Yu Wenhao said: "You have just set up a mansion, and there are so many places to spend money, so don't waste money indiscriminately."
Yu Wentian covered his mouth and snickered, "Fifth Brother, the one thousand taels of this reward have not been spent yet, and the free ones are saved."
The money in the coffers was traced to the place, and the reward was taken from the Queen’s Palace and given to Lao Jiu. Naturally, he didn’t need to pay it back to the imperial concubine, it was the queen to pay it back.
This tactic of stealing chickens didn't kill the rice, and it really kept the queen awake for several nights.
Yuan Qingling looked at the gifts and said with a smile: "Okay, since they are here, then we will accept them."
She looked at Aunt Qing, "Excuse me, hold your gift and follow me to the storeroom!"
Aunt Qing responded, "Yes!"
"Your brothers speak first, and I will come as soon as I go." Yuan Qingling said.
Yu Wentian looked at Yuan Qingling, "Fifth sister-in-law, you are heavy, so don't walk around, just ask someone to make arrangements."
"It's okay, I should move around more so that I can go smoothly when I am born." Yuan Qingling said, taking Aunt Qing out.
The two walked unhurriedly, and when they were on the corridor, Yuan Qingling said to her: "You really shouldn't have come, you have been stared at, and everyone knows that there is a Nanjiang waitress in my mansion. , You will draw the eyes of people who are ill-intentioned. I can tell you what I said that day. You can't believe you. You have tolerated it for many years. Now if you wait a little longer, why can't you wait?"
Aunt Qing lowered her head, "The servant girl really doesn't know what the crown prince said. The servant girl came with King Shun to give gifts today."
Yuan Qing Ling couldn't help getting angry when he heard the words, "You might as well be guarding against me."
Aunt Qing glanced at her quickly, but said nothing.
Yuan Qingling said: "Fortunately, my Chu Palace is full of people, no spies can come in, and you are indeed following Lao Jiu to give gifts today. If you come alone, I am afraid I will be caught by you. Annoyed, if you want Man'er to be okay, just hold back your desire to see her and endure for a while. There will always be a time when your mother and daughter are reunited."
Although Yuan Qingling said so, she still had some worries in her heart. The people around her had long been in the eyes of many people. How many people were staring at it? It's not a secret that Man'er is from southern Xinjiang. Fortunately, she has worked in several places in Beijing and has done hard work. It is not suspicious to go back. Thanks to her mother-in-law's proper arrangements, she will not immediately attract people's suspicion.
Yuan Qingling is a mother herself, knowing that mothers must think of her own children. Therefore, although she is not very happy with Aunt Qing’s move, she still asks Man'er to come over and ask her to help arrange and put away the presents, and then greet Qing Qing. The aunt had some tea and snacks, and after giving orders, she went back to the main hall to talk to them.
Man'er recognizes Aunt Qing, who is kind to a meal, so he is very happy to greet her, invites her to the kitchen, brings out the snacks made today, and says with a smile: "You have a good meal. This is for the princess. Made it, the princess doesn't like to eat sweets now, so she puts it in the pot and it's delicious."
Aunt Qing looked at her with a faint expression, "Have you eaten? Would you like to sit down and eat together?"
"I have eaten. I ate so much today that I can't eat snacks anymore." Man'er sat down and said with a smile: "But you can sit with you and eat quickly. It's not the smell when you get cold later, Mother said. Older people can’t eat cold.”
She picked up the chopsticks and clipped a piece to Aunt Qing. "There is goat's milk, beaten with egg and wheat flour into a paste, and then brown sugar and coconut flakes are added to it. It's delicious."
"So complicated? What is Mingtang called?" Aunt Qing looked at the yellow pastry, which she had never seen before.
"The cake was made by the princess instructing Mrs. Xi."
"Cake?" Aunt Qing took a bite. The taste was sweet and not very greasy. The milky smell was very fragrant and really delicious, so she gave Man'er a piece. "You eat too, take a bite."
Man'er glanced out secretly, saw that no one was there, and immediately bit and ate.
When Aunt Qing saw this, her eyes grew colder, "Aren't they going to give you food?"
"No, I can eat anytime I want." Man'er said.
Aunt Qing looked at her, her lips trembled, "Don't lie to me, you have to sneak a bite just now."
What she said would do her best to protect her, the princess was a man with a sword, and she was so mean in her back.
Man'er was embarrassed and stuck out his tongue, "It's not sneaky, because I just swore an oath two days ago that I can't be greedy anymore, so I called Miss A Si and Supervisor Lu Ya, fearing that they would see me and call me."
"Really?" Aunt Qing didn't believe it, "You are in the palace of Chu, do you have anyone else who treats you well?"
"Extremely good." Man'er folded his palms on the table and nodded heavily. "Everyone in the mansion treats me very well, so you asked me to go to Shunwang Mansion that day. I can't go. It was saved by the princess."
"The prince will help you? Did you encounter danger in the first place?" Aunt Qing put down her chopsticks and looked at her nervously.
Man'er then told Aunt Qing about all his experiences when he was waiting for the prince by Chu Mingyang before entering the mansion.
After speaking, she smiled and said: "So, compared with before, it is so much better now. In the past, if you had to eat under the hands of the second lady, she had to let her beat me. There is no good piece of meat. Everywhere is blue and purple. Now in the Palace of the King of Chu, I don’t say I’ve been beaten, but no one even scolds me. If I can eat, I have as many as I want, anyway. After entering the palace, Hu Ming and I... are the little beggars I met. We never went hungry again."
After listening to Aunt Qing, she didn't speak for a long time, so she looked at her firmly, tears filled her eyes unconsciously.
Man'er was startled, "Why are you crying?"
Aunt Qing stretched out her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, and smiled reluctantly, "I feel sorry for you. I didn't expect you to have so many hard days before."
Man'er looked at her, feeling a little moved, "You are so kind."
"Because I'm also from Southern Xinjiang." Aunt Qing lowered her head, feeling full of misery. If she doesn't suppress herself, I'm afraid I will have to hold her and cry now.
She was a daughter of a daughter, but she had to suffer from these humiliation, being sent by others, and being bullied by others. Fortunately, she has some good days now.
"I can tell, the accent of our Southern Xinjiang people can't be erased." Man's child smiled childishly.
Aunt Qing asked tentatively: "How much do you remember the past?"
Man'er shook his head, "I don't remember much, I remembered a few days ago, and had nightmares, but now I don't remember what I dreamed of in retrospect."
"Nightmare?"
"Well, after dreaming, I jumped into the lake. It's a coincidence that Prince Shun saved me. I have to thank him very much when I look back."
Aunt Qing didn’t expect this to happen, and she couldn’t help feeling a little more grateful to Prince Shun. She looked at Man’er and said, “If you forget the past, don’t remember it forcibly. It will hurt your heart. It leads to retrograde bloodlines. In short, no matter who asks you, you can't force it to think about it, otherwise it will be dangerous."
"I don't remember much, I don't have a good memory." Man'er looked very playful with bright eyes and a smile with his tongue out.