Qin Xu described the reaction in the court, and Concubine Hui frowned when she heard it.

"Just a few words were dismissed, these officials are really useless." Hui Guifei's red lips pursed.

Qin Xu was not annoyed, narrowed his phoenix eyes and smiled: "Otherwise, what does the mother concubine think?" ”

Concubine Hui glanced at her son, and the bright red Dankou stroked the rim of the cup: "It's best to let the prince's reputation plummet again like four years ago." ”

She got up and took two steps, pinching off the flower branch in the vase: "Let your father be completely disappointed in him." ”

"This kind of thing should not be rushed," Qin Xu got up indifferently and followed Concubine Hui to the window, "Today's matter is just to start first, and when it is fermented later, it will naturally set off a wave." ”

Hui Guifei raised her eyebrows curiously, and crushed the petals in her hand: "Xu'er, what are your plans?" ”

"I have my own plans," Qin Xu was unhurried, "Let's see how the prince wants to rebuild the Xuehai Boating Palace, and then wait for the opportunity to move." ”

Concubine Hui asked in a low voice, "Do you need to buy some officials to continue to make trouble?" ”

"No." Qin Xu refused.

"The selection of speech officials is extremely strict, and those who can be qualified for speech officials are all people who forget their country and their families, are loyal and forget their bodies, are decent and upright, and would rather die unyielding."

"It's hard to buy a spokesman, and if you accidentally show your feet, it's easy to do bad things."

"It is enough to drag the speaker to do things for us. The rest of the things are up to the sons, and the mother should not worry. ”

Concubine Hui was very relieved to see her son Chengzhu in her chest.

Although in her concept, as long as people have weaknesses, as long as there are weaknesses, they can be used for themselves.

But her son has a responsibility and a successful calculation, so she will not argue with Qin Xu at this moment: "If you need your mother to take action, it doesn't hurt to speak out." ”

Pingguo Mansion, Begonia Residence.

When Fu Yuanyuan came to greet Shen early in the morning, he respectfully handed the old lady a stack of female commandments that had been copied for three days.

The old lady looked at the paper in her hand and paused slightly.

A good handful of beautiful and round hairpins.

If it weren't for the punishment, the old lady couldn't help but want to praise it.

She looked up at Fu Yuanyuan with a gentle expression: "Yuanyuan, grandmother punished you for copying the female commandment, can you understand grandmother's hard work?" ”

Fu Yuanyuan took a step forward and responded respectfully: "Yuanyuan understands, Yuanyuan thanks his grandmother's teachings." ”

"That's good." The old lady bowed her head and looked at Fu Yuanqing beside her, "Yuanqing, Yuan Yuan has just returned to the capital, as the eldest sister, you have to teach more on weekdays, can you know?" ”

Fu Yuanqing hurriedly bowed his head and responded: "Yuanqing knows, grandmother." ”

The old lady was quite satisfied with the reaction of her granddaughters, and listened to Liu's talk about some things in the house before she spoke: "Second daughter-in-law, let's open a small kitchen in your Haitian Courtyard." ”

As soon as these words came out, the main hall suddenly fell silent.

Liu Shi tightened the square handkerchief in his hand and looked at Shen Shi on the side quietly.

Shen was stunned for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses: "Mother, what do you mean?" ”

The old lady's brows furrowed slightly, and she glanced at Shen Shi with dissatisfaction: "Speaking of this, I'll ask you." The second daughter-in-law, why has the second child been unaccustomed to eating the dishes made in the big kitchen of Fuzhong since he returned to the capital, and I have never heard you talk about this matter? ”

Husband, he can't get used to the dishes cooked in the big kitchen in Fuchu?

Shen looked confused.

Isn't it a fake husband who eats by her side every day?

"If it weren't for Pingyuan casually mentioning this," the old lady became more and more angry, patting the back of the chair, "I didn't know that he had to bring food back from the restaurant outside every day to be full!" ”

Seeing the old lady's angry appearance, Shen hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

The old lady ordered Liu's again: "Eldest daughter-in-law, you have been managing the house for many years, why can't you make some Jiangnan dishes in the big kitchen?" ”

Liu was inexplicably pulled in, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Back to my mother, the cooks in the big kitchen are all from the capital, and they can't cook Jiangnan dishes." Why don't your daughter-in-law arrange for someone to go to Yangzhou City and invite a few cooks over? ”

"No need." The old lady waved her hand, "Second daughter-in-law, I heard Pingyuan say that you brought a cook when you came back from Yangzhou?" ”

After some time buffering, Shen roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter.

Glancing at Liu, who was also kneeling beside him, he thought that a great opportunity for eye medicine had come!

Busy and aggrieved, he printed the corners of his eyes with a silk handkerchief, and raised his teary eyes: "Back to my mother, Pingyuan has lived in Jiangnan for more than ten years and is used to eating Jiangnan food." When I was not used to eating in the house at the beginning of the year, my daughter-in-law sent someone to ask if the big kitchen could make some Jiangnan dishes, but they were all refused. ”

"The daughter-in-law has discussed with Pingyuan," Shen sobbed, "Our Guogong Mansion has never opened a special case for a small kitchen, and the second room naturally can't bother the sister-in-law because of this little thing." ”

"That's why I never mentioned it to you," Shen was aggrieved, "and asked my mother to forgive me." ”

"As for the cook," Shen said as he looked at the old lady, "when we returned to the capital, we did bring back the cook who had been with us in Yangzhou City for many years. ”

The old lady listened to what Shen said and glanced at Liu: "Since you have a used cook, you don't need to deliberately look for new ones." Second daughter-in-law, open the small kitchen as soon as possible. ”

"Mother, second brother and sister," Liu said apologetically, "The daughter-in-law has never heard of the second room, and she must be good at punishing the Diao slave who slighted the second brother and sister when she goes back." It's just that the matter of opening a small kitchen, the daughter-in-law feels that there is something wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" The old lady is not worried.

Thinking of the hesitant expression of the second son before, Liu, who had always looked pleasing to the eye, became less pleasing to the eye.

The huge Pingguo Mansion can't even make the dishes that the master wants to eat, and he can't laugh at other people's big teeth when he says it!

Liu replied respectfully: "Mother said that she would open a small kitchen for the second room, and my daughter-in-law has no opinion on this matter." But there was something inappropriate, and the daughter-in-law was in charge of the feed, so she had to bring it up. ”

"First, if there is a precedent for opening a small kitchen for the second room, if other yards follow such a request, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it in the future."

"Other yards?" The old lady slowly moved her gaze to the third-room lady Wu on the side, "Third daughter-in-law, do you have the idea of opening a small kitchen in your yard?" ”

Wu was watching the excitement, but he didn't expect to be named, so he responded excitedly: "Back to my mother, I don't have it." ”

The old lady bowed her head with satisfaction: "Eldest daughter-in-law, do you have any questions?" ”

"Mother, look at what you said," Liu smiled, "although it is troublesome to open a small kitchen, the problem can always be solved." ”

"My daughter-in-law is in charge of the house on weekdays, so it is inevitable that she will think more," she smiled at Shen, "Don't blame the sister-in-law for the second brother and sister." ”

Feign!

Shen shook Liu's hand with a touched face: "It's the sister-in-law who bothered, it's the younger siblings who don't want to go." ”

If there is any trick, since her husband has opened a small kitchen for her, she will definitely take this matter down today.