When Li married into the Ren family, she only had Nanny Zhou by her side.
Although Prince Xian had no shortage of people around him, in that era of the army at his neck, the only person suitable to follow Li to the Ren family was Nanny Zhou, who had previously served Princess Xian. The people who served Li's mother now were not legitimate maids or nannies.
Fortunately, none of the former Xian Wangfu members who had come to Yanbei were mere puppets. Nanny Zhou was a formidable figure, capable of ten times the power of one. Just looking at the servants and maids she had trained for Li over the years, it was clear that lacking a trusted confidant as a dowry wasn't a big deal; Nanny Zhou had the ability to create something out of nothing.
This is why Li Ma has such high confidence in the people chosen by Madam Zhou. Even Ren Yaoqi did not doubt Madam Zhou's ability to select people.
The Xu Ma, standing before Ren Yaoqi with her head bowed and her hands folded, was someone whom Zhou Ma admired very much. And today, Ren Yaoqi had further experienced her methods.
Ren Yaoqi slowly reached out and pulled out a butterfly-loving flower-shaped gold hairpin from her bun. She gently fiddled with the medicine residue on the kang table until she found the medicinal material she had expected. Only then did Ren Yaoqi's hand stop.
"Where did it come from?" Ren Yaoqi looked at Aunt Xu and asked with a smile.
Nanny Xu said without even raising her head: "These filth in the mansion are cleaned out every day..."
Ren Yaoqi was stunned when she heard this and glanced at Aunt Xu: "Did you find it at the place where the filth was dumped?"
Madam Xu said hurriedly, "I had already bathed and changed my clothes when I arrived." After a moment's thought, she explained, "The filth that leaves our house will be placed aside and sorted out before being processed."
Baihe Town had a dedicated place for handling these everyday wastes. Even discarded items from wealthy families like the Ren family would be carefully sorted through to see if they could find anything worth exchanging for money. After all, for the poor, even the things that flowed from the teeth of the rich might not always be good, so many people made a living by scavenging these items.
Although she had never been to that kind of place, Ren Yaoqi could imagine how much effort Aunt Xu had put in to find the drug residue from all the filth in the Ren family.
Ren Yaoqi looked at Aunt Xu, who had cleaned herself up and was now dressed neatly. She was speechless for a long time.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi remained silent, Madam Xu pondered and spoke cautiously, "Sister, I...I accidentally overheard what you and Madam Zhou said yesterday. Although you were so generous and didn't hold me accountable in the end, I still feel uneasy."
Nanny Xu glanced at Ren Yaoqi and saw that Ren Yaoqi just looked at her without saying anything. She felt a little unsure about this seemingly gentle and kind master. She paused and continued, "When I heard that you were looking for the dregs of Eighth Sister's medicine, I took the initiative to go look for them. I hope you won't blame me for taking such an unnecessary action on my own initiative."
When Ren Yaoqi was talking to Madam Zhou yesterday, she wasn't sure how much Madam Xu had heard. It would have been best if she had pretended to be spotted by Madam Zhou the moment she entered, otherwise it would have been seen as eavesdropping, which would have displeased her master.
So what Aunt Xu did today was actually very risky.
At this time, Aunt Xu was indeed a little uneasy.
She was not stupid, so how could she not know that if she did this, she would offend her master? So she was gambling.
Nanny Xu had been in the mansion for some time, and she felt that Ren Yaoqi had a gentle temperament and was easy to serve. However, if she thought that this master was someone who could be easily fooled because of this, she would be completely wrong.
On the contrary. After careful observation, Nanny Xu concluded that Ren Yaoqi was a person with strong opinions, as evidenced by the way that Nanny Zhou, the Nanny in charge of Ziwei Courtyard, obeyed her every word.
But she also felt that although Ren Yaoqi treated her very well and apparently handed over all the matters in the room to her, and never interfered when she dealt with the maids and matters in the room, she always felt that Ren Yaoqi did not really trust her.
Before she entered the mansion, Madam Zhou had used many tricks on her. She knew it all but still cooperated earnestly because she felt that Madam Zhou or the Third Madam was looking for a confidant for her sister.
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