Chapter 409
“This old servant’s surname is Zhen. I have been in the Marquis’s mansion for twenty years. I know the whole mansion well, if not by name. If I can be promoted by the concubine, this old servant will do my best!”
Yunxi didn't speak, but just looked her over.
Actually, she noticed this person a couple of days ago and asked Steward Xiong in private. Logically speaking, the maids who run errands should be young maids, while older maids should either become managers or switch to doing manual labor. Why is this maid still in the same place?
Steward Xiong's expression was somewhat complicated. He simply said that although this person had a good character, he was just unlucky and never seemed to have the best of luck.
When you should have been competing, you didn't know how to compete; when you wanted to compete, you couldn't compete with the younger people, so you just kept wasting your time.
Yunxi remained silent, while Zhen's mother stood quietly with her head bowed.
After a long pause, Yunxi said, "Aunt Zhen's qualifications speak for themselves, and now she's come to visit in person. Logically, I shouldn't refuse."
Seeing that Yunxi's words were not quite right and it seemed that she was about to say "but" at any moment, Madam Zhen quickly said, "Auntie, this old servant knows your situation and also knows why you haven't arranged for someone to manage things yet. If you have any requests, this old servant is willing to go through fire and water for you!"
Yunxi raised an eyebrow: "Mother Zhen, I am only temporarily in charge of managing the household now. You should know that this management power will eventually return to the young mistress's hands. You are willing to go through fire and water for my sake, but what if the young mistress needs you?"
She wasn't fooled by what her mother said.
A concubine is still a concubine. What if the power to manage the household returns to the hands of the legitimate young mistress in the future?
But Madam Zhen had clearly already thought it through: "Madam, this old servant has quite a good relationship with the other stewards, and even Steward Xiong. As long as this old servant is given a steward's position, this old servant will definitely not make any mistakes and leave any handle for the young mistress to use against me!"
Even if the person in charge is in charge, they cannot arbitrarily punish a servant if the servant has done nothing wrong, no matter how much they dislike the servant. Otherwise, if word gets out, they might be accused of mistreating their servants.
For example, even Yunxi was only able to get rid of those managers because they had been disrespectful to her first.
Seeing that Mother Zhen had thought everything through, Yunxi nodded slightly.
That's really clever.
After a moment of contemplation, Yunxi finally said, "Very well, since Mother has come to my door today, I have no reason to turn her away. Don't worry, Mother, I'll have someone tell Steward Xiong right away."
Mrs. Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes!"
Watching Zhen's mother leave happily, Jixiang felt a little uneasy; "Auntie, is this person alright?"
"Whether it will work or not, we'll have to try to find out," Yunxi said. "At least she took the initiative to contact us, so let's see how it goes."
Jixiang had no choice but to nod.
With Mother Zhen's words as the starting point, the crowd, who had been quietly observing, suddenly couldn't sit still any longer.
Yunxi will have plenty of choices among these people.
After all, these people only saw that Mother Zhen came once and got a position in charge, but they didn't know what the two talked about, let alone why Yunxi let Mother Zhen sit in this position.
Yunxi couldn't find a satisfactory one after looking around, but fortunately, she made some progress after observing for a few days.
"After observing them for a few days, I think there are two girls named Chunyue and Yang Qiu who are quite good. Although they are young, they are steady in their actions, considerate, and have good relationships with everyone else in the courtyard."
Hearing Le'an's words, Yunxi nodded and asked her to bring the person over so they could have a face-to-face meeting and finalize the deal.
From then on, Yunxi had her own people in this backyard.
Yunxi's intentions are not hard to guess; she clearly wants to rival Yunwan.
Even intelligent people like Steward Xiong began to ponder this.
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