==Chapter 131==

After leaving the council hall, Sun Yi and the others seemed to be worried all the way.

Sun Yi and the others were on an errand in the palace when they built the palace of the king of Chu, and they can be regarded as the old men in the mansion, and they are loyal to the master of the king of Chu.

What happened today is full of ups and downs, peaks and loops, and it is dizzying. But Sun Yi also knew that this was the new princess's mighty move. In this regard, they do not exclude it, and it is understandable that the affairs of a house are under the control of the master mother, and it is normal for newcomers to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, so as to establish authority.

The only thing that makes a few people worry is the new princess's style of doing things, which is really incomprehensible.

If it's shrewd, it's really not like it, but there are still many squeamishness and willfulness that daughters should have. If it is said to be stupid, but after this series of actions, it is really convincing, Liu Nushi, who originally gave several people a headache and liked to stretch out his hands around, was just where to go back in the blink of an eye, and even the place in the palace probably wouldn't say anything.

"What kind of person do you think this new princess is?" Sun Si pondered for a while, but still didn't figure out why, and couldn't help but speak.

Sun San looked like he was groaning: "I can't see it." ”

Sun Er shook his head like him, but Sun Yi didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something.

Sun San smacked his lips: "But I think His Royal Highness seems to be very fond of this new princess." ”

"This is still for you to say, when His Royal Highness didn't get married before, which noble girl in Chang'an City could enter and enter our Chu Wangfu freely, even if the lady of the Meng family came twice, she had to report it first." Sun Si raised his eyebrows and said.

"It's true."

Although Sun San had never seen Jiu Niang, he had also heard of her name, Her Royal Highness's little cousin, and even lived in the mansion for a while. When he lived in the palace, Yanyu Pavilion was a place where people should not enter, and after staying in the palace for a long time, Sun San also knew something about the master of the King of Chu, if he didn't care, why should he protect it so tightly.

"This Liu Nushi was sent back, I'm afraid it won't be long before everywhere will know about His Highness's move today, and there may be unfavorable rumors."

Sun Er said suddenly, this remark caused everyone to think deeply.

After Sun Si sighed, he said in a cheerful tone: "Oh, don't think too much about it, Your Highness is newly married, and it is natural to spoil the new princess." ”

Sun Er and Sun San looked at Sun Si with the eyes of a fool, and couldn't help but look embarrassed at Sun Si.

Could the King of Chu be the kind of person who is disturbed by external factors? Apparently not. This master is indifferent and hard by nature, decisive in his actions, never moved by external things, and never a woman of kindness. If there is a person in the world who asked him to change his way of doing things, then there is only one person, and that is Emperor Chengyuan. And Emperor Chengyuan can only suppress him with filial piety and identity, which is not his original wish.

And today is simply a hell of a life, their highness, who has always been wise and martial, actually interfered in something he shouldn't have interfered with for a little woman, and even just because the other party cried, he was distressed and had a distressed attack on the person who came over, which really surprised Sun Yi and the others, and at the same time had some doubts.

Is it really the so-called hero who is sad about the beauty pass?

So in the future, will their Royal Highness become like Marquis Feng Yan, who kills his wife for the sake of a woman's concubine, and even does not hesitate to go against the family, making all kinds of unbelievable acts, so as to cause a big disaster? In ancient times, King You of Zhou made a fuss in Chang'an City for a woman, and was taken away by His Majesty.

Sun Er and the others were very worried, they really didn't want to see their master become like that one day.

"Okay, what kind of bitter gourd face, Your Highness has its own regulations for doing things, and you can worry about it here, and you are all full of food. Everyone is busy going their own way, and other things are in charge, you just need to remember that we can't afford to offend this princess, just treat it as your Royal Highness. ”

Sun Yi has always been in the leading position among several people, hearing him say this, Sun Er thought about it, and it was the same, why should they think so much as a subordinate, so they all dispersed.

As for how a few people weigh it in their hearts, only God knows.

*

Jiu Niang is not a good person in the true sense.

She can act, knows how to judge the situation, and knows how to use what she can use around her to achieve her goals.

Seeing that she couldn't resist last night, and that she had the effect of the ointment on the first day, she was not as uncomfortable as the wedding night, and she also knew that this kind of thing was indispensable between husband and wife, so she honestly obeyed the king of Chu and no longer resisted.

The king of Chu was very happy and very happy, Jiu Niang could see it.

After that, he even took her to bathe and wash herself, and changed her into clean bedclothes.

The influence of women on men, Jiuniang is clear. You don't see many heroes buried in a woman's belly, Jiu Niang never disdained this kind of behavior before, this time the two are husband and wife, and she can't fail to fulfill her duties as a wife, so it is natural to get some benefits on her body.

So, after getting up in the morning, Jiu Niang mentioned it to the King of Chu in a gentle manner, and asked him to accompany her to meet these subordinates of the Chu King's Mansion today. She is new to the city, and it is not something that can be done overnight, and the King of Chu is a very good resource to use, since there is a shortcut to take, why should she ask for hardship.

If the king of Chu agreed, then he would be more sure of what he would arrange next.

Unsurprisingly, the direction of things is really going according to Jiu Niang's plan. That Liu Nushi was too arrogant and took herself too seriously, so she fell into Jiuniang's trap unexpectedly.

Jiuniang deliberately portrayed herself as a willful and unsensible image, she is a woman, it is normal to be young and ignorant, no one can question too much, after all, she has not done anything unacceptable, at most she is just a slave.

The fact that the king of Chu couldn't do it happened to come through her hand, and the king of Chu became a greedy and spoiled wife.

This reputation is harmless to the King of Chu, maybe Emperor Chengyuan would like to do so. A person without any shortcomings is terrifying, and how can a physical disability alone make people relax their vigilance if they have a weakness in their mind. Since the king of Chu can change his policy of dealing with people because of his feminine nature, who knows that he can no longer use it in the future.

It is conceivable that the King of Chu also understands Jiu Niang's thoughts, so he will be so quick to push the boat along the river and cooperate with Jiu Niang to act in this play, which is why he said 'The outside will probably classify him as the king of Zhou You'.

If the king of Chu is the king of Zhou You, then isn't Jiuniang a compliment?

Coupled with her careful thinking last night, Jiu Niang couldn't help blushing because of this.

King Chu's eyes darkened even more, and he stretched out his finger and slid it on Jiuniang's pink cheeks, and whispered: "But this king is very willing." ”

Jiu Niang's face turned red, and she felt that she couldn't see anyone anymore.

I don't know how long it has been, but Lianzhi's voice sounded in my ears: "Lady, are you going back?" ”

Jiu Niang raised her head, only to find that the King of Chu had left at some point, and Chang Shun was not there, and only she and Lianzhi Xiaocui were left in the entire hall.

Jiuniang cleared her throat and moved forward as if nothing happened, "Go back." ”

Xiao Cui hurriedly leaned down to help Jiu Niang put on her shoes, and the lotus branch picked her up from the platform, and the three masters and servants left the hall.

*

Liu Nushi was sent back to the palace, and the matter was soon reported to Emperor Chengyuan.

After listening to Ruan Ronghai's report, Emperor Chengyuan smiled meaninglessly: "I didn't expect that my son, who is also a lover." ”

Ruan Ronghai changed a cup of tea for Emperor Chengyuan, and put the cold tea on the side of the little waiter holding the tray, and said: "The Fifth Highness and the Princess of Chu have known each other since childhood, and they have such a fate, this Liu Nushi has offended the princess for a long time, no wonder the Fifth Highness will attack her." ”

Emperor Chengyuan seemed to smile, picked up the tea, and took a sip: "Are you pleading for the fifth daughter-in-law?" ”

Ruan Ronghai was so frightened that he suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Emperor Chengyuan laughed a few times and waved his hand: "Okay, I don't blame you, the fifth daughter-in-law is young and ignorant, and it is normal." It's just a slave, send it back, send it back. ”

After finishing speaking, he put down the teacup in his hand, turned his head and looked at the twists and turns on the dragon case again.

Ruan Ronghai stood up tremblingly from the ground and quietly wiped a handful of sweat.

In the Heluan Palace, Empress Xiao frowned and asked, "The matter is reported to His Majesty, what does His Majesty say?" ”

The palace man Bi Kite shook his head: "Your Majesty didn't say anything, I heard the little sixth son of Zichen Hall say that it is normal for Her Majesty to say that Princess Chu is young and ignorant, and she doesn't mean to blame." ”

Empress Xiao tightened her hand, and there was a sharp look in her phoenix eyes: "What a cheap embryo, he will only make trouble from it, and the palace will try his best to send people over, and then Liu Nushi is really useless, so she was sent back like this." ”

"Niangniang, what should we do now, this Liu Nushi was sent back, but we have to send another person from the beginning? Since Princess Chu is young and ignorant, she needs someone to help take care of her housework. ”

Empress Xiao sighed with a deep smile, "Don't be busy giving people away, wait for the palace to order someone to go home and ask, I heard the old lady say that this girl is also a shrewd person, why is she so ignorant today, and I don't know how the old lady taught." ”

Bi Kite's eyes flashed, but she didn't speak, and Empress Xiao soon realized that what she said was wrong.

Let's not say that Liu Nushi was sent by Emperor Chengyuan, Xiao Jiuniang didn't know that it was Empress Xiao's person, even if she knew, others would think, what do you want to do when you put people in the Chu Palace.

Xiao Jiuniang is a member of the Xiao family, and the King of Chu is also her husband, and it is her heaven, even if the King of Chu dies one day, she is also the princess of Chu, and it is impossible to remarry. Nowadays, the people of Daqi are open, and it is not uncommon for women to remarry at all, but this is not common to the royal daughter-in-law, once she enters the royal gate, she is a royal person in this life.

Therefore, Xiao Jiuniang may explain good things to each other in the middle, but she will never help the Xiao family deal with the King of Chu, even if the Xiao family wants to use Jiuniang, it will be under the guise of combining the two sides. Especially when Empress Xiao planted people in the palace of the King of Chu, she couldn't see anyone at all, did she want Xiao Jiuniang to know that the queen sent someone to harm her and not be able to give birth, and she had to be generous enough to let her harm and not resist, that is the general knowledge? I'm afraid that either Xiao Jiuniang is stupid, or the queen is stupid.

A touch of embarrassment flashed in Empress Xiao's eyes, and she was relieved to see that Bi Kite's face did not show an abnormal color.

Bi Kite didn't seem to feel Empress Xiao's vague thoughts at all, and said: "Actually, the slave maid thinks that Niangniang doesn't need to be so troublesome at all, since Princess Chu is her own family, the old lady must have made arrangements before she got married. ”

Empress Xiao nodded approvingly: "This palace thinks the same way, but in this way, we must not interfere in the internal affairs of the palace, and this palace originally wanted to use this to insert a few more people in." ”

"Soldiers are more expensive than many, don't forget our original purpose."

"Now you have to do this first, you order someone to send a letter to the house."

*

Jiu Niang didn't know about what happened in the palace.

She came out of the council hall and went back to the study in the main courtyard first, the account books in the inner library had already been sent, and other things could be left alone, and the inner library had to be sorted out first.

The lunch of the king of Chu was used in the front yard, and Chang Shun sent someone to pass the word at noon, so Jiuniang had lunch alone at noon, and then took a nap, and then led the lotus branch Xiaocui and the two to the inner library.

The location of the inner library is not far from the main courtyard, it is a separate courtyard, and there are special handles in the day. Sun Si came over after receiving the summons, and walked in the direction of Neiku with Jiu Niang, while reporting the general situation of the income and expenditure of the house.

"Princess, Your Royal Highness's annual income is 1,800 guan, and the supply of rice grain is 1,000 stones, of which the monthly income of the shops is about 1,500 guan, and the filial piety of the door during the New Year's festival is about 5,000 guan, and the total annual income is about 25,000 guan. Among them, there are about 500 attendants in the house, and as for the self-owned accounts of the doormen's staff, they only need to allocate money and materials every month, and the monthly expenditure of the house is about 2,200 yuan. ”

More than 2,200 taels, that is, 2,200 taels of silver, is nearly 30,000 taels a year. It stands to reason that this is not much, after all, the Chu Wangfu has such a big family business and has raised so many people, but you must know that the entire Chu Wangfu is seriously speaking, there are only two masters, the King of Chu and Jiuniang, and there are more than 500 waiters alone. More than 500 people went to serve two people? Even if you add some waiters around the doormen's staff and officials, you can't use so many people, not to mention that there are guards in the Chu Palace, but the expenses in this regard don't need to be from Jiu Niang's side.

And the income of the Chu Wangfu seems to be a lot, but in fact, it is simply unable to make ends meet.

The look of surprise on Jiu Niang's face fell into Sun Si's eyes, he smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice: "These people were all transferred from the palace when His Royal Highness opened the mansion, and almost all of them were so regulated in several palaces, but they should not be cut. In addition, judging from the books, the house is indeed unable to make ends meet, but every year His Royal Highness will order someone to allocate a sum of silver, but there is no need to worry about the income. ”

Well, Jiuniang has already understood what Sun Si meant, as a prince, he should have the pomp and circumstance he deserves. The king of Chu has a private treasury, and there must be other sources of silver, and there are a lot of them, otherwise he would not be able to support such a big stall. You must know that King Chu's subordinates are not only these people on the surface, as far as Jiuniang's memory of her previous life, King Chu not only has many dead soldiers, but also a lot of private soldiers raised in various places.

But this kind of thing is something she shouldn't ask.

As he spoke, several people had already arrived at the gate of the inner library, and there were guards guarding the door. After seeing Sun Si, he didn't stop him, so he let a few people in.

The inner treasury of the Chu Wangfu is very large, which is very different from ordinary buildings, this treasury has no windows, only doors.

After pushing open the door, I saw that there were many large boxes densely stacked everywhere, and there were a lot of rows and rows of wooden shelves, which were all kinds of antique calligraphy and painting rare ornaments or something.

"These are all filial piety from all over the place, and the gifts that come and go from all over the house on weekdays are also paid from here. His Royal Highness's wedding this time, just receiving gifts can be equivalent to nearly 200,000 yuan, and everything has been stored and recorded. ”

Only then did Jiuniang discover that although the Chu Wangfu could not make ends meet from the books, it was actually not poor, and even extremely rich. However, it is also conceivable that the king of Chu is a prince and a prince with great power, so there are naturally people who stammer and respect on weekdays.

Jiuniang breathed a sigh of relief, although she didn't love money, no one hated silver. Although she had never heard of the king of Chu being short of money in her previous life, everything was about a great cause, and silver must be poured out like water, and she always had to care about it, lest she would make a joke if she didn't have rice in the pot one day.

And after this understanding, it also gave her an understanding of the situation in the Chu Palace. The division of labor in the Chu Palace's mansion is very clear, and there are rules and procedures for doing things, and Sun Si's ability to manage things is also good, but she doesn't have to think too hard.

Jiu Niang also managed the family in her last life, and she was in charge of a family that looked glamorous on the surface, but was actually dilapidated on the inside, and she spent a lot of effort to ensure that the Wang family maintained the status quo and would not continue to decline. Jiu Niang thought that if she took over the internal affairs of the Chu Palace, she would also face various problems of one kind or another, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Let's get here today, I'll take the account books of the inner treasury first, and I'll send someone to count them in two days." As for other affairs, I still have to worry about Steward Sun, and if I have something, you can come to me. ”

Sun Si nodded, and then accompanied Jiuniang to lock the door of the inner library and leave here.

On the way back to the main courtyard, Lianzhi asked suspiciously, "Lady, is that all?" ”

Lianzhi, as a maidservant, has not been in contact with the housekeeper's affairs, but she has seen it, Cui's is in charge of the middle feed in the Anguo Mansion, and she is extremely busy during the day, and she has to take care of it up and down. But she saw that the princess didn't care about the internal affairs of the palace, and it seemed that she was just going through the motions, including in the council hall in the morning, except for punishing the two palace people, in fact, she didn't interfere too much with the affairs of the palace, and some things were not even asked.

Jiuniang naturally understood the doubts in Lianzhi's heart, and said with a smile: "What if you don't do this?" No matter how much appetite we have, how big a bowl of rice we eat, we don't have enough manpower in our hands, and rushing into it will not do us any other benefit except to make a mess for ourselves. Now we can only take our time, since the palace has been built for so many years, it naturally has its charter, we just need to follow the steps, put the posture that we should have, and tell the people below that someone is staring at them, and they don't dare to mess around. ”

This is also the experience of Jiuniang's two lives, after she took over the Wang family in her last life, she also wished that everything was in her own control, but she did not have trustworthy and sufficient manpower in her hands, and she rushed into it in addition to adding chaos to herself, in fact, it did not work at all.

The internal situation of the Wang family is intertwined, not only are there many relatives who fight the autumn breeze, but there are more people who use various names to eat and not do things. But the Chu Wangfu has no such concerns, the whole house is the private slave of the King of Chu, and the two masters in the mansion are her and the King of Chu, if anyone makes a mistake without interest, no one dares to say anything if they are taken away and sold or killed. With this premise in mind, even if someone is greedy, they don't dare to be too qualified.

"So a few of you and Aunt Yu, the biggest task at the moment is to train more people, and place these people everywhere to act as eyes and ears, and report anything in time, even if there are any ghosts in this mansion, they don't dare to come forward."

And Jiuniang understands that her current task is not to take care of housekeeping, but to prevent those who are inserted from making trouble, this is the most important thing, she can't put the cart before the horse, presumably those people will come out soon.

*

It's night.

The hexagonal lotus palace lamp burned quietly in a corner of the room, swaying with a warm warm light. On the rosewood box-type bed, the lilac gauze curtain is half-covered and half-hidden, reflected by candlelight, and the figure on the couch can be faintly seen.

Jiu Niang's face turned red, and she felt that the futon on her back was tingling, and she couldn't catch her breath if she wanted to, and her voice was hoarse: "... I don't want it... Stop......"

The people above just ignored her, and acted spontaneously, seeing that the corners of her eyes were red, her eyes were shining, and she seemed to be about to cry, so she leaned over and kissed her cheeks and earlobes: "It was fine last night, why are you so unbehaving today." ”

Jiuniang breathed and turned her face away, ashamed and angry.

The King of Chu hugged her and turned over, letting her lie in his arms, Jiu Niang's figure was already slender, compared to the King of Chu, she was even more petite and exquisite, so she was in his arms, but it fit very well.

"If you dare to use this king, you won't be too lazy to deal with it?"

The voice was faint, and no anger could be heard, provided that the slightly rapid breathing was removed.

Jiu Niang's face flushed: "What do you say, where am I, where is I... It's just tired......"

King Chu chuckled lightly and did not speak.

After a long while, Jiu Niang reached out and pushed him, and whispered in a dumb voice: "You, are you okay ......or not?"

King Chu didn't bother to pay attention to her, rubbed his palm twice at her waist, and then turned over and went up.

After a long time, the king of Chu turned over and put on his clothes to stay, and did not ask Lianzhi and a few people to come in to serve, but went to the bathroom by himself.

After a while, the person turned out, picked up Jiuniang, who was groggy on the couch, and turned back to the bathroom.

"I'll do it myself." Jiu Niang whispered, in fact, now she can't even move a finger.

The king of Chu ignored her, scrubbed the two of them, and changed into clean clothes. When I went out, the bed had been cleaned up, including the bedding.

The king of Chu stuffed Jiuniang into the quilt, went to lie down on the couch himself, stroked her red face, and stretched his big palm into the quilt to rub her waist.

Jiu Niang thought that he was going to do something, so she was so frightened that she quickly opened her eyes and begged, "Your Highness, go to sleep." ”

"What do you call me?"

Jiuniang's breath tightened, and Ai Ai said: "Husband, husband, husband......"

King Chu nodded with satisfaction, pulled her into his arms, and closed his eyes.