Chapter 150: The Servant’s Clever Tricks
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon BoatTransta
Jianing didn’t expect her new master to be such an interesting person.
Jianing didn’t know much about Han Qiao’s experiences, but she had more or less pieced together some of them.
However, she had been observing her for rhe past few days and knew that she was not a woman who was easy to fool. She was even a sensitive woman who was resourceful, scheming, and knowledgeable.
She saw the husband she had chosen. He was good to her.
He treated her wholeheartedly and had no second thoughts.
She had the final say in the family. She bought people and they did whatever she said.
When her man came back, he would still ask about her well-being, afraid that she would be tired and cold.
She was married for the second time and brought along her three daughters.
She was a lucky woman.
Jianing smiled, “This servant used to be an assassin.”
“Ah,” Han Qiao was extremely surprised.
The servant girl she chose this time was quite interesting.
One of them had a bad background, but she had an excellent name, Shulan.
The servant girl Xia He was pregnant, and now there was an assassin.
“The kind that specializes in killing corrupt officials and tyrants? Or was it the kind of person who would kill anyone, good or bad, as long as they gave him money?” Han Qiao asked.
Jianing was taken aback by this question.
“Taking money from others to eliminate disasters.”
Han Qiao nodded, “So it’s killing without any sense of right or wrong. 1 understand now.” Han Qiao thought for a moment, “But you’re an assassin. Why would you sell yourself as a slave?”
Han Qiao asked a good question.
“An assassin must be used to being alone and should have saved up a lot of money. You are a girl, it is better for you to find a suitable man to marry than to sell yourself as a slave.”
Han Qiao smiled, “Obviously, you didn’t manage to fool me.”
Jianing looked at Han Qiao and rook a deep breath. “Madam, you forgot that there’s another possibility. Some killers are deliberately kept by a wealthy or noble family. Only listen to the master’s orders, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, we just do the master’s orders and do the work.”
Han Qiao instantly understood.
“Madam, actually this servant only wants to find a place to hide for the rest of her life. However, since 1 drew her the lot, I can only make this trip. If Madam is kind and is willing to take care of this servant, this servant will also kill people for Madam in the future, no matter who that person is, no matter if this servant can come back alive.”
What she meant was that the identity of her was a secret.
“Alright, go back and change to the next person.”
“Yes.”
Jianing retreated.
Han Qiao was thinking about how much of her words were true and how much of them were false. Should she settle for the next best thing, or was she deliberately mystifying things?
No matter which one it was, Han Qiao started to be wary of Jianing.
When Jianing returned, the other servant girls looked at her in unison.
“Why are you back?” Shulan could nor help but ask.
“Madam saw that I was thin and weak and couldn’t serve people, so she let me come back. In the future, 1 won’t be able to compete for the position of a maid.” Jianing went back to her room to sleep.
There was food and drink, and he didn’t have to serve anyone. How good was that?
Pucao stood up timidly. “1,1…”
She was a little nervous.
She was just a village girl who didn’t know anything. She didn’t know how to read or write, and she had never learned howto serve people.
She had observed Shulan and Xia He before. Shulan knew everything, and Xia He combed the Madam’s hair very well.
She only knew how to shoot pigweed, feed pigs, and sweep the floor.
“Pucao, are you afraid to go?” Wan wen teased.
She was the sharpest of the maidservants and had a sharp tongue. She thought since she had once served the Marquis Madam, even though she was a third-grade maidservant, she was still better than the others.
Therefore, she bullied poor Pucao.
Of course, she didn’t gain any advantage over Shulan, Xia He, and Jianing.
The other servant girl, Duan Yue, was a good person. Her appearance was also the least outstanding. She didn’t offend anyone and only cared about her work.
Wanwen also wanted to get close to Han Qiao, but Shulan and Xia He was not to be trifled with, so she did not dare to act rashly. She could only wait for her turn to perform.
Pucao gritted her teeth and did not dare to make a sound.
Shulan said softly, “Pucao, you go. Madam is a very easy person to get along with. Just do your job well.”
Pucao thought for a moment before saying, “I’m not going. I like to clean the yard.”
“Useless, you’re nor going, I’m going,” Wanwen stood up.
She walked towards the main courtyard.
Han Qiao did nor expect another servant girl to come so quickly.
“This servant Wanwen greets Madma,”
Han Qiao looked at Wanwen’s posture and guessed that she must have been a servant girl in a rich family.
Wanwen saw that Han Qiao was silent and quickly said, “The ‘Wan’ means who is graceful and restrained. The ‘Wen’ means someone who is graceful and magnificent.”
“Can you read?” Han Qiao lightly asked.
She didn’t like this servant girl.
“I can write it down for 300,000.”
Han Qiao was still indifferent and didn’t have much interest in this servant girl.
Wanwen immediately went forward to pour water for Han Qiao and fiddled with the charcoal in the brazier. She then asked Han Qiao, “Madam, do you want to prepare hangover soup for Master?”
“Do you know how to cook?” Han Qiao asked.
Wanwen was stunned for a moment. “This servant does not.”
“I thought you would. How about this? Go to the kitchen and bring a bowl over.”
Heng Yi could drink, but not a lot, and he would never get drunk.
He seemed to prefer a few drinks.
He had never been so drunk before.
“Yes,” Wanwen agreed and hurried out of the house. When she saw Heng Yi at the door, she called him sweetly, “This servant Wanwen greets the Master.”
She even dared to look at Heng Yi.
Under the dim lantern, she couldn’t see Heng Yi’s face clearly, but Wanwen knew that her master was tall and mighty.
At such a close distance, her heart couldn’t help but be moved.
Heng Yi looked at the unfamiliar servant girl with confusion.
However, he saw her looking at him like a lovestruck fool. He immediately felt disgusted, “Get lost. Someone else will replace you.”
Wanwen was stunned.
She could not come back to her senses at all.
Heng Yi had already walked into the room.
She cried out in shock, “Master!”
Heng Yi stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her, “If you don’t get lost,
I’ll sell you.”
Wanwen was scared.
She didn’t know why the maids in the manor didn’t work on Heng Yi, but now she knew.
She ran our of the main courtyard in a panic.
Heng Yi entered the room and saw Han Qiao smiling.
“You haven’t chosen anyone you like among the maids?”
“It’s not that they haven’t been chosen. Shulan is the most suitable. Xia He is also not bad. It’s just that Xia He…” Han Qiao paused. “There are still two maids. I’ll still need to take a look at them.”
Wanwen almost cried when she ran back to the servant’s room.
Pucao wanted to ask something, but she glared at her fiercely, scaring her into silence.
Duan Yue was already lying down, but she slowly got up and put on her clothes.
Wanwen was angry and resentful at her calm and composed look. “Do you think Madam will like you just because you look like that? Don’t daydream, you’re not going to get a chance to be a good person!”
Duan Yue looked at Wanwen and sighed softly.
She didn’t have to be a maid.
She felt that Shulan or Xia He would be fitting as the head servant, but seeing Xia He’s dejected appearance after returning, there was an 80% chance that it would not happen.
Then there was only Shulan.
As a maid, Shulan was able to convince the masses.
He was literate, intelligent, meticulous, and efficient.
As for herself…
Duan Yue took a light breath. She was not ready yet..