In the main hall of Qifuxuan, which was specially concerned in the inner courtyard of Situ Mansion, he saw that Lian was sitting on a small pestle, holding the account book in his hand, carefully checking page by page, Situ Ningbing leaned on the wall of the Luohan bed, eating the grapes handed to his mouth by Su Yun, and studying the chess game in his hand. A few housekeepers and grandmothers below stood with their heads bowed, their eyes glancing at the side from time to time, and the huge hall was unusually quiet, only the rustle of the pages of the book.

"Well, that's good. Seeing that Lian finally finished reading a few thick account books, she handed the account books to Hongluan behind her, got up and walked to a few housekeepers and grandmothers, and said: "This month's accounts are finally clearer, and there is no big difference between income and expenditure, and there is no need to play the board that I remembered last month." ”

The hearts of several housekeepers who had been carrying it all the time finally let go, and after breathing a sigh of relief, they all saluted Situ Ningbing, "Thank you, Miss." Then he smiled at the mercy and said, "Thank you, girl." ”

Situ Ningbing focused on the chess game and didn't even raise her eyelids, and when she saw that her eyes swept coldly over the few housekeepers, she suddenly smiled, and those grandmothers were terrified by her smile. "You don't need to hit the board, but next time you sneak out of any moths, you will immediately drag them out and beat them to death!" Seeing that the smile on Pian's face remained unchanged, the words that came out made a few housekeepers and grandmothers tremble involuntarily.

If they had heard this a month ago, they would have thought it was funny, but since Mrs. let the eldest lady learn to be a housekeeper, the rights of the inner courtyard have all been transferred to the hands of the young lady in this month, and the lady is now a hands-off shopkeeper who doesn't care about anything, and the young lady loves to be idle and throws everything to the big girl next to her. This is a powerful person, they secretly concealed from the master that none of the small actions could escape her eyes, Miss obeyed her again, at first they also wanted to squeeze in front of Mrs. to see mercy and say that she was a slave bully to see the young lady's good temperament and lawlessness, Mrs. did call to see pity for this matter and beat her, I don't want Miss to send Mrs. away with two words, see pity is still in the inner courtyard to call the wind and rain, if they haven't seen the pity is the knife in the hand of the young lady, then it will be in vain all these years!

"It's... Miss rest assured that the slaves and maids must be conscientious and do a good job, and they will never dare to steal and play tricks. Several housekeepers and grandmothers responded in unison, but these words were not said to Jianlian but to Situ Ningbing, several grandmothers are smart people who know that the meaning of Jianpian is the meaning of Miss, so although Situ Ningbing has been immersed in studying chess games and doesn't seem to hear their conversation, but several grandmothers don't dare to really treat her as not zài.

Situ Ningbing ate the grapes handed over by Su Yun, the grapes paid tribute by Tubo were clear in color, and the entrance was excellent, although they lost a little freshness after a long journey, but there were not many of the crystal grapes in the palace that Tubo tributed, and Situ Ningbing was the first one here. Tasting the sweet and refreshing grapes, Situ Ningbing once again felt that there was a mortal enemy who always cared about you with false affection, which was finally a blessing in misfortune. Slowly finished eating a grape, Situ Ningbing finally turned his gaze from the chess game to the few grandmothers standing below, his eyes slowly swept them, and the scalps of the few grandmothers who looked straight at him were numb, so he waved his hand and said lightly: "Go down." As if they had been pardoned, a few grandmothers bowed respectfully and hurriedly withdrew from Qifuxuan.

Duguxiu, who had been sitting silently, waited until the grandmothers had walked away before looking at Situ Ningbing and said with admiration on her face: "My cousin is really amazing, I have only been a family member for a month, and I have trained these inner court stewards to be obedient." A few days ago, Mrs. Situ chatted with the Yang family, and when she talked about the housekeeper, Mrs. Situ thought about her brother's thoughts, so she casually mentioned that Duguxiu should follow her daughter to learn housekeeping. The Yang family has always had a response to Duguxiu in his heart, and he has raised her as his own daughter on the surface over the years, but secretly he has done a lot of tricks, so that a great beauty like Duguxiu who has captivated the country and the city has no talent other than embroidery, and as for the housekeeper, she will not be contaminated at all. For Mrs. Situ's suggestion, the Yang family originally wanted to refuse, but she couldn't think of any high-sounding reasons, and Duguxiu's life experience was a terrible secret, and she didn't dare to show too much, which made Mrs. Situ suspicious, so she had no choice but to respond.

So, Duguxiu has come over every day in the past few days, Qifuxuan and Situ Ningbing listened to the affairs together, although Situ Ningbing was too lazy to pay attention to the trivial matters in the inner courtyard, but considering the future plan, he instructed the two nurturing grandmothers around him to mention Duguxiu from time to time, so that she could understand the twists and turns between the women in the inner courtyard. The two grandmothers are both old people from the palace, and it is bad luck to meet a master like Situ Ningbing, and heroes are useless. Duguxiu is just a little shy, but she is a very smart and sensitive girl in her bones, many times the two grandmothers only say half of what she understands, although it is only a few days, Duguxiu has grown a lot.

Situ Ningbing looked at this cousin, who was becoming more and more like the daughter of the family, and smiled slightly: "It's not me who is powerful, it's pity." ”

"No matter how capable she is, her cousin has taught her well, how can there be such a powerful girl around ordinary ladies and misses? Duguxiu's days in Situ Mansion are not short, and she has been in contact with this cousin for a while, and she knows a little bit about Situ Ningbing's methods. The tiger wolf is terrible, but the person who can drive the wolf and tame the tiger is truly terrifying!

Situ Ningbing glanced at the pity and said half-truthfully: "That's because she has a bad fate and meets a lazy master like me, so she can only be diligent." Saying that, he winked at Duguxiu and teased: "If you want to be lazy in the future, you can push things to the people below to do, and you don't have to worry too much about doing well, you will be rewarded and punished if you don't do well.

Duguxiu heard what she said, and after being stunned, her eyes became a little gloomy after reacting, but she still tried her best to smile at Situ Ningbing as casually as possible, "Thank you cousin for mentioning it, Xiu'er knows." ”

Situ Ningbing saw the changes in her eyes, she couldn't see anything on her face, but her heart sank slightly, she was too lazy to pay attention to the affairs of the inner courtyard, but it didn't mean that she didn't know. Duguxiu is soft and gentle, and she is also polite to her subordinates, but she is not on the same stage as Ding Yiqing, although she hides it well, and even Ding Yiqing herself has no feeling for her hostility, but Situ Ningbing found in their few encounters that this gentle and timid cousin always hides needles when facing Ding Yiqing. At first, she didn't understand where Duguxiu's inexplicable hostility came from, until one time when the three of them sat together and chatted, the eldest brother and the second brother came to Mingzhu Yuan with a few ancient books found from the antique store in the West Market. Ding Yiqing has a bold temperament and has the idea of getting her eldest brother back to be her brother-in-law, since they met in the middle of the year, she has been very attentive to her eldest brother, and the people in the house have already seen it, but that time she inadvertently saw Duguxiu's eyes, and looked at Ding Yiqing around her eldest brother, the eyes of this supple and well-behaved cousin were like a quenched knife!

Situ Ningbing couldn't help but have a headache, with Duguxiu's intelligence and sensitivity, even if her uncle didn't tell her, she should guess the purpose of coming out of Chang'an City, so she also had thoughts about her brother that she shouldn't have, but I'm afraid it's not a worry-free. I hope she can figure it out and don't ruin herself on the spur of the moment.