Zhu Changshun is Zhu Changping's cousin, although he is not a cousin, but in Ningxia Town, there are only these two branches left in the Zhu family; Therefore, after Zhu Zhen mixed up the famous hall in the Qingwang Mansion, he begged the old prince Ken to bring Zhu Changshun, whose parents died, into the palace to find an errand.

Zhu Changshun is usually taciturn, and he is also diligent and diligent, and has a good reputation in the palace, plus Zhu Zhen is in the position of the housekeeper, and soon he was taken by the old prince as a personal attendant, and when he became the personal attendant of the prince, his status among the servants of the Qingwang Mansion is not low.

It's just that after the death of the old prince, Zhu Changshun's career has also reached its peak, originally he could be the personal servant of the little prince, but after the prince of Anhua entered the Qingwang Mansion, the little prince's side was replaced by the servants of the Qingyang Anhua Palace, and Zhu Chang could only be reduced to a miscellaneous servant by the way. However, he has a very gentle temperament, and he still smiles and smiles all day long, and others feel sorry for him, but he himself doesn't care.

Zhu Zhen committed suicide and died, Zhu Changshun was sad, took leave to assist his cousin Zhu Changping to deal with his uncle's funeral, yesterday was busy all day and was tired enough, plus it snowed heavily, he simply didn't get up in the morning, and the lunch was brought to the bedside with wooden plates from the Hun family for him to eat, and after eating, he covered his head and fell asleep in the eyes and scolding of the Hun family.

The sky was overcast and the snow was falling non-stop.

Zhu Changshun's wife, Wan Shi, sat at home bored, looking at the heavy snow outside the half-hidden door in a daze. Wan was originally a Qinglou woman in Lingzhou, and was later ransomed by a wealthy merchant in Lingzhou as a concubine, but unfortunately after the rich merchant died of illness, the eldest woman of the family kicked her out of the house. She has no skills, and Lingzhou can't stay still, so she plans to come to Ningxia Town to resume her old business. After coming to Ningxia Town all the way, he fell ill from the cold and fell on the side of the road, and happened to be seen by Zhu Zhen, who took Zhu Changshun out of the palace to do business, and was taken back to Zhu's house.

After washing and dressing up, it turned out to be a woman with some appearance, and the honest Zhu Changshun immediately fell in love with this Wan who had eyebrows and eyes, and Zhu Zhen also wanted to marry his nephew for a long time, so he asked Wan about his net worth. Wan's is very smart, lying that he is from Shanxi, and when the thieves and soldiers were in turmoil, he fled here and came here, and his parents died in Ningxia Town. Although Zhu Zhen was a little suspicious, he didn't think about it, Zhu Changshun was honest, and it was already a creation to be able to marry such a Peugeot wife, so he took the initiative to marry this Wan family for Zhu Changshun.

Wan's heart is also quite satisfied, his father-in-law Zhu Zhen is the housekeeper of Qingwangfu, and her husband is the personal entourage of the prince, and he can be regarded as a person with some status, although Zhu Changshun is a little honest, but he has read a lot of people, but he also knows that handsome and lively people may not be reliable.

On the wedding night, Wan stuffed chicken blood into his lower body with a fish bladder, and after having sex, he fell red pieces of red and put Zhu Changshunle half dead, and since then he has taken good care of her, and handed over all the four or two months of each month to Wan's for safekeeping, and regarded Wan's as his aunt and grandmother. Wan was also very content at first, after experiencing too much, it was good to be able to live with a person safely, Wan knew that Zhu Changshun would be obedient to himself in this life, and would never disobey his own will.

However, Wan is a woman who has seen the world, she always has an unwilling thought in her heart, she has seen too many princes and grandsons, and has seen too many scenes of luxury and wealth, and now she is in poverty, and she has to wear cotton homely clothes, and there is no decent jewelry on her head, and the regret in her heart is difficult to calm. Every time he went to the street, looking at the figures of the ladies and ladies of the official eunuchs, Wan would always curse a few words silently to relieve the regrets in his heart.

After the death of the old prince, Zhu Zhen was left out in the palace, her husband Zhu Changshun was also reduced to a miscellaneous servant, and the monthly case changed from four taels to two or three, and the dissatisfaction in Wan's heart accumulated even more, and he quarreled with Zhu Changshun several times, but Zhu Changshun always smiled at him, looking like he couldn't get in, and he was helpless to teach Wan.

The family is poor, in order to supplement the family, Wan had to take the initiative to ask Zhu Zhen to find an errand for her in the palace, Zhu Zhen arranged her to be the kitchen of the palace, although there are only two taels per month, but at least it does not cost money to eat and drink, saving a lot of household money.

Between the carved corridors and painted pillars of the palace, the devil in Wan's heart began to resurrect, and soon after, Shi Lian, a frequent visitor in the palace and a chair of Weixue, walked into Wan's field of vision; This Shi Liansheng is handsome and romantic, and it is said that he is a celebrity in front of King Anhua, and he often comes to the kitchen to order food and wine.

Wan Shi began to rub the grease and powder, using the long-cherished previous means to tease if there was nothing, Shi Lian was not a humble gentleman, and after coming and going, the two of them met the fire and hooked up and became adulterous. The good times didn't last long, and this qiē soon became known to everyone, but everyone hid it from Zhu Changshun, who was smiling all day long, and couldn't bear to tell him the truth.

Zhu Zhen regretted it after learning about it, Shi Lian couldn't afford to provoke him, so he could only return Wan from the palace to his home, for which Wan cursed Zhu Zhen at home I don't know how many times. However, although Wan was not in the palace, the adulterous relationship with Shi Lian was not broken, when Zhu Changshun went to work in the palace, Shi Lian frequently went in and out of his house, and the two were in love with each other.

The snow was falling, the weather was very cold, Wan's mind was thinking about Shi Lian's handsome face and those methods on the bed, but his body was hot, and his body was also very uncomfortable, listening to Zhu Changshun's snoring sound from the room, Wan's was extremely disgusted. His husband is not as good as Shi Lian's means and appearance, does he have to follow such a promising person in his life? In the past, Zhu Zhen was alive, and he didn't have the guts to do anything, but now that Zhu Zhen is dead, who else in the Zhu family can control himself? Maybe I should discuss it with Shi Lian, it's always impossible to be so sneaky.

Wan's mind was in a mess, just like the falling snow visible in the crack of the door, and the white lantern on the door swayed left and right with the wind, hitting the lintel to make a monotonous crackling sound, which was even more disturbing; Wan wanted to replace the white lantern on the lintel with a red lantern in the corner of the house, which was the secret sign of his date with Shi Lianjun. The red lantern was lit, which meant that Zhu Changshun was not at home, and he was sweeping the couch to wait for the handsome man, Zhu Zhen was dead, and the white lantern did not know when it would be hung.

The light in the crack of the door dimmed, and the sound of footsteps and talking came from the corridor, Wan Shi was startled: The dead ghost shouldn't be able to stay up and come to find himself at this time, her husband is at home on leave for the funeral of the uncle, and the dead ghost should not know.

"Is my brother at home?" There was a soft knock on the door, and half of the face was peeking through the crack in the door.

Wan's face sank, it turned out that Zhu Changping, the son of the uncle's family, was here, and as soon as he came, it was about Zhu Zhen's aftermath, and he was annoyed to death, and everyone was buried.

Wan reluctantly got up and came to the door and opened the door, the dazzling snow light made the eyes a little uncomfortable for a while, but the three people standing on the corridor saw clearly, behind Zhu Changping stood two people in sheepskin jackets, one tall and one short, presumably to do things together.

"It turned out to be a little uncle, your brother was asleep, he was busy enough yesterday, and his body seemed to be a little unwell." Wan Shi was slightly blessed, and his eyes looked at the two people standing behind Zhu Changping, both of whom covered their faces with black cloths, and their bodies were shabby, and after just one glance, Wan Shi frowned and didn't want to look at it.

"I see, I'm disturbing my sister-in-law, I'm looking for something for my brother."

"The slave family went and told your brother to get up." Wan Shi said lightly.

"I don't dare to work sister-in-law, sister-in-law, here are ten taels of silver, after my father died, I left some silver taels, and I took some to my sister-in-law to supplement the family; Please ask my sister-in-law to boil some tea and make a pot of hot tea for my friends to warm up, the wind and snow are very strong, and the cold is enough to choke. Zhu Changping took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it over.

Wan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Oh, what is this doing, uncle?" How embarrassing is this, you have to go to the official school to study, and you have to take the imperial examination, which will cost a lot of silver. With a slight wipe of his hand, he took the silver in Zhu Changping's hand and quickly put it into his waist.

"A few of you sit down, and the slave family will boil water for you to make tea." Wan Shi said in a loud voice, turned around and went to the kitchen behind to boil water.

Zhu Changping glanced back at Song Nan and Wang Yong behind him, and pointed to the east wing, Song Nan made a look, Zhu Changping understood, and stepped into the wing; Zhu Changshunye on the bed had been awakened by the movement outside and was sitting up.

"Big brother, it's me." Zhu Changping said.

"I was a brother, why are you here now?" Zhu Changshun hurriedly got dressed.

Zhu Changping said: "There is something to trouble my brother, I have two friends who want to ask my brother for a favor." ”

Zhu Changshun also saw Song Nan and Wang Yong who came into the room, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Be polite and polite, since you are my brother's friend, you naturally have to help if you can help." ”

Song Nan and Wang Yong stepped forward to give a salute, Song Nan took off the black scarf on his face and said: "There is Brother Lao, my brother is a brick and bricklayer, specializing in building houses for people, there is a big family on hand who wants to build a big mansion, and people name and say that they want to build according to the rules of Qingwangfu, and I don't know what Qingwangfu is built like, I heard that the eldest brother is doing things in the palace, so I want to ask the eldest brother for a favor." ”

Zhu Changshun was stunned and said, "How can I help?" I can't bring anyone in, and no outsiders are allowed to enter the palace. ”

Song Nan said: "You don't need to enter the palace, as long as the eldest brother draws the layout of the palace building." ”

Zhu Changshun sighed and said: "I see, such a simple matter, wait a minute, I will help you draw it immediately." ”

Song Nan arched his hand and smiled: "It's hard work." Then he took out two ingots of silver from his waist and put them on the table, saying, "This is the reward." ”

Zhu Changshun waved his hand and said, "What kind of reward do you want for this, isn't it for helping your friends?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "I want it." ”

Zhu Changping also smiled: "Brother take it, people are sincere." ”