Chapter 193: Nineteen Three
The two of them went to the river crab once, Yulan was so tired that he couldn't do it, but Ye Yichen became more and more energetic. Ye Yichen came to trouble her again, Yulan couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to beg for mercy: "Lord Wang, let's stop here today, let's take a break!" ”
"Intermission? That's a fresh statement. Yulan always said some fresh words inadvertently, Ye Yichen roughly understood the meaning of these words after thinking about it, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
He saw that his little wife was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, but her face was flushed and her expression was shy, Ye Yichen wanted to pick up the gun again, it should be said that the two were very harmonious in that aspect, and they had done a lot, and Yulan also realized the subtlety. The fly in the ointment is that she is a little woman after all, and her physical strength cannot be compared with Ye Yichen, who has been fighting abroad all the year round, so the rhythm of the two is always not synchronized, and he can't be very satisfied. Fortunately, Ye Yichen felt very sorry for his little wife, and tried his best to stop in moderation every time, and did not dry up and fish.
Yulan closed her eyes, rested her head on Ye Yichen's chest, and rested for a while. The man's chest is broad and strong, as strong and reliable as a mountain, and Yulan likes to lean on the prince like this the most. The exercise just now was too intense, and now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, although the ice is used in the house, the two of them are still sweating, sticky and very uncomfortable.
There was no need to command, the maids had already boiled the water, and Xiaoyue relied on her courage to enter and shouted: "Lord and Madam, the hot water has been boiled!" Yulan snorted, didn't want to move her fingers, and Ye Yichen draped a dress indiscriminately, and wrapped Yulan directly in a thin gauze quilt to carry her out of bed.
Yulan exclaimed in fright, Xiaoyue saw this situation, and almost lowered her head to her chest, Ye Yichen didn't even look at her, and walked directly to the clean room. Ye Yichen is too busy, he can't cope with the people and things of the previous dynasty, except for Yulan, where does he have time to deal with these little girls, directly treat them as a little transparent, these days of marriage, Ye Yichen still hasn't been able to distinguish who is who among Yulan's four big girls.
Xiaoyue hurriedly went out to greet Qiu Aya and Qiu Hong, but Ye Yichen said a word; "There's no need to call someone to wait, this king can wash it himself! Find out the clothes of the king and his wife first, and bring them in when the king calls for them. Xiaoyue agreed, and saw Ye Yichen enter the clean room by himself, and then there was the sound of water, laughter, and some sounds that made people blush and heartbeat.
After a long time, until Ye Yichen called inside, Xiaoyue held Yulan and Ye Yichen's dirty clothes and middle clothes, lowered her head and closed her eyes and entered the clean room. After a while, she withdrew, and after a while, Ye Yichen and Yulan came out of it in full dress.
After a ridiculous time in the bathroom, Yulan passively took a bath, but this time she was a little refreshed. The bed sheets and quilts had already been changed, and it was still early, and the husband and wife were lying on the bed, and Ye Yichen said to her: "I forgot to tell you good news!" ”
Yulan yawned very lazily and said, "What good news?" ”
"A spy report came back from Shu Han, Yinyue is still alive!"
"Really?" Yulan was overjoyed, and excitedly kissed Ye Yichen's face, "Great!" That's great! ”
Ye Yichen touched his face, crying and laughing. Yulan complained: "Why didn't you tell me earlier!" ”
Ye Yichen knew that Yulan cared about Yinyue's life and death, so he had been paying attention to the news of the military's secret spy, and originally wanted to tell Yulan as soon as he got home, but he forgot about it because of the short topic in his parents. Anyway, this is good news, Yulan was excited for a while, and babbled a lot of things with Ye Yichen about getting along with Yinyue.
Ye Yichen sighed slightly in his heart, Da Chu and Shu Han will have a battle sooner or later, when the time comes, how should Yulan and Yinyue deal with themselves, and how should the king of Yanqing County and Ye Minchun deal with themselves?
Yulan also remembered a topic, which was originally going to be talked to Ye Yichen, but it turned out that this matter was over as soon as it was forked. "In the past few days, I have received a lot of posts, and many people have come to give gifts. I've replied to the posts, but those gifts, I really don't know if I should accept them! "The gifts given to Yulan by name are all extremely valuable.
Ye Yichen said indifferently: "You just take it." ”
Yulan paused and muttered, "All the gifts are ...... It's so precious! For example, Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, gave a set of Guanyin jade statues, a total of twelve pieces, which are priceless...... "It's okay to take bribes, such a large share, Yulan really didn't experience these in her previous life, and she was a little bottomless in her heart."
Ye Yichen smiled and nodded her nose: "I usually look at you with a thousand cleverness, and your courage is not small, and you have to confront this king every now and then, why is your courage so small at this time." Since it is the princes and generals who honor you, you just have to take it. ”
"However, after receiving such a heavy gift from others, do you have to do things for others? Am I not afraid to disrupt your deployment in the previous dynasty? ”
Ye Yichen laughed when he heard it: "You, you!" Who said that if you receive a gift, you must do something? You still don't understand the rules of officialdom. ”
Yulan was dumbfounded when she heard it, and she didn't do anything after receiving the gift? This...... It's too dark, isn't it?
Ye Yichen said: "You can accept it with confidence, what should I do in the previous dynasty!" As long as you accept their gifts, they will be grateful, if you don't accept them, they may have no bottom in their hearts! ”
Yulan was convinced this time, she had seen the account books of the palace before, and the assets of the palace could really be described as "rich and rivaling the country", and the liquidity on the account alone was hundreds of thousands of taels. She always felt that Ye Yichen shouldn't be very good at running these industries, and he himself shouldn't have time to take care of them, but where did all this money come from? Now she finally understood how the money came from!
Yulan couldn't help but sigh secretly: "The ruling class, it's really a red fruit!" Speaking of this, Yulan remembered one more thing: "When I was tidying up the warehouse today, I found a crystal chiming bell imported from the West, can the prince give it to me!" Yulan is very unaccustomed to using an hourglass to see the time, or a clock is more suitable for her, she can't put it down when she sees the delicate crystal chiming clock this afternoon, but this thing is priceless, of course she has to say a word to Ye Yichen.
The dowry is her private property, but everything in the palace is Ye Yichen's.
Ye Yichen couldn't help but sneer: "How big it is, it's worth talking to me, whatever you like in this mansion, you just have to use it." Isn't mine yours! ”
Yulan secretly complained in her heart: Who can be a tyrant like you? So the precious chiming bell is not taken seriously, if it were changed to an ordinary family, it would have been regarded as a family heirloom long ago!
Saying that, she was still very happy in her heart.
Yulan discussed with Ye Yichen again: "In the past few days, I have been closing my door to thank guests, sorting out the internal affairs of the palace, and the posts of many wealthy ladies have also been pushed. Before, it can be said that it is a newlywed Yan'er, and the new daughter-in-law is inconvenient to go out, plus she was unwell for a while in the middle, but she always seems too big, do you see if I am looking for a few to walk around. ”
Although Ye Yichen is in a high position, it is not good to offend all the powerful people, of course the prince understands this truth. He nodded his head. "Don't be in a hurry these days, just say that the house hasn't been sorted out yet, and the day after tomorrow, you can pick a few titles with real power, and walk around in the past! You don't have to go to every house, you are a super prince and concubine, they just want to invite you over to enjoy the flowers, drink tea and listen to the play, and you have to see if they have that face. ”
Yulan asked, "Uh, why do you want the day after tomorrow?" ”
Ye Yichen smiled but didn't answer, Yulan carefully tasted the meaning of Ye Yichen's words, and immediately reacted: "You mean that my edict will come down the day after tomorrow?" ”
Ye Yichen smiled: "Count you smart!" ”
Yulan muttered, "It's too fast! "Generally, the wives of officials in the imperial court are listed by the officials themselves, approved by the Ministry of Rites, and then go through the motions in front of the court, and draw up the holy decree to be issued, which is as fast as three or five months.
And Yulan, the edict of the prince and concubine itself is a super product, and the separate Ministry of Rites cannot be approved, so it has to be written together with the Zongren Mansion, and the procedures of one more department are even more complicated. But Yulan and Ye Yichen have only been married for half a month, why did the princess's seal come down?
Ye Yichen looked at Yulan, his eyes were full of pride: "Don't look at what your man does?" ”
Yes! Ye Yichen himself is the number one leader of the Zongren Mansion, and there is naturally no problem with the Zongren Mansion. As for the Ministry of Rites, the chief official was not so full that his head was caught by the door, and he dared to obstruct the hot Prince Jin, so he naturally passed smoothly without any suspense, and when he arrived at the emperor's side, because he had already said it when he entered the palace before, it was naturally a matter of going through the motions, and the speed of this seal was very fast.
Yulan is also an ordinary little woman, she also has vanity, and she can't help but be overjoyed when she hears this. If she goes out to socialize now, because the princess's seal has not come down, she can only call her Madame to the outside world, this identity is actually quite embarrassing, I think Ye Yichen took this into account, so he wrote the seal so quickly, right?
This man is really attentive to her, and he can be regarded as very caring.
Yulan was very moved all of a sudden, took Ye Yichen's hand and said, "Thank you, Xie Lu, Yichen!" "Wang Ye and Yulan are husband and wife, but they are also different from ordinary couples. The prince has the blood of the heavenly family, and he is a serious dragon son and phoenix grandson, so they are not only husband and wife, but also master and servant. The name of the prince should not be called casually, but it doesn't hurt to call it in the boudoir.
Ye Yichen didn't expect Yulan to call him like this all of a sudden, she shouted like this with affection, and the prince not only felt rude, but felt very useful. It's just that he is still pretending to say: "What do you say, this name is also your name?" The words of blame came out with a doting tone.
"You're so good to me!" Yulan leaned against his chest, and his little head rubbed on it!
Ye Yichen was tickled by her, so he asked: "I asked you to be the princess, so how can you repay me?" ”
"What to repay you?"
Ye Yichen blew softly against Yulan's ear: "Why don't we do it again after that incident just now?" ”
Yulan was so frightened that he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Lord Wang, please spare me!" "It's been three tosses in one night!
"Otherwise, you hurry up and give me a son, and you can repay me!"
Early the next morning, Yulan had breakfast and sent Ye Yichen to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, originally wanting to go back and make up for sleep, but maybe because of the moderate amount of exercise last night, Yulan felt very good spirits, so he flipped through the account book under the lamp. When the time came, Qi brought Ye Minwen over to ask for peace.
Yulan saw that Qi's eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, thinking that Ye Yichen had secretly cried in the room all night yesterday without leaving Ye Yichen. Yulan was very unauthentically dark in her heart, but she was dignified on the surface, and after asking a few words about Ye Minwen's body, she sent them back.
After sending away the Qi family, Yulan asked Qian's mother to arrange and asked someone to go to the front to invite the big housekeeper of Ma Fu.
Ma Fu's name is the housekeeper, and he is actually the chief of staff of Prince Ye Yichen, whose official title is Zheng Sanpin, and his main responsibility is to help the prince deal with the affairs of the clan and the courtesy, which is somewhat similar to the chief of staff. When Yulan rectified the internal affairs of the palace, he also sorted out his dowry by the way.
Although her dowry is very small compared to the property of the palace, after all, it is her own personal thing, although the prince said that she can use everything in the palace, and the money can be transferred at will, Yulan is always unsure. So last night, Yulan mentioned it to the prince, wanting to take care of her dowry worth 100,000 taels of silver, because there was a lot of cash to marry, Yulan planned to buy some grange shops and buy more properties.
On the one hand, she can use these industries to make some money, on the other hand, when she married into the palace, the Yang Mansion accompanied the four-room population, because she had just arrived, she didn't move much about the rules and personnel in the palace. If they are not assigned errands for a long time, it is inevitable that they will resent.
These things are not something that the maid can do, and some experienced and experienced stewards are needed, but Yulan now has no manpower outside, so he asked Ye Yichen for help, and Ye Yichen asked him to go directly to Ma Fu.
Ma Fu arrived at Jiaqing Hall, Shi Li saw the new lady, Yulan told him about this matter through the curtain, Ma Fu immediately patted his chest and promised: "You can leave this matter to me, it won't take ten days, I promise to do it properly for you!" ”
Yulan is also tossed by him, the property of the palace has always been taken care of by Ma Fu, seeing that he has run the palace so prosperously, he knows that he is a capable person. Leave it to him to do it, and Yulan is naturally relieved. After sending Ma Fu away, Yulan called the housekeeper's daughters-in-law to come in and talk back, and began to deal with today's housework.
Although there are many housework in the palace, for Yulan, it is only more tedious and not too difficult. For the subordinates, she is in line with the principle of generosity and grace, in addition to firmly grasping the most important power in her hands, other powers have been put to a few high-status and faceable housekeepers' daughters-in-law, Yulan came to give them treatment, and now their monthly money is two percent longer than before. Anyway, the palace has money, and the prince doesn't care about this little money, so why not do it.
She also said that whoever is in charge of the stall has a problem, and they will be jointly and severally responsible. When there is something to do, she only looks for these few big stewards, so that she grasps the level at the first level, sets the rules, and then strengthens supervision, basically the errand will not be crooked.
She also knew that some of her subordinates were very cunning and difficult to manage, especially some old fritters from the Internal Affairs Bureau, but she was not afraid. She has a lot of power, as long as she catches the wrong place, no matter who hits her hands, she will unceremoniously punish her. Kill the chickens and make an example, she is waiting.
Deal with these trivial things, and look up to see that it is noon. Yulan returned to the main courtyard, and Mother Qian set the meal, and Yulan beckoned Mother Qian and the three big girls to eat together. Mother Qian and the others hurriedly gave in: "We are all slaves, how can we eat with our wife!" ”
Yulan said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, everyone is a family when the door is closed, and besides, it's really boring for me to eat alone." Mother Qian couldn't wait for repeated pushing, so she sat with Yulan and used it.
Yulan saw that Xiaoyue was not there, so she asked, "Where did Xiaoyue go?" ”
Xiaoyu replied with a smile: "This girl has been running out recently, saying that her mother's brother is here, and she should be going to see her mother's brother at this time." Yulan nodded thoughtfully.
After eating and taking a nap, Yulan got up, the maids served and freshened up, and Xiaoyue came into the house with an excited face. Seeing Xiaofeng and Xiaoying in the house, he couldn't help but didn't speak. When Yulan found a reason to separate the two girls, Xiaoyue came over and said, "Madam, I've inquired about it this time!" ”
Yulan slowly drank the watermelon juice that came in from the kitchen, yesterday Ye Yichen was full of praise, and today she also wanted some to drink, and just now she rewarded Qian Mom and a few big girls, and everyone said yes. Yulan was not in a hurry at all, and said leisurely: "Zhilu Dao asked his mother's brother for help, and finally grew a little!" ”
Xiaoyue looked at Yulan in shock: "How do you know about the Dao?" ”
Yulan laughed loudly, almost squirted out the watermelon juice in her mouth, and didn't explain, just asked, "Say, what have you heard?" ”
Xiaoyue said: "Since we arrived in the mansion, there have been a lot of people coming to us...... "There is a new hostess in the palace, no matter how bad the background is, there are also people who stutter, this is a natural thing, if you don't get into the rain, you will tie up Xiaoyue's big girls." “…… In the past, the slaves and maids did not dare to talk nonsense with them according to your instructions, but the slaves and maids got your orders before, so they carefully released the words, and a few girls grabbed me and chatted, and when they came and went, they shook out all the red sleeves. The slave was afraid that these people would talk nonsense, so she specially asked her brother to go to Daxing to inquire, and there was really something wrong with the little hooves of the red sleeves. ”
Yulan nodded, these had been guessed a long time ago, and there was nothing to make a fuss about. Xiaoyue continued: "That red sleeve is not the son of the palace, her hometown is Daxing County, a suburb of Beijing, one year her family suffered a locust plague, and she was very poor, her old son and mother ruthlessly sold her to Renyazi, and she entered the palace, and she was lucky, and later followed our prince!" became the prince's personal maid. ”
"I heard that she was very thoughtful and meticulous in serving the prince, dedicated, and very down-to-earth, and the prince saw that she was attentive in her errands, and he also rewarded her a lot. Later, when the prince was thirteen years old, the queen mother in front of her said that she would give the prince a stunning palace maid and teach the prince to learn human ethics. ”
Speaking of which, Xiaoyue carefully checked Yulan's expression, Xiaoyue listened to this paragraph and was not worth it for the prince, what a look and demeanor the prince was, the first woman in her life was such a thing as red sleeves, she originally thought that Yulan listened to this paragraph, no matter how big her heart was, she would have to be vinegared, so she said it carefully.
But seeing Yulan's stunned face, she didn't know that Yulan's thoughts had been crooked elsewhere. When the prince was thirteen years old, the grandfather and the concubine should have already hung up! He was first sent to the northwest, and then returned to Beijing is also in a dangerous situation, Yulan has read the official record of Taizong written by the officials of this dynasty, although the language is unknown, but he also knows that Taizong has a black history, he used various methods to kill the son of Taizu cleanly, Ye Yichen was afraid that he would also live in this fear at that time, the reason why he refused the queen mother's stunning palace maid should be that he didn't want the queen mother to install people to monitor him by his side!
At that time, the prince was only thirteen years old, and he had to think about so many things at the age of thirteen, and he was really pitiful to fight wits and courage with a group of scheming politicians! Yulan felt that her motherhood was flooding all of a sudden!
Xiaoyue saw Yulan holding a delicate thin tire cup, her eyes were empty, and she couldn't help but feel very strange, Mrs. ...... Something is wrong!
"Madame, are you listening?"
"Listening, listening!" Yulan reacted: "And then? ”
Xiaoyue continued; After Red Sleeves was sold to the palace, she still had dealings with her mother's family, and I heard that most of her share of the money in the palace was used to help her mother's family. In addition to Lao Tzu Niang, her mother's family also has two brothers and three younger sisters, and her two brothers are lazy and gambling, so although Red Sleeves has given her family a lot of money in recent years, her mother's family is still getting poorer and poorer in Daxing. The two elder brothers are in their twenties, and they haven't talked about their daughter-in-law until the year before last. ”
"But just last year, their family bought thousands of acres of fertile land in Daxing at once, and the two brothers all married daughters-in-law, and they are all innocent girls from the little squire's family, and two of the three sisters have also married out, and I heard that the dowry is very rich!"
The more Xiaoyue spoke, the more excited she became: "You said, why did a family like theirs suddenly make a fortune, it's not that this little hoof was greedy for silver in the palace and turned back to his mother's family!" ”
Yulan agreed: "That's it! "After reading the account book of the palace, Yulan understands that the oil and water in the palace are too big, and a random leakage is enough for ordinary people to eat for half a lifetime.
Xiaoyue Road; "Then what are you waiting for, let's find a master of accounting to check the accounts and make her crimes public! I have long seen this little hoof as unpleasant, not only stumbling on you secretly, but also bent on seducing the prince! "I told Yulan another news I heard, it turned out that when the prince returned to the house these days, he could always meet Red Sleeves on the road every time, and Red Sleeves was now more likely to see Ye Yichen's face than Qi's. It's just that Ye Yichen doesn't say much to her every time, she asks for peace, and Ye Yichen tells her what to do.
Yulan thought that she didn't know about such a thing until today, it seems that her foundation in the palace is indeed too shallow. However, as she takes over the palace in an all-round way, her prestige is established day by day, and I believe that it will not be long before countless minions will post them one after another, waiting for her to use them, and then the palace will not want to hide anything from her.
She has this confidence!
Xiaoyue asked again, "Madam, when are we going to do it?" ”
Yulan smiled and pointed her nose with her hand: "You, you, are still so breathless, what kind of hands!" We can't do this in such a hurry! ”
The more Xiaoyue listened, the more confused she became: "For what?" "Ready-made handles, Yulan is the housewife, she is right, she deserves it, why do you still keep her disgusting herself?
Yulan sighed: "You are a rectum, and you are anxious." In the future, you can learn more from Xiaoyu! After all, she still likes Xiaoyue's temperament, so she patiently explained to her: "Whose person is that little hoof in the red sleeves?" It's the prince's person, there is a way to beat the dog and it depends on the owner, even if we have conclusive evidence, but that is also before I arrived at the palace, so I lost my red sleeves, maybe someone will come to the prince to instigate that I am jealous, and I can't even tolerate a room! I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking at us in this house, waiting for us to make a mistake! "This is almost certain, if Yulan really took this opportunity to send off his red sleeves, someone would definitely jump out to sow discord.
Yulan took a breath and continued: "Besides, no one knows what the prince will think when Lu Dao loses his red sleeves. Anyway, the prince and her have also had a period of tribulation. "With her understanding of the prince, Ye Yichen should be a person who misses the old love.
Xiaoyue thought that this was indeed the case, and she said, "Then we have been bullied by her all the time and not fought back?" "It's too embarrassing.
Yulan looked at her angry little face and said with a smile: "No matter how she is, she is still a roommate, and she can still go past me, the housewife." I've already beaten her, if she still makes trouble for me everywhere, then I won't be too polite to her, and I will naturally explain the reason to the prince and send her down. Now that I have just gotten married, I have disposed of the prince's room, and my reputation is not good! What's more, we have those account books in our hands, which is to pinch her handle, this is a kind of deterrent, so that she is obedient and obedient, and she does not dare to mess around! ”
Xiaoyue nodded again and again, and was finally convinced.
There is another layer of meaning that Yulan didn't say, people like Ye Yichen are the most proud and conceited, you can only exchange his sincerity for his sincerity, small conspiracies and small means like Qi and Red Sleeves are not worth mentioning in the eyes of the prince, and they dare to show off in front of the prince with their IQ and EQ? He could see through it at a glance! Maybe he wouldn't do anything to them at first, but if he used too many small means too often, Ye Yichen would naturally hate them in his heart.
If God wants it to perish, he must first make it mad! In order to compete for favor, these women are a little careless. Yulan never played scheming against Ye Yichen. Because she knew that with Ye Yichen's ability to count the numbers, she couldn't hide any scheming from him. It's better to be honest and exchange sincerity for sincerity.
Leaving Xiaoyue to gossip in the room again, the person in the concierge came again, holding a large stack of gift lists! A few days ago, Yulan refused to go to the Prince's House to socialize and walk around, so they changed their strategy and sent countless precious gifts. Yulan discussed the "holy decree" with Ye Yichen yesterday, and today he accepted it boldly and with confidence.
Yulan called Qian's mother over and opened an empty warehouse as her private treasury. Since it was a gift to Yulan by name, Yulan unceremoniously took it for himself. He also sent a rough envoy to the front to bring the gifts and register them one by one.
Watching the gifts move in, precious clothes, precious jewelry, all kinds of spices and rouge, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures, not only Mother Qian and a few big girls were dumbfounded, but even Yulan, who had seen the world, was a little stunned. In a short time, the treasury will be half full!
Yulan struggled for more than ten years in her last life, just to become a veritable rich woman in her lifetime, but she didn't expect that the unfulfilled wish in her previous life would be easily completed after wearing it in ancient times.
It's really better to marry well than to do a good job!
After registering these gifts one by one and placing them properly, Yulan remembered the crystal chiming bell that he asked Ye Yichen for last night, and directly asked someone to open the treasury of the prince next to him, and asked someone to carefully move the chiming bell to his room.
When Ye Yichen came back in the evening, he saw Yulan smirking there with an account book.
"What are you looking at? So happy! ”
Yulan hurriedly hid the account book, her face turned slightly red, and she was a little embarrassed to do something bad and make people caught: "It's nothing, it's nothing!" She hid the account book back, but how long Ye Yichen's arm was, as soon as she reached out and grabbed it in her hand, she pouted after turning two pages: "What kind of good thing should I be, just such a little thing, worthy of your pleasure!" ”
Yulan pursed her lips, thinking to herself that of course you have a high vision, you are the son of a dragon and a phoenix, where can I compare with a concubine!
Ye Yichen stretched out his hand and pinched her face: "Tomorrow I will ask Manager Bai to bring the key to the front warehouse, you open all the warehouses, pick them yourself, whatever you like, just move them all to your private warehouse!" ”
Yulan was overjoyed in her heart, and her face was revealed. Hurriedly pulled the prince's sleeve and washed himself and said, "Prince, I'm really not such a greedy person!" "I'm not a man for money!
The prince was very amused by her, and he smiled and leaned close to her ear and said, "Okay, you don't need to say more, just compensate the king for going to bed at night!" ”