On the morning of the second day, the emperor ordered someone to summon the goddess to the palace in the royal courtyard, and he wanted to ask the goddess if she knew what happened when the moon suddenly disappeared last night.

However, after a while, the man sent came back in disarray, with footprints all over his clothes, a blue nose and swollen face, and blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.

"Your Majesty, the minions are useless, the minions can't enter the royal courtyard, they can't pass on the decree, and the emperor is asked to punish them!"

When the emperor saw him like this, he was obviously beaten and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The man recounted what had happened.

The emperor ordered him to summon the goddess, so he rode his horse, but he was still some distance from the royal palace and was blocked on the road. On the way to the Royal Annex, there were many bustling people, all heading towards the Royal Annex.

In front of the royal courtyard, there are three layers inside and three layers outside, and many people kneel. These people have words in their mouths, asking for the blessing of the goddess. The eunuch walked here, but he couldn't even cross it.

So he asked the people to let go, saying that he had been ordered by the emperor to summon the goddess to enter the palace to face the saint.

However, the people not only did not let him, but also dragged him to his knees, saying that the goddess is so noble, the goddess blesses the world, and the emperor should come in person if he wants to see the goddess.

The eunuch had a few arguments with the people, but he didn't expect to be beaten by the people, but fortunately, the messenger hurriedly came to pull the fight, which rescued him from the feet of everyone.

The emperor asked: "The capital mansion Yin doesn't care?" ”

The eunuch said: "Lord Fu Yin is also here, but there are too many people gathered. According to Lord Fu Yin, earlier he ordered the messenger to persuade the people to retreat, but he did not expect the people to clash with the messenger. Lord Fu Yin was afraid that the situation would expand, so he did not persuade him to retreat, but just told the officers to keep an eye on it and maintain order and not cause conflicts. ”

The emperor's brows furrowed. The law does not blame the people, and there are too many people gathered here, and it is indeed difficult to deal with it.

Xuanwang's Mansion.

The people who went out to buy vegetables in the morning also saw the bustling crowd on the road. Moreover, there was not a single vegetable seller this morning. The servant came back with an empty basket and reported the situation outside to Xiangxiu.

Xiangxiu said: "If you go farther and look elsewhere, there will not be a single vegetable seller." ”

The servant went out again with the basket.

In the past, when there were many people in the Xuanwang Mansion, people were asked to deliver food every day, but later the population in the house became smaller and smaller, and there were about a dozen people, so they didn't let people deliver food anymore, but the people in the kitchen went out to buy it themselves.

Xu Zishu has been to the Xuanwang Mansion for so many days, and the people in the West Courtyard also went out to buy vegetables by themselves.

Xiangxiu told Xu Zishu about the situation outside, and Xu Zishu just said "um" after hearing it.

Xu Zishu is very envious of the goddess, who has so many supporters. Look at these people around me, they are all as timid as rats, greedy for life and afraid of death.

Xu Zishu decided to tidy up the Xuanwang Mansion, but when she took the money from the mansion handed over to her by Steward Zhou, she was dumbfounded. It's only more than nine hundred taels?

"Steward Zhou, is there only this money in the house?" Xu Zishu was a little incredulous.

"Yes." Steward Zhou replied respectfully: "Originally, there were more than 10,000 taels in the house, but the eldest prince held a 'Cai Poetry Club', and the master donated 10,000 taels. ”

More than 10,000 taels were actually donated 10,000 taels? Xu Zishu felt that Nangong Youzhen was too generous. Although she guessed that the Xuanwang Mansion probably didn't have much money, it was too poor, and it couldn't even compare to an ordinary Yin Shi family.

Xu Zishu asked: "Where did Ye Xiaoyan get the money to open a restaurant before?" ”

Steward Zhou replied: "The eldest lady of the restaurant didn't pay for it, but just gave the secret recipe for the dishes. ”

Xu Zishu asked: "What about the income of the restaurant?" ”

She only knew that Ye Xiaoyan opened a restaurant, and she didn't know that "Dong Ji" and "Duan's Enterprise" were also related to Xuanwangfu.

Steward Zhou replied: "After the death of the eldest lady, the master made the decision for the lady, withdrew the shares from the restaurant, and the silver was also taken away by the master. ”

Xu Zishu took the key to the treasury and the account book in the house from Steward Zhou, and after some counting, he only felt that his heart was cold. The Xuanwang Mansion was even poorer than she imagined, it was simply destitute. No wonder there are fewer and fewer people in the house, it turns out that there is no money to support so many people!

Of course, Steward Zhou also said it selectively. Books of accounts are included. That was the original account book of the Xuanwang Mansion, that is, what Nangong Youyuan originally had. As for those who Ye Xiaoyan married into the Xuanwang Mansion later, they were not on the public account of the mansion.

Xu Zishu began to wonder if the decision to marry Nangong You was a mistake in judgment. She now feels more and more that Nangong You is only bright on the surface, and there is nothing inside.

Xu Zishu sneered at himself in his heart: What are you for!

West Hill Villa.

After breakfast, Ye Xiaoyan asked someone to find a shovel, then entered the hot spring bath room and began to dig a pit.

Nangong You followed in, and saw that the hot spring pool that was originally good was dug up in a mess by Ye Xiaoyan. Now this hot spring pool is full of mud and water, and it is completely a pond of mud, and Ye Xiaoyan has also become a mud figure.

"What are you doing?" Nangong You looked at her covered in mud and frowned.

Ye Xiaoyan said while digging: "I think there may be some secrets under this hot spring." ”

"What's the secret?" Nangong Yu was curious and wanted to take a closer look.

"Don't come here!" Ye Xiaoyan shouted.

"Why?"

Ye Xiaoyan said: "It's all mud here, it's too dirty. And the mud might burn you. ”

With Ye Xiaoyan's current strength, she can shovel down sixty or seventy centimeters with one shovel. She dug a few times, and felt that the water was getting hotter.

Because she found out last night that the moon turned out to be a glowing bead, so she wondered: Could it be a heating bead under this hot spring?

She's in need of heat right now, and it would be nice if she really had a heat bead.

Nangong You looked at the mud, it didn't look like it would burn people, so he approached and reached out to explore.

"Yikes!"

Nangong You quickly took his hand back, and it was really hot.

Nangong looked at Ye Xiaoyan worriedly. It was unbelievable that she was in this mud pond with an almost boiling water temperature, like no one. No wonder she didn't call for help. No one can help with such a favor.

"Don't you feel hot?" Nangong asked.

"It's okay, nothing."

Ye Xiaoyan dug a few more times, only to see that her body was gradually sinking, and only her head was exposed. Beneath her feet was the pit she had dug down.

Suddenly, Ye Xiaoyan dived under the mud like diving.

Nangong You, who was standing next to him, was startled and exclaimed.

"Yan'er!"

Ye Xiaoyan showed her head again and said to Nangong You: "It's okay, I can't reach it, I have to dive down to continue digging." ”

Nangong asked worriedly, "Are you really okay?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not stupid, I've come up a long time ago. Don't worry! ”

After saying that, he dived down again.