Shen Wanzhen combed through the accounts of the palace, the context was clear, and he saw the flaws, just in the procurement link, there were many loopholes, Feng Guisheng made a lot of money from it, and at first the purchase of Chunwang also got a lot of oil and water, this is all on the surface, needless to say, the deductions in the background are indispensable, and there are others, there are all kinds of problems.

Mama Yan saw that it took her master a few days to sort out the accounts, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Does the master have a score in his heart?" ”

Shen Wanzhen picked up neatly, a book of accounts is good, and said: "Not only the big kitchen, but also other places are extravagant and wasteful, several porcelain and antique warehouses, a lot of damage and scrap every year, silk and silk satin several warehouses have a lot of things, the accounts are chaotic, the management can not go up, and only after the actual inventory can we know whether there is a discrepancy between the road and the account, and the responsibility is not clear, these problems can only be said after waiting for the future." ”

Mrs. Yan listened to the master say a big set, and was very surprised, the master actually had the ability to sort out the messy accounts in the house, and could find the root cause of the matter, more shrewd than the ordinary businessmen, and couldn't help but admire the five bodies in his heart.

"This is a problem with the whole management, probably because there has been no hostess in the palace, before Chen Fu took care of the palace, and then Han Fang Concubine was the agent, which is also temporary, the sense of responsibility is not strong, and it is not to blame the people in the palace for not working." There are as many as 1,000 guards in this palace alone, plus the master's subordinates, which is even bigger than Shen Wanzhen originally expected.

Mrs. Yan said: "The prince is a big man who can manage these, and the people in the house are tossed, and the old slave sees that Chen Furen is still loyal, but the palace is too big for one person to manage, and the second chief manager Jiang is respectful to the people in the room when he sees the old slave several times." ”

"If the people in charge are all the people of Concubine Han, they can't move for the time being, there are many people in the New Year, and they still don't move, and when the New Year is over, they come one by one, and they can't say who is who, I'm not right about people."

Since Shen Wanzhen has become the princess of Zhao Shijiao, she has to seek her government in her position, and some things can't be in the way of people's invitation, no matter who she doesn't ask, who she offends, she can't say it, she blindly leaves it alone, pretends to be a good person, and others may not say it is good, and when you don't know anything, straw bales, nests, and soft persimmons, now the people in the palace are watching, waiting to see her as the princess's joke, if she can't even fiddle with the prince's concubines and subordinates, how can she take charge of the entire palace.

"The master has just passed the door, and the old slave means to wait first, offending many people, and I am afraid that there will be chaos in the New Year." Mama Yan said.

"First rest assured for the New Year, I am familiar with the people and things of the palace, and then the management of the palace, rectification of abuses, not a matter of one or two days, just a few days, I have not figured out the situation of the palace, I can only understand a rough outline, after the New Year, moving, I still need to carefully consider." In ancient times, part-time jobs were all done by a family in the same house, and one hair touched the whole body.

"Master, the prince, these side concubines, concubines, and old slaves are not peaceful, the master should beware" Mama Yan has beaten herself to the palace, pay attention to everything, this is not as good as the Shen Mansion and the Zhan Mansion, and it also involves the Queen Mother in the palace.

"The prince's concubines have all crossed the bright road, and they can't move easily."

The sun is in the west, Zhao Shijiao did not come back from the house, Shen Xuanzhen called Xiuju to follow the outside of the house, not far from the main courtyard, a road to the palace garden, at the end of the road is a moon gate, after the moon gate, turn a rich peony glazed wall, and enter the garden.

Xiuju helped the master, walking on the path paved with stones in the garden, "Master, this garden is really big, it covers an area twice the size of our house, the flowers and plants look very lush in summer, and in winter, it is a little withered, this vine is on the path, walking is extra careful, and the master is careful under his feet." ”

"How can our mansion be compared with the royal mansion, this garden should be cleaned well, the place is big, and the subordinates can't take care of it, and this path is easy to trip people."

The two walked for a while, and Xiuju looked up at the sky, "Master, it's cold, the sun is about to set, go back." ”

When the two went back, they took another path and cut corners.

Passing by a water pavilion, there seemed to be a faint crying sound inside, Shen Wanzhen began to think that the maid was angry, and ran to a place where no one was crying, but listen carefully, a voice like a whisper: "Sister, don't cry, listen carefully." ”

Shen Wanzhen listened carefully, and after a long time, another woman's voice came, whimpering and indistinct, "I am ...... I felt uncomfortable, and I was afraid that people would hear about it, so I came here to cry. ”

"Sister, we eat and drink well here, my sister sees that the prince is a good person, and it is never difficult for my sisters, there is a lack of food and clothing at home, what's the good?" This voice is a little immature, probably my sister, young.

"Sister, do you like the prince?"

There was no sound inside, and the sister sighed for a long time, "At the beginning, the two of us were bought by the Marquis of Xiangyang and sent here, I originally said that if the prince forced me, I would only die, but I came for almost a year, and the prince never came, so my heart settled down, and I also knew that the Taoist family was poor and couldn't eat, so my sisters and sisters could still exchange some silver, and they would still be sold when they went back, but they were homesick, the palace was not home, and they felt uncomfortable during the New Year." ”

"It's going to be the New Year, my sister is still happy, in case people see it, sue the above, and blame it, my sister will inevitably suffer."

Shen Wanzhen heard this and knew who these two sisters were, since they said that they were sent by the Marquis of Xiangyang, they must be the princess's concubines Miss Xu and the sisters, they saw it that day, but they didn't give her a salute, so that Shen Wanzhu stirred up.

Shen Xuanzhen felt that it was not good to stand here and listen to other people's private words, so she turned around and walked back, and walked away, Xiuju turned her head to look at the water pavilion, and whispered: "Master, since these two sisters are unwilling to stay in the palace, the master told the prince to send her two back, and there are two fewer opponents." ”

"Send it back, where to send it? Where to send back to Xiangyanghou? Xiangyang Hou heard that he was short-tempered, it turned out that he was trying to please the prince, the prince didn't like it, and he was able to spare the two of them, but the prince didn't send it, I couldn't speak, which made the prince embarrassed. ”

Shen Wanzhen raised her head and exhaled a long breath, "Anyway, there are many concubines and concubines, and there are not more than two." ”

"There are many princesses and women, but all the thoughts are on the master, which is rare."

The two returned to the dormitory, Zhao Shijiao was sitting on the kang in the east room, looking at the sprinkled gold paper pressed under her paperweight, which listed the data neatly and the handwriting was timeless, and when she heard Shen Wanzhen's small footsteps, she raised her head and said with a smile: "The princess has worked hard and figured out her head." ”

Shen Wanzhen untied her cloak, handed it to Xiuju, sat across the kang table with Zhao Shijiao, and told him about the shortcomings she found, Zhao Shizhen listened with great interest, and said with a satisfied smile: "It seems that my princess is really not wrong to marry, she is a good housekeeper." ”

"If you marry the wrong person, you don't care about retreating." Shen Wanzhen said with a smile.

"You are my person, and I will never let you go in this life." Let's say, Zhao Shijiao stretched out his hand to grab her, Shen Wanzhen cleverly dodged, turned over and got off the ground, and ran out of the door with a smoke.

"If you let this king catch you, see how this king cleans you up." Behind him, Zhao Shijiao heard a clear and cheerful laughter.

In the Chinese New Year's Eve, Shen Xuanzhen got up early, changed into formal clothes, and prepared to enter the palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace,

After breakfast, the couple went out of the house.

Zhao Shijiao accompanies her every time in a sedan chair, gets up in a sedan chair, and is half an hour's distance from the palace.

Shen Wanzhen came to menstruation, she was always sleepy in the past two days, lazily leaning on Zhao Shijiao's shoulder, Zhao Shizhen turned her head to see that her face was pink and delicate, beautiful and delicious, and she couldn't help but get angry.

Shen Xuanzhen put on some light makeup, afraid of being dazzled by him, so she was so frightened that she hurriedly dodged, didn't dare to lean on his shoulder, moved to the side, leaned on the wall of the car on the side, Zhao Shijiao pretended to be angry and said: "Hiding so far, are you afraid that I will come hard?" ”

Shen Wanzhen saw that he was about to lean over again, and shook his hand with a smile: "The makeup is spent, which makes people laugh." ”

"Who's laughing? I haven't heard of it, big and small Dengke, there is a beautiful woman like a flower and jade, you are not allowed to move, and you are not allowed to move, you torture your husband tightly. ”

Zhao Shijiao squeezed over, held her face, and was about to kiss her mouth, Shen Wanzhen struggled twice, the sedan chair shook, the sedan chair shook, and the sedan chair drivers could know that something fragrant had happened to the sedan chair, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, and let him bite it.

Zhao Shizhen didn't enjoy it for a long time, but he didn't let go of her, Shen Wanzhen was so suffocated that his face turned red, and Zhao Shijiao let go of his hand, Shen Wanzhen gasped and complained, "The prince is really unbearable." ”

Zhao Shijiao came over and rubbed her cheek, "Wait a minute, there's something I can't stand anymore." ”

She was made soft by him, and she was coquettish: "You will make a fool of people." ”

Before he finished speaking, he hugged her, opened his mouth and bit down, biting out a row of tooth marks on her snow-white neck, she was so frightened that she hurriedly covered it, and exclaimed: "Lord Wang, this will make people see what it looks like." ”

He buried his head and wanted to bite again, "When you see it, you see it, you know that your husband bit it, what are you afraid of?" ”

She almost cried angrily, and went into the palace to meet the Queen Mother, who might she meet, making people laugh at her frivolous, Meng Lang.

She pushed him away with all her strength and said loudly: "The prince is making trouble again, the concubine is really angry." ”

He saw that her little face was flushed, and she seemed to be really angry, so he stopped moving.

At this time, the sedan chair arrived at the palace gate and was carried directly to Cining Palace.

Zhao Shijiao got down from the sedan chair and wanted to hold her hand, but Shen Wanzhen didn't let him, he knew that she was careful, so he gave up, and the two staggered, Zhao Shijiao was in front, and Shen Wanzhen followed closely.

The Chinese New Year, Empress Dowager Guo was very happy, wearing a red phoenix robe, looking at the festivity, and the two saluted.

"Let's sit down."

The two sat down, and Empress Dowager Guo looked at Shen Wanzhen, "The princess has a good complexion." "Shen Wanzhen has been in the menstrual period for a few days, and her complexion is particularly delicate.

"The queen mother has won the award" Shen Wanzhen has a weak heart, afraid that the queen mother will see that the two are crooked, in fact, the queen mother will ask casually.

"Frame, you also have to pay attention to your body, you and the princess are still young, and you will have to live a lifetime in the future, and when you are together, you should put your mind on business, the princess said, right?"

Shen Wanzhen blushed slightly, hurriedly stood up, and listened respectfully, only to feel that the queen mother was sharp-eyed and couldn't hide anything, this was to blame herself for domineering the prince, beating her son not to patronize the pleasure of the boudoir, and delay the business.

Zhao Shijiao saw her standing, and quietly pulled down the hem of her clothes and asked her to sit down.

When the Queen Mother saw it, she said: "The princess doesn't have to be restrained, she sits and talks, and my mother-in-law is not difficult to wait." ”

Shen Wanzhen took a seat, Zhao Shijiao saw her cramped, and gave her an encouraging look, Shen Wanzhen suspected that there was a queen mother in the palace, and her every move should always be paid attention to in the future.

"Princess Jingyi begs to see the Queen Mother," the eunuch paging.

"Call the princess in."

Zhao Shijiao and Shen Wanzhen stood up, the first emperor has many sons and few daughters, this princess Jingyi is the third daughter of the first emperor, the two older princesses in front of her are married to foreign domains, and she is the only one who is called by the queen mother and the emperor, married to the son of the Marquis of Xiangyang, just two years after marriage, she went to Beijing with her husband, and she entered the palace alone to meet the queen mother.

When Princess Jingyi was five or six years old, her biological mother died early, and the first emperor took pity on her young age and let the queen mother take care of her, and the Empress Dowager Guo had no daughter and regarded her as her own, so Princess Jingyi and the Empress Dowager were close.

Princess Jingyi went up to the palace and saluted respectfully, "Say hello to the queen mother." ”

Shen Wanzhen took a closer look, Princess Jingyi was about the same age as her, with a handsome face and a smile on her eyebrows and eyes, like an easy-going and gentle person.

"Hui'er, I've seen your imperial brother and imperial sister-in-law, and you haven't met your third imperial sister-in-law yet." The Queen Mother lovingly called Princess Jingyi's nickname.

Princess Jingyi stepped forward with a smile and squatted down to salute, "Little sister to meet the third sister-in-law." ”

Shen Wanzhen hurriedly returned the salute, "When will my sister come to Beijing, your third brother is still talking about you." ”

Princess Jingyi smiled mischievously at Zhao Shijiao and said, "I thought that the third brother married my sister-in-law and forgot about my little sister." ”

"You're all married, and you still haven't done anything right." Zhao Shijiao smiled and said dotingly.

Princess Jingyi grabbed Shen Wanzhen and said sincerely: "On the day of my sister-in-law's wedding, I wanted to enter Beijing, but something delayed, and I only got to see my sister-in-law today. ”

"Look at this mouth, when you come to the mourning family, you will keep talking, finally you will get married in the past two years, and the mourning family will be clean for a few days." Empress Dowager Guo pampered her tone and looked at the princess with a loving smile.

"I'll take my sister-in-law around the palace, the third brother won't disagree, right?" Princess Jingyi squeezed her eyes at Zhao Shijiao and smiled slyly, she could see that Shen Wanzhen was uncomfortable in front of the Queen Mother, Shen Wanzhen secretly thought, this is really a smart woman, and the two of them went out, leaving the princess, mother and son to speak alone.

Princess Jingyi took her to the Imperial Garden, which was in winter and had a thin layer of snow on the branches of the ancient trees, and the entire garden building was thick and simple.

Princess Jingyi took her arm and affectionately instructed her everywhere, pavilions and pavilions, Chinese New Year's Eve, the eunuchs and maids in the palace were busy with dinners, and there was no one in the garden.

The two chatted while walking, and Shen Wanzhen knew from her that the Marquis of Xiangyang was short-tempered, but his only sister-in-law was gentle, benevolent and kind, probably with Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, Shen Wanzhen saw Princess Jingyi's demeanor and knew that her young husband and wife were harmonious and happy.

At this time, Shen Wanzhen found that not far in front, there was a woman standing by the Taiye Pool, she stared at her for a long time and didn't see her move, in the cold winter, the water surface was not frozen, it flowed slowly, she stood alone, I don't know where to look, Princess Jingyi whispered: "That's Concubine Fang who has fallen out of favor." ”

Shen Wanzhen sighed, the women in the palace all have suffering.

After turning around, the time was almost up, the two went back, and as soon as the Empress Dowager Guo saw the two entering the palace gate, she hurriedly ordered: "Quickly bring the charcoal brazier over and let her two warm up." ”

The eunuch hurriedly moved the charcoal brazier and let the two of them roast the fire.

Empress Dowager Guo said to Princess Jingyi: "Just now, your second emperor brother and second emperor sister-in-law came, and they just left." ”

Princess Jingyi said: "Second Emperor Brother heard that he came back yesterday? Listening to her tone, she seemed very distant, not very affectionate.

"I arrived in the capital yesterday morning, but today I entered the palace, and I went to the palace of Concubine Min Gui, and I saw his mother and concubine."

"Concubine Min Gui is talking about her son, and she is finally looking forward to coming back." The Queen Mother said lightly.

The two couples and Princess Jingyi stayed in Cining Palace to accompany the Queen Mother for lunch, the Queen Mother stared at her for a while after dinner as usual, Princess Jingyi went to the Queen Kunning Palace, and the two also rested a little, and when the Queen Mother woke up, chatted for a while, and then withdrew.

Zhao Shijiao and Shen Xuanzhen had just walked out of the gate of Cining Palace, and a eunuch ran out, "Lord Wang, the Queen Mother remembered something and asked the Lord to go back." ”

Zhao Shijiao was afraid of the cold, she froze, and said to her: "You go to the sedan chair and wait for me first, and I will come out in a while." "Zhao Shijiao is the emperor's permission to enter the palace directly in a sedan chair.

Shen Wanzhen nodded and agreed, first go to the big sedan chair to sit and wait, at dusk, the tall and heavy palace wall blocked, the palace was darkened early, and the eunuchs lit up rows of big red palace lights, and the festive atmosphere was strong.

Shen Wanzhen sat for a while, and suddenly heard a shout from the eunuch at the gate of the palace: "The fourth prince asks to see the queen mother." ”

Shen Wanzhen was curious, lifted the sedan curtain, looked towards the palace gate, took a look, but her hands trembled, her eyes froze, and the back of a tall and lonely man entered the palace gate, this back is very familiar, this is not Xiao Gongzi who lives in Wu Yulian's house in Taoxi Town, Shen Wanzhen looked carefully, that's right, it is Xiao Gongzi, he is the fourth prince and the king of Ping, Shen Wanzhen suddenly understood, why she felt familiar at first sight, royal brothers, look different, but there are similarities in the eyes, as well as his innate noble bloodline, which makes him reject people thousands of miles away.

Shen Wanzhen was upset, the feeling that King Ping gave her was mysterious, did Wu Yulian discover his identity? Or something else was found.

Shen Wanzhen was thinking, Zhao Shijiao opened the red gorilla felt sedan curtain, got on the sedan chair, and said; "I've been waiting for a long time, just now the fourth emperor brother suddenly came back, and he will talk about it."

Shen Wanzhen seemed to ask casually: "King Ping is not usually in the capital?" ”

"He is idle, ignores government affairs, is not restrained, travels through mountains and rivers, usually the dragon does not see the tail, and he has just returned to Beijing after walking for half a year."

"King Ping didn't receive an errand? Just a prince's title. ”

"He doesn't want to get involved in government politics."

Zhao Shijiao said, turned his head to look at her, his eyes were a little strange, Shen Wanzhen knew that he had asked too much, which made him suspicious, and the deeper the contact, she found that Zhao Shijiao said little, but his thinking was sharp, and he hurriedly explained: "King Ping is unwilling to participate in court affairs, indifferent to his temperament, and his concubine body feels very similar to the prince." ”

"Not what you think." Zhao Shijiao only said this simply, and he didn't say anything about it.

A trace of fear crept into her heart, born in the royal family, husband and wife can't be honest with each other, she knows King Ping, she can't tell him, King Ping has a lot of suspicions, it seems that he deliberately escaped from the world, hidden in Taoxi Town, to be an idle prince, but her intuition told her that King Ping had something big to do, and she didn't want to say it to him, for fear of causing trouble.

Zhao Shijiao looked at her sideways, grabbed her hand, and held it, "There are some things you don't need to know too much, I want you to live a carefree life." ”

Shen Wanzhen leaned forward and sighed in her heart, did she think too much, or did she have a ...... premonition.