Hearing this, Cen Xiyan couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Did the old lady think those people weren't hostile enough to her? She was still adding fuel to the fire!

However, she still had a decent smile on her face and replied: "Thank you grandma for your kindness, but Xiyan is really used to eating the food made by my two girls, so there is no need to hire a cook."

"Oh? Really? Really no need?" Mrs. Cen raised her eyebrows and asked again.

"Yes, grandma, you really don't need it." Cen Xiyan confirmed with a smile.

"Well, if that's the case, let's forget it for now." Mrs. Cen took a deep look at Cen Xiyan and nodded with satisfaction. She is not arrogant but knows how to be arrogant. She knows how to use discretion. This is good.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao suddenly interrupted with a smile, "Although the cook, Miss Six, does not need to be sent by the government, there are really too few servants in Jinglan Pavilion. The other servants still have to send some, and Miss Six will follow the other servants.

Let’s allocate the same number of young ladies. Later I will send people to the courtyard of Jinglan Pavilion, and Miss Six will choose the ones she is satisfied with to stay, okay?”

When Mrs. Zhao spoke, she was smiling, cordial and natural, without any depression at all, as if what happened last night had never happened and Mrs. Cen had not punished her in public.

Cen Xiyan raised her brows slightly. She finally understood why Zhao's low position in the Cen Mansion was so special. As a concubine, she held the real power of the Cen Mansion. This was not only because she was from a good background, but also because her father had the advantage.

For reasons such as well, it is not because of how strong her own abilities are. Judging from her performance at the moment, this woman is a person who is very suitable for scheming and fighting for power in the big house.

Cen Xiyan analyzed that what Zhao said now was because he had just made a mistake and wanted to show off in front of Mrs. Cen to restore his image.

Secondly, the servants serving in her yard should have been arranged before she returned home, but now they have not been arranged yet. This is probably one of the signs of power, but at this moment Zhao definitely cannot admit that.

She had a little plan, and she was afraid that someone would bring this matter out, so she explained in disguise that it was not that she didn't make arrangements, but that she wanted to wait for Cen Xiyan to come back and choose her favorite servant!

The third purpose... I probably want to plant people in her yard!

"Well, there are some people missing in Liu Yatou's yard." Mrs. Cen thought for a while, then looked at Cen Xiyan and asked: "Liu Yatou, since you want to send someone to your yard, do you have any ideas?

"

Cen Xiyan knew that according to the rules of a big family, the masters and servants in each courtyard had a certain number of servants to serve. She didn't like that there were too many people in her courtyard and it was too noisy, but she couldn't be too independent.

, she doesn’t want other people to serve her, so it is necessary for her to have new people in her yard, but of course she doesn’t want a bunch of informants to be placed in her yard! Now that the old lady asked her opinion, she

Of course I will take advantage of this opportunity!

"Grandma, aunt, I think there is no need to transfer servants from other places to my courtyard. The servants in the mansion currently have their own positions. If they are transferred to my place, there will be vacancies in other places.

, we will have to buy people at that time, so why not just buy new people from my yard, which will save the people who are transferred from their already familiar positions."

As soon as Cen Xiyan finished speaking, Mrs. Cen and Mrs. Zhao had not waited to speak. The eighth young lady Cen Xifen, who was unruly and hot-tempered, intervened again, and said with a sharp sneer: "Sixth sister is really a big show.

! As soon as I come back, I want to buy a whole yard of servants? That will cost a lot of money!"

Because this Miss Cenba couldn't stand Cen Xiyan, she was selectively deaf at the moment. She didn't even listen to Cen Xiyan's words about transferring servants from other places to her yard, and buying new servants if there was a shortage of people in other positions.

If you just focus on the keywords "buy people", you will obviously find trouble!

Cen Xiyan was a little speechless. Although this little kid is not big, he is not as cute as a little girl of this age should be. This is really not lovable at all, or to put it more bluntly, it is really annoying!

Cen Xiyan glanced at Cen Xifen lightly and was too lazy to pay attention to her. He felt that it was too embarrassing to be as knowledgeable as her!

But Cen Xifen was stimulated by Cen Xiyan's look, her face turned red, her anger was obvious, and she looked like she was about to burst out again.

At this moment, the seventh young lady, Cen Xiqin, also spoke again. She frowned, looked at Cen Xifen, and said: "Eighth sister! What are you talking about? Why don't I understand what you are saying? It will definitely happen in the near future.

Does it make any difference whether you want to buy people, buy new servants to replace the dispatched people, or arrange them directly in Sixth Sister's yard? Doesn't it cost money to buy people in Sixth Sister's yard, but not elsewhere?

Have you spent money? Also, how much money does it cost to buy someone? Is it possible that our noble Zhongyong Hou Mansion doesn’t even have money to buy a few servants, so we have to carefully calculate it? "

"I..." Cen Xifen was immediately choked by Cen Xiqin's words, and his face turned even redder. In the end, he only managed to say, "Seventh sister! You see, my father, mother, and brother are not around. You

bully me!"

Cen Xiqin couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Cen Xifen, "If telling the truth is called bullying you, then I am bullying you!"

"You..." Cen Xifen turned around angrily and complained to Mrs. Cen, "Grandma, look at Seventh Sister!"

"Okay." Mrs. Cen, who had been pretending to be a wooden Buddha since the two sisters quarreled, finally spoke at this moment, "You two sisters, if you are making trouble, please stop saying a few words. It is getting more and more unruly!"

After Mrs. Cen spoke, Cen Xiqin and Cen Xifen did not dare to quarrel anymore. They just glared at each other. One was proud of victory, the other was angry and disobedient. Finally, Cen Xiqin withdrew his gaze and continued to behave well.

Sitting there, pretending to be everyone's lady, Cen Xifen pouted her mouth slightly and was secretly sulking.

Mrs. Cen no longer cared about them, but looked at Mrs. Zhao and asked calmly: "What do you think of Sixth Girl's proposal?"

Zhao was naturally reluctant to buy new people for the courtyard where Cen Xiyan lived. But now when the old lady asked, she couldn't give a strong reason for her objection, so naturally she didn't dare to say "disagree".

He had no choice but to nod his head and said: "Sixth Miss's suggestion is good, just do what Sixth Miss said. After a while, I will ask someone to invite Mrs. Ya to pick someone for Sixth Miss."

"Well, let's do it like this." Mrs. Cen nodded.

Naturally, no one else would have any other opinions.

Cen Xiyan smiled and said to Mrs. Zhao, "It's hard to be an aunt."
Chapter completed!