her and will not be able to speak.
"Mama Qing, I just want to know if the princess has mentioned anything about the Meng Mansion to the prince." Mrs. Meng picked up the tea cup, took a sip, squinted her eyes and glanced at Mammy Qing's face sharply,
"I just want to know the prince's attitude and see if there is anything our Meng family has done badly. This is also for the good of the princess. If the Meng family does something to make the prince dissatisfied, the princess will have no face, right?"
"Yes, yes." Aunt Qing Nuonuo said, "I don't hide anything from Madam. It's just that after Madam left yesterday, the prince came back in the evening and drank some wine outside. The old slave couldn't wait in front of him, only vaguely
Seeing that the prince’s steps were very unsteady, he must have been drunk
A little too much. The princess would not mention anything to the prince at this time. Early the next morning, the prince would go to court before dawn. The princess and the maids were busy taking care of the prince. They were so busy that the old slave thought
The princess had no chance to say anything to the prince."
"Really?" Mrs. Meng looked at Nanny Qing suspiciously.
"It's absolutely true, I don't dare to deceive Madam, but I'm not always with the prince and princess, so I don't dare to say for sure." Aunt Qing could only stop swearing.
Mrs. Meng was right when she thought about it. That was Xiaofu's own intention. Why did he change his mind so easily? Xiaofu was not a person who changed his mind easily. Could it be that he had some interests? (To be continued. If you like this movie
Works, you are welcome)
ps: Dear friends, don’t forget to vote for recommendation.
Chapter completed!