The little lady in the palace

Chapter 75
That night, the whole family naturally knew about Qiao Fengyi's entry into the mansion.

Before going to bed, He Jing suddenly thought of this, hugged Yu Yin's arm, her eyes sparkled: "I heard that a beautiful sister came to the house?"

"Hmm..." Yu Yin snorted, "You can't call her sister, she's a generation older than you."

"Why is it a generation older than me?" He Jing didn't quite understand, "Ningzhi said that she saw her, so she was four or five years older than her? That is five or six years older than Xizhen? Xizhen is my cousin!"

"No...it can't be calculated like this." Yu Yin had to explain to her carefully, telling He Jing that age and seniority are two concepts.After talking about it, she said to He Jing, "For example, if you married and gave birth to a child, then the concubine mother gave birth to another child after you, and the concubine's child also called you sister , your child is older than him and you have to call him aunt or uncle, understand?"

"Wow!!!" He Jing felt very surprised, "This is so good! Then my child can play with the concubine's child!"

Yu Yin: "..."

Then she said, "Huh? Forget it!"

"Why?" Yu Yin smiled, and He Jing said seriously: "It's better not to wait so long, then I will have my own children, so I won't be able to play with the children of the mother and concubine. Play!"

Yu Yin: "..."

She thought I was just giving an example, who said I would have another one...?
So the mother and daughter lay on the bed and talked messily for a long time, and Yuyin could be regarded as breaking the topic from "having another child" to her two existing younger brothers.

At noon the next day, she heard from Nanny Rui that a group of children ran to the north to see how beautiful the newcomer Qiao Fengyi was after finishing their studies.

Yu Yin chuckled: "Let's go with them, they're all in the same mansion, so it's not wrong to be familiar with them." Then she thought carefully, "How did Mammy know so quickly? Did you send someone to keep an eye on the north?"

"Yes." Nanny Rui didn't deny it. She leaned aside and said, "I know that you don't care, Princess, but since there are newcomers coming in, it's better to pay attention. Even if you are not afraid of her competing for favor, but in case she has something wrong What about your thoughts? The few people who live with her are also decent concubines, so don't make any trouble."

Yu Yin wanted to tell her that there was no need for this, but she agreed because she wanted to prevent these omissions.He only told Nanny Rui not to be too careless. After all, the Daoqiao family was bestowed by the empress, and the face that should be saved should be saved for others.

Mammy Rui smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry, this servant knows well. The person sent over has also been with this servant for a few days, so he can grasp the severity and never offend Qiao Fengyi."

In the front house, after hearing Xie Jiqing's report, Meng Junhuai couldn't help being furious.

"Dongchang is provoking intentionally, isn't it!" He clapped the case, Xie Jiqing nodded: "Your Highness, calm down. The two factories have been arrogant for a long time, and it is not unusual to do such a thing."

Meng Junhuai made up his mind.

After such a long time, the fourth brother said nothing and saw no one, blocking all the brothers to death.He didn't want to disobey the fourth brother's wishes, but he was really worried that life in the Qijun palace would be difficult, so he had to make a bad move to find out the situation.

He then asked Xie Jiqing to take a few cronies to "search" the Prince's Mansion of Qi County in the name of Jin Yiwei. Let them check the door.

It turned out that it was okay if I didn't check, but after I checked, I found out that even the charcoal fires in the Duke's Mansion of Qi County had stopped - it was only mid-February, and it was very cold this year, and it was far from warming up.

Xie Jiqing is not stupid either. Although under the pretense of searching, he still tactfully "advised" Princess Qijun: "Your Highness has not recovered from a long illness. Is it better to keep this charcoal fire alive? If the imperial doctor tells you not to use it, I will leave it to you." Did not say."

Then, separated by a gauze curtain, Princess Qijun just cried in front of him.

She told him that the imperial doctor didn't say it's better not to use it, but that he should keep warm.It's just that no new charcoal has been sent this month at all, and there is also a shortage of regular silver in the mansion.Although there are still some savings before, it is not impossible to buy charcoal, but King Qi said that it is the most difficult time now, and he is not sure that someday there will be an urgent need to spend money, so he suppresses the money and does not let her move.

Princess Qijun finally wiped her tears and said: "Our master is stubborn again. The more difficult this is, the more he refuses to beg for brothers, and he refuses to let others know that we are not doing well here... Thank you, sir, I know you He is the elder brother of the sixth sibling, please today... First, pretend that I didn’t say anything, and second, tell your sister what you saw. I don’t know what else to do, our master is stubborn Son, but the hundred and ten people in this mansion...can't just be wasted like this!"

Meng Junhuai was dizzy with anger after hearing this.He said in his heart that Dongchang was competing with their brothers, and fourth brother, you also help Dongchang to compete with each other?Where are you from? !

Besides, in such a rivalry, isn't the fourth brother yourself the worst? !

He exhaled and shook his head, asked Yang Enlu to fetch 5000 taels of banknotes, and said to Xie Jiqing, "Brother Xie, please go again as today, and leave the money to the fourth sister-in-law after checking."

"...Your Highness, even Jin Yiwei, it's not appropriate to search the palace every now and then." Xie Jiqing smiled wryly and had to refuse the request, but he went on to say, "But I left money for Princess Qi County today. I didn’t bring much, so I temporarily used it as a sachet with a hook and finger, and gathered more than 300 taels to keep. It can’t be used too much, and it must be enough to add charcoal to the whole house for a month or two.”

The expenses of the Wangfu are incomparable to those of ordinary people. Ordinary people only spend three or five taels of silver a year, but in the deep house of the Wangfu, a few eggs can be recorded as a tael of silver.But Meng Junhuai had the final say, more than 300 taels of silver was really enough to fill up the charcoal for a month or two.After Yang Enlu took the banknotes, he ordered 400 taels and returned them to Xie Jiqing, and said with a smile: "Brother Xie, hurry up and redeem the things. You, the eldest son of the Xie family, are so mixed up that you are going to pawn the things in the pawnshop. It is estimated that the shopkeeper Have you never seen it?"

"It's okay, we have our own pawn shop, and we are not in a hurry to redeem it." He pushed the bank note back as he said, "You don't need to pay it back, Your Highness. If I am really short of money, I can go to Yuyin to calculate it."

"...Then you should settle with me." Meng Junhuai pushed the money to him again with a sullen face, and folded his arms against the back of the chair, "There are a lot of places for women to spend money, rouge, gouache, hairpin, hairpin, etc. Which one doesn't want money? Are you ashamed to ask her for it?"

Xie Jiqing chuckled, rolled his eyes while putting away the bank note, and thought to himself, why did my younger sister marry such a husband who always loves to show off to outsiders that he takes care of his wife from time to time?

That's fine, this kind of husband is rare.

To be honest, he hopes that Xi Yao will marry such a person in the future.

In the main courtyard, after hearing what Meng Junhuai said, Yuyin was also very angry at Dongchang.

But the reason for her anger was not the same as his. She gritted her teeth and said, "Our Xie family fought fiercely with Dongchang more than a hundred years ago, and now we are still being taken by these eunuchs? My ancestors are sure." Enraged enough!"

She thought for a while and said: "Brother is also true. He has been in Jinyiwei for several years, and he has to guard his Qianhu Office. He doesn't even want him to be promoted. If the real power in his hand is greater now, it will definitely be established in the East Factory." Much more convenient!"

Meng Junhuai was a little surprised, looked at her and smiled.

I don't know if it's been a long time since "returning to vulgarity", and she is not as pure-hearted as she was at the beginning.Recently, he has witnessed her arrogance several times when she acts and thinks about things. It is something that the noble daughter of the Xie family reveals from the bottom of her heart, not only her, but also Xizhen Xiyao.

He once saw Xiao Xiyao standing in the middle of the courtyard with a straight face when she was making up for sleep during the day because she didn't sleep well at night, and said to the servants in the main courtyard: "Auntie didn't sleep well at night, don't disturb her. I'll go back in advance." Let Mammy Rui say, and let Nanny Rui return it to her after Auntie has had enough sleep."

So Yuyin was still furious about what happened to Dongchang, so he kissed her on the face.

Before her eyes could slow down, she glanced over, and he shook her hand and patted it: "Don't be angry, our soldiers are here to stop you, and slowly clean up the matter, so that your Xie family ancestor can rest in peace."

"..." Yu Yin barely suppressed the fire, and found that she was even more angry than him this time.

The two calmed down and discussed the solution.On the one hand, he will try his best to force the eunuchs to take a step back, even if they come hard--they can wait for "cleaning up slowly", but the fourth brother's illness cannot wait; on the other hand, he makes her Try to walk around with Qijun Prince's Mansion again, after all, the fourth sister-in-law said to ask Xie Jiqing to bring her a message, maybe if she goes again, the fourth sister-in-law will meet up smoothly.

Yuyin handed out the post that night, and the next day Princess Qi wrote a reply saying that she was invited to sit down in the mansion in two days, and then Nanny Rui entered the house.

Mammy Rui said: "Princess, then Qiao Fengyi...has gone to the study of the eldest lady and the others."

"Ah?!" Yu Yin was slightly taken aback.Logically speaking, only she and the two concubines could go to the Qianzhai, and no one else could.

She asked, "Why is no one stopping?"

"It was the eldest lady who pulled her over, and the servants didn't dare to stop her." Nanny Rui bowed back and said, "Did you...go over and have a look?"

She should go and have a look.Some rules don't matter whether she cares or not, if they can't be broken, they can't be broken.What if she doesn't care about Mr. Qiao's actions, and everyone will run forward in the future?Is it appropriate to bump into another male guest?

Yu Ci straightened her makeup and went forward. Not far from the children's study, she first heard a group of children counting in unison: "34, 35, 36."

When he looked up, he saw Mrs. Qiao kicking the shuttlecock.

Without any scruples, she pulled up the horse skirt and the petticoat inside, holding it in one hand.The white trousers inside were just exposed in everyone's sight, and the embroidered shoes kicked the shuttlecock up and down, very accurately.

Yuyin continued to move forward, and when the kick reached 52, the shuttlecock flew wide.

"Sister is amazing!" He Jing clapped and danced beside her, and Xizhen brought out water for her: "Sister, drink water!"

(End of this chapter)