Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 64
Qi Yan was born like a hosta flower in full bloom under the moon, with clear and handsome eyes and a cold expression, which has the air of a cold beauty. At the moment, her eyes are also very pure, I am afraid this is her characteristic, but it is a pity that no matter how noble she is, she is just a fake noble.

The concubine Wu Lan is a beauty from the north, tall and fit, lively like a ball of fire, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, looking at Murong Wei curiously.

Others don't mention it, but they are all born with their own characteristics.

Murong Wei felt sour in her heart, and gave Xiao Mingrui a sideways look.

Hmph, this guy is really lucky, there are a lot of flowers, the ring is fat, the swallows are thin, and you can choose.

All of them are beauties, but also of different types.

Xiao Mingrui seemed to sense the meaning of her gaze, and said, "Bring tea."

Murong Wei snorted, although there was a smile on her face, but everyone who knew her could feel that she was unhappy.

Xiangtao thought to herself, the lord actually has so many women, and they don't seem to be easy to get along with. This time, the young lady has something to do.

But Xiangtao didn't take these people seriously. In her heart, Miss is omnipotent.

Thinking of this, Xiangtao secretly glanced at the delicate Aunt Zhang and snorted.

She hated this kind of woman who seemed to be fainting at every turn, and wanted to scratch her face just looking at it.

Dead hoof, dare to invite the prince to favor you in front of the lady, what the hell!

Several aunts each served tea, and Murong Wei each gave a purse.

Xiao Mingrui said: "From now on, the internal affairs of the palace will be handed over to the princess. If anyone offends the majesty of the princess, it will be dealt with according to the rules."

Murong Wei smiled and said: "My lord, I am young and ignorant. I just came to this mansion, and I didn't even recognize the place. The affairs of this mansion, how Sister Zhu did before, how to do now. Xiao Gui Cao Sui, I think I will not make mistakes. I am not very good at housekeeping."

Xiao Mingrui glanced at her and didn't object: "You can figure out what to do. I won't interfere with the affairs of the inner courtyard."

When the others heard this, they had their own thoughts in their hearts.

After a while, they all dispersed.

Zhang Yuqian returned to the small courtyard where she lived, and when she entered the room, her expression became ugly.

The person who waited on her was dissatisfied and had a much worse attitude towards her than usual because she fined her for three months.

Upon entering the door, a woman wearing a maroon purple bija and a red gold hairpin came over, "What's wrong with Auntie? Didn't she recover just now?"

Shui Ling, the servant girl who followed Zhang Yuqian, said unfairly: "I'm not the princess..."

The woman heard this, frowned, and looked at Zhang Yuqian reproachfully: "Auntie is too anxious, the prince would never sweep the face of the princess at this time. After all, the prince personally proposed the marriage."

Zhang Yuqian sent Shui Ling away, the cowardly look had long since disappeared from her face, and she angrily hit a vase.

"Mother Liu, can I do it if I'm not in a hurry? How many days has it been since the prince came? It's okay for the prince to keep his filial piety when the lady passes away. I also eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha for the lady every day. He went to the Northwest for so long, came back, and finally fell in love with that Little slut, I was injured again later, we women in the backyard are no longer just a display? When will I be able to conceive a child, and how can the lady's wish come true? My poor lady..." He covered his face and cried up.

Liu's mother also shed tears when she looked at the miss who remembered her death.

Liu Ma used to serve Zhu's mother-in-law, and Xiao Mingrui let her family take care of Zhu's nanny after Zhu's death.The other maids were brought from the Zhu family, and they had already been married to each other. Mama Liu was left by the Zhu family and followed Zhang Yuqian.

It is impossible for Xiao Mingrui to be greedy even for the Zhu family's dowry, and it has already been discounted to the Zhu family's money.

Of course, there are also some people who were promoted after the Zhu family entered the palace.

Besides her, there was also Shui Ling who was also the third-class maid of the Zhu family. Because of her young age, she was kept by Zhang Yuqian's side after Zhang's promotion as an aunt.

Liu Ma sighed: "The new princess is here, who still remembers the lady who passed away?"

Zhang Yuqian wiped away her tears: "That woman is a vicious girl, so fascinated that the prince has long forgotten the past. I see that if I don't take measures, I will be killed by her sooner or later."

Liu Ma frowned and said: "Wangfei has the power in the mansion, but it's not so easy to do it, at most it will cause her some trouble."

Zhang Yuqian thought for a while: "She looks like she can only seduce men. She is a concubine, and she probably doesn't know how to housekeeper. If you don't come in here, you should follow the old lady's regulations."

Upon hearing this, Mama Liu said, "Then let's have a look."

On this side Xiao Mingrui and Murong Wei were sitting in the main hall, Murong Wei put down the teacup sleepily seeing that everyone had gone.

Su De came to report again: "The officials of the palace have come to visit the princess."

Seeing that she looked a little tired, Xiao Mingrui said distressedly: "Why don't you take a rest?"

Murong Wei shook her head, "I have to go through the account books of the palace, and I can't even figure out the regulations of the palace."

Not long after, Murong Wei sang along and saw the officials of the palace wearing court uniforms coming in.

Among them, at the forefront are the long-term history of the palace. They are in charge of the government orders of the palace, assisting the ministers, and taking charge of the affairs of the palace.Judgment is in charge of punishment and prison; Dian Shan is in charge of sacrifices, guests, vassal kings and concubines' diet; Fengci is in charge of sacrificial music and dance; ; Gongzheng is in charge of repairing and repairing palaces and houses.There are also accompanying reading palm attendants in daily life, displaying classics and history; professor palm enlightening kings with virtue and righteousness, and collation of scriptures;And there are Cang Ambassador, Ku Ambassador and so on.

Everyone stepped forward to meet the ceremony, Xiao Mingrui said: "This king has handed over the affairs of the inner courtyard of the palace to the princess, and if there are any related matters in the future, I will report to the princess."

On the surface, the officials in the palace said they belonged to the imperial court, but in fact they were also Xiao Mingrui's.

There are also guards at the guards office, except for those approved by the imperial court, there are also some supernumerary ones, that is, Xiao Mingrui took money to support them.

Murong Wei looked at these people and thought that this time she could be leading a big company.

Look at this entire palace, how easy is it to be a princess?
If you flutter butterflies all day long, how much peace of mind?

"My concubine was ordered by the prince to be in charge of the affairs of the mansion, and I would like to ask you all to cooperate sincerely." After finishing speaking, she got up and gave a half bow.

Everyone didn't dare to talk, and said with sincerity and trepidation: "I am willing to serve the princess."

Today is just to meet people, and later I have to ask the person in the house to send her the account books and the like.

You have to look at the previous account books, and you have to know the gift lists of each family during the Chinese New Year and holidays, right?How to give gifts in the palace, how to give gifts to brothers, how to give gifts to ministers, and how to give gifts under the door.

Others have returned the gift, so how do you return it.

What do you buy on weekdays, where do you buy the goods, how much is the overall cost of the house, how much are the wages of various grades, how to calculate the clothes and jewelry in the four seasons, how to calculate the wear and tear, how to calculate the house renovation, sickness and medicine cost more money.

Then when the government was divided, the emperor distributed the Huangzhuang and shops to Xiao Mingrui. How to take care of these incomes was unclear for a while.

Murong Wei felt that she was about to continue the life of a strong woman in her previous life.

Fortunately, there are always various institutions here, and there are precedents for many things.

Murong Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she thought of this.

After everyone left, Xiao Mingrui saw her frown, took her hand and sat down in the study in the west room.

After sending the servant girl away, Murong Wei gave him a surprised look.

"Wei'er, I know you're not happy. If you don't like those women, I can let them go to another hospital."

Murong Wei was taken aback for a moment, she admitted that she must be feeling uncomfortable.

She is a woman, seeing her husband with so many concubines, it would be strange if she could be comfortable.

This is something she had thought about long ago.

However, the most troublesome thing in a person's life is this feeling.

It is often beyond the control of reason.

If he is sensible enough, Xiao Mingrui shouldn't marry her.

If she was sensible enough, she shouldn't marry him either.

They may all be smart people, but they just can't escape this vortex.

Finally got involved irrationally.

That being the case, she already knew what kind of life she would have if she chose all of these.

Although I understand, wanting to see it with my own eyes is different after all.

Murong Wei smiled slightly: "Husband, if I say that I am happy in my heart, you will not believe me. It proves that I don't have you in my heart, so I will be happy for you to have other women. In fact, I have long understood that choosing someone is ultimately choosing him Give your life. So I have thought about all this a long time ago. I believe that you are a trustworthy person, and you also believe in yourself."

She wanted to be open and honest with him.

Marriage also needs to be managed. I am afraid that there will be no trust between the husband and wife, and it will be fine to talk about many things.

If each other is holding back in their hearts, each guessing the other's thoughts, but things turn out to be completely different, wouldn't it be a bad idea to do something bad?

Xiao Mingrui had no habit of talking heart-to-heart with women before.

Not to mention the habit of talking openly and honestly.

But after meeting her, I seem to be more and more used to talking about some things with her.

She is not hypocritical, and she sees things with depth and breadth. She has a wide vision, and she will not be like a housewife who only pays attention to an acre of land.

He had known this before.

Therefore, he is also willing to talk to her, unlike other women, who seem to have nothing to talk about except romance.

"I've wronged you." He stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, his eyes were tender, "Many times I can't help myself, thank you for believing in me."

"Husband." She pressed her cheek against his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat, some of the annoyance just now seemed to have disappeared. "You know, I'm really glad to meet you in this life. I know that when you men have to do things outside, I will take care of this house for you, so that you have a warm place when you come back, and you don't have to think about it again." Just figure out how to handle things and get some rest."

Xiao Mingrui seemed to be moved by her words, he tightened his arms, feeling so excited that he couldn't control himself.

After a while, he whispered: "Okay, actually, I'm also very glad to have met you in this life."

She is a good woman, how lucky he is to be loved by her.

And how can he repay her this affection, such a deep one, but never ask him for those money and status?

In fact, why should she worry about those concubines, in his heart, those people can't even compare to her hair.

It is the difference between cloud and mud, which is simply incomparable.

Those women will only ask him for wealth, status, and heirs, and they are only for themselves.

The whole heart is for him, only his wife, only his Wei Er.

She raised her head, her bright black star pupils flickered, as beautiful as crystal, with a mischievous smile on her pupils: "Moved or not? Let me say that my skills have not diminished. Seeing how you are moved, I am very happy." A sense of accomplishment."

Xiao Mingrui was stunned, and then flicked her forehead angrily and amusingly, causing her to cry out in pain.

"You'll make trouble for me, you..." Shaking his head, he sighed and looked helpless, but the doting eyes in his eyes betrayed his good mood.

Murong Wei lay in his arms, smiled wickedly, grabbed his hand and gnawed hard on it: "Just to make trouble with you, Xiao Mingrui, to make you bully me again..."

Xiao Mingrui couldn't help laughing, seeing her turned into a puppy, she opened her mouth to nibble on his hand, "When did it change to a dog?"

With her little strength, she didn't feel anything when she grabbed his hand, but it left two rows of tooth marks, but it was not easy to see.

Raising his hand to grab the slippery little loach, he said helplessly, "You just don't want me to see people on purpose, don't you?"

She blinked: "I'm declaring my sovereignty. I'll put a seal on it. After seeing this, others will know that this is my husband and my man."

"It's a set of unreasonable things, okay, courtesy is reciprocal. I'll also give you a seal." Xiao Mingrui smiled maliciously.

Murong Wei struggled and said, "I have to go back tomorrow..."

He can't bite her mouth open, otherwise how can she see people?

Seeing that she was afraid, Xiao Mingrui smiled unscrupulously and did whatever he wanted, even making a mark on her neck.

Murong Wei woke up suddenly from the pain, and said domineeringly to the man in front of her, "Now everyone will see who you are. Let's see who dares to think of you."

Murong Wei was ashamed and annoyed, and said angrily: "You're bullying again, how can I see people when I turn around? Wearing a stand-up collar is too conspicuous."

It's already early summer, and the weather is gradually getting hotter. The summer shirts she wears are all flimsy. She is covered tightly and does not arouse suspicion.

Murong Wei got up and looked in the target mirror, and found that the neck was indeed blue, so she was so angry that she ignored him for a while.

He simply went back to the room by himself, found Jinchuang medicine and wiped it on, and went to catch up on sleep.

Xiao Mingrui seemed to be in a good mood, seeing that she was ignoring him, he knew she was angry, of course he wouldn't hit the gun, and soon slipped away to the front yard to deal with the matter.

At noon, Xiao Mingrui didn't know what to do in the front yard and didn't come back. Murong Wei ate a few random meals, and in the afternoon, he took the account books brought along with others and began to organize the account books.

The most important thing is to recognize the structure of the palace.

Murong Wei found a large cardboard, pasted it with white paper, and drew an organizational chart. It was a pyramid shape from the top of the Palace to the bottom.

Murong Wei posted the department one by one, how many people are in each department, and who are the people, she wrote and pasted on the cut pieces of paper.

In this way, it is a rather arduous task to accurately determine the number of people in each yard in the end.

Murong Wei handed over the matter to Lu'er and Lu Shao.

She herself asked Aunt Yue Zheng and Madam Dongyu to sort out the account books.

Arrange the annual account books by category, and it's night when I haven't done anything.

Murong Wei intends to train her maid well. In the future, she will need capable people to handle many things. There is nothing wrong with delegating power to avoid exhaustion.

As long as she can make sure the power is back.

It would be ridiculous if power could be released but not taken back.

Fortunately, she still has an identity anyway.

Murong Wei now has a headache when she sees the thing on her neck, and she hasn't dared to see anyone for a whole day. Wearing a double-breasted sash with a stand-up collar seems to be able to cover it up, but she is still afraid that someone will see it.

When Xiao Mingrui came over, he saw Murong Wei sitting uncomfortably on an armchair waiting for her, holding a beautiful silk fan in her hand, covering her neckline, people who didn't know it thought she was deep in thought.

He couldn't help laughing, sat beside her, and said with a smile, "Still angry?"

Murong Wei glanced at him, hmph, it's not uncommon to pay attention to him!
Now she knows that there is no way to beg for mercy, she is not so easy to forgive.

Xiao Mingrui was funny, obviously this girl made a row of tooth marks on his hands, which made him pay attention to everyone, and she was not happy to give her a gift here.

This is really only allowing state officials to set fire and not allowing people to light lamps!
"Look..." He put his hand in front of her, and he could clearly see the tooth marks on his wrist. "Are you satisfied? I've been seen and laughed a few times. Ask me what's the matter, and I can only say that it's the dog."

Murong Wei was unhappy: "I'm not a puppy."

"I didn't say you were either." Xiao Mingrui pulled her in instead.

Murong Wei's eyes widened, "You...huh, forget it, I won't argue with you. Let's consider it a tie this time."

As he spoke, he rubbed his neck in distress: "I hate it, how can I see people like this? Could it be that the puppy gnawed it? Wouldn't it make people laugh?"

Xiao Mingrui was amused by her appearance, seeing her distressed appearance, he liked to watch her even more closely.

Murong Wei looked angrily at the man gloating at his misfortune.

The maids had dinner.

Xiao Mingrui took a closer look, sweet and sour hairtail, West Lake vinegar fish, sweet and sour wild rice stem, sweet and sour short ribs, sweet and sour lotus root slices, squirrel mandarin fish, all of them were sweet and sour.

She couldn't help laughing, is this girl going to throw herself into the vinegar vat?

Murong Wei said solemnly: "Being more jealous is good for the body and mind, and sweet and sour dishes can relieve the hangover."

Xiao Mingrui was taking a sip of Jinhua wine, and almost choked on hearing the words.

Murong Wei complained and stepped forward to pat him on the back, "Are you okay? You don't need to be in such a hurry to drink."

She doesn't like the servant girl serving meals by her side, and she doesn't like other people watching, so there is no one around now.

Xiao Mingrui has gotten used to her hobbies, and according to her, there is no privacy anymore.

At this moment, he is enjoying the service of his beautiful wife, so he is very uncomfortable.

Murong Wei served him a dish, "Try this squirrel mandarin fish, it's sweet and sour, it tastes very good."

There are very few people who don't like sweet and sour food, because human beings are naturally deficient in vitamins, and this sweet and sour food is what the human body needs.

Just like children always love sugar, this is the instinct of the body.

Xiao Mingrui has never eaten any delicacies from mountains and seas. This modern improved squirrel mandarin fish is hung with dried starch and fried, and then poured with sweet and sour marinade. It was a dish that Murong Wei liked very much before.

The mandarin fish fried into a squirrel shape is really delicious, Xiao Mingrui didn't stop moving his chopsticks after taking a bite, obviously he liked it very much.

"Haven't you ever eaten this dish before?"

"This is a dish from the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that when Emperor Sui Yang traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he ordered the chef to make dishes from the scenery he visited. Later, this dish was handed down. It may only be popular in a small area, but here it is. I don’t know. After all, are there any dishes in the palace?”

"It's not that you don't know the dishes cooked in the palace. They are all warming and nourishing, and they are very tasteless to eat."

Of course Murong Wei knew, so she was not interested in eating in the palace.

If you do it yourself in the small kitchen, you can eat it.

After the husband and wife had eaten, the maid served some pineapples, cut apples and other fruits into pieces, and ate them with small silver skewers.

Seeing her smug little appearance, Xiao Mingrui stepped forward to look, and under the light, a few small stars were pasted on her pink neck, which not only covered up the marks on her neck, but also looked very chic.

"She's still smart."

"Husband is too much." She was in a better mood, and she was also in the mood to joke with him.

Seeing her happy look, Xiao Mingrui embraced her, "Since that's the case, shouldn't I have a look at the clothes you prepared for me?"

It was only then that Murong Wei thought of this, and asked someone to go to the closet to fetch the clothes made for Xiao Mingrui.

A total of two sets were made, one was an azure-colored hang silk Taoist gown with a middle coat, and the other was an autumn-colored cocoon silk with direct embellishments.

The patterns are very simple, what Murong Wei embroidered is the geometric patterns of some famous brands in her previous life, embroidered on the sleeves and hem, it is very generous and decent, and looks very special.

She is not good at embroidery, so I don't know how long it took her to embroider it slowly.

Xiao Mingrui changed into his clothes and felt that they fit perfectly. Although the embroidery was not very exquisite, but the lady made it, he naturally felt that it was very good.

"May I discuss it..." Seeing that he was in a good mood, she hurriedly said, "My embroidery skills are really bad, can I stop making so many clothes?"

"Are you trying to be lazy?"

Murong Wei sighed: "It's not that the prince doesn't know how busy things are in the mansion? How can I have that time?"

Xiao Mingrui said amusedly and helplessly: "Silly girl, it's the same if you draw the figure and ask others to do it. The clothes I wear are embroidered with dragons, and I'm afraid you can't do it well. What do you do with those needleworkers?"

Murong Wei was overjoyed when she heard that, she raised her head and kissed him on the cheek: "Thank you husband."

After a while, the room fell silent.

Early the next morning, Murong Wei almost couldn't get up, Murong Wei thought resentfully, this is because the body still needs exercise, and I have to get up to exercise in the morning.

Seeing him go to practice martial arts early in the morning, no wonder he is in such good health.

Murong Wei did yoga and felt much more comfortable. After the servant girl came in to wash her up, Lu'er asked, "What clothes will Princess wear when she returns home?"

Murong Wei thought about it, and looked at the clothes in the closet. She had asked people to make a modern wardrobe when the closet was being made, and made hangers to hold up the clothes. Now it is even more convenient to find them.

After choosing, she finally said: "Just the rose-purple Sixi Ruyi thong with branches and phoenix patterns, the honey-colored plum blossom skirt with seawater and river cliffs, the hair in a snail bun, and the red jade headgear. "

Lu'er agreed, brought over the clothes, waited for Murong Wei to put them on, combed her hair, and put on a red jade headgear, which was decent but not too rich or too rich.

Aichun helps Xiangyu prepare breakfast, while Zhixia helps Lu'er.

"There is a woman in the mansion who combs people's hair. Liu Qi's family can do dozens of hairstyles." Zhi Xia said.

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "Oh? Call me some other day and have a look."

Although Lu'er is good at combing hair, she can't do dozens of kinds of combs. There are specialties in the art, so if someone is more skilled in this area, she doesn't mind trying it.

Lu He took pearl earrings inlaid with rubies for Murong Wei to wear, and a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets on her wrists.

Zhixia listened, smiling all over her face, "I'll ask her to come over some other day to show the princess, but she is actually my aunt, the princess won't blame me for making my own decisions, right?"

(End of this chapter)