Chen Ji bid farewell to Chen Lizun and returned to the Silver Apricot Garden, just in time to see a middle-aged man and four maids being blocked outside the door.
The middle-aged man was dressed in a deep blue scholar's robe, and the four maids wore light green jackets and skirts, with ribbons in their hair and plain silver earrings in their ears.
According to Xiao Man, third-class maids in the Chen Mansion were only allowed to wear wooden hairpins, second-class maids could wear at most one silver hairpin, and only first-class maids were permitted to bind their hair with ribbons, tying drooping ear loops, and wearing plain silver earrings.
Only the concubine maid's silver earrings could be adorned with jewels and jade.
The class hierarchy was distinct.
Xiao Man's voice could be heard from afar: "Young master did not tell me about bringing new maids. Arranging maids is possible, but we must wait until my young master returns before making any decisions."
