Prince's Mansion. The prince listened to Hei San's report on the news coming out of the palace while rummaging through the treasury. He talked with Grandpa Guo in the Zhenguo Mansion and knew that Feng Ling's birthday was approaching. I thought about preparing a gift for my fiancée.

Steward Zhang followed behind the crown prince, who was left behind by the prince's mother, Empress Zhang. Steward Zhang is the son of the Zhang family, named Zhang Sheng, and his great-grandparents have followed the Zhang family.

The prince's maternal ancestor was once the prince's concubine, named Zhang Wenbo, he was knowledgeable and upright, did not form a party for personal gain, and won the respect of the emperor.

The current emperor was still a fourth prince who was not valued by the emperor at that time, and the smartest thing the current emperor did at that time was to marry Zhang Wenbo's concubine as the princess. The princess gave birth to a son a year later - Jinghong. Jing Hong was taught to be smart and clever by the princess since he was a child, and won the heart of the first emperor, so the first emperor named the current emperor as the crown prince and Jing Hong as the grandson.

Now he has the throne because he gave birth to a good son. It's something that makes him proud, and it's something that makes him angry. This complicated feeling, which he couldn't figure out himself, tormented him like he was sick. So he hated the prince and alienated the prince. Out of sight, you will only remember the good things and forget the unpleasant things.

The prince's maternal ancestor was too old and wanted to return to his roots, so he resigned and returned to his hometown, and when he left, he left Steward Zhang in the courtyard of the Zhang family to manage the grange and business left by the Zhang family for Queen Zhang.

At the age of twelve, the prince moved from the palace to the prince's mansion, and Steward Zhang entered the prince's mansion and carefully managed all the prince's affairs.

Steward Zhang saw that the prince was walking around the treasury and didn't know what to find, so he asked the master: "What object does Your Highness want to find and who to give it to?"

The prince said: "The crown princess will be born on her thirteenth birthday in two days, and I want to find something for her." ”

Steward Zhang was overjoyed when he heard that the prince was going to find a gift for the princess, and hurriedly led Jinghong to a large sandalwood carved cabinet, opened the door of the large cabinet, and the cabinet was more than one person high, and all kinds of brocade boxes were placed from top to bottom. When you open a box, you will find a full set of jewelry, including ruby, sapphire, jadeite, tourmaline ....... The prince was dazzled, he didn't know that there were so many jewels in the treasury of the prince's mansion.

Steward Zhang saw that the master was puzzled, and explained carefully: "Some of these jewelry are handed down by the Zhang family, some are married by the Xie family, some are the dowry of the mother, and some are made by the queen herself by the internal affairs government...... Listening to Mama Zhang, Niangniang used to keep these jewelry for her daughter-in-law. ”

The Xie family that Guan Guan Zhang said was Jinghong's maternal grandmother. Mama Zhang is the queen's dowry maid and a family child. The queen let her out of the palace to get married, gave birth to a child, and then returned to the prince's mansion, and now manages the inner courtyard of the prince's mansion.

The crown prince nodded: "Okay, when the crown princess marries, these will be given to her." He thought that Feng Ling liked to wear red clothes, so he chose a set of ruby jewelry. After thinking about it, he said, "Is there any weapon suitable for women?" ”

Steward Zhang was surprised: "The crown princess can also do kung fu?"

The prince smiled: "It's very powerful, I'm afraid a few people won't be able to get close to her." Lone's martial arts may not be as good as hers. ”

Steward Zhang was surprised, delighted and worried: Kung Fu is good enough to protect himself and protect the prince, but if the princess quarrels with the prince in the future, will she hurt the prince?......

The prince looked at him in a daze: "You hurry up and find something, why are you in a daze?"

Steward Zhang was a good servant who was bent on thinking about his master, and he quickly told the prince about his joy and worries. The prince laughed when he heard this: "You think too much, why do you want to fight with her? Gu respects her and loves her and lets her, and she will naturally know my good." ”

"Didn't marrying the crown princess let her serve her master, why should you be so nice to her?" he muttered to himself.

The crown prince didn't want to pay attention to him, but he was afraid that he would be eager to protect the lord, and if there was a rift with the crown princess, it would be difficult for him. Then he said: "My wife is going to hurt when I marry, if you are good to others, they will be good to you, and you have to pay as much as you want." ”

"If you marry a wife, you will have a family. ”

The butler was sad to hear this. Since the queen left, the little master has been living a life where no one loves him. was disgusted by his father and was assassinated by his stepmother......

Steward Zhang patted the prince's chest and promised that he would respect the princess in the future and never neglect her.

The prince comforted him: "Don't worry, the daughter taught by the Zhenguo Mansion is of good character, and there will be nothing you worry about." ”

Steward Zhang found a few weapons suitable for women: a long whip made of cow tendon with a ruby sapphire inlaid on the handle, which was a tribute from the grassland. A small dagger, sharpened like clay. A soft sword that can be used as a belt. A small bow and arrow, which contained a dozen or so arrows, and the arrows were smeared with poison.

The prince thought about it and found a big box and put it all in: "I don't know what she likes, I'll give it all to her." ”

He continued: "The day after tomorrow, I will go to the Zhenguo Mansion, you will sort out a gift list, and the Prince's Mansion will make a dowry by itself." The royal family is not afraid of embarrassment, and the dowry is shabby. ”

Steward Zhang asked, "Where is the side concubine?"

The prince said, "Don't pay attention to it, just open your mouth to eat." ”

Steward Zhang had a question that he couldn't understand, so he took this opportunity to open his mouth and ask the prince: "Master, the concubine in the eldest princess's mansion can marry a slightly wealthy family as a wife, why should she be a side concubine to the prince's mansion?"

The side concubine can go to the royal jade, but she is still a concubine after all.

"Hehe......" The prince has been in a good mood recently, so he patiently said to Steward Zhang: "This is what the queen meant, the Zhenguo Mansion had a feud with the Eldest Princess's Mansion before, and the concubine of the Zhenguo Mansion is the crown princess, so she let the concubine of the Eldest Princess's Mansion be a lonely side concubine, and she wants the prince's mansion to be restless." ”

"The eldest princess has gone through three dynasties, don't you understand this?"

"The eldest princess has gained greater benefits, and her eldest granddaughter is the concubine of King Shun. What is it to sacrifice a concubine? ”

Steward Zhang shook his head and said, "Concubine Fang is also a poor person, who was sacrificed by the family. ”

"Don't use sympathy, she has to abide by the rules, the prince's mansion doesn't send her, she doesn't follow the rules, hmph, I don't care whose granddaughter she is. ”

"I know it below. Steward Zhang said respectfully.

The prince stared at him: "Steward Zhang is an old man in the house, and he knows that the rules in the house have the final say, the front yard listens to the lonely, and the back house listens to the princess." ”

Steward Zhang hesitated for a while: "But, the crown princess is only thirteen years old, can she take care of the back house of the prince's mansion?"

The prince strode out of the treasury and walked towards the study, and Steward Zhang followed closely behind with a few trotters with the gift box.

Walking into the study, the prince sat at the table and wrote a sticker, while saying: "Nothing is innate, the princess is small but smart, and she will quickly learn to manage the back house." When the time comes, after the crown princess gets married, you and Mama Zhang will help the princess more. You can tell Mama Zhang about this later, and she will know how to do it. ”

Steward Zhang put down his things and took the order.