"Then I and the doctor can be regarded as sympathy." Shui Xiao said faintly, "In my family, my father has my father's plans, and my mother also has my mother's considerations. Needless to say, brothers. Those who participate in the seizure of the heir regard each other as enemies; Those who did not participate in the succession also stayed away from insiders like me, for fear of being implicated. I was sick before, but now that my health is better, I have always felt lonely......"

Yuan Chun was silent, quietly listening to his complaints. I thought: Do you still want to take the heir when you feel lonely? Don't you know that the person in that seat is the loneliest in the world?

But she didn't want to say it.

By the standards of this era and the mind of the Seventeenth Prince, he was already a person who could take responsibility for his actions. She didn't need to interfere too much, it was enough to respect his choice. Friends should be more cautious when getting along with each other, lest the boat of friendship capsize.

Shui Xiao sighed: "Since the death of my mother, although I have my own father and mother, and many brothers and sisters, I have never really felt the affection of flesh and blood. If there is a gap in this area, I want to make up for it in another way. Doctor Shang saved me again and again, guarded me all night when I was critically ill, and stood in front of me when my brother bought a priest and tried to harm me...... After my mother died, no one has treated me so well......

Speaking of this, Shui Xiao's voice was slightly choked.

He paused, lowered his head and closed his eyes, calmed down a little before continuing: "Doctor Shang has the virtue of reinvention for me; I got along with Shang Yi, and I really agreed. Therefore, when my health was getting better and better, I made up my mind that I must do my best to protect the doctor for the rest of my life. One is to repay kindness, and the other is to reward confidants. And the most effective way to achieve this wish is to get the supreme position - this is one of the reasons why I participated in the succession! ”

He turned his head to look at Yuan Chun and asked extremely seriously: "Can Doctor Shang believe this?" ”

A feeling of flattery suddenly swept over Yuan Chun's body.

This, this, this...... One of the reasons why he participated in such a dangerous thing as seizing the heir was actually for me?! Fortunately, it is "one of the reasons", if he said that he took the heir all for me, only for me, I am afraid that I will be scared to fall into this clear blue pool to feed the fish! If the fight for the throne is only for women, how much potential this has for a faint king! I don't want to be the "trouble" who blames the "faint king".

She hasn't been able to quite understand: what kind of paranoia is the kind of romance male protagonist who can be buried all over the world for the sake of women?

But even if the seventeenth prince said that he was "one of the reasons" for him to win the heir, she still felt that this affection was too heavy. I couldn't help but say a little sneeringly: "How can I ...... De?"

Shui Xiao didn't wait for her to finish, and directly interrupted her: "Doctor Shang only told me: Can you believe it? ”

Yuan Chun looked at his expression, looked at his clear eyes, and couldn't say anything negative.

After a long while, she gently spat out two words: "Believe." "The voice was a little low and hoarse. Although judging whether a person is trustworthy or not is not only based on his words, but also by his deeds. But within the bottom line, for a certain person, you should still give a little more trust, otherwise you will become a suspicious person.

The smile on Shui Xiao's face bloomed, as bright and gorgeous as spring flowers and autumn leaves.

"For me, taking the heir is just a means, and wing care is the goal. How could I calculate the family of the Shang Yi and the Shang Yi in order to win the heir? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Shui Xiao said with a smile.

Yuan Chun was speechless. It seems that his suspicion of Shui Xiao just now may have hurt him more than he realized.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so suspicious of you just now." She was afraid that she was really wrong. If Shui Xiao really had the intention to calculate the Jia family, how could he tell her all the conspiracies and calculations behind it?

"Doctor Shang doesn't need to apologize, it's also my fault. I cherish Shang Yi as a confidant, so when I get along with Shang Yi, I am always worried that I will be inadvertently spoken and offend Shang Yi. Therefore, he never explained his mind to Shang Yi, so it is no wonder that Shang Yi was suspicious. ”

Shui Xiao sighed slightly: "I just thought: since Shang Yi is a person of different customs, I can't treat you with common sense." There are some important matters, and it is best for me to be open and honest with the doctor, so as not to have many misunderstandings in vain. ”

Yuan Chun was a little unaccustomed to this sensational atmosphere, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "A person who is open and honest is not conducive to competing for the throne." Your Highness should not correct his merits for the sake of such a trivial matter. ”

Shui Xiao smiled: "For others, I naturally won't be open-minded. Shang Yi is a person I truly trust, and he is naturally different from ordinary people. After a pause, his expression became more solemn, "There are two secrets that I want to tell Doctor Shang......"

"No, no, no, no......" Before he could say anything, Yuan Chun shook his head like a rattle, "Don't tell me!" I'm most afraid of knowing other people's secrets! It's a plus that it has a reservation for anyone! Very important and valuable advantages! Your Highness, you must keep it up! ”

This is Yuan Chun's true words. She also never intended to expose her hole cards to anyone.

She feels that telling all her secrets to others requires wholehearted trust, and she needs to be mentally prepared to be betrayed and lose everything. She had never been mentally prepared for this, and she had never given this kind of trust to anyone. She didn't want to be trusted like that - it was so stressful!

If you know someone else's secret, you have to bear the corresponding psychological pressure and the risk of leaking it.

What if she accidentally said something that slipped out? What if she is overheard in her sleep? If the unlucky kid who told her the secret accidentally leaked the secret himself, wouldn't he still have to carry the black pot?

"There's a secret about Shang Yi, and Shang Yi doesn't want to know?" Shui Xiao was very angry by her resolute attitude of avoiding it.

"I don't want to!" Yuan Chun firmly refused. lest His Royal Highness King Zhao tell his secrets by the way.

She directly changed the topic: "There is one thing, I want to ask His Highness for help." ”

"What's the matter?" Shui Xiao glared at her and said a little angrily.

"I would like to ask Your Highness to help me find a sick cow ......"

————————

When I returned to Rongguo Mansion, a girl said: "The old lady and the lady asked the girl to go on a trip!" ”

Yuan Chun hurried to Rongxi Hall, and Jia's mother said to her: "Your mother is pregnant, I am old again, and I see that the Chinese New Year is coming again, and the housework at home is a little too much. You're not too young, so follow me and learn the housekeeper if you don't know it! ”

For the matter of helping the housekeeper, Yuan Chun has long been mentally prepared, and he has long wanted to straighten out the housework.

She felt that Rongguofu would fall into the situation of not making ends meet later, which was completely a collapse of financial control.

She remembered that not long after the beginning of the original book, when Leng Zixing gave a speech about Rongguo Mansion, he said that the Jia family "Although the shelf has not yet fallen, the inner bag has been exhausted" and something like that.

In this life, even if she won't be a concubine - this is inevitable, there will be no provincial relatives to build the Grand View Garden, and Rongguofu will just end up a little slower and drag on a little longer. Therefore, if a more effective financial control system is not established for Rongguofu, it will be a matter of time before Rongguofu falls into the same ending as in the original book.

And this financial control system can only be built by her! Because to establish a new system of financial control, some old things will be overturned. In other words, in the popular language of her previous life: this is a slap in the face of her elders!

Since she wants to slap her elders in the face, then this wicked person can only be done by her. If daughters and granddaughters dare not change the old rules of their mothers and grandmothers, do they still expect their future sisters-in-law to overturn the old rules of mothers-in-law and mothers-in-law after they pass the door? That's basically something you don't even have to think about.

However, there is no need to rush this matter. As Jia Mu said, it's almost the New Year, and it's time to hire people. Now she has a cold look at it first, and she has a bottom in her heart, and it is not too late to deal with these problems next year.

After the Lantern Festival, Yuan Chun had not yet begun to rectify the housework, and Jia Zheng was going to go out first.

During the Chinese New Year, Lin Ruhai introduced Jia Zheng to Li Shouzhong, a fellow disciple who served as a sacrificial wine in the Guozijian. This Li Shouzhong is a disciple of the Jinling Confucian Zhou Banshan, Jia Zheng got a letter of recommendation from Li Shouzhong, and wanted to go back to his hometown in Jinling and study under the door of Zhou Banshan.

Yuan Chun felt that it was better for Jia Zheng to go to study, lest the pregnant Wang family have to arrange a room for him again.

Speaking of the room, she thought of Aunt Zhao.

What Aunt Zhao's name is is not said in the original book, but the original book clearly mentions: She has a brother named Zhao Guoji. When Tanchun became the director of the family, it coincided with the death of Zhao Guoji. In order to reward twenty taels of silver or forty taels of silver, Aunt Zhao also had a big quarrel with Tanchun. So she was impressed by the name of this character who had never appeared in the face.

Before entering the palace, he once sued Aunt Zhao in front of Jia Daishan. She thought that Jia Daishan had sent Aunt Zhao's family out without a trace.

Unexpectedly, she looked through the roster of domestic servants in Rongguo Mansion for a while, and saw that the name Zhao Guoji was still on the roster!

She quietly went to ask Dai Shan: "Grandfather, why is Zhao Guoji's family still in the house?" ”

Jia Daishan said: "Don't worry! The Zhao Guoji family has been sent to Zhuangzi by me from afar. Your father will not see them. ”

Yuan Chun was a little relieved.

After Jia Zheng left, Yuan Chun endured it for another half a month, dealing with some social interactions, as well as entering the palace to diagnose the pulse of peace for the emperor and queen, and treating the pulse of the female relatives of high-ranking officials and eunuchs and noble princes.

With her current status, if it weren't for the helpless doctors, emergencies, difficult and serious diseases, relatives and friends, high-ranking officials, eunuchs, and noble princes, ordinary people would not be able to seek medical treatment in front of her. Yuan Chun felt that this was not bad, otherwise she probably wouldn't want to do anything else.

In February, Yuan Chun began to clean up the house.

She is not too busy to change any old rules first, and her daily affairs are still according to the old rules.

But in her spare time after handling daily affairs, she began to take the list of domestic servants in the family and interview the domestic servants one by one. He also asked Qiu Ningshuang and Yan Wan to write down the personnel and the content of the conversation respectively in order to establish personnel files.

Nowadays, although the Jia family has a roster of domestic servants, the information is too simple, and only a name and age are recorded. In addition to who the parents are, whether they are born or bought outside, there are records, and even the kinship between them is very vague, not to mention the resumes, specialties, merits, rewards and punishments of these domestic servants.

If Yuan Chun wants to rectify the housework of the Jia family, she must first be familiar with the personnel of Rongguo Mansion, so that she will know who is available, who is not, who should be used where, and so on.

After Wang Xifeng returned to Wang's house for the New Year, he was invited by Yuan Chun to come to Jia's house to "stay". She has been reading and practicing calligraphy for half a year now, and she doesn't dare to do poetry and articles, but she can write something. After hearing about Yuan Chun's arrangement, she also wanted to ask for a job.

Yuan Chun said: "Then you can also record!" ”

Wang Xifeng was a little puzzled: "There are already two people in the recording, Sister Ning Shuang and Sister Yan Wan, isn't this enough?" She felt that her handwriting was still a little ugly, and she was afraid of being embarrassed.

Yuan Chun smiled: "You don't know this." The speed of speech must be faster than that of writing. It is impossible and unnecessary for the person who recorded it to write down my conversations with those people word for word. Therefore, what to remember and what not to remember is a great test of the ability to choose. Sister Feng has always been very smart, and if she records it a few times, she will know how to cut down the complicated and simplify and grasp the core when listening to people! ”

Wang Xifeng became happy and said with a smile: "In front of Sister Yuan, who dares to admit that she is smart?" Sister, don't make fun of me! ”

She was eager to try, determined to make her record better than the other two. He also asked Ping'er to study ink for herself, took a form printed by Yuan Chun for the establishment of personnel files, and praised it again: "Sister Yuan's method is good!" With this form, I know what to remember when I make an appointment, so that I don't have a blind eye. ”

Yuan Chun began to make appointments for interviews.

In order to let Wang Xifeng and the others have a process of adaptation, she first started the interview with the low-level slaves. In addition to verifying the existing information, he also asked in great detail: How long has it been since you entered the house? How did you get in? Who are the people in the family? What are the relatives? Where have you served? What will be done? What are you good at? What level has it reached? What errands do you like? What are your plans for the future? ……

The servants were nervous at first. Later, I found that the eldest girl's attitude was very kind, and her nervousness was greatly reduced, and everyone's true nature was gradually exposed, and Yuan Chun opened the conversation box one by one.

If you have a broken mouth, you will start to talk about the shortcomings of your parents, right and wrong. If there are eight exquisite sides, you can flatter Yuan Chun vigorously, and carry a handful of Wang Xifeng, Qiu Ningshuang and others, counting on who can lift yourself, let yourself out of the bottom, and be a decent housekeeper or a big girl or something.

There are also those who complain, those who cry poor, those who boast about themselves, those who make small reports, and those who complain about injustice......

There are also those who are clumsy, who speak inappropriately, who are unable to get their words in order, who speak impulsively, and who have a very violent temper......

Taking the opportunity to inquire about their family's livelihood, Yuan Chun also inquired about the prices outside, such as how much is an egg? How much is rice, grain, vegetables, meat, etc.? How are different qualities of charcoal, fruits, etc. priced, etc. Some smart people guessed why Yuan Chun asked this, but they all thought: If you don't say it, others will say it, so you know everything and say everything.

And an unexpected harvest is: Yuan Chun actually dug up Aunt Zhao's relatives. It turned out that in addition to Zhao Guoji's brother, Aunt Zhao was also related to the Qian family who was in charge of the accounts in the treasury. Yuan Chun couldn't help but secretly pay attention to the Qian family. She inquired a little more, and someone quietly complained: "The Qian family's hands are black!" I don't know how much money I greedy! ”

However, in a day or two, all kinds of people in Jiafu opened the eyes of Wang Xifeng and others.

Wang Xifeng whispered to Yuan Chun: "Sister Yuan's method is simply wonderful!" But in a day or two, we know a lot of things! ”

Yuan Chun smiled but did not speak. Pick up what Wang Xifeng recorded and inspect it. I found that there were still some things that she recorded at the beginning, but after only three or five people, she was able to cut down the complicated and simplify and get to the core!

"Sister Feng is really insightful!" Yuan Chun couldn't help but boast. This has to be left in the world of her previous life, Wang Xifeng is definitely the material to be a student bully in school and a strong woman after work! Born in this era, in this environment...... What a pity!

Wang Xifeng smiled, and Chao Yuanchun was blessed: "It's Sister Yuan who teaches well!" ”

After the low-level servants, there are the housekeepers in the family. Some of the housekeepers have heard that their families have been accused of a lot of black cases, and when they were interviewed, they also complained bitterly. talked about his own difficulties, and took the opportunity to sue those uneasy and disobedient subordinates.

So Yuan Chun often hears things like, "Girl, tell me, how much heart I have to worry about such a person who can't carry it in vain!" "In my opinion, such a person should be sent away early! The old lady and the wife are both philanthropists, and I am afraid that they will cut off their livelihood after they go out."

After the housekeeper's lady, it is the girls who are waiting in each room. Of course, this part is just a record, and Yuan Chun is too lazy to care about how those masters use their girls!

The personnel files of women's staff have been established, and by the way, a lot of information on prices and livelihoods has been collected.

Holding the personnel files of the female staff and the information he had collected, Yuan Chun went to see Dai Shan: "Now I have re-compiled the personnel roster of the servants in the house. I am inconvenient to interview the personnel roster of those little servants in the outer house with the stewards, so I have to trouble the eldest brother and the second brother to help. ”

These two elder brothers should also familiarize themselves with the world. If the person who reads books becomes a nerd, and the person who practices martial arts grows into a reckless man, it will not be good!

Dai Shan flipped through her roster of personnel and the information she had collected, and she already knew in her heart, and couldn't help but be happy: "Okay! Just let your two brothers do it. "I have to let the two grandsons learn to take care of people and things, and don't let them become nerds like Zheng'er.

"How did Yuan Yuan come up with this method?" Dai Shan asked with interest.

Yuan Chun smiled and said, "Recently, my grandmother asked me to take care of the house. I'm afraid that I won't be familiar with the people in my family, so I will use the wrong person and make a mistake, so I thought of this way to recognize the person. ”

Dai Shan saw that she didn't want to show herself, so she didn't ask anymore, and only said: "What you want to do, just do it." ”

Yuan Chun will naturally do what he wants to do.

After reading the personnel files of those servants in the house again, she directly enlarged her recruitment and began to assess.

Those who said that they were good at needlework tried their needlework on the spot, and they were divided into upper, middle and lower classes according to their respective levels. Those who say that they are good at cooking, let them cook their best soup on the spot, and they are also graded according to their level. said that he was good at ushering in the sends, good at cooking tea, and good at serving people, Yuan Chun also came up with a question to take the test and divide the grades. If you say that you are good at managing flowers and trees, you can set up a garden for them to take care of - this assessment cannot be immediate, and you can only wait for time to see the after-effects.

In short, after a round of assessment, there are many braggarts who show their true colors. The bull was too big and the ability was seriously insufficient, and Yuan Chun added a comment on the file that "I love to talk big, and it is not recommended to reuse". There are also some people who are not good at words, and they have won the respect of Yuan Chun by relying on their true skills.

According to the assessment results and his own evaluation, Yuan Chun readjusted the positions of some personnel, and tried his best to arrange the right people in the right positions. For the rest of those who don't have any special skills, Yuan Chun arranges them everywhere, or doing chores, or going to night, to do errands that don't require much professional skills.

In addition, she also selected a group of maids and servants who looked good, talked well, and had bright brains, and carried out some intensive special training such as ushering in and sending off, etiquette and rules. These people usually work at their respective posts, and when there is a big event in the house, they can be transferred to entertain guests.

Finally, according to her usual observations and the guidance of Jia Mu Wang, she formulated a set of wedding and funeral organization plans for emergencies.

After Dai Shan heard about it, he couldn't help but smile: "She knows how to be good at people and take precautions!" "I deeply regret that Yuan Chun is not a man. Otherwise, why should you worry about the future?

Jia Zhu and Jia Lian were ordered by Dai Shan to compile a roster of male servants, and they were having a headache. After listening to the affairs of the inner house and Dai Shan's evaluation, they couldn't help but glance at each other and secretly screamed ashamed.

The two of them worked hard to compile the roster of male servants, and followed the example of the inner house to take the exam, but did not directly adjust the positions of the male servants, but gave the roster and adjustment plan to Dai Shan.

Dai Shan took a closer look, thought about it, and agreed to their personnel adjustment plan.

He also asked them to formulate a set of wedding and funeral organization plans, saying: "The first day of March is your wife's birthday!" Although it wasn't her birthday, she had worked really hard in the past two years. We don't invite outsiders, only some close relatives and friends, and everyone has fun. This time, the guests and officials are all entertaining in Rongguo Mansion, and the Yuan girl is responsible for receiving the female guests of the house, so you are responsible for receiving the officials and guests! ”

Usually, if there is such a thing, it is usually in the Ningfu banquet official guests, and in the Rongfu banquet hall. Dai Shan's arrangement is actually to test whether the "wedding and funeral organization plan" compiled by the three brothers and sisters is reliable.

When Wang heard that he was going to celebrate his birthday and invite relatives and friends to congratulate him, he hurriedly went to Jia's mother to excuse himself. But what Dai Shan has decided, she has to have her birthday too!

Fortunately, she has been pregnant for more than four months and the fetal position has been stable. After Yuan Chun checked her pulse, he also said that it was okay, and said that he would not let her worry a little, just let her be used. Wang's only had to bite the bullet and be "frivolous" once.

Jia Jing heard that the Rong Mansion was going to celebrate the Wang family's birthday, but he didn't want the Ning Mansion to feast on the officials and guests. ran to ask Dai Shan anxiously: "I have always been at the Ningfu banquet for officials and guests." Could it be that the nephew did something bad, and Uncle Ruoshan was angry? Dai Shan's kind words appeased him before he gave up.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Yuan Chun arranged for everyone to conduct a drill two days before the banquet. She discussed with Wang Xifeng, and came up with all kinds of demon moth tests for the servants who were in charge of reception, and then ended the exercise.

The two brothers, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, painted a scoop according to the gourd and also practiced it.

The first day of March is Wang's birthday.