After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Chapter 45 The Poor Prince
Leaving Yu Heng and Yao Guang, who looked eager for knowledge, to steal their masters under the guise of helping, Yu Zizhen walked out of the main room alone and came to the west wing, which she chose as the warehouse.

In order to reduce the number of accompanying carriages, Yu Zizhen did not carry too many things, so she did not actually need to occupy all the rooms in the west wing as a warehouse.

After walking around the west wing, she finally designated the room located at the north end of the west wing and closest to the main house as her temporary warehouse in the palace of the capital.

By the time Yu Sheng arranged for the people to move all her things into Lu Mingxuan, the previous servants had also arranged five main rooms for Yu Zizhen that belonged to her.

In the two rooms on the east side, the maids and women all hung up thick sky-blue curtains, covered them with thick beddings of the same color, and put on beautiful jade pillows that were very expensive but actually not comfortable at all. .

In addition, they also placed kang tables, kang cabinets, and standing cabinets in the room with the kang, and placed cabinets, coffee tables, brocade stools, and ottomans in the room with the bed.

In the middle room, the front half is completely arranged according to the specifications of the reception hall of this dynasty, and the back half blocked by the screen contains the Eight Immortals table and official hat chairs, which can be regarded as a small dining room.

Currently, there are only bookshelves, desks, chairs, soft tables, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, etc. in the west room. There is not a single book, and Yu Zizhen needs to fill it in slowly.

During the Western period, as Yu Zizhen said, nothing was put in for the time being.

"Give me a weapons rack here." Thinking that the martial arts training ground was open-air, Yu Zizhen suddenly had an idea and decided to turn this west room into a temporary martial arts training ground for her occasional use.

The housekeeper said "yes", then turned to wink at the palace guard who was standing at the door.

The guard understood and immediately turned around to ask Yu Sheng for the weapon rack.

The housekeeper asked Yu Zizhen with a smile, "Your Majesty, would you like to rest first, or watch the slaves put their things away first?"

Yu Zizhen thought about his few carry-on luggage, "Let's put things away first."

She pointed to the large and small boxes piled in the yard and said to the housekeeper: "These are the clothes and jewelry I brought, and they were all put in the east room for me. These are the various earthenware rituals I brought, and they were all put away for me." Go to the northernmost room in the west wing. You don’t need to worry about the other bits and pieces, I’ll let Yu Heng and Yao Guang take care of them slowly.”

The housekeeper said "yes" and quickly led the others to work.

While they were busy, they secretly wondered at the "poorness" of their prince.

Look at this little thing he brought, and look at the ordinary quality of this little thing, tsk tsk, those who don’t know better would think that their prince is the child of a fifth- or sixth-grade official from a poor family!

What they didn't know was that Yu Zizhen had discounted many of her things into cash. She also secretly stuffed the precious items that couldn't be cashed into the system warehouse along with money and costume props on the pretext that no one knew about it, and left them behind. These things outside are all ordinary, neither extraordinary nor eye-catching.

If something of this quality fell into the eyes of the palace servants who were used to seeing how extravagant and wealthy the noble families in the capital were, they would naturally be secretly disgusted by it.

Yu Zizhen didn't follow these servants all the time, and he didn't know how they disliked her for being "poor" in private with their eyes and expressions. However, Yao Guang and Yu Heng, two little ears to repay the gods, whispered after the servants left. Muttering and gesticulating, they learned from Yu Zizhen the expressions on those people's faces and the looks they exchanged with each other.

Madam Zhang turned red with anger after hearing this, but Yu Zizhen, a poor and sour man who was despised by them, did not take the secret slander of the servants to heart at all.She said to Mrs. Zhang and the others: "They are just a group of insignificant people. There is no need for us to make ourselves unhappy because of them. Let's all eat and go to bed early after eating."

Lu Mingxuan's small kitchen was not ready so quickly, so that night Yu Zizhen and the others ate meals sent from the palace's large kitchen.

Yu Zizhen's meal was six dishes and one soup, but since she had just moved into the palace in Beijing today, the kitchen knew almost nothing about her taste, so Yu Sheng took the initiative and asked the kitchen to cook ten dishes and one soup for her. Soup.

The cook who came to deliver the food said to Yu Zizhen before she left: "If it doesn't suit the prince's taste, the prince will send the sister-in-law next to you to tell the servants, so that the servants can adjust it according to the prince's taste."

Yu Zizhen was not picky about food, and she planned to set up a small kitchen for Lu Mingxuan, so she would not be picky about anything. She smiled and asked Madam Zhang to reward the cook and the two rough maids she had brought, "I understand, let's You took the trouble.”

The meals for Madam Zhang, Yu Heng, and Yao Guang were also delivered from the big kitchen. Their portions were a small plate of meat, a small plate of vegetarian food, a portion of staple food, and a large bowl of soup. Of course, the food was of high quality. Far inferior to Yu Zizhen's big table.

Yu Zizhen didn't want to waste it, and she knew that Yao Guang would definitely be hungry with just the amount of food in the portion, so she decisively picked three dishes to reward Madam Zhang, Yu Heng and Yao Guang.

"I won't eat the rice. Yao Guang, take it away. Madam Zhang will send four dishes to the front yard, two for Mr. Jiang and two for Master Bai."

As for herself, she kept a plate of small flower rolls, three favorite dishes, and a large bowl of delicious chicken soup with the oil removed, which was enough for her to eat until she was full.

Everyone thanked Yu Zizhen, and then quickly followed her instructions and divided up all but the last three of the ten dishes on her table.

They didn't do this behind anyone's back, so the knowledgeable people in the kitchen quickly found out from their relatives and friends what three dishes Yu Zizhen had eaten.

Then, they began to speculate on Yu Zizhen's preferences and tastes based on the dishes she had eaten.

Yu Zizhen, who was racked by their brains to analyze their personal favorites, was not idle at the moment. She, Yao Guang and Yu Heng were learning basic audience etiquette from the old nanny sent by Yu Sheng.

The old grandma was very strict, and the three little ones were tormented by her for a full two hours before they finally got her to say "It's okay."

Yu Zizhen was like a god who brought plagues, and immediately asked Madam Zhang to take the purse to reward the old woman.

After the old nanny left with the silver reward, Yu Zizhen waved his hand and said, "Go wash up and rest. I don't need you to serve me here."

Madam Zhang heard this and said hurriedly: "Hot water has been prepared in the ear room. Your Majesty, please wash up and rest early. You have to go to the palace tomorrow morning, but you can't read and practice calligraphy anymore."

Yu Zizhen walked to the ant room weakly, "I understand."

She really wanted to continue studying, but her current small body was not very strong. After being taught the rules for two hours by the old nanny, she was so tired that she just wanted to get into bed as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)