Chapter 203: House, Is It Good to Sell to This King?
When Zhan Xinyue arrived at King Rui's Mansion, she saw a carriage parked at the door of King Rui's Mansion, and Gu Yunxin just walked out.
"Yunxin ......," Zhan Xinyue lifted the curtain and said loudly.
"Sister? Why are you here at such a time, I'm about to go out. Gu Yunxin smiled lightly.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm thinking about going to Sister Xinlan's side to have a look, if there's anything I need, I'll send someone to prepare."
"No, you don't have to go see her, I just got back from her." After finishing speaking, Zhan Xinyue took Gu Yunxin's hand and returned to King Rui's Mansion.
Seeing this, Xiangzhi waved her hand and asked people to drive all the carriages back to the backyard. Gu Yunxin looked at Zhan Xinyue's serious face, and said in her heart, could it be that Zhan Xinlan said something ugly just now? Otherwise, it would have made such a good-tempered Zhan Xinyue angry.
"Sister went to Sister Xinlan's side just now, but she made you angry?" Gu Yunxin opened his mouth tentatively.
"She said that she was forced to move out because she was wronged by you. Naturally, I'm going to be angry, don't I know what kind of character you are? How could you bully her. Obviously, she climbed the high branch by herself and wanted to find an excuse. Zhan Xinyue said indignantly.
"Hehe, my sister said it was an excuse, so what are you doing with your anger?" Gu Yunxin smiled bitterly.
Looking at Gu Yunxin's appearance, Zhan Xinyue was puzzled: "Then why are you still so good to her?" Aren't you afraid that your kindness to her will be in vain? ”
"When I was at the border, my second uncle specially asked me to take good care of his children, and since I agreed, I had to do it."
"They should be taken care of, but they are ungrateful, you know? Originally, my eldest brother arranged a position for them, although the position was low, and I hoped that they could start from scratch, but the two of them refused my eldest brother's arrangement and went to the Tiger Camp. I don't need to tell you what kind of place the Tiger Camp is. Zhan Xinyue said indignantly.
"That's it, that's it, we can't do anything about what they decide for themselves. As long as they don't regret it. Gu Yunxin said lightly.
"Princess Rui, don't you know, the little cui next to the second miss said that Xiangzhi and Lanzhi were both according to your orders to embarrass the second miss, which makes people angry." Binglan said angrily.
"What? Xiaocui, this guy, actually slandered my princess like this, how could we have bullied her, everything in her yard was arranged by my princess herself, even for dinner, the prince and the princess also called her together, why is this second lady so conscienceless. Xiangzhi jumped to her feet.
"Okay, Xiangzhi, there are some things that don't need to be taken care of." Gu Yunxin said in a deep voice.
She never thought that she was so dedicated to Zhan Xinlan that she would be slandered by others.
"Princess, that Xiaocui said this, the slave must go and tear her mouth." Xiangzhi puffed up.
"Oh, Xiangzhi, the princess has said don't care, if you are again
If you come to the door, maybe there will be something more ugly to say. Besides, everyone in Kyoto knows how our princess behaves on weekdays, and they won't believe it because of Xiaocui's words. Laneige tugged at Xiangzhi's sleeve and said.
"Yunxin, if you want me to say, don't worry about Xinlan's affairs in the future, even if she asks to come to the door, don't care. I'll go back and tell my dad in a while, and ask my dad to repair a letter to tell my second uncle about it. ”
"Sister, don't tell your uncle, after all, this is a matter between our juniors, and there is no need to involve the elders. If we have the opportunity, we still persuade Sister Xinlan not to believe that King Jing is. Gu Yunxin said lightly.
Last night, although there were some things in King Rui's conversation with her that King Rui didn't say, with Gu Yunxin's intelligence, he could guess a few points, Zhan Xinlan and King Jing were too close, not only would they harm themselves, but maybe they would also affect the entire Zhan family.
At that time, Zhan Xinlan was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, and she was very proud in her heart, this is the life she should have.
"Miss, this is Mrs. Yuan, I asked her to bring a little maid and a slave over today, you can choose it." Zhu Tong said with a smile.
Mrs. Yuan is a well-known person in Kyoto, and most of the maidservants of many large families in Kyoto pass through her hands.
Zhan Xinlan looked at the few flower-like girls in front of her, and raised her eyebrows slightly, these girls looked very good, and they all stood with their heads down, looking like they had been trained.
"Mrs. Yuan, these maidservants look good, have they been slaves in a big mansion?"
"Miss, these maidservants have been trained, and the girls who are sent to the door of the mansion not only can't lose the face of their masters, but they also have to work neatly. These are the best I have here, and some of them used to be servant girls in official families. What Mrs. Yuan said was foaming, and Zhan Xinlan was even more proud.
"Xiaocui, you can also help me pick, these people will be under your control in the future." Zhan Xinlan said lightly.
"Yes, miss." Xiao Cui said happily.
She knew that her decision was right, and it was really better to follow Zhan Xinlan than to stay in King Rui's mansion to be a rough girl.
Xiao Cui came to the front of those maids, circled back and forth a few times, and finally left six maidservants, all of whom were very good-looking, and they were very eye-catching.
"You few, no matter what your name was before, from now on, when you serve by the young lady's side, you must have a name that is convenient for the master to call, do you know?" Xiao Cui said sharply.
"Yes, the slaves and maids know, Sister Cui."
"Then what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you kowtow to the master and ask the master to give him a name?"
Hearing this, the six girls knelt on the ground together, waiting for Zhan Xinlan to give her a new name. This kind of thing is very common in the mansion gate, the maid will have her own original name, but in order to facilitate the master's name, or to avoid the master's name, it is necessary to change the name.
Unless, one day, the slave can be taken by the male master, and he can only have his own surname, which is a good result.
Zhan Xinlan tapped on the table with one hand, and then pointed to the servant girl standing on the far left and said: "Your names are Mu Ling, Mu Qing, Nian Wei, Nian Lu, Zhi Tao, Zhi Yao, in the future, I will be your master, and there are my two elder brothers in this house, they are both the staff and deputy staff of the Tiger Camp, if you don't serve with twelve points of spirit, I can only sell you." ”
"Yes, the slaves know."
"Steward Zhu, since this maid has been selected, let's talk to Mrs. Yuan about the price." Zhan Xinlan said lightly.
"Miss don't worry, the master has ordered, as long as the young lady chooses, let me do it, the silver matter, the master is ready." After finishing speaking, Zhu Tong took out a few ingots of silver from his sleeve and handed them to Yuan Pozi's hands.
Mrs. Yuan took the silver ingot, picked up one and bit it in her mouth, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, Miss, if you need anything in the future, you will find me Mrs. Yuan." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Yuan left the house with the remaining maids.
Zhan Xinlan suddenly thought of one thing, in this Kyoto, all the high-ranking families have plaques, what is the name of this place? Exhibitions? So will the Dingguo Mansion be unhappy? Even if she could ignore it, her father would have known......
After thinking about it, Zhan Xinlan said lightly: "Steward Zhu, order someone to make a plaque, just write the exhibition house." ”
Her two elder brothers are still only staff generals and deputy generals, and the plaque is made into the exhibition mansion for fear of being criticized, but the exhibition house is different, there are many rich and noble families in Kyoto whose surnames are the same as those of the emperor and the nobles of the court, so they hang the words "house" on their own doors, so that people will not be misunderstood, and cause unnecessary trouble.
"Okay, Miss don't worry, I'll do it." Steward Zhu said lightly.
Zhu Tong turned around and was about to leave, but Zhan Xinlan stopped him again, "Also, you can't go in this house, there are maidservants and no servants, my brother is a man, it is more convenient to have a servant to serve." ”
"Miss, don't worry, the prince will arrange some to come over in a few days. After all, the prince is going to stay here for a few days. Zhu Tong smiled lightly. After finishing speaking, he ignored Zhan Xinlan and left.
King Jing actually wanted to come and stay for a few days, didn't he say that he was going back to his fiefdom? Why do you want to live here? If this spreads, I'm afraid that my grandfather and grandmother will teach her a lesson again.
But now if she is asked to leave this courtyard, she is also very reluctant, since they have all moved out, where is there any reason to move back.
Generally speaking, this house is also for the king, and there is nothing unreasonable for him to come to live in his own house. Fortunately, her two older brothers also live here, and others won't think about it.
Thinking of this, Zhan Xinlan was also a little relieved. The little guy who does things in the house, as Zhu Tong said, is really general, and it only takes a day or two
It's all made up.
And the custom-made door plaque is also done, and the word exhibition house is written on the big red background. The pen written by these two words is very free and easy, and Zhan Xinlan can't help but praise this word for being very beautiful.
When she got up early this morning, Zhan Xinlan saw the maidservants in the yard busy cleaning up the yard and wiping the pillars in the yard clean. It's as if he's going to welcome some big guy, could it be that King Jing is coming? Otherwise, how could Steward Zhu let them bother cleaning like this.
"Steward Zhu, you ordered someone to clean up like this, but Lord Jing is coming?" Zhan Xinlan said softly.
"No, it's Miss, it's your housewarming, let's set up a wine to celebrate." Zhu Tong said with a smile.
What the? Celebrate with a drink? Although she was angry with her grandfather and grandmother, she couldn't celebrate with such fanfare, didn't that slap the face of the Dingguo Mansion in public? If her father knew, wouldn't he have come from the border and skinned him?
"No, you can't put wine, isn't this telling everyone that I don't have a discord with the Dingguo Mansion?" Zhan Xinlan said hurriedly.
"But ......, this invitation has already been sent out, if you suddenly don't put the wine on the table, everyone will have more suspicions, Miss just relax, and the chores in this house will be handed over to me in the future." After finishing speaking, Zhu Tong no longer paid attention to Zhan Xinlan, and was busy urging his subordinates to continue cleaning......
(End of chapter)