Hearing this, Xu Cancan slowly straightened his back and said slowly: "Zixiang? ”

Biyun hurriedly said: "It's that Zixiang!" ”

Seeing Xu Cancan's frowning, she hurriedly explained: "Our current station is Sun Qitun, which belongs to the prince's Luoyang Villa. Luoyang Beizhuang is very large, because the grandfather of the country has been operating for many years, the facilities are already very complete, for example, the martial arts field is in the flat terrain of Sun Qitun, and the other village is further east. ”

Xu Cancan listened attentively to her explanation.

Biyun saw that Xu Cancan was listening carefully, so he walked over, poured a little water from the teacup onto the bookcase, and then dipped his finger in it and painted: "Princess, look, Sun Qitun, where we are staying now, is in the west of Beizhuang, and Beizhuang is in the west of Luoyang. Beizhuang was formerly known as the West Garden of Emperor Yang of Sui, and was later rewarded by Emperor Taihe to Prince Ding, that is, the grandfather of the prince. ”

Xu Cancan calculated in his heart, and then asked Biyun with a smile: "Then do you want to tell me who the three generations of the prince's ancestors are, and you also want to tell me that Beizhuang is very big and has a long history?" ”

Zhu Yan laughed in a low voice when he heard this: "Biyun, this girl is verbose to death!" ”

Biyun Zhidao said that he had taken the topic away, and said: "The slave maid wants to tell the princess that Mama Liang, the internal manager of Luoyang Beizhuang, is Zixiang's aunt; And Fu Nan, the foreign manager of Beizhuang, is Zixiang's elder brother. In addition, the deputy steward of the inner courtyard of Beizhuang is Fu Liu's mother, and the deputy steward of the outer courtyard is Fu Liu's father Fu Sidong! ”

Xu Cancan understood it all now. She glanced at Biyun approvingly and said, "Biyun has a heart today!" ”

Biyun was praised by the princess, and her heart was happy, squinting her eyes and smiling.

Xu Cancan pondered.

She wasn't afraid of Zixiang when she was in Yunzhou, and she wouldn't be afraid now.

Seeing that the princess was contemplative, Biyun hurriedly took a handkerchief and wiped off the traces of the tea on the bookcase, and then stood aside, waiting for Xu Cancan's orders.

Xu Cancan said lazily: "Bring the target scope!" ”

Biyun hurriedly went to the back tent and took the target mirror and gave it to Xu Cancan.

Xu Cancan took a picture of the target mirror, and felt that he looked good today, dressed decently, and it was okay to see people, so he said, "Call them in!" ”

As Fu Yuchen's internal manager of Luoyang Villa, Mama Liang is quite decent, this time she came to see Fu Yuchen, she came by car, and brought her niece Zixiang and a little girl Wan'er.

She originally thought that she was an old man beside the prince, and the princess would definitely give some decency, but who knew that after Lu Dao Biyun went in to report, she waited outside the railing for a quarter of an hour without waiting for the princess to summon her.

Mama Liang was a little impatient in her heart, but her face was still light. With a smile on her face, she looked at the black-armored guards standing around the railing, and saw that all of them were handsome.

Zi Xiang stood on one side, lowering his head and picking his fingers.

When she heard that the prince and the princess had arrived in Luoyang, she begged Mama Liang to come with her.

Seeing her like this, Mama Liang had to explain her in detail and asked her not to cause trouble, so she quietly brought her over.

Biyun walked out and glanced at Zixiang who was standing outside the railing from a distance.

In the past, in Bianjing Beizhuang, Zixiang, as the manager of Beizhuang, has always regarded himself as half a master, wearing gold and silver wrapped in silk and satin, relying on being the prince's sister, domineering and arrogant, even the princess wants to be hostaged.

Now she has lost a lot of weight, her complexion is not good, and her round face with a single eyelid that was originally quite upright now looks very haggard, wearing a white-washed purple jacket and blue skirt, and her expression looks sad and unenergetic.

It was the morning, and the cavalry were practicing their formations on the martial arts field, and the huge barracks were empty, except for the patrolling soldiers walking back and forth with guns.

Xu Cancan lived in Fu Yuchen's handsome tent, located in the middle of the entire barracks, and in order to distinguish it, he also used green bamboo and weapons to surround a railing.

Zixiang followed Mama Liang silently, and followed Biyun into the big tent.

Mama Liang entered the big tent and was still relaxed and comfortable, a pair of single eyelids and big eyes slipped around, and found that the big tent was clean and tidy, the furniture was exquisite, even the ground floor was red carpet, and there were two copper stoves in the corner, burning pine strips inside, compared with the outside of the north wind, it was as warm as spring.

She nodded with a smile to show her approval: "The princess is not bad!" ”

Biyun: "......" The princess used you to compliment? Mama, this is not another village where you are the king!

Xu Cancan sat behind the bookcase, looked at Mama Liang, Zixiang and a little girl who were kneeling on the ground and saluting, and smiled slightly: "Flatten!" ”

Mama Liang is a woman in her forties, wearing a long purple satin leaf pattern jacket, a sapphire blue horse-faced skirt, two gold earrings on her ears, two gold bracelets on her left wrist, and a jade bracelet on her right wrist.

Zixiang, who was standing behind Mama Liang, was not as flamboyant as before, her face was not powdered, and her clothes were washed white, so it seemed that she had learned to keep a low profile.

Mama Liang got up and glanced at the princess, and found that although the princess was beautiful, she was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and she couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous.

Her face was still respectful: "Princess, the old slave has already cleaned up the Luoyang Courtyard, you can move in." ”

Xu Cancan looked at her round face, which was very similar to Zixiang, and said, "Who asked you to clean up Luoyang Beizhuang?" When? How do you clean up? ”

Mama Liang didn't expect the princess who looked at the slight smile to ask this first, and after thinking about it, she curtshowed her knees and said, "Princess, the prince sent Fu Chun to bring people from Bianjing yesterday, and ordered me to clean up the other villages, and live in Luoyang when you come." ”

Xu Cancan's slender white fingers tapped lightly on the bookcase, and said, "How many people are there in Luoyang Beizhuang?" ”

Mama Liang was still relaxed and comfortable: "Princess, there are 324 men and 426 women registered in Luoyang Beizhuang. "It mainly includes girls and boys who were sent from Bianjing Bezhuang for training.

Xu Cancan's eyes crossed Mama Liang, looked at Zixiang standing behind, and said slowly with a smile after retracting his gaze: "But I came to Luoyang last night." ”

When Mama Liang saw her so tricky, she immediately thought of the prince's temper, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat on her back.

She lowered her head, restrained the smile on her face, and said respectfully: "The princess forgives her sins, it's all because the old slave is too slow." ”

Xu Cancan smiled: "Let's wait until I go to Beizhuang to have a look!" ”

Zixiang saw that Xu Cancan had been ignoring him, so he knelt on the ground with a "poof" at this time, and looked at Xu Cancan with a sad face: "Princess! ”

Xu Cancan listened to the "poof" made by her kneeling, and felt pain for her in his heart, but his face was faint.

Zixiang walked to the bookcase, looked up at Xu Cancan, and his thin and shapeless face was full of tears: "Princess, the slave knows that she is wrong!" The slave knows that she is wrong! Forgive the slaves! ”

Xu Cancan was disgusted when he saw her doing this, so he called "Biyun" and motioned for Biyun to help her out.

Seeing Xu Cancan like this, Zixiang straightened his neck and said, "Princess, if you don't forgive the slave, the slave doesn't want to live!" With that, her head slammed into the bookcase's leg.

Biyun had already come over to help her at this time, and when she saw her looking for death and life, she stretched out her legs to block her in Mama Liang's screams.

Zixiang hit his head on Biyun's leg, and hurriedly stepped back to hit it again.

Zhu Yan came over and restrained her with Biyun.

At this time, Zixiang kept saying: "Princess, do you have to force me to death?" You're going to kill me! The prince knows that you forced me to death, what will he think of you? ”

Biyun and Zhu Yan dragged Zixiang and were about to go out, but Xu Cancan raised his hand to stop them.

She sat firmly on the chair, straightened her back and looked condescendingly at Zi Xiang, whose hair was scattered and her face was full of tears, and said in a suppressed voice: "Zi Xiang, what is your identity?" What am I am? Don't say that I didn't force you to die, even if I forced you to die, what can you do? ”

A sneer appeared on the corner of Xu Cancan's mouth: "Even if I order someone to beat you to death now, what can you do?" ”

Zixiang looked at her blankly, as if she had never known Xu Cancan.

Mama Liang knelt on the ground as early as when Zixiang was splashing, and looked at Xu Cancan in surprise at this time: It turns out that Achen's newly married princess is so vicious? Does Achen know the way? Sister Quanxia knows, how sad it should be! Because of my sister's affection back then, Achen has always taken care of our family and tolerated it as much as possible, but I didn't expect the princess to sell our face.

Zhu Yan and Biyun saw Xu Cancan like a bun when they saw her no longer have a bun, and they were immediately surprised and happy, and looked at Xu Cancan with adoration in their eyes.

Xu Cancan lost his temper, finally felt better, and said coldly: "I hate it when others threaten me with death!" Biyun went to Fu Yang and asked him to report to the prince, saying that I was going to Beizhuang to see Mama Liang's preparations to greet the prince! ”

He said again: "Tie up Zixiang, gag your mouth, and bring her with you!" ”

Biyun replied "yes" and retreated.

Mama Liang's face turned a little white.

She relied on the fact that her dead sister was the nurse of the prince, and in order to save the princess, she saw that the person sent by the prince was Fu Liu's younger brother Fu Chun, thinking of Fu Liu's current pride, she relied on the old man to sell the old deliberately perfunctory, and did not clean it up seriously.

Seeing the princess immediately go to see it at this moment, she couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Princess, the time is too rushed......"

Xu Cancan smiled: "The prince and I are one, I'll go and see my other village, isn't it okay?" ”

Mama Liang stopped talking, and silently thought about countermeasures in her heart.

She was just about to retreat when she heard Biyun's joking voice: "Huh? Where is Mama Liang going? Let's lead the princess to Bezhuang! ”

The cavalry on the martial arts field was divided into seven squares, waiting for Fu Shuai's orders.

Fu Yuchen and Yuming stood on the high platform and discussed the strategy of the battle.

Fu Yuchen looked up at the cavalry divided into seven squares, silently considering the location of the upcoming red-coated cannons.

Yinghe built a big ship, escorted Chen Suhua's caravan to the sea, borrowed a huge amount of money from the giant merchant Chen Suhua, and bought twenty red-coated cannons from the Westerners.

Yinghe was originally going to go to the capital with these twenty red-clothed cannons, but after receiving Fu Yuchen's order to gather in Luoyang, he directly turned west to Luoyang.

Although Yuming didn't have a proper shape in private, he was very serious and reliable when he encountered serious things, and at this time he was also thinking about the position of the red-clothed cannon in the battle array.

Fu Yuchen said in a deep voice: "When Yinghe arrives, calculate the range well, and then arrange the specific location!" "Lest you injure your own soldiers in battle.

Yuming nodded: "What the big marshal said is very true!" ”

Fu Yang came to the martial arts arena and handed the note written by the princess to Guan Xue backstage, asking him to hand it to the prince.

When Fu Yuchen saw the note, he said, "Let Shui Han follow Princess Huwei." ”

Xu Cancan is now living in the barracks with him, which is really a little inconvenient, especially when he has someone like Yuming who has a flat head and a flat face to stare at. His original plan was to let Fu Nan and Mama Liang clean up Luoyang Beizhuang, leave Xu Cancan here first, and then send someone to pick up Xu Cancan when he settled down in Suzhou.

Now let Xu Cancan go and take a look, it's good to settle there.

Guan Xue whispered "yes" and quietly retreated.

Yuming saw Xu Cancan's handwriting on the side, and found that her handwriting was soft and cute, and thought it was very interesting.

Since Xu Cancan is preparing to go to Bezhuang, he must be fully prepared.

Fu Yang got the king's edict and returned to the camp, and found that Shui Han had already led the horse with twenty guards outside the gate. When he entered the barracks, he saw the princess's carriage waiting at the gate of the tent with the coachman.

Fu Yang couldn't help but smile: The princess seemed to be determined to go to Beizhuang, and without waiting for the prince's reply, she ordered someone to prepare to go out.

Mama Liang's carriage was in front, Xu Cancan's emerald blue silk carriage was behind, and Fu Yang and Shui Han were surrounded by one after another out of the camp, and went east along the road.

Biyun pulled the curtain of the car into a crack, leaned in and glanced out, turned around and told Xu Cancan with a smile: "Princess, it's just some winter scenes outside, there's nothing to see." ”

Xu Cancan said with a smile: "Open the curtain a little more, let me take a look!" "These lands all belong to Luoyang Beizhuang, where are there any pedestrians on the road? Her guards were all on horseback, and who would be so bored to come over and watch her window.

As soon as the curtain was opened, a chill hit my face.

Xu Cancan was afraid of heat and cold, so he took a deep breath of fresh air.

It is when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, the so-called road is just a wilderness road, the two sides of the road are planted with poplar trees, the branches of the poplar trees are bare, there are many bird's nests between the branches, and behind the poplar trees is the endless green wheat field.

The faint winter sun hung in the sky, and a gust of north wind suddenly swept the ground, blowing the loess around.

Xu Cancan hurriedly closed the curtain.

Looking at the depressed and cold winter scene, her heart was a little desolate.

Zhu Yan saw that the princess seemed to be a little cold, so he hurriedly took the red gold hand stove and handed it over.

Xu Cancan hugged the warm hand stove, and then eased up a little.

Sunqitun, where the military camp is located, is not far from Beizhuang, and it didn't take long for a majestic manor to appear in front of the main road.

The high walls of the manor house are surrounded by a deep pool, which serves as a moat, and a drawbridge connects the gate of the manor to the main road, but it is now hoisted high.

Fu Yang rode forward, took out his waist card and waved it, and the people inside shook their hands and lowered the suspension bridge.

Shui Han was very cautious, let the guards escort the princess's carriage, and went to the suspension bridge with Fu Yang first.

Xu Cancan's carriage drove onto the suspension bridge, entered the manor, walked along the road, and stopped in front of the Yimen.

Mama Liang had already regained her composure, and she couldn't care about Zixiang anymore, so she hurriedly got out of the car to welcome the princess.

Biyun and Zhu Yan helped Xu Cancan get out of the car.

Zixiang's brother Fu Nan, Fu Liu's father Fu Sidong and Niang Luo's mother received the notice, and they had already brought the stewards to greet them, knelt down and kowtowed: "I've seen the princess!" ”

Xu Cancan said with a smile: "Flat." She took a cursory look, and the young man kneeling in front of him wearing a azure silk sable rone coat had some facial features similar to Zixiang, and it should be Zixiang's brother Fu Nan. The middle-aged man with thin eyebrows and fine eyes in the back should be Fu Liu's father, Fu Sidong, and the mother with a gray jacket and blue skirt who is somewhat similar to Fu Liu should be Fu Liu's mother.

Xu Cancan wanted to establish authority in these people, so when she saw that they all got up, she didn't speak, but glanced around with her eyes like water (this is what she learned from Fu Yuchen).

Everyone saw the princess for the first time, and couldn't help but quietly glance at her.

The princess was young, with picturesque eyebrows, a slender waist, a silk bun, fixed in a red gold bun set with a ruby the size of a pigeon's egg, and a carmine satin white fox cloak, and an outstanding beauty.

Because the prince has a temper that does not rub sand in his eyes, and seeing that the princess acts somewhat similarly to the princess, these people treat the princess respectfully and respectfully, and they dare not come out.

Mama Liang suffered a loss from Xu Cancan, and she didn't dare to speak, so the scene was a little quiet.

Only then did Xu Cancan ask, "Who is in charge of cleaning up the place where the prince and I rest?" ”

Mama Liang's face turned white again.

Mother Luo curtsied and said, "Princess, the courtyard of the study where the prince rests daily is cleaned up by the old slave, and the inner courtyard prepared for you is cleaned up by the housekeeper Fu Jiuyun's family. ”

After speaking, her eyes looked at Mama Liang, which meant that Mama Liang was Fu Jiuyun's family.

Xu Cancan glanced at Mama Liang and said, "Mother Luo and Mama Liang will take me to the inner courtyard to have a look!" ”

Shui Han looked at Xu Cancan's back surrounded by all the maids, squinted his eyes and looked around, and then waved his hand.

The twenty guards who followed him immediately scattered in all directions, and one of them, a tall and slender guard with a long face, followed Xu Cancan and his party with Shui Han.

Xu Cancan was wearing a carmine cloak today, so it was very eye-catching, and Shui Han quickly followed.

The main room in the inner courtyard is tall and lofty, with red lacquer pillars on the outside, and when you enter the main room, the inside is full of mahogany furniture, and it looks clean and clean.

Xu Cancan was too lazy to take a closer look, and instructed Zhu Yan: "Take a white cloth and wipe it!" ”

Zhu Yan took off the white silk handkerchief hanging on the buckle of the left pan, wiped it on the table of the Eight Immortals, and then raised it high for everyone to see.

The snow-white silk handkerchief has been dyed black by floating gray.

Everyone looked at Mama Liang.

Mama Liang's face was red and white for a while, and she immediately said, "It's all those little girls who don't take care of it well!" ”

"The little girls are obedient, what do you want to do?" Xu Cancan smiled slightly, "I'm waiting here, Zhu Yan will go with Mama Liang to look at the front yard and the back yard, and Mother Luo will follow me!" "Biyun likes Fu Liu, so let her stay here and get closer to Fu Liu's mother!

Mother Luo hurriedly said: "Princess, the courtyard of the study in the front yard was cleaned up by the old slave, and it is quite clean, why don't the slaves take you to rest for a while?"

The courtyard of the study outside is really cleaned up, the flowers and trees in the yard are trimmed, and the blue brick floor is clean and not stained with dust.

Entering the hall, I saw that there were several small pictures of mountains and rivers hanging on the four walls, and the couch inside was covered with a brand-new embroidered bamboo leaf royal blue satin mattress, and several pillows placed were also made of large embroidered bamboo leaf royal blue satin.

On the kang table, there is a white porcelain thin waist vase, in which a few branches of plum are inserted, which is exuding a faint fragrance.

Xu Cancan was very satisfied and sat down on the brocade couch.

Luo's mother hurriedly went out to make a pot of tea and sent it over, poured a cup of tea and gave it to Xu Cancan.

Xu Cancan tasted it and found that it was her favorite hairy tip.

It didn't take long for Zhu Yan to come back with her mothers, holding a few white silk handkerchiefs in her hands—now they were all dyed black!

She curtsy and reported: "Princess, the inner courtyard is too dirty, and it has to be cleaned up again." ”

Xu Cancan looked at Mama Liang who was kneeling on the ground, and made a straight face: "Since Mama Liang doesn't have the ability to complete the prince's instructions, it's so useless, then the whole family will get rid of it!" ”

Mama Liang scolded when she heard this: "Xu, you cheap-"

Biyun stunned her with a slap.

Xu Cancan looked at Mama Liang who was on the ground, and thought of Zixiang again, so he ordered: "Take Zixiang and this grandma off the hairpin ring, strip their coats, beat twenty boards under the porch outside, and then hand them over to Shui Han and lock them up!" "When she first came here, she must first tighten and then loosen up, and establish her prestige, otherwise she will be in trouble in the future.

She looked at Mother Luo who was standing on the side, and said, "In the future, the inner courtyard will be managed by Mother Luo!" ”

Mother Luo hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Xu Cancan thought about it and felt that it was not enough insurance, so he called Shui Han in and instructed: "You find someone to watch Fu Nan!" ”

Shui Han replied "yes", raised his eyes and glanced at Xu Cancan, lowered his head and retreated.

Biyun and Luo's mother took someone to clean up the inner courtyard, Xu Cancan was crooked on the brocade couch, thinking that he had finally let out a bad breath, and his mood was much more relaxed.

Zhu Yan looked at her and seemed to be very relaxed, so she asked, "Princess, what do you want for lunch?" Slave maid go and tell the kitchen! ”

Xu Cancan thought for a while and said, "I'm the only one for lunch, just make a bowl of green vegetables and somen noodles and send it over!" ”

He also said: "I heard that Luoyang cuisine is very famous, such as Luoyang Yan cuisine or something, let Fu Yang go to a famous restaurant in the city to book a table and bring it back, and use it for dinner!" "Since she is here, Fu Yuchen must have come over after being busy in the evening, let people prepare a table of Luoyang cuisine, and drink two glasses of wine with Fu Yuchen, which seems to be good.

In the evening, Fu Yang just came back with a feast, and Fu Yuchen also rode over. Among the people who followed him, Yuming was impressively listed.