Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 159 Be Frugal

Yu Lian stared blankly at the red sleeves with a peaceful expression and lowered her head slowly embroidering flowers, poking the needle in her hand back and forth, her heart was in a mess, and her words were true or false?From what she said, the prince doesn't seem to have anything to do with her, but if it's true what she said, how could such a thing happen on the wedding day?How can she lead her aunt's monthly case now?But if it wasn't like this, it has been several days, and she really hasn't even seen the face of the prince.

The people in this mansion looked weird, and tasted wrong, everyone said that the prince is generous, and the princess has plenty of money, but after coming in these days, how can there be a trace of generosity in terms of food and clothing?No matter how full the food is, the tea cakes are all common goods, hard to swallow, and all the oil lamps are lit at night, and even a candle is useless. She has grown up so much, and she has never suffered such hardship. Yu Lian glanced at the corner of her eyes. The celadon oil-saving lamp on the table, I heard that the oil candle company said that it is kerosene, and there is a set rule for how much kerosene is used in a month.

Yu Lian moved impatiently. The prince rested in the west courtyard every night. He was so affectionate with the princess. The princess was not as old as himself. In addition to Hongxiu, there were seven other girls in this courtyard. Those girls in the west courtyard were all top-notch. I don't know how many young and beautiful girls there are, with a heart and means. In terms of age, I am not too young, and in terms of beauty, I am not top-notch. Looking at these people, I don't know what they think, why isn't the princess in charge of the house in this mansion?Taking a ten thousand step back, even if the concubine is not wary of them, if she wants to arrange for a girl to sleep in, she must first arrange for her own girl. What is there to do these days?
Hongxiu sent away the preoccupied Yu Lian who could hardly hide it, took the door behind her, sat back on the kang, took the needle and thread, but didn't have the mind to do it. Not wrong, myself, shouldn't I also make a good plan?

After dinner in the evening, Li Tian said a few words about the snow feast, but he told Qing Zhi exactly what he had heard about this year's difference from the past. He went on and on and said: "Father is not ignorant, Zheng Daguan told me today that you have heard about the matter of interrogating those maids and women, and someone sent a message to Jingfu Palace, saying that it is a child. You don’t have to worry about it anymore when you’re older, just let go of what daddy said, and I’ll get annoyed when I see those people!”

"Yeah." Li Tian didn't know what he thought of, and he smiled meaningfully: "The people in our house are not all related to Jingfu Palace, and many people think that this is a clever son, so I asked someone to Those who come to our house as errands are entrusted to all kinds of people, and there are all kinds of people who can't think of it. If this matter is done urgently, I'm afraid there will be too many people offended. Moreover, if you offend someone, you don't necessarily know who you offended. This is a hidden danger, you haven't heard of it, the King of Hades is easy to see, but the little devil is hard to deal with."

"It's up to you." The fifth prince listened to it. He has no experience in this matter, and he doesn't want to take care of it. In the past, his way of dealing with this kind of thing was to hide when he couldn't afford it. I have never stayed in the palace, either listening to music everywhere, or hiding in the lake behind Qingfenglou to pass the time.

"You came back early today, don't you want to visit the East Courtyard?" Li Tian asked casually, the Fifth Prince was stunned for a while, and moved uncomfortably: "What happened to the East Courtyard?"

"Hongxiu is in charge of the east courtyard. What can happen?" Li Tian said with a slight smile on his lips, "Hongxiu is a good person. Even Xiongmao praised her for being sensible. No wonder you love her the most. The girls all went to hang out in the garden, but she didn't go, why don't you go and have a look?"

"What are you looking at?" The Fifth Prince quickly replied, "See why she didn't go to the garden? It’s over, you have to let me see why? This is not my business at all!”

Li Tian leaned at the fifth prince, who was ashamed and annoyed by her, and felt uncomfortable. What he said was a mess. As a majestic prince, he didn't seem to show his power at all. Li Tian moved away with a smile. Opening his eyes, he said: "By the way, Mr. Shao and those thirty little servants haven't been settled yet. I haven't used servants before, and I'm not used to them. Which place do you think should be placed as servants?"

The fifth prince hesitated for a while and said nothing, Mr. Shao and the others are really not very easy to arrange, the prince's mansion has a rule of using servants, firstly, there is no precedent for sending the servants back, and secondly, even if they are sent back, the ban will still make up according to the number Come over, the fifth prince thought for a while and said: "Since you are not used to it, then you can arrange to work outside the second gate. The servants in the prince's mansion are decent. Look, you can use whatever is decent." Li Tian listened. He frowned, what did you say?Wherever it is decent to use it, it is the most decent to use the waiter at the gate to welcome and see off guests, but which guest can afford it?
Li Tian glanced at the fifth prince, nodded and said nothing more, it seemed that he had no idea at all, Mr. Xunshui should discuss this matter.

"I have to get up early tomorrow to listen to what's going on. I'll go and rest first. If you go to the east courtyard to rest, ask someone to tell Hongxiu first. I'm afraid she has to get ready." Li Tian paused, He explained with a smile: "There are a lot of people in our house, and Zhuangzi will have to wait until the end of next year to benefit. Qingfenglou and Shunji will come to our house, and it will be next year. There will be no profit for a while. During the Spring Festival, and next year, I’m referring to the bankers who opened the government. I also want to use more guards, horses, and the husband you want to invite in the future. Hold on tight."

The fifth prince didn't realize it for a while, what's the relationship between spending and getting Hongxiu to prepare?Li Tian saw that he was stunned and obviously didn't understand, so he had no choice but to continue: "The cost is tight, so we have to find a way to save money. For example, this year's candles, they are very expensive. The place in our house is large and the population is large. They all use candles, it’s too expensive, so outside, if you’re not around, it’s fine to light an oil lamp, we all use oil-saving lamps in our house, so we have to start from small things in life.” The fifth prince was dumbfounded. , Seeing that Li Tian couldn't say a word, she was one of the richest people in the capital, and she couldn't even bear to light a candle!
Candlelight flickered in the study room of Prince Shou's Mansion, and the Eldest Prince was talking to his aide, Mr. Jiang.

"It is the great blessing of the prince to have the help of the fifth master." Mr. Jiang stroked a few strands of sparse beard, and said in a happy mood. Wu is the most open minded, this one, I am not as good as him."

"My lord can't say that. If everyone is as open-minded as the fifth lord, wouldn't the officials suffer? Besides, there is a way of heaven in giving and receiving destiny, and the lord can only follow the sky." Mr. Jiang stopped suddenly, hesitating for a while. After a while, he said in a low voice: "They are all princes. Their identities are here. You have to pay attention to whether you want to take it or not. Besides, things change with time, and people are among them. Nothing remains the same. People's hearts are the most unpredictable."

"Hmm." The eldest prince stared at the darkness outside the window in a daze: "That being said, I can trust my fifth brother." Mr. Jiang smiled clearly and did not speak again.The room was silent only with the sound of dripping water from the dripping glass. After a long pause, Mr. Jiang broke the silence first: "Who did the assassination of the fifth master? I really can't figure it out. The third master, the fourth master, and even Jingling Palace is suspected, but the more you think about it, the less likely it is, there have been a lot of news from various places in the past few days, and it is even less likely when put together, who else could be there?"

A strange look appeared on the eldest prince's face, his eyelids drooped slightly and he said nothing. Mr. Jiang sighed in confusion: "Think about it from both sides. If the fifth master unfortunately dies, who will benefit the most? If the fourth master is for... This is just a joke, the fourth master is not a fool, even if he wants to do it, it will have to wait a hundred years after the official family, besides, the fifth master is gone, who can benefit? But if the fifth master is fine." Mr. Jiang said He stopped for a while, seeing the eldest prince with a wry smile and didn't say any more.

"We are the ones who benefit the most from this matter." The eldest prince continued slowly: "This matter cannot be viewed in isolation. If the fifth elder brother does not marry the wife of the Li family, there will be no benefits in the future. Going forward, if the fourth brother If nothing like that happened, I’m afraid there won’t be anything to follow, the things in this world, one ring after another, between this ring and the next ring, are all cause and effect.”

"Your Majesty's words are very true." Mr. Jiang praised: "Would you like to investigate more about the assassination of Lord Wu? Come on, I don't know if this person is an enemy or a friend, maybe it will cause a big event that we can't afford, this is not a trivial matter."

The First Prince reached out his hand to pour a cup of tea, picked it up and slowly sipped it. After a long while, he said in a low voice: "You don't need to check any more, sir, rest assured, maybe...it's not a bad thing." Mr. Jiang's eyes flashed with astonishment, and then he smiled. "Since what the prince said, then I can rest assured. Lao Hai delivered a letter today, saying that Yao Xiang's family seems to be discussing marriage with Linchuan Hou Jiang's family. He and the two young ladies, one concubine and one concubine, and the rest are offshoots. In addition to Yao Yuanhang, the fourteenth master of Yao Xiang's family, there are three young ladies, one concubine and two concubines. The rest of the Yao family are all in their hometown. Not good, the Yao family and the Marquis of Linchuan are most likely to discuss marriage, Yao Xiangruo married the Jiang family, this is inappropriate."

The eldest prince frowned, if they really got married, it would be inappropriate. Yao Xiang's eldest daughter married Ye Shusheng, the eldest son of Dongyang County Prince's Mansion. In the past few years, he has been standing by the fourth child's side vaguely. If the Yao family gets married with Jiang Zhengyuan again, A kiss... This is indeed an inappropriate marriage.

"Jiang Zhengyuan is on good terms with the fifth master. How about the prince ask the fifth master to see if the fifth master knows about this." Mr. Jiang said very tactfully, and the eldest prince nodded clearly: "It is true that this matter is left to the fifth brother. appropriate."

(End of this chapter)