A housekeeper, a person who assists the head of the family to manage housework, must be trusted by the head of the family. To manage the affairs of the mansion, the housekeeper must have sufficient experience and experience, so he is generally not too young.

Of course, wealthy families usually have separate courtyards, villas or manors. Those who are responsible for managing these other businesses can also be called housekeepers.

Seeing that the "little butler" who claimed to be surnamed Li was only in his twenties, Zhang Lihua made a preliminary judgment in her heart: she lived here for a while, and this person only appeared for the first time today. She must not be the butler of this manor. She was so young, probably the confidant of the head of the family.

The head of the family should be the one who accepted Kong Fan's "great gift". At this time, he should have gone far away and could not come here in person, so he sent a confidant to "inspection" to see if she and Chen Zao were "real" or not.

Zhang Lihua understood her situation, so she had to surrender as soon as she was about to surrender. After bowing, she whispered: "Butler Li, I'm living here very well."

"Since that's the case, Li was relieved." After Li Sanjiu said that, he began to apologize: "Li didn't know that the distinguished guests were having a meal, so Li would serve the two distinguished guests for a meal."

"Don't want to do this, butler Li is a poor person, so how can I let Butler Li serve him?"

"Don't be polite to distinguished guests. Li must do his best to settle the two distinguished guests by the Lord's order."

As for this, Zhang Lihua was not pretentious and sat down with Chen Meng for dinner. When she was having meals in the palace, there were no less than ten eunuchs serving the palace maids, so someone stood beside her at this time and would not feel uncomfortable with eating.

Li Sanjiu signaled the maids to continue serving the food. He stood aside with his hands down, waiting silently for the guests to speak, and then providing services.

Chen Jae was relieved when she saw that it was not a "fighting beast" coming over, and she felt relieved to eat. Although Zhang Lihua was also eating, she was shocked, because she realized that Butler Li might be a castrator.

Although there was no evidence and only talked to the other party for a few words, Zhang Lihua, who had lived in the palace for so many years, had a familiar feeling towards the Butler Li, and the other party gave him a feeling like a castrator.

Eunuchs always have a very special tone when speaking. Although this difference is difficult to detect, it is not difficult for Zhang Lihua, who is followed by eunuchs every day.

Zhang Lihua believed in her intuition very much, so she judged that the other party was probably a castrator, so the question followed.

Generally speaking, only the emperor and the royal family can use eunuchs. This is the case with Chen State. Zhang Lihua thinks that the man-lord of the housekeeper Li may be the royal family and the vassal king.

There is another possibility, perhaps the eunuchs in the palace are crippled among the people and are called by others as slaves, but ordinary people do not risk giving people a handle to use eunuchs, so the possibility of this situation is very low.

As for the man whose lifeline is damaged due to accidents, it is unlikely that he has a similar to the castrated eunuch, so...

Either Kong Fan gave her and Chen Yao to a royal family member or a vassal king in the State of Chen, or she gave her to a royal family member or a vassal king in the State of Zhou.

Kong Fan is the lucky minister of today's son. There is no need to please or make friends with other royal families and vassal kings in private. Because this is not cost-effective at all, the answer is obvious:

Kong Fan treated her and Chen Yao as big gifts to give to others, and the emperors of the Zhou Kingdom, or royal families, and vassal kings were received.

Zhang Lihua knew some of the situations in Zhou State. Before the second half of last year, Zhou State was the Yuchi family and Yuwen family. There were only three adults in one of the royal family, namely King Qi Yuwen Liang, Prince Yuwen Ming, and King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang.

The Yuchi clan had the powerful prime minister, the King of Shu, Yuchi Dun, and the Yuchi clan were powerful and had broken up with the Yuwen clan. Considering Kong Fan's situation, Zhang Lihua felt that the other party could not collude with Yuchi Dun because it was completely unpaid.

So, will the person who "receives the gift" be the Emperor Zhou? Or the older Yu Wenliang, or the younger Yu Wenming or Yu Wenwen?

Zhang Lihua recalled some things about Kong Fan. This person could get back a glass mirror that was priceless from Huangzhou, and also get back many goods produced in Huangzhou. In the past, she and the government thought that the other party had a way, but now it seems that they are having an affair with the enemy country.

Therefore, Kong Fan must have colluded with Zhou Guo and the time will not be short.

If we go back a few years, Shannan was Yuwen Liang's territory, and the Zhou emperor was still in Yecheng at that time, so the person whom Kong Fan colluded with might be Yuwen Liang. Then, after Yuwen Liang accepted her and Chen Yao, he would "keep it" or offer it to the emperor.

Maybe the other party is still unsure, so they are temporarily placed here.

After a preliminary judgment, Zhang Lihua's heart fell to the ground. She thought that since she would become someone else's plaything, the higher the other party's status, the more she could benefit from it.

What are the same dogs, but the guard dogs raised by ordinary people, can they compare to pet dogs raised by wealthy families?

But if there is a choice, who would let the imperial concubine not be used as someone else’s plaything!

Zhang Lihua thought about it and couldn't help but feel sad. She knew that she was very beautiful, and as long as she was a normal man, she would definitely be attracted by her appearance. Chen Jae, who also had an outstanding appearance, had an advantage compared to her.

The advantage is age and a perfect body.

Zhang Lihua felt that no matter who was possessed by them in the end, the other party would definitely lose interest in the older self first. Chen Xiao, who had just reached the age of marriage, was enough to "keep fresh" for a long time.

Chen Chen has not yet grown up completely. After a few years, he will inevitably become more and more charming and will only be more and more favored.

Zhang Lihua knew that she had no advantage in age, and Chen Jae was like a budding flower, and she was a blooming flower. Beautiful is beautiful. Once the flowering period is over, everything will end.

If she was still the concubine of Chen State, she could be able to rely on her son to ensure that she had no worries in the rest of her life. Thinking of this, Zhang Lihua was heartbroken: What should I do?

......

At night, in a corner of the manor, Li Sanjiu was writing a letter under the lamp. Yesterday, he received a secret letter from the manor Yuwen Wen ordered someone to send back. In the letter, Yuwen Wen asked him to place these two distinguished guests and observe each other appropriately.

The so-called observation is to observe the other party’s words, behavior and personality. If possible, just make confusing words. Today, Li Sanjiu rushed to this manor in person to observe the two distinguished guests in person to facilitate the decision of strategies to confusing words.

He observed the behavior of the two women when eating, their movements were very elegant, they chewed slowly, and did not make too loud noises when drinking soup. They could see that they were very polite. They must have been from wealthy families and were most likely female relatives from officials.

The older lady seems to be quite independent, in other words, maybe scheming; the younger girl hides behind her companions when she meets her. It seems to be a girl who is in the deep boudoir. She has been spoiled since childhood and is not independent and can be easily dealt with.

Li Sanjiu's preliminary judgment is that it is easier to get this girl's words.

But the problem is not. According to the maids, the girl seemed to rely on the lady very much, and she almost obeyed her will and had to sleep together at night.

So things are a bit tricky.

When the knock on the door, Li Sanjiu collected the half-written letter. The content of the letter had to be translated into a password before it could be sent out. The man can only be seen by the man, so Li Sanjiu was very cautious.

After receiving the letter, Li Sanjiu said "Come in". As soon as he finished speaking, a burly woman pushed the door and turned around and closed them. After coming to him, she bowed and bowed: "What are the butler's instructions?"

"First, the man in charge told the two distinguished guests to live comfortably, eat well, and sleep well. The amount required should be withdrawn and the secret debt should be taken."

"yes!"

"Secondly, let everyone keep their mouths under control and don't ask what they shouldn't ask. And the news that guests shouldn't hear can't be heard in their ears."

"yes!"

"Third, be careful. If someone who is suspicious approaches the manor, report it immediately. If someone outside dares to ignore the persuasion and attack the manor, kill him or her. If the matter is serious, the royal palace will be covered."

"I understand!"

Li Sanjiu stood up, walked back and forth in the room a few times, and asked, "I rarely leave the palace and I will go back tomorrow. If you have any questions, ask now."

"Butler, what should the servants do if two noble people are trying to go out, and want to see someone, cry, hang themselves or even threaten them with self-harm?"

"It's not OK to go out. I don't know when the Lord of the United States will come back." Li Sanjiu paused at this point, looked at the candlelight, and smiled slightly:

"The Lord said that if they want to go on a hunger strike, they will force feed them. Be careful not to get hurt. If they want to hang themselves and self-injure, stop them. If they can't stop them, let them go. You must not be threatened and must not let them gain a lot of impulse!"

The woman nodded and saluted: "I know, I will leave."
Chapter completed!