The day after tomorrow, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xue Jin ordered the maid to close the door, step up the practice of dance and piano skills in the room, and at the family banquet under the New Year, she had to prepare at least two good performances, a blockbuster, and compare a group of women in the royal mansion to fascinate Wang Ye.

Xue Jin was practicing a tune, and she was already very proficient, but she was still not satisfied, and practiced it over and over again.

Mei'er stood aside, listening to this song, her ears were grinding out of calluses, and she sighed that the master was a strong grasper, but she blamed her bad luck, and she was born out of a concubine, and she was the side room of the prince, which is a pity.

Just thinking about it, Xue Jin finished the song and asked, "How did I play?" Is there any progress? ”

Mei'er followed her master, and she knew a little bit about it, and said busily: "The slave and maid have never heard it play better than the master's piano, and the slave and maid have listened to it many times, and they don't feel tired of it." ”

"It's like whether a piece of music is good or not, if you get used to it and are familiar with it, you think it's good, but in fact, it's not necessarily good to play."

Xue Jin has always been very confident in her piano skills, but Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Xiao Han in the palace and a dancing girl all rely on this skill to eat, and in terms of professional level, they should be top-notch, so she dare not be careless.

"Concubine Fang, good news, the old man has been transferred to Beijing and has arrived in the capital." Xiao Lian'er ran in and shouted excitedly, "Just now, the person at the door came in with a letter, saying that someone from our house is coming." ”

"Really" Xue Jin was pleasantly surprised, and she was always annoyed that her mother's family was too far away and she couldn't borrow her strength, but this time it's okay.

"Are the whole family here?" Xue Jin wondered if her aunt also went to Beijing with her father.

"The slave and maid don't know what to do, as soon as they heard the letter, they hurriedly went back and forth to the master, and the people in our house were waiting in the side hall."

"Let's go, follow me and see." Hearing the news, Xue Jin took Xiao Lian'er and Mei'er and hurried to the front side hall.

After entering the door, a small servant in the Xue Mansion saw her stand up and arched his hand, "Say hello to the side concubine." ”

"Was my father transferred to the Beijing Division?"

The little guy smiled and said: "Yes, aunt and grandmother, the master specially sent a servant to tell my aunt and grandmother that they have all arrived in the capital, first live in the Shen Mansion, a relative's house, and the emperor gave the mansion, and they are starting to clean up, and they will move over when they are cleaned up." ”

"Is my aunt okay?" Xue Jin asked anxiously.

"When the slave came, Aunt Pan specially instructed the slave to tell her aunt and grandmother to let her come to the house, and there was a lot to say."

"Then you go back and tell my aunt, just say it's late tonight, I'll go tomorrow morning." Xue Jin was very happy to hear that her aunt was also following her into Beijing.

The next day, early in the morning, Shen Wanzhen and Zhao Shijiao were having breakfast, and Mo He came in, "Go back to the princess, Concubine Xue wants to go back to her parents' house, please show the princess." ”

Shen Wanzhen raised her head, "Her mother's home is not in the northwest, why did she return to Beijing?" ”

"I heard that General Xue was transferred to the Beijing Division, and his family entered Beijing."

Shen Xuanzhen glanced at Zhao Shijiao opposite, Zhao Shijiao lowered his head and drank porridge as if it was not like that.

"Zhun Xue Fang Concubine go back, the family will be reunited, and I will stay at my mother's house at night, so I don't have to rush back."

Mo He went out, and Zhao Shijiao didn't raise his head, and said: "General Xue was transferred to Beijing, and he was appointed to command the envoy in Beijing. ”

"The Xue family moved to the capital, and Sister Xue will not be lonely if she has her mother's house to walk around." Shen Wanzhen said, but thought in her heart, Xue Jin has to rely on again, Xue Jin's aunt she has seen, she is not sensible, General Xue is a martial artist, not like a civil official with a good face, the family style is not very rigorous, spoiling that aunt is too much, Mrs. Xue's temperament is soft, if you change others, the inner house will not stop, and there will be trouble.

Zhao Shijiao just ate two bites of breakfast, "Lord, someone from the palace, the Queen Mother Zhao has entered the palace." "The eunuch came in and came back.

Zhao Shijiao put down the bowl, stood up and wanted to leave, but Shen Wanzhen hurriedly stopped: "The prince is entering the palace after eating, and the queen mother knows that the prince has no breakfast, and she pours a stomach of cold wind, and complains that the concubine doesn't know how to take care of the prince." ”

Shen Wanzhen deliberately said this, because she felt sorry for Zhao Shijiao, don't leave on an empty stomach.

Zhao Shijiao sat down again, drank the rest of the porridge, Shen Wanzhen also put down the chopsticks at this time, and waited for him to put on a big coat, Zhao Shijiao said: "After a while, the people in the palace will visit the princess, the palace was originally taken care of by Concubine Han, I have ordered to go down, and the housekeeping in the house will be handed over to the princess from now on, don't worry too much, if you don't know how to ask Chen Fu." ”

Shen Wanzhen buttoned the cufflinks for him, "Don't worry, Lord Wang"

Zhao Shijiao went out.

Shen Wanzhen was dressed in formal clothes and sat high in the flower hall to receive the courtesy of the people of the palace.

Chen Fu put all the accounts of the palace's silver and money on the table next to Shen Wanzhen, and Shen Wanzhen looked down and saw that there were a hundred and ten people, not counting the palace guards.

Chen Fu led everyone to kowtow to the master, "The minions see the princess"

Shen Wanzhen said kindly: "Get up!" ”

Everyone got up, bowed their heads and stood up, Chen Fu stepped forward and pointed out the first row of several stewards to the princess Zhilu Dao, and the few stewards reported their names and surnames, and the errands and people in charge of themselves were introduced.

When all this was over, Chen Fu bowed down and said, "Please show the princess?" ”

Shen Xuanzhen took a cursory look, and couldn't remember these many people at once, only remembered a few stewards, Chen Fu was the head of the palace, and the second head of the palace was Jiang Huaide, a short middle-aged man, and the following was the person in charge of the specific affairs.

Shen Wanzhen pondered that there is still one day before the New Year, it is not easy to move, and when you are familiar with and understand, it is not suitable to be replaced, so she said: "It's almost the New Year, everyone goes back to work on their own hands, everything is according to the past practice, as long as you do your best, I will not treat you badly." ”

Chen Fu looked at the crowd: "Did you hear it, the princess spoke, do her errand well, the princess is generous, and everyone should not be lazy." ”

Everyone gossiped, "The minions don't dare not be unreasonable, not to mention that there is a mistress in the house now, at first they didn't dare to be lazy without a master, and they would never let the master worry about it." ”

"That's good, most of the people here are old people in the palace, I don't say the rules, I know the way, I have clear rewards and punishments, regardless of who has a backstage and who doesn't have a backstage, everyone treats them equally."

Shen Wanzhen's last sentence, "reward"

Xiuju and Qiaoshan took the reward money and distributed it to everyone, and everyone kowtowed to thank the master for the reward, and after a while, they all retreated.

Chen Fu didn't leave, glanced at the accounts on the table next to Shen Wanzhen, and said, "This is all the accounts of the money in the account room of the house, please take a look at the princess." ”

Shen Wanzhen picked up an account book and flipped through it, "This account book is placed here for me, I have to read it slowly." ”

"Mr. Chen, let's go ahead of time."

Chen Fu bent down respectfully and said, "If the princess has any questions, just ask the slaves." ”

Shen Wanzhen nodded, and Chen Fu retreated.

Shen Wanzhen ordered to embroider chrysanthemums a few ways; "Carry the ledger into my room."

Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Qian read too many account books, and they also took them together with Xiuju and Qiaoshan, and several people moved to the east room of the dormitory according to the master's instructions and put them on the kang table.

Shen Wanzhen took off her embroidered shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang.

First of all, I found out the general ledger of Lu last year, and found that the palace had a large amount of money and expenses, and then looked at the sources of money for the money, all of which were rewarded by the prince and the emperor and the queen mother, and the king of Anyang had a large area of land and farms.

The main daily expense of the palace is to buy one, Yan Pozi is illiterate, and she can't read the accounts, looking at the stack of account books, she sighed, "How can these many masters be able to see it." ”

"I took a closer look at the account book of last year, and if I looked at it for a year, I would probably know the ins and outs of the road." Shen Wanzhen said as she checked out a year's worth of accounts from a pile of ledgers, and pointed to the rest of the ledgers, "Put these aside first."

Xiuju and Qiaoshan moved away and put them on the table under the window, Xiuju and Qiaoshan are not very literate, only know a few words, and help the master to code the account book every year, a stack of easy to find, and the rest can not do anything.

At this time, a person came from outside the door of the bright room, Chunwang's family stood in front of the steps and hesitated, wanting to go down the steps, but coincidentally, Mohe came out to wash the teacup, splashed the residual water, saw her at a glance, and shouted: "Aunt Chun." ”

Chunwang's family stood still, and at first glance, it was the princess's personal maid, and the princess's personal maid was more decent than the daughter-in-law and aunt in charge of the general house, so she hurriedly smiled and said: "It's the Mohe girl, this palace is one or two hundred people, it's hard for the girl to recognize me." ”

"The eldest lady recognizes me, how can I not know that the eldest lady is in charge of the affairs on the door of the inner house, and the town is worried about it, and she can still remember my name, which shows that the eldest aunt has a good brain." Mo He's few words of flattery made the Chunwang family's heart happy, in fact, the princess was three personal maids, and no one in the house knew her.

"Is the princess busy?" Chunwang's family asked tentatively.

"The princess is looking at the account book, the eldest lady has something, I'll go in and reply."

When the Chunwang family heard this, they came just in time, and hurriedly said: "Annoying girl, I just came here to talk about this." ”

Shen Wanzhen was looking through the accounts of the kitchen to buy this item, and the amount of silver consumed made her staggered, according to the several farms in the palace, the fish, meat, vegetables and vegetables produced were enough, but they were shorter, and there were no rare things, but they couldn't use so much.

"Master, the Chunwang family's request to see the master said that he came for the sake of accounts."

"The Chunwang family is in charge of the affairs on the portal, and the Chunwang family." Shen Wanzhen asked, Chunwang's family had been to her mother's Shen Mansion and left an impression on her.

"Yes, the master has a good memory, it is her." Shen Wanzhen had just seen the people in the house, and remembered the mother-in-law and the eldest lady who were in charge of the inner house.

"Let her in."

When Chunwang's family came in, he first kowtowed to his master, got up, and stood with his hands tied.

"My aunt has something to do with me, so I just said it's okay."

Chunwang's family came, so he let go of his grievances, and said that her man was the purchase of the big kitchen at first, and then the housekeeper of the concubine Han changed to the current purchase, listening to the people in the big kitchen, the things bought are expensive, the amount is not enough, and the expenses are much more than when her man manages, and the people in the big kitchen have many complaints.

Shen Xuanzhen heard that the purchase she put on was the way of Concubine Han, so she said: "I wrote down what you said, you go back first, and I will give you an explanation." ”

The Chunwang family didn't see any ups and downs on the princess's face, and they couldn't guess the princess's thoughts, but they didn't seem to be disgusted when they saw the princess, so they kowtowed.

Shen Wanzhen instructed Mrs. Yan to say; "Mom, you take the two of them to the kitchen to bring in all the purchase accounts of the previous year, along with the receipts."

Shen Wanzhen had a heavy idea, just checking the accounts of the new purchase for half a year, as if it was aimed at Concubine Han, so she looked at the whole year, and also took it to see if the Chunwang family was telling the truth.

Mrs. Yan took Xiuju and Qiaoshan to the big kitchen, the big kitchen was busy eating, and when she saw a few of her coming, the Zou family, who was in charge of the kitchen, ran over with a smile, "Mom is here for the princess, does she have anything to eat?" "After saying that, when I think it's wrong, one maid to eat is enough, and I still need so many people.

"Aunt Zou, the princess wants to see the kitchen's purchase account last year, and I bother my aunt to take it out."

The Zou family looked at her, and her heart churned for a while, as soon as the princess came up, she had to check the purchase account of the kitchen, which shows that she is familiar with the palm family, the kitchen purchase is the most oily and water, and it is a fat shortage, and the newly purchased is replaced by Feng Guisheng, and her Hun family is also divided into the kitchen to do things, hindering the face of Concubine Han, the Zou family is blind to the lack of catty, and they dare not say more.

I was busy calling people to call the Liu family, and it didn't take much effort, but the Liu family heard the news and ran over, and when I heard that the princess wanted to check the accounts of the big kitchen, my heart did not land, and the Liu family was literate, so I was assigned to manage the accounts of the big kitchen, check and verify the purchased raw materials, and be responsible for keeping and sending them.

She was also not clear inside, so when she heard that she wanted to pay for last year's account, she was very nervous, and Mrs. Yan didn't understand this, so she followed her master's instructions and asked her to take the receipts.

The Liu family was even more panicked, and they didn't dare not take it, so they all moved out and let Mrs. Yan take it away, the Zou family looked at this formation, and said in their hearts, the sky in the palace has changed, and from now on the princess is the princess in charge, you have to be careful in the future, if the princess says to look at the accounts, she will not be a foolish person, and she will not know how to start for a while.

Mrs. Yan took these account books and documents back to the upper room.

As soon as she left, the kitchen exploded, and they talked about it, and they just met the princess, and the princess started to tidy up the palace, and she was really a person with a cool personality.

Seeing that Mrs. Yan brought all the things back, Shen Wanzhen ordered them to be placed on the kang table to be looked at carefully.

Shen Wanzhen picked up the receipt, and the things purchased had receipts, each list was marked with the name, quantity, unit price, and amount of the purchased ingredients, and the purchaser had a signature, and the person who received it also signed next to him.

Shen Wanzhen is quite satisfied, no matter what, this set of management methods is quite clear.

Embroidery Ju said: "Find me an abacus." ”

Xiuju was very strange, I didn't see the master use the abacus, and I didn't dare to ask more, so I went to the front account room to find the abacus and brought it back.

Shen Wanzhen saw that it was the kind of big bead abacus in the past, with two rows of beads on it, and there were no small ones, so let's make it.

Zhao Shijiao came back from the palace, and as soon as he entered the bright room, he heard the sound of 'crackling' abacus beads inside.

When the curtain was lifted, Shen Wanzhen was sitting cross-legged on the kang, holding a handful of slips with one hand, twisting two fingers, and flying up and down with the other hand.

Zhao Shijiao stood behind her, seeing that she was faster than the people in charge of the accounts in the accounting room, the Wangfu accounting room was an old bookkeeper, doing things seriously, orderly, Zhao Shijiao had seen him settle the accounts, looking boring, but now I saw Shen Wanzhen's spirit, the small waist board sat straight, the room was very quiet, I heard the crisp sound of abacus beads, Shen Wanzhen quickly twisted the bill with her left hand, and quickly dialed the beads with her right hand, Zhao Shizhen saw that her white and tender little hands were dexterous and abnormal, and it was very good-looking.

At this time, Qiao Shan came in with tea and saw Zhao Shijiao and said, "The prince is back." ”

Only then did Shen Wanzhen stop his hand, and when he turned around, the prince was standing behind him, and said with a smile: "Why don't you say a word when you come back?" ”

Zhao Shijiao sat down next to her, and Shen Wanzhen moved in.

Zhao Shijiao grabbed her little hands, took a closer look, and said, "It's no different, why are these little hands so flexible in their calculations." ”

picked up her little hand, put it to her lips and kissed it, "What other outstanding skills does the princess have that this king doesn't know." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled: "It's gone, the prince has seen it." ”

Zhao Shijiao forcibly put his hand through her collar, pinched her chest and said secretly: "There is still something I want to see."

Shen Wanzhen looked at the room, Xiuju was still there, and hurriedly pushed his hand away, Zhao Shijiao leaned over, Shen Wanzhen dodged, "The prince's coat hasn't been taken off yet, and he came up." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled, cleaned up the account book on the table, and personally served him to take off his coat, and said, "The Queen Mother has something to do with the prince?" ”

"Today, the imperial brother also went to the Empress Mother's Cining Palace to ask for peace, and asked about what he said last time, I replied that he wanted to do something in the Guozijian, the imperial brother was surprised, and the queen mother was unhappy at first, and the highest grade of the Guozijian is the fourth grade, so I am afraid of wronging me."

"Then what did the emperor say later?"

"The Queen Mother saw that I insisted, so she agreed."

"The emperor is also very happy, probably my request was very unexpected, it was decided at that time, the emperor was afraid that the queen mother would be displeased, and he wanted to hand over some things to me, although the queen mother was not very satisfied, but reluctantly agreed."

"Lord, princess, lunch is here."

Zhao Shijiao got off the ground and said, "Let's go, this king is hungry." ”

Shen Wanzhen walked out with him, and asked, "Didn't the prince stay in the palace to accompany the queen mother to dinner?" ”

"This king wants to see the princess eat, and this king will also eat one more bowl."

The two looked at each other for a while, Shen Wanzhen's heart was hot, it was rare to find a good husband like him.

Concubine Han sat in the rose chair, expressionless, listening to Feng Guisheng's conversation with her.

"The servant heard that the princess sent someone to the big kitchen, moved all the purchase accounts of the big kitchen back to the princess's house, and took back all the account books of the previous year."

As soon as the Liu family's mother-in-law Yan left, they ran to look for him, and when Feng Guisheng heard this, his face changed in fright, and he asked, "What did you take away?" Just take the ledger? ”

"Even the entry and exit documents were taken." The Liu family was a little scared, Feng Guisheng gave her no less benefits, if Feng Guisheng's greed was found out, he would take her and eat the melon.

Feng Guisheng was so anxious that he rubbed his hands, "She even took the bills, it can be seen that she is a knowledgeable person, and she can't hide it from her, you go back first, I'm thinking about folding." ”

The Liu family left worriedly.

As soon as the Liu family left, Feng Guisheng immediately went to Concubine Han's place, learned about it, and finally said: "On the surface, the princess is a slave, but who in the mansion doesn't know that the slave is the concubine, the slave is at fault, and the concubine is at fault. ”

Concubine Han frowned, this time people say that it is rude, kill the chicken to show the monkey, who is the monkey?

Feng Guisheng also found out that he had said the wrong thing, and he was busy slapping his mouth, "The slave should die, the slave is in a hurry and does not choose to speak." ”

Feng Guisheng is to ask someone to take the door of Concubine Han, at that time, Concubine Han temporarily acted as the internal affairs of the palace, and was eager to cultivate his own people, he came to the door, and made some silver taels, Concubine Han entered the palace newly, and she was not familiar with the palace, so she wanted to replace some of her own people, and when the concubine entered the mansion, she had replaced all the people in this mansion with her own people, the princess was in charge, it was not easy to perform, it was difficult to move an inch, these people have received their own favor, they must listen to themselves, the princess speaks, there is no weight, and in the future, the prince will know that the ability of the princess is far inferior to himself.

Concubine Han's wishful thinking was good, but the princess had only been in the mansion for three days, and she grabbed the key point, it seemed that the person who came was not good, she squinted her eyes and snorted coldly in her heart.