After breakfast, Wang Jingshu was not in a hurry to visit King Ning's mansion, but she cleared the little maids and was alone with Qingyi, and she had to find out some things. I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that Qingyi will cause trouble outside. Before he could speak, Qingyi added green tea, "Master, this is good, can you taste it?" I see that the tea is not as good as the palace, I don't know if you are used to drinking it? ”

Wang Jingshu took the teacup, she didn't want to drink tea just after breakfast, so she gently put down the teacup, "I'm here." But how do I think you're more attentive than you used to be? ”

"Sometimes, you don't have to do everything yourself. Tell them that the little maid is done, or they will be idle. ”

Qingyi sighed lightly and pretended to be worried, she also had a little temptation, "Hey, the maid is afraid that she will not serve the master well." The master even brought Qingyun coldly, but the familiar Qingliu and Mama didn't come, I was suspicious, for fear that I would do something wrong and make the master unhappy, so I asked me to go back to Wang's Mansion when I did. Then I don't have to be careful. ”

Wang Jingshu smiled instead, "No, you don't have to be suspicious." It's not that I don't want to bring them here, but I can't go back to Kyoto if I don't have any major events in the future, they all have relatives and families in Wangfu, and I don't want them to follow, so I let them make their own decisions. It's not that they did something wrong and didn't let them come. There must always be someone around me to serve instead of Aoyagi, since Qingyun is willing to come with her, I will let her come, I can't let you and Youxiao be busy. Although the maid found here is a family child, it is always difficult to serve closely. ”

Listening to the master's words, Qingyi was stunned for a while, and he was a little uneasy. She also heard Qingyun say last night that they chose it voluntarily, but after all, she was uneasy, and now she is a little relieved, "Yes, yes, it's the maid who wants to go wrong." ”

It's over.

"Why don't you take the servant to take you to the palace? I haven't had a good walk around the mansion last night. Qingyi smiled and said: "Listen to Ah Guang, this palace was originally the mansion of the old prince of the previous generation, and no one inherited the title, Pingzhou was returned to the imperial court, and the first emperor rebuilt the palace. ”

"I'm going to shop," Wang Jingshu looked around the house, looking at the decoration of the main courtyard, except for her own large dowry, the rest was not added, "I took a look at this house, put more antique calligraphy and paintings in this room, and look at the color." There are many good things in my dowry, and I take them out one by one and put them on display. Now I look a little lifeless, it's too decent. ”

This is a place to live for a lifetime, too simple and simple to look dull, and she can't like it.

Qingyi agreed, "Yes, it was originally going to be placed, but without the master's instructions, Ah Guang and I would not dare to disturb your treasury." Then he said, "Wait two days and then go to the bazaar to buy some ornaments." ”

"Okay." Wang Jingshu glanced at Qingyi, "You are a first-class maid in the main courtyard, it's time to change back to your family's name." What is it called, you just tell everyone! ”

"Yes, thank you, Princess. The maid's family name is Chi, Chi Caiyu. ”

Jade ...... In Wang Jingshu's eyes, Qingyi is indeed like a piece of jade, naturally carved and decorated, in the future, she must find a good place for Qingyi, hoping that a good Lang official can pick this piece of jade. did not hesitate to compliment, "Yes, it is indeed a good name, it is very flattering to you." In the future, I will call you jade picking, and then I will use this name when I go to the maid's book. ”

"Thank you, Princess."

Now Qingyi has become a jade picker, and the person is still this person, but the mood is very different, and he never thought that one day he would be able to call back his real name. For their maids, the master's family is bought out for a lifetime, and the master's house is the only place where they should be attentive, just like their ancestors, but they still yearn to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors at least in their lifetime to recall their original names. It's a big deal for Qingyi, but it's just a small thing for Wang Jingshu, just a casual gratitude.

She smiled and laughed, "Look at your happy look...... and then said: "Youxiao is her real name, but Qingyun doesn't have her own family name, I gave one before, called Ning Qingyun, it's still the original name, and there is just an extra surname." ”

"Yes, the servant wrote it down."

After explaining these things one by one, Wang Jingshu got up and took Caiyu's hand and walked out of the house. She's got to take a good look at the main compound.

The main courtyard is very large, stand in the main house and look back, it is very empty, and there are many rooms on the four sides of the back, each independent and connected by a corridor, which is very wide and bright, suitable for the life of northerners. Although there are few such buildings in the north, they are indeed distinctive, Wang Jingshu has also seen them, and knows that this is called a courtyard house, and there are houses built on all sides to enclose the courtyard in the middle. In the last dynasty, there was gradually this kind of building, and in this dynasty it was a little more perfect, with the difference between the east and west wings of the main house and the backyard inverted house, which is very different from the courtyard in the south.

"Now the east wing is the temporary residence of Miss Rong, and I temporarily arranged to live in the east wing late last night, I don't know what you think? Will the girl be moved somewhere else, or will she be placed here? ”

Wang Jingshu walked in the corridor, looking at the east wing, Rong Ruofen was temporarily living here, afraid that it would be inappropriate, "You first ask her to move to the backyard." When she saw the prince, they all chose their own yards, and then let her move in. In the eyes of others, she is a guest at King Ning's Mansion, and after all, the guest is as she pleases. ”

According to the residential method of large families, the east and west wings are for the sons to live, and the backyard is for the young lady's daughter, which does not affect each other, and the concealment in this courtyard is very good. Rong Ruofen is not her child, and if she is seen living in the East Wing, she will be laughed at.

"Plant some flowers and trees in this yard, bloom all year round, and raise some goldfish, stack stones to create landscaping, and the scenery is two points better than outside."

Wang Jingshu thought again and again, "Don't want the cherry blossom tree outside the main house, transplant it to the backyard." ”

Cai Yu said yes, "Then Pin Sakura also went to the backyard to sprinkle and sweep?" ”

"Hmm." In fact, Wang Jingshu didn't fancy Pin Ying at all and asked her to be the maid in the main house, "Tell her to go through the experience first." Sometimes the maid who doesn't keep the door on her mouth doesn't last long. ”

Fear of cherry blossom disaster from the mouth.

"Then why didn't the master let Pin Sakura go to other courtyards?"

Wang Jingshu gave the name and had to accept the maid, "I have given the name!" If I send the maids to other courtyards, if the name is known, they will still think that the cherry blossoms are my eyeliner. ”

"You really don't want to arrange a few eyeliner?"

Wang Jingshu has her own considerations, she doesn't boast of being simple, she is clear about this bit of eyeliner, especially in this kind of courtyard-like building, it is really not easy to know what is going on in other courtyards, "This matter will be discussed later, I don't know who those courtyards will live in in the future, and how to arrange important maids to do eyeliner." Besides, none of the maids and maids are really reassuring. ”

"It's the master's thoughtfulness. As soon as you come, the maid can be regarded as having the backbone, or it is not suitable for this huge palace to only have maids. ”

Wang Jingshu smiled and didn't speak, just walked along the corridor to the entire main courtyard, looked at Shang Ke, and walked out. Only when you get out of the main courtyard can you see the real Ning Wangfu.

Caiyu explained to her softly. The whole Ning Wangfu is the appearance of a large courtyard, the people are commonly known as the regulation of the mansion door, and there is a front yard in front of the main courtyard, which is the residence of the prince, and it is also built according to the style of the courtyard. Walking back, it is a row of courtyards, which is still the regulation of the courtyard, but it is smaller than the main courtyard of the front yard, and it is the regulation of a small courtyard. One courtyard after another is interconnected by corridors, and the middle courtyard is landscaped with rockeries, and all kinds of flowers are bloomed, and occasionally evergreen trees are planted.

There is also a pavilion in the center of the lake going back, reflecting the sparkling lake on the surface of the lake, as if it is integrated with the blue sky, so that Wang Jingshu gradually improved, "This place is elegant, and there is a long jade bridge there." ”

"It's a long jade bridge made of mutton fat jade, and it was there at the time of the old prince."

This is something that Wang Jingshu didn't know, but she didn't expect Caiyu to know more than her, "You know a lot, have you been studying in the house these days?" ”

"Didn't you listen to Ah Guang, Ah Guang also heard the prince mention it, so he went to the maid to show off. The prince and the princess are one family, and the family does not say that there are two families. Do you want to know, you want to know, how can the prince not tell you? ”

"I just said a word, but I have so many words from you," when she approached, it was really made of mutton fat jade, fine and warm and lustrous like fat, "It is rare to use mutton fat jade to build a long bridge." It's rare even in the palace. ”

"I think the old prince is a person who knows how to enjoy. If it is replaced by our Ning Palace, I am afraid that it will not pour the power of a state to build such a long bridge. ”

Cai Yu was silent.

Then Wang Jingshu walked across the Changyu Bridge and sat in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the breeze blew, and the scenery in front of him was very beautiful, "You can also sit!" Then he asked: "How many courtyards are there in this palace, all of them are courtyards?" ”

Cai Yu thanked him before he dared to sit down, "It is true that they are all courtyard houses, there are a total of fifty-eight courtyard houses, not counting the front yard and the main courtyard, as well as a stage." In addition to the main courtyard of the front yard, the rest are small courtyards, but there are a few slightly larger ones, which should be the middle courtyard where the side concubines and concubines live. This is the palace, and it must be much larger than the courtyard house where ordinary people live. ”

This palace is bigger than Wang Jingshu imagined, "It's really big enough." Such a big mansion, I'm afraid that the maids and maids who are sprinkling and sweeping are not enough, and they have to be added, and they are afraid that they will be very big every day. ”

"If there are few people in the backyard, it should be enough." There is something in Caiyu's words, she refers to the small number of concubines.

Wang Jingshu didn't understand, and sighed heavily, "The prince has added a new person on the way, the Liu family." ”

Caiyu heard this for the first time. "Shouldn't the maid order the maids to clean up a few yards?"

"Don't clean it up yet, I don't know where the prince and they were? It's not too late to clean up the yard when they're almost there. Wang Jingshu looked at the rippling lake, "I think it's time for me to write a letter to ask." I wonder if their journey is smooth? ”

Although she said 'they' in her mouth, Caiyu knew that her master missed the prince again.