Xiao Yue was first imprisoned, and then he was sent to southern Xinjiang, in the eyes of some people, this is his loss of sacred heart, after all, the Jin Wangfu has always lived in the capital, and he is the first prince to move out of Kyoto among the Jin kings of the past dynasties.

Of course, some people think it's bullshit, this is the real Jane in the emperor's heart, Your Majesty is clearly the king of Jin in the letter, and he will take people to southern Xinjiang, otherwise a person who is distributed, where can he not be distributed, but he will be assigned to the fiefdom?

The people who used to be assigned were all going to the bitter cold north.

There are many major tribes in southern Xinjiang, and they have not been very obedient to the discipline of the imperial court.

But when Xiao Yue arrived in southern Xinjiang, there was no movement at all, what was the door of the palace before, and what is still the case now.

Not to mention how Qingye and Astragalus complained, yesterday Gu Nian said that he would listen to the stewards today, and the stewards were all in the ear room outside, waiting for a reply.

With what Gu Nian said yesterday, they all trembled, thinking back to the various data made up yesterday, they were afraid that they would not be able to say it in front of the princess today.

No matter what, the surname of this Jin Wangfu is Xiao, and their body deed is in the hands of the Wangfu.

Astragalus came out and said, "All the stewards have worked hard, and the princess said that the stewards should report their doors one by one, starting with the chief steward." ”

Manager Lu's chubby round face wrinkled together, and said, "Did the girl hear it right?" Is it for me to start talking? ”

Huang Qi looked at Manager Lu in surprise, "Of course, you are the head manager, you used to be in charge of the palace, you are the head of the palace, you know the specific situation of the palace best, of course, it starts from you." ”

Manager Lu stood there with his bow, paused for a while, Huang Qi laughed, and said, "The princess said, Manager Lu is busy with affairs, and the entire palace depends on Manager Lu, if you can't say it for a while, it's okay, you just stand on the side and wait for the other managers to reply, and then talk to the princess slowly." ”

When Mr. Lu heard this, he knelt down, what the princess said was that the entire palace relied on him, this hat was too big, he really wanted to take it, where did he put the prince?

He only felt that this year's autumn in southern Xinjiang was so hot, as if it was a hot summer, and his whole back was wet.

Huang Qi didn't look at Mr. Lu, who was kneeling on the ground, and said loudly, "Next." Then he pointed to a steward and replied.

The first to reply was a housekeeper's mother, with a clear voice and eloquent speech, who also made things clear to the people under her.

Gu Nian nodded approvingly, "The huge palace, although no one lives, but there are more than a hundred people, and there are only a dozen or so of you who meet me every day. ”

"If you have the status and dignity to be a steward, you must take up the responsibility of stewardship, the next one."

In this way, the storeroom, the inner and outer kitchens, the sprinkling and sweeping, the watchman on the night watch, the washing, the carriage room, the fruit bureau, etc., stood up and reported to the house, Aoba wrote down the words of the steward one by one on the side, and at the end, the stewards had to sign and draw.

This trick made a few stewards who couldn't figure out their own doors after a night be daunted, and they didn't dare to talk perfunctory, and after stumbling, they knelt down and pleaded guilty, "The slave will not remember clearly, and please Princess Haihan." ”

Gu Nian didn't speak, just asked them to kneel to the side with Manager Lu, and motioned for the next one to continue, a total of fifteen stewards, only three of them were not sorted out, kneeling behind Manager Lu and feeling uneasy.

Gu Nian is quite satisfied with this result, the emperor is far away, and he has never been a family member here before, and every year Jingzhong sends people over to take a look at this side.

She thought that there would be a lot of stewards who couldn't report today, but she didn't expect that there were only three, and the current situation seems to be pretty good.

All the stewards had finished talking, and the three stewards who couldn't figure out their own doors were still kneeling on the ground waiting for the princess to leave.

Gu Nian first said to these stewards, "You three get up, I have just arrived, and it is the first time to take care of the affairs of the palace here, the three of you may be a little nervous and forget, I will give you another day, and shake back and forth tomorrow when you reply." ”

The three stewards were busy kowtowing to thank him, and Gu Nian said, "Reasoning, the three of you are all sons from the capital, and you are all old people who do things. ”

"What I just asked you to get back is only the roughest, most basic and monthly money."

"In the future, I have other things to go back, such as how much money is in and out of the account room every day and every month, the expenses of the kitchen, and the gift giver should be clear about the past calendar, and don't tell me that you want to go back to check when the time comes, forget to wait and excuse yourself.

You have stayed in the capital in the past, these are the most basic, the most should know, orange born in Huainan is orange, born in Huaibei is orange, you can't, you can do things in the capital, you won't be in the south of Xinjiang? ”

"If you want to keep the status and honor of the steward, show your ability to sit firmly in this position, and the palace will not treat you badly."

On such a morning, the stewards slowly retreated, but the head of Lu was gray-faced, and the leader knelt on the ground.

Not only that, he has never knelt like this since he was young, and even in the palace of the capital in the past, the Ji family didn't dare to do anything to him if he wanted to install his own people, but just sent him here from afar to be the chief manager.

His knees, kneeling all morning, were already numb.

I have been a subordinate for decades, and I only tasted the taste of being a subordinate today, and it turned out that I couldn't make a mistake.

When the person retired, Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, drank half a cup of freshly brewed fruit tea, used two pieces of dim sum, and then instructed Astragalus, "Go back." ”

Huang Qi pursed her lips, couldn't help but smile, and reported, "Princess, Manager Lu is still kneeling outside." ”

Gu Nian said 'ouch', "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Quick, help him up, Chief Lu is the old housekeeper in the house, why don't you say it......"

Astragalus and Qingye hurriedly went outside to help Manager Lu get up, this morning, Manager Lu's knee was no longer a knee, he didn't dare to move after being helped up, Astragalus and Qingye, in the end, the girl's house, after helping up, quickly let go of his hand.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them let go, Manager Lu was unstable, 'plopped', and fell to the ground.

Gu Nian was startled, and hurriedly asked the two of them to help Manager Lu sit on the stool, and after half a sound, Manager Lu finally regained some vitality.

He still wanted to kneel, Gu Nian hurriedly waved his hand, "You are an old man in the house, and there are several generations in the family, all of whom have been on errands in the palace. ”

Manager Lu hung his head and said, "It was the old slave who betrayed the trust of the house, and the old slave couldn't do it anymore, and asked the princess to let the old slave resign from the position of the chief manager, so that the old slave could really retire." ”

Gu Nian hugged the blue and white bowl, with a smile on his face, "Look at what the chief manager said, as soon as I came, you resigned from the position of the chief manager, from the outsider's point of view, you can't say that I, the princess, can't tolerate people?" “

She exhaled softly and looked at Manager Lu with a smile, "It's not that I'm boasting, there are few nobles in this world who are as good as me......"

Manager Lu lowered his eyelids and said respectfully, "Since the princess trusts the old slave, the old slave has been in the position of the chief manager for a while. ”

Gu Nian smiled and watched Manager Lu limp out of the conference hall.

The life of a pregnant woman is very monotonous, Xiao Yue told her not to do needlework before going out, and she hated to help her deal with everything at home.

Gu Nian listened to the steward's reply, looked at the sun, it was still early for lunch, so he instructed Astragalus, "Set the car, let's go outside." ”

"We've been here for so long, but we haven't been out to see it, okay, I know, how about finding a teahouse and eating some dim sum here?" Gu Nian looked at the disapproval on Astragalus's face.

"Mama Qin is not here, you have become Mama Huang." Gu Nian quipped.

Astragalus blushed, "Princess, the prince's order is not a joke, you just cherish the slave maid, that snack is not just bought by people, besides, the little prince in your stomach is more expensive." In case of a slip-up......"

Gu Nian looked at the astragalus with a smile and said, "The taste of the one bought in is different from that just out of the pot, you are like this, let the guards in the house go to explore first, and then I will go, don't you want to go outside to see?" ”

Astragalus couldn't help it, obviously when she was talking to the steward just now, she was a majestic housewife, but now, she has become a child who hasn't eaten sugar.

She had nothing to love and went outside to tell the guards, first to find out which restaurant in the city was better and clean, and then she and Aoba, as well as her mother-in-law and the guards, went to the restaurant with Gu Nian.

Gu Nian was indeed stuffy, he came all the way at first, worrying about Xiao Yue, now everything is normal, and if he comes, he will be safe.

The private room in the restaurant had been booked by the guards, and she ordered a few of the restaurant's signature snacks and dishes, and when she was ready to eat well, she asked people to pack them and send them to the granary for Xiao Yue.

Just after serving a snack, there was a sudden sound of argument downstairs outside, getting louder and louder, and gradually there was a scuffle.

"When did my good daughter sell herself? When I became a concubine, I died of poverty and starvation, and my daughter was not destined to be a concubine. An old man said in an old voice.

A young man snorted coldly, "In white and black, the document of selling myself as a concubine is in my hand, it's strange, I just want to deny it after taking the silver?" ”

The old man seemed to be angry and ruthless, and his words were not good, "The blue sky and the white sun, God is looking at it, this document is the document I spent a tael of silver to rent a tofu stall in Tofu Lane in the west of the city, when did it become a document for selling children?"

What silver? I have never seen any silver from anywhere, and I gave one or two pieces of silver. “

The young man sneered, "It says on this paper, my uncle spent a hundred taels of silver to buy your daughter as a concubine, if it weren't for the yellow oriole today, the day would be bad, and tomorrow I would have waited for my uncle's palanquin to pick up people."

My uncle is the chief administrator of the palace, and your daughter followed her, and she ate fragrant, spicy food, and enjoyed happiness.

Hehe, want to redeem your daughter? Don't sprinkle it on me, but take a hundred taels of silver.

"Empty words, lawlessness......"

"This Phoenix, my uncle is Wang Fa, yo, you still want to rob ...... Hit him! Then there was a punch and kick, obviously the old man suffered, and then there was a poignant young female voice, "You let go of my father......"

She cried, "Daddy, just let me go." ”

The young man exclaimed, "Don't fight, don't fight, don't call my future little uncle, look at how clever your daughter is, I said don't stop your daughter from enjoying her happiness, little lady, wait for tomorrow to pick you up......"

After a while, there was an old man's sad cry and curse, "Xingniang, the head of the palace has been buried in half of the loess, and he has stepped into the coffin, and the concubines in the house don't know how many, and my father can't push you into the fire pit." ”

The girl named Xingniang cried, "But that's the steward of the palace, that is, the people in the government are protecting him, his patience is limited, who knows what he will do in a few days?" Daddy, you should have never given birth to my daughter. ”

"No, even if you die, your father won't let you be a concubine, your father promised your mother that he will take good care of you."

The father and daughter hugged their heads in pain, and the clouds were gloomy.

Gu Nian originally came out to relax, but she didn't expect to encounter such a thing, or rather, she had never encountered such a thing.

Although she has met those people in the Yasukuni Mansion, and she has also met rotten people like the British Princess, she has a grandmother, a father, and Xiao Yue, but this father and daughter, they are just ordinary people, and they really have no way to ask for help!

Gu Nian thought of the heart-rending sorrow, and he was not in the mood at all.

Qingye jumped to his feet angrily on the side, "Princess, don't you know, there are more than a dozen concubines in the mansion outside Mr. Lu, and many of them are daughters of good families...... Now the reputation of the palace is really bad in Phoenix......"

Gu Nian turned his head and glanced at Astragalus and said, "You go and ask the people who follow outside to pick up the father and daughter." ”

Astragalus said in a low voice, "Princess, why don't you let the prince come back and deal with this matter?" ”

She looked worriedly at Gu Nian's slightly convex lower abdomen. Such a bad thing, she was afraid that the princess would be angry.

Gu Nian, "It's good that I haven't touched it, but if I do, I can't ignore it." ”

Astragalus turned around and went out and ordered the guards at the door, and after a while, a man who didn't know his age came in at the door, and a young woman came in.

That man, the vicissitudes of life made his head crawl with white hair, a washed white navy blue shirt torn in many places in the fight, such weather, there are not many clothes, and his skinny body can be vaguely seen from the break.

A wrinkled yellow face, half of his forehead was purple, half of his cheeks were high and swollen, one nostril stopped bleeding, and the lower half was full of blood scabs.

As for the young woman, she was born with a flower and a moon appearance, Chu Chu was pitiful, although she was not wearing silk and satin, but only coarse cloth clothes, but she couldn't hide her face, no wonder.

Seeing that the man was not clothed, Huang Qi went to the door, and then took a man's clothes and came in, and said softly, "This uncle, don't be afraid, you put this shirt on first, so as not to stain the eyes of our nobles, just downstairs, we also listened to a few words, but we couldn't hear them all, if you are really not a slander, then make it clear to our master from beginning to end, maybe, my housewife can make the decision for you." ”

As soon as the man came in, he saw a young, unusual daughter-in-law sitting in the room, and everyone was surrounding her, although she was dressed very simply, but as far as those few pieces of jewelry, she had not seen them for decades, although she didn't know what kind of character she was, she was probably very powerful.

He threw himself on his knees, and the apricot girl also knelt beside him, sobbing lowly.

The man's surname is Chen, his name is nineteen, don't look at the hair is already gray, it is all hard work like this, in fact, he is only in his thirties, he is a Han man, Phoenix is full of tribes, he can't live in the original place, so he took his daughter to Phoenix City to beg for a living.

They rented a house in the slum gathering place in the south of the city, and usually made a living selling tofu, dried tofu, and tofu skin.

In order to subsidize the family, Xingniang pondered and tied some silk flowers, and put the purse in the shop to consign, but I didn't expect it to be seen by the nephew of Mr. Lu.

He originally wanted to take Xingniang as a concubine, but later, I don't know how, he came to the door to propose marriage, saying that he was buying Xingniang for his uncle, the chief manager of the Jin Palace, as a concubine, worth ten taels.

Chen Shijiu's father and daughter depend on each other, they never thought of being concubines, the Chen family is poor, but it is also a commoner, it is a good family, although they earn today and eat tomorrow, but how can they sell their daughters as concubines?

What is a concubine? It's all beating and scolding, life and death are not up to him, Chen Shijiu refuses to let his daughter be a concubine.

If they were to be concubines, they would not flee to Phoenix.

The nephew of the palace steward went a few times, and saw that Chen Shijiu did not agree, so he did not look for it again, Chen Shijiu thought that the matter was over, that day he carried the burden to sell tofu, and saw that there was a stall to rent in Tofu Lane, and the business of selling tofu was excellent, and he also wanted to have a stable place, so as to earn more money and save a dowry for his daughter.

So, he signed a contract with the stall owner, and the contract was written in black and white by Mr. Zheng, but Chen Shijiu was illiterate, Mr. read, and he listened.

When Chen Shijiu heard that, he drew a charge.

Originally, they were going to the tofu stall today, but the nephew of the palace steward stopped them halfway and didn't let them go. I wanted to pick up my daughter, holding the concubine documents in my hand, and buying Xingniang as a concubine for one hundred taels of silver, the documents were in triplicate, one was kept on file in the steward, and one was thrown into the faces of Chen Shijiu's father and daughter.

Chen Shijiu's nose and face were swollen, and his voice was vague, and when he finally finished speaking, he burst into tears and kowtowed, "The gods in the sky are all watching, and when Xiaomin tells a lie, he immediately goes to the eighteenth layer of hell, pulls out his tongue, gouges out his eyes, and can only go to the animal path to be reincarnated." ”

"Just now, the man said that if he can't carry people away smoothly, he will turn Xiaomin's father and daughter into slaves, and life or death is a matter of his words."

His voice choked and said, "Thank you to this benefactor, who wants to help us, but I don't know how the benefactor wants to help us, but the people from the Jin Palace's Mansion are colluding with the government." ”

"The people in Phoenix City don't dare to mess with the people in there, this King of Jin is blind, how can he use such a person?"

He lowered his head and wiped his tears, "Thank you for the benefactor who is willing to help us, if you can really help us, Xiaomin's father and daughter will repay the benefactor for their help as cattle and horses." ”

"If the benefactor is afraid and can't resist the people of the Jin Palace, the small people will not blame the benefactor, only the King of Jin, nepotism."

Aoba heard it angrily, "A steward dares to fill his head outside in the name of the palace, relying on the power of the palace, and doing evil......"

Gu Nian patted Qingye's hand and said, "I don't care about a mere palace steward. ”

When she spoke, the look of course made Chen Shijiu and Xingniang stunned, and at the same time they were very happy, it seemed that they had really met a nobleman.

Gu Nian thought for a while, and instructed Astragalus, "You let the guards outside take the sign of the palace, but the official mansion will check the matter of this concubine book." ”

After giving the order, she said to Chen Shijiu, who was kneeling on the ground, "If what you say is true, tomorrow, your daughter will still be your daughter." ”

The Dongli Dynasty is very strict in the management of the household registration of the population, in the past dynasties, it is forbidden to illegally buy and sell people, sell people as slaves, once a commoner becomes a slave, he is the property of the head of the family, the court can not be like them to collect taxes, levy conscription, conscription, military service, in this way, the direct loss, is the treasury.

Such a so-called lease contract becomes a concubine document, the household registration of a good citizen, and the household registration of a slave and maid, and the fault sounds full of loopholes, and it cannot withstand scrutiny at all.

That is, grass people like Chen Shijiu, in the face of such a thing, there is no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

The official mansion here, it seems, is really in deep collusion with the stewards of the palace.

In the past, the emperor was far away, even if someone came from the capital, he would only stay for a few days, and it was impossible to know this, or maybe those people would also follow Mr. Lu to a nest of snakes and rats.

At this time, there was a commotion at the door, Gu Nian frowned, and asked Astragalus to go to the door to take a look, but unexpectedly, Astragalus came back and said that there were a few idlers making trouble, Gu Nian sneered and ordered, "Let them in." ”

Qingye listened, and hurriedly guarded Gu Nian's side, and four idlers came in.

The first one, seeing Chen Jiu and Xing Niang kneeling not far from Gu Nian, said in a strange manner, "Chen Jiujiu, you took our Young Master Ou's silver, and you still want to deny it?" I advise you, hurry back and prepare, tomorrow our Young Master Ou will go to carry people. ”

After he finished speaking, he stared at Gu Nian up and down again, "I don't know which house it is, you better go back and ask your lord if you can manage this matter." ”

"When the time comes, don't blame my brother for not reminding you."

Gu Nian didn't hear it, and he didn't even look at those people.

The man felt that he had lost face and wanted to take a step forward, but Chen Shijiu stiffened his head, stepped forward and pulled the man back, and said, "Sixth master, you have something to say." ”

The leader of the idle man grabbed Chen Shijiu's collar and threw him away, and was about to go to Gu Nian's side, with a lewd face, "This lady, the master told you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he had already received a heavy kick in the abdomen, followed by a few more punches in the back, and after only two or three blows, he curled up on the ground, not even having the ability to parry.

The guards outside heard the movement inside, came in from the outside, and surrounded the remaining three.

The idle man struggled to get up, "Where did the little lady come from, she didn't have long eyes, the lord told you, dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, do you know who is on the top of the lord's head?" ”

Chen Jiujiu was not afraid after listening to Gu Nian's words, but when he thought of the things that the steward of the palace had done, he was scared again, and wanted to persuade Gu Nian and them to leave quickly, so he listened to Huang Qi,

"Who's on top of you? My aunt doesn't know, but my aunt can beat you so that you don't know who you are. ”

Xingniang's eyes widened, looking at the astragalus who was crossed at the waist, only to think that she was too majestic, she moved and hid behind the astragalus.

Gu Nian instructed the guards, "Tie up these people, take them back to the palace, and throw them into the firewood room, and what is the young master Ou, ask ...... out?"

Although Xiao Yue was assigned over, Nanjiang is really his fiefdom, and he has the right to manage, so Gu Nian made this move, and in the evening, he checked it clearly.

The signed confessions were placed in front of Gu Nian, and they all said that the seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, the lackey under the palace, was fighting outside, and it was even more majestic than the seven-rank official.