Southern Xinjiang is the fief of the King of Jin, but since the establishment of the mansion, the successive King Jin has never been a vassal domain, and the Jin King's Mansion in Phoenix City is just a decoration.

The arrival of Gu Nian is the first time that this palace has ushered in a real hostess.

After she rested for a few days, she walked around the palace, the whole palace building is mainly broad and majestic, showing the royal atmosphere, probably because it is in the southern Xinjiang, and the construction has some local characteristics, and the architectural decoration style has also been somewhat affected, which is somewhat different from the palace in the capital.

In the past, everyone in the palace stayed in the capital, so the stewards sent to the fiefdom and the like must be the henchmen of the family.

And Steward Lu was the steward of the Jin Mansion in the capital at first, and later when he got older, the Ji family was in charge, and he wanted to install his own people in the palace, so he sent all the Steward Lu to the palace in Phoenix City to be the steward, and the reputation was to let the Lu steward come here to care for the elderly.

On the third day that Gu Nian came here, Steward Lu brought a steward and subordinates to greet Gu Nian, with a smile on his face, and said a lot of words to Gu Nian.

Gu Nian was also patient, and chatted with Steward Lu without a word.

After chatting for nearly an hour, Gu Nian still didn't let Steward Lu retreat, which made Steward Lu a little confused, because what Gu Nian asked was all small things that couldn't be smaller.

Finally, when Steward Lu couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to excuse himself that there were still things to take care of outside, and he was about to say goodbye, Aoba was holding a tray with delicate embroidered purses on it, and each purse contained something.

Qingye put the tray on the small table beside Gu Nian, and said in a low voice, "Princess, according to the head, everything is sealed." ”

"The chief steward is embroidered with a white background bamboo pattern, the small steward is a blue background blessing character, and ordinary subordinates and miscellaneous servants are different......

With a little thought, Aoba retreated behind her and stood with Astragalus.

Gu Nian pointed to those purses and said, "Since the founding of the palace, there has never been a person in charge of the palace, some of you are the sons of the palace, you left the capital, dragged your family to come here on an errand, you have worked hard." ”

"There are also those local people who have sold themselves into the mansion, probably never left this Phoenix City for half a step, and now that the prince has important business here, I am also the first time to come back, and I will reward a few dollars, so that everyone will be happy."

Manager Lu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Princess...... This...... The big guys all have the monthly money of the palace, so whatever they do is right, where they need the princess's extra reward. ”

Gu Nian glanced at Mr. Lu, who was kind and kind-eyed, like Maitreya Buddha, and said lightly, "This princess is here for the first time, reward them, and let them be better errands in the future, isn't this okay?" ”

Manager Lu bowed down and said, "The old slave just thinks that the princess doesn't have to break the bank, and their monthly money is a lot ......."

Gu Nian said lazily, "Don't break the bank, this princess is in a good mood and rewarded." ”

The stewards looked at each other, but none of them came up to take the reward.

Gu Nian looked at the black pressed figure standing below, and didn't speak.

"The princess has a reward, but you still don't thank the princess?" Mr. Lu said in a low voice.

Those people stepped forward one by one to get the reward purse, but Gu Nian did not send it down, but took a sip of the fruit tea on the side of his mouth, put down the blue and white gaiwan teacup, and said with a light smile, "Today, even if Steward Lu doesn't bring you here to ask for peace, I also want someone to summon you over." ”

"The prince entrusts me with the middle feed in the house, the so-called 'gentleman wants to cultivate himself and rule the country and level the world', the prince is on an errand outside the city, and he can't take care of the Qi family, so I will solve the prince's worries."

As soon as Gu Nian's voice fell, a few stewards who reacted quickly laughed a few times.

These people are far away from the emperor, and they have never seen the face of the princess, and they have heard that this master mother is from a very high background, her father is the famous King Su, and her grandmother is a woman when she is young.

Everyone thought that such a housewife must be vigorous and resolute, but they didn't expect it to be a virtuous and virtuous person.

Gu Nian looked down with clear eyes, "You are all old people who do things, so you can become a steward, and you must be familiar with the errands and personnel arrangements in hand." ”

"I've just arrived here, my eyes are black, you are my eyes, my ears, then let's get to know each other. You will tell your name, surname, origin, position, how many people are under your command, how many are born from the palace of the capital, how many are purchased here, and how long have you been in the palace.

How much money do you and your subordinates receive each month, in the past, you only had to take care of all parts of the palace, repairs, etc., but now we come here, we need to add manpower, or cut redundancy, one by one. ”

Only then did everyone understand Gu Nian's intentions, and they all immediately looked at Manager Lu.

Gu Nian didn't seem to notice these eyebrows, picked up the fruit tea on the side, sipped it slowly, and said, "Give everyone a day, think slowly and then reply." Come back tomorrow at this hour. Then he instructed Aoba to send the purse down, and told the people to disperse, and hold his waist to rest.

As soon as he returned to the Mingde Hall in the main courtyard of the palace, Huang Qi couldn't help but say, "Why didn't the princess take advantage of today to ask at the same time, and wait until tomorrow, she still doesn't know how to make a fake." ”

Gu Nian leaned on the couch and said, "What they want to say and listen to me may not be what I want to know, what I want to know, they may not be willing to be honest." ”

"How dare they deceive the princess?" Huang Qi frowned, her voice was full of anger, she saw Gu Nianwei lying on the couch, and said in a low voice, "What do you want to know, I'll let the brothers who came with me inquire for themselves." ”

Gu Nian waved his hand lazily, "No, you just need to follow the previous instructions and let people look at Manager Lu." ”

Gu Nian has always felt that something is wrong, that is when he is the princess who first comes to the palace, there will always be such people who come to flatter him, but for so many days, no.

What should those people do, at first she thought that the palace was well managed, and she was secretly happy.

It's just that she didn't expect that these people are not because they are well managed, nor are they not flattering, but the object is not herself, but Manager Lu.

For example, today's reward, because Aoba is a martial arts practitioner, he will not be tired with that silver, but as long as he has seen those purses, he should know that there are many rewards inside.

But none of these people are tempted.

All their actions are an order from General Manager Lu, and they do one.

These people are either clear-sighted, or they have greater interests waiting for them.

Xiao Yue doesn't know how long she will stay in Southern Xinjiang, originally, she can cook slowly behind closed doors, but she still has one in her hand now, and when the time comes, if she wants to produce here, she must clean up the inner house first.

She didn't want to have an accident when she gave birth.

Gu Nian said that he would listen to the return of the stewards on the second day, so naturally he didn't care about those subordinates. In the afternoon of this day, Xiao Yue came back suddenly, Gu Nian leaned on the couch to watch him change his clothes, and when he took a bath, he sat next to her in regular clothes and talked to her.

Xiao Yue's favorite thing is to talk to the child in his belly, and he can say any kind of stupid thing. For a while, the atmosphere in the room was very warm.

The prospective father said a lot of nonsense, and went to the outer study, although Xiao Yue was assigned to this side, but southern Xinjiang is Xiao Yue's fiefdom, never came before, all kinds of matters are reported to the imperial court, this time Xiao Yue came here, I thought it was a distribution, but I didn't think that Emperor Yongping came down with a will, so that the officials in southern Xinjiang obeyed Xiao Yue's dispatch.

For a while, Xiao Yue was unexpectedly busy.

Xiao Yue went to the study, and asked Gu Nian to go with him, he smiled evilly and said that he asked Gu Nian to add fragrance to his red sleeves, Gu Nian straightened his already bulging belly, it was the first time she heard that pregnant women can also add fragrance to their red sleeves.

However, the couple haven't seen each other for several days, so they naturally get tired of being together, so they get tired of being together. Gu Nian half-pushed, and followed Xiao Yue to take her hand to the study, which was regarded as a walk.

As soon as the two of them walked to the study, they saw Aoba coming up in a hurry, Gu Nian thought it was a matter of the inner courtyard, so he withdrew the hand held by Xiao Yue, and said, "You go first, I'll take a look." ”

Xiao Yue bowed his head and admonished, "Come over quickly." ”

"What's wrong? In such a hurry. Gu Nian asked Aoba.

"There was a group of people from outside, and they said that they came from Beijing, but the slave maid didn't look like it was from our palace, nor was it from the Marquis of Anyuan's ......mansion," Aoba replied.

Gu Nian frowned, followed Aoba to the living room, and when she saw someone coming, her eyes widened.

The leader was the eunuch in the palace, looking at Yang Shun and the two young and beautiful girls, Gu Nian didn't know what the situation was.

Yang Shun she has seen it, sometimes the palace comes to the palace to give rewards, summons or something, that is, he brings people here, but Gu Nian didn't expect that he would be seen bringing people over thousands of miles away.

She didn't understand for a while how Yang Shun, the most valued apprentice of her father-in-law, suddenly appeared here.

They came so fast, didn't it mean that she set off from the capital not long after she set off? What made Gu Nian even more confused was that the two girls who came with Yang Shun were not like other girls or maids, and they were both very beautiful, but because of the long journey, their faces were not very good.

Of course, there is another reason why Gu Nian pays more attention to them, they don't want Yang Shun to be as respectful to her, and their looks and postures are a little arrogant and reserved.

Although it does not have the reserved and noble spirit of a noble woman, it is also very polite.

When Gu Nian heard that they were sent by the Queen Mother, Gu Nian was not surprised.

Because Ji Zhuer was rewarded with Xiao Yue to do the matter of concubine that day, Ji Zhuer committed suicide at the gate of the palace, and the queen mother was impeached by the courtiers, and after that, the queen mother fell ill and closed the door, except for her own family.

In the court, at that time, the ministers folded up one after another, to commend Ji Zhuer as a martyr, and the emperor really gave Ji Zhuer a plaque.

And the queen mother's side, because it was a villain, first killed the big eunuch of Yongfu Palace with a cane, and the original palace maids and eunuchs of Yongfu Palace were all assigned to the washroom, and the emperor knew that the queen mother left two old palace people, and the rest of the queen chose people to wait for the queen mother.

Because the eldest princess of Taining did not know how to admonish the queen mother, she was ordered by Emperor Yongping not to enter the palace without the summons of him and the queen.

The rest of the people of the Jonenbo Mansion were also ordered never to enter the palace.

The emperor's orders made the queen mother, who was fake sick, become a real disease.

The Queen Mother was sick for more than a month as soon as she fell ill, and Gu Nian also entered the palace several times to ask for peace, but she never saw the Queen Mother. Later, when she got better, when she met Gu Nian, there was no extra special expression, and there was no more, even if she waited in the courtyard and knelt in the hall, it was about the same time.

The Queen Mother didn't like her, she naturally didn't like the Queen Mother, anyway, Liangzi had already been settled, and she knew that the Queen Mother would be more or less troubled.

The Queen Mother made a mistake in the matter of giving the side concubine, and she folded so many people in, but in the end, she was anxious and deep-hearted, and she would not show it to the outside, nor would she do anything to her in the subsections.

The Queen Mother used to just want to live, and once her son ascended the throne, she may want to be a happy old lady at first, but in the end, her ambition was raised little by little.

When the British Duke was here, the emperor didn't want to be an emperor who was controlled by others, and the queen mother wanted to be in power, even the mother and son would be dirty, not to mention that these two are not the mother and son now.

The queen mother has accumulated for many years, and the emperor's loan of side concubines has come again when the queen mother was already weak, but the queen mother obviously will not admit defeat.

Gu Nian didn't expect that the Queen Mother could really toss, she was already like this, and she didn't forget to block herself, sending Yang Shun over to serve was nothing, and the two women who were not like a young lady or a maid were the point.

"Princess, these two girls are the medical women of the Tai Hospital, and they are from the side branch of Mrs. Rong Enbo's mother's house." After Yang Shun saluted Gu Nian, he introduced Gu Nian.

"Princess, although these two girls are young, they are the most talented sisters in the Medical Women's Bureau."

Gu Nian's eyes flickered, and he nodded with a smile.

Although Yang Shun's words were an introduction, he also wanted to reveal some information.

She knew that because of the problem of male and female defense, some unfavored concubines from the family would be sent to the palace to be medical women in the Medical Women's Bureau, and when they were old, they could choose to stay in the palace or get married.

Generally, the medical women who stay in the Medical Women's Bureau can be worshiped by the imperial court for life, and usually treat the nobles and experienced ladies and girls in the palace.

And choose to leave the medical women's bureau to go home to marry, the palace will also reward them with some dowry, of course, the medical girls are still very popular, although because of the identity of the concubine, can not be the head of the family, but many families are willing to use the favored concubine, or the family to take care of the house's affairs to marry them.

It's just that the average medical girl enters the palace at the age of ten, and she can only leave the palace after fifteen years in the palace, so that after the period of flower letters, most people will still choose to stay in the palace and enjoy the offerings of the court.

The two sisters in front of them look like they are only sixteen or seventeen years old, the elder sister's name is Mingzhu, she was born charming and charming, her watery eyes are so soft that they can drip water, and the style that flows out of her eyes can make her body crispy.

When her sister Mingyue saw her, Gu Nian only felt a little familiar, but she didn't know where she had seen it, Mingyue's facial features were extremely delicate and looked very cute. The bright moon is bright, and her name complements it.

Gu Nian saw that they bowed down to greet her, and her heart sighed twice, the Queen Mother was really optimistic about Xiao Yue, so far away, she didn't forget to send two people over.

The girls from the Rongenbo Mansion can't come in, so they use the maiden girls of the Lady of the House.

It seems that the death of Miss Zhang Wu has not alerted the Queen Mother.

Since it was the order of the Queen Mother, Gu Nian couldn't say anything, for a while, Xiao Yue returned to Mingde Hall from the outer study, but he didn't see Gu Nian in the main room, and asked the maid, only to know that he had arrived at the flower hall, and hurried to the flower hall.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw Yang Shun kneeling in front of Xiao Yue, kowtowing and saying,

"The prince, slave Yang Shun, come here to wait for the prince and the princess, and in the future, the slave will be the prince and the princess, and they will be sent by the dispatch."

Xiao Yue looked indifferent, as if he didn't see him, and when he got to the top, he helped Gu Nian up, bypassed Yang Shun, and went out, Yang Shun didn't dare to move, knelt there, and when he walked to the door, he didn't look back, and said, "You take someone back, I don't need you to serve here." ”

After speaking, he ordered Dark One to send Yang Shun out, and that posture turned out to be that they would not stay overnight in the palace.

Gu Nian followed Xiao Yue back to the main house, entered the inner room, and saw Xiao Yue's expression faint, and thought for a while.

She naturally didn't need Yang Shun to stay and wait, but Yang Shun's arrival must be the meaning of Emperor Yongping, although I don't know what Emperor Yongping meant by coming out like this.

But since the person came, it was already night outside, and thinking that Yang Shun was still very polite to him before, he couldn't bear to say,

"I don't care about other people, but Yang Shun, he is a slave, he must not want to come to such a place, but he is acting on orders, whether he stays or not, he naturally listens to you.

It's just that it's getting late, and the people are not familiar with the place, and at this hour, the inn may not be free, or let them stay for one night, and then drive them away tomorrow. ”

Xiao Yue glanced at her, "That's it, listen to you, let him stay for one night." If you live far away, you can smell a commotion from afar. ”

Gu Nian knew what he was talking about, so he called Astragalus with a smile and asked her to take Yang Shun and the others down to rest.

For a while, after the two went to bed, Gu Nian nested in Xiao Yue's arms, and told Xiao Yue about the matter of the head of Bai Rilu, Xiao Yue's face became heavier and heavier the more he listened, and in the end, he said in a deep voice,

"Don't worry, tomorrow you continue to let those in charge come and talk back, and I will let the dark one send someone to investigate outside, and then report the news to you."

"I heard that he offended the Ji family back then, so he was sent here by the whole family, but what is it, do you know?" Gu Nian asked.

In the dark, Xiao Yue's face was gloomy and angry, and he said to Gu Nian, "I have lived in the palace for more time, and the palace used to be Ji ...... She's taking care of it, so I've only heard about it, and I don't know how.

However, it is okay, I have a channel to send a letter to Beijing, and it is okay for my grandmother to ask what is going on. It's just a back and forth, a little time. “

Gu Nian felt that it didn't matter, after all, she had just arrived, even if Manager Lu was really tired, it was impossible to clean it up in a while.

The two talked for a while, and when the night was dark, they took the conversation and fell asleep head to head.

After dawn, Xiao Yue just got up, and the astragalus outside was separated by the doorway, "Lord Wang, Commander Ye is here." ”

Xiao Yue put on his clothes and went out of the inner room, Gu Nian listened to the report of Commander Ye and Xiao Yue outside, "The two people who chased me that day came back, but they didn't catch it, they chased all the way, those people lost their traces, and they suspected that someone answered." ”

Xiao Yue nodded, "I expected it a long time ago." He tapped his hand on the table one by one, "Although the people who broke into it did not enter the stream, but those people outside were not ordinary killers, they were quite tightly organized, and there must be a way out, and I didn't catch them, but they just further verified my conjecture." ”

"Let those two guards rest well, and my safety will depend on you in the future." Xiao Yue curled the corners of his mouth.

"My subordinates understand." Commander Ye returned. He was a little ashamed, the guards brought out this time were all the guards around the emperor, and they were all carefully selected.

When Commander Ye left, Xiao Yue entered the inner room again and hugged Gu Nian, "I'll go to the granary first, it's been the past two days, and I don't know who it is, you be careful in the palace, I'll leave the dark one, and you can watch and deal with the affairs of Mr. Lu." ”

Gu Nian stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of his lips, telling him to pay attention to safety.

After she sent Xiao Yue away, she slowly returned to the house, sat there, suddenly remembered Yang Shun, asked, and Huang Qi said, "I got up very early, and I didn't see him go, so I knelt outside the second gate at the moment." ”

Gu Nian frowned, and asked Astragalus to call people in, and within a while, Yang Shun came in, with a haggard face, like an eggplant beaten by frost, and his face was sallow.

I didn't dare to enter the house for a while, for fear that the cold on my body would hit Gu Nian, so I waited outside before bowing down and entering, and when I entered the house, I knelt in front of Gu Nian.

Gu Nian said, "I don't need you to serve here, there are a lot of people who serve me, you don't have to kneel outside like that anymore, you go back, take the people you brought, see your master, say hello on my behalf, and say that we don't need to send you to serve." ”

Xiao Yue grew up in the palace, and she is not used to using eunuchs, let alone her.

Yang Shun couldn't stop kowtowing, "I beg the princess to have mercy on the slave and maid, this time I came out, the master spoke, saying that if I was driven back, the slave and maid would not have to go back to the palace, and where it was convenient, it would be over......

He said a handful of snot and a handful of tears.

Of course, Gu Nian knew that he was just trying to win sympathy, and frowned, "What does Your Majesty suddenly want you to sit here?" Is it really that simple? ”

Yang Shun left and raised his hand and swore an oath, saying that if he had two hearts, let him be a eunuch in the next life, in the next life, for the rest of his life......

This oath can be said to be very heavy, Gu Nian couldn't figure out what the emperor wanted to do for a while, Yang Shun was still pleading, "The slave maid is here to serve the princess, knowing that the princess is a good person of the first class, begging the princess not to drive the slave and maid back." ”

"The slave and maid have not adapted to the water and soil, vomiting up and down, and until now, it is not good, and the legs are soft......"

Gu Nian glanced at the astragalus, the astragalus understood, went up to check Yang Shun's pulse, half a sound, nodded at Gu Nian, and said, "Princess, this father-in-law is indeed as he said, his body is very weak now......

Gu Nian glanced at him and saw that his face was indeed sallow. In this way, you can't really forcibly drive him away, thought about it, and said, "That's it, then you should cultivate your body first, but you have to restrain your people and don't appear in front of the prince." ”

"These days, you don't have to come to me to say goodbye, honestly recuperate, but you have to remember, don't give me any moths, here is the emperor of the sky, if you want to make something wrong, it's always okay."

"When you are well-healed, you will take someone back to Beijing."

When Yang Shun heard this, he was overjoyed to let him stay, even if it was a few days, he was grateful to Dade, he nodded a few heads at Gu Nian, and then he happily withdrew.

Before going out, he repeatedly promised that he would definitely take a good look at the two medical girls and never let them block Gu Nian.

Gu Nian sent Yang Shun away, and was about to listen to the reply of those stewards, but he didn't expect that Qingye came in angrily, and when Astragalus saw her like this, he pulled her aside and asked her, "What's wrong with you?" Throw your face to whom, the princess has a good temperament, and you are arrogant. ”

Aoba stomped his feet indignantly and said, "Where am I being a man, I am outside, those people outside don't even know that the prince is the prince, and I don't know what kind of son it is, in the name of the palace, doing evil outside, but they are all counted in the accounts of the palace." ”

"Nowadays, the reputation of the palace is not very good outside, in the morning, I went outside to help the princess buy candied fruit, and I heard bad things, saying anything unpleasant."