Qu Moying has arrived.
Manager Zhuang had been waiting there for a long time. He carried the carriage down with a brocade couch, and then carried it in with maids and old women waiting on both sides.
After entering the farmhouse, Qu Moying washed and combed her hair before sitting down in front of the window.
There are not many people here, but there are many people in secret, and each of them is carefully selected. The guards are loose outside but tight inside compared to the British Palace.
The scenery is nice, it is really a good place to keep fit.
A very hot day is certainly not the best day to soak in a hot spring, but occasionally soaking in the hot spring and sweating is good for your health.
Along the way, even though Qu Moying was half lying down, she was sweating all over. She washed up again, changed into a plain and loose robe, let her hair fall down, and sat in front of the window, with a cool breeze blowing.
Yuxiu took a comb and combed Qu Moying's long hair, while reporting the news to her, "Master, there are people watching nearby. The East Palace, Prince Jing's Mansion, and Prince Wei's Mansion will all know this news."
With this news, basically no one will come to disturb the master's rest.
Even getting off the carriage had to be carried down, so how could he meet guests
Qu Moying nodded. She didn't want to see any guests during this period. She just wanted to figure out the hot spring resort in the East Palace. She had new doubts.
"Can we go into the East Palace's manor and take a look?" Qu Moying asked.
Yu Xiu was stunned, thinking that Qu Moying wanted to go and see it herself, so she hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master, your health is not good. You are still lying down. You can't go to the hot spring villa in the East Palace to have a look."
If I go, all the previous work will be in vain.
Qu Moying smiled and glanced at her, "Am I such a person without sense of propriety?"
"I dare not!" Yuxiu felt relieved after hearing her say that.
"Can you go in there?" Qu Moying raised his chin and pointed in that direction. "Can you find a reason to go in and take a look?"
Yuxiu thought for a moment and said in embarrassment: "Master, if you are fine and want to go in, they can't stop you from going in, but should I wait? That might be a bit difficult."
"Master, you can enter under your name." Yu Chun rolled his eyes and suddenly spoke.
"No!" Yu Xiu stopped him, "If we go in under our master's name, the East Palace might make a fuss, saying that our master is on good terms with the Crown Princess, or that our master has a close relationship with the Crown Prince, and that he is dissatisfied with King Jing because of the concubine's affairs in King Jing's mansion."
Yuxiu had a lot to think about. Yuchun was stunned. She looked at Qu Moying and then at Yuxiu, and said hesitantly, "Will...will it?"
"Of course they will. At this moment, the situation is unclear and there is something that happened before. The master should be careful." Yuxiu reminded.
Qu Moying nodded. Yuxiu had indeed thought it through very carefully. At this moment, not only himself but even his name could not be used, otherwise it would be easy for someone with ulterior motives to take advantage of him.
"Can you two... or other servants, go in by yourselves?" After a pause, Qu Moying said something more clear, "On a private basis!"
"If it's in a private capacity, I think we have to find Manager Zhuang. I heard that he has a very good relationship with the managers of several surrounding families." Yuxiu blinked and understood what Qu Moying meant.
"try to find
Manager Zhuang?"
"Yes, go find the farm steward and tell him that we are curious about the farm in the East Palace and ask if we can go in and take a look... Of course, you can also say that everything here is already ordinary to the master, and ask if we can find some unique flowers, fruits, etc. in the farm in the East Palace to please the master."
Yuxiu thought about it and felt that this method was feasible, so she proposed it.
"What do they have that we don't have here?"
"I don't know. I will go and ask Manager Zhuang later." Yuxiu said.
In order to avoid suspicion from others, Qu Moying tried to see as few people as possible during this period. Even if it was Manager Zhuang, she asked her maid to meet him. In the eyes of outsiders, it was proof that she could not get up, and even the Queen Mother could not punish her.
Qu Zhizhen was punished. Based on what happened to Qu Moying at that time, if he had been fine, he would have been severely punished by the Queen Mother. This was not just a matter of the Prince of Ying's Palace, but the dignity of the entire royal family. The daughter-in-law who was carefully selected by the royal family actually caused such a stupid thing, which was a disgrace to the royal family.
In other words, she is still ill and cannot recover. Who knows if she will recover in the future? The Queen Mother has not responded at all and will wait until she recovers before calling her over to hold her accountable.
Of course, compared with the current accountability, the future accountability will be much lighter and may even be diluted by other major events.
The envoy from the Northern Frontier seemed like a big deal, and it was a big deal that could potentially involve many parties. Even the Empress would probably be involved...
Yuxiu went outside to find Manager Zhuang to inquire about the news, and also handed this difficult problem to Manager Zhuang. Compared with Manager Zhuang, they were less familiar with the situation here.
"Are we going to the hot spring villa in the East Palace?" Manager Villa thought for a moment.
"Does Steward Zhuang have any ideas? The princess doesn't want anyone to know that this is the master's intention." Yuxiu said. Since the princess felt at ease to come here, and Steward Zhuang was also a close confidant of the Prince Ying's Mansion, Yuxiu did not hide it.
"How many people do you want to go?" Manager Zhuang understood what they meant and asked.
"About three or four, or two or three will be fine." Yuxiu came up with this number after careful consideration. If only one went, it would be easy for people to target him, making it difficult to investigate.
"There is a place in the East Palace where there is a bamboo forest. It is different from ordinary bamboo forests. It has some spots, but it is not ordinary spotted bamboo." Manager Zhuang said slowly.
"Appreciating the scenery? Isn't this inappropriate for a few servants?" Yuxiu asked in confusion. If the master wanted to go and see, then there would be no problem. But now they are just little maids and servants. How can they be so arrogant as to want to secretly go to the East Palace's farm to appreciate the bamboo
Even if the owner is not here now, it would be inappropriate if someone discovered it.
"It's not about appreciating the scenery. The bamboo shoots grown from this bamboo are different from ordinary bamboo shoots. I don't know if it's because of the local climate and the fact that they grow next to the hot springs, or because of the species, but they are more fragrant and refreshing, and taste great. Now is the best time to eat this kind of bamboo shoots."
The manor manager knew that Yuxiu had misunderstood, so he shook his head and continued, "You can take the opportunity to look around the manor while you're digging bamboo shoots."
"Will the steward over there agree? And such good bamboo shoots must be sent to the Eastern Palace. Isn't the steward afraid that the people in the Eastern Palace will find out and he will be in trouble?" Yu Xiu asked in more detail.
They were afraid that there might be the slightest mistake. They went to the village to investigate, and it would be embarrassing if something went wrong.
Besides, the princess is still "sick".
"This is not a big deal. The bamboo forest is huge and produces a lot of bamboo shoots. There are only two proper masters in the Eastern Palace now. The others are not as important as our master. The steward asked you to go in and dig some fresh bamboo shoots. On the one hand, you can buy a favor for us. On the other hand, even if the Eastern Palace finds out, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be so stingy."
In the past, several nearby managers would occasionally get together when their masters were not around, and sometimes they would give each other some specialties.
Everyone is a manager, and although they are from different mansions, they are all from the royal family after all. No one has officially fallen out with each other, so there is always some affection between them.
It would be better to look better on the surface, and everyone thinks it is better to be on good terms with each other.
Especially the steward of the King of England's palace, no one dares to offend him, even the steward of the Eastern Palace. All those who can be befriended must be befriended, because behind this person is the King of England. Even the Crown Prince and several princes have to give way to him, because the King of England not only has power but is also the elder of the Crown Prince and the princes.
For this reason alone, the reasonable requests raised by the stewards of the British Palace are nothing and will be met as much as possible. For such small matters, there is no need to report to the master and they can be agreed to privately.
Everyone also has a private friendship. Who knows the royal affairs clearly? Who knows when the other party can help you a lot, or even save your life.
Just for this reason, the relationship between the managers of several hot spring villas is still very good, no matter whether they are from the Eastern Palace, Prince Jing's Mansion, Prince Wei's Mansion, or Prince Yan's Mansion.
After hearing what Manager Zhuang said, Yuxiu asked Manager Zhuang to wait for a moment and went in to report to Qu Moying. When Qu Moying heard this, ripples appeared in her eyes. She actually knew that bamboo forest.
I have heard Pei Luoan talk about it, but Pei Luoan also said that the bamboo there is a kind of spotted bamboo, but it is not the authentic spotted bamboo. It is far inferior to the tear bamboo that can be called Xiangfei bamboo, whether in appearance or description, or even the overall momentum, it is far inferior.
The only good thing is the bamboo shoots grown in this bamboo patch.
Ji Hanyue had heard Pei Luoan talk about this, and had also heard that this patch of bamboo was not very good, so she had not thought about coming over to take a look. This was also one of the reasons why she was not curious about this place in the first place.
There is also a farm and a large bamboo forest in the Ling'anbo Mansion. An ordinary bamboo forest is really nothing. It is hard to find anything that Ji Hanyue would be particularly interested in.
That is to say, when Ji Youran said she wanted to come over, he responded with a few words.
As for the taste of the bamboo shoots, Pei Luoan just said so and never really delivered them, so the taste should be just average.
Thinking about it now, I find it ironic. Pei Luoan didn't want to come here at all, so he spoke so disrespectfully. But at that time, I believed Pei Luoan wholeheartedly and thought that these were really not that good. Because they were not that good, I didn't send some to my house.
"Go ahead and check it out carefully. If you find any clues, pay attention." After listening to Yuxiu's words, Qu Moying gave her a few more instructions.
Yuxiu responded and went back to discuss the travel arrangements with Manager Zhuang.
The sooner the better, the later the better. It was scheduled for the afternoon. Manager Zhuang was going to talk to the manager over there now...