Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 158

Li Tian leaned on the pillow and listened carefully, slowly twirling the corners of the handkerchief with his fingers, concentrating on thinking for a while, and only gave a soft 'hmm'.

The snow feast of the wives inside and outside is over, but the imperial garden is bustling with poems and songs. The fifth prince and the eldest prince stand together, glance at the team dance of the female disciples in front of them from time to time, and calmly say goodbye Idle gossip: "...the case of Wanyuelou has no clue at all, I have reported it to Dad." The eldest prince paused for a while before Xu Sheng continued: "I'm afraid this is the only way to let it go."

"Yeah." The fifth prince put away the folding fan, turned it around and carried it behind his back, looked at the fourth prince who was talking to a few Hanlin far away on the other side, his eyes shrank slightly, and he said with a chuckle: "What's the matter?" Is it easy to check? What can I find out? It’s clear without checking, anyway, I already know it in my heart.” The first prince sighed softly, shook his head slightly and did not answer, the fifth prince shook his folding fan irritably He closed it again, squinted at the fourth prince, and said bitterly: "Just like him, you want to learn from Dad? You don't even look in the mirror to see what kind of virtue you are! Hmph, I really think that everyone else is a fool, and they are all at his mercy." What is it! I have never served him!"

"You think too much." The eldest prince persuaded: "Our brother is no better than Father at that time, besides, what good can he do? You think like this without any clues, and you are wronging people."

"Ha!" The fifth prince said with a smile on his face: "Brother is honest and honest, and he never thinks of people as bad. You are doing this for my own good, I know, I understand it in my heart, it's okay, I know, this It’s over, so I won’t mention it from now on.”

"Well, my father mentioned our brothers again a while ago, and said that you and the sixth brother can't share his worries for him. If the sixth brother doesn't mention it, he is still young. What about you, are you still going to idle around like this?" the eldest prince Changing the subject, the Fifth Prince patted his head with his folding fan in distress: "I've been thinking about this for the past few days, and I should take this job, not only to share my father's worries, but also to share my elder brother's worries, elder brother Give me some advice, what kind of job do you think I should take?"

The eldest prince's eyes flickered, he gently raised his hand and patted the fifth prince's shoulder and said, "I'm relieved if you think so, you've never received an errand, no matter what kind of errand you take, as long as you do it well with your heart, there will be no harm Yes, besides, Dad has such a temper, how can you be picky and picky?"

"That's true." The fifth prince said with a smile: "Don't worry, big brother. I plan to calm down and take care of you and father. No matter what mission my father sends, I will do my best and do it beautifully." Yes, give big brother a face, anyway, there is a big brother, I will go to ask big brother for advice if I have any difficulties, can I rely on big brother to enjoy the cool?" At the end, the fifth prince showed his usual tired face, and the eldest prince smiled very gently , smiled and said helplessly: "You, everything is fine, it's just this lazy word, this tired look, what can people say?"

"My ambition since I was a child was to be lazy and carefree all my life. Everyone has their own ambitions. Brother, look at the dancing girl in red in the middle. With the same dance steps, she is more enchanting than others. She is Lao Yang's daughter, and her background is different... "The fifth prince's interest quickly turned to the dancing girl in front, the first prince glanced at the dancing girl in red, smiled and shook his head.The two were chatting leisurely, and when it came to this year's official examination, the first prince seemed to have just remembered, glanced at the fifth prince, hesitated a little, and said: "Li Xiaozu got an excellent grade in this year's examination, and there are two excellent grades in building and store affairs." , it’s rare.”

The fifth prince's complexion changed slightly, and he took a deep breath and said, "How long has Li Xiaozu been in the store? His thoughts are clear, right? You still say that I wronged him!" The fifth prince took a deep breath again, and patted the fan In his chest, he tried his best to suppress the resentment and said: "The clay figurine is still a bit earthy, the rabbit bites even when it is anxious, just watch, I don't believe that I will die before him!" The eldest prince couldn't help coughing, looked left and right and said in a low voice: "Look at you, what are you talking about? Li Xiaozu has relatives with you, and it is human nature to take care of you."

"That's what I think. If he does it, let him do it. I'm not polite!" The fifth prince gritted his teeth angrily, and the eldest prince explained a few more words before he finally set the matter aside.

Both the prince and the princess were not in the mansion, and the atmosphere in the East Courtyard suddenly relaxed a lot. Although the prince has been here once since the establishment of the East Courtyard, he only stayed for a quarter of an hour. Not only did the princess not come However, I didn't say a word, let alone take care of her, but as long as she knew that she was in the west courtyard, in this mansion, and from the red sleeves in the east courtyard, everyone held their breath, as if speaking a little louder, the princess would As if I could hear it.

This is a relaxing day, the girls in the east courtyard will invite you to invite me, and I will call you, and go to the back garden together. I have heard that the garden of the palace is better than the house, and a group of girls have long wanted to go for a stroll. , I won't let go of the opportunity if I get it.

Yu Lian glanced at Hongxiu, seeing that she didn't go out, she found an excuse to stay in the east courtyard, waited for everyone to leave the courtyard, took half a piece of tea cake, then found a piece of needlework, and went to the wing room to talk to Hongxiu.

Hong Xiu was embroidering a piece of peace and wealth with her head down, when she heard the knock on the door, seeing that it was Yu Lian, she hesitated for a while before letting her in.Yu Lian didn't seem to notice Hongxiu's hesitation at all, and held up the tea cake in her hand with a smile on her face and said: "Yesterday, my mother asked someone to send me half of the tea cake that I got on. My sister is an elegant person, and it happens that I am free today, so I came to find her to drink tea and talk." Then, without waiting for Hongxiu to answer, he waved his hands and said with a smile: "Sister, sit down quickly, I don't need my help, I have learned how to make tea Yes, my sister just needs to tell me where the tea sets are stored."

Hongxiu got up to find the tea set and came out, Yu Lian sat on the kang, ordered two cups of tea skillfully and gracefully, first handed a cup to Hongxiu and said: "Sister, try it." Hongxiu took it and smelled it first: "It is indeed Good tea to go in."

"I said that my sister must be an elegant person." Yu Lian was surprised and happy and laughed as if she found a bosom friend. The two drank a few cups of tea, and Yu Lian gradually turned to the topic: "...the princess is really beautiful, No wonder the prince and princess are so loving."

"This is not what we should say." Hongxiu interrupted Yu Lian's words and warned seriously, Yu Lian hurriedly laughed and said: "I just told my sister, to be honest, the first time I saw my sister, I thought my sister was very cute. Dear, I regard you as my own sister in my heart. My sister is doing this for my own good. I don’t dare anymore. Don’t worry, my sister.” Yu Lian quickly admitted her mistake: "... my sister is a real person, you can tell at a glance No evil intentions, there is something, Yu Lian would like to ask my sister to help me with an idea."

Hongxiu only dared to say 'hmm' without being able to tell whether it was possible, this Yu Lian seemed to be too thoughtful and had nowhere to put it, Yu Lian frowned and sighed: "To tell you the truth, my mother didn't plan to let her go. I came to this mansion as an errand because my brother-in-law and Mammy Qiao's eldest son could talk to each other, and Madam Qiao happened to be sent to this mansion to be the chief steward, so my mother was moved and thought of Mammy Qiao Since Mammy is the chief steward, if I entrust her, I will definitely be able to find a job that is easy, decent and pays a lot of money. The prince has always been famous for his generosity. If I work for two years, I might be able to earn half of my job. The dowry came, and I entered the mansion just to covet this."

Yu Lian carefully looked at the red sleeve while talking, and saw that she was concentrating on listening, she sighed a few times and continued: "Who knows that Mother Qiao is thinking too much, and I don't know where she is thinking, so she gave birth to those things that happened before." It scared me so much that I didn't sleep well all night, and I was so worried that I couldn't do it anymore. Sister Hongxiu, tell me, what should I do? Should I try to find another way to ask someone to go out, or... well, I don't know, because of this errand , My family spent a full 20 taels of silver. If it wasn’t for the 20 taels of silver, I would have gone home a long time ago, but if I just went home like this now, the 20 taels of silver would be in vain. Money is not easy, alas, sister, tell me, what should I do?"

Hongxiu carefully looked at Yu Lian's expectant eyes, turned seven or eight times in his heart, and then said: "20 taels of silver is not a small amount. It is said that the prince is generous. What kind of method is it? Those of us who are waiting around I really don't know, but although the prince is cold-tempered, he is a good servant, and he is not very picky about food and clothing. However, he seldom ate in the palace before, even for breakfast, he mostly went out to eat. Now this thing Courtyard, even the kitchenette is not open."

Yu Lian stared blankly at Hong Xiu, Hong Xiu looked at her and continued: "Judging from the prince's previous temper, this job in the East Court can be regarded as easy and decent, you are all first-class maids with two taels of silver a month, A lot of money is enough. If you used to be in the palace, you could earn three to forty taels of silver a year, but we are Jin'an County. I don’t know the rules of the palace, the rules of the princess, but I thought, no matter what, there is always 40 taels a year, you can work here for a year or two, and you can embroider dowry when you are free.”

"Sister, what do you mean, the prince won't come to this courtyard? Isn't this the prince's inner study? Then where does he go to study and write?" Yu Lian didn't expect to ask such a result, and couldn't help being surprised. Looking at her, he said with a smile: "It's not like I won't come here all the time. The prince loves to play around. It used to be like this in the palace. He left early in the morning and came back very late. To say something disrespectful, he just came back to sleep. That's because there are rules in the palace, princes are not allowed to spend the night outside without the official's permission, as for the study room or not, do you see if there are any books in our courtyard? The prince doesn't like to read and write."

Yu Lian's heart was almost chilled by what she said, and she was speechless for a long while looking at Hongxiu.

(End of this chapter)