Steward Wang hurriedly said, "Old ...... The old lady is not in the house either. "The old princess has already passed down the order, not to be called the old princess, only to say that it is the old lady, they really dare not be disrespectful, only to say that it is the old lady.

I don't know what the lord of the palace came all the way to Jinling to do?

The maid was stunned, looked back at the carriage, turned around and came back, and said, "Our county lord is staying in the mansion for a while, hurry up and open the gate to invite our county lord in." ”

Steward Wang swallowed his saliva, he was about to offend the big man, "Without the master's orders, the villain really doesn't dare to open the main gate, and ask the county lord to enter through the corner gate." He said.

"Presumptuous! ......" The maid was about to shout and curse, when she heard a nice voice coming from the carriage behind her.

"Xiangsleeve, help me out of the car."

Xiangsleeve didn't dare to say anything, and quickly turned around and returned to the carriage, where another maid lifted the curtain and helped Murong Baotong out.

A maid brought a footstool from behind and placed it under the wheels of the carriage.

Xiangsleeve stretched out her hand to help Murong Baotong step on the footstool and get out of the carriage, "County Lord,......" She still wanted to accuse the housekeeper for two sentences, how could the county lord go through the corner gate! This is also too unlucky!

"Okay, if you're out of the house, don't fight about this."

Murong Baotong looked at the vermilion lacquer gate in front, and under the tall gatehouse, there was a plaque with black and red letters, on which were written in two vigorous characters, "Lifu".

On the two vermilion lacquer gates, the two auxiliary heads looked at the passers-by with wide eyes, and a row of fangs bit the copper ring the thickness of the child's arm, as if they could bite the person who dared to offend it in the next moment.

Steward Wang didn't dare to delay, he quickly ran two steps and knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "The villain kowtowed to the county lord's mother, and the county lord's mother is blessed!" ”

Murong Baotong retracted his gaze, ignored him, and walked towards the corner gate next to him.

Steward Wang saw the emerald green embroidered shoes under the pink skirt floating in front of him, raised his head, and saw the two people who followed the county lord and also walked towards the gate of his house, so he quickly got up and followed behind with two steps.

What if she wasn't allowed to live here?

Steward Wang just thought about it, and didn't dare to really stop the county lord in front.

Seventeen or eighteen maids and servants brought by Murong Baotong followed them into the courtyard.

Murong Baotong didn't look back, and while walking forward, he asked where Li Tao went, how he was doing after coming to Jinling, and the old lady was in good health.

Steward Wang followed behind the two maids and said, "The prince didn't say where he went, he has been out for seven or eight days. After the prince came to Jinling, he went out to a meeting every now and then, had a banquet or something, and was at ease.

The old lady also went to Hokke-an seven or eight days ago, saying that she would stay there for a while before returning. ”

Murong Baotong didn't need to be let go, he went straight into the big flower hall and sat down on the main seat.

The eight or nine maids who followed Murong Baotong into the mansion also entered the flower hall, and the stars stood on both sides of the county lord like a moon, like several King Kongs guarding her.

A mother surnamed Zheng instructed a few servant women to go to the left and right ear rooms to see where is the place to boil water and make tea, and where is the convenient place to change clothes.

After instructing these things, Mother Zheng went into the house, stood on the left side of Murong Baotong, and looked at Steward Wang who was standing in the middle of the flower hall.

Waiting for the next person to bring the tea in, Murong Baotong took a sip of the tea bowl, and then began to ask how many courtyards there were in the house, what were their names, who had lived there, and which courtyard the prince lived in; How many people are in the house, how many maids and daughters-in-law are there, who is in charge of the inner courtyard, and who is in charge of the outer courtyard.

He also asked who was in charge of the money and grain, who the clerks were, how many people were in charge of the purchase, who was the key to the storehouse, and so on.

The butler Wang who asked was a little dizzy, there are so many trivial places in the house, what are the stewards of the inner and outer courtyards, and what are the documents for purchasing? He had never heard of it.

Who is Mr. Bookkeeper? He doesn't know!

The king is the steward of the house alone, managing the affairs of the house.

Before Li Tao came, there was no master in the house, and there was no distinction between the inner and outer courtyards.

Steward Wang only needs to watch the servants clean the house and tidy up the yard every day.

After Li Tao came, the inner and outer courtyards were separated, and the little servants were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard, and the cleaning of the inner courtyard was handed over to more than a dozen servants, and those servant women and mothers-in-law were all handed over to the daughter-in-law of the Wang housekeeper.

Steward Wang peeked at Murong Baotong, a very beautiful girl, dressed in gorgeous and extravagant clothes, she sat there, exuding an inviolable majesty all around her.

He bowed his back, looked at his cheesecloth shoes, and the upper of the shoe that was a little torn by the big toe at the front of the shoe, and said, "I am the only housekeeper, and there are more than 30 servants and servants, and there are a few maids. After the prince came, he sent a few more people from the capital,......"

There is no master living in this courtyard all the year round, and it is enough to have him as a housekeeper, and what kind of accounting documents are used there. He doesn't know what the purchasing steward does?

After Li Tao came, he did not live in the large and gorgeous main courtyard, but chose a place close to the outer courtyard to live, and found an elegant courtyard for his grandmother in the inner courtyard.

Neither of them lived in one of the few large courtyards in the middle.

Murong Baotong frowned and listened to him for a long time before sending him to ask someone to clean up the largest courtyard here, "Jinzhi Courtyard", and she lived there.

asked a maid beside her to cut candles to follow, and asked Jiang's mother to follow to clean up, by the way, to see what was missing in the house, and to see what was missing.

He also instructed Steward Wang to open the treasury and let Jiang's mother go and fetch a few jade ornaments, and use them first, and then replace them when they are good.

Steward Wang secretly said in his heart: You are an outsider, how can you live in the main courtyard of other people!? It's also a bit deceitful.

He thought again, the yard didn't live anyway, so she could go and live if she wanted.

As for opening the treasury and getting the ornaments, let her take them, a prince and county lord won't ignore their things, right?!

Steward Wang came out of the flower hall and beckoned a small servant to call one of the Toshiba and Manjuan in the prince's room, and first supported the lord of the palace.

He thought that Toshiba and the others were from the palace, and they should have seen this county lord, even if they hadn't seen it, they should have heard of it, and let them come to see that there was only good and no harm.

He also pointed out a family member to ride a horse to the Fahua Nunnery and ask the old lady to see what the old lady commanded, and he would not be responsible in the future.

Steward Wang didn't shy away from following out to cut the candles and Jiang's mother, and after assigning things, he beckoned them to go to Jinzhi Courtyard.

Toshiba and Manjuan were also startled when they heard the words of the little girl, and hurried to the front yard to take a look.

The two of them came to the flower hall in front of them, and saw that the maids standing at the door were not from their house, and there were more than a dozen guards standing here, who also didn't know each other.

The maid at the door, when she saw the two of them coming in through the moon gate on the east side, walked directly to this side, took two steps forward, stood on the stairs of the cloister to stop them, and said, "Who are you?" ”

"Please go back to the county lord, and say that Toshiba and Manjuan want to meet." Manjuan said.

The maid was a little familiar when she heard these two names, and she turned around and went into the house without delay.

After waiting for a while, Xiangsleeve and the maid just now came out, greeted Toshiba and the two with a smile, and said, "Why did you come here?" I don't think I have any acquaintances here! ”

As he spoke, Kazusleeve had already taken Toshiba's hand.

Toshiba also smiled and said, "The princess is afraid that the maid here will not serve the prince, so she sent someone to send the two of us." ”

Manjuan pulled the sleeves of the incense sleeves, looked at the curtain of the flower hall, and asked in a low voice, "Why did the county lord come here?" Can you princesses rest assured? We haven't heard from the prince that the county is coming! ”

Xiangsleeve squeezed his eyes at the two of them, and said, "Let's talk about this in the future, you can go with me to see the county lord." ”

"Uh-huh."

Toshiba and Manjuan followed Xiangsleeve into the flower hall, feeling strange, as if they were outsiders, and the county lord was the master here.

When she entered the house, she saw the county lord of Xiyang sitting on the opposite side, asking two maids to serve her to wash her hands, and there was a maid holding a handkerchief on one side, and a plate of chestnut osmanthus cake was placed on the table next to her, and a cup of locust honey syrup was placed on the side.

Toshiba and Manjuan bowed their knees to Murong Baotong and said, "The slave and maid visit the county lord." ”

Murong Baotong shook off the water droplets in his hand, took the handkerchief handed by the maid on one side, raised his head and looked at them, as if he only knew that he was here, and said, "You two are also here!" That's fine, I just asked the housekeeper to open the warehouse to get a few ornaments, looking at his appearance seems unwilling, you tell him in a while, I just use it! ”

Toshiba and Manjuan, you look at me, I look at your stupidity, they don't count what they said! Who gave them that right? The two turned their heads to look at the county lord of Xiyang, who was high above, and bent their knees and said, "The slave doesn't dare to trespass!" There is no ......"

Murong Baotong raised one side of his eyebrows, and said with some displeasure: "I don't have to be responsible for you, just let you go and talk to him, so that he doesn't doubt my identity."

In the future, Brother Tao will blame him, and I will bear it for you. ”

Toshiba and Manjuan breathed a sigh of relief, and Manjuan smiled and said, "In this way, the slave maid will go and talk to Steward Wang." Then he turned around and went out.

Murong Baotong wiped the water stains on his hands, took a piece of chestnut osmanthus cake and took a small bite, and asked Toshiba carefully about the trivial things of Li Tao's life after he came to Jinling.

Manjuan walked out of the flower hall, found a wandering mother-in-law outside the courtyard, asked where the housekeeper was, and went to Jinzhi Courtyard.

When I entered the moon gate of Jinzhi Courtyard, I saw Steward Wang standing next to a cluster of budding peonies, looking at the main room in a daze, and Manjuan walked over and stood next to him to see what he was looking at.

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