The room was lit with soothing incense, and a faint fragrance lingered on the tip of the nose.

Aunt Zhou looked at Xiao Xiwei standing in front of her, wearing a sky blue colorful dark flower dress, with a tassel hairpin with a lotus on her head, and the long tassel hung down on her ears, lining her snow-white face delicate and beautiful. For some reason, seeing this beautiful and delicate face, Aunt Zhou, who was originally determined, felt a little uneasy in her heart. But at this point, even if she is completely offended this time, she must get what she wants.

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhou took a deep breath, "Second Miss, I have always been on your side since I entered the mansion, but now it seems that Second Miss does not regard me as her own." ”

Xiao Xi lowered his eyes and smiled slightly, and the long tassel in his ear also swayed slightly, "What does my aunt want to say, let's just find out, it's really not like my aunt's temperament." ”

Aunt Zhou smiled, raised her hand to cover the corners of her mouth, and coughed lightly twice, "Actually, the concubine is also seeing that the second miss has been busy these days, and she has the heart to share her worries for the second miss." ”

Sharing worries? I want to divide power!

Xiao Xi looked at Aunt Zhou slightly, and a cool sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, "I don't know what Aunt wants to worry about me?" ”

"Actually, now that I'm in this body, I can't take care of anything next to me, but the warehouse can take care of the second lady." Aunt Zhou pursed her horn and laughed in a low voice.

Xiao Xiwei also smiled.

It seems that Aunt Zhou has planned it early in the morning.

"Second Miss, in fact, the concubine body is also for your sake. The seventh prince was named King Yan, and the emperor has already found a house for him in the east of the city, and he will move to the palace in the spring of next year, and it is estimated that it will be time to hold a wedding for you. As soon as you leave, there should be someone to take care of this house, right? Aunt Zhou said with a smile.

"Auntie is really thoughtful." Xiao Xi pursed the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Actually, the second lady also knows that if I open my mouth to the master, the master will also agree." The corners of Aunt Zhou's lips curled, and she raised her hand to cover her flat lower abdomen.

"Since my aunt wants to help me share my worries, then I have no reason to refuse." Xiao Xi smiled lightly and took out a key from his arms, "This is the key to the treasury, I will ask Hongyu to take the account book of the account room to my aunt, and then accompany my aunt to the treasury to count it, if it is correct, I will give the key to the treasury to my aunt when my father comes back." ”

"Second Miss, this is true." Aunt Zhou's eyes lit up.

She never expected Xiao Xiwei to respond so easily.

"Sooner or later, I will have to hand over this set of keys, and it is better to hand them over to my aunt than to hand them over to someone else." Xiao Xi said with a smile.

"Second Miss, don't worry, no matter what, the concubine will be on your side." Aunt Zhou forced down the excitement in her heart, raised her hand to hold Xiao Xiwei's hand, and said with a smile.

Xiao Yan came back, heard Aunt Zhou mention this, and really agreed.

The Seven Princes are about to establish a mansion, and they will go to Yanwang's Mansion as soon as the Spring Festival is over, but I am afraid that it will not be long before his marriage with Xiwei will be on the agenda, and there should indeed be someone to take care of it at this time.

In front of Xiao Yan, after Aunt Zhou counted the things in the warehouse, Xiao Xiwei handed her the key to the warehouse.

Holding the heavy key in her hand, a smug smile rose on the corner of Aunt Zhou's mouth. She reached out and stroked her belly, the smugness in her eyes becoming more and more obvious.

"Congratulations to my aunt for getting her wish." Zhu'er smiled and blessed Aunt Zhou.

Aunt Zhou smiled, "Silly girl, this is just the first step, in the future, the entire Houfu will be under my control." ”

"That's what my aunt said." Zhu'er hurriedly smiled and continued, she paused, and then glanced at Aunt Zhou with some hesitation, "It's just Auntie, if you do this today, will the second lady hold a grudge against Aunt Shang?" ”

Although she had not been in the waiting house for a long time, she had also seen the methods of the second young lady.

Aunt Zhou glanced at Zhu'er, "What, are you scared?" ”

"No, that's not what the slave meant. It's just that, aunt, the second lady is going to marry the Seventh Prince sooner or later, and instead of offending her, the slave maid thinks it's better to win her over. Zhu'er hurriedly defended herself, and secretly looked at Aunt Zhou's expression as she spoke.

In fact, she always thought that the second miss would marry out in a short time, and there was really no need for her aunt to seize power so quickly, in case she annoyed the second miss, wouldn't she set up a big enemy for herself.

"Are you stupid to me, if I can, of course I want to wait until the day Xiao Xiwei marries out of the mansion before I do it, but if I really wait until that day, I'm afraid that I will be cleaned up before I get the power." Zhou Shumei lowered her head and touched her flat lower abdomen and sighed.

"How could my aunt say that? Except for a few young ladies in this house, you will have the highest position. Zhu'er said puzzled.

Zhou Shumei smiled coldly, "My position is the highest?" Heh, how tall? It's just a good concubine! If the lord marries another step-room and enters the door? ”

At the beginning, she was anxious to pull the Li family down so that she could hug her and slap her in public, but what did Xiao Xiwei say about her at that time. She said that the Li family had the support of the old lady and the old man's childhood sweetheart, and although she was not low-born, although the Zhou family was rich in Pingcheng, there was no one who could hold up the lintel, and when the Li family's position as soon as it was vacated, there would be covetousness immediately, and her identity would never be able to compete. At that time, although she believed Xiao Xiwei's words, she was actually unconvinced! If it is true, the lord doesn't know how much she wants more than the Li family, when he was able to marry the Li family, then naturally he can help her up, as long as she has a child in her belly, everything will be a matter of course, but she didn't expect Xiao Xiwei to say a word, that day she knew that she was pregnant and happily wanted to tell Xiao Yan the news, but she never wanted to hear someone come to the door to tell Xiao Yan about the item, at that moment, she knew that she couldn't wait any longer. If she doesn't hold some power in her hands now, don't talk about her at that time, even the child in her belly won't be able to keep it, so even if she offends Xiao Xiwei, she must do it.

"Auntie, ...... the second young lady over there"

Today, although the second miss handed over the key to the treasury to her aunt with a smile on her face, there was no dissatisfaction on her face, but she always felt that the second miss didn't know what kind of thoughts were hidden under the smile.

Aunt Zhou frowned, "The things in and out of the warehouse are counted, even if they are under her nose, I don't think she should be ......" said, she pursed her lips. No matter what, things have been done, not to mention that she has also got the power she wants, and things in the future can only be taken one step at a time.

Shuyingxuan

Xiao Xiwei sat on the warm couch, there was a blue and white porcelain vase on the table in front of him, and a few red plums were inserted in the bottle, and Xiao Xiwei was fiddling with the plum branches in the bottle, and the corners of his mouth even bent a little smile.

"Miss, you're not angry at all?" Biyun looked at Xiao Xiwei and finally couldn't help but ask.

At that time, she was present when Aunt Zhou and Miss said those words, and she was angry when she heard it, she never thought that Aunt Zhou was such a person, but she secretly wanted to divide power from Miss, but she didn't expect Miss to really give Aunt Zhou the key to the treasury, and there was no trace of unhappiness on her face, and she even broke a few plum blossoms on the way back.

Xiao Xi looked at the fiddling plum blossoms with satisfaction, "Okay, put this flower on that shelf." ”

Biyun glanced at Xiao Xiwei, twisted his eyebrows, and finally put the blue and white porcelain vase with plum blossoms on the shelf as he said. As soon as she put it down, Ziyan lifted the curtain and walked in.

"I've heard about it." Looking at the purple smoke, Xiao Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled.

Ziyan nodded, "Half a month ago, Lord Liao of the Ministry of War came to the house, and Aunt Zhou was going to the study to look for the master, but Aunt Zhou only stopped outside the study for a while and then went back. ”

"That's all?"

"Aunt Zhou was very happy when she came, but when she went back, her face was a little flustered."

Xiao Xi smiled and stood up with the desk next to him, "It seems that Lord Liao has brought some bad news." At least, for Aunt Zhou. ”

Zhou Shumei has always judged the situation, so since she entered the mansion for more than half a year, except for standing on the same position with her to suppress the Li family, she has not taken any other action. But today she suddenly came to such a show, she really couldn't help but feel strange. Chu Xizhi was named King Yan, and it was imminent to leave the palace and establish a mansion, as soon as he left the palace, their marriage would be immediately put on the agenda. And as soon as she leaves, the old lady doesn't care, Xichun is young, and her brother hasn't married a wife yet, so a noble concubine in the house who has a slightly more decent position can come out to help take care of it, she really doesn't need to come out so anxiously to grab power, not to mention that the right she grabbed is still a treasury that seems simple but actually has a lot to do with it. So, the only possibility is that something threatens her! And the only possibility that can intimidate her is ...... Steproom.

It seems that someone can't wait to hit the idea of the vacant position of the hostess.

"Ziyan, you go out and tell him all this." Xiao Xiwei looked at the purple flue.

"Yes." Ziyan answered and walked out quickly.

After Ziyan left, Xiao Xiwei sat down on the couch again.

Liao Yuan, the general secretary of the army, did not seem to be involved in the prince's struggle for the throne, but Xiao Xiwei knew that in his previous life, he could make a lot of contributions to Chu Yanzhi's accession to the throne. If he came to the project, I was afraid that he would have to install a chess piece for Chu Yanzhi in the waiting house. Thinking of this, Xiao Xi's eyes sank, and the doubt that sank to the bottom of his heart surfaced again.

Chu Yanzhi has always been attached to the prince, even after the fall of the prince, the remnants of the prince's party have no choice but to turn their heads and support him, but it is impossible for him to buy so many people, Liao Yuan, Ping'an Bo, the general Zhao Gang and even Gu An, the commander of Yan Yunwei next to the emperor, these people who are usually neutral, or dependent on the prince, or attached to Chu Xizhi, suddenly all supported Chu Yanzhi's accession to the throne at the moment of the emperor's death. She knew that Chu Yanzhi was deep in thought, but compared to Chu Xizhi, who was in full swing at the time, his chances of winning the throne were definitely not as big as Chu Xizhi, but how could those people follow him so willingly? Is there any secret she doesn't know?

The more Xiao Xiwei thought about it, the more chaotic she became, only to feel like a mess in her heart, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't grasp the thread to untie the mess.