Xie Yixiao watched in the Spring Garden for a while, watching the people in the courtyard walking around and moving things, and the black tea in the courtyard commanding everyone to sort things and put them in various warehouses.

One into the courtyard of the main room five, stepping into the gate is greeted by a high screen, carved exquisite crane pine and cypress screen hung on a spring picture, the spring is full of flowers, there are visitors riding horses to step on the spring outing.

There is also a table in front of the screen, a vase ornament placed on the table, and a few peach blossoms are inserted in the vase.

After bypassing the screen, it is a gate leading to the second courtyard, and when you look up, you can see that the peach blossoms in the second courtyard are blooming just right, and the rooms on the left and right sides of the main house are also opened.

There are three rooms in the east and west wings, a lot of cloth is placed in the east wing, which is the place where the embroidery lady comes to make clothes for the master on weekdays, two of the three rooms in the west wing are arranged for the maid who keeps vigil to live, and there is a gatehouse stove room in the south wing.

Although Xie Yixiao felt that there were more of these houses, she and Rong Ci lived in the same courtyard as before, otherwise it would be space, but it was good to separate the living and hospitality places.

After reading the first courtyard, she went to the second courtyard to see, and she was most satisfied with the bathroom after entering the second courtyard.

The bathroom is in the corner of the bedroom, there is a bath inside, the boiling water room is in the ear room on the side, and there is an iron pipe through it, so you don't need to let people carry the water when you want to use water on weekdays, just boil the big pot of water in the boiling water room, and turn the switch when you want.

There is also a pipe on the side that leads to cold water.

"Princess." Red Mushroom took the booklet of the people in the house, "This is the booklet of the people in the house, please take a look." ”

Xie Yixiao took it and looked at it a few times, and was a little stunned for a while, only the two of them lived in this mansion, but there were nearly 100 people waiting.

There are fifty-six guards, and the rest of the gardeners, cooks, buyers, maidservants, and domestic servants, there are a lot of them, which is quite a few, and there are also subordinate officials and staff under the palace, but these are not under her control.

Xie Yixiao felt a little headache when she looked at it, she didn't think that the housekeeper was anything to do with a few people in her yard alone, but this time there were so many people, it was really a big head.

She closed the booklet and asked Red Mushroom, "How did these people get in?" ”

Red Mushroom whispered: "The guards here are all retired from the army, some of them were originally left to take care of the house, and some of them were arranged to enter the house in the past two years. ”

"If you don't do your duty, you can't stay here."

"Would the princess want to meet them?"

"Tomorrow, I have to pack my things today, and I don't have much time." Xie Yixiao separated the booklet again, and his eyes fell on the embroidery girl, "How is this embroidery girl Lin Chun's craftsmanship?" ”

"The craftsmanship is naturally good, her master was originally Zhen Xiuniang of the Shangyi Bureau, Zhen Xiuniang left the Shangyi Bureau to open an embroidery workshop, you should know, called the embroidery spring workshop, is a famous embroidery room in the imperial city, Zhen Xiuniang accepted a few apprentices, this Lin Xiuniang is her apprentice, the craftsmanship is not bad."

"Oh? Since the craftsmanship is good, why do you want to come to the palace, if you work in the embroidery workshop, if you open an embroidery workshop by yourself, it is also good. "A capable embroiderer does things outside, and she earns more money than being an embroiderer in the palace.

"I heard that she offended her favored sister and couldn't stay in the embroidery workshop, and I heard that the prince and the princess were going to move back to the palace, and there was no embroidery in the house, so I came by myself, and Steward Sun checked that there was nothing wrong with her, and her craftsmanship was good, so she let her enter the house."

Steward Sun was the chief steward of the royal palace.

"But Steward Sun also said that she was to let her stay for the time being, if her craftsmanship could not satisfy the princess, then she would also be allowed to leave, but the princess wanted to try her craftsmanship?"

"We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Xie Yixiao put the booklet aside, entered the dormitory and began to pack up things, the busy afternoon passed, and in the evening, Rong Guogong and Rong Ci returned from duty, Xie Yixiao ordered someone to clean up the water pavilion in the Spring Garden and eat there.

In spring, the flowers are vibrant, the spring breeze slowly warms the world, the gauze curtain of the water pavilion is swaying lightly, and the fish in the water swim around.

Sitting here and having a meal makes people feel better all of a sudden.

Xie Yixiao and Duchess Rong Guo also drank some peach blossom wine, the peach blossom wine was pale pink in color, with peach blossom color, the wine was not strong, and it also had a faint sweet fragrance.

After eating, the two went to the side of the mountain stone platform to blow the wind and drink tea.

Duchess Rong Guo had a smile on her face: "You will still enjoy it, the spring color in this garden is indeed excellent, if you have nothing to do here on weekdays, your heart will be calm and happy." ”

"If you like it, you can stay here for a while, this garden is good, wouldn't it be a pity if you didn't see it more, by the way, you can also pick fruits."

Xie Yixiao took a blue-yellow plum on the plate on the side, took a bite and frowned and stretched, "It's a little sour, but it's okay, if my mother likes it, she can pick it herself." ”

"I don't have much of a taste for picking fruits, but I do like them." Duchess Rong Guo also took a plum and took a bite, the entrance was a little sour, but when she ate it, it was just right.

Xie Yi smiled and asked Duchess Rong Guo about the housekeeper: "Mother, what did you think when you first opened the housekeeper in the past, how should you manage so many people?" ”

Duchess Rong Guo thought for a while and said: "I don't care, I thought it was very troublesome at the time, even if it was a good life, then just arrange someone to clean and cook, what do so many people do." ”

Xie Yixiao nodded in agreement: "Actually, I think so too." ”

It is about this huge palace space, and there are too many people, and it is really a bit of waste and luxury to look at, and she is a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Duchess Rong Guo said: "It's good to get used to it in a few days, and these people are not useless, such as the subordinate officials and staff of your house, if you are temporarily resting in the guest garden, you need to arrange someone to take care of it." ”

"Besides, this palace is so big, it is a problem to take care of it every day, and if there are guests, it is even more necessary to employ people."

Xie Yi said with a smile: "I thought that the palace was too big, and it was a waste for our husband and wife to live, so I wanted to separate them, but my husband said that the regulations of the palace were so difficult to move." ”

"That's true, but you don't need to worry, just live in peace."

The regulation of the palace is indeed quite big, after all, as a prince, according to the regulations, there can be a princess, two side concubines, and a number of concubines, wives and concubines, and countless children.

That is to say, King Lao Ding has no wives and concubines and children, and now this little husband and wife are only two of themselves.