Chapter 186: One Hundred and Eighty-Six
Although the population of the palace is large, but in real terms, there are only three masters now, Ye Yichen, Yulan, and Ye Minwen. But with such three masters, the complexity of the affairs of the palace really exceeded Yulan's expectations.
No wonder the eldest grandmother earnestly hopes that the new lady will marry in as soon as possible, so that she can hand over this mess of bad things! After all, she is old, and it is really unbearable to soak in such trivial things every day.
Yulan looked at the stacks of account books piled up on the table, and was also a little dumbfounded. The ancient housewife is really not something ordinary people can do! No wonder the big family is always cautious when marrying a wife to a son-in-law and the eldest son, and it is impossible for an ordinary concubine to marry a son-in-law or the eldest sonβ‘.
Stop dreaming!
Neither the big grandmother nor the red sleeves meant to mention any Yulan. The eldest grandmother didn't talk much, she just watched coldly, wanting to see what the new lady's ability was, and to be honest, she didn't believe that the new lady could govern such a big palace at a young age.
She has been trained under the prince for ten years before she has experienced the ability to appear!
Of course, if Yulan doesn't understand any questions and wants to ask her, she won't fail to tell her.
As for the red sleeves, they are simply waiting for the new lady to make a fool of herself in front of her subordinates.
Yulan was faintly excited in the face of this bunch of complicated affairs, it had been almost two years since she wore it to ancient times, and she was almost really a lady who didn't go out of the door, and now she finally found a little bit of the feeling she had when she was a sales director in her previous life.
Support!
The eldest grandmother and the red sleeves watched in shock as Yulan handed over one by one, the kitchen, the sewing room, the gardens, the access control, and the shopping...... There are a lot of things, the eldest grandmother will probably introduce it, hand over the account book, and then recruit people to come over to recognize, Yulan just asks a few questions, each of which is straight to the core.
Everyone else is transparent at all, but she doesn't need to be thorough at all. The eldest grandmother was impressed by her for a moment, and after a while, she was a little shocked.
The new lady looked gentle and elegant, and her overall view and ability to do things were simply more sophisticated than that of an old woman who had lived half her life. Later, the eldest grandmother simply threw herself into Yulan.
Red Sleeves, on the other hand, is very difficult to look at. I thought she was young and ignorant, and she had to rely more on herself in housekeeping, but now look, where else do you need it?
was busy here, so Mother Qian took Xiaofeng and Xiaoying to come up with teacups, and brought them up one by one, Yulan smiled and said, "I've been busy for half a day, let's take a break!" This is the best Biluochun that the prince rewarded me, and the big mama and the red-sleeved girl also try it! β
The eldest grandmother said, "If the lady is tired, she will come here today." This is not something that can be handed over in a day. It's not a particularly urgent matter! The attitude is much more respectful than just now.
Yulan looked at the time and asked Qian's mother again: "When is it?" β
Mother Qian said: "It's three o'clock in the hour!" β
Yulan thought about it, the eldest grandmother was right, this kind of thing can't be done in a day or two, there is really no need to be in a hurry, and taking care of the husband is the foundation of the wife's life, so she said: "You always say yes, or you will be here today." β
The eldest grandmother and the red sleeves immediately got up, and the red sleeves said: "Madam, go back, it's enough for the maid to clean up here!" I'll supervise the little girls to send them back to the account room, and I'll move out tomorrow to show my wife!" β
Yulan glanced at her with a smile and said, "Don't be so troublesome! She greeted Qian's mother and said, "Mom will find a few people and move all these account books to our main courtyard, and I will read them carefully at night." "It's completely a housewife's posture, not polite at all.
Red Sleeves opened his mouth for the first time this afternoon, and his face immediately couldn't hang up. But the identity of the new lady is there, what can she do, so she had to bow her head and agree: "Yes!" β
Yulan secretly sneered in her heart. She's not the type to be jealous and completely intolerant. It's just that this red sleeve obviously gave her the set of "non-violent non-cooperation" in one afternoon, not only was she passive and slacking off, but she was also not very respectful.
Yulan said again: "There is one more thing to trouble the red-sleeved girl, please find out all the gift lists that have been exchanged in the house this year, and bring them to me tomorrow!" β
The housekeeper director is only a duty of the housewife, and the more important thing is, of course, to give birth to children. Some news in the DPRK and China is inconvenient for men to exchange, and it is generally handed over to the ladies of the back house to contact, which can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the entire wealthy circle.
Although the eldest grandmother and the red sleeves can help the prince take care of the housekeeper, they can't go out to foreign affairs. So Yulan took over the housework, and no one could pick out the slightest courtesy.
Yulan has just entered the door, and many wives and grandmothers have already written posts and want to come to visit. If you are close to someone's wife, of course, you have to follow the gentlemen outside. If you have a good relationship with the prince, Yulan naturally wants to make friends, and if you are not on the right path with the prince, Yulan has to stay away.
It was Yulan who had an idea today, and wanted to take a good look at the gift list of this year's exchanges. Through the thickness of the gift, we can know how far and close the relationship between some princes and the royal family and important ministers is good, and the important relationship is good, Ye Yichen will naturally tell Yulan, but if he asks Ye Yichen about all these trivial things, with his temperament, he will definitely be impatient.
Red Sleeves didn't understand for a while: "Madam, this is not a New Year's Day, what do you want a gift list?" β
Yulan frowned when she heard this, and before she could speak, she heard someone on the side sneer: "You can do whatever Madame asks you to do, is it possible that you have a small room, and you can dismiss Madame?" The prince just asked you to take care of the housework for a few days, so you are so lawless? "But it was Xiaofeng who came with Mother Qian. She didn't speak very loudly, but she was just loud enough for everyone to hear.
She was rewarded by the eldest wife, and of course she couldn't get Yulan's trust for just a few days, and it was when she wanted to perform.
The eldest grandmother's face sank, and she whispered to the red sleeves: "Did you not wake up or what?" I forgot even the most basic etiquette, and I didn't kowtow to my wife to make amends! "Red sleeves is a big deal, and it's a serious offense to the master. The eldest grandmother got along with her for many days, and finally had some face-saving feelings, so she helped Red Sleeves, so that it would be difficult to punish her if she broke the rain.
Red Sleeves is not a stupid person after all, and he knelt down all of a sudden: "The slave is obsessed with ghosts today, and please ask Mrs. to do a lot, don't worry about me." "I knocked my head down.
Yulan waited for her to finish kowtowing, and then said leisurely: "You are the old man of the palace, and you have been waiting in front of the prince, and the prince also said that you are a proper and thoughtful person, but in this way, the more you should always be vigilant, and you must not forget your duty because the master has given you grace and dignity." I wanted you to give a good start to the people in the house, but now you have disappointed me! Even if you commit your first offense today, I won't punish you! I just remember for you, we have to say ugly things in our heads, and if you commit it again in my hands in the future, then I will only be punished heavily! Yulan glanced at the eldest grandmother: "Grandma, can I handle it correctly?" β
The eldest grandmother bowed her head slightly: "It's not suitable anymore!" The old woman can finally rest assured now, and when the government affairs are handed over, I can return to my hometown to live in retirement, and the people and things in this house have nothing to do with me anymore. The eldest grandmother's heart was slightly cold, Yulan was expressing her dissatisfaction with her standing beside the red sleeves.
The eldest grandmother also said in a timely manner: I just want to help me for the sake of working together for many years, I will leave soon, and it doesn't matter who they love and who they love me.
Yulan smiled and said, "The prince and I are reluctant to let you go!" He stepped forward in person and helped the eldest grandmother out of Jiaqing Hall affectionately.
For a while, the atmosphere was like river crabs. The red-sleeved lady behind her slowly stood up, her face gloomy. But no one looked at her again. She originally wanted to create a little difficulty for the new lady today, to establish her image of being incompetent and cowardly in front of her subordinates, and to control her in the future, and when the eldest grandmother left, the internal affairs of the palace still had to be managed by herself. Who knew that in the end, it was she who touched her nose with ashes, although Yulan did not punish her, but her kneeling not only beat her and extinguished her arrogance, but also established prestige in front of her subordinates.
Take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation to make things happen! How capable is this new lady at such a young age?
Out of Jiaqing Hall, Qian's mother helped Yulan to walk in the direction of the main courtyard. Xiaofeng and Xiaoying hugged each other, and a few little girls followed behind with account books. Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu went back to the main courtyard first.
Mother Qian said: "This red sleeve is not a trouble-free one!" β
Seeing Qian's mother's worried face, Yulan couldn't help but smile; "Mom, don't panic, no matter what, she's just a girl in the room, how can she get past me, the housewife! If she is born safely, I will not embarrass her. But if she dares to stumble again, I will punish her severely with the money of the master's mother! β
Back in the upper room of the main courtyard, Ye Yichen has not come back yet. Yulan went to the bedroom, asked the girls to change into a loose lake blue plain clothes, and asked Qian's mother to remove all the hairpin rings, and her hair was just pulled up at will, and she refused to wear a piece of jewelry.
Mother Qian was secretly worried, she had just gotten married, and Yulan was dressed so plainly, was this really okay? She persuaded a few words tactfully, but Yulan smiled and said, "Mom, don't bother, I have my own plans." β
The so-called married husband, Yulan married Ye Yichen, then Ye Yichen is her heaven. Yulan can please him, but she doesn't want to completely lose herself for Ye Yichen, to the extent possible, she still hopes that she can live freely, easily, and happily.
Ye Yichen didn't come back, so Yulan took an account book and looked at it. After a while, Ye Yichen sent a small servant in, saying that the prince was meeting guests and would come back later. Yulan sent Xiaofeng to the kitchen to inform them and tell them to cook slowly.
She flipped through the account books one by one, and time passed slowly. Soon the time has passed, Ye Yichen has not come back, and Yulan is a little hungry. At this time, Xiaoyu came in with a plate of dim sum and said, "Eunuch Zhang from the small kitchen heard that you haven't eaten yet, so he specially brought in dim sum, I thought that Madame must be hungry, so I brought it to you to use some first." β
Yulan nodded, the small kitchen that cooks for Ye Yichen and Yulan is all used by the imperial kitchen in the palace, and the people who can make a name for themselves in the palace are human sperm, and they are used to stammering. Yulan asked Xiaoyue to put down the plate, ate a piece of walnut cake, ate a piece of jujube cake, and thought that she would have to eat it with Ye Yichen later, so she only cushioned it slightly. Didn't eat much.
Xiaoyu put down the plate but didn't go out, Yulan asked her with a smile, "But is there anything else?" β
Xiaoyu lowered her voice; "Mother Li is here! I've been waiting for you for half an afternoon! β
Yulan was slightly stunned: "Who is Mother Li?" "She also met a few stewards this afternoon, but she didn't see much, and there was no one like Mother Li.
Xiaoyu explained: "She is in charge of the punishment in the house. β
Yulan became interested when she heard it, obviously this is related to Qi's family, Li's mother is willing to come to see her at this time, it should be Qi's obedient confession, Li's mother wants to use this reason to show her face in front of the new wife, come out, and be able to get the new lady's reuse in the future.
Yulan asked, "But Concubine Qi saw that the matter was done?" β
Xiaoyu said: "It's done!" After the prince finished his order in the morning, Concubine Qi sent the eldest young master back to the courtyard, and went to find Mother Li to receive the punishment, and Mother Li also recorded it according to your request. Would you like to meet her? β
Yulan thought for a moment and said; "I don't know when the prince of Lu Dao will come back, forget it today, you tell her to go back first, and I won't be too late to see her another day."
Xiaoyu thought for a while: "She just brought the file over, do you want to take a look?" β
Yulan asked, "Then have you seen it?" β
"I've seen it!"
Yulan smiled: "That's not it." In the future, such a big palace will be full of things, you are my personal maid, and many things must be erected. I've had a long time to rely on you. β
Xiaoyu's face flushed excitedly: "The slave must do her best, and she dare not live up to the trust of her wife!" β
Yulan said with a straight face: "You are all good, and I have no other orders." It's just a few words like 'talk less, do more, think more, and watch more'. β
"Yes!"
Yulan nodded with satisfaction, she didn't trust the two girls given by the eldest lady, Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu were both loyal, but Xiaoyu acted more thoughtfully, and in the future, Xiaoyu had to help Mother Qian take care of the things in this house.
"If you don't have anything to do, you can go down, and tell me in advance when the prince comes back!"
After Xiaoyu retreated, another quarter of an hour passed, and finally a mother-in-law in the courtyard shouted loudly: "The prince is back!" β
As soon as Yulan stood up, the tall man lifted the curtain and walked in, bringing in a strong wind, and the candlelight in the room dimmed.
Yulan hurriedly greeted him: "The prince is back!" "The prince is tall, and Yulan has to tiptoe to help him undress.
Ye Yichen's eyebrows were tightly locked, but his eyes were amazingly bright, and as soon as Yulan saw him like this, he knew that something big must have happened outside the road. It's just that it's generally not easy for women in the house to ask men about national affairs, so Yulan couldn't help but ask with curiosity.
As soon as Yulan unbuttoned a button, the man covered Yulan's small hand with one hand, and he said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that the lord of Shu Han has died, and the crown prince Liu Zhang has ascended the throne!" β
Yulan's hand slammed suddenly: "What about Cousin Yinyue?" β