Chapter 25: Not Negotiable
"Aiqing, please get up quickly."
As he spoke, Emperor Yu personally got up from his seat and helped Sikong up.
Sikong was half a head taller than Emperor Yu, and he lowered his head: "Your Majesty." ”
"Aiqing looks much thinner than before, these days have passed, are you feeling better?"
"It's just the same." Sikong coughed a few times, "I just heard that His Majesty seems to have sent someone to look for him in the mansion, so he came out." I don't know if His Majesty has something to order. ”
"Nothing is as important as your body now, so I'll let King Wu do the errand himself. It's not particularly important, I just want you to pass on my will. You have been recuperating in the house for a long time, I don't know if you have heard of it, I have re-established a family for Li Cong. ”
Sikong Dao didn't know: "But this is also a good thing, at such an age as His Royal Highness King Wu, it's time to get married." ”
"No, although there are no three in front of me, but this one must be saved, I just want to give that girl more rewards and give her a pressure on her life, so as not to be unable to bear the life of Li Cong, the king of Wu."
Sikong nodded: "Your Majesty naturally has the reason for doing things, and King Wu also knows it." ”
"No, it will take a lot of effort for me to try to transfer him to the palace this time. Sikong, King Wu's affairs, when you are free, you should also help him more, lest he turn his head in Beijing because he is ignorant. ”
"Your Majesty's business is your minister's business, and your minister will obey what Your Majesty says."
Getting Sikong's permission, the Yu Emperor was also happy, seeing that Sikong's face was not as good as he said, and he didn't stay with him for a long time, but just talked to him for another quarter of an hour before letting him go.
The palace is shady, and everywhere is familiar.
The world of the Chen family in the previous dynasty was laid down by the Wu family, and the Wu family was too lazy to rebuild a new palace, so they only cleaned up and repaired it a little, and then resettled in.
This has an advantage, it gives convenience to the commonplace.
The entire palace management is almost a continuation of the previous dynasty, and many internal officials are even old people from the previous dynasty.
This world is like this, as long as the outside world does not participate in the struggle between the Chen and Wu families, in fact, it will not change much.
And Emperor Yu's father and son are almost famous for their diligence, at least more than the useless Emperor Chen.
Under the hands of all the pen sticks, the wind of Emperor Yu's father and son is better than that of Emperor Chen more than a hundred times.
The emperor was jealous of him, and the reason why he valued him was well known to each other.
It's just that now, Sikong doesn't bother to play with those eyes with him.
In this court, as long as he lives, he will inevitably not be stable.
It's better to do things well and let Emperor Yu know what he is capable of.
When the sedan chair walked halfway down, someone knocked on his window outside: "My lord, Your Majesty has rewarded many white foxes again, can you look back?" ”
"Peel the skin, whatever you want."
Since the death of the little princess, Sikong has been a little confused all day long.
It is rumored that he has lost his pet, and that pet is a little white fox who has always been by his side.
But only Sikong and a few people around him knew that it was a person, and it was a person who died.
The people outside didn't know, so they sent the white fox to Sikong twice in three days.
Those white foxes are the best and most beautiful on the market, but they don't know it, and they can't look down on any of them.
It's just a pity to throw those white foxes in vain, and it's a bit bad to kill them casually, so the people around Sikong skinned those white foxes and made all kinds of fur objects for Sikong.
Sikong himself has no objection.
He stayed outside for a short time, waiting for him to leave the palace, he didn't go anywhere, and went straight back to his house.
Chen Hua had a dream.
She dreamed that she had gone to Sikong's basement alone.
The place was getting colder and colder, and there was a bit of a miasma.
In the middle of the basement is a crystal coffin that is steaming with frost.
The wall against which the crystal coffin leaned was placed with a lot of fruits, as well as incense candles.
In front of the crystal coffin, there is a large brazier.
Yellow paper burned on the brazier, incense candles were lit on the wall, and incense was burning.
Chen Hua felt quite cold, and she didn't even dare to look at the person lying in the ice coffin.
Because she knew it was herself, she didn't want to see it.
Fortunately, there was no one in the basement, just a miasma of smoke and a bad sight.
But after standing for a long time, I still feel weird.
Just when Chen Hua decided to take a few more steps in the direction of the crystal coffin, there was a cold aura behind him.
Chen Hua woke up and sweated profusely.
The sky outside was bright, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her heart was pounding.
After a long time, she realized that it was just a dream, and she was now the fourth lady of the Chen family in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After Chen Hua completely woke up, she didn't dare to sleep anymore, she got up and cleaned herself up again.
She urgently needed to get busy now, but not long after lunch, someone from outside came in saying that a craftsman had been ordered by His Royal Highness King Wu to come to see the fourth lady of the Chen family.
Chen Hua was so happy, she couldn't imagine that her master would come back so soon, and he would come to the door immediately.
The person who came was Master Xiao Zhu, a middle-aged man with some thinning hair.
This little master Zhu is born with a smiling face: "I came by order of my uncle, that is, my master." I heard that the four girls are interested in learning to do handicrafts? ”
This kind of handicraft work is generally from poor families, with no special skills and no family background.
The young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion wants to learn this, and Master Xiao Zhu has also seen it for the first time in his life.
Chen Hua was worried in his heart, looking at the little master Zhu as if he saw a savior: "Yes, since you were asked by your master, then you are my master." Master, you can call me Xiaohua, Ah Hua, whatever you like, as long as you are willing to teach me. ”
Chen Hua desperately needs a knowledgeable master, and he can't figure out anything by himself, so it's better to follow them to cooperate.
Master Xiao Zhu couldn't have imagined that Chen Hua's enthusiasm for learning was so high.
can think that this person is King Wu's future daughter-in-law, and Master Zhu did not underestimate her.
The two of them made a brief introduction, and agreed on a time to teach the craft, so Master Zhu had to leave first.
Chen Hua worshipped the master, naturally he was very happy, and he had to send the master out in person.
Chen Wenli knew that there were guests coming to the house, but the people who came were dressed simply, and said that they were here to meet the fourth lady Chen Hua, so he didn't come out to greet the guests.
When Chen Hua sent someone back, Chen Wenli asked her to call her halfway and ask her what was going on.
Chen Hua naturally didn't want to hide it, and said that he might need to leave the house in the future and go to Master Zhu's workshop to practice his skills in person.
Chen Wenli was a little unacceptable: "If you do this, will His Royal Highness King Wu allow you to fail?" Chen Hua, you are now a person who has already made a marriage, and it is not you who represents yourself, but the face of our entire family. If you come outside and lose the face of His Royal Highness King Wu, if you make this marriage yellow, I won't be able to spare you. ”
Chen Hua nodded: "This matter is also a thread pulled by His Royal Highness King Wu, I think since I want to learn art, I naturally want to go out." If His Royal Highness King Wu repents, he won't blame me. ”
And Li Cong is a busy man, Chen Hua feels that he will not take his own affairs to heart at all.
Seeing that she was going to learn art, people were just surprised.
At present, the identities of Shinong, industry and commerce, and craftsmen are not very good.
According to Chen Wenli, he also looks down on him.
But Chen Hua didn't care, compared to his life, everything else was empty.
always fighting with those women in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she felt that it was a waste of time.
Since this matter is the line pulled by King Wu, it is difficult for Chen Wenli to say anything.
It's just that now this family business is not trivial, and Chen Wenli must not let Chen Hua mess up: "If you must go out, you must follow your mother's rules when you turn back." Everything must come first to His Royal Highness King Wu, if he doesn't like you to do this, you will come back to me as soon as possible. ”
Chen Hua was noncommittal, but his mouth responded: "That's nature." ”
As soon as she returned to her small yard, she watched someone bring things in.
"Fourth Miss, it's Aunt Gu who is anxious to do something wrong. If you are free, you can also let the people below see if there is anything missing. ”
The one who spoke was Aunt Gu's side, surnamed Wu.
Apple looked at it for most of the day, although there were a lot of people, but Aunt Gu didn't have any trace of it, and couldn't help but ask Mama Wu: "Since Aunt Gu has done something wrong, why don't you see her coming, but let your old man not come here with this face." ”
Mama Wu complained bitterly: "My aunt felt the wind yesterday, and she is still lying on the bed." Originally, Aunt Gu just wanted to do good deeds, but she never thought that this thing was given to the fourth lady by His Majesty, and it was easy to touch. After knowing this, Aunt Gu was also frightened. She is still not in good spirits, but Aunt Gu instructed that she must send things back to the fourth lady. ”
Apple nodded: "I see." ”
"No, Fourth Miss, don't misunderstand your aunt, she is also kind."
Chen Hua didn't bother to speak.
She is happy about her master's affairs at the moment, and she is too lazy to spend energy and time on these people, which is really not worth it.
It's just that not long after she returned to sit next to the bookshelf, the third young lady Chen Lu came to the door with some momentum.
"Fourth sister, do you know that my aunt is suddenly ill for your sake."
"It's a sudden illness, then it's time to go to the doctor, third sister, you're in the wrong place."
Chen Lu calmed the anger in his heart: "Where am I looking for the wrong place, what I am looking for is you." I'll tell you clearly, my aunt thought that you didn't have enough space here, so she wanted to move things to the warehouse for you. Now the whole house is spreading the word ......"
"Passing on something?" Chen Hua was happy, but she couldn't dry Chen Lu, who knew how long she would have to stand here by herself.
"Saying that my aunt is a slave and covets your royal gifts, Aunt Gu is really going to die unjustly. I don't care, fourth sister, it's reasonable, you have to give me a trip to my aunt in person, so as to dispel those rumors. If this continues, my aunt won't even see anyone. ”
Chen Hua shook her head, she picked up a file on the top of the pen holder, and began to break a small piece of wood.
"But that's true, isn't it?"
"What are you talking about? Do you do what I'm talking about? ”
"Naturally, I don't want to do it, and I don't want to see your Aunt Gu. Fourth sister, what the slave said was indeed what I said, and it was indeed the aunt who did not do it right. She doesn't have a face now, she's disappointed, or she's really sick. It has nothing to do with me, it's my aunt who has done something wrong, so she naturally has to be punished. I just said yesterday that my aunt is a slave, and now that I have gone there myself, am I sick? ”
After all, this matter is not negotiable.
But the third young lady Chen Lu listened to Chen Hua's words and mouthfuls, and her face turned red.
"Okay, good you Chen Hua, wolf-hearted thing. I've come to the door, and you're still prevaricating me like this. Obviously, you are selfish and impure, so you will think of my aunt like that. Saying that my aunt is a slave, hmph, you have forgotten where you crawled out of it. Let me tell you, Chen Hua, you are no different from me! ”