Yutai Bi

Chapter 92
When Cen Sanniang returned to Ziziju after her walk, Mrs. Fang had changed into clean new clothes and was waiting for her with a smile.

"Go back to the third lady. The servants have brought Xu and Baicao back to their room. In order to prevent them from making noise and arguing with the third lady, the servants found someone to guard them and not let them come out. There are eight maids and four women in Ziziju. The slaves let them still do their original duties, but you used to only have Baicao as a big girl, but now that Baicao has been demoted, do you think it would be more appropriate to mention one or two big girls?"

"Aqiu is the only one, and I will mention another girl who can comb her hair and choose clothes to be a first-class girl. I will leave Ziziju to my mother. But, let me explain first, whoever wants to step on the highs and lows makes things difficult for Xu and Baicao, You don't have to stay in Ziziju anymore. Watch over them, and report to me anytime you want to see me."

Mrs. Fang smiled all over her face: "Yes."

"Okay, that's it. Mother Fang does her best, and I will be rewarded. If you don't do well, you can go back to manage the kitchen."

"Slaves must serve their master with all their heart."

Cen Sanniang looked around, and the girls and women lit up the lanterns in an orderly manner, Ziziju gradually merged into the quiet night.It's just that there are still small crying sounds coming from the wing room in the distance.

Cen Sanniang stood in the living room for a while, then turned around and went into the study, and found a toolbox as a gift for Du Jingshu.Perhaps, only when you are immersed in your work, you will not think of the past years again and again.

Ah Qiu quietly stood aside.She didn't know what Cen Sanniang liked, but she wouldn't speak rashly.

Cen Sanniang will never be that kind of real-life doll again.Dolls and the like are taboo in this era, and they are too easily reminiscent of the art of witchcraft.She carefully drew the sketch with a pen: twelve cute Q-version pigs.Cen Sanniang planned to ask the craftsman to give it to Du Jingshu with silver.

She put down her pen and looked, and was about to call Baicao when she suddenly saw Aqiu standing there.Cen Sanniang began to teach her: "I am used to drinking a glass of honey water at night, going to bed at Xu time, and getting up at Mao time. I will not get up at night unless I have diarrhea. You can sleep on the couch in the room to watch the night, but if you have the habit of snoring, just sleep Go outside. I'll have a glass of honey water before breakfast."

Aqiu's eyes lit up: "Your servant will remember."

She turned around and went to the outside room, and brought in a cup of honey water after a while.

Cen Sanniang took a sip, put it aside, and rolled up the drawing and handed it to her: "Tomorrow, I will go to the Xunyin Building and print according to the picture. Tomorrow, I will tell Mother Fang to go to the account and claim 20 taels of silver."

"Yes."

"Let's rest." Cen Sanniang yawned and walked to the inner room.

After one night, news of Cen Sanniang's rectification of Ziziju spread throughout the Li family.

Neither Mrs. Li nor Mrs. Stephanie intended to intervene.Instead, Webster Jr., who was in charge of Zhongfu, sent someone over to ask if he wanted to buy another batch of slaves.Hongluan also made acquaintance with Baicao, and passed on the words of Xiao Wei in the wing room, which finally made Xu give up.The two chose to leave.

Cen Sanniang didn't see them.Fang's mother took Ah Qiu to the corner gate and watched them get into Li's carriage.

Mother Fang was used to rough work in the kitchen, but her heart was fine. She sighed: "The third lady sent them off in the carriage in the house, and called someone to clean the yard in advance. This is to show them face."

Ah Qiu pursed his lips and didn't answer.Cen Sanniang didn't avoid her when she loaded things.Cen Sanniang gave the house deed of Qiu's yard, 1000 taels of silver, a set of silver hairpins, a pair of golden hairpins, earrings and bracelets. 1000 taels of silver is enough for Xu and Baicao to live a prosperous life.The jewelry is her dowry given to Baicao in advance.

There were only a few hundred taels of silver left in the money box.She was shocked, but didn't dare to interrupt.

Cen Sanniang packed all the things and asked her casually: "Aqiu, do you think it's wrong for me to give them 1000 taels of silver and only keep a few hundred taels of silver?"

Aqiu took the box and replied: "The servant is very surprised, but the third lady is willing to give it, she must have thought about it."

Cen Sanniang was silent for a while, looked in the direction of the wing and said with emotion: "No one is perfect, and gold is never enough. No one can do things wrong. As my personal girl, you can say what you think. I think it makes sense. Naturally it will be adopted."

Ah Qiu knew that Cen Sanniang was lamenting what Xu Shi and Baicao had done, and said cleverly, "Your servant will remember."

Cen Sanniang glanced at her approvingly.She didn't want everyone around her to become dumb and puppets because of Xu Shi and Baicao.

Mrs. Xu and Baicao got out of the carriage and were stunned when they saw that the courtyard of Qiu's house had been cleaned up, everything was complete, and the doors and windows had been repaired.

The servant who drove the carriage helped move things, and bowed to Mrs. Xu: "Is there anything else you want to order, Mom?"

Xu shook her head in a daze.The coachman greeted the neighbors kindly, and drove the carriage.

The neighbors in the neighborhood surrounded him enthusiastically: "Mama Xu has been raised in the house, right? What a blessing."

"Miss Baicao is getting more and more beautiful, I wonder if she can marry her?"

No matter how depressed Xu's mood was, she knew how well people behaved, so she braced herself to deal with her neighbors.

It didn't take long for Yongpingfang to know that there lived the nurse who was raised by Li's family and the maid who released her personal deed.Another day, Xu bought another little girl to do rough work and lived a peaceful and comfortable life.Mama Hua from the Qiu Mansion also came to congratulate the housewarming with gifts.More and more people came to ask Baicao to marry him.

Mrs. Xu was silent and sad, but Baicao was full of vitality.The free life made her feel fresh, and she gradually got used to ordering the little girl around.It's just that I'm a little picky about the matchmaker's marriage proposal.Xu also didn't want her to get married too early, leaving her alone, so Baicao wanted to be filial to her for two years to deal with the matchmaker.

There was a misty snow in the sky, which looked like a continuous drizzle from a distance. When I stretched out my hand to catch it, a small amount of frost the size of a sesame seed in the palm of my hand melted at the speed I saw.

"It's winter." The emperor stood beside the Taiye Pool in a thick coat, with a hint of joy jumping on his young face.

King Teng was not much different in age from him, but he felt lonely.The young emperor is like jade that is becoming warmer and moister day by day.

"Yan Sui, when you jumped into the lake with the emperor, I remember that you were only eight years old." The emperor remembered the past, and his face became more gentle.

Du Yan hummed.

"Uncle Huang was soaking in the pool and looked at me and smiled. I was actually not annoyed at all. Because I knew at that time that you belonged to my father. The elder brother fought with the second brother, and I took advantage of it and won the world. Then I wondered, when you came back to Zhen, if the emperor remembered the scene when you jumped into the pond for the first time to accompany him, would he be so angry that he vomited blood." The emperor laughed.

Without waiting for Du Yansui to agree, the emperor said to himself: "At that time, the uncle and the crown prince had a good relationship. The father hated him and sent him away from afar. He also placed eyeliner beside him. I want you to come back , is to provoke him. A loyal minister does not serve the second master, but in the heart of the emperor, you have betrayed him. Do you resent me in your heart?"

A trace of sadness flashed in Du Yansui's eyes, and he replied calmly: "It is a family motto to serve the emperor loyally. Going to King Teng's side is a gift from the late emperor to the Du family. The whole family has nothing but gratitude."

"We're still friends, aren't we?" the emperor changed his voice.

Du Yansui then interjected: "Your Majesty, let's move. It's raining and snowing, and the wind is cold by the lake. Eunuch Hu is already sweating."

The emperor was afraid of the cold, but his interest remained undiminished today. He stood on the shore of the lake for a long time, unwilling to leave.A group of eunuchs and servants behind him died of anxiety.Eunuch Hu, the chief manager of Zichen Palace, had no choice but to wink at Du Yansui non-stop.

The emperor turned around and saw the eager looks of a group of people, and he didn't insist, and got on the chariot.

Du Yansui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the emperor call him: "Yan Sui, come up."

He refused without hesitation: "Your Majesty, it's not in accordance with the etiquette. It is fine for the servants to accompany you."

The emperor didn't force it, and ordered to go to the Qingxin Pavilion next to the Taiye Pool.Entering it, the fragrance and warmth from the copper beast rushed towards you.The emperor changed into ordinary clothes, and leaned comfortably on the couch, "Yan Sui, Li Zongyi's granddaughter Jiji, please give him a gift for me."

Eunuch Hu offered a box, and Du Yansui took it.

"Open it and have a look." The corner of the emperor's mouth raised and he smiled.

"Yes." Du Yansui opened it according to his words.

In the box was a moth hairpin with gold and silver flowers. Unlike Cen Sanniang's, there was a gold moth lying on top of this flower.

Du Yansui's eyes drooped, without any fluctuation.

"How is it compared to the hairpin that my uncle wanted to give her Jiji?" The emperor looked at Du Yansui with a smile, for fear of missing a trace of expression on his face.

"Not as beautiful as the green hairpin." Du Yansui closed the box and said.

Fortunately, Eunuch Hu got the emperor's signal early, and led a group of eunuchs and maidservants to leave.Otherwise, Du Yansui will definitely feel that Du Yansui is too brave to openly dislike the emperor's things.

The emperor didn't think it was disobedient, and leaned on the pillow, looking at Du Yansui, who was wearing a bullfighting costume embroidered on his chest and had a thousand-ox knife on his waist.The more you look at it, the more you are satisfied, the more you look at it, the more proud you are: "Yan Sui, you should marry her."

Du Yansui's back became straighter because of taking a deep breath.

The emperor finally laughed heartily: "You kid thinks I won't be able to see it with a straight face? Since you feel ashamed and feel sorry for her, you might as well just marry her and go home."

The figure of Cen Sanniang appeared in Du Yansui's mind. Thinking about her life experience, he felt sad: "Feng Zhong has escaped, and he may find her one day. The emperor wants the minister to keep her by his side and set up a net to wait." ?”

"Father and Empress came to confer the title of Uncle Jiancheng as the hidden crown prince, and also adopted incense for him from the clan. I am the emperor, and it is not up to me to worry about a little Feng Zhong." The emperor shook his head. Seriously: "Yan Sui, your uncle was involved in the treason case of my imperial brother and was killed. Your father was demoted because of this, and died in a foreign country. But don't forget, your grandfather was Du Ruhui, a hero in Lingxiao Pavilion. You accepted it." Tian Ce sword, if the late emperor is willing to use you, I will not doubt you."

(End of this chapter)