Chapter 220 Engagement
Hong Ling shook her head and said, "Hong Ling is grateful to the young master for his mercy to us. Hong Ling is like duckweed. After several changes, she was fortunate to be favored by the young master the last time and was not asked to leave by the Duke of Wei again. Otherwise, she would have been in trouble at this moment and was even a ghost under the knife. Hong Ling was so grateful that in order to repay the young master's kindness, Hong Ling begged to be the maid next to the young master and serve the young master at all times. I hope the young master will be the one who is right.
The other girls were surprised when they heard this.
Of course they would be surprised, because Yang Qiuchi said it very clearly just now that their pear garden is equivalent to Yang Qiuchi's private singing and dancing troupe, and there is no need to do any "slaves". They just sing and dancing to entertain themselves while drinking. The treatment is almost the same as that of the eldest lady of the official family. Why is this Hong Ling so easy to keep and be a servant who serves people?
Yang Qiuchi was also slightly stunned, and then her head turned around and understood Hong Ling's thoughts. She had a special liking for her before. How could this little girl not know that the reason why she didn't act like a lady was that she had already seen that Yang Qiuchi was so young and would definitely become a general and a prime minister in the future. So she wanted to enter Yang Qiuchi's life circle and be with him all the time. With her own charm, she hopes that Yang Qiuchi will be able to be more beautiful in the future and give her the status of a maid or even a concubine. To climb up to this uncle, she will have a lifelong dependence.
To be honest, Yang Qiuchi also likes Miss Hongling very much, but in the morning, Liu Ruobing said to him, "You have so many wives and concubines, and with me, can you hold them with your hands?" This sentence shocked him very much. He also felt that with his own status, the choice of concubines will be one after another in the future. If he can't control it, it will be very troublesome, and it will hurt the hearts of these wives and concubines now, and it also violates his own principle of taking concubines.
Therefore, Yang Qiuchi has decided to stop taking concubines except marrying Bai Sumei in three years, and to concentrate on waiting for Qin Zhihui and Song Qing to give birth to a son for him. It really doesn't work. After three years, Bai Sumei will give birth to him. Anyway, this concubine doesn't want to take care of him.
However, what if Liu Ruobing is willing to come back and work with the four of them? This is of course what Yang Qiuchi hopes most. Somehow, although Liu Ruobing has left, her sad eyes always circling in Yang Qiuchi's mind. She always thought in her heart that it would be great if Sister Liu could come back and follow her. In that case, she would have the same wife and four concubines, and then concentrate on her career, and she would not accept it even if she met a fairy in the future.
But what should Song Yuner do? This little girl is infatuated, how can I deal with it? And Yue Chan? The little girl is thinking about getting older and taking her away. Alas! Big head!
Although I have made up my mind to not take a concubine, Miss Hong Ling now proposes to be her maid. As long as I stick to the principles, there should be no problem. Besides, this little girl is quite popular. If you can see her at all times, it would be a pleasure, but you must not let go of the matter of taking a concubine. I nodded and said, "Well, since that's the case, my third concubine Song Qing has not yet a close maid. You can follow her in the future, okay?"
Hong Ling was very happy and kowtowed to thank her.
Yang Qiuchi sent someone to call Song Qing. After talking to Song Qing, Hong Ling quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Hong Ling greets the third young lady!
Seeing that Hong Ling was so charming and handsome, she liked her sweet mouth, so she took Hong Ling away.
Yang Qiuchi asked the remaining seven little girls: "Who is the oldest?"
A pretty girl with big eyes came out to pay tribute: "I, I am eighteen years old this year, and I am the oldest of the seven of us."
Yang Qiuchi said, "Okay, you will be the leader of the seven of you in the future and will be responsible for the singing and dancing in the Liyuan Garden."
"Ke'er obeys the order."
After the seventh girl left, Master Long came to report that the resettlement work of the new home was generally arranged, and Yang Qiuchi and his family's inner house were also cleaned up and they could go to the inner house.
This inner house is a small courtyard in the large mansion. It is separated by high walls for Yang Qiuchi and his family to live in.
When Yang Qiuchi entered the inner house, he took a rough look. The scale of this inner house is large enough and is the essence of the entire house. The decoration and layout inside are luxurious and luxurious, which makes Yang Qiuchi feel that living in such a house is simply too corrupt.
Qin Zhihui and Song Qing were also dealing with the people who had been demoted to slaves in the lobby outside.
Yang Qiuchi's new home is a place where family members live, and is a key protection unit. People entering and leaving are strictly controlled. Even the Jinyiwei and the Great Inner Guards led by Nangong Xiong and Xia Ping can only set up alerts everywhere outside the inner house. Without a license, no one can come into the inner house, so it is empty. Now there are only Song Yuner, Bai Sumei and Mrs. Bai, with their little maid Huier, and of course, little black dog.
Yang Qiuchi came to the inner house. When Song Yuner and others saw that Yang Qiuchi had returned, they were very happy and sat down and talked in the living room.
Song Yuner said: "Brother, your new home is too big. Sister Bai and I have been traveling for a long time but we haven't finished it.
Xiao Yuechan looked at the empty house and smiled and said, "Yes, this house is so big, we are so scared."
Yang Qiuchi smiled and said, "It's okay, wait for your second and third grandmas to get those maids and servants to get the maids and servants. When the maids and servants arrive, the house will be lively." Speaking of the house, Yang Qiuchi remembered the small golden house cottage where Mi Yuanwai's golden house was hidden, and turned to Mrs. Bai and said, "Mrs. Bai, I want to give you a garden house I accepted this time as a residence for you."
After Bai Sumei came back, she had already told Mrs. Bai about her engagement with Yang Qiuchi. Mrs. Bai was very happy. Now, after hearing Yang Qiuchi said this, she immediately guessed that it was related to it. However, before Yang Qiuchi proposed to marry, she couldn't take the initiative to interrogate her, but just asked with a smile: "Why is Mr. Yang's move?"
Yang Qiuchi looked at Bai Sumei shyly beside him, stood up, bowed and bowed, and said solemnly, "Madam Bai, I have made a promise with Miss Bai to be a concubine."
Hearing this, Mrs. Bai's heart finally fell to the ground. In the future, her daughter will have a lifelong dependence, and she will be free and happy and sad. She nodded and she cried and said, "Okay, I agree... It's a pity that Sumei's father can't see today."
Bai Sumei's eyes turned red and shed tears.
Yang Qiuchi bowed, "Thank you, when the three-year period of Miss Bai's filial piety ends, I will welcome Miss Bai to pass."
Mrs. Bai nodded happily with tears in her eyes.
Song Yuner and Bai Sumei are also friends of life and death. They also know that the Bai family wanted to promise Bai Sumei to Yang Qiuchi. Although she didn't like Yang Qiuchi's concubine, she also sympathized with Bai Sumei's tragic experience. Yang Qiuchi helped them so clearly, so she knew in her heart that it was only a matter of time before Bai Sumei married Yang Qiuchi. Now she finally confirmed that although she felt a little strange, she was happy for Bai Sumei.
Now when I saw Bai Sumei and her daughter crying with joy, they walked to them and said, "Aunt, Sister Bai follows my brother, just be happy, my brother will definitely treat Sister Bai well."
Mrs. Bai nodded repeatedly and said to Yang Qiuchi: "Sumei and I are still abducting, this..."
Yang Qiuchi said first: "Don't worry about this. I won't let you both suffer. I will give you this garden house, just to let you live by our side after the three-year period expires and take care of each other. This house is my betrothal gift."
In ancient times, after marrying a daughter, it was embarrassing that parents and daughters and son-in-law lived together. Therefore, Yang Qiuchi gave the small garden courtyard to Mrs. Bai as a betrothal gift. In this way, Mrs. Bai lived in her own home in the future, so no one would gossip. Mrs. Bai certainly understood Yang Qiuchi's thoughts, and was very grateful to him in his heart, so he no longer refused.
At this time, Qin Zhihui and Song Qing and the others had already dealt with it and came to the inner house. Yang Qiuchi told the two of them what had just happened. They already knew about it, so of course they had no objection. In this way, Bai Sumei's identity as the fourth grandmother, who had not passed the door, was officially confirmed. However, the concubine's literary contract had to be signed after the three-year mourning period expired. Therefore, the maid and servant could only call Bai Sumei a girl first, and could not call her fourth grandmother.
Yang Qiuchi took out the large stack of deeds, found the deeds and land deeds of the small courtyard of Jinwu Garden, and solemnly handed them over to Mrs. Bai, and then handed the remaining deeds to Qin Zhihui for safekeeping.
Previously, Qin Zhihui and Song Qing knew that Yang Qiuchi was the new magistrate of Qingxi County, Yuanzhou, Huguang Town, and is about to take office. Song Qing was most concerned about the question of who to take to the office. However, it is hard to say it clearly, so he asked first: "Husband, when will you go to the office?"
"Two days off and set off in two days." Yang Qiuchi replied, looking at Song Qing's strange appearance, and immediately understood her true intention of asking this question. He asked with a deliberately smile: "Your grandma and our family in Dali, Ningguo Mansion, and the business there. Now the new family in Wuchang must also have a manager, otherwise there would be no one to take care of so many businesses and property. Who of you stays here?"
Song Qing and Qin Zhihui looked at each other, and both lowered their heads and refused to speak.
Song Yuner smiled at Yang Qiuchi and said, "Aren't you clearly making things difficult for both of them? Of course they both want to take up their posts with you, but they are embarrassed. Of course, this matter is up to you to decide."
This kind of thing is not easy to joke about, Yang Qiuchi stopped teasing them and said, "That's how I think. It's not a solution for the mother of the clay doll to stay at my Uncle Song's house. I want to ask her to take care of our home and business in Ningguo Mansion, and then let my mother and Xiaoxue come to Wuchang to cook in Wuchang to deal with the business of the family. This way, it's much closer to us, and I promised that Wuchang could meet them. As for whom you two went with me, I wouldn't be willing to leave either of them, so I'd just go with me!"
Chapter completed!