Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 137 Thoughts
The next morning, the fifth prince got up early and was about to go out to see how his mansion was doing. When he got to the door, he realized that he had to wait for the newly entered fourth sister-in-law to get acquainted with him. The fifth prince sighed annoyedly, and walked towards Fu'an Hall with his hands behind his back, thinking all the way, how far he would laugh later, the fourth brother felt appropriate after seeing it, besides the fourth brother, there was also the eldest brother, and father, and Concubine Ye Gui, alas, he hates such a family pretending to be peaceful with their own ghosts, tired.

The fifth prince arrived not too early or too late, and it didn't take long for him to wait. The fourth prince was wearing a purple-red gown, walking in front with his hands behind his back, and Zhu Mingyan was wearing a dignified and bright dress, with her head slightly lowered, following step by step. Behind the fourth prince, at the foot of the steps of Fu'an Hall, the fourth prince stopped, turned his head to look at Zhu Mingyan, said something for some reason, reached out to hold her hand, and led her up the steps slowly.

Concubine Ye Gui stared at the hands held together by the fourth prince and Zhu Mingyan, her eyes suddenly relaxed, revealing a deep sense of joy, she will be fine, it will be good to be married, such a good daughter-in-law, the fourth brother is still What's not to like?
After confirming his relatives, the fifth prince slipped out of the palace gate, called Huang Jingjie, and rode his horse to his residence.

Li Xiaoan was sweating profusely from running, and when he ran out of the second gate panting like a cow, the fifth prince and Huang Jingjie had been waiting at the gate for a long time, Li Xiaoan bowed to the end and swallowed several times before speaking : "Keep the fifth master waiting for a long time, keep Uncle Huang waiting for a long time, the lower official deserves to die."

"Okay, it's not your fault. Anyway, you came out from the inside, not from the outside." The fifth prince was in a good mood. He had already turned around the gate and the screen wall. Moved inside, the gate is very spacious. Behind the screen wall, the ancient wood and vines are green, simple and pleasing to the eye. Connecting to the female wall of the moon gate, a thick red and lavender rose comes over the wall, pouring down, overflowing with overflowing water. Warm and joyful.The gate and the screen wall made the fifth prince pleasing to the eye.However, Huang Jingjie bowed very politely and returned Li Xiaoan's gift, returning a polite and warm smile.

"You're paying attention." The fifth prince boasted, "Take me to look around." Li Xiaoan breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his brow, and bowed to let the fifth prince and Huang Jingjie go all the way in. Introduction along the way: "This is the main hall, according to the rules"

"Needless to say this, it's the most boring. There are rules for every brick and every piece of wood. Let the Ministry of Rites take a look. If you go inside, you don't need this place." The fifth prince has no interest in the three halls. It's a good trip and I don't need it.

Li Xiao'an followed good example, quickly shut his mouth, quickened his pace, and led the fifth prince and Huang Jingjie through the three main halls and into the courtyard behind.

"This is the outer study room." Li Xiaoan pointed to a simple-looking yard with white walls and blue tiles in front of him and introduced. The fifth prince hesitated for a while, waved his folding fan, turned to look at Huang Jingjie and asked, "What did you do last time?" Which one is too big? Is this the outer study?" Huang Jingjie glanced at Li Xiaoan, smiled uncomfortably: "It's not too big, I mean the main courtyard is very spacious, and the outer study is also very spacious. There is also a small kitchen at the back of the study, which is very thoughtful."

"Oh?" The fifth prince looked around. The flowers and trees in his mansion seemed to be very green. When he was choosing them, he didn't think that these craftsmen were careful not to spoil the flowers and plants: "Let's go to the main courtyard first to see. .” The fifth prince is more concerned about his main courtyard.

Li Xiaoan agreed, and led the two of them to take a shortcut and pass through to the entrance of the main courtyard.

The fifth prince stood at the entrance of the main courtyard and looked around. It was the same as lifting his foot into the courtyard, and entering the courtyard with his head was no different from a normal courtyard. After passing through the hall, the fifth prince was stunned. What is this? a layout?How come there are two hallways when you come in one hallway?The folding fan in the fifth prince's hand kept lighting, and Li Xiaoan hurriedly explained with a smile: "Master Huang said spacious, that's what it means. The outside of the main courtyard looks like one courtyard, but it can actually be counted as two courtyards. Look, sir, the east and west yards can be combined or separated, once this door is closed, the east and west yards will be unified, each has its own corner door at the back of the two yards, and even the small kitchen at the back is separated."

"Who asked you to repair it like this? Which palace's main courtyard is arranged like this?" The fifth prince looked at Li Xiaoan in disbelief and asked, Li Xiaoan bowed and smiled and replied: "Back to the fifth master, in April When the courtyard came out with a picture, the lower officials sent it to the fifth master, and did not dare to start the work until the fifth master stamped it."

"I ask you how dare you come up with such a picture?" The fifth prince reacted very quickly, Li Xiaoan asked before the picture was released, Li Xiaoan glanced at Huang Jingjie, bowed his body, and replied respectfully: "Go back to Fifth Master, this is what Fifth Sister means."

"Fifth Sister? What's your last name? No, let me ask you what's your name?" The fifth prince immediately realized when he heard the word 'Fifth Sister', and before Li Xiaoan could answer, he turned his head and pointed at Huang Jingjie. Said: "He is from the Li clan? Do you know about this?"

"Yes, Mrs. Li is the cousin of Mrs. Li who didn't take out the fifth clothes. The renovation of this mansion is thanks to Mr. Li's hard work." Huang Jingjie didn't say a word, and he couldn't blame him for this. I can't care less!

The fifth prince took a deep breath, stood in the hallway and circled around a few times, then stopped suddenly, hit the pillar with a folding fan and shouted: "Look at this, you are doing exactly what she wants? Is that what she meant?"

"Back to the fifth master, all the drawings are done only after the fifth master's seal." Although Li Xiaoan is respectful, he has no fear. The fifth prince took a deeper breath, but the breath was stuffy in his chest and he couldn't let it out. , what is this?She is a person who has never passed the door, so she takes care of things without passing the door?Is this palace hers or his?He even waited for his own seal before he dared to work!What is this?

"Fifth Master, this mansion"

"You knew about this from the beginning?" The fifth prince was dizzy and had a pain in his chest. He cut off Huang Jingjie's words and asked, Huang Jingjie raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed a few times: "It's not early yet Didn't the fifth master say that you didn't have a good breakfast? Why don't you go back and have a meal first and then come and see." The fifth prince took another breath, suppressing the stuffiness that made people's throat sweet, heaved a heavy 'hum', and raised his foot Just go outside.

Huang Jingjie cupped his hands at Li Xiao'an and said in a low voice: "Fifth Prince is in a bad mood today, I advise him, you should be busy first, don't pass." Saying that, she cupped her hands and hurriedly chased after the Fifth Prince and left the mansion Door.

"What's the matter? She hasn't married yet? How dare she make such a decision? You are also very good, you are so good, you have kept it from me from the beginning to the end! Well done!" Rushing into the Qingfeng Building, Before rushing into the Houhu courtyard, the fifth prince had already roared at Huang Jingjie.With a look of helplessness on Huang Jingjie's face, he pushed the fifth prince into the courtyard, and then explained with a sigh: "Listen to me, fifth master, you can't blame others for this matter. Since the mansion was repaired until now, you don't care about everything." If you don’t go, you don’t care, someone will take care of it, right? Tell me, besides you and Li’s wife, who else can take care of your mansion? If you two don’t care, is this mansion allowed to be relocated indiscriminately?”

"What's the matter with that yard? Tell me, what's the matter with that yard?" The fifth prince has always had a very quick eyelid and a very quick turn, and is best at finding the weak point that is beneficial to him. Huang Jingjie has accompanied him since he was a child, so naturally Familiar with his temper, looked at him and said indifferently: "When this picture was sent over, Mr. Li explained in detail, saying that this mansion was originally built by the old Prince Kang for the retirement of the former Concubine Yuan. The garden is very good, but The layout of the various places is not very in line with the rules of the Prince's Mansion. First, there is not a single serious study in this mansion, and there is no place for you to meet people in the future. The courtyard of the outer study room you saw in the front was originally the The external steward's conference hall and account room, Mr. Li had someone knock them down and rebuild them, and expanded the southwest corner, and opened a side door to the outside of the mansion. They said it was the outer study room, but actually it was reserved for you to see later. The place for people, behind the courtyard of the outer study, extends along the west wall to the middle line of the house. Mr. Li has separated seven or eight small courtyards for the use of the Qing guests, and when it comes to the inner study, The inner study is the most important place. When Director Li brought it here, he prepared several places to choose from, but what Mr. Li said is right, the inner study is the most important place, if you want to be safe, which one can be as good as it is now?"

Huang Jingjie's explanation was meticulous and thoughtful, and the anger of the fifth prince subsided a little bit. It turned out that that was his inner study, and also, in his mansion, as long as it could be stuffed in, no one would try to find a way, or just stuff it in. Two come in?When the mansion is opened, it will be the monster holding a Dharma meeting, so she also thought of this, so she asked her to connect her study room with the main courtyard, so that it doesn't show the mountains and dews, but also can focus on what needs to be seen.

The fifth prince's mood is getting better, but he still feels so uncomfortable that he can't explain clearly. No matter how reasonable Huang Jingjie's explanation sounds, he always feels that there is something wrong, or makes people uncomfortable. The fifth prince thinks of her a while ago The two words that were passed on were nothing more than Li Xiaozu's affairs, he would know about it even if she didn't say it, but how did she know that Leng Mingsong was in love with the second lady of the Lin family?Hearing that she had discussed marriage with Leng's family before, the fifth prince felt awkward.

Huang Jingjie saw that the fifth prince's mood was getting calmer but still looked awkward, sighed, and tried to persuade him: "This mansion has been under construction for half a year, and Mr. Li sent hundreds of blueprints back and forth. Have you seen any of them? Nothing else. In other words, it is the curtains to be used everywhere. There is such a thick booklet. What kind of curtains should be used for each place, what color to use, and eyebrows are written on almost every page. How much effort and thought will it take? Besides, people still have to prepare a dowry, is it possible that you don’t care about it, and you don’t allow others to care about it? What’s the reason for this?”

It should be the fifth prince who is wrong in what he said, but the awkwardness in the fifth prince's heart is circling back and forth, and he just can't get rid of it. She came out and took care of this?" Huang Jingjie looked at him speechlessly, and stopped talking, didn't he know that his daughter-in-law was a little different from other little ladies?

At the beginning of October, shopkeepers carrying Li Tian’s dowry arrived in the capital one after another, and the furniture for the new house also began to be finished, and all kinds of clothes, curtains, cushions, etc. were brought in from the embroidery workshop. , Li Jinghao was busy with Xiongmama and others.

Li Tian, ​​Shui Qiuniang, and Yue Niang checked all kinds of precious ornaments that were newly brought in in the warehouse. Shui Qiuniang tapped a pair of glass vases more than two feet high with her fingers, looked at them carefully and said: "This pair The vase is almost transparent, the workmanship is exquisite, and it is so tall, I have only seen a pair similar to this in Fushou Palace."

Yue Niang hurriedly moved over, looked around and said, "I think these are all fancy things, Fushou Palace? Where is Concubine Ye Gui?"

"How can she live in the Fushou Palace? The Fushou Palace has always been the empress dowager's place, but now it's closed." Shui Qiuniang explained casually, and Yue Niang flicked the vase and said, "This thing is in the Empress Dowager's Palace? Fifth Sister Son, you carry this in your dowry, isn't it too ostentatious? Speaking of which, I was just about to ask you, look at your dowry, even when the queen is married, you are not as rich as you. You don't always want to be low-key and low-key, this time What's wrong? Look at the room full of golden lights!"

"In the past, we had to keep a low profile and not reveal too much wealth, but now it's different." Li Tian shook the ruby ​​on the emerald bonsai with his finger, Shui Qiuniang looked at Yueniang and smiled: "Now the trouble is not outside but inside, we I have to tell everyone in the world how much dowry Fifth Sister has. It is safer to put the money in the open now. Besides, since the royal family has taken a fancy to Fifth Sister, if we can find a suitable reason for everyone, we can save them from guessing randomly. , There are too many guesses, maybe something troublesome will happen, after all, we can take care of the limited places."

Yue Niang was confused by what she heard, Li Tian sighed and said: "I am married to the prince, who in the world would dare to take the money from me? Anyone who dares to make a decision is in the circle of confessing relatives. "

"That's true, but I think you're thinking too much. That's the official family, rich all over the world, isn't that what you said? All the money in the world belongs to him, and you still care about your big money?"

(End of this chapter)