Yun'er, Yu'er Shui'er, and Ling Juan went to the courtyard and asked Wang Ye and Fujin to say goodbye. The prince smiled and said, "Let you have a good rest, what are you doing getting up so early?" ”

"Yun'er wants to find something to use, didn't you say that Jin'er and Fujin went to the palace to give gifts to the emperor? I don't know if Yun'er can help you. ”

"This king is here to get goldfish, this place is close to Taoyuan, just because there is sun-dried water in your yard. Goldfish are not a rare thing, but the glass fish tank will definitely make the Queen Mother like it. ”

Fu Jin said with emotion: "Lord Wang, Sister Yun'er, it's really hard for you, so many goods, how can you buy them?" How many miles do you have to run? After a night of talking, Fu Jin learned a lot about the three of them.

Yun'er smiled and said, "You have worked hard." Such a large palace is handed over to you to take care of, and you will work hard. ”

"Sister's hard work is a little bit, I think about you. It's good to come back, and the stone in my sister's heart falls to the ground. What about Xuan'er? Not with you? ”

"Falling asleep, I was tired from following Yun'er yesterday, and I didn't move all night."

"Don't talk about a child, adults are very strange, sister, the prince and my sister said, these things are bought with Mr.'s silver, my sister admires you so much, I can't change people. Why did you give so many gifts to your sister? ”

"Fujin, don't say that." Originally, Yun'er wanted to explain that the antiques were redeemed by the prince back then, and the goods should belong to the prince, but the prince gave Yun'er a look, and the smart Yun'er immediately shut up.

Yun'er gave the prince a hint, and the prince's brain reacted quickly, and told Fu Jin that he would go upstairs to Yun'er's room to get something, and Fu Jin hurriedly said, "You can go." ”

Yun'er told the prince about the exit of the two secret passages leading to Dongzhi Gate. The prince said, "Take a closer look, who is in that house, and where is the exit of the secret passage." Don't worry, not in these days. After we entered the palace to deliver the gifts, we thought about solving this matter. ”

Yun'er regretted not taking it seriously, and just told the prince in a hurry. Then the two of them hurried downstairs, and after a long time, Fu Jin would think too much. The prince took the rice ruler, otherwise it would be difficult for Fujin to answer when he asked. Sure enough, Fu Jin asked, "Lord Wang, what did you go up to get?" ”

"Meter ruler, measured."

"This is a ruler?" Fu Jin's eyes widened: "This ...... How do you measure things? ”

"Look at it, this should be called a soft ruler, it comes out as soon as you pull it like this, I use it for Liangzi, it's inconvenient for him to enter Yun'er's room."

"Can the concubine take a look?"

"Of course you can see, but you have to be careful not to cut your hands, they are sharp."

Fu Jin listened: "Forget it, let's talk about it after learning from you later." ”

Yu'er Shui'er brought chairs and refreshments to the prince and Fujin. The prince and Fu Jin sat down and waited for a few guards to come back.

The girls, grandmothers, maids, and eunuchs in Yun'er's courtyard heard the voices of the prince and Fujin, and hurriedly went downstairs to say goodbye.

The prince said, "You guys can come over after breakfast and help Master Yun toss things." ”

"Huh! Slaves obey! ”

Tian Liang was very steady, and in the "Taoyuan House" and several other guard companions, he chose an empty fish tank with the largest head, the clearest glass, and the most beautiful scenery inside, two slightly smaller empty fish tanks and a fish tank with half a tank of clear water and more than 30 goldfish, all of which were very good-looking goldfish. Naturally, they are reckless and strong, and the two of them carry the water and the fish, and the two of them are the most powerful and famous "Hercules" among the guards in the house. Tian Liang and Nalan carried the large, empty fish tank with one hand, and the empty, smaller fish tank with the other, and there was also a view inside, talking and laughing all the way back. Don't look at the two Hercules carrying half a tank of clear water, more than 30 goldfish, according to the ratio of one cubic meter of water to one ton of weight, it will cost more than 200 catties, and the goldfish bowl is not easy to take.

In addition to the goldfish bowl, fish food, fish fishing fences, watering cans and other fish farming tools were also brought together. Without a third hand, Tian Liang tied a rope around his neck. Fortunately, Taoyuan House is not very far from Feiyun Tower, and several guards arrived without changing hands.

In terms of family background, the backgrounds of Mang Ge and ** are higher than Tian Liang and Nalan. Mangge's Ama is a four-rank martial artist, the official name is Yun Lu, ** was given to the prince by the Queen Mother, saying that it was a relative of the Queen Mother's family, from the grassland, and her status must not be low. This man is very deep and never overspoken. It gives people the impression of being honest, simple, obedient and capable.

Tian Liang's father is a dart master, and Nalan's father is the head catcher in the yamen. It can be said that Mangge and ** are already very good, there is no arrogance of the children of the family at all, they are conscientious and conscientious, and they have to do any heavy work, which is very important to the prince.

In the Qing Dynasty, from the beginning of Taizu ** Hachi, he attached great importance to the relationship with Mongolia and regarded marriage with Mongolia as a major event. The current Queen Mother is a descendant of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty. Mongolia's territory is quite vast, and if you don't have good relations with Mongolia, the Qing emperor's life will not be easy. The Empress Dowager is now the Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Kingdom, and the current Empress is also the Bolzigit clan, the niece and granddaughter of the Empress Dowager. The first was the niece of the Queen Mother, Borzigit? Meng Guqing, who is also a Mongolian, has been demoted to Concubine Jing and lived in the cold palace. Even Prince An, Prince Xian, and Prince Jian's concubines are all from the Borzigit family, and it seems that whether it is the harem of the Qing Dynasty or the royal family, Mongolian women control the backyard.

But the Mongolian aristocratic youth went to the palace of the capital to serve as a guard, I am afraid that ** is the first.

When several fish tanks were carried to Yun'er's yard, all the people gathered around. Everyone has seen goldfish, but never seen such beautiful and so varied. What surprised them was the several fish tanks, which were really exquisite, and there was no impurities in the whole body. There are also small bridges, gazebos, aquatic plants, corals and colorful rain stones in the fish tank. The small scenery in the fish tank for Fu Jin and Yun'er is also good.

Yun'er asked Yu'er to wipe off the floating ash on the fish tank, Tian Liang scooped the small half of the warm water that was dried yesterday into the big fish tank in the blue and white porcelain water tank, and scooped half a tank of water into the smaller fish tank, and then handed the yarn fence for fishing fish to the prince, which means to let the prince pick it. The prince was not polite, and picked a pair of fist-sized, red scales mixed with golden highlights, white long-tailed salmon, a pair of silvery-white, shiny, long-tailed, long-fledged red lion-headed fish with a long soft tail and a plump bright red flesh spot on the top of the head, and a pair of purple pearl fish with a short and fat body, a round belly, and bulging egg scales on the abdomen, like a neatly arranged pearl, gently scooped up with a gauze fence, and put it into the big fish tank.

The space became larger, and there were fewer partners, and they immediately swam freely. The combination of long-tailed salmon, lion's head and short-tailed pearlfish in one tank is a beautiful picture. Fu Jin's eyes widened in surprise, and an exclamation of "tsk" came out of his mouth. The prince handed the gauze fence to Fu Jin: "You can choose which one you like." ”

"Concubines like this kind of golden-scaled, white-tailed and red-headed." As she spoke, she scooped up four of her favorite goldfish and put them in the tank. Fujin has always been one step beyond Lei Chi, the prince gave the queen mother six, and he could only take four and not exceed.

"What does my sister like? My sister fished it for you. ”

"Yun'er likes pearl fish, and that black bubble eye."

Fu Jin happily fished out four of his favorites for Yun'er.

"Thank you Fujin, turn around and Yun'er instructed someone to send you to the front yard. The prince also bought some anchovies and angelfish, but he had to use a separate fish tank with the goldfish, and the anchovies would be eaten by the goldfish. It is so small that an adult fish can only grow to the size of a little over an inch. This anchovy is very good-looking, colorful, and very fecund, and can directly give birth to small fish. Angelfish, also called swallow fish, is the kind with long beards, and you have to wait for Yun'er to find it for you. ”

"Is it easy to raise? My sister is afraid that it will be fed. ”

"It's easy to raise, especially the kind of anchovy, which doesn't grow big, and it is an adult fish that can reproduce the next generation after a month or two of birth. That's faster than a rabbit. ”

"Huh? How can this fish reproduce so quickly, and it is only an inch long to become an adult fish? Won't its offspring be adult fish in a month? How many eggs can this fish lay at a time? ”

"Anchovies, also known as guppies, are ovoviviviparous tropical freshwater fish that can breed 15-100 small fish each time, and can directly give birth to small fish."

"Huh? Fish directly raw fish? I haven't heard of it yet. ”

The prince asked Tian Liang: "Is there any fish food?" ”

Tian Liang said: "Back to the prince, my subordinates have brought fish food." Give the Queen Mother a pack, a pack of Fujin and a bag of side Fujin, and the goldfish eat less, and one pack of feeding for a year is enough. ”

"Okay, if you have fish food, you will have one less trouble, or you can feed them alive if you rub some steamed bun dregs, and the Queen Mother also has goldfish in the palace. Xiu'er, let's have breakfast quickly, and then we can enter the palace, and send the things to the emperor, and the king will be done, and the king still wants to see his daughter. Hey, Liangzi, Mangge, **, the three of you stay to help Master Yun toss things, and Nalan enters the palace with this king. Didn't you sleep? ”

"It's okay, it's okay, my subordinates are not sleepy." Nalan is really in good spirits.

For the goldfish and the fish tank, Ling Juan didn't react at all, she had seen a lot of beautiful fish tanks. Over there, people's tastes have long been changed to raising bright and dazzling tropical sea fish, and there are rare species of tropical freshwater fish, such as Arowana, silver Arowana and so on. I didn't buy the above two kinds of princes. Of course, seawater fish must be raised with seawater, and the prince does not have that condition. The Arowana series never thought that Arowana should eat live food, that is, live fish, shrimp, and insects, and they eat a lot of food. The cost is a small matter, but violating the Buddhist precepts of killing is a big thing. Therefore, while buying goldfish in large quantities, I also bought some tropical freshwater ornamental fish angelfish and anchovies that are relatively easy to raise.

Ling Juan quietly said hello to Yun'er and went back to her residence accompanied by Shui'er. Shui'er said to Ling Juan: "The master has already instructed, today the slave will send you to Mama Ning's house to learn etiquette, you don't have to worry, Yue'er and Lian'er will accompany you to receive training." You are a guest, and Mama Ning will not treat you harshly. When the two of them come back from dinner, they will go with you, and the slave will explain your situation to Mama Ning. By the way, the two maids who serve you, named Yue'er, are nicknamed "Powerful Essence", and their mouths are very tricky, so they don't let people pay attention to them. But she has a good heart and eyes, and she will help anyone in trouble. Don't be bullied by her, just call you how you want, and I'll always follow you in the future. ”

"It's pretty smart to look at."

"The master said that these two girls are capable characters and have smart brains. A big flaw is illiteracy. Lian'er still knows a little bit of the words in front of her, her father is a seven-rank official, and he can participate in the small election, if you can teach them two to read, it will help you even more. ”

"Huh? If you don't know how to read, it will take you four or five years to learn thousands of Chinese characters from now on. ”

"The slave was illiterate and depressed. When the master and the prince went out, Sister Yu'er taught the slave and maid five or six words every day, and she learned more than 2,000 words in a year. Yue'er and Lian'er are both younger than slaves and maids, and their brains are definitely better than slaves and maids, so you can teach them with kindness. Yue'er's father was a clothed slave, and her family was very poor and could not afford to study. Lian'er is barely a young lady, but she has a very tricky and mean stepmother, not to mention for her to study, even if she can't eat. After entering the palace, I learned a few words and needlework. ”

"Yes, yes, I'm willing to teach them. But I have to learn traditional Chinese characters first, and you don't use simplified characters here. I want to ask, are the people in Feiyunlou more literate or illiterate? ”

"Of course, there are many illiterate people. Isn't it because the family is poor and can't afford to read? Everyone knows the truth that "'everything is inferior, only reading is high'." After studying and being admitted to Xiucai, the officials can not kneel, and they can be tax-free and do not have to serve labor. If you can afford to read, your family will not be poor, and if your family is not poor, who will be a slave. ”

"That's true. It turns out that you still have so many benefits to be a showman here? They're here, so let's go. By the way, I think we have a lot of maids in Feiyun Tower, right? ”

"There are twenty maids and grandmothers in our Feiyun Building, and thirty people on the Fujin side. The maids and grandmothers who serve beside the mistress in our house are the least in number of all the palace maidens. There are 50 people scattered in the main hall, temple, family temple and Suzhou house on the east and west roads to clean the dust, clean the doors and windows, the corridor and so on, and there are 70 people in the garden of the house to clean the leaves, as well as the mama who watches the corner door, the tailor in the east and west mansions and the cook in the kitchen. ”

"With so many maids, how do they pay their salaries?"

"Salary? You're talking about the monthly rule, right? No matter which person is in the house, the monthly cases are all graded, and the monthly cases are the number of maids. The monthly examples of these maids and grandmothers in our house are given to them by the prince in the prince's money, and the first-class maids are three taels, the second-class maids are two taels, the third-class ones are one taels, and the rough ones are five hundred wen, which is the highest number among all the mansions. There are also five taels for the dowry maid, and five taels for the dowry mother. The dowry in Fujin's room is much higher, and they are the companions of Prince Fujin, ten taels. The name of the little master who takes care of the little master is Mama Jingqi, and their monthly rate is also ten taels. ”

Ling Juan immediately understood why Mama Wang and Mama Song, who were taking care of the baby Beibei, were so active in going to Mrs. Chen's courtyard to take care of them, which was the highest monthly case of reluctant Mama Jingqi.

"How many months does the water girl take?"

"The slave maid is the dowry maid of the cloud master, just like Sister Yu'er, who takes five taels. The Yue'er girl took one tael, which was also very good, and the Zhuang family had one tael of silver a month, which could not be used and could not be used. There are many sisters in our house who were given to Fujin by the Queen Mother, and there are also older palace maids who come to the house on errands. Most of them are in the garden. ”

"Thank you, Miss Shui'er, for telling me this."

"You just arrived, and a lot of things don't quite understand. It's not that you don't know the rules, it's something that everyone who enters the house must learn. Our prince is the elder brother of the current saint, and he is the closest to the royal family and the emperor's bloodline. Although they are half-brothers, the emperor is the most affectionate to our prince. often come to the house to relax. Therefore, all the people in the house must learn the rules of the palace, learn the rules of the house, and welcome the holy driver. If you've been in the house all along, you have to learn it. ”

"You should learn, you should learn! I just don't know what you're talking about...... this Mama Ning"

"You're worried she's harsh, aren't you? Don't worry, Mama Ning is fine. Whether it's a temper or a good character. Of course, she is very serious when teaching the rules, which is responsible for others and herself. I won't beat and scold and punish, and I didn't do it a few more times. This Mama Ning served the prince in the palace of Shengjing and was a meritorious person. Later, when he left the palace to get married, his husband died again, so he came to seek refuge with the prince. She has a son and a daughter, both of whom are on errands in the house. There is a girl named Jing'er in our yard, who is Mama Ning's daughter. ”

"Thank you for telling me this. When will you go to Mama Ning? ”

"Let's go after the prince Fujin enters the palace."