Nanny Liu felt relieved after hearing this, and her guard against Nanny Zhu was no longer as strong: "Then Nanny Wei..."
Nanny Zhu just smiled and said nothing.
Matron Liu remembered that Matron Wei had invited everyone to a drink today, but Matron Zhu hadn't gone. She wondered if there was some conflict between the two of them. Or perhaps Matron Zhu's mistress, Concubine Fang, was not very happy with Matron Wei?
Nanny Zhu had been watching Nanny Liu's expression. Seeing that she was a little shaken and seemed to have some doubts, she rolled her eyes and suddenly patted her thigh. "Well, forget it, I'll reveal a little bit. You've been in our Ziwei Courtyard for some time now, and you should know that our fifth sister is the most favored by the Third Master! And although the Madam is the one who makes the decisions in the backyard, everyone knows that as long as the Third Master says something, the Madam will never say no."
Madam Liu pondered Madam Zhu's words and seemed to understand something: "You want Fifth Sister to stay with Third Master..."
"Hush..." Nanny Zhu looked around pretentiously, "Just know it in your heart, there's no need to come out."
Nanny Liu pondered for a moment and said, "I know the rules of the courtyard. I believe you also need to take care of it. I wonder how much it will cost..." Nanny Liu made a gesture.
Nanny Zhu was very happy with Nanny Liu's advice and pretended to hesitate for a while: "Normally I shouldn't ask this, but as you expected... I still need to take care of this matter. How about this number?" Nanny Zhu made a gesture of twenty, meaning twenty taels of silver.
Matron Liu was silent for a long time. Twenty taels of silver was not a small amount, but she could afford it. Moreover, if she could really get this job, she could get the money back by doing a few things for the Third Master, and she could also let her son show off.
But, if this thing doesn't work out... this silver...
Nanny Zhu seemed to be a worm in Nanny Liu's stomach, and immediately laughed and said, "How about this, you give me a deposit of five taels first, and then you can pay the rest after I finish this matter tomorrow. I will also give you a receipt for the five taels." Nanny Zhu was getting something for nothing, so she was full of confidence.
Matron Liu was stunned. She thought that if that was the case, there was nothing to worry about. If things didn't work out in the end, she would have the receipt in her hand and could even get the five taels of silver back.
If she didn't take advantage of this, she would have lived all these years in vain, so Nanny Liu immediately smiled and said, "Nanny Zhu is sincere, and I am naturally straightforward. It's settled then."
Nanny Zhu covered her mouth and smiled, but she was very proud in her heart.
Nanny Liu got out of bed and took out five taels of silver from the bottom of her wardrobe. Nanny Zhu called the maid to get paper, pen and ink. She couldn't write, but the documents used by the maids in the inner house to secretly exchange money had their own terminology and symbols. As long as the numbers matched, they would just press their fingerprints and it would be done.
When the two finally parted, everyone was happy.
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