Ji Jiuying stared blankly at the spirit stones on the ground. What was Wen Chuyu doing?
"This... was given to me by Chu Yu?"
"Yes...no...uh...I guess so!" An Er suddenly didn't know how to answer. "Last night, someone tried to take Miss Ji's life with this 300,000."
Ji Jiuying revealed a knowing look. So she was only worth 300,000 high-grade spirit stones?
"Do you know who it is?" Ji Jiuying wanted to know who this scoundrel who had given her the money was.
“Mo Yunran,” said An Er.
It was her. It seems the lesson I gave her last time wasn't enough. But this time, she lost both the money and the assassination attempt. I bet her heart is bleeding.
However, given her vengeful nature, if the assassination attempt fails this time, she will likely hire another assassin to kill her.
Hmph~ Although I failed to assassinate her this time, I should still repay her in some way.
"An Er, could you please put this packet of powder into Mo Yunran's tea?" Ji Jiuying asked.
"Of course, but what kind of medicine is it?" An Er asked curiously.
"It's not poison, just some medicine that makes people's cultivation level regress the more they cultivate."
Hmph~ Mo Yunran, so what if your dantian is repaired? I warned her long ago that if she dares to provoke me again, I won't hesitate to ruin her again.
An Er was shocked. There was such a medicine? But he would find out if it was real after he went to observe it.
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Ji Jiuying gave 100,000 high-grade spirit stones to Leng Shuang, letting the ten of them divide them among themselves, and kept 200,000 for later use.
Just as Ji Jiuying finished breakfast, Butler Sun came looking for her.
"Princess, quite a few job applicants have arrived outside. Should we bring them all in?"
"Bring them all in. I, the princess, will choose them myself," Ji Jiuying said after thinking for a moment.
As dawn broke, the Princess's residence was already packed with people.
Some were onlookers, some were people with their children looking for work, and some were even applying for servant positions themselves...
"Dad, I'm so hungry."
"Yaya, just bear with it a little longer, it should be out soon," the man comforted her.
This man was the ugly man in the crowd yesterday. Although he was dark-skinned and ugly, his daughter was fair-skinned and clean-cut. The couple had their daughter late in life and loved her very much.
Although Ya Ya is a girl, the couple sold everything they owned to send her to learn to read, hoping that she could become a personal maid in a wealthy family and not have to do hard labor with them.
Then the door slowly opened.
A group of people were eager to be selected, but they were all stopped by the guards at the door.
"Everyone, please don't rush. Everyone has a chance to be selected. Now, please line up in two rows, men and women, and follow me in. The princess will personally select you."
Butler Sun's deep and authoritative voice rang out.
Soon, two long queues formed, and they slowly walked in.
Ji Jiuying watched the two rows of people walking from the shadows. Hehe~ Interesting.
A group of people were captivated by the grandeur of the mansion and secretly vowed to be chosen.
Ji Jiuying sat at the stone table in the courtyard, savoring the tea in her hand.
Looking at the neatly arranged people in the courtyard, she smiled faintly and said, "Come forward in rows so this princess can have a look at you."
Although her tone was calm, one could vaguely detect an innate air of authority, and her superior demeanor made one feel a sense of submission.
The people in the first row walked forward nervously.
"Keep 1568 here, and send the rest out of the manor." Ji Jiuying continued to drink her tea with her head down.
"Thirty-five and nine stay behind, the rest are sent out of the mansion."
Goodness, more than half of these ten people are skilled in martial arts.
After a stick of incense had burned, out of more than two hundred people, only forty or so remained.
There were eighteen men and twenty-eight women.
The people gathered at the entrance of the princess's mansion watched as one group after another came out dejectedly.
Some were just watching the show, while others looked worried, fearing their children would also be eliminated. They only breathed a sigh of relief when no one else came out.
"Put out your hands." Ji Jiuying approached and checked them one by one.
What's your name?
"Your Highness, my name is Qiuyue."
"Come out."
The maid named Qiuyue was nervously sweating, wondering why the princess had called her out alone, and fearing that she would be eliminated.
"What's your name?" Ji Jiuying asked again.
"This servant is Shuanghua."
"Why did you come when you were sick?" Ji Jiuying frowned slightly.
The maid named Shuanghua was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and cried, "This servant did not mean to offend the princess, but my elderly mother is bedridden at home, it's just that... Waaah~"
"What skills do you have?" Ji Jiuying asked, feeling a pang of pity.
"Your Highness, this servant knows how to sew and trim flowers and plants."
"You've studied it?"
“I learned everything from my mother. My mother used to work in the palace.”
Ji Jiuying raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, only telling her to go over and be with Qiuyue.
"And you? What's your name?" Ji Jiuying looked at the girl in front of her. She was fair-skinned and delicate, with a scholarly air about her.
In this world, if a woman can get an education, her family must be well-off.
"My name is Ya Ya."
"She's fair-skinned and clean-cut, like a young lady from a noble family," Ji Jiuying asked.
"Your Highness, my parents had me late in life and poured all their heart and soul into me, hoping to free me from that bitter and cold life."
This girl is indeed straightforward and honest. Ji Jiuying waved her hand, signaling her to go over and join Qiuyue.
"Alright, Steward Sun, take these people away and teach them manners. Also, distribute these 100,000 high-grade spirit stones to the maids and servants in the manor. After all, the New Year is almost here."
"Yes." Butler Sun put all the spirit stones into his spatial ring.
Everyone was stunned. One hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones? This was an amount they couldn't even imagine. This princess was too generous! They wondered if the newcomers had any.
Ji Jiuying saw what they were thinking and said, "Don't worry, you'll get a share too."
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with joy. "Thank you, Princess."
This isn't a princess, this is clearly their sugar daddy. They'd better work hard in this princess's mansion from now on.
Little did they know that this was exactly what Ji Jiuying wanted.
After those people left, he turned to the three people who remained and asked, "Do you have any Yellow Books on you?"
(To our readers, the Yellow Register is similar to a modern household registration book.)
"Reporting to Your Highness, we have it." After saying this, the group handed the yellow book to Ji Jiuying.
Ji Jiuying checked them over and then put away their yellow book. For now, Qingling will stay at the winery. She is short of a personal maid, and will bring Qingling back after Leng Shuang and the others finish their training.
"From now on, the three of you will be maids in my courtyard. Listen carefully, I hate people who scheme behind my back the most."
"If you do anything in the future that would offend this princess or the princess's household, the consequences will be unbearable for you. Do you understand?"
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