Chapter Twenty-Three: Misfortune and Blessing Lean

However, on the afternoon of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the carriages and horses in front of the Chengxiang Mansion occupied half of the street, all to congratulate. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info tea was withdrawn and withdrawn, and the mother-in-law in the boiler room was very busy. The girls are busy inside and out.

The front door suddenly came to report, saying that the king of Zhennan had arrived at the door, so panicked that Yang Tong hurriedly stood up, handed over a room of officials to Yang Yong to entertain, straightened his clothes, and went out to greet him.

"I don't know if the prince has arrived, I miss the distance, and I hope the prince will forgive me!"

"Congratulations, Lord Yang!"

Wang Yilong played haha, got off the horse, and a boy came over and led the horse to the stables to feed the forage.

"The grace of the prince, Yang Tong will never forget!"

Yang Tong didn't care that there were subordinates on the left and right, and as soon as he bowed to the ground, Wang Yilong hurriedly helped him up, and the two went to the house hand in hand.

"Lord Yang, although there is filial piety, but Lord Yang is happy, and the house should be more lively, why does it look like the house is deserted?"

Along the way, Wang Yilong saw a few people scattered in the house, and ran in a panic, and when he saw Wang Yilong, he stood aside with his head bowed one by one.

"Lord Wang, the bones of the East King are not cold, how dare you publicize the mansion of the criminal ministers?"

"The matter has passed, and the mistake is irreparable, so don't mention it again in the future!"

Wang Yilong sighed.

Yang Tong didn't say anything, and led Wang Yilong to the living room, and all the ministers stood up and came over to greet the prince. The prince excused everyone one by one and sat down.

The two girls came over to change the tea cup again, and the boiling water in the kettle was gone, so the girl went to the boiler room in a panic and brought a pot of boiling water.

"Prime Minister, why are there so few people in the house?"

Li Dian, the head of the household, said doubtfully. He couldn't look at it anymore, so he asked.

"Don't hide it from the adults, don't be afraid of your jokes, since my father made a mistake, the helpers in the house came to ask for resignation, and in the past half a month, there have been as many as 100 people and dozens of people, accounting for nearly half of the number in the house. Now that he has been recommended by the prince to succeed him as prime minister, so many distinguished guests suddenly came to the mansion, so that the officials were stretched. Now most of the people in the house are sent to buy and buy, chop wood, and help kitchen helpers, so there are many fewer girls waiting for adults than before, and I ask the prince and your lords for forgiveness for the rudeness! ”

"Oh, I see!" Zhao Yuankai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stroked his beard and said: "Prime Minister, if this is not the case, I will let some old girls come to the house, and wait for the dispatch of Steward Hu, the prince and all the adults are here, there must be someone to wait!" ”

"Isn't that?"

"I think that's it!" Wang Yilong said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, although it is Chinese New Year's Eve today, Lord Yang has just been promoted to the post of Cheng Xiang, so why don't you adults stay with this king and let Cheng Xiang entertain everyone." This king hasn't been with all the adults for a long time, this is a rare opportunity, tonight is here with the prime minister, don't get drunk and don't return, what do you think? ”

"Hahaha, Lord Wang, Xia Guan has this intention!"

"Yes, Lord Wang, the Prime Minister's Mansion has been aged for many years, and it was made by Mrs. She herself when she was young, Prime Minister, I don't know if there is any left?"

"Who is it, thinking about the old woman's aging? Yes, yes, enough! ”

With the support of the autumn cicada, the old lady She walked into the house, and everyone stood up busily, and before everyone could speak, the old lady said again.

"I heard that the prince is coming, and the old woman came to invite Anluo to the prince!" As she spoke, the old lady walked towards Wang Yilong.

"Old lady, I can't stand this, come to the seat, this king will ask the old lady to say goodbye!"

Wang talked all the way, took the old lady's hand, gave in, and sat down with the adults.

Zhao Yuankai's followers had to order them to go back and move people, and soon five carriages dragged the girls and women into the Prime Minister's Mansion, which alleviated the urgent need for the Prime Minister's Mansion to lack people.

Wang Yilong and the ministers were staggered in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Yang Tong raised a glass to thank the prince again and again for his recommendation, and many entertainments were not listed one by one.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, a flying pigeon suddenly came to southern Xinjiang to spread a message, saying that the frontier was tight, and the southern country was suspected of being offended by the transfer of troops, and Wang Yilong hurriedly bid farewell to Li Ju.

Outside the south gate, Prime Minister Yang Tong led hundreds of civil and military officials to personally send the minister to Wang Yilong.

It turned out that Wang Yihu was afraid that his brother Wang Yilong would suffer a loss in the capital, so he took Chen Jing's old path. Only then did he make up a lie and trick Wang Yilong into going back.

Why is Wang Yihu afraid that Wang Yilong will suffer? Whose loss is it that suffers? There will be an explanation later.

Let's say that the Prime Minister's Mansion borrowed the maids and daughters-in-law of the Li Mansion, and there were as many as 30 people, and they wanted to return it that night, but Zhao Yuankai asked them to help in the Prime Minister's Mansion until the fifth day of the first month before they were allowed to go back.

When I went back, the Prime Minister's Mansion rewarded every girl and mother-in-law, needless to say. He also told them that if anyone is willing to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to work, tell them to apply for the job as soon as possible.

As soon as these words came out, there was an endless stream of people who came to apply for jobs every day, and there were even those who quit their jobs, and they also asked for relationships everywhere, and they wanted to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Manager Hu hated these snobs and said that as long as they were people from the Prime Minister's Mansion who quit their jobs a few years ago, no matter who intercedes, they don't need it now, and they won't use it in the future.

Therefore, the Prime Minister's Mansion recruited a lot of newcomers, but due to the large number of applicants, Mr. Hu began to pick and choose, of course, it is okay to choose those excellent young looks, which is also the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

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When Su Man heard the news, Chen Yao was already dying.

Chen Yao has been adrift for so many days, cold and starving, after the death of her parents, her brother disappeared, her spirit was seriously hit, and she was afraid that Su Man would lose her one day, and she would not leave Su Man's side.

But in the cold winter, Chen Yao, a pampered child, couldn't adapt to the outside climate and poor diet for a while, and soon she became ill, first diarrhea, cold, and then fever, which lasted for a long time.

Although there were beggars such as Dongzi to help, how could he have no money to ask for a doctor, seeing Chen Yao dying, Su Man was anxious and had nothing to do.

At this time, Dongzi inadvertently said that on the territory of the Northern Beggars Gang, the Prime Minister's Mansion recruited people to buy girls.

This made Suman's heart flutter, and she seemed to see the light of day in the darkness.

She handed Chen Yao over to an old beggar to take care of her, and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Dongzi.

Halfway through, he was first intercepted by the Northern Beggar, and Dongzi repeatedly explained that he had sent Su Man to apply, and they were not here to beg. Only then did they come to the Prime Minister's Mansion under their supervision, Su Man explained the situation to the porter, and the porter looked at her, hesitated, and allowed her to enter through the corner door.

Mr. Hu saw that it was a flower who wanted rice, covered his nose and scolded.

"Bastard, who's on duty? Who's putting it in? Roll on, what do you think of the Prime Minister's Mansion? Anyone dares to apply, and now even Hanako is coming to join in the fun and blast me out! ”

Su Man hurriedly knelt down, and before she could say a word, she was picked up by two boys, dragged out of the door, and thrown into the street.

"Master, okay, I beg you to help me say good things, my lord's great kindness will be thanked in the future."

Su Man grabbed the kid's leg and pleaded.

"Huh? It's not a small amount of courage, dare to make trouble in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, don't you want to live? ”

As he spoke, the kid kicked Su Man in the chest, and Su Man intuitively felt a bitter throat and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Forget it, Erlai, what are you calling a flower child, look at your appearance?!"

"Damn, dare to hug your grandfather's legs!" Er Lai spat a mouthful of phlegm on Su Man's body, and spit on Su Man's eyes.

Erlai dusted off his trousers and went inside.

"Master, master, I beg you!"

Su Man wiped the thick phlegm from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and crawled towards the Prime Minister's Mansion while crying.

Dongzi, who was guarding outside, saw this and hurriedly helped Su Man up.

"Let's go, let's go, this is not the place we can stay."