Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 34 Be more cautious in your words and deeds

 Everyone in Qingfengyuan was happy when they got the news.

As soon as Jingshu entered the door, Ziyun, Danzhu, Bilu and a bunch of servant girls were waiting at the door, and they all surrounded Jingshu with smiles and congratulations.

Since their master has become the head of the house, they will naturally take advantage of him. From then on, they will become the top among the servants in the house.

Back in the house, Ziyun happily served Jingshu to change her clothes. She stood in front of the large pear wood wardrobe, turned to the left and looked at it again and kept mumbling: "Which one should I wear? Now that your identity is different, Why do I always feel like these clothes are not good enough for you?"

Danzhu on the side agreed: "Yes, our lady is now a serious married woman in this house. She should dress more decently. It's time to make a few new sets of clothes."

“Then the carriages that our ladies use when going out will also need to be changed from now on. I see that some of the wives in other mansions ride in four-horse carriages.” Bilu suggested with wide-eyed eyes.

Danzhu echoed: "Yes, you have to change the carriages and horses when traveling. Nowadays, our ladies naturally have to pay attention to pomp and circumstance. I have seen the carriage of Marquis Zhongshun's mistress inlaid with gems and beads when she went out. Our family is comparable. His family has a high title, so he is naturally more impressive than them."

In the eyes of these little girls, she has become the mistress, and from now on she will walk around in Chang'an City.

Jingshu said to Ziyun who was immersed in looking for clothes in the closet: "Stop looking through it, just find something you wear normally."

When Ziyun heard that her lady's tone was wrong, she realized their fault. She hurriedly took out an ordinary moon-white shirt, and while serving Jing Shu to dress, she said to the two little girls: "You two, don't Stop talking nonsense."

Danzhu glanced at the faces of the young lady and Ziyun, and closed his mouth angrily, but Bilui looked at Ziyun with a confused look and asked: "Miss, I, I, did I say something wrong?"

Jingshu said calmly: "You guys, come here."

 The three of them stood obediently in front of Jingshu. Jing Shu looked at them and said: "Although I have now become the mistress of the house thanks to the old lady's trust, I have no family background to back me up, and I have only been in the house for a short time. I have no foundation in this house, so we must be more careful about what we say." Just proceed with caution."

She glanced across the faces of the three of them one by one, and then said: "You are the people I brought from my parents' home, and you are the people I trust most. From now on, everything in the house will be complicated, and when I send you to deal with all parts of the house, There will be more and more of them. You are the people around me. You must not be arrogant just because of your status. If I know that any of you dare to bully others, I will not be merciful. Do you remember this?"

 The three of them replied in unison: "Remember."

Jingshu breathed a sigh of relief and told Ziyun: "Go down later and tell the people in our yard that they must abide by their duties from now on."

Ziyun agreed and went out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Aunt Zhou from the accounting room in the mansion entering the yard with a few little girls.

Mammy Zhou walked in front, and the three little girls followed behind. Each of them held a thick stack of account books high in their hands.

When Grandma Zhou saw Ziyun, she stepped forward with a smile and replied: "Miss Ziyun, I have been ordered by Manager Fu to give the account book of the mansion to Madam for review."

Ziyun suddenly took a breath of cold air.

 When will we see these account books?

Jingshu heard Grandma Zhou's voice in the inner room, stood up and responded, smiling and saying, "Thank you, Grandma."

Ziyun finally calmed down and immediately called to the little girls: "Come in quickly." She pointed to the desk in the outer room and said, "Put it on here first."

The little girls came in and put the stacks of account books on the table with great effort. In a moment, the table became a high mountain.

Until Grandma Zhou took the little girls and left Qingfeng Garden, Ziyun Baliang's heart didn't warm up.

Danzhu couldn't help but muttered: "So many! How do you see this? It's not tiring our lady."     His round and round face was even more worried because he said the wrong thing just now. , made the master unhappy, but now he is holding back and does not dare to say anything anymore.

As the saying goes, it’s always cold at high places.

If you want the glory of being the mistress of this noble family, you must be able to endure the hardships involved.

　Where did this happen?

 Checking the ledger is just the first step in a journey of thousands of miles.

Jingshu's expression remained unchanged, and she ordered the three of them: "Ziyun, go to the yard to summon people first, and tell them what I just said."

Ziyun nodded and agreed. Just as she was about to go out, Jingshu stopped her and said, "You should keep a closer eye on me for a while. If anyone dares to cause trouble outside, come and repay me immediately."

After Ziyun went out, Jingshu told Danzhu Bilu: "Go to the kitchen later and ask them to prepare some good glutinous rice, five-color powder, honey, soybeans, red adzuki beans, etc."

Bilu stared at her big round eyes, holding back her saliva and asked, "Miss, do you want to make some snacks?"

These are the ingredients for making snacks. Jingshu often took the girls to make them together before she left the palace, so Bilu guessed it as soon as she heard that these things were to be prepared.

Jingshu’s eyebrows were curved, she looked at Bilui with a smile, and said dotingly: “Such a big girl is still so greedy.”

Bilu stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

Jingshu continued: "I will make some snacks in the second half of the day, and I will take them with me when I go to the princess mansion to visit my mother-in-law tomorrow."

The eldest princess gave her such a big gift, so it was only right that she should express her gratitude in person.

Danzhu Bilu agreed and went.

The three of them went to work, leaving Jingshu alone in the room. She walked to the table and sat down, flipping through the mountain of ledgers.

 She now organized the account books into different categories.

Those in Zhuangzi are divided according to paddy fields, dry fields, and fruit trees; those in shops are also sorted according to the categories of their respective businesses; those in Fuzhong are arranged according to annual, monthly fixed expenditures and irregular expenditures. Then I looked at it carefully.

After Danzhu and Bilu prepared the ingredients for making cakes, they came to report to Jingshu. Seeing that Jingshu was looking at the accounts attentively, Ziyun felt distressed and said: "Miss, if you don't want to make snacks, let your servant do it for you. Every time you make snacks, , all the slaves are helping me, and they have learned a lot."

She really felt sorry for her young lady. Those account books were enough for her to read for a while. With her strong temper, if she couldn't read them all during the day, she would definitely have to stay up late to catch up on work.

 She can't help with the accounts, but she can at least share the responsibility of making snacks.

Jingshu put down her account book and said, "It's about half an hour or so. I made snacks for my mother-in-law last time in the garden. She liked them very much. I'll do it myself this time."

 My lady is very clever and can make snacks that everyone who eats them will miss.

Hearing this, Ziyun stopped trying to persuade her, and took Danzhu Bilu with her, and the four masters and servants rushed to the small kitchen.

 (End of this chapter)