"Yunqiao girl" Yunqiao was walking to Liuying Courtyard with seven or eight little maids, and when she heard someone calling her behind her, Yunqiao turned around and curted her knees and said, "Hello Mama Qu, are you also going to the princess?" Mama Qu followed the two little girls, walked to Yunqiao's side and said with a smile, "No, tomorrow Mrs. Jiang Bohou and the princess of King Yong will come to the house to attend the banquet, I see that the time is still early, so I will first ask Princess Ming'er if the dishes need to be changed." ”

"Is it worth the trip? You just let the girl below run a trip. Yunqiao accompanied Mama Qu to walk forward slowly, and Mama Qu smiled and said, "This little thing, I don't have anything to worry about." I'm just going to be walking around. This is the first banquet since the princess entered the palace, and I don't worry about the maids below. I have to take them through this time. ”

"The people below can't rely on you for everything, Mama Qu, you came out of the palace with the prince, originally I wanted you to enjoy Qingfu, and let you work like this, it's not our people." Yunqiao said, Mama Qu smiled and patted her hands, "What kind of blessing, I can still help the princess and princess do something, it is my greatest blessing." It's not that I refuse to let go of power in everything, but there are precedents ahead, and I have to be careful. ”

The two of them talked and entered the Liuying Courtyard, Yunxi was sitting under the porch doing needlework, and saw Yunqiao and Mama Qu coming over, and hurriedly greeted her, "Mama is here, there is someone in the princess's house, wait now." ”

Mama Qu nodded, Yunqiao looked at the main house, and asked curiously, "Who is here?" Yunxi helped Mama Qu sit down on the stone bench in the courtyard, and said to Yunqiao, "Mother Wang, who is next to the old lady, said that the old lady recently cleaned up some old things when the old lady was there, and it is not worth anything, but it is also a thought, so Tete sent it to the princess to collect." ”

Just sending things definitely doesn't need Yunxi to guard outside the door, and even Mama Qu has to wait before she can go in. Yunqiao knew that the old lady had something to pass on to Mu Qingling, so she simply stayed outside and talked to Mama Qu.

Yunqiao can figure out the things, and Mama Qu is even more thorough, plus Mama Qu is now the head of the palace's internal affairs, and there are more news channels than Yunqiao Yunxi, who are waiting by Mu Qingling's side.

"Hey, people say that children are debts, but I see, how can these grandchildren not be debts?" Mama Qu sighed, and Yunxi said curiously, "Why did Mama say this?" Mama Qu took the tea from the little girl, took a sip and said, "You don't know yet, there has been gossip about Concubine Yu outside these days." "Spread Yu Xiao's gossip? Yunqiao and Yunxi glanced at each other, curious and a little irritable.

In the past two years, as long as you have a relationship with this third lady, there is nothing good.

"Grandmother mean, let me leave it alone?" Mu Qingling looked at Mother Wang, who was sitting under her, and said with some hesitation, "But it's not a way to let it go, Sister Min, Zi'er, and Yu'er are all about to reach their age, if you let the people outside pass it on like this, wouldn't it be ......?"

Mother Wang is over fifty years old, her expression is solemn, she looks a little stern, her eyebrows seem to be wrinkled all the year round, Mu Qingling has never seen her eyebrows stretched. "The princess is relaxed, and the old lady also said that now the third lady is already married, and whether she is pregnant with the child of the third prince in her belly, the third prince and the second room know it."

"Now the people outside are nothing more than that the third lady and the third prince are unruly, and the child's month is not the same as the day of marriage. But who is this father, and people outside dare not shout. After everything has been done, are you still afraid that others will chew your tongue? Mother Wang was also full of disdain and disdain when she talked about this.

"As for the reputation of other young ladies in our family, this matter came out after the third lady got married, and whether it is true or false is a matter of shadows. We don't have to take it too seriously, otherwise it will seem that we are weak-hearted. Second, one of the parties involved is the prince, which is a matter of royal face, and the palace will not sit idly by. The old lady told the princess to relax and live as she should. The girls in our family have fathers and brothers to rely on, and sisters to rely on, and life can't be wrong! ”

Mu Qingling sighed, and said helplessly, "That's what I said, but in the end, I have to be criticized by the people in the house." How did this come about? It stands to reason that there is still the third prince in the second room, so this matter should be covered tightly. ”

Mother Wang pursed her lips disdainfully and said, "The princess doesn't know how those words were first transmitted, and the words were too dirty, so the old slave didn't learn them from the princess." The approximate meaning is that the third lady does not love herself, does not respect herself, seduces the prince and has a secret knot, and now she is pregnant with a child, and she is powerful in the third prince's mansion, and she rides to the concubine. Princess, listen to me, what kind of person do you think will blindly step on the third lady, pass by the three princes, and involve the concubines of the three princes? ”

Mu Qingling was stunned and shook her head helplessly. After talking for a long time, it was still the third prince who caught fire in his own backyard.

"After such a long delay, the old slave should go back and talk back to the old lady. Princess, relax in everything. It won't be long before this happens. Besides, as long as you are good, our young lady will not be able to lose face in the capital. Mother Wang stood up and said in an earnest tone. Mu Qingling nodded, and said to Yun Luo on the side, "Send Mother Wang out, and then take out the stone blue silk Tianma leather coat in Curry, and then take four newly sent satin." “

Mu Qingling turned to Wang's mother and said, "Earlier, I went into the palace with the prince to greet the ladies of the palaces, and the virtuous concubine gave this coat. I looked at the color steady and not dull, and it was appropriate to add warmth to the old lady in the morning and evening. The glitter is new and brightly colored. It's just right to tailor your sisters at home. ”

Mother Wang bowed down and thanked her, then turned around and followed Yun Luo out.

As soon as Wang's mother left, Yunqiao came in with Qu Mama. Mama Qu saluted Mu Qingling, took tomorrow's menu and reported it to Mu Qingling one by one, and put it away after Mu Qingling nodded.

"Princess, I have one more thing to ask you." Mama Qu said, Mu Qingling looked at Mama Qu and waited for her to speak. "Our palace was given by the saint when the prince became an adult, and the internal affairs government didn't buy many maids when it bought people. Later, the prince went out to travel, and the house was empty all year round. The saint and the queen mother didn't give much to the house. “

"Now that you are here, the princess, it is easy to say in the Liuying Courtyard, they are all people you are used to, princess, and these people inside and outside are enough. It's just that the house should buy some maids now, and on occasions like tomorrow, it's not appropriate to let the boys go forward and serve. If you blindly call the princess and the people around you, it is not a long-term solution. ”

Now Mu Qingling is surrounded by eight second-class maids such as Zhu'er, Shen'er, and Chuan'er, as well as sixteen third-class maids.

The rough mother-in-law and the sprinkling and cleaning are all old people in the palace, so counting, there are nearly forty people in Liuyingyuan who just serve Mu Qingling. This is not counting the small servants around Xiao Lanhuan, the palace now has a total of two masters, but in the past, Xiao Lanhuan was not often in the capital, and these pomp and circumstance can not be exquisite. Now that there is a hostess in the palace, some scenes have to be paid attention to.

In addition to the left and right Changshi and Qu Mama who are in charge of various affairs, there are hundreds of large and small populations, and there are hundreds of people of all sizes in the palace alone, and there are one person in the serious court officials, one person in the six products, one person in the trial, one person in the eight products, one person from the eight products, two people from the eight products, two people from the eight products, one person From the ninth grade of the ceremony deputy one, is the eighth grade of the work is one person, from the eighth grade of the deputy one, from the nine products of the companion to read one person, from the nine products of the professor two. In addition, there are two people in the courtesy, one ambassador of the warehouse, one deputy history of the warehouse, one ambassador of the library, and one deputy history of the library, although these people are not in the stream, but they are also officials, these people are all serving in the palace chief Shi Division, in addition, the palace also has the Department of Honor and Guard, there is a person who is a five-grade honor guard, two deputy guards from the fifth grade, and six people are in charge of the six-grade guard. The Chang Lin who often follows Xiao Lan to run around from south to north is the dignified and dignified five-grade honor guard of the Xiaoyao Palace.

"Mama will do this thing, just two months later, I will set off with the prince to Tianjin, the number of people does not need to be too much, and it is not too late to return to Beijing in the future." Mu Qingling said to Mama Qu that Mu Qingling has never talked nonsense about things in the house, most things just need to be done with her once, and then Mama Qu will do it with Changshi left and right.

"By the way, Mama, the house has been ...... recently. But what rumors are coming out? Mu Qingling asked, and Mama Qu said clearly, "The princess is talking about the third prince's side concubine, right?" Don't worry, the princess, the subordinates in our house have always been strict and well-behaved. What to say and what not to say, they know it in their hearts. ”

"Let Mama laugh." Mu Qingling smiled, and Mama Qu said disapprerovantly, "The princess said that she was joking, what is this." In the early days, the old slave took care of the prince in the palace, so what demons and monsters have not been seen? That's nothing. The old slave dared to guess that just now the old lady in the house passed the word, so that the princess didn't have to pay attention to the gossip outside? ”

Mu Qingling nodded, "Mama is wise, but my grandmother's is for me not to pay attention to." Mama Qu smiled and said, "The princess listens to the old lady, not to mention the water spilled by the married daughter, this matter is not a matter when the side concubine is in the pavilion." What's more, the most anxious thing at this time is not you, the princess, let alone the Yu family. I'm afraid that the three princes are already in a hurry to get to the house. ”

"Why is that?" Yunqiao was fascinated by what he heard, and he couldn't help but interject. Mama Qu glanced at Yunqiao and said, "On the surface, this matter is to say that Concubine Yu was not dignified when she was a girl, but if the third prince is not messy, can the child still run into Concubine Yu's belly by himself?" Today's saint attaches the most importance to the virtue of the prince, and if the matter of the three princes is big, His Majesty will definitely not give the three princes a good face. ”

"You say, shouldn't the third prince be in a hurry?" Mama Qu smiled, Yunqiao nodded suddenly realized, Mu Qingling had to admire this grandma who came out of the palace, in the end, she was well-informed, and this kind of selfish means could be seen through at a glance.

As Mama Qu said, before the rumors outside were hot, the third prince was called to the palace by the emperor and scolded him. When Xiao Huaimin returned to the Prince's Mansion, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

It is not difficult to find out who passed on this matter, and after a while, Xiao Huaimin will find out about this matter inside and out. On this day, the entire Three Princes' Mansion fell into Xiao Huaimin's anger, Liu Yuyan was scolded by Xiao Huaimin to the point of blood, and the personal maid beside her was beaten with thirty boards and thrown out of the Prince's Mansion half-dead. Even Wang Ruofen was angered by Xiao Huaimin and was scolded for not being strict with the family.

After Xiao Huaimin's seizure, it was not pleasing to anyone. simply flicked his sleeves and took people out of the house. Wang Ruofen sat on the Luohan bed, crying aggrieved. The maid beside her, Yuanxiang, choked up and said, "Miss, don't be angry. When I'm angry, my body is still uncomfortable. The third prince is too unreasonable, Concubine Liu can be so unruly, and it is not that he spoils it. Now I'm here to blame Miss for not taking care of it, how can there be such a thing! ”

Wang Ruofen cried for a while, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "It's my fault, if I can be tough for three more points...... That's it, my mother also said that I am not in charge of the house, I am useless. ”

As soon as Yuanxiang heard Wang Ruofen say this about herself, she suddenly couldn't hold back her tears, "Miss! Don't say that. You have been married to the third prince for all these years, and no one in the house will say good about you! Now...... Now...... It's still not good for Concubine Liu! It's a good day, but you have to make trouble, and that Concubine Yu is also from the princess, how can she do such a shameless ......"

"Yuanxiang! Shut up. Wang Ruofen stopped Yuanxiang and said in a low voice, "No one is allowed to mention this matter again, do you hear?" If I know that there are still people in the house, then I can't keep this mouth, no matter who it is! “

Yuanxiang responded aggrievedly, but at the same time, the atmosphere of Yu Xiao's Qiuxia Pavilion was a little high. Liu Yuyan was punished, Wang Ruofen was also scolded by Xiao Huaimin, and only Yu Xiao escaped and became the beneficiary of this rumor.

Seeing Yu Xiao's very good mood, Cui'er couldn't help but remind, "Concubine Fang, although the two of them are scolded and punished, the third prince has not come to you." According to the opinion of the servant, your top priority, Concubine Side, is to quickly win the favor of the three princes. ”

Yu Xiao said disapprerovingly, "I don't want to pick up this tiger's whiskers at this stall, besides, Liu Yuyan relies on her fox skills, how much loss I have suffered these days!" I remember it all, and finally waited until she suffered, if I didn't beat the water dog, how could I be worthy of my grievances these days! ”

Cui'er's heart jumped, and she asked in fear, "Concubine Fang, what do you want to do?" “

Yu Xiao leisurely stroked his stomach, looked at Liu Yuyan's Feiyan Pavilion through the window, and sneered, "Doesn't Liu Yuyan want to talk about my child?" I'll let her die at the hands of this child, and I'll be able to fulfill her! ”