After rebirth, I became Little Marquis’s Bai Yueguang

Chapter 7

Although it is still the coldest time of spring, the winter fur can already be taken off.

Yuan Miaoyi and Yuan Lingheng were discharged from the service years ago, and the palace examination ended last month.Although Yuan Lingheng did not win the first place, he was fortunate enough to be selected as the second place by the emperor. He was also the youngest second place since the founding of the Yan Dynasty.

Mrs. Yuantai couldn't help being happy. After the Qionglin banquet in the palace, there was another three-day banquet at home.

In comparison, Yuan Lingheng behaved as usual.There was no ecstasy of youthful success, nor was he overly modest.

After discussing with Pei Zhao, he accepted the post of Qingzhou Prefecture Recorder and joined the army. He took office a few months ago.

After Yuan Zheng, Yuan Miaoyi's house was replaced with carved windows.The afternoon sunlight became softer through the window. Yuan Miaoyi was sitting by the window in the second room, knitting the knot in her hands.

Three years have not changed her appearance much, but her youthfulness has gradually faded away.Just like a flower, from the bud to now it is in bud.

The room was very quiet, Bai Zhi, Du Ruo and the others were busy working in the penthouse or outside room.

Aunt Cui walked in quickly from the outside and saw that Yuan Miaoyi was still concentrating on tying the knot. She stepped forward to refill her cup of tea and said: "Girl, the crown prince sent a letter from Qingzhou. There are also many things. , all placed in the main hall."

Yuan Miaoyi put down the tape that was almost finished, gently moved her aching wrist, and reached out to take the letter from Grandma Cui's hand.

She opened the envelope carefully and couldn't help but smile when she saw the words "Jiao Jiao, my sister, seeing the letter is like meeting you" at the beginning.

Yuan Lingheng wrote a full four pages. In the first two pages, in addition to carefully warning her about the changing weather and asking her to pay attention to her health, she also talked about her current situation.

Qingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan Road. Although it is not as prosperous as Shengjing, it has a unique elegance.He is very good in his role, so that his sister does not have to worry about him.

The last two pages talked about some things during his tenure, and also vaguely mentioned that Jiangnan was rich, so corruption was common. It seems that he intends to send an inspection envoy to patrol Jiangnan Road.

Yuan Lingheng knew that only Yuan Miaoyi could understand some of the sentences in the letter. Even if others saw it, they would just treat it as an ordinary letter from home.

Yuan Lingheng discovered very early that his younger sister was intelligent and quite talented in politics.Sometimes when he had in-depth conversations with Yuan Miaoyi, he could gain some unique perspectives, so he never shied away from talking about court matters with Yuan Miaoyi.

Yuan Miaoyi took it very seriously. The people of Dayan were open and open, and the rules for women were far less strict than those of the Qian Dynasty in her previous life.Similarly, there is no taboo among the people not to talk about state affairs.

She was thinking about the news she had heard recently and how she should reply later.

The political affairs were almost finished on the third page. When Yuan Miaoyi saw the last page, she couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

Jiangnan is the granary of Dayan, so commerce is developed and there are many merchants coming and going.Pei Linlang's dowry included many industries in Jiangnan.

After Yuan Lingheng became an official, the Pei family sent people to deliver all the property that originally belonged to Pei Linlang's dowry, allowing Yuan Lingheng to control it on his own.

Yuan Lingheng privately divided the property into two and handed them over to Yuan Miaoyi.

The letter stated that he asked the merchants in Qingzhou to collect a lot of valuable brocade silk and satin, as well as fashionable jewelry from the south of the Yangtze River, and arranged for them to be sent together with the letter.

The letter also said that she must tell her brother if she had been wronged. No matter what good thing it was, if his father could find it, he could also find it.

Some time ago, Yuan Fuwei got a batch of Huanhua brocade from somewhere.Weaved with gold and brocade, it is extremely luxurious.But except for the few horses he gave to Mrs. Yuantai, the rest were all given to the West Courtyard. Yuan Miaoyi didn't have any horses here.

Yuan Miaoyi didn't care about this matter.Over the years, the father-daughter relationship between the two brothers and Yuan Fuwei has always been weak. Although they maintain respect in etiquette, they are not close in heart.Yuan Fuwei's partiality is not a matter of a day or two. She never cares about these trivial matters.

Besides, she holds the other half of Pei Linlang's dowry, how much Huanhua brocade does she need?Fighting for these external things seems to be inferior.

Liu Shutang did have some abilities. In these years, Yuan Fuwei did not renew his marriage and established another wife.Even though there was a new addition to the backyard, she still loved him unfailingly.

I don’t know who acted as Yuan Lingheng’s Ear Reporter, Yuan Miaoyi thought helplessly.She didn't take it to heart, but Yuan Lingheng felt that her sister had been greatly wronged, and she was even more dissatisfied with her father.

So he hurriedly sent people to collect these silk and satin hairpin rings, and hurriedly sent them to Shengjing to coax her, as if she were a child.

Although Yuan Miaoyi is not really a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, she feels very touched by her unabashed concern for Yuan Lingheng.
She carefully put the letter into a small box made of huanghuali in the cabinet. In the box, you could see that there were many letters neatly placed, all of which were letters between her and Yuan Lingheng.

Aunt Cui saw that she had collected the letters, and then she had people carry everything in the secondary room.

When the first few boxes were opened, there was a lot of silk and satin. Bai Zhi and Du Ruo took them out one by one, while Dong Xia and Isatis made a list at the side.

Among them is a peacock, which glows a strange green color in the sun. It is exquisite, luxurious and unusual.

This kind of cloth is very popular among the nobles of Shengjing, but because of its extremely complicated manufacturing process, a piece of cloth will be completely destroyed if you are not careful.It takes dozens of skilled weavers three to four months to weave one piece, so the price of one piece in Jiangnan is comparable to its weight in gold.

Bai Zhi put the Peacock Luo into the box and put it away, and said with some joy: "I think this Peacock Luo is just right for making a moonlight skirt for the girl. It will be enough for entering the palace to meet nobles."

There are also many heavy lotus damasks and rain silk brocades that Yuan Miaoyi likes in the box. If they were cut into dresses, she might not be able to wear them all in half a year.

In the box at the back are small boxes packed one by one. When opened, they reveal exquisite hairpins and earrings.And at first glance, Yuan Lingheng personally selected them, and they were all the styles that Yuan Miaoyi liked all day long.

Earrings made of thumb-sized pearls, and emerald hair combs inlaid with rubies.Among them was a mutton-fat white jade bracelet, which was warm to the touch and shone with a warm luster in the box.

Yuan Miaoyi only put on the bracelet, and asked Bai Zhi to put the other jewelry into the dowry first.

After finally putting away these things, Nanny Cui had just served the Si Wu Soup made in the small kitchen, when someone came from outside the courtyard to report that the second lady was invited to go to the Taifu's courtyard.

Yuan Miaoyi said through the window: "I understand."

While Bai Zhi was putting makeup on Yuan Miaoyi, she said, "It's so good. What happened again?"

Aunt Cui said from the side: "A few days ago, Mrs. Taifu said that she was getting older and her energy was not as good as before, so she wanted to hand over the power of the housekeeper. Early this morning, I heard that the master went to Mrs. Taifu's courtyard. went."

The person who presided over the middle feeding was originally supposed to be the matron of the family.However, Yuan Fuwei had not yet remarried, and Yuan Lingheng had not yet married, so over the years, the affairs of the Yuan family had been managed by the Tai Fu.But after all, Mrs. Tai was old, and her housekeeping duties were complicated, so she expressed her intention to hand over the middle income.When Yuan Fuwei went to see Mrs. Tai, no one would think that he was there for Yuan Miaoyi.

Seeing that Yuan Miaoyi still looked calm, Aunt Cui couldn't help but said anxiously: "Girl, if the power of the housekeeper falls over there?" She looked at the west courtyard and continued: "That would be a bit troublesome. .”

"Seeing that Madam asked you to come over, it doesn't look like you have made up your mind. It would be better..."

Yuan Miaoyi still put on her earrings and said softly, "Don't worry, if she wants to take care of it, let her take care of it."

In her previous life, she had served as a palace official, and later left the palace and opened a new princess palace. She knew that presiding over the palace was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, sorting out money accounts and giving orders to the servants.

Not to mention the human exchanges among nobles in Shengjing.The intricate relationships among the people in the Hou family cannot be easily sorted out.

This is because the population of Rong'an Houfu is simple and has no other branches. Some people have mothers-in-law, uncles and aunts, and a lot of relatives living together. How can they manage the middle house without any skills?

Therefore, when wealthy families in Shengjing seek to marry their wives, they must come from a wealthy family. These young ladies have learned how to treat people and take care of the family since they were young, so that they can cope with the complicated relationships at home.

Yuan Miaoyi said with a smile while Isatis Lan and Du Ruo were arranging the silk cloth: "I'm afraid this is just my father's wishful thinking, and Aunt Liu doesn't want to take this hot potato."

The Liu family was not an honorable family before it fell into decline, let alone that after Liu Shutang was born, the Liu family gradually declined. Liu Shutang had never learned how to be a serious steward.

What's more, the madam only said that she had handed over the middle feed, but she didn't say that she didn't care about anything anymore.Compared to Yuan Fuwei who was confused, Mrs. Yuantai was still awake, and she would not tolerate Liu Shutang's chaos.

Yuan Miaoyi changed the topic: "How is the investigation going on the Futian Village matter?"

Speaking of this matter, it is another headache-inducing lawsuit.

Futian Village is located in the suburbs of Beijing. It was originally just an inconspicuous village in Pei Linlang's dowry.But Yuan Lingheng was interested in the location and size. Some of the money that couldn't be taken out on the counter was withdrawn from there.

Yuan Miaoyi has always been personally responsible for this Zhuangzi project. From the manager down to the servants, they are all close confidants.

But when Yuan Miaoyi checked last month's accounts, she discovered several money trends that she thought were unreasonable.

It would be fine if it was Zhuangzi nearby, but Futian Village was very important, so Yuan Miaoyi asked Grandma Cui to secretly check several stewards in Futian Village.

But no matter how much she checked, no clues were found. It seemed that the abnormality was just her illusion.

But Yuan Miaoyi knew very well that the more normal something seemed, the more undercurrents were surging underneath.

"You have to be on guard against a boat sinking in a small gap." Yuan Miaoyi said thoughtfully: "Mommy, pack my bags for me. I will go to Futian Village in person tomorrow."

Although Aunt Cui has been accustomed to her daughter treating the Crown Prince's affairs as a top priority over the years, she was still a little surprised when she heard this at first: "Are you going in person? I'm afraid the Madam will not agree."

It is not easy for outsiders to know the affairs of Futian Village, so Yuan Miaoyi cannot go with his wife.It's just that she is a young lady after all, and Futian Village is on the outskirts of Beijing, so the Tai Furen will not agree to this even for her safety.

Yuan Miaoyi smiled slightly and said, "No, she will agree."

As soon as Yuan Miaoyi arrived outside the main house, she heard the Madam's laughter and the voices of children coming from inside.

When the maid at the door saw Yuan Miaoyi coming, she quickly called inside.Soon Mrs. Yuantai's smiling voice came from inside: "Come in."

When Yuan Miaoyi entered, she saw Liu Shutang and her three-year-old daughter, Yuan Shurong, sitting at the lower corner to the right of the Dowager.

Compared with three years ago, Mrs. Tai has not changed much.Today she wore a bun, decorated with gold hairpins and large peony flowers, and had a dimple on her face.He looked like he was only in his thirties or forties, noble and gorgeous, and imposing.

Liu Shutang, on the other hand, only wore an ordinary emerald bun and a jade-embellished silk bow.Although she also had flowers placed between her eyebrows, other than that, her attire was not extravagant.

After Yuan Miaoyi saluted Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai pointed to the chair on her left and said, "Good boy, sit down." Yuan Miaoyi thanked her and sat down on the embroidered pier on the lower left side in a polite manner.

Mrs. Tai asked Yuan Miaoyi some little things about her recent daily life, and Yuan Miaoyi answered them all in a gentle manner.

Originally talking about the recent meal, the wife suddenly smiled and said: "You are dressed brightly today, which is good. A young lady of your age is the age where she needs to dress up."

Liu Shutang, who had been holding Yuan Shurong with a smile and sitting on the other side, also looked over following Mrs. Tai's words.

Today, Yuan Miaoyi is wearing a white silk-painted plum blossom-patterned undershirt, with a crimson curly grass-patterned back covering the outside. The lower body is paired with a skirt embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and clusters of flowers and branches, and a plain gauze shawl is draped over her shoulders.

She wore very little makeup, except for her long and thin eyebrows.The hair on the temples is fluffy and combed into a cicada shape on the side of the face.The gold-inlaid mutton-fat white jade skirt is inserted diagonally into the bun, and the three pigeon-blood rubies under the tassel hang just beside the face, reflecting the brilliance of the gems.

As long as she sat there properly, she looked like orchid grass, indescribably beautiful and fresh.

So Liu Shutang pursed his lips and smiled and said: "The second lady is really well-dressed. She sits there like a flower. No wonder the second lady is so happy every time she sees her."

Yuan Miaoyi glanced at her after hearing this but said nothing.Mrs. Yuantai glanced at her lightly, then smiled slowly and said: "You too, you are dressed so simply. Didn't the master give you a lot of Huanhua Brocade a few days ago? Huh? Cut out some more dresses."

Liu Shutang's heart trembled. She knew that this incident violated Mrs. Yuantai's taboo a few days ago.She didn't say anything before because Yuan Miaoyi didn't show much concern, so although she was unhappy, she didn't say anything.

But what she said today must have made Mrs. Yuantai feel unhappy along with the previous incident, so she wisely kept silent.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Mrs. Tai finally felt a little more comfortable.

So she finally said seriously: "I'm getting old and I always feel that I don't have enough energy, so I want to entrust the power of housekeeping to others. This morning, the master came to see me and said that it would be better to let Aunt Liu take charge of the middle class for the time being. Yi'er, do you have anything? what idea?"

　take a day off today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)