In fact, they make snacks and sell them in this imperial city, and they don't make much money, but it's just enough to subsidize the food of their three children.

Fortunately, their clothes and etiquette departments are directly dialed down the fabric every season, so you don't need to worry about wearing them.

I just can't save money, and I can't help but panic.

No one knew when they would be driven out of the Imperial City.

The princesses of the dead country in the past dynasties, except for the Yang family who can be treated preferentially in the Tang Dynasty, the princesses of other dynasties have not ended well.

Okay, relegated to commoners, living on their mother's family and their own abilities; Those who are poor are relegated to the court or the workshop, and there are many who are slaves and prostitutes.

Emperor Liang is benevolent, they have no worries about food and clothing for more than a year, and the three princes are still rich, and their mother's family is quite wealthy, especially the Song family and the Qi family, which are wealthy nobles in Chu.

It would also be fine if you were relegated to the rank of commoner.

The three princesses are different, Mrs. Du's mother's family only has a small asset, and the money can't be sent to Liang Du at all, but they are afraid of being driven out of the imperial city, and their mother and daughter don't even have the money to go back to Chudi.

And staying in Liangdu, they don't have any money, so what do they live on?

Mrs. Du is okay, her daughter is only six years old this year, but the eldest princess and the second princess are already twelve, and they will be married in two years.

But he didn't even have a dowry, and now Liang Guo doesn't seem to be able to think of them coming, neither asking for the guilt nor dealing with it, and the people outside can't tell what they mean, and they don't even dare to say anything about their relatives.

Do the princesses still want the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for a lifetime?

Fu Jing often mentioned in front of them that it would be good if he could see Lord Lin or Mr. Ji.

But Mr. Ji is far away in Jiangnan, and Lord Lin is not something he can see if he wants to, so their situation has not changed.

Mrs. Du didn't expect that she fell in front of Lin Qingwan's car so coincidentally because she was in a hurry, maybe God took pity on them?

Mrs. Du squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, and after explaining their situation in detail, she looked at Lin Qingwan timidly, and whispered: "Lord Fu has always wanted to ask to see the county lord, maybe he has something important to say. ”

She didn't know how to mention it to Lin Qingwan, but Fu Jing was once the minister of the Chu State, and he must know.

She felt that this kind of thing should be left to the adults to talk about.

Lin Qingwan thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll send my wife back to see this Master Fu." ”

Mrs. Du secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Qingwan got up and said, "Let's go, let's go see a few princes and princesses." ”

Mrs. Du said in horror: "It's just that after the death of the country, I don't dare to call it that." ”

Because Liang Guo has not dealt with it, everyone can only rely on the name of Chu State, but Chu State is no longer there, and calling them princes and princesses is like sprinkling salt on the wound.

Anyway, Mrs. Du never let others call her Concubine Du anymore, but likes to be called Mrs. Du.

The courtyard allocated to them by the Ministry of Rites was at the foot of the imperial city wall, and not far away was the guard house, and there were only three entrances, and they obviously lived in such a mixed and small courtyard for the first time, and as soon as they entered the door, they found that the things inside were a little messy.

Mrs. Du was a little embarrassed, and explained in a low voice: "There is no one in the courtyard, we all clean it up by ourselves." ”

And the concept of superiority and humility is still deep in their bones, of course it is impossible for Prince Chu and others to do it, Concubine Qi has a high status, cooking is already her lowest bottom line, and it is impossible to clean up the yard.

So tidying up the yard and even washing clothes are all done by the three concubines with the lowest status.

They had never done any of these jobs before, and their strength was small, so they were a little messy.

Fu Jing could only come over to help every once in a while, as if he was serving a group of uncles.

Lin Qingwan twitched the corners of her mouth and stepped in.

Concubine Qi and the others were sitting under the porch doing needlework, the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, and winter was coming, so they had to start preparing winter clothes.

Hearing the movement at the door, several people thought that Mrs. Du was back, so they asked without raising their heads, "Are you back?" How are the dim sum selling? ”

Hearing that the footsteps were wrong, several people raised their heads and saw the first young woman walking in, and Mrs. Du was following behind, and they were shocked, and hurriedly put down the needle and thread and got up.

Lin Qingwan stood still from a distance, bent down and saluted: "Lin Qingwan, who is still the scholar of the Xiali Domain, has seen several ladies. ”

The people on the side of the Chu State couldn't help but look at Concubine Qi, her status was the highest among them.

Concubine Qi quickly turned around, bowed back, glanced at Mrs. Du and then turned sideways slightly and said, "It's really an honor for me to come to the cold house, please come inside." ”

Lin Qingwan followed her into the flower hall, Concubine Qi sat down to entertain her, and the others hurriedly dispersed to boil water and cook tea to entertain guests.

Lin Qingwan raised her eyes and looked around, and saw three heads poking out of the east chamber, the youngest one didn't know that it had been found, and was looking at her with a pair of round eyes.

Lin Qingwan smiled at her, her little head shrank back in fright, and the other two also disappeared in front of the door, probably hiding back.

Concubine Qi asked inquiringly, "Thank you for sending Sister Du back, but she bumped into the adult outside?" Please also atone for her sins, she is young and reckless, but she is not malicious. ”

Lin Qingwan turned back to her and smiled: "No, I just saw her on the road and was curious, so I asked a few more words." By the way, what about the princes and princesses? ”

Concubine Qi paused and said with a smile: "The princes have gone to the Ministry of Rites to study, and the princesses are playing in the east wing. ”

Lin Qingwan bowed.

Concubine Qi gave the sisters on the side a look, and the mother concubine of the two princesses took the order to go, and as soon as she entered the east room, she grabbed the three girls and whispered, "The big man outside is in great power, you have to behave well in a while, if you do well, maybe you will be able to get out of this small courtyard." ”

The eldest princess was not stupid, and hurriedly asked, "Where are we going when we leave the courtyard?" Can the concubine come along? ”

Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a moment and said, "If you behave well, your lordship will pity me, maybe you will let me go with you." ”

Princess Celestia and her two younger sisters looked at each other and mustered up the courage to walk out.

The third princess was still young, but she also understood, so she tightly took the hands of the two sisters and walked out together.

The three of them went to salute Lin Qingwan, how could Lin Qingwan dare to accept their courtesy, no matter whether the Chu State died or not, now that the court has not ordered it, they still have the title of princess on their bodies.

Lin Qingwan supported them, but saluted them first.

She likes girls, especially beautiful girls, Lin Qingwan looked at them with a smile and asked, "Is it boring here?" ”

The three princesses bowed their heads and said respectfully: "The brothers occasionally bring back two books, and they are accompanied by their mothers, so they are not bored." ”

Lin Qingwan bowed her head, looked at their immature faces and smiled: "You are still young, should you read more books, do you want to study?" ”

The eldest princess and the second princess didn't know how to answer for a while, pinched their fingers and didn't speak, but the third princess was quick and responded, "Yes!" ”

Lin Qingwan waved to her with a smile, pinched her emaciated face, and asked with a smile, "What do you want to do after studying?" ”

Concubine Qi and the others raised their hearts, staring at the third princess with blazing eyes.

The third princess felt the pressure from her back, and hesitated: "Marry a good man and let him support my mother?" ”

Lin Qingwan was slightly stunned, and then asked with a smile, "Why do you want him to support your mother?" ”

"I don't want to be separated from my mother, my mother said, it will be good when I grow up and get married, but the eldest sister said that if I get married, I will be someone else's family, but I am afraid that I will not be able to live with my mother anymore." The third princess looked at Lin Qingwan with blank eyes and asked, "My lord, can I marry my mother with me?" In this way, we will be members of someone else's family together and will not be separated again. ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "As long as your future husband is willing, and your mother is also willing, of course you can take your mother with you." But I'll teach you a way, if the man you kiss in the future is not willing to support your mother, then you don't want to marry him. ”

Concubine Qi and the others were relieved, and the eldest princess and the second princess were even more moved and a little excited.

Lin Qingwan sat in the small courtyard for a long time, but she didn't wait for Prince Chu and them to come back.

Lin Qingwan got up and said goodbye, and didn't promise them anything.

But out of the small courtyard, Lin Qingwan went to the Ministry of Rites.

Lu Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites was about to pack up his things and go to the office, when he saw Lin Qingwan coming, he asked with a smile, "Lin Shangshu is not coming, I was about to look for you." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "There are no secrets between the various departments, Lu Shangshu knows that I saved a beauty in the morning?" ”

"The county lord didn't hide it, it's hard for Lu to pretend that he doesn't know." Lu Shangshu got up and said, "If the county lord doesn't mind, let's go out and talk?" ”

It seems that it is difficult to talk about this matter in the imperial city.

Lin Qingwan smiled and bowed her head and left with Lu Shangshu.

The two of them pulled up the curtains and sat opposite each other, Lu Shangshu smelled the fragrance of tea on her table, and said with a smile: "The county lord's tea is not bad, I am blessed." ”

"I heard that there is a new dish in the Zhuangyuan Building, Lu Shangshu will try it together?"

"The county lord has a treat?"

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "Since the adults have drunk my tea, shouldn't they invite me back for a meal?" ”

Lu Shangshu pursed his lips and said: "The Ministry of Rites is not as good as you now, it is very bitter, how can the county lord bear to let me have a treat?" ”

That being said, when I arrived at the Zhuangyuan Building, Lu Shangshu invited guests.

The two of them found a box and sat down, Lu Shangshu pushed open the window and looked at the lively street outside, and then said: "Lord Lin, when Prince Chu was escorted to Beijing, the eldest princess went to meet him, and the two quarreled. After that, the prince of Chu was sent to prison. ”

"After Emperor Chu committed suicide, the royal children of Chu were escorted to Beijing, and because they wanted to subdue Chu Chen, they brought the prince of Chu out of the prison and put them under house arrest in that small courtyard. There is the eldest princess here, no one mentions them, and our Ministry of Rites will not offend the eldest princess for these people. ”

Lin Qingwan frowned and asked, "Does Lu Shangshu want to ignore it all the time?" ”

Lu Shangshu smiled and said: "Naturally not, isn't this the first emperor who is seriously ill when he wants to be reasonable?" You also know what happened after that, Liang Guo kept filial piety, and the eldest princess was also very sad, and the Ministry of Rites was afraid that she would make the eldest princess angry if she did something wrong, so she never dealt with it. ”

Lin Qingwan suppressed the anger in her chest, no longer delved into their responsibilities, and just asked, "Then how does Lu Shangshu want to deal with this matter now?" Counting it, it's been almost two years since the death of the Chu State, so you can't keep people locked up in that small courtyard, right? ”