The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not too high, and the houses allocated by the state capitals to officials at all levels were mainly practical, and if you wanted to live more exquisitely, you had to buy them separately.

Many officials from poor backgrounds, before becoming officials, their families were already surrounded by four walls in order to provide for them to participate in the imperial examination, and the rest of the family belongings were able to fill the mansions allocated by the government with extravagant hopes, not to mention taking out money to buy houses in the local area, not to mention that the officials had to leave as soon as their term of office expired, and it was not cost-effective to buy a house.

And a person like Yuan Zheng who is from a high-born family is completely different, especially when he married a famous lady with a rich dowry like Gu Chao, and the couple did not lack that bit of silver at all, so no matter where they went to work for more than ten years, they would choose a house that they were satisfied with, and they would only move in after inviting someone to carefully design and arrange it.

Yuanfu has been in Hangzhou for nine years, not to mention the master, even the maids and servants have long been accustomed to the rich and elegant mansion, many of them are still natives of Hangzhou Mansion, I heard that the lord was demoted, in addition to being worthless for the second master, more for their own future is afraid.

On the one hand, it is difficult to leave the homeland, whether the lord will buy such a big house when he goes to Qingzhou, whether he needs so many subordinates, and whether they should go to Shandong with the lord or find another place? These are all questions that have to be considered, and some people in the Yuan Mansion are panicked for a while.

Compared with other courtyards, the maids in Doudou Ju are another kind of nervousness, not for the sake of going to Shandong, after all, there are not many of them, either they are playing children and following the girl, or they are the old lady's people, so naturally the masters will follow wherever they go.

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the girl suddenly disappeared, and suddenly returned the next day, which made the girls of all ages unbearable. In the past few days, I haven't been able to do anything, and I'm staring at Doudou almost nicely, for fear that the girl's kung fu will disappear in the blink of an eye.

The consequence of their nervousness is that Miss Doudou's life is sad, and the original life in the house has nothing to do with freedom, and now it is even more depressed, even if she takes a nap, there are at least two maids staring at her.

In the inner courtyard, she couldn't stay any longer, so she simply went to the outer courtyard to talk to her father? Who knew that going to the outer courtyard would not stop! In recent years, she has gone to the outer courtyard to study, and usually only takes two of them to pick green and mulberry, but today she was just about to go out, and seven or eight maids and hulala all followed, and she couldn't get rid of them if she wanted to.

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Yuan Zheng, who had just returned home, also had a headache, he remembered that he had seriously talked to Gu Chao a few years ago, even if Yu Wenzhao took the throne, his official position would be smaller and smaller, but this was definitely temporary, and he promised that she would not suffer with Yuan Xiang, but why didn't she listen to it at all, and couldn't understand the intention of His Majesty today?

Gu Chao looked like he was going to die or live, he was really annoyed, and after a few casual explanations with her, he returned to the study in the outer courtyard again, the affairs of Zhejiang need to be handed over immediately, and the things that go to Shandong to take office must also be arranged, where does he have so much time and energy to accompany Gu Chao to make trouble.

Several of Yuan Zheng's staff members all gathered in the outer study, Emperor Xuande's hand was expected by everyone, fortunately, his old man was merciful, and chose such a place as Qingzhou, although it is not as rich as Jiangnan, but it is much closer to Gyeonggi than Zhejiang, and once the new emperor ascends the throne, it will be more convenient to act.

Several people discussed for more than an hour, until Yuan Zheng explained all the affairs, and the gentlemen all dispersed to do their own things, and the little maid Kang'er dared to bring Doudou, who had been waiting outside for a long time, into the study.

If you want to put aside the past, where did Doudou have such a rule, gentlemen are common, and there is nothing to avoid, but today she knows that her father and gentlemen have important things to discuss, which is different from everyone discussing a few political affairs in their leisure time on weekdays, she is not suitable to be present and should not interject.

Yuan Zheng leaned back on the chair all his body, and after not seeing him for a few months, his second daughter became more and more beautiful and transcendent, looking at the smile rippling on Doudou's lips, all his labor and tension were swept away. Unconsciously, the little guy who was so clever that his brain throbbed had faintly the appearance of a big girl, and at this moment he was full of pride and pride that my family had a girl who had just grown up!

"Yuan'er, come and help Daddy read these official documents, and I will close my eyes and recuperate. Yuan Zheng beckoned to Doudou, who had just entered the door, and closed his eyes slightly.

Whenever Yuan Zheng felt that his eyes were sore, he would always ask Doudou to help, sometimes he would read some official letters and letters, sometimes he would recite his favorite poems and songs, and then the boring words would seem to have become splendid articles through Doudou's sweet voice.

"Daddy-" Doudou walked over and pinched Yuan Zheng's shoulder, and deliberately dragged out his voice: "I am no longer a political envoy of Zhejiang, what kind of official documents are you still reading, you should take this opportunity to rest for a few days, although from now on you will be a four-grade prefect, and there will be no less things to worry about." ”

Yuan Zheng didn't have the slightest bit of decadence in her tone, not at all like Gu Chao, who didn't give up when he heard that he was demoted, and he was very relieved, and sure enough, he personally taught Yuan'er in the past few years, although he was still young, his knowledge was already extraordinary.

"Yuan'er, Daddy was demoted several levels for no reason, don't you feel wronged, don't you feel uncomfortable? From now on, you will only be the daughter of the fourth-grade prefect, and you will no longer be the daughter of the feudal official. Although he understood that the second daughter would never be so short-sighted, Yuan Zheng still wanted to hear her thoughts.

The smile on Doudou's face became even bigger, "Daddy, don't be funny, this is obviously the emperor's majesty playing tricks, wanting the new emperor to show favor to you, so he deliberately demoted you to Qingzhou before the Zen throne." ”

Yuan Zheng still didn't open his eyes, but the satisfied smile on his face couldn't be concealed at all, "Then what does Yuan'er think about this?"

"In my daughter's opinion, he is doing this too much, you have always been loyal to the court of the Great Zhou, since you want to reuse, it would be good to directly announce your entry into Beijing with a holy decree! But he is also a good father, and he has calculated properly for His Royal Highness the Prince, after all, once the son of heaven and a courtier, he must always let the new emperor have his own cronies in the court. Doudou said with a small mouth, and her face also carried an old age that did not match her age.

"Yuan'er, your father and I have been out for more than ten years, even if I immediately announce that I will return to Beijing to take up a post, I will not be able to stand firm in the court without a few years of hard work, Your Majesty This is a big problem for me. Since Doudou can have such insight, Yuan Zheng doesn't mind talking more deeply.

"Daddy, I understand what you mean, if you go back to Beijing at this time, you will at least have the name of a second-grade official, if you go to Qingzhou for three years, and then return to the court as a fourth-grade prefect, how can those Beijing officials who are above the top put you in their eyes. Doudou continued to squeeze Yuan Zheng's shoulders hard, and after a pause, he continued: "However, this is also the test of His Majesty the Emperor Xià for you, the blade of the sword is sharpened, and the plum blossom ...... I'll pour you a pot of tea. ”

She grinned and stepped aside, picked up the empty teapot and walked out of the study.

Yuan Zheng was made to cry and laugh by Doudou, the capital woman has long hair and short knowledge, he, the second daughter, really doesn't know what to say about her!