First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 288: Finding someone to pass on the chapter indirectly

Su Jixiang never wants people who can only make bread, but rather needs complex talents, so she has high hopes for this group of people because their qualifications are there.

There were so many widows of the Black Tiger Army, and the first batch of thirty people selected by Su Jixiang were selected after thorough investigation. Su Jixiang had previously selected ten widows, and after the guarantee and recommendation of these ten people, twenty more people were added. The children of these twenty people have now entered school, and they cherish this opportunity very much. Whether they are here with Su Jixiang or back home, everyone takes what they have learned very seriously.

Liu Xiaojuan is the best learner among these people.

Whether it is baking skills or cultural and arithmetic courses, she is top-notch.

She is also very kindhearted. Now that the children are in school, when it is her turn to cook, she can clean up the house inside and outside, and she also helps plant some flowers and plants in her spare time. Five or six of the twenty people who came later were recommended by her.

Su Jixiang had sent people to investigate, and these people were really as capable and of good character as she said.

The questions on calculating the accounts were asked by Qu Wanning, and they were all about all the financial problems encountered in running Caidiexuan until today.

The cultural questions were set by Xie Yingfeng. They were not difficult, but they were based on daily needs.

Su Jixiang was organizing people to conduct the assessment, while Wei Ling was also conducting daily training in the military camp as normal.

Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu received the news as soon as Wei Ling and Su Jixiang returned to Mangcheng.

They both felt that since there had been so much commotion in the past few days, Wei Ling and his wife should be a little anxious.

As a result, after waiting for five days, Wei Ling and Su Jixiang still didn't come, as if they didn't exist at all.

This made Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu very angry!

After Cui Yushan returned to Lee Garden that day, he went straight to Zheng Wenxiu's place, and Zhao Xiuwan happened to be there too.

Zhao Xiuwan comes to see Zheng Wenxiu every day these days.

Zheng Wenxiu looked down on this and that, but she would still give Zhao Xiuwan some face. After all, Zhao Xiuwan's father was still the governor of Jiangxia, and she was also a very famous noble lady in the capital. Later, she entered the palace and became one of the palace concubines. Although the deposed emperor was gone, she remarried and became the wife of a lieutenant in the border army. However, in Zheng Wenxiu's opinion, among all the ladies of low status in Mangcheng, only Zhao Xiuwan was worth getting.

The reason why Zheng Wenxiu looked up to Zhao Xiuwan was because when they were in Dongdu, their Cheng'enbo Mansion had already fallen into decline, and Zheng Wenxiu's wife was not favored by the deposed emperor, so his daughters could not get a high status in the circle of noble ladies.

Once at a flower-viewing party held by the royal family, Zheng Wenxiu was about to make a fool of herself because of being ostracized by others, but was rescued by Zhao Xiuwan who happened to pass by.

At that time, Zhao Xiuwan was still Zhaoyi, and no one dared to talk too much when she spoke.

In fact, Zhao Xiuwan herself had somewhat forgotten about this matter, and she didn't want to meddle in Zheng Wenxiu's affairs at that time. Even until Zheng Wenxiu arrived in Mangcheng, she didn't know that she had helped the imperial envoy's wife to rescue her, and she didn't even know Zheng Wenxiu.

At the flower-viewing banquet, she only asked someone to scold the noise in the courtyard because it scared her cat. The maids around her scolded the noble ladies who laughed at and ridiculed Zheng Wenxiu. The noble ladies left in disgrace, and Zheng Wenxiu was indirectly saved by Zhao Xiuwan.

Zheng Wenxiu always remembered Zhao Xiuwan's unintentional act.

Not long after arriving in Mangcheng this time, Zheng Wenxiu sent people to find Zhao Xiuwan, and the two of them got together.

As for the Nangong family's lawsuit against Wei Ling, it was Zhao Xiuwan who secretly asked someone to instigate it.

While Zhao Xiuwan instigated the Nangong family, she also indirectly spoke ill of Su Jixiang to Zheng Wenxiu. Only then did Cui Yushan release an official list to collect all kinds of unjust, false and wrong cases in Mangcheng.

He used his status as an imperial envoy and the name of petitioning for the people to try to find more evidence against Wei Ling.

"Hello, Mrs. Qian!" Cui Yushan nodded hurriedly when he saw Zhao Xiuwan there.

Zhao Xiuwan smiled and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency. Today, our store made some beauty-enhancing bird's nest soup, using the finest red swallows, so I sent some over to my sister. What a coincidence that I met you, Your Excellency."

Ever since she got together with Zheng Wenxiu, Zhao Xiuwan would send things to Li Garden every few days.

There were no blood swallows in Mangcheng, so she asked Qian Feng to ask someone to buy them from somewhere else and send them over.

When Zheng Wenxiu heard that Zhao Xiuwan had sent blood swallows, she knew that Zhao Xiuwan had put her heart into it.

"I heard that such good stuff is not sold in Mangcheng. Sister is really capable. She can find such a blood swallow in this desolate place. It is considered top-notch even in Dongdu!" Zheng Wenxiu said with a smile.

Zhao Xiuwan felt so relieved after hearing this. Ever since she left the palace and came to Mangcheng, only after Zheng Wenxiu came in the past few days, she seemed to have regained some of the honor and respect she had received when she was in the Eastern Capital.

So she tried her best to please Zheng Wenxiu.

She didn't want to be the wife of a lieutenant of the frontier army in Mangcheng for the rest of her life! She wanted to leave Mangcheng and return to Dongdu!

Zheng Wenxiu's father is the current Minister of Revenue, a favorite of His Majesty, and Cui Yushan is the nephew of the Queen Mother. Zhao Xiuwan thinks that instead of relying on Qian Feng to help her realize her wish, it is better to rely on Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu.

When Cui Yushan heard his wife praising Zhao Xiuwan again, he smiled and said, "Ever since she arrived in Mangcheng, she only felt more comfortable when Madam Qian was with her." At this point, he thought of Wei Ling and his wife. "Madam Qian, can I ask you something?"

"Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy, just say whatever you want to say. As long as I know something, I will tell it to you." Zhao Xiuwan said.

"What's going on with your general and his wife?" Cui Yushan was not convinced and couldn't help but complain, "They have been back to the busy city for several days, why haven't they come to the mansion yet?"

When Zheng Wenxiu heard this, she glanced at Zhao Xiuwan and said, "Don't worry, my husband. After all, the military and political affairs of Mangcheng are all managed by the general. We are from the capital, and they are coming to see you to give you some face. If they don't come to see you, I'm afraid we will have to visit them first."

The couple sang the same tune, hoping to convey their dissatisfaction to Qian Feng through Zhao Xiuwan, and then to Wei Ling through Qian Feng.

The couple also vaguely felt that Wei Ling and his wife would probably not take the initiative to look for them again!