Chapter 8: First Meeting with Xing Dairong

After Lu Lingyun taught the two maids a lesson, she went straight back to her room.

After she returned to the room, the two maids had wonderful looks on their faces.

Nanny Wan looked at Nanny An's irresistible pride and snorted, "Don't be so proud. Don't forget who holds your indenture."

Nanny An, who had received Lu Lingyun's influence, rolled her eyes and said, "Don't forget where you are now."

After she finished speaking, she went out, leaving Nanny Wan alone, her teeth itching with anger.

Lu Lingyun first settled two maids, and after returning to the house, she called the four maids who came with the dowry.

She raised their status and made them all first-class maids in the marquis's mansion.

These four girls were originally the Lu family's servants. Their parents and brothers had their indentures sold to Liu, but this still could not control Lu Lingyun.

She only needed to find a good family for them later, such as marrying them into a marquis's family and having children, and that would be enough to win their loyalty.

Lu Lingyun asked four maids to be in charge of the contact with each courtyard, to make more friends and get to know more people, and to find out the daily developments in the mansion. If there is anyone she likes, she will make the decision for them in the future.

Lu Lingyun's words made all the little girls blush and they were too embarrassed to respond.

Lu Lingyun said a few heartfelt words, saying that since they had married into the mansion with her, there was no reason for them to go back, and the mansion was their real home in this life. If they worked hard, they could become the head nanny in the mansion in the future, which was something the Lu family could never give them in their lifetime.

Luk Ling-kyun even promised them that as long as they remained loyal to her, she would return the indentures to them after they got married.

After these heartfelt words were spoken, the four little maids all cried and expressed their loyalty to Lu Lingyun.

Lu Lingyun knew that these people were not so loyal to her at the beginning, and many of them still cared about the Lu family, but there was no absolute loyalty in this world.

Only when everyone's interests are aligned and they are grasshoppers on the same rope can there be long-lasting and true loyalty.

But there is still a long time. As long as they stay in the Marquis' Mansion and stay with her for a long time, they will naturally develop true loyalty.

Lu Lingyun was not in a hurry. She just wanted to steer the boat well and ask everyone to follow her closely.

Of course, she had thought about recruiting new people and cultivating her own confidants before, but in fact that was the worst option.

Because even though these dowry people were controlled by Liu, they were still members of the Lu family in the final analysis.

It is consistent with her interests at its core.

When recruiting someone from outside, not only must their identity and background be known carefully, but their hearts are even more unpredictable. It is difficult to guarantee that you can control the other person, regardless of whether he is a single orphan or a well-off person with a family or a job.

Throughout his life, Lu Lingyun had suffered the consequences of trusting outsiders.

The big families only trust children born in Lai families because the whole family of the other party is in the hands of the master family and it is impossible for them to have second thoughts. The maids and servants occasionally recruited from outside will always have the lowest status after entering the mansion and do the hardest jobs. Only a few who were selected from childhood to be personal maids and servants of the young ladies and masters will be treated better.

That's because they have been raised by the young lady and master since they were young.

To succeed in this matter, one must not only be good at choosing the right person, but also be stable.

Never use outsiders casually when you can use people you know well.

After she settled the four maids and two maids who came with her as a dowry, she thought about the two head maids.

She doesn't know Chun Xing and Chun He's personalities and backgrounds yet, so she needs to observe them carefully.

And Zhiran.

"Zhiran, from today on, you will go out and find Nanny Chang, learn from her, and start managing all my shops and farms outside."

Lu Lingyun quietly called Zhiran into the house and gave her the most important task.

When Zhiran heard Lu Lingyun wanted to let her go, she said, "Miss, are you fed up with me..."

"Don't be so short-sighted and useless." Lu Lingyun poked her forehead hard.

In addition to being the new mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, Lu Lingjun also had many properties and estates of her own, which were all her dowry.

In the past, it was her wet nurse, Nanny Chang, who was watching over the place from outside, but now it is time for Zhiran to take over.

"Miss, I..." Zhiran felt aggrieved.

She felt that Lu Lingyun was giving her a more important job, but she didn't want to leave Lu Lingyun.

"I'll see you again during the Chinese New Year. If you don't make any progress, don't blame me for marrying you off!" Lu Lingyun threatened.

Zhiran immediately wiped away her tears when she heard this, "But Miss, if I leave, who will serve you personally?"

"Frost red." Lu Lingyun said.

She was originally a servant girl.

"Shuanghong is clumsy, how can she take good care of you!"

Lu Lingyun poked her forehead again, "Shuang Hong is clumsy but better than you who are reckless. You should learn from your mother outside. If you don't take care of my property for me, I will see whether I still want you in the future."

Zhiran covered her forehead and said, "No, no, no, Miss, I will study hard."

Seeing Zhiran like this, Lu Lingyun chuckled. She took off a bracelet from her wrist and put it in her palm, "Zhiran, you were chosen by my mother. In this world, you are the only one I trust the most, so you must be my biggest helper."

Zhiran held the bracelet, her eyes gradually reddened, "Yes, Miss."

As the night deepened, the busy first day came to an end.

Early the next morning, the person who helped Lu Lingyun wash and brush her teeth was replaced by Shuanghong.

Chun Xing and Chun He were also serving in the house.

When Shuanghong was combing Lu Lingyun's hair, she heard Chunxing say beside her.

"Yesterday, there was another commotion in the Luanguang Pavilion. I heard that a servant took the roast chicken and roast meat we gave him without knowing it. When he returned, he was discovered by that person. She angrily punished the servant in public, saying that he was disrespectful to her and did not take her into consideration when he brought the things back. But do you know what she did afterwards?"

"What?" Chunhe asked.

Chun Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "She took the roast chicken and roast meat down and ate them with her maid. While eating, she said that the roast chicken and meat were not wrong, and it would be a waste and stupid not to eat them."

"Is there something wrong with her brain?" Chunhe blurted out.

After realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Chunhe immediately covered his mouth.

Lu Lingjun glanced at Chunhe while looking into the bronze mirror. At this moment, Xiaowei's voice came from outside the door.

"Young Madam, Miss Xing from Yaoguang Pavilion is here."

"Oh, speak of the devil, he still knows his own identity and knows to offer tea to the mistress." Chun Xing held her eyebrows.

After seeing the expressions of Chun Xing and Chun He, Lu Lingyun said calmly, "Tell Miss Xing to wait in the flower hall and prepare some refreshments. Don't be negligent."

"yes."

In a short while, Lu Lingyun changed her clothes and combed her hair. She was still in her newlywed period, wearing a bright red long dress with gold embroidery, a tasseled golden phoenix hairpin in her hair, and a few jade hairpins given to her by Wang Qiluo. Although she was not stunningly beautiful, she had a face that represented peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

Her eyebrows are relaxed, her facial features are regular, dignified and elegant, and she is dressed in silk, satin, gold and jade, and is so precious that she looks like a blooming rich flower in the world.

As soon as she came in, she saw a woman sitting down with her maid in the brothel, and the two of them were eating snacks on the table with big mouthfuls.

The woman looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing a lotus pink long dress and had her hair done in a bun like a young girl. She only had a pearl hairpin on her head. She sat lazily on the square armchair with one leg crossed and most of her body lying on the small tea table.

Just by looking at this seated statue, you can tell that the rumors are true. He is indeed unruly and acts arbitrarily.

The girl was sitting with her back to Lu Lingyun. The maid opposite her saw Lu Lingyun coming and was so scared that she jumped up from her chair.

"Why did you get up? You haven't finished eating yet." The woman in pink pulled her.

The little maid winked at her and shook her head vigorously.

The woman in pink realized someone was coming and turned around lazily. When she turned around, she saw Lu Lingyun appearing in a gorgeous dress.

Her eyes froze for a moment, but she frowned quickly, and said with arrogance and a hint of pity, "Aren't you tired of dressing like this every day?"