The little lady in the palace

Chapter 31
It was dark at night, and the two of them rode the carriage back to the house together, not talking much along the way.It's not that they are angry with each other, it's just that they are exhausted after a busy day.

When there were two alleys away from the palace, the carriage stopped suddenly, causing Xie Yuyin to wake up suddenly.She opened her eyes, just as Meng Junhuai was lifting the curtain and asked outside: "What's going on?"

"Master, there is someone passing by in front, who looks like the driver of Princess Shumin's mansion." The coachman replied.

Meng Junhuai thought for a while: "Let me tell you that the princess is not feeling well, please let the fourth sister make it easier for us to pass first, and I will come to the door to apologize some other day."

Yu Yinzheng was startled, and then Yang Enlu answered "Yes".She hurriedly stopped him: "Wait!"

The footsteps outside stopped, and Yuyin looked at Meng Junhuai, feeling embarrassed: "No...the leg injury is not that serious, and there is no need to call a doctor. It can be healed after a night's rest. Let's wait and see."

He stared at her seriously for a while before answering "Yes".

Then there was no sound.It was getting late, there was no movement around, and now it was parked and waiting, and even the sound of wheels and horseshoes could not be heard, so the silence in the car made people feel at a loss.

The two of them had nothing to do for a while, so Meng Junhuai looked at Xie Yuyin silently. After watching for a while, he felt more and more that he couldn't get enough of this pure-hearted and ascetic face. One sentence - this little princess who is five years younger than him... is really pretty good!
Yu Yin didn't notice that he was looking at her at all.She closed her eyes, her mind was full of how to arrange the next thing.

Although Concubine Ding's accusation made her feel wronged, and she could guess that it was probably someone from the back house who had accused her of the evil in front of Concubine Ding, but when she thought about it carefully, it was hard to say that she should blame this to the point of "sue Evil" on the head of the person.

In other words, it's useless to be weird.She asked herself that she hadn't done anything, but what they saw, wasn't it true that they couldn't even see the face of Yi County King?
It is her responsibility as a concubine to take good care of the back house of the palace, which caused complaints in the back house... Even if it doesn't mean that she must have done something wrong, it at least means that she can't hold back.

That does not work.

Yuyin thought about it all the way, and after a sleep, she thought about it all morning. After she almost figured it out, she ordered Coral to prepare pens and inks, but she didn't ask Liuli to cut and lay paper.

She said to Liuli: "I won't copy the scriptures today. You go and get the notebooks, and I'll arrange some things in the house."

On weekdays, she mostly used leaflets to copy the scriptures, but for the affairs of the house, she mostly used booklets, mainly for the convenience of storage and reference.

Liuli quickly took out the red gold cloth booklet, Yuyin dipped her pen in the ink and thought for a while, then said: "Do you have any classics from the people in the north? Show them to me." She said to those people Really unfamiliar.

Not long after, the classics were also obtained, not only those of the six people in the north, but also those of the two side concubines.

Yuyin looked through it carefully, and the two oldest seniors were Jiang and You, who were given in when the Guo family became a concubine. You is the current concubine You, and Jiang is inferior to her Liang Di; the two who came in after a year, one surnamed Shi and the other surnamed Lu... To be honest, Yuyin has no impression of these two people at all. The status of Yi is still Feng Yi.

Then there are Wang and He who entered the mansion two years ago. He is also a side concubine now, and Wang is Baolin who is slightly higher than Fengyi.

In the end, the Su family and the Gu family who entered the mansion together with her, like Shi and Lu, are also the last-class Fengyi.

Xie Yuyin counted with her fingers, there were eight people in total.It takes turns to serve the king of Yijun, and the three rounds are 24 days.

There are 30 days in a month, and there are six days left.

Then the two side concubines each have one more day, and the oldest Jiang family has one more day, and there are three days left, let them draw lots?
After Yuyin figured it out in her heart, she picked up a pen and started to write, with the date on the top and the name of the person below. After writing a round from the first to the eighth, write "side concubine Youshi" on the ninth, and "draw lots" on the tenth ;No.11 to No.18 is another round, then No.19 is "side concubine He", and No.20 will come to "draw lots"; from [-] to [-] there is another round, and on [-] fill in "Liangdi Jiang" ", and finally "drawing lots".

Um!That's fair!
After writing down the pen, Yuyin breathed a sigh of relief, ordered Shan Huan Liuli and the others to pack up the desk, and went forward by herself.

In the bedroom in the front yard, Meng Junhuai was changing clothes and preparing to go out.Yesterday, Yuyin was being scolded by his mother and concubine in Yongning Palace, and his twelfth younger brother was guarding the left door of Guangsheng to deliver letters to him, and he had to thank him for his affection and reason.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw Yuyin coming in.

"Your Highness." Yuyin stopped on the spot, and Meng Junhuai greeted him with a smile: "What's the matter?"

"En." She nodded, and handed the booklet to him, "What should I do with the incident yesterday, Your Highness, take a look?"

"..." Meng Junhuai saw that the booklet in front of him was square and square, looking very serious, and after a glance at the thickness, it was not too thin.After receiving it, he handed it over to Yang Enlu.

He nodded and said: "I'm going to go out soon, let Yang Enlu take a look first, he also knows about the affairs in the house, and can help you make up your mind."

Then he told Yang Enlu: "Take a look carefully. If there is no problem, if you can do it directly according to the princess's wishes, then do it directly. If you can't do it, wait until I come back."

So Yang Enlu answered "Yes", Xie Yuyin said "Your Highness, go slowly", and the three of them said goodbye calmly.

After sending off the prince and concubine farther away, Yang Enlu opened the booklet.

"Hey..." He was stunned for a long time.

When I came back to my senses, I calculated with my fingers, today is March [-]rd.

Look through the brochure again, oh, Fengyi Lu.

Meng Junhuai originally wanted to thank his twelfth younger brother, thinking that at most he would have lunch together before returning to the mansion, but he didn't know that there were other people there until he arrived at the mansion.

The eunuch who came out to meet him said this: "His Seventh Highness and Eleventh Highness are here, and they are talking in the main hall."

Meng Junhuai thought about it, he was usually on good terms with the twelfth brother, and he was also his younger brother, there was no need for him to turn back and come back another day, so he still let the eunuch lead the way.

When I got to the front of the main hall, I looked up, but I saw that everyone inside was angry.

The seventh prince just dropped a teacup: "What do you call this! My fourth sister was raised under the knees of my mother, and neither the mother nor the mother ever beat her, so what is that Zhang Wei!"

The eleventh prince, who was a compatriot with his mother, quickly persuaded him: "Seventh brother, don't be angry, didn't we just hear some rumors? It's not certain what's going on, maybe there is something hidden."

"It's not up to the son-in-law to beat the princess if there's any hidden secret?!" The seventh prince stared angrily.

Meng Junhuai's heart sank when he heard this, he waved his hand to make the eunuch who dared not raise his head to retreat, and went straight into the main hall: "What's going on? The son-in-law beat the fourth sister?"

"...Sixth brother." Several people hurriedly stood up and bowed. Meng Junhuai bowed back and looked at the twelve princes: "I'm here to thank you, where are you coming from?"

"Oh, don't mention it." The Twelfth Prince pointed to the west, "Isn't Fourth Sister's Princess Mansion right next to me? I heard that Fourth Sister returned to the Princess Mansion by herself in the middle of the night last night. Early this morning, These two brothers are here."

It was only then that Meng Junhuai realized that it was no wonder that when he returned home yesterday, he ran into the driver of Princess Shumin's mansion. That road was indeed the shortest road from the consort's mansion to the princess' mansion.

He then asked: "Is it true? Zhang Wei has always been cautious and honest, did he really hit Fourth Sister? This is enough to kill him."

The seventh prince who was the most angry snorted coldly, sat back and drank tea to turn off the fire.

He, Princess Shumin, and the Eleventh Prince were all born to Concubine Kang, because the Eleventh Prince was born too late, and he and Princess Shumin were the closest siblings since they were young.When he heard about this in the early morning, he was furious. He called the elder eleven and wanted to go to see his sister, but he closed the door at her sister's side and saw no one.

Just now when he was telling the whole story to the twelfth brother, he got angry again, and now he has to explain it to the sixth brother again. The seventh prince drank half a cup of tea before he managed to speak calmly: "Last summer, that Zhang Wei took his mother here, and the fourth sister was also very good-tempered, so she was allowed to live in the son-in-law's mansion. The first two months were fine, but then the old woman actually acted like a mother-in-law in front of the fourth sister, and the fourth sister refused to let her go. I'll tell my mother."

Meng Junhuai shook his head when he heard this, and sighed secretly that the fourth sister was too virtuous and virtuous.For a dignified princess, she will still be angry with her husband's family after she gets married?His daughter will marry the princess in the future, and he won't let them suffer like this!

"Half a year ago, didn't the fourth sister give birth to a daughter..." The seventh prince forced himself to restrain himself and slapped the table, "Bastard! The queen mother also said that in the future, the child will be named the master of the clan! We don't dislike it This is a daughter, and it's their turn to dislike her!"

The Seventh Prince was so angry that he was dizzy, he would scold a few words, and after talking for a long time, Meng Junhuai finally understood everything.

In short, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the son-in-law's house have been at odds for a long time, and Princess Shumin is too soft-tempered. She feels that the son-in-law is still protecting her, so she has been enduring her mother-in-law's nonsense.Unexpectedly, as time went by, Zhang Wei listened to his mother's gossip every day, and he also disliked Princess Shumin. past.

"That's it, Fourth Sister didn't say anything! In the morning, someone sent a message to us. They didn't mention what we wanted us to do at all, but just said not to make trouble in the palace!" The seventh prince gritted his teeth, "I wish I could chop Zhang Wei up with a knife. !"

As he said that, he put the teacup heavily: "No! You can't listen to Fourth Sister about this matter! A mere upstart who has just emerged in the capital, you want to rebel against him!"

So the brothers stayed in the Twelfth Prince's Mansion until after dinner, while thinking about what to do, while comforting the Seventh Prince—mainly to appease the Seventh Prince.

The final decision was basically based on what the seventh prince said, "This matter must be reported to the father", but there is a link in front: let the princes, princesses, and princes of all the prefectures persuade the four Sister, I will report after explaining what Princess Shumin said.

After all, Princess Shumin is the saddest person in my heart right now.Everyone else was filled with righteous indignation, and she was the only one who experienced the whole thing personally.So no matter whether they are kind or not, if they are still trying to screw her up when they are their own brothers, it will add fuel to the flames.

She must let her nod her head in agreement first.

Meng Junhuai thought about discussing this matter with Yuyin as soon as he returned to the mansion, but when he got off the carriage, he saw that it was getting late, and he asked as he walked in, "What is the princess doing?"

Yang Enlu went in to meet him, and said: "The princess has fallen asleep. If you have something to do, can you go and invite her as a slave?"

"No need, let's talk about it tomorrow." Meng Junhuai breathed a sigh of relief, and went straight to his residence.He thought about simply taking a shower and went to bed quickly. After talking to Yuyin tomorrow, he had to go and tell the elder brother Huang that it was impossible to let the seventh brother go. The seventh brother is so angry now that he can be with Prince Jin Cursing in the house!

When he stepped through the courtyard gate and looked up, he saw a woman greeted him with a smile.

"...?" Meng Junhuai paused.

The other party greeted him with a smile unchanged: "Your Highness is well."

"...??" Meng Junhuai looked at her in a daze.

She added: "It's getting late, I'm going to serve His Highness to bed."

"...???" He came to his head suddenly, and after taking a long breath, his expression became tense, "You wait outside."

Then he entered the room with a glance, and Yang Enlu hurriedly followed him into the room without raising his head.

After passing through the main room and entering the bedroom, Meng Junhuai asked in surprise, "What's going on?!"

The people in the back house rarely came before him, counting, in fact, only Xie Yuyin slept in his room.For the rest, whether it was the two side concubines or the former main concubine Guo Shi, he was the one who went to find them.

What's going on with this guy outside now?

Meng Junhuai's first reaction was that Yang Enlu took advantage of others to "do things" for them, but then he felt that Yang Enlu was not a fool? !
Yang Enlu was so drunk that his tongue got stuck: "What... what's going on?"

"You're talking nonsense! Grandpa asked you what happened to Shi Shi outside?"

"Shi..." Yang Enlu responded for a moment, "Master, that's the Lu family."

"..." Meng Junhuai was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, "I don't care who she is! What is she doing here?!"

Only then did Yang Enlu suddenly remember that when the concubine handed over the book this morning, the prince handed it to him without turning it over.

He quickly explained: "This is arranged by the princess. Let the people in the back house serve you one by one, and everyone can take their turn. You say...you can do what the princess orders directly, and the servants will directly take the wheel. Today's call came."

"What?!" Meng Junhuai was still a little confused, thought for a while, and then said, "How did the princess write it? Let me have a look!"

Immediately Yang Enlu flipped through the book without stopping and handed it to him. He lowered his head and waited for a while, then he heard the prince close the book with a "snap", and he went out!
In the main courtyard, Yu Yinzheng was sleeping very soundly.

She hurt her leg a little from kneeling yesterday, so she didn't sleep well at night.Today I rested for a day, and I felt very good after lying down at night.

What's more, she has also arranged the things that should be arranged, and it is best to sleep peacefully when there are no worries.She seemed to have a dream not long after she fell asleep, dreaming that Concubine Ding said to her with a smile in her mouth: "This arrangement is good, it was Bengong who blamed you in the past."

Then, a roar came across the sky: "Xie Yu guides you to get up!"

Yu Yin woke up suddenly, opened her eyes, and saw that the person who was coming in was full of anger, and the bead curtain behind her was smashed into a ball.

"...Your Highness?" She stared at him in a daze.

Meng Junhuai threw the booklet in front of her: "What do you mean by you!"

"Ah?" She looked at the brochure, and just by looking at the cover, she knew it was the one she wrote this morning. She hesitated, and explained, "I... have to make arrangements for this matter? They are all with His Highness's people. , not seeing His Highness is naturally upset, the arrangement is fair, and the mansion will be peaceful."

"..." Seeing her confused face, Meng Junhuai really didn't understand why he got angry, and became even more frustrated, "Didn't you mean to laugh at me?!"

Yuyin sincerely wanted to say that she absolutely didn't mean that.

"The 30 days in a month are full, you are killing me! Pay it back... still 'draw lots'! It's a shame you can figure it out!" He didn't know what to say, "Why don't you directly Sign them and let me draw the lottery, you!"

He walked around in front of her bed twice in "sorrow and indignation", then settled down and continued to attack her: "Also! What about you? By filling them all up, are you planning to completely see me? Are you my friend?" Princess!"

When he saw that her own name was missing from the beginning to the end of the booklet, he felt an evil fire for a moment.

It was only then that Xie Yuyin realized that she had forgotten about herself, and thought for a while to argue: "I... I am the concubine! I am in charge of the back house, and I also 'manage' myself in... It's so strange. "

This is all nonsense!
Meng Junhuai's eyes almost popped out: "You said you take care of the back house, and you just take care of it like that?! Why don't you let me take care of this for you!"

After he gave her a sidelong glance, he turned angrily and sat down beside her couch, and finally he couldn't say anything else in anger.

Seeing how angry he was, Yu Yin felt that she might have done a particularly bad job.After hesitating for a while, she stretched out her hand and tugged at his sleeve: "Your Highness, don't... don't be angry, I've made a mistake and I'll correct it! 30 days are too full? Then how many days are you short?"

"Hey, I'll go..." Meng Junhuai supported his forehead, gnashed his teeth for a while and shouted, "Can you ignore them?!"

"Oh..." Yu Yin frowned, she still wanted to say, she has lived in the mansion for so long, the longest life has been several years, you never see her, so...isn't it strange?

But she held back her words, and replied muffledly: "Okay."

——Is she still reluctant?

Meng Junhuai glanced at her sideways, and sneered: "You're a good boy, right? I'm not used to your problem!"

Yu Yin's apricot eyes widened: How could I be so obedient?what do you want?

Meng Junhuai waved his hand boldly: "Go, let the kitchen make Sixi meatballs quickly, and make them more carefully."

(End of this chapter)