Of course, there are ghosts.

Chu Hao thinks that he will be more unscrupulous at home, even if he is a little intimate outside, outsiders look at it as a brotherhood, even if he wants to be crooked, he will never dare to spread rumors.

Sure enough, their family has not been in the capital for a long time, and the Pingxi Mansion here has become an ornament, and they dare to stretch out their hands if they are individuals.

Xiao Zhong gritted his teeth: "The inner ghost is Anwen." "The palace is big, and the prince has a separate courtyard, and An Wen is serving in it. Reasoning, even if An Wen is not the confidant of the prince, he should be a trustworthy subordinate, but he turned around and sold the prince.

Chu Hao nodded: "Go and bring the housekeeper up." ”

"Yes." Before Xiao Zhong left, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Don't you bring Anwen?" ”

Chu Hao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there someone named Anwen in our house?" ”

Xiao Zhong's jaw tightened, and he quickly retreated. The family affairs at home have always been in charge of the princess, but the prince does not take action, and it is not an ornament.

Soon, the three housekeepers in charge of the palace in the capital followed Xiao Zhong into the study.

The chief steward was in charge of foreign affairs, in charge of various industries and exchanges of the Pingxi royal palace in the capital.

The second and third stewards are both in charge of housekeeping, one is in charge of the male servant and the other is in charge of the female servant.

The problem is Anwen, so naturally the second housekeeper should be unlucky. The other two didn't have the slightest intention of gloating, but their faces turned pale, and as soon as they entered the door, the three of them knelt down in front of Chu Hao.

Chu Hao didn't care, and raised his chin at the second housekeeper: "You say it first." ”

Those who can achieve the position of housekeeper are all born to the family, and they have been tied to the Chu family on the same warship for generations. And when it comes to their part, they are naturally still slaves in name, but in fact, their status is higher than that of ordinary petty officials with no background. What's more, the Chu family treats them well. At least one of their children and grandchildren will be able to shed their slavery status.

The second housekeeper didn't defend himself, but just tried to state the matter objectively: "An Wen is the nephew of the villain's daughter-in-law, and their branch has been taking care of Zongmiao. ”

The people who work in the temple and the ancestral tomb are all the old people in the family, and it can be regarded as a trust of the master's family. There are still some clan elders living near the temple, as well as sacrificial fields, etc., which either need to be taken care of or taken care of. There are not a few servants who serve there, and if they are compared to ordinary people, life is definitely not very hard. But compared to serving people directly in the palace, there is absolutely no comparison.

Anwen's father and mother went three years ago, and the villain and his daughter-in-law went back to the funeral, and when they saw that the child was still young, they took it with them to raise it. Seeing that the person is still diligent and clever, let him follow him to fight. Later, seeing that he was doing well, he arranged to enter the courtyard of the prince. ”

is also the Pingxi Palace, Xijing is the base camp, there are still a lot of things in the foreign affairs of the capital, and the internal affairs are basically a decoration. Every year, when the master's family comes, he will be busy for a while, and it is basically an idle errand, and the one who serves in the master's yard is even more fat.

An Wen is only eighteen years old this year, and he is not a person who has been raised by Chu Hao's side since he was a child, and he can achieve this position, the role of the second housekeeper in the middle is definitely not small, and he must have enough ability to make the big housekeeper and the third housekeeper nod. Among the servants, Anwen can already be regarded as a winner in life. Even the second housekeeper, who is a relative, doesn't understand what he Anwen is dissatisfied with, and he wants to do such a thing.

Betraying the master's house is considered the most severe crime among their servants. Even if his hands and feet are not clean, he can't save An Wen by paying a little price, but what is the difference between what An Wen did and sticking a knife in the plaque of the palace?

The seller seeks glory, but he still thinks that he can hide it well, which is simply asking for his own death.

Chu Hao didn't ask Anwen why he did this, but said: "The rules of the palace, you know it yourself, go down." ”

The second housekeeper bowed his head and kowtowed: "Yes." The villain will go to receive the punishment, and take his family back to the clan early tomorrow morning to guard the mausoleum. "Not having to be sold, it's already the best ending.

Chu Hao waved his hand to let the second housekeeper step back and asked, "Who instructed it?" ”

This time, it was the turn of the chief butler to answer: "Master Zhang of the Ministry of Works, he took the name of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Chu Hao sneered: "It's not a small courage. "What a Master Zhang, do you really think of yourself as an uncle of the country? He thought that he had avoided Shunyang Pass before, was he afraid of a mere Princess Min? He's giving the royal face. Now that he doesn't want to be embarrassed, he doesn't mind tearing him apart and throwing him on the ground.

"What about the muddy waters?"

"The prince's mansion, the king of Hecai, and the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhuang Yi."

The prince has never dealt with him, and it is his "duty" to fall into the well. King Ha Cai has always liked to jump, and his shadow can be seen everywhere.

"What's going on with Zhuang Yi?" He doesn't know anyone from the Ministry of Rites, right? They Pingxi Wangfu and Zhuang Yi have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, what kind of reputation is this?

The chief housekeeper explained: "Before His Royal Highness entered Beijing the year before last, Zhuang Shilang was preparing to make his family's eldest son, Princess Shang. ”

The eldest son of the dealer is also a young talent. There is a father of a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, who has a strict family education at home, is a decent person, and can be regarded as a decent gentleman, and he is not weak in talent and learning. In the capital at that time, in terms of talent, the eldest son of the Zhuang family could be regarded as the first person under the crown prince. If his own conditions are not good, then his high-minded father will not beat the idea of Princess Shang.

The princess of the right age is also a princess Min......

Later, when he entered Beijing, his wife and the royal family intended to marry, so the matter of the princess of the Zhuang family was naturally blown.

Chu Hao's face was expressionless, feeling that he was simply innocent: "What about now?" "The so-called marriage between him and Princess Min has never been clearly stated from beginning to end. Of course, just as he is unwilling to tear his face with the royal family, the dealer must also be unwilling to tear his face with the Chu family. Now that Princess Min is still in the boudoir, the dealer can go to propose, why do you still come to this troubled water?

"Last year, there were rumors about Princess Min in the capital for a while, and Lord Zhuang thought that Princess Min was a moral defect, and insisted on marrying Mrs. Zhuang's niece as a beginner. Helplessly, the eldest prince of Zhuang ...... to his wife I have been married for several months in different rooms, and now I am out on a tour. ”

In fact, if you want to say how deeply rooted Prince Zhuang is for Princess Min, it must be nonsense. There are differences between men and women, and there are differences in identities, at best, Zhuang Dagongzi has seen the allergic princess once or twice from afar, and it is estimated that he didn't even see whether Princess Min was round or flat. It's just that people have relatively high requirements for the quality of marriage, and if they don't love women, they are virtuous. After his wife got married, he also tried his best to cultivate a relationship with his wife, but he worked hard for months without developing even a common language......

So, a hidden secondary two broke out, and came on a trip that was just about to go, leaving behind the father who was so angry that he almost became the old secondary two.

At this juncture, it can be said that even if it is not Chu Hao, if there is any change, Zhuang Yi will end up disrupting the situation. Nothing else, not specifically aimed at anyone, just to vent the fire.

Chu Hao felt a toothache and said to the third housekeeper: "You can take the position of the second housekeeper for the time being, and you have straightened out all the people in the family in the past few days." ”

The third steward kowtowed like this and took the order. She didn't dare to say that this matter had nothing to do with her from beginning to end. The people who served in the master's yard had to be agreed upon by the three stewards before they could be counted. Such a big thing happened this time, and it has nothing to do with their "idleness" over the years. And since the people in the courtyard of the prince can have problems, what about the people in other places?

In fact, after this incident, she had already thought about this problem. After a day of investigation, it was true that in addition to Anwen, several suspicious people were found. However, these people either haven't done anything yet, or they have no access to any useful information at all due to their low positions, and of course these don't prevent her from knocking on it.

There were only Chu Hao and the big housekeeper left in the study.

Facing Chu Hao alone, the pressure on the big housekeeper is not ordinary. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, but the cold sweat on his forehead condensed and slipped down bit by bit.

He only felt that the seconds were like years, and he didn't know how long it had been before he heard Chu Hao say, "Get up, sit and talk." ”

Chu Hao clapped his palms again.

Xiao Zhong asked outside the door: "What does Your Highness command?" ”

"Go and call the second young master."

Nguyen Bai didn't know what was going on yet. He finally got a paid vacation, and he was originally very motivated to find Tian Kaifu to continue his studies, but Tian Kaifu was busy as a dog. As a student, he naturally wants to share his worries.

Under the special approval of the bearded Li Shangshu, Ruan Bai became Tian Kaifu's little assistant, and by the way, he also brought Fang Maomao, a small oil bottle.

Ruan Bai originally wanted Fang Maomao to follow Tang Yan to continue to learn to read and write, or to find out if there were any down-and-out scholars or something, so try to teach Fang Maomao first, if it was not bad, then bring it back to Shunyang to open a private school or something.

As a result, Tang Yan came back with all kinds of knowledge from stealing teachers, and was taking several research groups with him, digesting and researching at the same time, and he was so busy that he didn't even go home.

Looking for someone, I can't find a suitable one for a while. In the place where the humanities of the capital gather, the proportion of readers is definitely the highest in the whole week. But if you need to make money and have a good character, the key is that you are still willing to leave the capital and go to the northwest border to study, and the number is about zero.

Fang Maomao can only follow the "honey preserved meat", under the oppression of the brutal Ergou Great Demon King, he must learn five big characters every day, otherwise he will not be given snacks!

When Ruan Bai was brought by Xiao Zhong, he was still thinking about all kinds of information he had learned from the household department these days. It really deserves to be the Ministry of Finance, even if it is just a small piece of content that Tian Kaifu is responsible for, you can get a glimpse of a lot of information. He finally had a general understanding of the economic situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty - the polarization was strict, the treasury was empty, the scholar class was rich, and the common people were poor. The processing of commodities is not high, there is a lack of liquidity, the infrastructure is backward, and there is still a lot of money in the water every year......

Xiao Zhong lit a candle in the house and closed the door.

Ruan Bai looked at the situation and raised his eyebrows: "What happened?" ”

Chu Hao asked Ruan Bai to sit beside him and told him everything one by one: "What does the second brother want to do?" ”