After Yuan Xiang left, the mansion of the political envoy seemed to be no different from before, and only the people who served the masters in the inner courtyard knew that the mansion had actually undergone great changes.

Gu Chao, who loved to dress up brightly in the past, seemed to have lost interest in clothes and jewelry. The end of the year is the season with the most entertainment, and she doesn't pay attention to it at all, except for going to the old lady to say goodbye every morning and evening, she hardly goes out of Chaoyun Courtyard.

Yuan Zheng didn't know if it was because he was too busy with business, it was difficult to see him in the inner courtyard, and it was difficult for the old lady to come to the house, but she was a quiet person, and the weather was getting colder, so she didn't often come out and walk.

Only Doudou, who has just entered the house, is very lively and active, and her small figure can be seen everywhere in the garden, on the rockery, and by the lake.

The residence of the political envoy covers an area very broad, there are many empty yards, and there are few masters in the house, Yuan Zheng chose a courtyard near the lake to be the residence of Doudou, although it is not as spacious and luxurious as the Xiangyi Courtyard, but the scenery is particularly beautiful, a row of weeping willows by the lake is curling, a few tang pears in the courtyard, every time the flowers bloom like snow, it is beautiful.

The courtyard has not been inhabited since it was built, and there is no inscription, and before the title of the champion is born, Doudou found a small wooden plaque by himself, learned the appearance of other courtyards, and gave his yard a name - Doudouju.

The Doudou character is already poorly written, let alone the big characters. The three words were written crookedly, and finally ran to his father and begged him to write it again, but Yuan Zheng was still made to cry and laugh by the name of the hospital she insisted on.

There are hundreds of servants in the Yuan Mansion, not all of them are the master's henchmen, and most of Doudou's identity is not clear. It is inevitable that there are many subordinates who don't know the truth, and they have a lot of discussions about the origin of the second girl who suddenly appeared.

Fortunately, Doudou's appearance was there, and those people didn't dare to think about it, but it was obvious that Madame didn't like this second girl very much.

So another saying spread among the people, the second girl and the eldest girl were destined to restrain each other, and as soon as she was born, she was sent outside to raise, or how could she be sent away again as soon as she came back?

Doudou is young, and she has never lived in the house, so she doesn't know how to reward her subordinates to win people's hearts, Zhao's mother is not much better than her, and she has limited money in hand, even those who reward all the people in the house may not be able to look at it.

Zhujun is not, although he is only thirteen years old, he has grown up beside the old lady since he was a child, and Mother Wu has worked hard to train them as maids, and she knows these things in the house very well, and when she saw that those people treated the girl slowly, she took a moment to come to the old lady's yard.

The old lady wanted to take Doudou back to Zhuangzi after Yuan Xiang left, but seeing that her son's house was too deserted, and thinking that Doudou had just recognized his parents, he should also cultivate his feelings, so she promised Yuan Zheng to stay longer.

Zhujun walked into Bairui Hall with Mei Xiang, and saw that the old lady had just gotten up from her lunch break, and Wu's mother was waiting for her to comb her hair, so she stood aside in a regular manner and did not dare to disturb her.

The old lady saw from the bronze mirror that she wanted to speak and stopped, picked up a hosta and gestured on her head, and said, "Zhujun girl, is it okay in Sister Yuan's house?"

"Back to the old lady, everything has been arranged, and the girl is very satisfied with the yard. It's just ......" Zhujun knew that Xie Fu, the chief steward of the house, and his wife were both old lady's people, but he still didn't dare to say it too bluntly.

"It's not easy for people to call?" said the old lady and motioned to Mother Wu to insert the hairpin for her, "This is nothing new, there are a few slaves in every house." Sister Yuan is young, and the Zhao Si family has nothing to do, it is inevitable to encounter these things, it is easy for me to come forward to solve them, but they will never grow up. ”

"Then the slave maid is going to remind Mother Zhao a few words?" Zhujun whispered.

The old lady pondered for a moment and said: "Sister Yuan, they came in a hurry this time, Hui Niang must not be able to take care of the comprehensive arrangements, presumably the Zhao Sijia must not have prepared this piece of silver to reward the next person." ”

Mother Wu understood and said: "Old lady, why don't you take some broken silver for Zhujun, let her do it a few times in front of the second girl and the Zhao family, and give a few more words in private, with the second girl's cleverness, she will soon be able to figure it out." ”

The old lady smiled: "The solution is not bad, but we really can't guess what Sister Yuan thinks, Zhujun will do what Aunt Cui said first!"

"Yes. Zhujun and Wu's mother retreated.

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Yuan Zheng's recent refusal to return to the inner courtyard is really not because he is having trouble with Gu Chao, nor is it because he is so busy with business in the yamen that he can't even take care of his family, but there has been frequent news in the capital recently.

He was the son of the Hou Mansion, and after being the champion, he stayed in the Hanlin Academy for a few years, and he was bold and sociable, although he had been away from Beijing for nearly ten years, Cheng Dù, who was well-connected and well-informed in Beijing, was not inferior to his eldest brother Hou Yuanjing of Jingnan.

Recent news confirms that his original judgment was completely correct, and the emperor's preferred heir is not the deposed prince Yu Wenhao, let alone those kings of Cheng, Wei, Zhao, and Han...... There has always been only one prince that the old man fancies, and that is King Yu Wenzhao of Jin!

Yuan Zheng threw the secret letter he had just received on the table, leaned on the back of the chair with his hands in his hands and squinted his eyes comfortably, deep down he was not unhappy, because he had already seen this clearly when he was eighteen years old, and the expected prince was none other than Yu Wenzhao.

However...... What can you do if you figure it out? Since ancient times, the people in the royal family have not recognized their six relatives for the dragon chair, and the people of the Yuwen family are also ruthless, and Yuwen Zhao is even more of the best, although he has the best friendship with himself among the princes, however, once he becomes the emperor, where will he put himself?

Let alone...... There is also the Jin princess Pei Tingyu, once the Jin king ascends the throne, she will be the queen, where should Yuan'er go?

Yuan Zheng frowned, but it was just about the princess of Jin, so she didn't dare to say it too clearly in the letter, but now this matter is unsolvable.

With His Majesty's temper, since he has decided to establish a prince, there will inevitably be a big move in the court, and the most important thing is to think about the retreat first, and get through the first few years before King Jin ascends the throne.

"Master, master......" He was thinking about it, and the voice of Xiaowu Qing'er came from outside.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Yuan Zheng didn't move, only opened his eyes slightly, what big deal could the little guys have.

I saw Qing'er, whose little face was running red, pushed the door in, panting and said, "Master, Mama Jin is back!"