Everyone was shocked.

After all, I had to obey, after all, this is what the prince meant, like the princess, but I am afraid that it is also because of the frustration that I can't communicate. So no one complained about the princess at this point, and they didn't dare to say anything when they saw her angry, so in the end, they endured everything.

Wang Jingshu, who was sitting at the top, looked at them all with pride, but she didn't want to do this, she was kind and didn't want to embarrass them, but why did the prince embarrass her...... It is said that good people have good rewards, but she doesn't seem to have any good rewards at all. After thinking about it again and again, he didn't mention this again, "I was busy with something and didn't go out to see him off." Does the prince have anything to explain? ”

Shang Fengyi saw that they didn't speak, so he replied lightly, "He explained to the side concubine to take care of the affairs of the government, and the others did not say." ”

"Got it," he didn't even think to explain to me. Wang Jingshu felt hurt in her heart and didn't bother to deal with them, "They are not here, Kang Liangdi is grounded in Liu Zhaoxun to have a baby." However, a few of us, in the future, we don't have to set the province every day in the morning and dusk, and it will be changed to the fifteenth day of the new year. It's also free to serve the cloth and set up rules or something, it's all a bit of a false courtesy, as long as you don't get into trouble and get along with each other, it's the rule. Thinking about it, the prince is afraid that he will not be able to return until the end of the year, and the prince said before that this year's New Year will be in Pingzhou. It's autumn now, and it's time to start preparing for the New Year. ”

Everyone said in unison, "Yes." ”

Everyone was interested, so Wang Jingshu simply waved her hand, "Let's all step back, just stay with the side concubine." ”

They all said softly, and I have to say that the inability to communicate was a big blow to them.

Only Chen Eryan was left behind, so naturally she also brought the account books that were good yesterday and put them on the table in person, "Princess, there are no mistakes or omissions in these two account books, just ......"

"Just what?"

The account book for purchasing ingredients is divided into two books, and the people who record them are not the same, one is Ah Sui, who specializes in withdrawing money from the account, and the other is a small guy who goes out to buy.

"The amount of money needed to buy is too large, such as geese and crabs, I think someone must have filled their pockets, maybe more than one person. For the account book is written by a different person. Chen Eryan boldly said her thoughts, "The princess can check the cost of the town when she was in the waterfront town, and many ingredients are not so expensive. Although there is a difference between Bangshui Town and Qicheng, just in case, you still have to find someone to investigate. ”

Wang Jingshu pondered for a moment, "Who is the person who buys in Bangshui Town?" ”

"It's Pinfu next to the concubine. She was a maid bought by the prince when he was in Bangshui Town, and she was specially used for shopping at that time, and now that she has entered the palace, she wants to follow me, so I didn't report it to the princess. ”

Wang Jingshu didn't care about this kind of trivial matter, "In this case, you can find an excuse to let her out of the palace in the past two days, and try it again." Record the prices of ingredients one by one, don't say it's a maid in King Ning's Mansion, just say it's a big family. Ask the price first, and then ask if you have evidence! After a pause, he said: "Assign a maid from me to go together, the two of us can not only have a discussion, but more importantly, we can also clean ourselves up if we have an accident in the future!" ”

The matter of enriching her own pockets once happened in Wang's mansion, and she had seen with her own eyes how her mother and sister-in-law dealt with it, so she was not afraid. As long as you have the evidence, everything is easy to talk about.

"Yes."

"Since the ingredients can be filled with private pockets, and there are also other purchases that can be guaranteed, this matter cannot be rushed, and it has to be dealt with one by one." Wang Jingshu took the account of the silver money on the account, "The expenses of half a month are indeed a little bigger," and turned over another purchased account book, "We are just thrifty, but I am afraid that it will also be saved into other people's pockets, and the subordinates who fill their private pockets will not be able to keep it." ”

"Exactly, but the cost of this month is a little bigger, after all, it's winter, the clothes of the people have to be made, the money for the charcoal fire is indispensable, and the north is very cold. What's more, this time the prince took a lot of money from the account, maybe it is not enough, maybe he will have to ask someone to send it later. With all sorts of calculations, I'm afraid I'm going to run out of money again this year. Just now you said that you want to start preparing for the New Year, I don't know what you plan to do? ”

Wang Jingshu sighed lightly, there is no money again? If you don't even have any money in your account, what will you do in the future? The New Year will inevitably usher in the send-off, and you have to prepare for the New Year's gift sent to the palace, "This is the first year of the prince in Pingzhou, and it can't be too shabby." Not only that, but the New Year's gifts sent to the palace must also be carefully prepared. ”

Chen Eryan didn't know, "New Year's Rites in the palace? ”

Wang Jingshu said: "Yes, the New Year's ceremony in the palace, at least the father, the queen, the queen, the grandmother, and the crown prince, in addition, the prince has a sister-in-law, and the princess has to prepare." Especially on the side of the queen mother's grandmother, there are more Pingzhou gadgets for them to enjoy. After a pause, he said: "In addition to the New Year's gifts, there are also greetings with officials from all over Pingzhou, which is also a lot of expenses." As well as the things that everyone in the palace wants to add, the meals, banquets, red envelopes, etc. everywhere in the New Year all need money. ”

"Those subordinates are looking forward to receiving some New Year's rewards, and in addition to the masters in their respective courtyards, the royal palace must also prepare a reward."

"This Ning Wangfu also has to be decorated, and the money for this decoration is only a lot."

Chen Eryan wrenched her fingers and calculated, "This, Lin Lin has no tens of thousands of taels, and he can't celebrate the New Year." ”

Wang Jingshu is also thinking about how to spend this year? There is no need to spend these things in the palace last year, since someone has arranged it properly, and now it has changed to a new place, and all the candles have to be arranged properly, and the annual gifts sent to the palace alone are a sum of money, "Fortunately, there is still some money in the account, and at the end of the year, the Zhuangzi shop will send half a year's harvest, which is also an account." ”

Chen Eryan has a sense of powerlessness, she doesn't even have enough money in the palace, what else is she cooperating? "But that's a drop in the bucket, it can't last the whole New Year, and you can get the fifteenth day of the first month."

"At the end of the year, there should be a lot of filial piety among officials." Wang Jingshu can stare at this, the side concubine doesn't know, but she knows very well, as a local official, she usually performs her duties, but at the end of the year, she will be very active.

But Chen Eryan asked: "Isn't that accepting bribes?" ”

"No, that's a courtesy exchange, it's just that we have less money and more money. In fact, this is the case everywhere. You gradually understand that sometimes there are some things that you can only accept even if you don't want to, just to reassure the officials below. ”

Wang Jingshu gradually understood these things when she stayed in Wang's mansion. Wang Fu was reused by the emperor and appreciated by the prince, the Wang family is unspeakably expensive, every year from the beginning of Laba to the Lantern Festival, the congratulatory gifts received are particularly numerous, "In the past, when I was in Wangfu, if the New Year cost was large, my father would blame A-Niang, so A-Niang thought of a way to send the congratulatory gifts received here to that side, and then send back to other places where they received, so that our Wang Mansion does not have to pay the account." If there are some excellent things that are given by each family, they will accept them, and the general ones will exchange gifts with each other. ”

"That's a good idea, Madame Wang really knows how to think of it. And my Chen family is relatively simple, only a few old friends are moving around. ”

Wang Jingshu smiled, "Then let's do this first." Two words of advice, "Don't forget about the matter." In addition, ask the tailor to find a few ordinary but not shabby materials, and make winter clothes for their subordinates, so as not to save money on this idea. When they entered the palace, they were the people of our Ning Palace. ”

"I know, I'll call someone to do it later. There is also charcoal, a little servant came to me before, saying that he knew a charcoal seller and wanted to supply it to Ning Wangfu. I haven't agreed yet, I just want to get the princess's show today. Although Chen Eryan is an assistant, she is reluctant to call the shots in some things, especially this kind of first-time thing, "According to the rules, you can burn the earth dragon above Liangdi, use white charcoal below Liangdi, and use black charcoal for the next people." The concubine thought that she would have to burn charcoal until the end of autumn, otherwise those maids would not be able to withstand it, and they would have to boil more hot water, and it would inevitably use more charcoal than before. ”

Wang Jingshu sighed unconsciously, "You are always so kind-hearted, speaking for others, you don't know if people appreciate it," this said mostly refers to those women's affairs, but there is no anger, "If you want to talk about me, how those carbons are, you have to see it first, and you can't do favors because you have anything to do with the palace." If it's good, it's not easy for people to ask for you, the side concubine. But if the carbon is not good, I won't agree to anything. ”

"Sometimes you should make rules first, and it is your duty to help people and not to help. How can you say this for this and for that, and then ask for anything from now on? ”

Chen Eryan said yes one by one, she knew in her heart that what the princess said was not unreasonable. Fu listened to the princess again: "I remember that when I was about to leave the palace, the Guo family had no maids to serve, so you begged to come to my door, and the Guo family did accept your affection?" You have sold your face for them again and again, but what about others...... Still talking about our rights and wrongs behind our backs? ”

"But as long as we are the princess and concubine for a day, they will not stop for half a minute, even if you sell countless faces to them, they will not accept much affection from you. There are many women in the backyard, each with their own thoughts, and it is normal, so no matter how good you are, others will have to talk about you behind your back, just because you occupy their place and always press them down. ”

Obviously, Chen Eryan is older than the princess, but how can she think that the princess is like her sister, she is very sophisticated and transparent, she is worthy of being a famous family, and she is also well-organized in taking care of the entire palace, and she treats people and things steadily, worthy of the identity of Princess Ning. At this moment, she sincerely accepted all the princess's sincere words, "The concubine knows, I will definitely think twice about what I do and talk in the future, I will not often sell face, and I will not meddle in things." ”

Wang Jingshu was very satisfied, in fact, this is what she meant, not only to persuade the concubine with kindness, but also to tell her not to do other women's affairs, just close the door and take care of their own affairs, and don't sell face everywhere. "Far away from your homeland, you are the first to return to the north, you definitely have no friends in the north, and now you are not allowed to communicate with your family, so it is inevitable that you will feel that life is boring, so it is not a bad thing to walk around with those women more, but before you walk around, you have to see if the other party is sincere and purposeful...... You say yes, sister concubine? ”

This couldn't be clearer, Chen Eryan is not a fool, she immediately understood what the princess meant, she has been moving around with Guo Fengyi a lot recently, in fact, it was not her who took the initiative, it was Guo who came up cheekily, so the princess was reminding her not to approach Guo? Absolutely can't have a heart-to-heart with the Guo family? "Reach out and don't hit the smiling person, someone will always come to the door, and sometimes, I am very annoyed." After a pause, he smiled again: "But now that there is no one, I can be regarded as having clean ears." ”

They are all smart people, and the other party quickly understands what they say. Wang Jingshu might as well say bluntly, "Guo Yizhu is that person...... I suffered her loss before I married into the palace, and I hope my sister will not follow my old path. "It's hard to think about the past.

Chen Eryan raised her eyebrows, the princess rarely expressed her likes and dislikes in front of everyone, the first one was the Liu family, and the other was the Guo family. is Kang Liangdi, who often makes trouble, and the princess has never said too much disgust, anyway, there is no public opinion.

"I'm not trying to say how bad other people are, and not to be the one who sows discord. Maybe I'm not good in the eyes of others. But I just want to remind my sister to pay more attention to everything. ”

Chen Eryan responded with a smile, no matter what the purpose of the princess is, no matter what the princess means, at least she does have some kindness. reminded her of Guo's personality, and also told herself to be careful of Guo. The two served the prince together, and the princess could kindly remind herself that this sincerity should be remembered by herself. If this were someone else, how could it be like this......

In fact, the Chen family seems to be a scholarly family, but there are a lot of people living in the house, her father is a man who is full of mouths but also loves women, there are many concubines, and she has many brothers and sisters. Although she is the only daughter of the Chen family, she has known since she was a child that intrigue and jealousy are common in the back house.

It's not that she doesn't understand some things, it's just that she doesn't want to understand, she just wants to pretend to be confused and live in her dreams. This will take a lot less hassle.

"I understand."