The Four Princes' Mansion is in a hurry to be repaired.

Taking advantage of the recent good autumn weather, Liu Yan specially asked his little brother to go and have a look.

The fourth prince advised her: "The place being repaired is nothing to see, dusty and messy everywhere." You want to see it, and when it's repaired, you can see it however you want. ”

"Have you been to see that little brother?"

The fourth prince held the book and did not look up: "I have seen the drawings." ”

"So you haven't been to see it yourself?" Liu Yan dragged him and didn't let him pay attention to the books anymore: "That's where you will live for a long time in the future, why don't you care about it?" If you wait until it is repaired and you go to see it, you will find that the window is not satisfactory, the color painting is too gaudy, or you want to build a pavilion in the garden and open a corner door, and then it will be inconvenient for people to rework. Let's go, let's take a look while you're free today. ”

The fourth prince had no choice but to tell Mao De: "Did you hear what the princess said?" Hurry up and get someone to prepare the car. ”

Mao De answered, but did not go out immediately to pass the word, and said with a smile: "What did the slave say two days ago? Your Highness should go and take a look, and if there is something unsatisfactory, it should be corrected quickly. I've heard that the style of building houses and gardens in Beijing is now fashionable in the south, and they are all small and exquisite. Doesn't Your Highness prefer a spacious and cheerful house on weekdays? Let's go and see, so don't let the inner palace supervisor and the people in Zongzheng Temple be blinded. ”

Liu Yan wondered: "Do they still dare to make it bad?" ”

The four princesses are here, and Maude has nothing to say.

"The princess doesn't know, the inner palace supervisor and the people under the Zongzheng Temple are very slippery, the master is staring and asking, they are also more diligent, if the master ignores it, they don't dare to make it bad, but perfunctory things are certain."

Although some things are hidden, Mao De is very loyal to the four princes, and the four princes are not in a hurry to repair the mansion, but Mao De is very anxious, for fear that his master will be fooled.

Besides, Mao De and the people of the inner palace eunuch, if you want to say that there is a little friendship, the people of the inner palace eunuch have always been polite to him, and there is always a little red envelope filial piety every New Year's Day, but this friendship is not so big as to let Mao De deceive the four princes for them together.

In the final analysis, Mao De is quite clear that he has his current status and status all because the fourth prince trusts him, otherwise he is a eunuch in his early twenties, why do you mean that those forty or fifty eunuchs are so polite to him? If Mao De loses favor with the four princes because of their little benefits, it will be a foolish to go home.

Maud still has nothing to say.

He was afraid that someone would make money from it, and he would buy shoddy materials from it. It's certain that the people below make money, especially the inner palace supervisor and Zongzheng Temple, these people are especially good at making money, and Mao De is also a slave, so he won't cut off so many people's financial routes, that's too hateful. But if you make money, you have to get things done, and you can't say that you still treat people as fools.

The carriage and horses were prepared in a short time, and Liu Yan was reluctant to take the carriage, so he wanted to ride a horse with the four princes. When she came out today, she planned to go out with the four princes, so she came over wearing the clothes she was going to leave the palace.

The fourth prince usually doesn't care much about what she wears, and today he couldn't help but praise: "This dress is chic, newly made?" ”

Liu Yan pulled down the hem of her skirt: "For the first time today, I haven't worn such a dark color." ”

The dress was almost black in the room, and the hem of the placket was embroidered with silver threads, and when she walked, the clothes fluttered, and the silver threads danced on the inky underneath as if they were alive, like silver snakes. When it came to the sun, it was obvious that the clothes were not black, but dark green, thick and dense, like frost-dyed old autumn leaves, and the silver embroidery was even more shining.

I haven't ridden a horse yet, so I want to look better on it.

The four princes usually travel by car, and horses can also ride, but the distance is a little farther, fortunately, his mansion is not far from the palace - riding a horse is a cup of tea, simply accompany his sister, anyway, in the city will not ride fast, slowly blowing the wind and basking in the sun will not be too late.

Along the way, Liu Yan also deliberately took a detour from Evergreen Fang.

Today, the street is particularly lively, there is a vacant lot in the northeast corner of Evergreen Square, because it is very close to the official school, this area is also haunted by literati and students, and there is a little more book aroma and less copper smell than other places.

Liu Yan asked people to buy a large bag of sugar-fried chestnuts - the fourth prince confiscated most of them, and only asked people to peel four or five for her: "It's almost noon, you eat snacks at this time and fill your stomach, and it's not good to eat raw at that time." ”

Fortunately, Liu Yan was not hungry, but he smelled the fried chestnuts with sugar and was very fragrant, and he was satisfied after eating two of them.

When they were about to leave after eating the chestnuts, they met an acquaintance.

Zhao Lei came out of the crowd and waved at them with a smile. Because there were many people here, he didn't bring out the titles of His Royal Highness and Princess, but just asked, "How did you get here?" What kind of calligraphy and painting are you looking for? ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "It's purely passing by, we're going to go to the little brother's house to have a look, I'm afraid that the repairers will be lazy." Brother-in-law, what are you doing here? ”

Zhao Lei smiled: "Why else?" There is also a holiday in the official school today, so I came over to take advantage of the excitement. There is a poetry meeting today, they said that they want to appreciate chrysanthemums, paint chrysanthemums, and then make chrysanthemum poems, I also listened to what acquaintances said, and came here on purpose. If you have time to turn around, you can also come and have a look, just in front of you, someone has lent out their own garden, although the place is not too big, but it is still clean. ”

Liu Yan is quite interested in this flower viewing party, but it depends on the meaning of the four princes.

Originally, the fourth prince was not too concerned about looking at the house, but now that he heard that there was a flower party, he nodded kindly: "It's okay, then let's turn back." ”

Although Zhao Lei was not very familiar with mundane affairs before, he was reminded by the third princess after becoming a parent, and now he also understands some sophistication.

"Wait a minute, just report my name at the door."

There are not many people who recognize the four princes and their brothers and sisters, and it will save a lot of trouble if they don't show their identities. Fortunately, the four princes are wearing civilian clothes today, which is similar to the young people of ordinary official eunuchs - well, the clothes of the four princesses are quite chic, Zhao Lei stared at it several times.

Liu Yan asked him with a smile: "Do you think this lotus flower is beautiful?" Do you want me to have someone find you a trick? ”

Tricks are only used by women, but Zhao Lei likes to paint, listening to Liu Yan joking like this, he actually nodded again and again: "It's okay, then it's for you." I heard that there are many embroidery patterns in the palace that are not outside, and none of them can be drawn by ordinary craftsmen and embroiderers, so I wanted to compare them earlier. ”

This man is really ......

Liu Yan was originally joking, but he turned out to be serious.

"Okay, then I'll go back and have someone find it for you. If you don't have much to do with it, you need to embroider patterns, and I can send you a car. ”

They said goodbye to Zhao Lei for a while, and went to see the house first.