Although Qi Heng is not the kind of careless person, Pei Baoer is still a little uneasy.

She even thoughtfully proposed, "Since you want to stabilize the Lin family, why don't you go to the West Courtyard a few more times?" In this way, can you also calm the hearts of the Lin family, right? ”

So Qi Heng left with a black face, and before leaving, he threw down a yin and yang weird sentence, "The princess is virtuous." ”

Because of the confidential things that she told her before, Beiyan and the others were sent out, and when they saw Qi Heng leaving with a straight face, they were both frustrated and curious.

As soon as Beiyan asked, Pei Baoer answered casually.

"Ask him if he wants to go and see Concubine Lin, and then leave, maybe go to the West Courtyard."

Beiyan almost didn't faint from the air, this, this, what kind of master is this!

"No matter how angry you are with the prince, you can't push people to the west courtyard. Thanks to the slave and maid looking at the recent situation, they thought that you had turned a corner, but the result is still like this, the emperor is really not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry! ”

Pei Baoer touched her nose, isn't she also thinking about her son and her own safety?

On the issue of the Lin family, the eldest princess Jinghe saw it very thoroughly.

She is a few years older than Pei Bao'er, and she has experienced a lot of hardships and dangers in the years when she went to Xiban and her relatives, and her bright phoenix eyes always flashed with wisdom.

"Reasoning, the one who should have ascended the throne of God back then was not the one now." She glanced meaningfully at Pei Bao'er, and the latter's heart jumped.

Jinghe changed the topic again: "I am a great sheng dynasty, and the side room cannot be straightened." This law was made by the founding emperor, and the reason for this is very simple, it is just a dispute between the wives and concubines in the family when Emperor Taizu was young. Since the founding of the country, the princes and nobles who want to challenge this law have not been eliminated, and they have all been suppressed by Shan, and the princes and the common people have been punished together. ”

Pei Bao'er said softly, "Except for the emperor himself." ”

She understood what Jinghe and the eldest princess meant, ordinary people, princes and nobles could not challenge the law, but it did not mean that the emperor had to abide by it. If this is the case, after the death of Emperor Yuan and Empress Yuan, how did the Qin family, who was born in the palace, climb from the little beauty to the back seat.

The most suitable and capable person to ascend to the throne of God back then was Qi Heng, and this position should have been his. If he ascended the throne, she was in a state of "passing away" at that time, and no one could blame Lin for being the queen of the main palace.

But Qi Heng didn't become this emperor.

The Lin family supported Qi Heng, not because Qi Heng married the Lin family, but because of the political alliance represented behind this in-law. In other words, the Lin family is the Lin family's political investment in Qi Heng.

Qi Heng did not straighten out the Lin family and send it to the queen's throne, but after taking power, he reused the children of the Lin family, and allowed the Lin family to operate and develop power in the northwest, which can be said to be a compromise and concession. And the position of the concubine who has been vacant and Qi Heng's arbitrariness in the court, this information also gives the Lin family another hope.

But the Lin family is likely not to be satisfied with this, as evidenced by the hidden iron ore.

To make matters worse, Pei Baoer is back.

Perhaps seeing that Pei Bao'er was an elm head in this regard, the eldest princess Jinghe simply said: "To be honest, I don't really understand what the imperial brother is thinking. As long as I am stable and carefree, I don't care who is the emperor. But, you'd better not be a stumbling block to him. ”

Pei Bao'er was a little surprised, however, the warning from the eldest sister-in-law was not over.

"I know you're a high-spirited person, although I haven't seen you before, I've heard some rumors after returning to the court. The problem between you and the royal brother is a matter for the two of you, but you must always remember who you are. As a princess, the most basic thing is to take care of the inner curtain. You don't like to socialize, and I don't want to say anything, but you have to at least take care of the people and things in your own house, okay? Lin family, even if you can't get around, you have to set up the rules, otherwise, a side room runs to your mother's house all day long, what does it look like? ”

The rare strictness of the eldest princess Jinghe today made Pei Bao'er a little frightened, and at the same time, she was also a little ashamed.

Her current state is better to say, it is called no desire and no desire, and to put it ugly, it is to go with the flow, ignore everything, and be the shopkeeper.

Jing He didn't say it, she really didn't know that Concubine Lin had been very diligent when she returned to her parents' house recently. Of course, it is likely that Bai Lu and others have reported it, but she didn't listen to it and didn't pay attention at all.

Pei Baoer's recent thoughts have been on opening a shop.

Zhibao Zhai, a grain store in the capital that was turned into a fat powder shop, has become famous, and business has been booming for more than two months. Last month, she asked Steward Sun to make persistent efforts to find suitable stores in other big cities, and prepare to roll out to do semicolons. Especially in Taixing County, you must have the best shop in the next place, and you will not stop squeezing Mrs. Lin's cottage like a jade pavilion.

Today, three stores have been settled and are being renovated and will open soon.

To prepare more rouge gouache, the manpower in the palace that was "transferred" by Pei Baoer from the position of maid to the assembly line began to be in short supply.

It just so happened that last year's heavy snowfall, the nursing homes in the capital took in a lot of displaced people, and now although it is summer, those people who have left their hometowns have no fields and no houses, and most of them can only do odd jobs for people, and still live in the nursing homes or the surrounding streets. Pei Bao'er simply asked Ling Xue to go to the vicinity of the nursing home to recruit a group of workers, signed extremely strict employment documents, and then built a workshop, and let the previous batch of skilled maids train these people, and then quickly got started. However, when it comes to the formula, Ling Xue is still in charge, and these casual workers are only responsible for their own part.

After finishing this mess, Pei Baoer really has nothing else to do, except for occasionally inspecting the shops and workshops, and then asking about the progress.

So, she thought about it again and again, but she still hesitated to decide to shake off the majesty of her concubine.

Among a few henchmen, Bei Yan's heart was straight and too jumpy, and Ling Xue was busy with things outside, so Pei Bao'er found Bai Lu, and said it euphemistically, and the latter understood.

"Master, is this going to be a serious housekeeper?" Bai Lu was a little surprised.

Pei Bao'er's old face turned red, and before she could say anything, Bai Lu smiled and said, "This is a good thing, the former Song Gonggong also joked with the slave maid, saying that he was old and overwhelmed." The princess is now in good health and is in charge of the family, which is also sympathetic to our subordinates, isn't it? ”

Pei Bao'er coughed lightly, a little hesitant: "Speaking of which, even if I haven't been away from Beijing for a few years, most of the affairs in the house are in his hands." I'm afraid that the people below are all used to it, and I don't know if the prince will ......."

Bai Luxin said, you have to manage the house seriously, I am afraid that the prince will raise his hands and feet in favor, where will he stop it. But the words can't be so straightforward.

She persuaded politely and handed Pei Bao'er enough ladders, and the latter nodded solemnly.

"Okay. Tell me first, what is the situation in the house now? ”

Bai Lu told everything he knew again, from personnel to money, to the factions in charge of affairs, and so on. This is different from the details that Pei Baoer said after returning to Beijing, the former is more important, and the latter is more concerned about the movements of the West Courtyard in recent years.

Bai Lu was talking energetically, and Pei Baoer suddenly flew in and said: "Is there a charter for the entry and exit of the ladies and maids in the house?" ”

Hearing this, Bai Lu was taken aback again, and said secretly, it seems that the master is not powerful, and if he is powerful, he will be the key point. What kind of maid and maid must be eyeing the other side of the West Courtyard.

"Back to the master, there are no hard and fast rules. If the maids in the inner courtyard want to go out, most of them will receive their own waist cards, and say a word to the two doors, and it will be done. ”

Pei Baoer held her cheeks, her eyes were a little confused, but she didn't say anything. It's just a simple "Okay, I got it." And there was no more to it.

Bai Lu still muttered a little in his heart, worried about whether he had guessed wrong, maybe the master just asked on a whim, and he didn't mean to be ruthless?

As a result, on the second day, Song Yan invited Bai Lu over with a smile and said, Congratulations, you will be the housekeeper of the inner courtyard of our palace in the future, and even the man with Bai Lu has been promoted to a level.

Song Yan was not polite at all, nor did he hide his selfishness, so he accompanied her to send the treasury keys, account books and other things to Pei Bao'er that day, and ordered a few capable housekeepers, as well as a steward surnamed Fang, who was in charge of the trivial affairs of the outer courtyard under his hands, and many of them were called to see Pei Bao'er in the main courtyard.

When leaving, Song Yan was in a happy mood, with brisk steps, as if he had called out some hot potato, and he looked like someone who had just been seized by his own mother.

Bai Lu, who was entrusted with a heavy task, was still trying to adapt to her new job, but Pei Baoer felt a little aggrieved, and always felt that she was calculated by Qi Heng's guy.

Although she has a decent relationship with the eldest princess Jinghe, she is also set off by the cold relationship between her and other powerful women, and if you really want to talk about it, she is actually not very familiar with this eldest sister-in-law. At first, she visited with the mentality that she couldn't be offended, after all, among these people in Beijing, she was not too afraid of offending. Later, I felt that the eldest princess had a resolute temperament and had the style of some strong women in later generations, so she also gave birth to some friendships. Because of the gouache gift she sent, it solved a heart problem of the eldest princess, and the latter treated her with two more sincerity. However, the number of times the two have met is not much, and both of them will not fall in love with each other at first sight when they are old, and they will always have reservations.

Therefore, the eldest princess Jinghe, who was still talking to her about the gossip of the capital and the customs of the Western Barbarians last time, changed her words when she met last time, and began to take up the posture of the eldest sister, pointing out her problems in dealing with people, and even reminding her openly and secretly to be careful of Concubine Lin and beware of the Lin family's dissenting intentions.

This turn of events is too blunt.

Now that I think about it, when she talked to Qi Heng about this last night, he was not very surprised, as if she had expected it, and when she showed a little pleasure, Pei Baoer felt as if she had been fooled.

It must be the curve to save the country made by this guy looking for Jing and the eldest princess!

How could she be so stupid as to be deceived?

Pei Bao'er, who was in charge of the housekeeping overnight, was not very happy, and Concubine Lin in the West Courtyard was even more displeased.

When she got the news first, she was still a little incredible, thinking that Pei's brain had become smarter, followed by anger and unwillingness.

"The prince's heart is also too biased, and I gave birth to an heir for him, and there is no merit and hard work. Let's not talk about it now, in those years, why did you let me touch the side of the stewardship? Now, as soon as the Pei family comes back, he will ...... Hmph, she won't be complacent for long! ”

Listening to Concubine Lin's complaints, Su Yu persuaded her, but Xiuyu on the other side laughed secretly in her heart.

It's a loss that he was born in the Marquis of Zhongwu's mansion, and these words are really unconvincing. If the stewardship is not given to the mistress, should it be given to her a side room? It doesn't matter if the princess is back, this master will not be as domineering as before, and will often beat and scold people like herself.

It's just that two days later, when Concubine Lin sent Xiuyu out of the house to get something from her mother's house, she was blocked by the door.

Xiuyu looked at the thing in her hand, and couldn't help but cry out bitterly in her heart, and faintly had some ominous premonitions, and always felt that the future would be sad.

Then, when Concubine Lin scolded Xiuyu and cursed Pei Bao'er angrily, the latter was reading a letter and looked very attentively.

This month, Pei Zimeng actually mentioned the Liu Guogong in the letter sent by Pei Zimeng, and he also complained, and said that the Haikou has been rampant recently, Pei Baoer's heart moved, and she couldn't help but read it back and forth three times.