Coming out of the auction house, Xiao Yunjiao went directly to the palace.

Emperor Lu Xuwen would instruct him in Xiao Xunguang's study every afternoon to handle government affairs.

The white-haired and spirited old emperor on the rosewood carved chair was once their grandfather's companion and assisted the three emperors, and now he is over the age of six.

After hearing Xiao Yunjiao finish talking about this, the old emperor held his long hair and sighed.

"The household department has always been fattening, and who would not be tempted by the money, grain, and land?"

Xiao Xunguang was respectful in front of the old emperor, "The student is dull, please ask the teacher." The things in the palace treasury are also registered by the household department, why do you have to go to the Wanwu Pavilion so much to get it and then shoot it in your own hands? ”

Lu Xuwen nodded approvingly, "Your Majesty asked well, I don't know what the princess has to say?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao was suddenly named, got up and thought for a while and replied: "Evian Jiao, I'm afraid that the people behind the scenes are blocking Youyou's mouth in order to give this thing a bright face." ”

Lu Xuwen asked: "Then do you know why they want to do this?" ”

"The family attaches the most importance to reputation, and pays attention to the second word. In their opinion, the reputation of a family name is more important than that of the world. Therefore, even if there is even the slightest possibility that it will leave a voice on people, they have to block it. ”

Lu Xuwen smiled, "It seems that the princess has a number in her heart?" But what do you do when you've got it figured out? ”

"Yun Jiao's purpose has always been obvious, that is, to help His Majesty clear the road to pro-government, since there is no royal family in the eyes of some people, then let them see what the surname is in this world."

Lu Xuwen shook his head, "Princess, go ahead and do it, although the purpose is still a little different from what the old man wants, but the result is what the old man wants to see." ”

The old emperor also said a lot of the foundation of the world, the people, and the country. Xiao Yunjiao didn't know how many times he lowered his eyes and listened.

She knows all these things.

But just like what she said, now her purpose is to fulfill the trust of her father and queen mother before her death, so that Xiao Xunguang can sit firmly on the throne. As for the people and the world, let Xiao Xunguang worry about it.

When she came out of the imperial study, it was already dark, and the carriage sent by the emperor sent her out a moment before the palace gate was closed, and she was sent to the princess's mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, the little maid told Xiao Yunjiao that Nanhe and Jiang Yiheng had asked to see the princess.

The maids who swept the courtyard were now on duty and gathered together to chatter.

"Hey, you say, who is more favored by the princess, Mr. Nan or Mr. Jiang?" The little maid who spoke was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she couldn't hide things in her mouth, "I think the two gentlemen are the best-looking people in the house." ”

The maid who was a little older whispered to her, "At a young age, you can still judge people by their appearance, be careful to marry an ugly husband in the future." ”

The two laughed and made a fuss, and the maid, who had been doing needlework, put down the half-embroidered handkerchief in her hand and said softly: "Don't make trouble, beware of grandma hearing it." ”

"Sister Izumi, haven't you heard? Mr. Nan and Mr. Jiang asked to see the princess at the same time at night, and everyone was talking about who the princess would see first! ”

The little maid blushed and was still speculating.

The hand that threaded the needle paused, "Princess's thoughts, let's not speculate, just do our own thing." ”

"I'm not like Sister Xiu, you are the son of the head of the house, you have been in the princess's mansion for two years, and you are just a third-class maid who sweeps the courtyard. I heard that Qingshan next to the princess made a mistake, and Mama wanted to choose another one to serve by the princess's side. You say, could it be Sister Izumi? ”

Izuku stretched out her hand and knocked on the little girl's head, "How many times have I told you, we should talk less and do more as maids, and the things in hand are better than anything else, but don't be like Qingshan......"

Halfway through speaking, she stopped talking and sighed.

The two little girls in the house are related to each other, and they no longer fight and make trouble.

Xiao Yunjiao didn't have time to freshen up when he returned home, and he learned that the two of them were looking for him. Her eyebrows moved slightly, and she asked Primrose to say a word to the two little guys who had returned to the court, asking them to go to Zhiyin Xuan to reply.

Zhiyin Xuan is the courtyard where Xiao Yunjiao lived.

The courtyard is both beautiful and magnificent. The main hall, study, bedroom, Langfang where the maid lives and the small kitchen occupy a lot of space. Not to mention the various cherished flowers and plants in the front courtyard, as well as a pool of lotus flowers artificially introduced in the northeast corner.

The main hall is separated by a screen and a soft curtain at the top. In the center is a rosewood marble case, and a landscape map hangs on the wall behind the case. On either side of the table are two yellow pear marble chairs with moire patterns, and on the front side are two slightly simpler chairs.

To the left, there is a study room connected by a corridor of flowers, in which there are bookcases, bookshelves, Bogu shelves and other furnishings, and Xiao Yunjiao deals with things in it on weekdays.

In the bedroom on the right, there is a warm tent auspicious pattern sandalwood shelf bed, and the incense burner placed in front of the couch is rising with quiet incense. The wing room connected to the bedroom has its own room for the clothes of each season, and the dressing table mirror is also here.

Xiao Yunjiao sat in the main seat of the main hall and dismissed all the subordinates of Zhiyin Xuan.

"Sit down, what did Nanhe find out during the day?"

Nan He was about to get up and reply, so Xiao Yunjiao pressed it on the chair with a gesture, "Princess Yu, the second son of the household servant family didn't take it away after taking that painting, but deposited the painting in the Ten Thousand Things Pavilion. Most of the collections were photographed by merchants before, and I have recorded the buyers of the things and the officials who are going to hold various banquets in the future, and invite the princess to take a look. ”

As he spoke, he handed a thin blue book of accounts to Xiao Yunjiao with both hands.

Xiao Yunjiao took the accounts, looked at them for a while and said, "The wife of the Lu family will celebrate her birthday at the end of this month, and this side branch of the Lu family is also related to her grandmother, so we will also send someone to congratulate her." ”

Close the account and put it on the side of the case, "Jiang Yiheng, you go on a trip on behalf of the palace." ”

Jiang Yiheng smiled like a fox, "Then what kind of congratulatory gifts are the princess going to bring here?" ”

"He has always liked calligraphy and painting, the old lady's birthday, there must be no shortage of those calligraphy and paintings as congratulatory gifts, let's bring some real, you go to the account room to pay two thousand taels of silver, and then ask for a white jade Guanyin."

"Guanyin is a birthday gift, silver...... I bought Mr. Xiuzhu's picture back from Master Lu. ”

Jiang Yiheng's eyes flashed slightly, and his smile became even brighter, "The princess is very thoughtful, and the imperial doctor will be busy in the future." ”

"Let's take a slow, you can tell me what's going on in Willow Creek first." Xiao Yunjiao asked rhetorically.

"I took him to the outside of the house for a long time today, during which he stayed in the ready-to-wear shop in the south of the city for a long time and tried on two clothes."

"If you want the letter from him to get out, just ask people to keep an eye on the ready-to-wear store and see who the owner is."

She talked to them much more and did not let them go until late in the evening.

Following.

The princess's mansion suddenly began to prepare the carriage and horses in a huge manner.

Xiao Yunjiao wants to go to Fengming Mountain in the south of the city to soak in the hot springs.

After breakfast, everyone in the house was busy with her decision.

"The princess will go out for several days this time, and I'm afraid it won't work out if I only let Primrose and a girl follow." The older grandmother said beside Xiao Yunjiao.

Xiao Yunjiao drew two eyebrows, "Mama Feng, help me pick two girls, I really need to add two maids to my house." ”

Originally, there were four first-class maids who were used to serving her, and two of them were left with Qingshan Primrose when they were old. After disposing of the Qingshan that Concubine Cui stuffed in, the personal maid was left with only Primrose, and it was indeed less.

Mama Feng is a person in the palace of the first queen, because of her thoughtfulness, the first queen specially assigned her to be the head of the princess's mansion, and Xiao Yunjiao is very respectful.

"I wonder if the princess still remembers Mrs. Xu who was in charge in the sewing room?" Mama Feng did not directly give a candidate, but mentioned a person who had some impressions of Xiao Yunjiao.

"Is it the Xu family who worked as an embroiderer in the palace in the early years, and later went out of the palace to marry, but her husband unfortunately died?"

Xiao Yunjiao still has some impressions. Once this Xu family was famous for her good needlework in the palace, and the queen mother liked the silk paro clothes she made, and wanted to stay by her side to seal a female official, but who knew that she was old and asked for grace to go out of the palace to marry.

The queen mother readily agreed, and also gave a dowry to herself, not long after she didn't want to get married, Xu's husband had an accident. At that time, she was pregnant and had nowhere to go, and she was pointed out by her husband's clansmen, ready to jump into the river, or the queen mother went out of the palace and happened to meet her.

At that time, the princess's mansion built for her by her father had been built, and her mother left people in the mansion to manage needlework.

Mama Feng responded: "The princess has a good memory, this mother-in-law Xu has a daughter named Xiu, and she was given the name when the princess first moved to the house. The slave felt that this person knew the roots, and he was calm enough to serve by the princess's side. ”

"It's okay, Mama can't be wrong with the person she picked, so I brought her to serve in my house. I remember that there were two little maids in the courtyard, and they were very attentive to the flowers and plants that swept the courtyard, and they also mentioned being second-class maids. ”

Xiao Yunjiao said two words, and soon the three little girls cleaned up and came over to thank her.

Out of Xiu was more steady, Xiao Yunjiao asked Primrose to take her to learn to do things by her side, and the other two little ones couldn't hide their excitement, which made her look at it and couldn't help laughing.

"What's your name?" Xiao Yunjiao asked.

The older maid among the two was the first to react, and hurriedly replied: "Princess, the slave's name is Niu'er." ”

The younger one also replied: "The slave's name is Zhao Di." ”

Xiao Yunjiao frowned slightly, and Mama Feng immediately explained to her in a low voice: "Folk parents look forward to their children, and it is very common for girls to call these names. ”

said loudly to Niu'er and Zhaodi: "Now that you have become a second-class maid, this name will be changed, do you have the name you want?" ”

Both of them shook their heads blankly.

Xiao Yunjiao thought for a moment, "This palace sees that your clothes today are all elegant, so let's call them Yanlan and Danqian." ”

Niu'er got the name of Yanlan, and Zhao Di also changed her name to Dan Qian, and both of them kowtowed excitedly to thank her. Xiao Yunjiao accepted this gift and told them to go down and pack their luggage.

A room full of people followed him to Fengming Mountain in the south of the city.

This trip was huge, and there were six carriages alone. In addition to the mahogany carriage that Xiao Yunjiao was accustomed to, he also followed two slightly smaller elm carriages and shared them with the attendants Jiang Yiheng, Nanhe, Liu Xi, and Xue Ping. The other two cars were loaded with her food and clothing along the way, and even one was left for the maid to exchange value!

"Obediently, this princess travels more than ordinary people marry their daughters." A man dressed as a scholar on the side of the road was staggering.

Another man beside him said, "Don't look at the one you want!" When the emperor was alive, he favored the people on the tip of his heart, and I heard that he originally wanted to be the crown princess! ”

"Crazy! You dare to talk nonsense about royal secrets! Be careful that people listen to you and take you to the official! The scholar hurriedly pulled the man to the wall.

"I'm a child of a family, even if I am arrested and sent to the officials, what can they do?" The man looked up proudly

"Gotta get it, you're amazing!" The scholar pursed his lips, secretly thinking to himself that this classmate who claimed to be a child of a family borrowed his money and didn't know when it would be returned.