In the Baron's Mansion, except for the youngest two daughters and one man who are still raised by the nurse, as well as Gu Yi, who is waiting for the Nine Emperors and the crown, the wedding dates of the other girls and Lang Jun are all scheduled after the prince's wedding. If there is no accident, the emperor will throw him into the sixth department next year to exercise for a year, and then serve abroad for three years, and when he comes back, he may enter the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, which is the same way as Gu Ao. But he didn't have the title of Viscount in his body, and his starting point was no different from that of ordinary Jinshi, and he soaked in the Chongwen Pavilion every day to do his homework, except for going to the East Palace to eat with Taifu at noon, and he was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground. Yuyi was busy taking care of the mother Qin Xiuyong and several grandchildren, worried about her daughter in the East Palace, and entered the palace from time to time to count a few words, and all the family affairs were left to Ma Jiaqi. Therefore, the marriage of the Baron's Mansion was all attended by Ma Jiaqi alone.

Starting from Gu Xin, seven Langjun and six girls, almost every month, several happy events were scheduled until the holy birthday.

The fourth lady was busy with Gu Xin's marriage in June, and before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard that the fifth lady had picked a pick, except for Gu Jing, she ignored all the family affairs of other people in the fifth room, and she didn't have a penny. followed by the marriage of Gu Wenkai and Xie Ran, Gu Ci was newly married at the time, Yuyi and her two brothers did not tell her about this bad thing, only the Protectorate Mansion paid for it, Ma Jiaqi came forward to make the marriage beautiful, and Xie Ran went back to the Qingyi Academy. In July, Gu Xiaotian and Gu Xiaoqing got married, Gu Wenheng married a wife, and in early August, Gu Xiaolian came out of the cabinet, and the fourth lady was busy with Gu Yi's assistance. Since the third master came back, the third room moved to his own house, and he didn't even do it in the baron's mansion when Gu Jue got married and Gu Xiaoyu got married at the end of August, but only came to kowtow to Gu Pu when he recognized his relatives on the second day.

Now in September, Gu Jing and Gu Xiaoxi's wedding is only a few days away, followed by Gu Wenhui, Gu Wenshen and Gu Wenhuai getting married one after another, after sending Yuan Yi away, Gu Ci is in the mood to pay attention to her mother's family, knowing that the fifth lady was out of tune before, she directly told Gan Tang to give Gu Jing's makeup and send a set of simple silver jewelry, and Gu Xiaoxi to send a set of bright pavilion glazed head noodles and Jin Ruyi, and asked Gan Tang to represent her to attend Gu Xiaoxi's wedding.

Who asked Gu Xiaoxi to marry her husband to be from the East Palace? Gu Ci slapped the fifth lady mercilessly.

Gu Yi saw his wife's hard work during this time, and often brought back some snacks from the East Palace, that is, filial piety to his mother, who was crazy about his daughter, and let his wife feast happily. After Yuyi found out, she was not jealous, and only joked with her daughter-in-law, "You tell him directly, let you get pregnant early, and you don't have to work hard." ”

As soon as the words became a prophecy, the next day, I asked Ping An to find out that she was more than a month pregnant.

There were still three Langjun marriages left, Gu Ci simply took over the matter, and asked Gan Tang to come forward on behalf of the East Palace and the Protector's Mansion, go to the Baron's Mansion to take care of the affairs, and leave the fifth lady aside. Gan Tang actively implemented the will of the crown princess, completely ignored the fifth lady, and only dealt with the fourth lady. Gu Jing is married and unmarried, Fang Ju is still living in the guest room of the Baron's Mansion, and every day the fifth lady pulls her newlywed daughter to ask the fifth master for money. Gu Ci simply asked Gan Tang to hint at Gu Pu, if he planned to stand by and watch, then she was obliged to take action against all those surnamed Fang who still liked to cause trouble. Gu Pu was forced to help the fifth master divide the family, and let the boys go out on their own after they got married. bought a small village for Fang Ju on the outskirts of the city, sent him over with Gu Jing and Gu Ying, and if he was caught secretly returning to Beijing, he would be cut off for three months. As for the fifth lady, she naturally couldn't let go of her daughter and followed.

The five rooms were quiet for the first time, and various wedding preparations were carried out in an orderly manner.

Gu Wenkai and Xie Ran discussed, and when the three younger brothers got married, they moved to the small house that Xie Ran bought before marriage, and the big house next door was divided into three small courtyards for the younger brother to live in. The best thing is that the two houses have not been opened, the fifth master wants to live in a big house, Gu Wenkai said that the eldest son's adoptive father is right, how can you trouble the younger brothers, you come to my house. Looking at the room smaller than the Baron's Mansion, the fifth master had no choice but to give up, still nesting in the mansion, and staring at a silly and greedy little son and two shrunken concubines in a daze every day.

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Regarding Shengshou, Gu Ci did not push the old and bring forth the new, she inquired for three days after receiving the task, and simplified the process and ceremony on the grounds that the country was in war. In previous years, Wanshou and Shengshou were the first hundred officials/women to offer gifts, then a banquet, then singing, dancing/singing, and then chanting poems/enjoying fireworks. This year, in order to closely follow the first four words of the theme of 'universal celebration, universal amnesty', she first asked the Queen Mother to issue an edict not to give gifts to Beijing, and there was no need to build scripture sheds and set up color workshops in various places, but to change the county-level government banquet for the elderly over 80 years old who were in good health, based on the principle of voluntariness, and equipped with at least three doctors, and no more than three glasses of wine. The same is true in the capital, the Tiemei Temple sets up the altar of blessings, and the Qianmen Street between the east and west markets sets up a colorful shed to perform a hundred operas and songs and dances, celebrating three days. On the day of Shengshou, a 'banquet for the elderly' was held in Chongxi Palace, with ten tables and 100 people, men on the left and women on the right, accompanied by the emperor and her princess. The next day, the clan celebrates the birthday, the gift is mainly self-made, and fireworks are set off on the Jinshui Bridge to enjoy with the people. On the third day, the foreign wife congratulated her birthday, listened to the drama and watched the song and dance.

After the approval of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, Gu Ci began to work on the details, sacrificing the travel calendar, and preparing to torture the Imperial Dining Room, Taichang Temple, Shanggong Province, Inner Servant Province, Tai Hospital, Jingzhao Mansion and Praetorian Guards and other relevant departments.

The menu is good, Gu Ci imitates the 'Qiansuo Banquet', takes the specialties of ten Changshou Township and County, and sets ten dishes whose names mean good, Jinyu Mantang (Yongfu County), Yaochi Shou Tao (Taocheng County), Ma Mushroom Xianshou (Baishou County), Ruyi Chicken Ball (Sanhuang County), Bergamot Stuffed (Longjiang County), Spring Breeze Horseshoe Gum (Suqiao County), Chang'an Tianding (Yongan County), Changchun Bamboo Fish (Baoli County), Jinxiu Shou Noodles (Luojin County), Fujing Tonghuan (Guangfu County). After letting Xiao Lu see that there was no problem, she summoned the head and deputy head of the imperial dining room, as well as the seven directors below, and began to make a list of ingredients and personnel. The manager has privately stuffed money to Donggong Shanzheng to inquire about the news, and he has cooperated several times before, so he often understands the habits of the crown princess, and he can understand everything according to the book. Gu Ci praised him very appreciatively, and only asked him to write the name of the corresponding person in charge, and passed.

The next step is to determine the program list of the workshop with Taichang Temple, Gu Ci only needs to find the director to determine the responsible person and the list of repertoire, location, number of people, time, etc., and leave it to the director to manage it with full authority, and she will watch the rehearsal in advance. It is said that the Jiaofang will perform the great drama 'Longevity Without Borders' and Song Yu's new drama 'Seven Fairies Three Lower Yao Ponds to Offer Blessing and Longevity'.

A little more troublesome is Shanggong Province, the cooperation of the waiter and the palace maid. It stands to reason that the waiter sends food into the palace, and the palace maids set up the table at the table, and at least three palace maids are waiting for each table, so it is necessary for the Shanggong Province to send the food director of the Shangshi Bureau to cooperate with this matter. Sejong's harem has not had a queen for a long time, and the queen mother has not taken care of anything since she was upgraded, she has always been the head of the harem affairs of the Wanshang Palace, Gan Tang is too tender for her, Hu's mother did not follow up with the palace, recognized Ganyu as her goddaughter, and stayed in the Qingyi Yuan for the elderly. After consulting the leader, Gu Ci invited Mama Xie of Kunning Palace out of the mountain, explained the role of the calendar to her, and let her come forward to deal with Wanshang Palace. With competitive pressure, it's different, and things work out smoothly.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mr. Mu, who Gu Ci went directly to, quickly got it done with his friendship, and brought in a free labor force Wenqing.

It's too easy for the hospital, Xiao Lu came forward and took a turn, and the hospital envoy happily said that he would never let an old man lie down and go out that day!

However, these are not the focus of Gu Ci's busyness, she invited the Jingzhao Mansion Yin and the commander-in-chief of the Praetorian Guard to inquire about the security practices and accident handling in previous years, and then spent ten days to figure out the calendar of the corresponding department, and after consulting Xiao Lu and the emperor, she invited the Fu Yin and the commander-in-chief to the East Palace and began to toss day after day.

The list of government officials and fire protection, the Janissary Military Management Security, Gu Ci first asked them details such as when the guests arrived, when they were seated, and when they ended according to the approximate time frame of the calendar, and then asked them who would be responsible for handling the affairs of this time period and lot, and then they would fight what accidents had happened, how to deal with them, and which departments and which people needed to assist. After three days of torture like this, the two of them no longer dared to underestimate this delicate and beautiful princess, who was not as beautiful as a real person, and patted their chests with a sad face and promised to complete the task assigned by the organization. Before leaving, the crown princess said that this latest version of the calendar will be handed over to the emperor for inspection, and then three days before the birthday, she will take people to the scene to rehearse again, from the southernmost Chengtianmen Gate of Qianmen Street to the banquet of Chongxi Palace, please be sure to ensure that all security and fire protection measures are in place, do not affect the travel of passers-by and the elderly, and avoid crowded stampedes, and the fire escape and evacuation passage must be unobstructed!

Jingzhao Mansion Yin, His Royal Highness the Prince's former brain-dead sister and her father, really want to cry. However, when he took the calendar back to assign tasks, his son-in-law Meng Gongcao greatly appreciated it, "Such a clear and clear method, the responsibility is assigned to the people, just for the convenience of the government and the supervision of the subordinates to do their best." If it is done well, it will also be a great contribution to Fu Yin. The crown princess is still young, so wise and insightful, she deserves to be Xiao Yugong's disciple! ”

Fu Yin, who almost wanted to say 'the princess's personal vendetta in the princess', silently swallowed this sentence and told his son-in-law to hurry up and go to work, first find Si Lu and Si Hu to get the list, and then call his subordinates together, assign work and sign to be responsible!

Alas, where can Sister Wen compare to the crown princess with a finger, and her appearance alone will throw ten streets......

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On the day of the rehearsal, Gu Ci asked the Queen Mother and the Emperor to take Xiao Lu, Wenqing, and Ming Ting to meet with Ming Fang and Ming Xiu at Chengtianmen, form an inspection team, and walk to Qianmen Street together, with Cheng Fuyin and Ruan commanding envoys accompanying them all the way. Seeing Ming Fang sitting in a wheelchair, both of them were speechless, sweat was dripping from their foreheads, and the crown princess really did what she said, and she must test whether the 'barrier-free passage' meets the requirements.

Everyone walked all the way to Lingguang Gate, and Gu Ci walked so far for the first time, and his feet were a little sore. She decided to walk to the Queen Mother every day in the future, and never sit on her shoulders again!

After making a few small suggestions, everyone thinks that there should be no big problems this time, and even if there is a problem, they know who to turn to and how to deal with it. All the persons in charge are required to sign the calendar, and there will be a chamberlain in the East Palace to supervise and verify it according to the calendar. If you do a good job, the princess will have a heavy reward, so if you can't do it, go back and eat yourself.

Since there was no problem with the location, the inspection team began to take the route in the palace.

The security guards in the palace did not interfere, so it was to see whether the utensils were fully prepared, whether the palace attendants cooperated properly, and whether there were details such as headless flies scurrying around or being ignored. The others looked more organized than before, but she still frowned and picked a few questions.

One is that the seating arrangement of the 'Banquet for the Elderly' cannot be based solely on official positions, as there is a title and a position in the body, which can be placed in the front, but no matter how old his/her son's official is, he or she will be ranked by age. What she wants is that the old man of the Queen Mother will be in a good mood when she sees many people who are older than her and are in good spirits eating and drinking spicy food, and when she sees Shan Bin, she is in a better mood, what does it have to do with her official position!

Second, there are two things that the chef is not in place, the dishes come from the imperial dining room, and then put them on the table, and in the October weather, they are almost so cold that they are oily, how can people eat? There are also palace maids, chamberlains, imperial doctors and guards waiting outside, there must be a place to rest, can't it be frozen? Even if you can't let them eat hot food first, it's always okay to set up a charcoal pot to roast a fire and make a stove for hot tea, right? And those teaching workshops or something, let people have a warm and hot mouth, it's not that difficult, right? After Wen Qing listened to her words, she looked at Si Xinzheng kindly, seeing that he was almost weak, and promised to meet the warmth work of people from all walks of life. Gu Ci hesitated for a while, but still opened his mouth and made a small threat, don't ask for more budget for things you haven't done well, those who can live in it! Si Xinzheng's legs were really weak this time, and he crawled to the ground to check and fill in the gaps.

Third, wheelchairs, crutches, stretchers, and first-aid kits are all ready, but for the sake of beauty, they are all placed far away from the side hall, and the imperial doctors are also there cats, and Gu Ci is very depressed, they have no concept of 'five minutes of golden time' to rescue patients. It's just that the imperial doctor is really taboo to sit at the same table, and he is ingenious to set up a blank painting paper screen behind each table, which can be inscribed with poems and paintings, and set up a few female guards of the East Palace who have learned first aid, and put first aid kits and other things behind. Anyway, there are many old people on the list who are good at writing and painting! If no one makes a move on the female family's side, it's a big deal that she paints one by herself and asks the emperor to chant a few poems, and she will write it, anyway, her cultural literacy is quite visible!

Everything is ready, just waiting for the right day. With the help of Gu Ce, Gu Ci wrote a complete record of Wen Crepe, attached the calendar of each department, and handed it to the emperor and the empress dowager for reference.

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On October 28, despite the shadow of war, the capital was still lively for three days.

Gu Ci, the newly released crown princess, handled such a big thing for the first time, and made a stunning appearance for three consecutive days, and the result was very satisfying. At least for the sake of her young age and good looks, there are a lot fewer people who say bad things. What's more, Emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, she did it beautifully!

After the end, she only read the summary report handed over by various departments, and then read the inspection report of the Donggong people, she didn't say anything, and generously rewarded everyone according to the merit out of her own pocket. As for the foreign officials who have positions, they all let the young Zhan people in the East Palace send gifts to the door, and the people in the Inner Palace are handed over to Mama Xie and Ming Ting to do it for them.

She ran to ask for credit herself.

The Queen Mother and Yuyi are talking about her calendar, Gu Ci has successfully established the prestige of the crown princess with this thing, her schedule is all on it, and everyone in the East Palace has to implement this schedule. If there are many people to meet or have a meeting, she even controls the time for each person to speak within five minutes, and very implements the principle of 'there is something to play, nothing to do'. Now that the whole East Palace is gradually getting used to this habit, almost no one dares to say too much nonsense in front of her.

The freshest rumor in the harem is that Wanshang Palace once went to the East Palace to find the crown princess, and was pouted back by the little maid guarding the door, 'You don't have an appointment'. It's better outside, it's all good words, only a little gossip is circulating, Si Xin is not working properly, and he wants to be confused in front of the crown princess and nagging and pleading for a long time, but she was killed by her sentence 'It's time for you to speak, and then either you do what I say, or change someone'.

Yuyi deliberately used the joke she just heard today to communicate with the Queen Mother, and when she saw her daughter jumping over and saluting, she happily hugged her.

"Baby is amazing, this time it was done very well!"

"Really? Is grandmother happy? ”

"Rejoice! You've got a heart. ”

The Queen Mother is really happy, not to mention that the past three days are in good order and lively, and the people are as happy as the New Year, let's just say that in previous years, there will always be incidents such as children getting lost, verbal fights, crowds and other incidents, and this year it is said that there can be officials who can come forward to stop, mediate and evacuate as soon as possible. No one inside and outside the palace dared to cause trouble for the crown princess, or even if there were people who wanted to cause trouble, they would be suppressed by a group of responsible persons who had signed and detained. She and the emperor have seen the whole cost, and clearly understand that it is nearly a quarter less than in previous years. On the one hand, it shows that there are fewer places where people can pick oil and water, but they can also make up for it by her reward afterwards, so there are not many people who complain, and even many people regret not going to fight for an errand to show their faces. On the other hand, it is also a compact schedule, reasonable personnel arrangement, and there is no redundancy or extra money to spend more money than the budget.

"Your method of curing people is really effective, so there are many fewer people who dare to deceive their superiors and subordinates." The Queen Mother praised sincerely.

Gu Ci smiled proudly, "I was originally for my own convenience, but I thought that I couldn't be tired alone, and I had to share the hardships and difficulties." So let them all use it, so that each other knows who to turn to, and save trouble. ”

Yuyi cheered for her daughter, "The queen mother's person who manages the treasury here is much easier, right?" ”

In order to reflect the thrift, this time the gifts sent by the clan and the foreign women according to the decree were mostly embroidered calligraphy and paintings by their own children.

"This one is the best! In the future, we will do this, and we will not engage in those vain things. ”

The emperor also entered the door happily at this time, "The queen mother is right, and I will follow suit in the future." ”

Yuyi and Gu Ci saluted, and the emperor looked at Gu Ci's smile and quipped, "Ah Luan is here to ask for a reward today?" ”

Several people looked at her together, Gu Ci hurriedly straightened down and sat down, and talked about business, "Isn't Shengshou going to 'celebrate with the whole world and amnesty in the world', I think it's not good to release criminals, and it will give them the opportunity to harm their neighbors in the future, so let's change it to something else." ”

She didn't discuss this matter with the Queen Mother and Yuyi in advance, and everyone was a little surprised.

The emperor said calmly, "Let's hear it." ”

"I see that there are many old people in the palace, can you consider letting them out when they reach a certain age in the future? The palace maid is twenty-five years old, and if the chamberlain is servant, maybe she can do it according to her own volition? ”

Gu Ci is not a mouthful, she specially asked Ming Ting before she came, this will not be the practice of palace maids and maids can leave the palace when they are old, and the old palace maids who can't do life will be sent to Huangjue Nunnery, and after the chamberlain is sick, injured or old, it doesn't matter if she is sent out of the palace, there are very few people like Ming Fang and Ming Xiu who can still live well. So she pondered for several days before deciding to come out of this, anyway, in the name of the Queen Mother, she just did the things underneath.

The Queen Mother really agreed, "This is good, Ah Luan is kind, so that they can still get married when they go out." What do you think, Your Majesty? ”

The emperor didn't agree immediately, but just teased her, "Then the crown princess has to make a break." ”

Gu Ci was crisp, and then accompanied the elders to have lunch, and went back to roll up their sleeves and toss this matter.