Yutai Bi

Chapter 174 Turmoil
It's really as if I have invited a Bodhisattva to make offerings!Cui Houye narrowed his eyes slightly, but his mouth was extremely polite: "Oh, what the old lady did is absolutely inappropriate! Could it be that my Kaiguohou's mansion doesn't even have a cook for Miss Du? The old lady is really too You're welcome. Cook, the maidservant, the Marquis, has already prepared it. As for the silver, it's even more unacceptable. Miss Du came to the Kaiguo Marquis' nunnery to practice, and it's reasonable for the mansion to enshrine it."

It had long been expected that the Duke of Jianguo's mansion would reject the servants of the Du family.Mrs. Du smiled and said: "The founding marquis is very kind, and the old man understands it. The two personal maids that my granddaughter has been accustomed to since childhood are indispensable."

Cui Houye heaved a sigh of relief, this close girl couldn't refuse, so he nodded with a smile and said: "The old lady said yes. Miss Du, please!"

The door has stopped to take a light sedan chair, and there are four thick and strong women of the Hou's mansion standing beside them, and four maids.

Two personal girls?The old lady didn't agree to let Ah Qiu serve Du Yanwan, saying that she had other arrangements.Cen Sanniang was a little curious.

Mrs. Du beckoned to Du Yanwan: "Yanwan, come to grandma."

Du Yanwan wore a veiled hat, and the veil hung down to her waist.Hearing the old lady calling her, she walked over meekly with the girl.

She and the girl passed by Cen Sanniang.When Cen Sanniang saw it, she was stunned.She recognized Duoer, and she recognized the other person.For a moment, he was confused and murmured to her: "Danhua?"

Danhua is about about two, with double buns, and like Duoer, wearing a light blue narrow-sleeved jacket and a white high-waisted skirt.There is only a silver flower-shaped hairpin inserted into the bun.Matched with Du Yan's elegant and elegant attire.

She quickly glanced at Cen Sanniang, lowered her eyebrows again, and stood behind Du Yanwan very quietly.

"Yan Wan, Master Cui is taking care of you. You have to stay in the nunnery to practice quietly, and you are not allowed to leave the nunnery for half a step, so as not to disturb the quietness of the Hou's mansion. Do you understand?" Mrs. Du's eyes were filled with reluctance. He patiently exhorted in front of everyone.

The second old lady took a step forward, and although she was old, her voice was not low: "Girl, you are practicing according to the order, and it is the honor of my Du family. Today, the entire family will send you to the Jianguohou's mansion, and the whole family will come in a year." I will pick you up here. You have to be cautious in your words and deeds, don't disappoint the emperor's favor!"

What does it mean?One year later, if the Hou Mansion of the founding of the country does not hand over Du Yanwan, who has a full beard and tail, will the Du family not be able to spare the Hou Mansion?Cui Houye finally got angry, and forced himself to urge: "Please, Ms. Du, get on the sedan chair."

Du Yanwan bowed gracefully to her family: "The little girl has gone."

She got into the sedan chair, followed by Duo'er and Danhua.

Seeing that the sedan chair was about to be carried into the Hou's mansion, a loud shout came from the alley: "The imperial decree has arrived!"

A carriage drove in.

Everyone knelt down to accept the order.The person who came to deliver the decree was Eunuch Hu, the chief servant next to the emperor.He smiled and said: "The emperor said it. Du Yanwan entered the Jianguohou's mansion to practice and chant scriptures, and he specially gave two nuns to serve and supervise. Everyone, please get up. Our family will return to the palace to restore the order."

Two old mothers in their early forties got off the carriage, dressed in palace attire, with solemn expressions.He bowed to Mrs. Du and the founding marquis, then bowed to Du Yanwan who was in the sedan chair, and stood dignifiedly beside the sedan chair.

The Du family breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually invited the emperor's concubine.Cui Houye was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

After Eunuch Hu left, Master Cui no longer had a smile on his face, and said in a cold voice, "The Du family's face is really big!"

"The emperor loves you so much, the Du family is extremely honorable. Come on, bring the girl's luggage in." Mrs. Du smiled and ordered.

I saw several women and maids unloading boxes and boxes of luggage from the carriage.Quilts, clothes, four treasures of the study, and even a brand new bathtub and toilet, a whole carriage.

Cui Houye looked really angry and shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Mrs. Du smiled and said, "They are all the daily necessities of my granddaughter. Is there any problem?"

Lord Cui squinted his eyes and said: "Since you are going to the nunnery to clean up, you must naturally abide by the rules of the Kaiguohou's Mansion. The mansion has its own preparations, and these things cannot be brought in."

"Even if he is a real person who practiced in Changchun Palace in the palace, he didn't say that he would sleep without a quilt at night. Could it be that the Cui family wants my girl to sleep in the open?" Cen Sanniang said loudly, curling her lips.

"The Hou's Mansion has its own arrangements!" Cui Houye finished speaking, saw that the sedan chair had been carried into the side door, and flicked his sleeves, "Miss Du has already entered the mansion, forgive me for not seeing it off!"

Cen Sanniang was about to say more, but the old lady gently tugged her, turned around and said, "Everyone go back! Sanniang, you and grandma are in the same car."

"Yes!" Cen Sanniang helped the old lady into the car.

There was a smile on the corner of the old lady's mouth: "With the mothers in the palace, Yan Wan can't suffer. Our family has done everything that can be done. The emperor bestowed the mothers, so it depends on their abilities."

"Yes." Cen Sanniang agreed, and couldn't help being curious, "It's true, Mr. Xianggong, he didn't know how to speak in advance, which made people worry for nothing all night. Grandma, when did that girl come?"

Mrs. Du smiled and said: "In the early morning, Yan Sui came and invited a girl with extraordinary martial arts skills to protect Yan Wan. It should be a car on the way. I told Duo'er to be careful, and I also prepared a girl's clothes .”

But she belongs to King Teng!Did King Teng take the initiative to borrow someone, or did Du Yansui ask for it?Cen Sanniang hummed and didn't ask any more questions.She really couldn't figure out the mysterious relationship between them.He could only endure it and ask Du Yansui when he returned home at night.

The carriage arrived at the Duke's Mansion, and the second room of the eldest room also got out of the carriage.

Liu's face was full of joy, and she quickly stepped forward to help Mrs. Du Fu: "San Aunt, are you eating mutton pot at noon today?"

Cen Sanniang almost laughed out loud.

Mrs. Du also smiled and said: "You, it's hot, be careful of getting angry! Sanniang, go and make arrangements, and have a banquet in the front yard at noon!"

"Yes." Cen Sanniang took the girls and left.He heard Liu's voice behind him, "Nephew and daughter-in-law, remember to slaughter more sheep!"

Cen Sanniang couldn't laugh or cry.

The third room of the Du family had a much better relationship because of sending Du Yanwan to the Cui family.The second-bedroom old man personally wrote the lease with 1000 taels of silver, and rented another vacant yard.Let the family of the third master of the second house move there.The eldest son of the second bedroom divided the yard of the third son, and finally he was able to live in it straight.

Mrs. Liu ran more diligently and often came to eat.Still eat and take.

Cen Sanniang wanted to confront Mrs. Liu again, when Madam Du sighed and said, "Forget it, your uncle and aunt have four sons and two daughters, and they are going to marry a daughter-in-law and a daughter. Money is tight. There are many people in the second room, everyone. They all looked at Gongzhong. It is not easy for the second uncle to fill a bowl of water. Mrs. Liu is reluctant to add money to add food, so our family can help pay more for food. Yan Wan is gone, and every time I see her come to eat, it is more lively .”

Cen Sanniang could tell that the old lady missed Du Yanwan.She thought about what the old lady said, and said embarrassingly: "What grandma said is that Sanniang is a bit stingy. Not to mention, my aunt came to eat, and she has a much better appetite."

Looking at Liu Shi with this mentality in the future, I feel that besides taking advantage of small things, she is really warm-hearted and does not hold grudges.Occasionally, Mrs. Liu saw Fang's mother and recommended a doctor to her, saying that he was the best at treating dreams and leaving illnesses.Thinking of Fang's mother frightening Liu to faint, Cen Sanniang secretly laughed.

Du Yanwan lived in the Jianguohou Mansion for three months.Every half a month, a letter will be sent back home.The content of the letter reported that everything was safe.Because of the presence of the nanny in the palace, there is no shortage of supplies provided by the Founding Marquis Mansion.Every month, someone will be sent to take the scriptures copied by Du Yanwan to Cui Mengdong's grave and burn them.There are guards guarding the outside of the family nunnery, and they are not allowed to enter or leave.

Reading between the lines, Du Yanwan was still lively and cheerful, and Mrs. Du was relieved.

Du Yanwan's letter is always sent by Hei Qi.Cen Sanniang thought of Danhua.She asked Du Yansui, and Du Yansui only said that King Teng had kept her in the capital so that she could contact Wu Zhaoyi and protect Yan Wan.

Cen Sanniang never saw Danhua coming in and out of the mansion.In my mind, I slowly imagined her as a generation of chivalrous women.

She was very curious about the relationship between Prince Teng and Wu Zhaoyi.I am also curious about the process of Wu Zhaoyi's empress seal.She often asked Du Yansui tentatively, but Du Yansui only said that the palace has been extremely peaceful recently.After finishing speaking, she smiled: "It won't be long. The calmer it is now, the more intense it will be in the future. Sanniang, I will protect you."

Cen Sanniang secretly guessed that the temporary peace in the palace might be due to Wu Zhaoyi not provoking the queen recently.Her month is getting older, and the delivery period is in late autumn.After the prince is born, the harem will be busy.

The day is gradually getting hotter.The empty courtyard of Du Guogong's mansion was exposed to the scorching sun, and it was so hot that eggs could be spread.

The mansion didn't store any ice last winter, so Cen Sanniang sent someone to the market to buy ten carts of ice.I also moved several trees and wisteria from the back garden and planted them in the yard, so as not to be blinded by white flowers when looking out.

Since the beginning of spring this year, there has been little rain and high temperatures.The wheat planted by Zhuangzi of Du's family and Cen Sanniang's newly bought crops are heading early.It was only in June that the food was harvested.Zhuangzi is almost all wheat fields, and Cen Sanniang likes to eat rice, so she grows some alone.When the harvest was harvested in August, the grain was not sold.

It seems that this year's harvest is bumper, but the price of rice noodles has dropped a bit.The mansion traded old grain and sold it, and the grain harvested from the field got a total of about 2000 taels.Cen Sanniang's private house has increased by several hundred taels.

She asked the accountant to settle the accounts. The income will be used by the mansion for next autumn harvest, and it will probably be able to make ends meet.I can't save much money.She was thinking about the 1 taels of brocade pavilion that Mrs. Xu sent last time, and she estimated that she could give it again during the Chinese New Year.Just rest assured and continue to use 5000 taels to buy Du Yanwan's dowry.I bought wood and set it aside to make furniture in the future, and bought two farms.After drawing a flower pattern, I asked Yinlou to make jewelry, and I still saved a few thousand taels.

With her own money, she bought some land and expanded the size of the original farm, which was managed by Uncle Liu and Uncle Chen.

(End of this chapter)