For several days, the side concubine was in the main courtyard with the princess to watch the accounts, the two discussed, and ate and chatted together, which was very harmonious for a while.

The other women were also extremely quiet. Liu Zhaoxun has a quiet baby, Shang Fengyi has a shallow relationship with everyone and rarely leaves the hospital, except for one Sun Liangdi, she feels lonely because no one gossips at home, and now she learns that she can't communicate, she is sad after all, and rarely goes out.

Sure enough, there is no male host, everyone is quiet.

As for Kang Liangdi, she is even more grounded to guard her mother's filial piety, and no one will bother her.

The atmosphere in the palace was very satisfying to Wang Jingshu, and no one made trouble.

It would be nice if life could go on in silence forever.

As soon as noon passed, they had lunch, Wang Jingshu was busy keeping Chen Eryan, "You can take a lunch break in the east wing room today, don't go back to your yard, it will take a lot of effort to go back and forth, and we will have to see the style of winter clothes sent by the tailor in the afternoon." ”

Chen Eryan asked: "What winter clothes do people wear?" ”

"Yes, the tailor said it was delivered today." Wang Jingshu asked rhetorically: "What's wrong?" ”

"We'll have to see this for ourselves?" Chen Eryan thinks that this kind of thing can be ordered in the afternoon, if the master wants to do everything himself, then what else do you have to do?

Wang Jingshu responded, "Let's take a look at the style first, the steward can't do this, because the price is different." Rather than waiting for the manager to come back, it would be better for us to summon the tailor directly, and there would be an advantage in price. ”

Since the princess said so, Chen Eryan agreed, but ...... A little embarrassed, he said, "But, the concubine really can't do the bargaining thing." ”

Wang Jingshu smiled dumbly, "Who told you to bargain, I can't do this kind of thing, wait until I see the style and ask the price first, and then ask the family to wait for a few days, we have calculated a rough idea, let the steward go to the tailor shop to bargain," another serious look, "But don't worry too much." Lest people laugh at our dignified Ning Wangfu, it is not bad for that millimeter. ”

Chen Eryan said yes one by one, "The princess's meaning is good. ”

"If you pay a few hundred dollars per piece of clothing, you can save a lot."

"The family is big, and the idea of money is really unaffordable, so I have to think that I can save it," Wang Jingshu sighed after all, it is really inappropriate for the huge palace to not enter the account, and the daily expenses are a lot, "Although it seems that the small family is angry, by next spring, the situation should be eased." ”

I hope so, Chen Eryan also sighed lightly. After sitting quietly for a long time, he simply retreated, and took the maid's hand and led him to the east wing of the back room for a temporary lunch break.

And Wang Jingshu is still looking through the account books, always thinking about being frugal from there, she knows that she is very childish like this, but there is no way. Without money, you can't even have a lively New Year, as the saying goes, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice.

Cai Yu's eyes were full of distress for the master, "Master, you can rest for a while, you still have sore eyes in the morning, but you stayed up late last night?" ”

Wang Jingshu didn't raise her head, only blinked her eyes, and felt that it would be okay if it didn't hurt anymore, "Where can I rest?" "Fortunately, the concubine has read a lot of the accumulated account books before, otherwise I would have to stay up late." ”

Fortunately, there is an assistant concubine, not only to discuss the amount, but also to come up with an idea, and read all the account books one by one, which can be regarded as a great help to Wang Jingshu.

Caiyu lowered her head and cleaned up the tea cup on the table, and asked in a hurry, "Master, do you really think that the side concubine is suitable to assist in the affairs of the government?" ”

Wang Jingshu didn't understand, "What do you mean?" Did you notice something? "Concubine Fang comes here every day these days, she doesn't feel inappropriate, could it be that Caiyu has seen something?

Caiyu put down the things in his hand and handed them over to Pinxi to take care of, and took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the house, so he dared to persuade him, "It's not that the maid sees anything." Instead, I feel that the grade of the side concubine is different from others, she is only below you, and if you have children in the future, it will threaten your status. In addition, she can't always come up with an accurate idea, and in the end, it's you who worries about it, so why do you call her an assistant? If she knows anything in the future......"

Wang Jingshu didn't understand the meaning of jade picking, "She is not an ambitious person, and she respects me as a princess when she asks me for everything." Is it better for her to make decisions about everything? I'll worry more about that way. In fact, it's not that she doesn't know how to do these government affairs, but she abides by the rules everywhere, which is a constraint. After a pause, "In front of power, she is not my enemy, others are my enemies." You don't have to worry, others just want the rights of the princess and have to see if she is worthy or not. ”

In this way, jade mining can only be stopped. And what Wang Jingshu didn't say was that the concubine was her only enemy in front of her feelings, but this enemy was sometimes both a teacher and a friend. "If you really don't feel at ease, just look at her quietly, some things will be seen in people's hearts over time."

"Okay."

About an hour, the side concubine was late, and she sat down for less than a stick of incense, and the tailor arrived.

Wang Jingshu ordered the maids to put down the curtains, and separated two rooms in the center, and she sat in it with the side concubine, asking the tailor to stand outside and reply. In front of the foreign man, you must follow the rules.

Soon the tailor was introduced into the main courtyard, followed by a lot of maids holding winter clothes, kneeling on the ground to say goodbye, "Respectfully Princess Ning Niangniang Jin'an, side concubine Master An-"

Although he is only a small tailor shop owner in Qicheng, but the rules are very good, in fact, he has seen the world, once when the old prince was also in the palace to make clothes for the palace maids, the same palace, but with a new owner. Roughly calculated for many years, he became an old man from a young man, and originally passed the shop to his only son, but unfortunately his son died of a sudden illness a year ago, and now he has to come out again to do things to revitalize the shop, to raise a large family.

Wang Jingshu couldn't see it through the curtain, and only read two words, "Excuse me." ”

"Thank you, master, thank you, master-"

As soon as Lian Zhizhi stood up, Cai Yu spoke on his behalf, "What's your name?" Which tailor shop? You were here to deliver the material before? ”

Through the gauze curtain, even Zhizhi couldn't hear whether it was the master or the maid who was talking inside, he just thought it was a master, and gave a salute, "Back to the master, the small one is called Lian Zhizhi, and he is the boss of the Sewing Pavilion." The one who delivered the material before was not small, it was a small apprentice. ”

I've heard that this sewing pavilion has made clothes similar to those of a big family, "I heard that your shop used to make winter clothes for the old prince's mansion?" ”

Lian Zhizhi thinks that his craftsmanship is very good, "Exactly, the clothes of the maids in the old prince's mansion are all from the small, when they were still young, and now they are ...... The little ones have been doing this for decades. ”

Caiyu asked, "Where does your fabric come from?" ”

Lian Zhizhi smiled with a wrinkled face, but it reflected confidence, "Back to the master, the fabric was purchased from elsewhere, but the master can rest assured, my family's fabric is very good." ”

After asking all the questions that should be asked, Wang Jingshu began to speak, "Give the style you made to my aunt, and send me to see it with the side concubine, which style should we choose." ”

"Yes, do you need a small introduction?" Lian Zhizhi smiled and instructed the maids behind him to send the winter clothes to Aunt Chang Xia who was expressionless on the side, and then waited with a flattering face, he really wanted to make this business done.

Aunt Chang Xia took it and spread the clothes one by one for the two masters to choose, although they looked at the winter clothes of their subordinates, but where was there room to speak.

Wang Jingshu looks at the style and is almost the same, it is nothing more than the difference between thick and thin that leads to different prices. And Chen Eryan nodded a pattern after seeing it, "This style is good." The thickness is moderate, the most important thing is that the cuffs are tight, no air leakage, and it will be hot when worn, otherwise it will be very cold when the cold wind is drilled. ”

You have a point, "If they are too thick, they are inconvenient to do things, and if they are too thin, they are easy to freeze, and when winter comes, people will be lazy because of the cold." Wang Jingshu made a final decision, "Then I'll look at this style." ”

Like this, I also picked a man and gave them a little steward to wear, and as for the guard, it didn't belong to the backyard waiter. In fact, this matter is not much trouble, but you have to ask carefully about the price.

Wang Jingshu ordered two and asked Aunt Chang Xia to take them out and ask the price.

"My master chose these two, how much money?"

Lian Zhizhi glanced at the style, "This, two, has one more process than other winter clothes, so it is slightly more expensive." These two pieces of fabrics alone cost one or two pieces of silver, plus the tailor's silver money, a total of one or two five, what does the master think? ”

One or two pieces of silver for the fabric is quite expensive, and this is not a particularly good thing, Wang Jingshu spoke, "In this case, you go back and wait for the news first, if you want to do it, the palace steward will talk to you, and then you come in and tailor the clothes." ”

Even Zhizhi never imagined that there would be people going back and waiting for news...... Which big family does this is usually decided on the spot. What's more, this is the palace, and the palace should have the face of the palace, and why is this style so petty, and I don't know what kind of person the princess is? Doesn't sound like the origins of a noble family...... Sewing Hua Ge has always been a four-season regular dress for the people in the big families of Qicheng, so he has seen a lot of people coming and going.

He pondered again and again, "I don't know what the master is not satisfied with?" The small ones can be introduced to you one by one. ”

Wang Jingshu and Chen Eryan glanced at each other, it was not easy to say the price, but it was clever to pick jade, "As the saying goes, shop around, our master naturally has to pick a good choice, and it doesn't necessarily have to be sewn Huage." After a pause, he added, "You leave the pattern first, and our master will take a look, and if you get the news, you will be told naturally." ”

It seems that this business is going to be out of play, and Lian Zhizhi can't help but feel disappointed, and the master of the palace still wants to see the style of other shops, which means competition.

After all, he said helplessly: "Yes, but it is up to the master to choose." But he also believes in competition.

"Stand down, I'll tell you when I have news."

Lian Zhi said yes one by one, and immediately retired.

Removing the curtain, Wang Jingshu finally spoke freely, "If you want me to wait for two more days to see if his price will change, what do you say?" ”

This is naturally to ask the side concubine, "If you want me to say, go and inquire about the price of this fabric, one or two pieces of silver is a little expensive." ”

"Then go and ask." Wang Jingshu sighed lightly, "Just doing this, it will inevitably make people feel that the palace is a child." ”

Chen Eryan didn't think there was anything wrong, "Isn't it difficult to have money in the account now, everything has to be calculated and used." After a pause, "What we do is nothing more than to be frugal like ordinary people's homes, what can others say." ”

Wang Jingshu smiled.

However, after Lian Zhizhi left the palace, he quietly inquired about Princess Ning's family background, and he always felt that the head of Ning Wangfu's house was quite calculating, not like she was from a big family.

"Princess Ning, that is from the Wang Mansion in Kyoto, after a famous family, her father is a court official. I look at it this time, you are destined to look away. ”

"Yes, but why don't I feel like it?"

"It's not like it, you haven't seen a real person!"

……

On the other side, there was already a little maid who was eyeing Lian Zhizhi who was inquiring about the princess's family everywhere, "Auntie, the boss of the Sewing Pavilion is quietly inquiring about Princess Ning's family." Do you say you want to ...... Tell the master? ”