Busy and busy, unconsciously to August, it is almost the harvest season, Jinshuo this year no waterlogging, no drought, no disaster, eleven Niang hanging heart finally settled down, this day she finished cooking is still a thousand things of official business, when back to the jade house, far away to see the lotus pond on all sides, willow branches have been hung on many lamps, only to realize that the annual Mid-Autumn Festival is already close at hand.

In this palace, although the servants and maids are carefully trained and taught by He Zhan, they are loyal, compared with ordinary servants and maids, they are more alert, but some of them are at the age of fourteen or five years old, and they are not all old and quiet, this is not so many seven or eight girls, when the hand-made lamps are hung on the piggyback, on a whim, the willow leaves and yellow flowers are cut off, and inserted in the bun, compared to who is more handsome, Xu is unable to hold each other, so they chase and laugh, bursts of laughter and laughter come across the water, It's not happy.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but stand still, and said in her heart that this is a natural beauty picture, which should be recorded in the pen, but she is entangled in trivial matters, not to mention that she can't find time to paint, even if she squeezes out time, she can't concentrate.

But as soon as she stood like this, Ah Lu behind her was a little apprehensive, and hurriedly explained: "The slave maid is looking at the festive season soon, and she is looking for those palace lamps to be gorgeous, but there is a fixed number, only for the eaves and the roadside to meet the scene, this palace is huge, and the empty is deserted, so these girls are made to do something, make some to decorate, they are good, take the opportunity to make a noise, and the slave and maid will go to reprimand." ”

Because Binu usually had to assist Ruan Changshi in managing the accounting of the account books, Ah Lu was in charge of the personnel of the Jade Guanju, and when he saw that something was wrong, he was worried that the princess would be dissatisfied.

Eleven Niang grabbed her: "Let them be, it's the festival, and it's a cool autumn, but I didn't have to play in the past, with them, it doesn't live up to the bright scenery in this palace." ”

simply sat down to rest at the desk set up on the covered bridge, and looked at those forgetful young girls with envy.

Ah Lu thought about the princess, how can she not be a fun-loving age, but from the beginning of the Daming Palace, she was restrained by her childish nature, and now although there are no longer many strict palace rules and regulations, it is a heavy burden, so she has to grow old and hold on, it is rare to have a moment of relaxation, which makes people look at it, it is really distressing.

Then he said: "The princess will have her son free, so it is better to let the servants accompany him to laugh, which can relieve the fatigue of the town." ”

"I'll just look at it." Eleven Niang chuckled: "Let them come over, they will be cautious again, and where can they really joke, it's a disappointment." ”

After sitting like this for a while, he looked up and looked at the silk palace lanterns hanging on the covered bridge, one by one very gorgeous, and sighed: "The festival of the moon, there are long history bureaucrats preparing outside, and there are Qin and Sister Ting inside, I didn't even ask a word, even the master, seeing that he was about to leave for Bishan after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I didn't have more leisure to accompany me, it was really trivial, and I lived up to the fun of how many years." ”

However, it did not hurt the spring and autumn again, and the topic changed: "Although it is a festival, these lamps must be decorated, so as not to be deserted, but after nightfall, it really has to be lit up one by one, I don't know how much candle oil is consumed, except for the two days of the Mid-Autumn Festival, on the covered bridge and in the palace, don't spend too much." ”

She doesn't have so much time to enjoy the moon banquet, and if she can't do this, wouldn't it be a waste to make the lights brilliant? Moreover, with her as the princess taking the lead, all the concubines have learned from each other, a huge palace consumes candle oil overnight, at least tens of thousands of dollars, this extravagant habit is opened, there are many festivals up and down a year, and countless money is lost.

Ah Lu immediately realized: "The slave and maid remember the teaching, and will publicize this teaching." ”

Suddenly I wanted to go to a few rumors, and saw that Eleven Niang was free at this time, and said to talk about funny things: "I heard that Qin Ruren is very thrifty with the degree, she lives in Zhanfeng Garden, and the servants and maids are not allowed to light the lamp after nightfall, so even she herself, and never use the hall at night, and only light two big lights at the banquet place, there is a dispute in the kitchen, Qin Ruren finished dealing with it, and returned to the garden at night, because only the two maids hold the lamp, it is very difficult to illuminate the feet, Qin Ruren tripped and sprained his ankle. ”

"That's too much." Eleven Niang smiled: "Extravagance and extravagance must be restricted, but normal consumption cannot be exempted." ”

Ah Lu also smiled: "That's right, so many servants and maids are talking about Qin Ruren's hypocrisy and hypocrisy in private, and this behavior shows that His Royal Highness and the princess are deliberately mean." ”

"I can't control the affairs of Zhanfeng Yuan, but Qin Ruren is now in charge of personnel...... Eleven Niang muttered slightly: "You pay attention, if those rough servants and maids in the palace, in case there is a disease, don't neglect to delay medical diagnosis and treatment." ”

In today's world, often a rough slave and maid only needs five yuan, if he has a disease, the master usually does not ask for medical treatment, let him die, and buy another one.

Although she is not afraid that allowing inferior slaves to die of illness will lead to criticism, in fact, whether the law or the moral norms at this time, there is no restriction on the master's family to treat the slaves well, but for those who are not guilty of great crimes, but in the vast number of people who are in difficulty, Eleven Niang is still in line with the criterion of being able to help and help, of course, she does not want to be attached to the Jin Palace, work hard, but suffer from illness and hunger.

And a conversation between the master and servant of the Jade Guanju, sure enough, was immediately heard by many Ji Mei, and the rest was just that, only Ren Yuhua was overjoyed, and said to Mao Lin on this day: "These days, I have often come and gone in the Jade Guanju, but the princess has never given me a sentence to help me get favored, which is not difficult to understand." ”

She gently picked up an orange petal, took a small bite, seemed to be disgusted with not sweet enough, refused to even look at it, waved her hand to let the maid take away the plate, and scratched her fingers in a fragrant bath with goat's milk, and softly lifted it, and the maid wiped the water stains dry with a clean and soft white scarf, and then smeared a layer of balsam to maintain it, and then said slowly: "Although the Liu family is favored, the heir is difficult in the end, since I can detect this matter, can the princess still hide it in the dark?" As far as she is concerned, the threat of the Liu family has been greatly reduced, and because of her meritorious service in saving and chasing the wind, she is now favored by His Royal Highness, and of course she is not willing to let the rest of the people share the favor. ”

Since Mao Lin was assigned to serve Ren Ji, he has received a lot of rewards, not to mention, and he also knows that this is very trusted by the Queen Mother, she actually has the heart of "striving for progress", and is not willing to succumb to Ah Lu, thinking that if Ren Ji has the last laugh, she will be able to rise to the top, so Ren Ji is the first in everything, and after hearing this, she can't help but be anxious: "So did the concubine tell the Queen Mother and persuade the Queen Mother to let the princess minister?" ”

"If I even have to be assisted by the Queen Mother in the matter of competing for favor, I will be too useless." Ren Yuhua raised one eyebrow: "You are the next step, you can't implement it unless you have to." ”

Mao Lin flattered: "The slave is stupid, and you have a good plan to come to the maid?" ”

"I only had a plan not long ago." Ren Yuhua Wan'er: "I'll talk about the middle strategy first, if the princess never lets go, I have to fight alone and attract the attention of His Royal Highness first, but in this way, I may be surrounded and suppressed by the princess and the Liu family, unless I can completely squeeze out the Liu family, it is possible to win the princess's noble hand, but His Royal Highness knows that the Liu family's heirs are difficult, and they are still favored, and I am not too sure." ”

Mao Lin didn't dare to bow his head, but he secretly agreed in his heart, who would have thought that the seemingly lonely and helpless Liu Mei would be able to win the love of King Jin? Although she is a few years older than Ren Ji, it will take at least five years until she is weak and relaxed, don't say whether Ren Ji has the patience or not, the Queen Mother should not have it.

In fact, Ren Ji has not made progress until now, and the Queen Mother is already a little disappointed!

"The best policy, of course, is to ally with the princess." Ren Yuhua sneered: "The people around the Liu family, although they are all arranged by Mrs. Wei, but not all of them are unswerving, I wasted a lot of thought to buy such one, of course, I can't ask her to assassinate the Liu family, but it is not difficult to enter the slander and let the Liu family try to take the position of a widow, and after this leak, the princess is not unprepared, and she bought off another maid of the Liu family early, if the Liu family's attempt is known by the princess......"

"Even if the Liu family becomes a widow, it won't be able to threaten the position of the princess?" Maolin was puzzled.

"Why did you want Princess Dao to hand over procurement, personnel and other affairs to the Qin family?" Ren Yuhua poked Mao Lin's forehead: "The Qin family has clearly surrendered to the princess!" Of course, she fell out of favor long ago, if it weren't for the Queen Mother's order, Her Royal Highness would not allow her to enter at all, the Qin family is helpless, if she doesn't show sincerity to the princess, she's a woman, I'm afraid it's not as good as the elixir. ”

sneered again: "Qin Ji is a widow after all, so it is natural to handle important tasks such as procurement and personnel, although there is also a kitchen in Chaoxi Garden, it is impossible for the princess and Qin Ji to harm others in the diet, but in the same way, as long as this power is mastered by Qin Ji, Liu Ting and others will not be able to harm others through dietary herbs and other things." ”

Mao Lin was a little awake at this time, but he was surprised, and only asked in a half-loud voice: "The maiden is speculating, and the Liu maiden is harmful to people's lives?" ”