The next day, Yun'er and Yu'er came to the palace, and after finishing the last bit of work, they were ready to leave. Of course, I have to say hello to the prince Fujin, and I can't say goodbye.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Yun! After seven or eight busy days, will you play in the house for a few more days? Fu Jin said with a smile.

"No, no, there may be work to install the pool over there, so Yun'er won't bother you."

"Look at what you said, if you want to talk about bothering, it's the prince and sister who are bothering you. Miss Yun, this is a little bit of the prince's meaning, don't be too little. The maid brought a letter of silver.

"Fujin! What are you...... You're so out-of-sight! How can Yun'er ask for your silver? Yun'er just helped frame a few calligraphy and paintings. Yun'er's face turned red.

Fu Jin smiled softly and said, "Where is it that I see outside, it is you who are too polite." Although I don't know much about calligraphy and painting, I have seen some of it in the past few days, which is very troublesome. Seeing that you work neatly and neatly, you are a very careful person, these calligraphy and paintings are so smooth, this is not ordinary kung fu, this is a great skill. I've heard before that it costs a lot of money to frame a painting in an art shop. ”

"Don't be like this, the guest officer goes to the painting shop to mount the painting, of course there is a fee, but Yun'er is here to help. The prince and his father are friends, so such a little favor is nothing. ”

"It's no wonder you've been busy for seven or eight days. Seeing that you master and servant are busy coming and going, the calligraphy and paintings framed are so good, I really want to thank you. ”

"You're so gracious. Framing is not a hard work, just be careful. Besides, the prince has the grace of knowing his father, how can Yun'er ask for your silver for such a trivial matter? Yun'er can't be collected. ”

"Okay, well, then I won't force you, you can take down the silver. Miss Yun, I heard from the horseman that there is only one girl by your side to serve, and you still have to do business and frame paintings, it's too hard. ”

"Where is Yun'er's hard work? Doing business is her uncle's business, Yun'er didn't sell paper and pen with her uncle, she just framed a few words and paintings in the back room, and Sister Yu'er helped to set it off. ”

"You girl is really, in this way, you don't want silver, my sister will give you the Rong'er girl next to you. This girl is the most honest, obedient, and capable. ”

"Fujin! Yun'er can't accept it! Yun'er is just a young man in the paper shop, it is enough to have Sister Yu'er by her side, Miss Rong'er is a powerful person by your side, how can Yun'er ......"

"You girl thinks too much, there are more than a dozen people serving around my sister, this Rong'er is the most honest and capable, you can give Miss Yu'er as many months as you want. She was met when I went out with the prince, and the girl's life experience is very hard, so you should be a little sister as a companion. Come on, Rong'er, kowtow to your new master. ”

Rong'er really knelt down and kowtowed to Yun'er three times very seriously: "The slave and maid kowtow to the master, and they will be the master's person in the future, and I ask the master to teach more." ”

Yun'er hurriedly helped Rong'er up: "Hurry up!" What does this say, Fu Jin...... I really can't do it. "Yun'er really doesn't want to accept such a big gift, this is a big living person, and he has to be paid for his work! But I can't say that I can't afford to pay my salary, so much shameless.

"Don't be embarrassed, take it. By the way, Rong'er will be the maid by your side in the future, and you can give her another name. Rong'er doesn't have a deed of sale, so if you really don't like to let her come back at any time. "Fu Jin still has room to speak. Saying this, Yun'er didn't want to accept it. If you don't like it, you can't return it, right? Refute the face of the prince and Fujin? How bold is that? Yu'er also didn't have a deed of sale, she volunteered to serve Yun'er, and her status was not low.

Yun'er could only take Rong'er back to the paper shop, because at this time, Chen Dabin and his wife had returned to Zunhua's appointment, and they didn't know about it. After working in the General's Mansion for seven or eight days, it is still a good deal to earn a big job and come back. But when I think about it, I feel that something is wrong. This Rong'er is the maid of the palace, she is serving Fujin, and she didn't make any mistakes, so she gave it to herself, is there something wrong here? Yun'er muttered in her heart.

There is Yun'er's residence in the paper shop, and she has been sleeping in the same bed with Yu'er. The room is not big, and you can't put it open with an extra bed. The three of them had to sleep in the same bed. Fortunately, Yun'er's bed is very large, and the three of them sleep sideways, but they don't feel crowded. Shui'er's residence in the palace must be much stronger than that in the paper shop, why did he come here to receive the breeze? This matter can't be asked yet, how can you ask?

The shopkeeper of the paper shop and Yun'er's uncle are also very strange, this Fujin of the Ruiwang Mansion is really too generous, Yun'er just helped frame a few calligraphy and paintings, and sent a maid to Yun'er. Yun'er is a very self-reliant person, she doesn't need to be carefully served at all, the fish around her has to be a maid for Yun'er in order to repay her kindness, how to use this new maid from the palace? How to give a monthly case? asked, this Rong'er girl is actually a second-class maid in the house, and she has two taels of silver per month! The profit of my small shop in a month is only seven or eight taels at most. Can you give less? I can't afford to give too much, my brother-in-law's annual salary is only forty-five taels, and the average monthly income is less than four taels!

Rong'er's new name is Shui'er, which was given by Yun'er, and she made up a pair with the fish: like a fish in water, the more moisturized the days go. As for Shui'er's monthly case, Yun'er told her that Yu'er's sister's monthly case was 500 Wen. Shui'er immediately understood, and gave Yun'er a salute and said, "Girl, don't be embarrassed about this matter, Sister Yu'er will give as much as the slave maid." The slave and maid are orphans, have no family to support, are single, and the whole family is not hungry when they are full. ”

Yun'er felt guilty: I can't afford to give more, I can't afford to treat others less, let people go back, Fujin's face is not good-looking.

This Shui'er is really loyal and honest, he does things when he comes, he has a lot of vision, and he can intervene in anything, not at all because he is from the palace to put up a shelf with Qiao.

The fish's heart is very depressed! It's not because there is a person who competes with him for favor, but he doesn't understand why Fujin is doing this? What I don't understand even more is how can this water suffer such a big loss, I don't care, there must be a problem here!

Before she was eight years old, Yu'er was still a young lady in the mansion of a third-grade official, and an unexpected change changed her fate. understands those things in the big family's house better than Yun'er, and reminds Yun'er to pay attention when Shui'er is not around:

"Girl, don't you think this water is strange? I asked her, she is not a rough girl in the palace at all, she is in the Fujin room to comb Fujin's hair, she is on the table, she is considered to be a personal servant, and she is a second-class maid. It is said that the monthly rate of the subordinates of the Ruiwang Mansion is very high, and the second-class maid is the monthly case of two taels, can you afford it? ”

Yun'er said: "I just feel as if something is going to happen, but Lord Rui has always had a good reputation in the market, and I haven't heard of any bad behavior from him." Besides, we are small households, do people rarely take care of us? Is it necessary to give us a hole on the bridge? ”

"Girl! Some things are not as simple as you think, how can the maids of the palace give to the common people? The fish also felt as if something was happening. You can't understand the thoughts of big families, so it's better to be careful. ”

"How can I be careful? People are kings, who am I? The lad in the paper line. I really can't guess what the prince Fujin is going to do? Is it a spy to find out if I am a spy? Impossible? ”

"Yu'er thinks it's not like this, it seems to be ......"

"What do you say?"

"Yu'er always thinks that Fujin's attitude towards you is weird. Very respectful and maintained. She is the prince Fujin, and she was called the princess in the Ming Dynasty, is it something that ordinary people like us can see casually? It's as if framing is an excuse. ”

"I think it's weird, too."

Chen Dabin received the official letter from the ministry and began to hand over official business, and he couldn't wait to leave here for a while.

Although the prefect will not mention Yun'er's matter for the time being, he does not dare to guarantee that he will deal with any more moths. After arriving in Beijing, Yun'er must be hidden, and it has become a sin for her daughter to be beautiful.

Three days later, the carriage of the Hanlin Academy came to pick up Chen Dabin to take him to his post, and it was his colleagues who helped to move. Chen Dabin's subordinates are still quite a few, such as the county clerk, the chief bookkeeper, the warden, the six rooms and the three classes, the teaching, the instructor, the inspection, the post officer, and the master all came to see him off. The popularity is not bad.

He didn't have much property in the first place, nothing more than a lot of books. An ordinary courtyard house near Liulichang is his new home. Brother-in-law Zhou Wenqing's family, Ma Daren, Yun'er, and Yu'er Shui'er quickly helped settle the new home. This area is a place where Han civil officials are concentrated, and it is very close to the Liulichang Book Market, which is very much Chen Dabin's heart. But what made him uneasy was how he could be suddenly promoted, and it was not related to his previous position as the county magistrate. Coupled with the appearance of Shui'er, he was deeply disturbed.

The horseman seemed to know a little about it, and said confidently: "This is a reasonable thing, and it is a matter of course." ”

Chen Dabin said: "Outside the horse, can you not say something unbounded? Xia Guan always felt that something was wrong. ”

Master Ma said, "Maybe there are still good things, if you don't believe it, make a bet." ”

Chen Dabin said: "I can't afford to gamble, this is the first time I've encountered this cloud and mountain fog cover." ”

One morning a few days after moving into the new house, I heard someone outside ask in a loud voice, "This is the mansion of the new Hanlin Cultivator Chen Jingchen?" ”

Chen Dabin hurriedly greeted him out, only to see that the person who came was the father-in-law in the palace, so he hurriedly saluted and said, "The next official is Chen Jing." Father-in-law is ......"

The father-in-law nodded and smiled and said very well, took out a roll of yellow silk from his arms, and behind him were two eunuchs and four palace guards.

Chen Dabin understood a little, but still asked: "How many are ......?"

"The old slave's surname is Li, Li Tingzhang, he is on an errand in the Internal Affairs Office, and he was sent by the Queen Mother to read out the decree, please ask Lord Chen and all the people in the mansion to come out and kneel to receive the Empress Dowager's decree."

Including the horsemen, Chen Dabin, Mrs. Chen, Yun'er, Zhou's shopkeeper and Mrs. Zhou's son, daughter-in-law and maid Yu'er Shui Er and his subordinates hurriedly put up incense cases and knelt in the courtyard to receive the Empress Dowager's decree.

The eunuch shook off the dust, unfolded the yellow silk, and read aloud in the eunuch's unique shrill voice: "...... Chen Shi Ruiyun, the daughter of Chen Jing, compiled by the six products of the Hanlin Academy, is smart and beautiful, and has a good reputation for protecting the national treasure in assisting Prince Rui to solve the treasure theft case. Fuyou is the side of Fujin, and the 26th of the next month is the auspicious day of the zodiac, and he will be sent to the Fuyuan General's Mansion to complete the marriage. Chin this! ”

Chen Dabin was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed: "Weichen Xie Empress Dowager Longen, Empress Dowager Chitose, Chitose, Chitose!" Then he took the decree with both hands. Standing up, the horseman took out a silver ingot of five taels from his arms, handed it to his father-in-law, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law has worked hard." ”

"Then, thank you, the old slave." Gonggong Li was not too little, put away the money, and said to Chen Dabin with a smile on his face: "Lord Chen, what about you, you will be the father-in-law of Lord Rui in the future, Lao Taishan, but you have to take care of the old slave more." ”

Chen Dabin blushed: "My father-in-law laughed and talked about it, please come to the hall and have a cup of tea." ”

Regarding Father-in-law Li's ridicule, Chen Dabin could only pretend not to know. The title of father-in-law and mother-in-law refers to the parents of the prince and Fujin, and they are not qualified. Even the emperor's father-in-law and mother-in-law can only be "worthy of this position" by the queen's parents, and the parents of the concubines are also unqualified. So the father-in-law Lao Taishan in the mouth of Gonggong Li was just a mockery to him.

"No need, the old slave still has official business, take his leave."

"Congratulations to my father-in-law."

"Lord Chen, please stay outside."