Although the Ruiwang Mansion is a renovated house, the layout is very spacious and spacious. In addition, there are only two serious masters in the house, so many courtyards are vacant.

This lingering garden is set aside separately for the peach branches to recuperate.

When Momozhi returned to the Lingering Garden, it was already dark. The little maid who was waiting in the garden had already received dinner from the big kitchen on time, but it was winter now, and the peach branch was back late, and the meal was not warm in the stove, and it was already cold.

Taozhi is a first-class maid, and she moved to the garden to recuperate, and there are also little maids cooking for the chores around her.

It's just that this time is different from the past, although she is a big girl, it is a fact that her master does not like it. Otherwise, she has been cured for two months, and she will not see her master ask her to go back.

In addition, Taozhi has a bad mouth, and offends many people when she is arrogant on weekdays, and the little maids don't pay much attention to her.

Since he was afraid of giving his illness to the main family, it can be seen that the Lingering Garden is far away from the Cui Garden where Gu Qingwan is located. Even if you go to the big kitchen, you have to take a detour for half an hour, and the physical strength of the peach branch will be tired and half dead when you come and go.

But if you want the little girls to run, where can she move, and no one will be willing to give benefits.

It's just that now the money she recuperates from the house is given by the house, and there is no monthly money during the recuperation period. The peach branch himself is a little tight, how can there be extra silver to envelop others.

Peach Zhi barely ate a few bites, but the cold food was blocked in his throat, and it was very uncomfortable to not go up or down. She was half-full, and she couldn't swallow it anymore, so she could only take out the snacks left over from the previous days and eat some cold tea.

After eating, he cleaned up, and Momozhi looked out the window in a daze. Thinking of his current situation, tears couldn't help but fall.

Compared with Taozhi, Dongzhu and Nanyu are much better.

Taozhi was disliked by the master, but Dongzhu and Nanyu were maids sent by the eldest princess Huihe. is to the eldest princess Huihe, and the housekeepers and grandmothers in the house should be kind to them.

Just after the first shift, Dongzhu and Nanyu, who lived opposite, knocked on the door of Taozhi's room.

Taozhi was doing embroidery work when she saw Dongzhu and Nanyu coming in. He threw the bandage on the small table. He only said: "The two sisters should sit down first, I'm really sorry, I don't have any good things here, and I don't have hot tea to entertain you." ”

What is the situation of Peach Branch now? Dongzhu and Nanyu, who live opposite her, know best. Not to mention the current situation of the peach branch. There is no shortage of the two of them in this. So I don't really care.

"Sister Taozhi's embroidery is getting better and better, if the princess sees it, she will definitely praise it." Nanyu sat down. I picked up the unfinished embroidery work of the peach branch and looked at it carefully.

Dongzhu received it casually: "I heard that my sister went to Cuiyuan today and wanted to kowtow to the princess in person, but I saw the princess?" ”

Seeing that Taozhi was stunned but didn't open his mouth to deny it, Dongzhu's eyes rolled, and what he said was very pleasing to the ear: "I know that the princess will definitely see her sister, after all, my sister has been serving by the princess's side for so many years." For example, we two sisters went to greet the princess today, and the princess gave us a reward of silver, but she refused to see us, and only let us recuperate.

If it was before, Taozhi would naturally be proud in her heart, but today Gu Qingwan had already broken her, and she was remorseful and afraid in her heart, so naturally she didn't react to these words.

Seeing that Taozhi didn't speak, Dongzhu looked at her face before saying carefully: "Sister Taozhi saw the princess today, what did the princess say?" Our illness will be cured before the year, and Sister Guiye is about to leave the cabinet, and I am afraid that there will be insufficient manpower in the garden. Let's go back at this time, so that we can help the princess share her worries. ”

Dongzhu also secretly hated Taozhi for giving herself a sickness, so he used some means to make Taozhi not so happy in the garden.

But now that I think about it, they are in the same boat.

Whether his illness is cured or not, Dongzhu still knows in his heart, but the princess does not let them return to the Cuiyuan for a long time, nor does she give them the opportunity to meet in person, which is what makes Dongzhu feel the most anxious.

If Peach Branch can return to the Extraction Garden, the two sisters will definitely be able to go back as well. Dongzhu calculated carefully, although the princess was not as good as before, but after serving her for so many years, she always had some incense.

Taozhi's eyes flashed, and it took a while before she responded: "The princess sees that my body is still a little weak, let me take care of my illness." Two younger sisters, it's getting late, I'm very tired today, I want to rest early, so I won't send it. ”

This is to drive people out.

Dongzhu is an anxious person, and when he stood up, he wanted to prickly the peach branch for a few words, but was pulled by Nanyu. She glanced at Dongzhu and said, "It's our sisters who disturbed us, if Sister Taozhi is tired, let's rest early." I guess my sister came back late today, the food must be cold, I have asked people to turn on the fire in the small kitchen, if my sister is hungry, there are still some uneaten rice noodles in the kitchen, my sister can finally pad it. There is still hot water in the stove, so if my sister can't wait to send it from the big kitchen, she will use it first. ”

Taozhi's face looked a little better, and he hurriedly thanked Dongzhu and Nanyu. You must know that all the expenses of this small kitchen are paid for by yourself, and Dongzhu and Nanyu use the small kitchen to cook hot water, and they must have spent a lot of money in private.

Dongzhu walked out with a disgruntled face, but she was so sour and calm that she didn't complain to Nanyu until she entered her room: "Sister also heard the meaning of Taozhi's words, and the princess didn't plan to let her go back to Cuiyuan at all." Besides, my sister didn't see that the princess was lukewarm to Taozhi before, so how could she care about her now. My sister is a good person, and we spend a lot of money on the small kitchen once, and in the end we will cheapen her for nothing. ”

Seeing that Nanyu didn't speak, Dongzhu couldn't help but feel angry: "We came out of the eldest princess's mansion, and now we are trapped in a small garden, what are we talking about." Since the peach branch is useless, let's go and beg the princess in person. For the sake of the eldest princess, the princess will definitely not embarrass us too much. ”

"Shut up!" Nan Yu scolded.

Nanyu has a very gentle temperament, so this sound frightened Dongzhu, and she only looked at her in a daze, but she didn't dare to speak anymore.

"How many times have I told you, we are now in the Rui Palace, and our master is the princess and not the eldest princess." Nanyu glanced at Dongzhu and saw that she looked aggrieved, she was inevitably a little soft-hearted, but she had to accentuate her tone, "You are the eldest princess and the eldest princess all day, if the princess hears it, how should we deal with ourselves?" ”

Nan Yu sighed secretly.

The eldest princess Hui and the eldest princess sent their sisters to the Rui Wang's mansion, and anyone with a discerning eye knew what they wanted. If Princess Rui is a personality, as long as they don't do too much, they will naturally be fine.

But this Princess Rui is such a character.

Nan Yu knew in her heart that if she offended Princess Rui, the two of them didn't even know how they died. Even if the eldest princess Huihe comes forward, she will not tear her face with Princess Rui after all, will she still speak for the two of them.

"You don't want to think about what situation we are in now, how I told you a few days ago, you must know that trouble comes from your mouth, and you should be cautious in your words and deeds." Nanyu looked at Dongzhu helplessly, and said after a while, "You remember what I said, if you commit it again, don't expect me to help you clean up the mess in the future." ”

Dongzhu nodded, and the two whispered again, and then they fell asleep.

And Gu Qingwan couldn't sleep at this time.

After the first shift, a mother-in-law came in the outer courtyard to spread the word, saying that Lord Rui had returned to the house, and he would come to the inner courtyard later.

Gu Qingwan had a bad premonition at that time, because in the past, after Zheng Rui returned to the house, he usually came straight to the inner courtyard, and never sent anyone to say a word to Gu Qingwan.

Sure enough, in response to Gu Qingwan's conjecture, the person who returned to the mansion was not Zheng Rui. Although the appearance and demeanor are very similar, at first glance you may admit your mistake, but you can't hide the person who gets along with Zheng Rui day and night.

This secret guard pretending to be Zheng Rui was the one in the Zhuangzi in the eastern suburbs, so he confessed without waiting for Gu Qingwan to ask.

But it turned out that after Zheng Rui entered the palace today, he was assigned a heavy task by Emperor Yongding, but this time, he was going to go out of Beijing to the southwest, and the return date was uncertain.

For Zheng Rui, it was also sudden, so he could only briefly explain a few words to the secret guard, so that Gu Qingwan didn't have to worry.

But at this moment, Gu Qingwan's heart that had finally fallen rose again, and she asked, "Do you know where the prince is going to the southwest?" ”

"The prince only revealed this, and the rest of his subordinates didn't know." The guard bowed his head in reply.

Gu Qingwan glanced at a face that was ninety percent similar to Zheng Rui, and was a little annoyed in her heart for some reason, but she still suppressed her emotions and said: "This time is going to be hard for you, if it is not necessary, I will naturally not let you show up in front of people." ”

"My subordinates understand."

The secret guard saluted, and saw Gu Qingwan stand up and sweep off the blue and white glazed flower bottle on the sandalwood frame with one sleeve, so startled that the maids outside almost broke in to check what was going on......

The corner of his eye jumped, and then he took a step back in surprise.

After a while, "Lord Rui" walked out of the house with a disgraced face and hurried to the outer courtyard.

The two mothers-in-law who carried the lantern to light him were left behind by him far away, but unfortunately his ears were too good, and he still heard the words of the two mothers-in-law from a distance.

"What did the prince do today to annoy the princess, but the people in the main room were not allowed to enter, and the good ones were driven into the outer courtyard." Po Zijia whispered, but when she heard the tone, she knew that she was a little happy.

"Who knows, it's not the first time." Mother-in-law Yi also laughed, "The princess is really powerful, it's only been a year since she entered the door, and she has packed up the clothes of the prince." One or two who were cautious were sent away. ”

"Not really." Mother-in-law Jia's voice couldn't help but rise, "Our princess is a really powerful person." (To be continued......)