Prince Le's Mansion and Dingbei Hou's Mansion two groups of people secretly visited, and they were not shocked on the surface, and did not alarm anyone, in fact, the eyes of the officials in Yanjing City are now staring at the vacancies that flashed out of the inner government and the household department after the previous great purge, and they are secretly trying to mix into these two places with extremely thick oil and water, even if Emperor Zhaoming has re-issued such a large number of officials, he can't intimidate those officials who are full of thousands of miles of officials just for money.

Among the officials who sharpened their heads and drilled into the household department of the inner government, there were Liu Guifei's own brother Liu Chengye, Pingenhou, and Song Shili, the elder brother of Prince Le's concubine, Song Shili and Song Shiyi, who currently seem to be the most promising officials to become the head of the household department.

Ping Enhou Liu Chengye is the third product of the Ministry of Works, at first it was by his sister-in-law Liu Guifei to get favored, only to quickly rise from an eight-rank petty official to the three products of the Ministry of Works, this Liu Chengye is not from the imperial examination, in the poetry and articles can be regarded as ignorant, but he is very bright about the construction of things, into the Ministry of Industry is also a professional counterpart, more than ten years presided over the construction of the pavilion palace mausoleum a lot, so that Emperor Zhaoming is very satisfied, he is also one of the able officials of the Great Chen court. Therefore, Liu Guifei was demoted to a noble concubine, but Liu Chengye was not affected, and was still reused by Emperor Zhaoming.

Liu Chengye has been in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years, and he is tired of it, plus his eldest son Liu Shengrong was blind in one eye in the palace before, and his temperament became more and more tyrannical. It is also good to leave a very rich family business for the son who can no longer be the son of the world because he is blind. Let him squander it no matter how much he squanders.

Yunxiang Hou Song Shili was originally a member of the household department, he was not on good terms with the original household department Shangshu Sun, and he has been secretly excluded in the household department, and now the Sun family has all fallen into bad luck, Yunxiang Hou was not hit because he was excluded, and all the officials who originally pressed on his head were exiled and degraded, and now the entire household department can not find a higher official than the Yunxiang Hou official, Song Shili can not think about how to not be concerned about the position of the household department Shangshu who is a product.

Because Liu Guifei was demoted to a noble concubine, Ping Enhou is not good to follow her path again, in fact, since Chen Guiren was happy, Emperor Zhaoming has put all his infinite enthusiasm on the delicate and fresh young concubines in the palace, and he can't go to Liu Guifei three or five times a month, and Liu Guifei's efforts are in vain. And she also has no right to summon the foreign woman, and the foreign woman can't hand over a sign to ask to see a mere noble concubine, so Liu Guifei and her brother Ping Enhou are equivalent to breaking contact. Therefore, if Ping Enhou wants to be the head of the household, the difficulty is still quite large.

Compared with Pingenhou, Yunxiang Hou Song Shili seems to be more likely to be the head of the household, first, he has been a member of the household for six or seven years, and secondly, his nephew Prince Le's body is now like a day, Emperor Zhaoming has ordered him to listen to the government with the court, and when his body is better, he can enter the ministry as an errand, Prince Le's influence Qi Jinghuan is gradually expanding, as Prince Le's uncle, he has to follow the rising tide.

With such a thought in her heart, Mrs. Yunxiang Hou took her daughter Song Jinni to Prince Le's Mansion again, although it was a little unpleasant a while ago, but during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Prince Le and Princess Le still ordered someone to send a festival gift similar to that of previous years, which made everyone in Yunxiang Hou's Mansion have thoughts in their hearts.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, Lord Wang, the eldest lady and the fifth lady ask to see." When Qi Jinghuan was accompanying his mother to dinner, the first big girl Chun Yingda walked in from outside and bent her knees to report upward.

Hearing that the sister-in-law and niece were coming, Prince Le and Princess Le laughed, and immediately ordered: "Quickly take the eldest uncle's wife and Miss Cousin to the Dongnuan Pavilion for tea, Chunying, you go over first and wait, and the palace will pass." "Chunying is now the most decent maid in front of Prince and Concubine Le, and letting Chunying serve Mrs. Yunxianghou and Miss Song Wu shows that Prince and Concubine Le still attach great importance to her sister-in-law and niece.

Chunying lowered her eyebrows and replied, bowed her head and retreated, looking extremely honest, so that Prince Le and Princess couldn't help but praise in front of her son again, "Chunying, this girl is really a very good, if it weren't for Huan'er, you would not have been able to choose such a good maid to serve your mother." ”

Qi Jinghuan responded with a smile, but he was secretly surprised in his heart, he knew that his mother was not an easy-going person who looked at everyone well, and he was still quite picky about his subordinates, this girl named Chunying had only been on an errand for less than a month and had already become his mother's henchman first-class girl, which made him feel that something was wrong. Secretly wrote down that he wanted people to carefully check the details of Chunying, and Qi Jinghuan said with a smile again: "My son originally planned to accompany my mother today, but I didn't want my eldest aunt and fifth cousin to come, mother, my son can only accompany you another day." ”

Prince and Concubine Le asked in a deep voice in surprise and displeasure: "Huan'er, what are you talking about, why is your eldest aunt and fifth cousin here, so you can't accompany your mother?" ”

Qi Jinghuan said lightly: "Mother, my son has grown up, and my fifth cousin is not a child under the age of seven. Why don't you ask Jingshu to accompany you to entertain your eldest aunt and fifth cousin. ”

Prince and Concubine Le frowned unhappily and said, "Nonsense, the third girl is just a concubine, how can she let her greet your fifth cousin!" ”

Qi Jinghuan's face was slightly gloomy, and he said very strictly: "My mother's words are wrong, even if Jingshu is a concubine, she is also the biological daughter of her father, and she will be indispensable to the county lord in the future. ”

Prince Le and Concubine Le were choked by her son, she naturally understood this truth, but in her heart, the niece of the concubine was much more important than the daughter of the concubine, and besides, she still had a knot in her heart for Qi Jingshu, the daughter of the concubine, and she was unwilling to answer her at all.

Qi Jingshu's life in the house was not easy in the past, that is, the last time she had the courage to intercede for her uncle, she could be regarded as entering the eyes of her brother-in-law, and with her brother's questioning, Qi Jingshu's life gradually improved.

"Mother, Jingshu and her two sisters are the same as their father's blood, and now she is also older, she will discuss marriage in a year or two, and she will not stay in the palace for a few years, and then it will be just a dowry, you treat her like two sisters, so as not to let people spread your reputation for being mean to your father's bloodline. Besides, Jingshu is also a well-behaved person, her son can't be by your side all day, so it's better to let her serve by your side, how much can she relieve her boredom? Qi Jinghuan knew that his mother cared about reputation very much, so he took this as a starting point and persuaded him slowly.

Prince and Concubine Le sighed, nodded and said in a muffled voice, "Mother knows." Then he raised his voice and called: "Come, go and ask the third lady to come over and entertain the fifth lady." ”

The subordinates outside responded to the call and went to the Rose Garden to spread the word, Concubine Li heard the news, almost cried with joy, and the concubine sent a message to ask her daughter to go to Zezhi Garden to greet Miss Biao, this is a signal to teach her daughter, being able to stay by the concubine's side for a year or two will be of great benefit to Qi Jingshu's future marriage. Concubine Li hurriedly cleaned up for her daughter, from clothes, shoes and socks to hairstyle and jewelry, Concubine Li carefully matched everything.

A quarter of an hour later, a green silk hair combed into a cloud bun, wearing a red gold silk begonia inlaid with a small golden crown, a hairpin with a delicate yellow peony medicine palace flower, a silver-red embroidered folded branch begonia flower gown, and Qi Jingshu, who was wearing a jade-colored palace satin skirt, was sent to Zezhiyuan by Concubine Li. Seeing that the concubine was dressed very decently, she would not lose the dignity of the palace, and she would not be extravagant and pressed her cousin and niece, the reluctance of Prince Le and the princess was a little more, and the tone of her voice was much kinder.

"Jingshu, please Mother Concubine, please Brother Wang." Qi Jingshu forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart and stepped forward to salute, because her mother was there, Qi Jinghuan was not good at speaking first, she only looked at her sister with a smile, her eyes were very warm, even though Qi Jingshu didn't dare to look up, she could also feel the kindness of her brother.

Prince Le and Princess Le smiled lightly: "Three girls, get up, Mrs. Uncle and Miss Wubiao are guests in the palace, our palace has no other sisters besides you, so you will greet Miss Wubiao, be sure to greet with your heart, don't lose the dignity of the palace." Qi Jingshu was only right, her attitude was extremely respectful, and she honestly received her mother's words.

Seeing that the concubine was well-behaved and obedient, the princess of Le smiled a little more, turned her head to the maid and said: "I remember that someone in the palace entered a pair of red jade bracelets before, which was worn by the little girl, and went to bring it to the third lady to wear, and the little girl's family should use some bright jewelry." ”

Qi Jingshu hurriedly knelt down to thank her, and put on the pair of bright red bracelets in front of her mother-in-law. The bright red bracelet is more and more lined with Qi Jingshu's skin is white and snowy, and she looks very good-looking. Qi Jinghuan immediately boasted: "In the end, my mother's vision is good, Jingshu wears this pair of bracelets, and the whole person looks much fresher." ”

Prince Le and Princess Le smiled when she heard this: "It's also useful, of course my mother's vision is excellent, okay, three girls, you go to Dongnuan Pavilion first to greet the eldest uncle and the fifth cousin for the concubine, and the palace will go later." ”

Qi Jingshu claimed that it was, bowed her head and retreated, and when Prince Le saw her walk out of the house, she frowned and asked, "Huan'er, you really don't go to Dongnuan Pavilion with your mother?" ”

Qi Jinghuan said: "Mother, it is right to ask the eldest aunt An Yuan, but the fifth cousin is also there, it is really inconvenient, besides, when I see my son, the eldest aunt still has to pay a national salute, it is better to have two clicks." ”

Prince and Concubine Le were depressed in her heart, but she couldn't refute her son, so she could only say in a muffled voice: "That's it, now that you have grown up, your mother can't be your lord anymore, so let it be." ”

Qi Jinghuan hurriedly smiled and said: "Mother, look at what you said, your son is already a married person, and you have to avoid suspicion, your son doesn't care about it, but the fifth cousin hasn't decided yet, you always have to think more about the fifth cousin's reputation, don't you?" When the eldest aunt is gone, the son will come to accompany you again. ”