At the entrance of the mansion where Zhu Youjian now lives, a fragrant small sedan stood very eye-catchingly at the door. The four bearers bowed their hands, facing the direction Zhu Youjian came from, and seemed impatient to wait. Standing a small servant, Tsing Yi robe.
People who can wear long robes must have a high status in the mansion.
Sun Chuanting does not send officials, but what does he send a small servant to do? Zhu Youjian muttered and stopped in front of Xiao Si.
The little servant took a step forward and bowed down: "Little Sun Yun, knock on your Highness."
"You were sent by Master Sun? Get up and talk back."
"Yes." Sun Yun stood up, "Master Sun sent a villain to send a letter to His Highness. Master Sun said, Your Highness will understand when you read it."
Sun Yun held a sealed letter to Zhu Youzhen in both hands.
Zhu Youzhen tore the seal and looked at it, and his brows were frowned into the end of the month: "What the hell is going on?"
After Sun Yun dictated it, Zhu Youjian understood.
It turned out that Shaanxi was troubled by banditry, and the governor of the three sides died in battle, and the court did not pursue his family. It was considered no reward or punishment.
But the governor of Shaanxi Hu Tingyan was afraid of taking responsibility and concealed his reports. This caused the troubles of banditry to become more and more serious, eventually reaching more than 200,000.
The imperial court gave Hu Tingyan out of his anger, and sentenced him to a slap in the face.
According to the law of Ming Dynasty, as long as it is not the crime of treason, only men over three feet will be killed when full-fledged, and men and women under three feet are not asked to be killed, but sold as official slaves. Generations are not allowed to get out of their nationality unless there is a case. Rehabilitated.
Hu Tingyan himself was arrested in northern Shaanxi. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, he was rectified on the spot and passed on the first three sides. Most of his family members are in the capital city. Only one concubine and his daughter are with him in Shaanxi. The concubine has died in the chaos during the period of banditry. Only one daughter, Hu Xinxue, lives in Shaanxi.
Shaanxi was too far away from the capital, and Hu Xinxue was a woman with limited mobility, so she was auctioned in Shaanxi.
Originally, this official lady was auctioned off, and a lot of big families rushed to buy it, and the lowest price could be as low as one hundred taels. Sometimes when I met someone who had a crush on this young lady, it's not surprising that they would get hundreds or even thousands of taels. There was once in Suzhou Mansion that someone spent 2,200 taels of silver to photograph the daughter of the prefect of Suzhou who committed the crime, which is considered to be a population auction record for Daming.
However, Shaanxi has just experienced severe banditry. Large families are the primary targets of these bandits and their losses have been heavy.
People were slaughtered and money was looted.
Those lucky ones who escaped this catastrophe also suffered some loss of property, or had lingering fears, and showed little interest in this beautiful prisoner.
If the miscarriage is auctioned off, Hu Xinxue will become an official prostitute.
Although Sun Chuanting had every friendship with Hu Tingyan, he still couldn't bear to see the daughter of his colleague fall into the dust, so he paid for it out of his own pocket, spent a hundred taels, bought it as a slave and prepared to stay in the house to enjoy.
However, considering that Zhu Youjian was alone and in Shaanxi, Hu Xinxue was sent to Zhu Youjian. Because it was a private matter, the servants in the mansion were sent here instead of using officials.
After listening to Sun Yun's narration, Zhu Youjian's brows gradually stretched into the sun: "Why didn't Mr. Sun stay in his house?"
"Back to Your Highness, Master Sun estimates that he will come to Shaanxi to take up a post in a short period of time, so he is here with his family."
"Ao." Zhu Youjian responded indiscriminately. In Daming, there are also some donations to maids and servants. Sun Chuanting would not take the opportunity to arrange a beautiful spy by his side? Then I thought about it, this Miss Hu had just experienced the pain of family funeral, her parents had funeral, and she might not even have completed the burial. How can she be in the mood to spy others? Besides, Sun Chuanting is in charge of the civil affairs of Shaanxi, and there is no conflict with him. It is useless and dangerous to send a spy. If he finds out, he will be good-looking.
Zhu Youjian took another look on the sweet sedan chair. What kind of person is this Miss Hu
Upon seeing this, Sun Yun immediately retreated to the side of the sedan, and patted on the top of the sedan: "Hu Xinxue, get off the sedan."
The car curtain moves lightly.
The three-inch golden lotus covered by a pair of blue embroidered shoes came out first, followed by a blue-gray dress and a small coat.
The last is the bright white and delicate face.
Zhu Youjian took a closer look. Although Hu Xinxue was dressed in plain clothes, she had the demeanor of everyone. It's just the first bereavement of his parents, and the blows continue, and the exquisite face is faintly filled with sorrow and anger.
"His Royal Highness Xinwang is here. Hu Xinxue, you will be a believer in the future, don't you go up and bow down?" Zhu Youzhen hadn't spoken yet, and Sun Yun had already taken the charge for Zhu Youzhen.
"The slave and maid kowtow to your Royal Highness." Hu Xinxue kept her head down, not daring to look at Zhu Youzhen, perhaps disdainfully.
"Slaves? Are you not a young lady?" Zhu Youjian's brows turned into a crescent moon again. Could it be that Sun Chuanting pitted me? Buy a maid and be a lady for me
Hu Xinxue's eyes blushed, and her white cheek just formed a pear white pink, which became more delicate. She raised her head to look at Zhu Youzhen and found that Zhu Youzhen was frowning, obviously not a mocking expression. But the sorrow and sorrow in her heart is still reflected in her eyes, full of light, "The servant girl is no longer the former Miss Hu."
Only then did Zhu Youjian remember that Hu Xinxue had sold herself as a slave, and the identity of the young lady naturally did not exist. She will be bound by the deed of selling in her life, and will flow in the "talent" market with the deed of selling.
"His Royal Highness, this is Hu Xinxue's contract to sell his body." Sure enough, Sun Yun took out a folded yellow paper from his arms.
This is the deed that determines the fate of Hu Xinxue's life.
Up to now, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to push the boat along the way. But Zhu Youzhen just gave one hundred taels, which was regarded as Hu Xinxue's selling money. In this way, Hu Xinxue was not given to Zhu Youjian by Sun Chuanting, he was only purchasing for Zhu Youjian.
The mansion where Zhu Youjian currently lives, originally belonged to a general from Yansui. This member of the general family disappeared after banditry in Shaanxi, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Now the mansion has become Zhu Youjian's temporary mansion residence.
The mansion is very spacious. In addition to the kitchen, dining hall, living room, and study, there are twelve bedrooms. Zhu Youjian asked for one bedroom and one study, and the rest of the houses were occupied by special forces soldiers.
Siwuying had already returned to the capital, and only the special forces remained in Shaanxi as Zhu Youjian's guards. However, these 12 houses were far less than 300 soldiers. As a result, the captain Wang Mujiu took 30 soldiers to live in to protect and serve Zhu Youjian. The rest of the soldiers lived in the barracks.
Hu Xinxue's arrival, regardless of her identity, must arrange a dormitory for her. Li Jun, who is in charge of the accommodation, is in trouble:
"His Royal Highness, does this Miss Hu live in..."
Zhu Youzhen found that the atmosphere was not right, gave him a fierce look, and knocked on his head again: "Where are you going to stop?"
Li Jun shrank his neck and smiled awkwardly. Finally, Hu Xinxue was placed next to the left hand of Zhu Youjian's bedroom. This is for the convenience of taking care of Zhu Youjian, even if Zhu Youjian turns over on the bed, Hu Xinxue next door will know.
During dinner, Zhu Youjian sat alone at the table. It still has four dishes and one soup. It is frugal and affordable. It does not cost a few dollars and is not lacking in nutrition.
Hu Xinxue stood on Zhu Youjian's left side and waited on her.
Despite her grievances and concerns, she quickly entered the role. In Zhu Youjian's temporary mansion, she was the maid serving Zhu Youjian.
"Sit down and eat too, don't have to stand." Zhu Youzhen thought it was Wan'er.
Hu Xinxue was taken aback, tilted his head, and focused on Zhu Youzhen with big eyes, her little nose fluttered slightly, her little mouth also opened, but there was no sound. She didn't understand what Zhu Youjian meant.
Zhu Youjian realized that there was something wrong with his feelings. He smiled awkwardly: "You don't need to be restrained here. When I'm at war, I often eat at the same table with soldiers."
How about fighting then? Hu Xinxue slandered in her psychological belly, and looked away from Zhu Youjian. From beginning to end, she didn't say a word.
Zhu Youjian is not used to the atmosphere of "food without words". He took two mouthfuls and settled the dinner like a windstorm. Without the prince's morals, Hu Xinxue's eyes widened and he forgot his identity, shaking his forehead and bow. She raised her waist and even wondered whether this was the prince who grew up in the palace since she was a child or a general who had been hungry on the battlefield for ten and a half days.
"Yeah." Zhu Youjian coughed slightly, and Hu Xinxue woke up.
She ran for a while, brought a basin of clean water to the kitchen, and asked Zhu Youjian to wash her face.
She didn't know if it was shy or not used to serving men, so she held the basin and sent it to Zhu Youjian. In order to avoid a close contact with Zhu Youjian, her head tilted to one side and still did not say a word.
"Oh, I just used dinner. How can I drink such a big pot of tea? I'm not a cow." Zhu Youjian protested.
"Pouch." Hu Xinxue smiled so much that her jade arms were weak, and her hands did not feel loose.
With a "clang", the basin fell to the ground. Shimizu drenched their shoes, socks and trousers.
Hu Xinxuejiao blushed, and when she was a maid for the first time, she had to do errands. But this was all thanks to Zhu Youjian. She bit her silver teeth, gave Zhu Youjian a white look, and smiled sheepishly.
"So you look pretty when you smile!"
Of course at that time. Hu Xinxue sneered again, "Your Majesty, if your shoes and socks are wet, you should wash your feet first and change your clothes!"
"Ah? So you are not dumb?" Zhu Youjian grinned exaggeratedly, his eyes widened, his expression froze there.
"You're just dumb!" Thinking about it, I don't think it's right. He is the prince, his master, not his maid. Taking advantage of the opportunity of scooping water, Hu Xinxue twisted her body, avoided it, and went out of the room before she hid her mouth and snickered, this lord!
When he came back, Hu Xinxue finally held back a smile, but the anger on his face had faded a lot: "The prince sits down, and the slave servants come to wash the prince's feet."
"You..." Zhu Youjian didn't know whether Hu Xinxue had completed the transition from a lady to a maid. "Let it go there first, I'll do it myself."
Didn't they just knocked over the basin? Would it still knock over the footbass? Besides, that's what you started, Lord... Hu Xinxue didn't say a word, but just used actions to express her determination. She put the wooden basin in front of Zhu Youjian and began to take off Zhu Youjian's shoes.
Now that you are mentally prepared, I don't mind enjoying a free foot bath. If it were in the foot bath city in Beijing, it would cost more than 300 yuan, and it would be more expensive in the heavens and on the earth.
Hu Xinxue obviously hadn't served anyone, especially men. She was coy and fiddled for a while before she took off the shoes and socks on one foot of Zhu Youzhen.
Then he put the bare foot on his thigh, and then took off the shoes and socks on the other foot.
Finally, Hu Xinxue finished taking off a man's shoes and socks for the first time in her life, and she was also secretly happy. There is no need to learn about serving people!
She lifted Zhu Youjian's feet and put them in the hot water in the tub.
"Damn, are you murdering your husband?" Zhu Youzhen yelled hotly, his feet were reflexively, he bounced from the tub, his toes hooked, and a pot of hot water fell to the ground.
It really knocked over the foot basin.
But this was overturned by Zhu Youjian, not Hu Xinxue.