Qi'er's injury was taken care of and finally healed. She knew she couldn't stay long, but how could she get the Netherworld Lotus if she left like this? It was difficult to enter Gongsun Yu's dormitory, so he thought he had to stay in the house.
Qi'er thought for a long time and wondered if she could go to Yi'anju and work as a cleaning slave? Although he didn't like to abuse himself like this, he thought about it for a long time and decided to go to Gongsun Yu shamelessly for his own purpose. He said that he had no money to eat and wanted to make a living in the house. He cried pitifully.
Gongsun Yu knew that she was pretending, and it was hard to interrupt him when he saw her pretending so hard. Let Luan Yue give Qi'er two hundred taels of silver.
Qi'er is not doing it for money at all. "Although I am a beggar, I don't eat the food that comes to me. If I go out, that little Lou Xiping will definitely find someone to kill me. Mr. Yu, please don't save me until you die!"
Gongsun Yu pretended not to know and asked, "How do you know he will send people to kill you?"
Qi'er was about to speak when he suddenly stopped and said to himself, "If I say that Lou Xiping sent someone to kill me last time, how could I escape because I don't know kung fu? I can't let him know that there are people from Gufengtang around me. The last assassination attempt The new emperor was Gufengtang's assassination. The all-knowing Secret Council may have leaked the news to Gongsun Yu a long time ago. Although Yuzhu did not participate, there is no way to get rid of the involvement. No, it cannot be said that Lou Xiping sent someone to kill him. I."
Qi'er hesitated and said, "No, I just guessed that he would not let me go if he was so narrow-minded."
Gongsun Yu knew that Qi'er deliberately concealed Yuzhu's affairs, and also knew that she would definitely leave after she recovered from her injury, but he was afraid that she would be hurt again, and for some reason he did not want her to leave. He said softly, "If you have nowhere to rely on, you can Live forever.”
"You will be punished if you eat and drink for free. Do you think I am a beggar and know nothing? I can work. I can do any rough and tiring work. How about you let me serve you?" he said as an excuse. Thinking of the situation in the TV series I watched before, wasn't it that a certain hero saved a poor girl, and the poor girl repaid the favor by becoming a maid? This time it will be better than this.
One glance at Qi'er's delicate hands revealed that she had never done any work at all. I always thought she had an agenda. I knew she had something hidden, but I didn't know what it was.
Gongsun Yu looked at Qi'er doubtfully for a long time. Did she really have any premeditation? Thinking of how many times she tried to sneak into Yi'anju without success. Is it really for Netherworld Lotus? What does she want Netherworld Lotus for? How can an ordinary girl open the powerful and mysterious Nether Lotus?
Seeing that Gongsun Yu had been thinking for a long time and was silent, Qi'er deliberately said pitifully: "They say that people who practice Buddhism are kind-hearted. You can't just die without saving him, right?"
Luan Yue said, "Qi'er, who are you talking about who are cultivators of Buddhism?"
Qi'er looked at Gongsun Yu and Luan Yue in surprise and said, "If you don't practice Buddhism, why should you read the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra?"
Gongsun Yu thought that few people in the country knew that Sanskrit scripture, but Qi'er actually knew it. He was a little surprised and asked, "How do you know this scripture?"
Qi'er said casually, "Not only do I know, I can also memorize it."
Before Qi'er, my grandfather believed in Buddhism and often listened to Buddhist music, which influenced him from an early age. Also because modern music has integrated many scriptures into songs, even Qi'er who is not a believer will naturally memorize them.
Gongsun Yu hesitated for a while and said slowly, "If you can memorize it, I will consider letting you stay as a translator. If you help translate, I will reward you heavily."
It sounds good. You can stay in Gongsun Mansion. Qi'er nodded and asked, "Where can I translate it?"
"Bo Yunxuan."
At most, the translator is in Boyunxuan, and Nether Lotus is in Yi'anju. A translator can't go to someone else's dormitory, right? What's the point of staying?
Qi'er thought about it and said deliberately, "I can't write, why don't you let me stay and serve you?"
Gongsun Yu couldn't believe his ears. Someone was actually willing to be a servant? What's more, for a person with Qi'er's personality, she would never be willing to be a servant. There must be some purpose for her to compromise like this.
Qi'er saw Gongsun Yu looking at him in confusion, and immediately explained, "Just like Luan Yue, he knows kung fu and can help you with the outside. I can bring tea and water to help you take care of the housework, and help you translate by the way."
Gongsun Yu didn't know why Qi'er said that, and stared at her coldly.
Qi'er added, "I heard that the Paramita Heart Sutra is the most suitable for cultivating one's moral character and your temperament."
Gongsun Yu was surprised after hearing this. He was worried that he could not find a suitable translator. This was naturally a good thing. He half-believed and half-questioned, "This is a gift from a monk from abroad. There are not many copies in the country. You can actually recite it?"
Qi'er said seriously, "I can really memorize it."
Gongsun Yu didn't believe it and coldly said in a commanding voice, "Come back and listen!"
Qi'er actually felt a little unhappy when he heard this and said, "I'll carry it if you ask me to?"
Gongsun Yu didn't answer and looked at Qi'er coldly.
Qi'er hated being forced to memorize by others, just like she was once forced to memorize essays by her parents and teachers, but she couldn't let herself go. Although she was not convinced, she sighed secretly in her heart and asked nicely, "If I can memorize, will you keep me by your side?" "
Gongsun Yu still didn't answer.
Qi'er was a little angry and said, "The maids in Gongsun Mansion are very demanding, and I'm not bad either. If you don't agree, I'll leave." He pretended to leave.
Gongsun Yu still refused and was thinking about something.
As Qi'er walked, she secretly scolded Gongsun Yu, "You sister, how dare you look down on me?" But Gongsun Yu still didn't speak. Qi'er had already reached the threshold, but he stepped back and smiled at Gongsun Yu.
Gongsun Yu already liked this unruly girl. Although I don’t know much about her, I have always suspected her identity! She is the first person so far who has been unable to find out her past and present lives. Especially her self-confidence without anger, which is a trait that many girls don't have. But she is willing to lower her status?
Gongsun Yu deliberately tried and said, "There is no need for anyone else in the house, but I do need a maid to serve in bed. If she is by my side, she only has this job."
Even though Gongsun Yu knew that Qi'er had no intention of becoming a maid, deep down in his heart he still wanted to dominate her life and wanted to know what her bottom line was.
Qi'er knew from the name that it was not a good thing. The superior conditions of Gongsun Mansion were naturally a great benefit to the girls in the mansion, but it was embarrassing for her. At that time, men were superior to women, especially when it came to power.
Qi'er was so shocked that he didn't speak for a long time. He thought for a long time before he found a suitable reason. "Now is the period of national mourning. You are an important minister appointed by the new emperor. How can you not avoid suspicion? It is not good to spread the word."
Gongsun Yu said calmly, "I'm just looking for a maid to sleep with, and it's not like I'm marrying a wife or having a concubine. What's wrong with that?"
"Gongsun Yu has a distinguished family and is a talented person. He has also reached the age of marrying a wife. The girls in the boudoir who are attracted to him all want to marry that handsome man in the eyes of thousands of people. It has been rumored that Gongsun Yu does not like women, and he is even more perfect. His image in the minds of those girls. Some said he was ill and was suspected, and he said he was not close to women and was perfect. It sounds contradictory, right? So the opinions were mixed.
Maybe it’s because it’s better to be lacking than to be extravagant. In this era of wives and concubines, even if a man gets married late, he will show some kind of behavior before marriage, right? For example, if he has a wife or concubine... the rumors outside are not good for Gongsun Yu. Could it be that he found a maid to sleep with him to avoid rumors? It turned out that he was not flirtatious with women, and outsiders even suspected that he was ill... But Netherworld Lotus lives in Yi'anju, and Yi'anju is where Gongsun Yu rests..." Qi'er secretly made various guesses but was not sure.
"A maid serving in bed?" Qi'er looked at Gongsun Yu with a slightly red face, unable to hide his embarrassment and shock. He hesitated and said, "I can't achieve such a high-level position. An ordinary maid can do it."
"Do you know the location of the maid?"
"Isn't it just serving tea and pouring water, cleaning tables and chairs?" He said as an excuse. In fact, he knew something about it. It was a slave life with no freedom, and people nowadays can't understand it at all.
"Do you think you can do whatever you want?"
Looking at Gongsun Yu's arrogant expression, she really wanted to turn around and leave, but she secretly said in her mind, "No, just bear with it, Netherworld Lotus still has to count on Gongsun Yu." She clenched her fists and tried to force a smile, "She's just a maid. It’s not like I’m your concubine.”
"Concubines are in business, but maids are cheap."
"How come I'm involved in the business?" She whispered in shock, imagining that everything in the TV series was a lie?
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"You... don't know?" I asked in disbelief.
"I just want to be an ordinary maid." She explained angrily. In fact, Qi'er wanted to beat Gongsun Yu, so she clenched her fists.
Suddenly it occurred to me that my parents had tried so hard to please the teacher because of the mistakes they had made, so that the teacher would not embarrass their daughter? Qi'er's heart suddenly felt as uncomfortable as being tied up with a rope. She realized how difficult it was for her parents, and she longed to return to her parents. Only Nether Lotus was there to return to her parents.
Taking a deep breath to calm down, knowing that this was the only chance, Qi'er was struggling to think of how to agree. But why can't I say this? Where has the rogue behavior gone? I was struggling inside.
Gongsun Yu saw from Qi'er's shock that she was embarrassed and even a little shy and aggrieved. Or did he deliberately say, "Where is my maidservant who can come whenever he wants?" The coldness in his words was very arrogant.
After hearing this, Qi'er felt an inexplicable anger in her heart. She gritted her teeth and secretly scolded Gongsun Yu: "Damn it, your sister, you've given me face, haven't you? A maid still dislikes me? You think I'm willing, bah!"
I cursed ten thousand times in my heart, but still smiled: "Isn't it easy to serve tea and pour water? Or give me a probation period! If it's not suitable, I can leave on my own?"
Gongsun Yu knew that the purpose of her lowering the conditions was to enter the mansion, and Netherworld Lotus lived in Yi'an. If the maids who served in bed were all above board, would Qi'er really do it for Netherworld Lotus? Is her purpose a conspiracy? Cautiously watching Qi'er pondering. Deliberately asking "Do you know what a bed maid is?"
Qi'er deliberately turned around and said, "I just serve tea and pour water and organize the desk."
Gongsun Yu knew that she was crooked and said coldly, "This is just one of them, there are others."
Qi'er pretended not to know, "Doing laundry and cooking, oh! By the way, I cook delicious food."
Of course Gongsun Yu knew that she was not answering, so he deliberately said, "Nothing else?"
"What else is there? Mr. Yu is a great man, how can he still make things difficult for me, a little girl?" Seeing that Gongsun Yu was silent, he suddenly thought that he played the piano very well, and deliberately said, "Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi are both good at playing the piano." , a good listener. We have never cooperated before, but it does not mean that we do not have the same tacit understanding. I also know music very well. By the way, Mr. Yu, let me play you a Buddhist song. Although it is during the national mourning period, Buddhist music is helpful. Purify the soul and save the souls of the dead." Seeing that Gongsun Yu still didn't answer, he asked flatteringly, "How about memorizing a scripture?"
Gongsun Yu still looked at her coldly, and Qi'er stared at Gongsun Yu with slightly angry eyes. After cursing him ten thousand times in his heart, he had to praise him twice. It is true that the sound of a horse brings a thousand taels of gold.
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, saw that the five aggregates are empty, and survived all the hardships. Relics, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color..." Qi'er recited skillfully, sometimes It also has a bit of a tune. Qi'er memorized the entire text in one breath.
Luan Yue was surprised and said, "This was given to the young master by a monk from abroad. Not to mention that the people in the house didn't know what it was after reading it. I'm afraid there are not many people in the country who know what that book is. Qi'er, you just glanced at it and you actually knew it was a scripture." I can still carry it.”
Gongsun Yu is still surprised that she can actually memorize it? Who is she? I am also worried that I cannot find a suitable translator. I heard that Qi'er recited it very smoothly just now, and I felt a little bit greedy in my heart.
Seeing Gongsun Yu staring at him in confusion, thinking about how he got along with Gongsun Yu in the past, he felt uneasy. What if Gongsun Yu didn't agree? Trying to think of a solution.
Gongsun Yu did not express his feelings. Luan Yue next to her already knew that Gongsun Yu liked her, so she naturally wanted him to agree. But when Gongsun Yu didn't say anything, he became anxious.
Gongsun Yu asked Luan Yue to bring his piano and asked Qi'er to play it, saying, "Whether I can stay depends on your music."
Qi'er felt a little unhappy. If I had told you earlier, would I have memorized the scriptures in vain? Helpless, now I have to ask for help.
