The early winter of the twenty-ninth year of the Jingli calendar

Hanzhou City is the first important trade place in the territory of Dayue country, prosperous and Kyoto Yan'an, but there are more merchants than nobles here, many nobles do not like the complexity of Handzhou, and the main family branch moved to Kyoto or Jinzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, the snow and rain were slightly clear, and a horse-drawn carriage procession with the royal flag drove in from the West City Gate, and the heavy wheels unique to the official cars made a huge noise on the stone pavement of the main street. Among them was a golden-studded red chariot that looked like a woman's car.

"Looking at the battle, it looks like you're going to the old Rong Palace?"

There is an old mansion in Handzhou, and the locals call it "Old Rongwangfu" in order to distinguish it from Kyoto's Rongwang Mansion.

A man who looked like a child of a family said, "Isn't there a fish-shaped flag hanging on the dart cart behind it?" This is King Jing'an's caravan, and it must be going to the palace of King Lao Rong. ”

Some people are curious: "Entering from the West Gate is coming to Dajin Prefecture?" Didn't the concubine of the Lu family of King Lu of Jing'an, who went to Jinzhou for funeral at the beginning of the year, pass through Handzhou? ”

"Eight achievements are yes, and the snow is already ankle high further east, and I am afraid that such a large caravan will have to rest until the snow melts."

At this time, Chang Gui, the housekeeper of the outer courtyard of King Rong's Mansion, who was walking next to the dart master, glanced at the sky worriedly, although the sun came out, it was like a foggy lamp, and the large clouds next to it could cover it again at any time.

Chang Gui couldn't help complaining: "The year before last was dry, and this year it was waterlogged, God doesn't want to give people a way to live." ”

When she was sighing, a head poked out of the car behind her, it was Yicui, the girl next to the princess, she called Chang Gui, "Slow down, this street hasn't been repaired for a long time, and it has broken the master carefully." ”

Chang Gui didn't dare to slack off on his face, responded with a "yes", and shouted loudly: "Slow down, it's almost here." ”

When he retracted his gaze, he saw Taicheng, the deputy head of the Penglai, with a sunken face. Chang Gui leaned over and whispered comfort: "Rest for three days at most, the road to Kyoto will be easy to walk, and you will be able to return to Yan'an on the tenth day of the first month." ”

Taicheng is in his forties, and the furrows on his face have a tendency to be deep, especially when he has a calm face, which makes people not want to get close at a glance.

Tai Cheng is just a deputy manager, and he doesn't have the habit of talking about his master, but because of the delicate attitude of the woman in the car, this dart period was delayed for twenty days, and this stall is enough for him to eat a few pots.

Fortunately, before leaving, he asked Tyne to take a batch of goods to another route, otherwise it would have affected the New Year's business period.

At this time, there were already ten domestic servants and maids standing neatly in front of the side gate of King Rong's Mansion, led by Aunt Qin, the housekeeper of the inner courtyard. At this time, hundreds of people gathered in the ancient streets and alleys, all waiting to see the appearance of the lady in the car.

The twenty servants at the side door are the number of courtesies for the princess on the side, because this is the Rongwang Mansion and not the Jing'an Palace, so the twenty servants have been lowered by a grade, and only ten servants remain.

Yi Cui got off the carriage first, and when she saw this situation, her face was a little bad, and when she turned around to help the princess get out of the car, she couldn't help but whisper: "The house has been empty for a long time, and this Qin Gu's eyesight has also weakened." ”

The curtain door slowly opened, a golden butterfly wearing a flower cloak set off a bewitching and beautiful face, and a slave immediately stepped forward to step on the ground behind the carriage, Lu Xiruo stepped on the back of the minion, and the stars got off the carriage like a moon.

Aunt Qin Fuli: "Greetings to the young princess." ”

Regardless of whether it is Hanzhou or Kyoto, the minions in King Rong's mansion always bite the word "side" very accurately.

Lu Xiruo's face did not change, and he walked towards the house with the wrist of the slave.

Although there has been no master living in the old house, the number of slaves and maids is provided according to the specifications of half living, and the screening training is very strict.

Lu Xiruo didn't like the subordinates trained by these old slaves, the rules were numerous and old-fashioned, and the powerful noble slaves dared to show their masters. She didn't want to say more to Aunt Qin, so she went straight to her own Mingguangyuan.

When he took a nap, Lu Xiruo felt more tired than when he was driving, but he knew in his heart that if he hadn't forced the dart team to go back to Beijing this time, he would probably have suffered a lot of sins like when he went.

In the first month, his mother was critically ill, and his younger brother wrote to him that his father was afraid that he was going to be greedy for the manor property when his mother was married, and those things were left by her mother to her younger brother to marry his wife, but Lu Xiruo also understood that once her mother left, she was in Yan'an, where the emperor was far away, and her younger brother might have no one to rely on in Jinzhou.

At that time, she went to ask the prince for help, and the prince asked Fu Zhan to prepare a carriage for her to go to Jinzhou and a silver ticket that was enough to solve the problem.

It's ridiculous to say that her husband is clearly a character who stomps his feet and shakes the sky in Jinzhou City, but her younger brother needs to endure humiliation and bear the burden of life.

Yi Cui brought Mi Lu and dim sum, and reported: "The people of the dart team have been settled in the side courtyard, and Taicheng's apprentice Xiao Wuzi has not yet gotten up when he came back to pay tribute, so the slave maid let him go back, and Xiao Wuzi said that his master wanted to ask the master when he would leave, and they had a good preparation over there." ”

Lu Xiruo said in disgust: "It's late after all, a few more days of rest, and people will be more relaxed." ”

"The slave will inform Taicheng later." Yi Cui waited for the princess to drink a few sips of rice dew, but the dim sum did not move, Yi Cui handed over the water and waited for her to rinse her mouth, "The slave and maid looked at the slave and maid in this old mansion and almost kicked on her nose, knowing that the master didn't like to eat sweet, and brought these candied cakes up." ”

If Lu Xi didn't speak, and she didn't get tired of her verbosity, Yi Cui felt more and more itchy in her mouth, and leaned over to press the head of the princess on the side, while telling what she had just learned. "The slave maid just went to the dining room to supervise the meal, and found that the stoves in the other two courtyards were open, and after asking, I found out that there are still two guests living in our house."

Lu Xiruo's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, "Guest? ”

"One family is Wang Qingchen, the Shilang of the Wang family who is recuperating in Handzhou, with a side cousin and four servants, and the other family seems to be called Mr. Changru, who is said to be a guest qing, and he also has a daughter, called ...... Shen Qihuan. When Etsui spoke of this second household, her attitude was visibly disgusted. The most annoying thing is that this Miss Shen, she didn't bring slaves and maids, and she still used the four maids in our house, so those who didn't know how to call her Miss Shen, the master rarely came to this Handzhou Palace, and she didn't have to live in those uninteresting years and a half, but she really thought she was a young lady. ”

Lu Xiruo lifted the hanging bun, and also got bored, and asked, "Where does this family surnamed Shen live?" ”

"Back to the master, it's Fusu Academy." Yi Cui saw that the master's face was slightly condensed, and explained: "It is a courtyard suitable for all seasons, with six main houses and four partial houses, and a miscellaneous backyard. ”

A sneering smile spread from Lu Xiruo's mouth, "Let's just say that there are guests arriving recently, let them vacate the house, find a second main house to move over, and the next person can just dial one, in addition, although the guy from the dart line lives in the outer courtyard, I am afraid that the food will be together, and I told the kitchen, because there are many people to do, the dinner in the evening of this family surnamed Shen will be exempted, and the kitchen and maid are also insufficient, so let the maids in the courtyard go to the kitchen to fetch their own meals." Lu Xiruo felt depressed, and said with a sigh of relief: "Make it clear to the maid in her courtyard, don't go to the mouth of the meal to block the bad luck." ”

Not only eat less, but also eat late, the side princess's driving anger can be regarded as finding a place to vent.

Yi Cui interjected and asked more: "Master, ...... the prince over there?"

Lu Xiruo put on a golden flower head with green makeup, Fang sighed and said: "The Wang family is still the same, now the head of the Wang family has a high prestige in Beijing, and there is another Wang Lu in charge of the Longchuan camp, this Wang Qingchen is Wang Lu's son-in-law, so it's not good to slack off." ”

Yi Cui blessed her body lightly: "The slave understands." ”