Chapter 2.12
"Miss, the lord is said to have been worried about the affairs of the Hongnan Waterway recently, and now he is running errands in the Ministry every day, and when Jian Liang came back yesterday, he said that the lord had lost a lot of weight." Huang Ying handed the osmanthus sugar powder to Ren Jia and complained, the old man was almost idle at home a while ago, and now once the two daughters get married, they will immediately have a lot of things in their hands, and they don't have a moment to spare.
"Does my father have to run errands in the ministry every day?" Ren Jia stopped the movement in his hand and asked carefully, she and Jian Lexuan are now married women, and there is only one female relative in the family who can take care of things, Jian Siyuan's mother-in-law is a dou who can't afford it, it is really not easy for a fifteen-year-old girl to take care of the Jian family, especially after Jian Mingda was transferred back to Yaojing for some reason, there are only a lot more housekeepers.
"The lord is now busy in the ministry every day, and it is said that the eldest prince is also learning to do things with the lord, and it is estimated that he will have to go out of Beijing after the order is issued." Huang Ying will hear the news from home in detail.
"In this case, then my father and brother will take care of the daily meals and clothes in the future, you have to go back to Xia Jian Mansion in the near future, first help the third lady take care of the things at hand, and by the way, bring back the dowry grandmother that my father gave me, and save the third lady from being embarrassed. On my father and brother's side, I will take charge, and let Jian Liang pick out a few capable subordinates to come to see me later, and I will give some orders. After Ren Jia dealt with the matter, he put the osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut flour cake, almond bergamot, plum blossom cake and crystal winter melon dumplings into the food box together, thought about it, and added lotus leaf soup and jade shrimp dumplings, Jane's family loves sweetness, since Jian Mingda follows Jian's father every day, the original preparation of snacks and food must be a little less, after preparing double snacks, she came to call Jian's father to prepare a meal for the two of her cook.
The time was about to reach noon, and she hurried to prepare the time to send it to the Ministry of Officials to Father Jian, and then she had to deal with the meal given to Ning Haoyan, looking at the variety of meals placed in the kitchen, she ordered a few dishes at random and went back to the inner courtyard to rest, anyway, the cook according to her instructions, there will inevitably be some food that Ning Haoyan hates when cooking every day.
Ning Haoyan was practicing calligraphy in the study at this time, he loved Ren Jia's words very much since the last time, but he didn't want to be known by the new princess who hated him, so he hid in the study every day and secretly practiced calligraphy, thinking of the letter raft that he didn't know where to get, it was really unpleasant.
After Ren Jia returned home early on the last night trip to Minghu, he searched for a long time on the boat and didn't look for the raft, thinking that it was either secretly taken away or fell into the river, no matter which he felt pity, especially the former, thinking that others took away what belonged to him, he was in a terrible mood.
In the end, Ning Haoye sent Ran Shirong home, after all, he is now married, and getting too close to Ran Shirong will inevitably affect her reputation, and he doesn't want his sweetheart to fall into disputes because of himself, so he has been honestly practicing calligraphy in the house recently, so that his mood is also a lot calmer.
Seeing that it was almost midday outside, when he thought that Jane's daughter would have to deliver some meals he didn't like at this time of the day, he was depressed and angry and developed the habit of waiting every day, and he really hated himself for not taking such a firm position.
However, no matter what, he only has Ran Shirong in his heart, and he will definitely not touch other women.
If Ren Jia knew that Ning Haoyan was thinking like this at this time, he would definitely laugh at the fact that he had been trained by himself to have Pavlov's conditioned reflex.
"What's the dish today?" Ning Haoyan put down the pen and ink in his hand, sat on the main seat of the flower hall in the study and waited for someone to serve the food, today - he wants to see what new tricks this Jane's girl has changed.
The appetizer is dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, the soup is Longjing bamboo sun, the main dish is anchovy shark fin, auspicious dragon double-fly, hydrangea dried scallops, lotus pod tofu and bergamot gold rolls, there is actually a milk corner he likes, Ning Haoyan instantly felt flattered, this Jane's girl actually did not put some food he hated in the meal today, it is really amazing.
Isn't it that these things smell weird? He really couldn't control his curiosity, so he ordered someone to prepare a meal, tasted every dish, and after eating, he instantly understood why Wei Taihong admired Jane's daughter so much, this kind of skill is not comparable even to the chef in his palace, no wonder those people have been clamoring to come to the mansion to drink and have fun, drinking is fake, tasting these delicacies and seeing the true face of his princess by the way is true.
Ning Haoyan thought about it for a while, and when he stopped, he found that he had eaten less than half of it, and immediately angered the little guy next to him in anger, "How to serve!" These things are so unpalatable that you don't want to take them down? ”
"The villain knows his mistake, and the prince is angry." The servant immediately knelt down, but he was thinking in his heart that it was obvious that the prince himself did not stop at all, how dare he, a subordinate, withdraw the dishes at will.
"Withdraw and retreat," Ning Haoyan waved his hand impatiently and glared at the unclever little guy beside him, "If you let this king know that you can't control your tongue outside, you won't have to talk in the future." ”
Is this going to let the princess know that the princess has tasted the food? The little servant nodded again and again, and quickly withdrew the meal, almost all of the servants around the prince have gained weight recently, which is definitely the credit of the princess's feeding.
Since the prince is unwilling to enjoy these delicacies, he can naturally only do it for them, so the princess does not take these things seriously, although her own intention to cook in person was finally ruined by the prince.
Ren Jia has recently started to get busy, and after seeing that the progress of the task is still steadily rising, she began to deal with the affairs of Jian's father's side, she sent four or five clever little servants to follow Jian's father to pass the word, and every day Jian's father's office, food, clothing, and even simple and bright life are all handled by her.
Since the last time she saw the emaciated Father Jian at the gate of the palace, she spent most of her time in the kitchen when she returned to the palace, making some soup, soup and snacks every day to help Father Jane's nourishment.
For a while, the focus of her life almost shifted to Father Jian's side, and Ning Haoyan rarely went directly to the study except for still sending people to pay attention to whether he had contact with Ran Shirong, and the two had not seen each other for almost half a month.
In the past, she basically maintained the frequency of going to see Ning Haoyan once every two or three days, but suddenly she relaxed and stopped passing, which made Ning Haoyan feel uneasy.
Although Ning Haoyan always said that he didn't like this Jane's girl, but in the final analysis, he just hated her for occupying the position and status of his wife, and he didn't say much about Ren Jia, and he didn't say it clearly, and men have a tolerance in their nature for women who like themselves and revolve around them, which also made him not use those radical means to treat the eldest lady of the Jian family, who is said to be frail and sickly.
As a result, now this woman actually started to take Jiao, after Ning Haoyan finished writing the last word, she dropped the brush directly in a huff, and then clicked on the little guy next to her, "You go to check, what has the princess been busy with lately?" ”
However, after half an hour's effort, the little guy quickly replied and told Ren Jia what he had done recently, after all, there was nothing worth hiding, so although Ren Jia did not make a big splash, there were not a few people who knew about it.
"Did she take the king's money to help her mother's family?" Ning Haoyan laughed angrily, he was very happy to catch the handle of this princess, a married girl was so unevasive, in vain he thought that this woman had a bit of talent last time.
I remembered that a few days ago, Wu Kangsheng replied that the new princess actually spent 100,000 taels on a day of going out, and spent another 30,000 taels on a painting boat, and that a day's work actually spent a year of his money. "Go find Steward Wu, this king has something to order."
The little servant took the order and left, Wu Kangsheng heard that the prince was looking for him, and wondered if there was something wrong with the princess in the main courtyard, but the house has been quiet recently, and there is nothing important that can make the prince unhappy.
After arriving at Ning Haoyan's study, he stepped forward respectfully, "I don't know what happened to the prince looking for the villain?" ”
"Bring the account book of that woman's recent expenses to this king, and this king will take a closer look at how much she has subsidized her mother's family." Ning Haoyan directly instructed Wu Kangsheng to get the account book.
Wu Kangsheng was confused, what kind of trouble was going on with the prince, but for the sake of prudence, he still told the truth, "Lord, all the expenses on the princess's side have not gone to the prince's books recently, and they are all from the princess's own private treasury. "It means that there is no account book, you can do it yourself, Lord Wang.
"How is that possible? She has spent so much recently, is it all her own private treasury? Ning Haoyan was shocked and inevitably didn't believe it, and his voice raised a few degrees.
"I heard that Lord Jian has added a lot of dowries to the princess." Wu Kangsheng told the truth, the new princess's dowry he was also startled when he counted it, Lord Jane's marriage should not have emptied the entire Jian Mansion, the new princess's net worth is simply better than that of the prince, it is estimated that this servant is also worried that his daughter will marry into the palace and suffer, so he added a lot of property for the princess to spend.
"It's unreasonable!" Ning Haoyan was so angry that he almost lost his mind, originally he was full of ambition to think that he could catch that woman's handle and mock it in person, but he was actually told that people used their own private treasury! The princess of the first mansion actually has to live on her own dowry, if it is known by people outside, where will he put his face, and if the emperor knows it, he should be blamed for not knowing how to sympathize with his wife, think about it, whether Jane's daughter spends the money of the palace or spends her own private treasury, it is all wrong.
Glancing viciously at his unsuccessful housekeeper, Ning Haoyan walked around anxiously in the study, clueless for a while.
What's wrong with the princess, a while ago, the princess spent more than 100,000 taels a day and didn't see him so angry, and today he suddenly asked him to check the account books, but he saw that the princess was furious when he used his own private treasury, and sure enough, after the new princess entered the mansion, the prince became more and more difficult to understand, and it was more elusive than when he was entangled with that girl Ran, Steward Wu thought with a puffed face.
Ning Haoyan paced back and forth in a restless mood, thinking too much in his heart but couldn't figure it out, what was he planning to do? If he really wants to ask for the crime, he just goes to find someone, why think of so many excuses, this is his palace, who can care about where he wants to go and do something. After thinking about it for a long time, he directly decided to go to the main courtyard for a walk, anyway, Jane's daughter always hoped that he could return to the main courtyard, so he would take it as a favor, not to mention that it was originally his residence.
After confirming his intentions and plans, he directly instructed the people around him to wait, "Clean up, let's go to the main courtyard to see the princess." ”