Most of the servants serving in the Fourth Prince's Mansion are marginal figures in the palace, and they are sent to the Fourth Prince's Mansion, which is also unpopular when they are not welcome in the palace.
First of all, these people will inevitably have some resentment in their hearts, feeling that the future is dark. After staying in the Fourth Prince's Mansion for a long time, I can stay a little more comfortable. In any case, this place is quiet, clean, and free of disputes. Naturally, it is not comparable to the place in the palace where people die at every turn.
The leisurely days are used to it, and everyone likes this place as time goes by. The master is not mean, and now he is not in the house. As long as you follow the rules and do what you should do well, no one will criticize you. This place is like an uncontested paradise.
Yan Yan's companion room and dowry entered the Fourth Prince's Mansion on the day of the big wedding. Although the Fourth Highness and the Prince's Concubine later lived in the palace, these people also settled in the mansion.
Eunuch Xi, the chief eunuch in the house, is a man who doesn't talk much. After arranging Yan Yan's dowry to Yanran Residence in the main courtyard, he left it alone. Since someone came to tell them the rules of the house, Mama Zou is a discretionary one. Yan Yan was her dowry when she got married, and now she is in charge of taking care of Yanran House in an orderly manner.
The servants in the Fourth Prince's Mansion are very polite to the dowry of the prince and concubine. If nothing else, you can understand the position of the prince and the concubine in His Highness's mind by looking at the main courtyard. If you don't want to die, be honest. Anyway, they are Some fringe figures are in the fringe area, so what if they really fight for one, two or three
Therefore, the Fourth Prince's Mansion is now in harmony.
On this day, I heard that the fourth prince and the concubine were going back to the mansion.
Naturally, some people heard that the fourth prince and his wife were kicked out of the palace, and the servants in the palace were shocked. There are little girls in Yanran Courtyard who are worried, and the old man in the house will comfort them. It's nothing. I think that our Highness was kicked out of the palace when we were in our teens. Plus this is the third time, so don't be afraid. , don't be afraid!
I don't know how Luo Huaiyuan would react if he knew that the servants in the house would treat him like this.
Not long after, Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Yan's carriage arrived at the gate.
On a whim, Luo Huaiyuan was going to take Yan Yan to show her the Fourth Prince's Mansion. The carriage with luggage entered through the Xijiao Gate, and the two of them were accompanied by Meixiang and Xiao Anzi and prepared to stroll around the mansion. Originally, there was a happy father-in-law, but Luo Huaiyuan saw the old man looking like he was about to die, so he waved him to retire.
Eunuch Xi quickly stepped back after salute, his legs and feet were not as nimble as he should be for his age. Yan Yan was still thinking about why the eunuch in charge of the house is such an old eunuch, and she was stunned when she saw this.
"Don't pay attention to that old guy, he's just a pretender."
Eunuch Xi, who was far away, was unsteady, and a little eunuch beside him hurriedly gave him a hand, and the two disappeared in front of everyone.
"You are used to speaking in a nasty way." Yan Yan annoyed him.
He licked his fat face and smiled: "I tell Yanyan all my nice things, listen to you."
Yan Yan glanced at him angrily, walked forward, and he hurriedly followed.
The entire Fourth Prince's Mansion covers an area of about 80 acres, which is not enough according to the prince's regulations, but the inner city is so big, and it can be considered a good place for the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
The whole mansion is divided into two parts, the front is the outer courtyard, where men deal with foreign affairs and entertain guests. The study room, on the outside is the row of seats where the servants live and the yards for handling sundries, and on the outside are the stables and garages.
After passing the outer ceremony door, you will arrive at a spacious and bright conference hall, which is equipped with a conservatory, a back room, a tea room, etc., as well as a large and small flower hall and a waiting room.
After passing through the Inner Court, you will find the inner courtyard.
The scenery of the inner courtyard is completely different from that of the outer courtyard. The outer courtyard is mainly majestic and concise. There are hardly any flowerbeds, only the tall and straight trees are embellished.
Walking through a corridor paved with cobblestones of various colors, you will be greeted by five halls with heavy eaves and flying upturned, with three big characters 'Xianyuntang' written on the plaque in front of the hall.
This fat man really never flaunts his mentality of being idle and wild, and he doesn't know that some people can't understand it. Whether others understand it or not, Yan Yan understands it anyway, so she can't help but laugh. All because those few large characters were written in such clumsy manner that even Yan Yan, who was not proficient in calligraphy, shook his head when he saw it.
On the left side of Xianyuntang, there is a cross-courtyard, which is Luo Huaiyuan's inner study.
Yan Yan had been there, and Luo Huaiyuan lived here before the wedding.
On the right side is a side hall and a hall, passing through the hall, separated by a cobblestone corridor and a hanging flower door, is the main courtyard with seven rooms and seven frames. The style is grand, with carved beams and painted buildings, and three big characters 'Yan Ran Ju' in the letter.
Naturally, these three characters were written by Luo Huaiyuan. Seeing that he was enjoying himself looking at the large gold characters, Yan Yan did not make a sound.
Mama Zou and the others had already greeted them, all squatting as a courtesy.
"I have seen the Fourth Highness, I have seen the emperor and the concubine."
"Okay, everyone get up."
Since they came to Yanran Residence, the two of them didn't plan to go any further, Yan Yan was nothing, the key was Luo Huaiyuan's lack of physical strength.
The two entered the house, and a group of maids came up to serve the two of them, changed their clothes in the house, and changed into comfortable shoes.
"Do you like it? We will live here in the future!"
Luo Huaiyuan was referring to this Yanran Residence.
This Yanran Residence is exquisitely furnished, and the elegant furnishings reveal a low-key luxury. The main hall consists of three open halls, the second one in the east is the living room, and in the back is a very spacious bedroom, and the west is the study room and the warm pavilion. The layouts are all Yan Yan's favorite simple and refreshing style. Luo Huaiyuan's work in the early stage is indispensable, and of course, the careful layout of Mama Zou and others is also indispensable.
Suddenly coming to a place where people and things are very familiar, Yan Yan felt relaxed and happy from the bottom of her heart. Although no one was holding her back during the days she stayed in Xianyun Palace, she just felt depressed. Luo Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel in a good mood as his brows rose in a visible way.
After lunch, the two went out for a walk.
Going out from the corner door at the back of Yanran Residence is connected to a hall, and in the past it was a large flower hall. At this time, the cold winter had just passed, and it was still a little cold outside. Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Yan just walked on the hand porch for a while, and then went back to the house to rest.
Yan Yan has the habit of taking naps, but unfortunately there is a grinder beside her. When it seems like sleep is not sleep, I feel that someone is making trouble with irregular hands and feet. She moved inside, but the man also moved over. The volume is too large, like blocking a mountain, and the sense of oppression is extremely strong.
Yan Yan didn't want to deal with him, knowing that once he dealt with him it would be endless, so she pretended to sleep. Who knows that there is no lower limit for that person, and she will not let it go when she falls asleep, so she takes off her shirt. The speed was extremely fast, and before she could react, only the nightgown was removed, and the panties were hanging on her thighs, being pulled down by someone.
Yan Yan opened her eyes, but saw no one, and a big bag was curled up in the brocade quilt. She just wanted to pick him up and beat him up, why not be so rude. Just thinking about it, the other party quickly and accurately kissed the vital part, and with a shiver, the toes couldn't help curling up.
"Fatty, you are enough..." The voice trembled alarmingly.
No one paid any attention to her, and she saw that the bedding kept squirming, as if there was a silkworm chrysalis inside.
Yan Yan's cheeks were like fire, her eyes were blurred, and she couldn't help it for a while. Seeing that the dead man hadn't gotten to the point, he couldn't help but lifted him up, put him on the bed, and rode on it.
Luo Huaiyuan let out an extremely beautiful admiration, Yan Yan glared at him fiercely, stretched out one hand to cover his mouth, and the other hand supported his arm and moved with strength.
Luo Huaiyuan looked aggrieved, and his heart turned beautiful.
Woohoo, it's too domineering, the Lun family was actually overpowered...
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Listening to the discordant voices in the room, the little girls outside had different expressions.
These little girls are Yan Yan's dowry. They are not very old. Fang is twelve or thirteen years old. How can I see such a battle. Seeing that several elder sisters were as steady as Mount Tai, there was a little girl who couldn't help but ask with an anxious look on her face, "But the Empress and Her Royal Highness quarreled?"
Mei Xiang, who was arranging the Bogu shelf, blushed suddenly, and spat, "Don't talk nonsense."
The little girl named Laner, thin and thin, with a rather delicate appearance, frowned and said with a serious expression: "It is said that our empress is very good at martial arts, maybe there is a fight. Do we want to go in and stop it, my father and I My mother often fights with the door closed."
This girl is the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, and she has long been known to Miss Yan. When Yan Yan got married, the Duke of Zhenguo sent it over for fear that the dowry maid would not be enough.
Evian just wanted to hold his forehead, wanted to scold a few words, but couldn't say anything, so he could only reprimand with a blushing face: "Don't talk nonsense, our empress and Her Royal Highness are in a good relationship, this is, this is... Oh, you will understand in the future. Now, don't be too curious."
Some of these young maids were sent by the Duke of Zhenguo, and some were dowry maids that Shen Yiyao had prepared/taught for her daughter. Mei Xiang is not too young, maybe she will get married soon. Although Evian Yimeng is a little younger than Mei Xiang, she is not far from the day she gets married, so this group of maids are all young, but the rules are very strict. Well, let a few people carry it, and it can be used later.
Among them, some do not understand, and some do not understand. The one who understands pulls the one who doesn't understand and whispers to the side, and Mei Xiang hears a thin 'don't talk nonsense, this is our Majesty's love for the empress'. Looking at the videos of a few young girls with small faces, or nodding their heads or blushing silently, Mei Xiang's mouth couldn't help twitching.
Yi Meng was more aggressive, and whispered: "You are not allowed to talk about the master's affairs in private, go and tell the girls outside to prepare hot water, which will be delivered later."
A few people in a row hurriedly retreated with their necks shrunk.
The three of them looked at each other helplessly, and continued to do their own thing as if nothing had happened, as if they didn't hear the movement in the back room.
After dinner, he had nothing to do, so Luo Huaiyuan told Yan Yan about the situation of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
Now Luo Huaiyuan doesn't have a title, so he can't count as building a mansion, and he doesn't have any private property on the bright side. All expenses are allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The head of the mansion is Eunuch Xi, under which there are eunuchs in charge of all levels and eunuchs in charge of the palace, who are responsible for the operation of the entire Fourth Prince's Mansion. Of course, there are exceptions, and that is the people around Yan Yan. The people she married are not under the jurisdiction of the government, but they must abide by the rules of the government. To go deeper, these people are the direct descendants of Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Yan.
Of course, this situation will be greatly improved when the fourth prince has a title and a title, and now the servants in the house are arranged by the palace, and it is inevitable that dragons and snakes will be mixed. However, from the current situation, it is still safe. Of course, this situation is not necessarily the case, because Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Yan did not live in the mansion before, and no one knows what will happen in the future.
The reason why Luo Huaiyuan told Yan Yan this was to tell her to let her subordinates take good care of Yan Ranju, and leave the rest to Eunuch Xi. Just like he lived in the mansion before, he just guarded a few important places, and left other places convenient.
Eunuch Xi can be trusted because of being 'poisoned' before, but it doesn't mean that the people under his command are also trustworthy.
Afterwards, Luo Huaiyuan dragged out a box from under the bed and threw a key to Yan Yan, saying that all his belongings were here, and now they are all managed by his daughter-in-law.
Yan Yan went to open the box and saw that it was full of stacks of silver bills, countless gold and silver ingots, gems of various colors, and all kinds of things that Yan Yan did not know, but it could be seen that they were all valuable, it should be Luo Huaiyuan's so-called Western stuff.
There were also a number of ledger books, Yan Yan flipped through them, the handwriting in them was extremely ugly, and she didn't know what was written.
She raised the account book in her hand, and Luo Huaiyuan, who was lying on the couch, squinted and smiled: "Well, although there is an account room, I also record an account in private, such as where the amount of money was invested, and it was recovered. How much money and so on. I remembered this for myself, and I will tell you about it another day. Look at those silver notes, have you found that your husband is very rich?" He looked proud of offering treasures.
Yan Yan glanced at him, then lowered her head to sort out the things inside.
I have never seen such a person, everything is piled up in a box, in a mess. But let's not say, from Yan Yan's visual observation, the fat man is quite rich, and it is estimated that there is enough for the two of them to eat for a few lifetimes. These things are naturally not suitable for outsiders to organize, she is thinking about how long it will take her to organize them.
Luo Huaiyuan has a lot of business in various places, and Yan Yan is also aware of it. Seeing that he is usually mysterious, he does everything carefully. Seeing that the accounts he kept were in a mess, Yan Yan realized that it was actually a fake.
"You don't have a general accountant for so many businesses? How many managers do you have, and what are they responsible for? Is there a general manager?"
This stumped Luo Huaiyuan, he hesitated a few words, then pulled Yan Yan to the couch, interrupted to say that this matter will be discussed tomorrow, and now go to bed.
As expected by Yan Yan, Luo Huaiyuan's accounts were indeed in a mess.
He has been involved in all walks of life, including food, jewelry, silver buildings, shops selling all kinds of gadgets, and many restaurants and inns under his name, all of which are new in recent years, and of course they are indispensable Textile mills and merchant ships in Fuzhou.
For businesses like these, most of his way of doing things is to set up a manager, implement a commission system and a clear reward and punishment system, and then let his subordinates operate. On weekdays, the reconciliation and payment of dividends are all managed by the stewards, and the steward and the accountant supervise each other, forming a good system model. However, he never looked at the ledger that he handed over. As long as the business was profitable, the money and the ledger would match.
This kind of treatment made Yan Yan, who had learned how to manage business as a housekeeper, extremely intolerable. His method is indeed very effective, but if people find a loophole, for example, the people below know that the above is a person who does not read accounts, and they will wait for colluding with each other and greed for money.
So on the second day of returning to the house, Yan Yan started to get busy, and asked Luo Huaiyuan to take out all the account books of the past few years and let her take a look at it slowly. There is also the fact that the stewards are called together to meet, which is equivalent to telling everyone to change their heads. If there is anything in the future, just report it to the mistress.
In fact, Luo Huaiyuan seems to be disorganized, and he is not stupid. Due to his identity and the difficulty of showing himself, many of his businesses are done in partnership with others.
Among them, the main partner of cooperation is the government of Zhenguo. Over the years, the two have made a lot of money together. The government of Zhenguo privately sent someone to come forward for experience and management, and he himself only needed to pay. But for some unknown reason, he has also done a lot of business alone, such as well-informed places such as taverns and inns.
What Yan Yan sees is the steward of this type of business.
He picked a suitable day and brought all the stewards to the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
Only then did the managers in charge know that the owner was actually the fourth concubine, and Luo Huaiyuan was usually too mysterious. In the past, he never showed up in front of these people, and he left it to his confidants to handle it, so these people only knew The owner is mysterious, but his identity is unknown.
Seeing this, Yan Yan, who was sitting across the screen, admitted it in a big way, excused that she had been in the boudoir before, but she wanted to make some money, so she handed over the business to her subordinates.
Let's not talk about what the shopkeepers thought. The meeting went very smoothly. It was impossible to tell whether it was a loyal or a traitor for the time being. Yan Yan had to check the ledger in her hand.
In her busy schedule, Yan Yan went back to her parents' home, which was the first time she had returned to her parents' home since returning home that day.
Yan Yan didn't notify Weiyuan Hou's mansion in advance, and did not put up a guard of honor, but lightly dressed and simply brought a few Mei Xiang and returned to Weiyuan's mansion.
Unexpectedly, when she went back, she actually found something extremely annoying.
When the servants in the house saw the third girl coming back, they greeted her respectfully and sent someone to inform Jinseyuan.
When Yan Yan arrived, Shen Yiyao was already sitting in the hall waiting.
After seeing the ceremony, Yan Yan sat down, and Shen Yiyao took her hand and asked. Knowing that everything is fine with her, knowing that she will be living in the Fourth Prince's Mansion after leaving the palace this time, she is so happy that she doesn't know what to do.
Seeing this, Cuiping hurriedly jokingly said a few witty remarks, and then took the basin handkerchief to serve Shen Yiyao to cleanse her face, and Fang sat down and continued talking. In the meantime, Yan Yan learned that Yan Ling was about to get married, and the date was set on the third day of March.
"I'm out of the palace, so I can loosen up in the future. I'll come back in a few days to add makeup to my fourth sister."
After that, I talked about the affairs of the mansion. In the past few months, nothing major happened in the mansion. The two aunts were very honest, and the old lady didn't make any trouble. In the third room, Mrs. Chen hardly showed her face in front of people. On the contrary, the aunt Cui had regained her body and was very popular in the house recently.
Speaking of having a body, Shen Yiyao whispered to Yan Yan and asked if she was moving.
Yan Yan's face turned red, but she did not hide it from Shen Yiyao, telling her that it was not suitable to have children at this time, so she should wait a while.
It would be a long way to mention this. When Yan Yan came back from Ma Cairen that day, she found that Luo Huaiyuan always looked strange, so she asked him. He didn't hide it, and said his worries. He didn't mention Ma Cairen among them, but Yan Yan guessed that such a thing must be reminded by Ma Cairen, otherwise, how would a big man Luo Huaiyuan know this.
In Yan Yan's mind, the matter of having a child is a completely vague concept. Luo Huaiyuan really made sense, and the two of them reached an unanimous decision that they would not have children for the time being.
As for how not to get pregnant, Luo Huaiyuan let Yan Yan give it to him with confidence, and Yan Yan didn't care about the matter anymore. Anyway, so far the two have done a lot of times, but Yan Yan has never been pregnant.
Hearing this, Shen Yiyao was a little stunned, and after a while, she sighed: "Yes, it's better to wait and go out."
This going out refers to the division of the vassal, and the prince will give the title to the vassal, and usually cannot return to Beijing without an edict. Luo Huaiyuan is not too young now, and in more than a year, it will be time to become a vassal.
The mother and daughter chatted for a while.
Today, Shen Yiyao wore a narrow-sleeved jacket with lotus and lotus embroidered begonias, and below it was a dark green horse-faced skirt, which looked really elegant. The hair was combed back into a bun, and only two white jade hairpins were inserted, which looked elegant and generous, and wore a narrow suet white jade bracelet on the wrist.
At this time, the two were sitting on the kang in the warm pavilion, with a small rosewood kang table in the middle, with tea cups and various fruit snacks on the table. Shen Yiyao took the tea cup and drank the tea, and the jade bracelet dropped a little, revealing a narrow black blue.
Yan Yan's eyes narrowed. After Shen Yiyao put down the tea cup, she grabbed her hand and pushed up her bracelet and cuffs. The bottom of her slender, snow-white forearm was a cloud of black green, which looked like a man. Handprints left when pulling.
"How is this going?"
Shen Yiyao hesitated to speak, but finally sighed and explained the inner reason.
It turned out that after the collaborating with the enemy, although the daughter and son-in-law resolved the matter, Shen Yiyao was always uneasy. Although she didn't know what Yan Ting was busy with outside every day, she still heard that he was very close to the second prince.
Since the beginning of the new year, there have been many people in the courtroom asking for the second prince to be entrusted to the vassal, so there was a lot of uproar in the courtroom. People who don't know where they are, just think that the second prince has reached his age and should have left the capital long ago. They didn't know that there was such a riot in the palace during the years. Queen Xiao saw that Concubine Xu was too popular, and the second prince pressed the crown prince and could barely raise his head, so he communicated with his mother's family, Duke Jingguo, so that the courtiers continued to play the second The prince is a vassal.
It stands to reason that after the prince was crowned, he was given a title and divided into a clan. This question has been raised by a courtier before. Emperor Xi meant that the second prince had not yet gotten married, and it was not suitable to leave the capital until after the big wedding, so things were delayed. At this time, the second prince had been married for more than three months, so it was time to revisit the old things.
In the past few days, there has been a lot of uproar in the courtroom, and Emperor Xi has never made a statement, even Shen Yiyao, a woman in the house, has heard of it.
Born in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Shen Yiyao still has some keen sense of smell in the court, knowing that this matter must be inseparable from the prince's family. When it comes to the battle for the storage position, there has always been no good thing. Shen Qi left the house at a young age without seeing him, and he never came back during the Chinese New Year.
Shen Yiyao still had lingering fears about the previous disaster, and seeing Yan Ting and the second prince's family getting so close again, for fear that the old thing would happen again, after many thoughts, he finally made up his mind to make peace with Yan Ting.
In fact, this kind of thinking has always been there, just thinking about the daughter and son. Now that the daughter is married, it will take a few years for the son to grow up. Who knows what the situation will be in a few years. Implicated in the family once was enough to break Shen Yiyao's heart and heart, and once again, she would never give up, and after thinking about it, she could only feel sorry for the young A Mo.
After making up her mind, Shen Yiyao negotiated with Yan Mo and obtained Yan Mo's full support.
Although Niang Heli may not be able to see her every day as it is now, but he has legs, so he can make more trips to see her. The government of Zhenguo is the foundation for their mother and son to live and live. If there is no government of Zhenguo, how could Shen Yiyao and Yan Mo live so smoothly today, even if Yan Yan hadn't had the government of Zhenguo as the support behind them, I am afraid that I have been dealt with more in the palace before, and the methods are more ruthless.
The richest place in the world is also the most snobby place in the world. There is no equivalent identity, living in that kind of place, if you are not careful, you are waiting to be trampled to death. Just like before, Yan Yan dared to make a fuss about the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If he changed his status to a lower one, would the queen only be banned for ten days? Saying it is compassionate to the newlyweds is just a refutation.
Such nice words are pleasing to the ears, but if you really believe them, you are a fool.
So last night, Shen Yiyao and Yan Ting had a showdown.
Yan Ting Lei Ting was furious, unwilling to part with her, and hurt Shen Yiyao's hand while pulling. Fortunately, there was a maid and old lady on the side, but it didn't make a big deal, but broke up unhappily.
Knowing that her daughter was back today, Shen Yiyao deliberately changed into a small jacket with narrow sleeves, and also wore a narrow bracelet to cover it up, but she was still watched by the sharp-eyed Yan Yan.
When Yan Ting was mentioned, Yan Yan felt an unstoppable nausea.
During the period after she and Luo Huaiyuan got married, Luo Huaiyuan also said many things to her, one of which was the feud between Yan Ting and Xu Xiangrong. At that time, Yan Yan's shock was beyond words. After careful consideration, she did not plan to tell her mother about this. Because Luo Huaiyuan said that because of what happened before, even if he didn't take care of Yan Ting, the Duke of Zhen Guo wouldn't let him go, so he simply wouldn't let his mother-in-law know about it, so as not to make her sad.
Considering it is good, Yan Yan still underestimated the degree of shamelessness. In a moment of anger, she waved away the servants in the hall and told Shen Yiyao what she knew.
The author has something to say:
small theater:
After seeing a few little girls go out, the three Mei Xiang pretended to be busy, and then gathered together.
Yimeng akimbo: That little girl is too naive, why is His Highness loving the Empress, obviously it is our Empress who is loving His Highness.
Mei Xiang blushed: See through, don't tell through, tell through is not a good friend.
Evian: How do you say that our mother-in-law loves Her Highness? (Curiosity is dead, and my heart is itching like a cat scratches)… QAQ
Mei Xiang hurriedly reprimanded: Stop your curiosity, I don't know that at this moment, His Majesty ordered the Minister of Military Affairs to control the whole country to fight pornography and illegal activities. Do you want to make our mother go into the small black house
As soon as these words came out, the three of them acted like birds and beasts and continued to work.
The above is a small theater without responsibility, O(∩_∩)O haha~ It's funny, don't take it seriously.