Wangfu Shenyuan

"What do you want to do with raw eggs?" Could it be that you want to eat them directly, oh, it's disgusting, since it's not convenient to eat hard ones, it's better to drink porridge.

"If it's cooked and applied to the face, it's possible that I will go to the warehouse with Wuzhishan to tidy it up tomorrow, and I will be laughed to death by Hongrui and the others." Xia An said bitterly.

Qingbai was stunned for a moment, he rarely saw Xia An joking.Although during this period of contact, Xia An seemed gentle and seldom emotional, but he knew that Xia An was not cold-tempered, he would secretly pay attention to things he was interested in, and secretly resented when he was scolded for no reason.

But after being slapped by the master, it turned out that he took the initiative to make a joke, which is really strange.However, he quickly realized that he went to the big kitchen to pick up the eggs.

As soon as Xia An and the others left, the room finally became quiet, so he turned around and lay facing inward.Curl up your legs and cover the quilt, why do you feel cold?Maybe it was warmer than midsummer in the dungeon!

How could he have extravagantly imagined that the prince might miss him, and even...even thought that he could be...be friends with the prince.Just like what the prince said to the princess, "No matter how much you love her, she is just a concubine." Yes, it doesn't matter if the prince treats him well. Hitting you and killing you is just a matter of raising your hand.

It was him who thought too much.

Qingbai came back in a hurry, Xia An sat up from the bed, he was surprised and said: "Why don't you just get red on the face, even the eyes are like rabbits?"

Xia An bowed his head and took the egg, went to boil the water and ignored him.

"Haha, could it be that you are crying in pain? Hey, you are a 17-year-old man, I don't know that a slap can make you cry. I see, it's because your former stewards were too kind to you. I have never been punished. Like me, I have been in the mansion for seven or eight years, and I have been punished seven or eight times. Which time is it not that my skin is torn and my flesh is bruised? Today's second class."

Xia An blushed when he said it. He also knew that a man should not cry easily, but he didn't know what happened today. To say that being slapped was much less painful than breaking a bone, but he didn't Keep calm.

After the eggs were cooked, Xia An began to apply to his face.Seeing that he didn't answer, Qingbai knew that he was feeling bad, so he didn't blame him.After a while, I went to the front to get busy.

The concubine's father is going to celebrate his birthday, and the fifteenth prince is going to marry the concubine. These are all important events. They are all discussing what gifts to give.The general manager meant that it should not be too extravagant, and the general manager also meant that the prince wanted it, but the father of the concubine and the concubine lived a full life, and the prince is a son-in-law, so it is not good if the gift is not available.If the gift given to the princess' father is too expensive, the fifteenth prince is still the prince's younger brother, so how can he fall so far.

Not only the prince and the manager didn't want to give expensive gifts, but the people who knew about them were also secretly anxious. Now the palace looks rich on the outside, but the inside is already dilapidated, so there is nothing to take out.

Qingbai served in front of Guanshi He, and was treated like a confidant, there are some things that he understands, but the first-class servants may not know.That's why Steward He asked him to take Xia An with him.

Xia An soon fell asleep. This day's emotional ups and downs were a little bit, he thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but he didn't know that it was just after dark, and he was lying on the bed looking at Guan Shi's records, and fell asleep without knowing it.

This time I slept soundly, and when I opened my eyes, it was already past [-]:[-], and the sun was already high.He got up in a panic and saw a basin of clean water in the room, a teacup for rinsing mouth and tooth powder on the table, probably Qingbai had already come in, seeing that he was sleeping, he didn't bother him.Xia An was very grateful in his heart, icing on the cake was never a big deal, giving charcoal in the snow is a great kindness.How could Qingbai not be grateful for stretching out his hand to help him when he was injured.

After rinsing his mouth, he found something abnormal when he washed his face. His face recovered too quickly, but after one night, he didn't use any medicine. I can't see clearly.Xia An was puzzled and gently splashed water on his face to wash it. The water was slightly cool, and it irritated and hurt the injured cheek.

Xia An thought, maybe it's because he is young and has a better ability to recover by himself.That time he was kicked by the prince in the lower abdomen, and he recovered very quickly.

After tidying up her appearance, when she was about to go out, she found that the things on the table were missing.Yesterday, he had a tooth knocked out by the prince. When he got up, he saw it in the puddle of blood, so he took it back and put it in a teacup on the table to soak.Qingbai would not move his things without authorization, and Guanshi He would not take away his lost tooth for no reason.So, who took it?

Xia An was lost in thought when Qingbai knocked on the door and came in. Seeing that Xia An looked good, he couldn't help smiling and said: "Don't worry about things, let me bring you breakfast. I think you are almost well, and you woke up quite early , I thought you'd at least sleep through Sishi."

"How dare you, don't you usually go to the Second Courtyard to serve you when you are young, not to mention that you were all busy yesterday." Xia An took the meal, and the delicious shredded chicken porridge made people's index fingers twitch.

"The steward let you rest for a few days, didn't he tell you?" Seeing Xia An's expression of ignorance, Qingbai smiled and said, "It's probably because you are busy and confused." After getting acquainted with Xia An, he dared to say Some bold words are taboo.

"Hey, after all, I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be quite masculine, so I was beaten. I woke up this morning to fetch water and wash myself. But, don't you go to the first hospital on weekdays? Why, you are afraid of seeing people How can a man be so thin-skinned?"

Xia An suddenly smiled, and retorted: "Oh, it's possible that all men are thick-skinned. Hey, no, didn't you bring the water?"

What Qingbai said was confused: "I was in a hurry to work with the steward before my time was up, and I didn't have time to come over. Didn't you bring this water yourself?" He was the only one who made friends with Xia An. Who do you usually have close contacts with?

Xia An was more suspicious, but he didn't want to entangle with Qingbai on this matter anymore, so he told Qingbai to go ahead and work on it, and he would go there after eating.Qingbai advised him to take a rest for a day, but he didn't listen, everyone was busy, so he just lay down on the bed as a newcomer, which was unreasonable.

After dinner, Xia An hurried to the second courtyard.Everyone in the Adu Courtyard heard Hongrui vividly describe Xia An's tragic situation at that time, but seeing Xia An's complexion was very good, with only a slight redness and swelling on his face, they all wondered whether Hongrui was a fake, and everyone could see that Hongrui was very serious Like this new second-class boy.

Manager He discussed things with the three principals in the first hospital. Although Xia An wanted to thank him, he didn't want to disturb him too much.I found Qingbai in the warehouse on the left, and he was being lectured by Hongrui.Xia An didn't go forward, and listened to a few words first, it turned out that Hongrui asked Qingbai to get the ink ingots, Qingbai only used it for copying, and took medium ink from the side room, and Hongrui was so rude scolded.

Qingbai is the most talented of the second-class servants, and he is valued by Guan Shi. He will be promoted to the first-class soon, so he will inevitably be hated by others.So Hongrui scolded a lot, but no one came out to say a word.The first-class servants dared to fight for a few words, but they were afraid that Hongrui would become the master in the future and give them little shoes to wear, so they didn't want to be troublesome.

Xia An immediately went to fetch the high-quality Hui ink, sent it to Hongrui, and said with a smile: "Hongrui, Qingbai knew he was wrong, if you keep cursing, it will waste your precious time, the business is important."

Hongrui gave Xia An a hard look, he was angry at Qingbai because of Xia An, how could he let Xia An just say a word and let the matter go, instead he became more ruthless and took his anger on Xia An.

Xia An asked himself that he didn't offend him for anything, and was scolded by him one after another, and he became angry because he didn't want to be troublesome. He was about to reply a few words when he suddenly saw a figure at the door out of the corner of his eye.He quickly lowered his head, and only blindly admitted his mistake: "Hongrui, don't be angry, Qingbai didn't know that you wanted some gift slips, so he brought ordinary ink ingots over, and he didn't take the wrong one on purpose. He already knew it was wrong, you There are still big things to do, don't waste time on us."

Seeing that Xia An was talking about the same things, Hong Rui obviously didn't listen to what he scolded, and was even more annoyed immediately. Seeing Xia An's red and swollen face, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to greet Xia An's face.

Closing his eyes, Xia An abruptly wanted to take it.

He suddenly heard a loud shout: "Stop." He Guanshi walked in, staring at Hongrui coldly, the latter was looked at by him with a guilty conscience, put it away, and lowered his head. "My lord is about to drag us all out to feed the dogs, you guys still have time to quarrel. All the money will be deducted."

Everyone was wailing in their hearts, especially those who gathered around to watch the excitement, and their money was deducted for no reason.Only Xia An steals the fun, anyway, he is a dead bonded slave and has no monthly silver.

"Hongrui, you and Director Liu should go to the Lanxi Academy and study hard, don't miss it all day long."

Hongrui is not very willing, everyone knows that this is a hard job.Don't think that you can learn something from Mr. Liu, but in fact, you will be scolded by following him.I had already asked for instructions from Lanxi Courtyard once yesterday, and a woman next to the princess threw the gift list on the ground, and Mr. Hu and others who were about to go scolded them all.God, they died unjustly, and they also set a rich gift list, but first of all, the manager couldn't pass it.

"Hurry up, I think you are getting tired of staying in this courtyard and want to change places, right?" Manager He has been so troubled by things recently that he has a headache, and even dared to shoot at Hongrui.

Hongrui walked out reluctantly.He Guanshi wanted to make Xia An look good in front of everyone, and said: "Xia An, let me ask you, in the gift list for the side concubine yesterday, there was a pair of celadon porcelain from a high-quality official kiln, and a set of five-color glazed teacups tributed by the Western Kingdom. A colorful necklace necklace, a pair of high-quality mutton fat and white jade bracelets, and a silver fox cloak, this is to congratulate the concubine's elder brother, cabinet scholar Lin Xuemo's wedding, is it over the specification?"

Everyone was amazed, it was not easy to answer such a question to a first-class boy, so why ask a second-class tidying boy.

Xia An understood Guanshi He's meaning, and immediately replied loudly: "Everything else is within the specifications, but this silver fox cloak has no flaws all over its body, it is too exquisite and expensive, and it is the only one in the whole country. But it should be like this, to be able to It embodies the prince's love for the empress, and calms Master Lin's heart."

He actually didn't know who the side concubine's elder brother was, but when he heard that he was a cabinet scholar, he immediately realized the purpose of the silver fox cloak.On the surface, this is to express the prince's love for the side concubine, but in fact, it is to win over the bachelor.A cabinet bachelor, the future is limitless.

He was quite surprised in his heart, he never thought that such a small Lidanyuan could make such a plan for the master.No, it's impossible, it should be ordered by someone in a higher position, such as the manager.But it doesn't make any sense. If you want to win over, shouldn't you win over the princess?

Then there is only one way to think about it.The manager and the concubine are not at odds, and they want to join forces with the concubine to deal with the concubine.

Looking down, the struggle in the palace is too obvious, giving a gift is such a scheming intrigue.

Manager He was very satisfied with Xia An's return. He didn't mention anything about the side concubine to Xia An. He didn't expect Xia An to answer so well.Immediately, he called out another first-class servant to ask: "Qingtu, tell me why the gift list we made last time was returned by the princess. If I remember well, it was Lan Xi who accompanied Mr. Hu Courtyard."

"It's a slave." A handsome young man stood up with thin sweat on his face.Everyone knows that this question is difficult to answer, but Xia An's question is not easy. A second-class boy can answer it fluently, so they want to see how the first-class boy can answer it.

Qingtu clenched his fists and replied respectfully: "In the birthday gift list for the concubine's father, General Yin, only a pot of red coral is extremely brilliant, and the rest are ordinary things, but there are so many that it is difficult to carry them out. It's not a loss of face for our palace. It's just, just..."

"But it's okay, everyone in this room will learn to understand this sooner or later." Steward He looked at Qingtu in agreement.

Qing Tufang became more courageous and said, "It's just that the princess has a young brother who has been loved very much since childhood. The young master Yin fell in love with a long sword in the prince's collection. The princess secretly expressed her intentions to the steward a few times, but the prince likes it." Tight, but reluctant, so the concubine is not satisfied with the gift list we made."

In fact, after all, the crux lies with the prince.Don't look at the prince has no real power outside, but inside the mansion, the servants are terrified of him and dare not disobey his orders at all.

"Except for this, the concubine is very dissatisfied that we sent the silver fox cloak and wrote it on the concubine's gift list. But it was ordered by the prince himself, so what can we do? I think we can't ask for it if we go to Lanxi courtyard today What's good. Please calm me down, don't think that we just need to write the gift list, it's not that easy, but we are caught in the middle of the master, and we are in a dilemma, and if we make a wrong step, we will not end well."

After receiving the instruction, everyone lowered their heads and did not speak.Manager He asked them to hurry up and do their own work, so as not to add to the chaos.Dudu called Xia An to go out, stood under the poplar tree in the yard, and said, "You have been transferred to this yard, so you can work with peace of mind in the future."

"Really?" Xia An was overjoyed.I just left for a long trip yesterday, so I transferred the job today.Xia An was very grateful that Guan He didn't forget to solve his affairs despite his busy schedule. "Thanks steward."

Manager He stared at Xia An complicatedly for a while, until Xia An felt uncomfortable all over, and then slowly opened his mouth: "I didn't solve it, I haven't had time to spare, besides, I still want to Wait for the limelight to pass. It was early this morning, Director Sun sent a few new recruits to various courtyards, and you were among them, who happened to be sent to our courtyard."

It is just right, and there is a lot of meaning in it.It's not that Xia An doesn't understand, but she can't figure it out.Those who can do this, will do it, I am afraid that there is only one person.But why did that person help him?Didn't you beat him yesterday?

Xia An lowered his head, stared at his toes, and didn't answer.

When Guanshi saw this, he didn't want to pursue it to the end, no matter what it meant, as long as he could keep Xia An.He ordered: "Mr. Lan Xiang hosted a banquet for several famous young masters in the capital some time ago, and the masters all returned their gifts today. Later, the people of Mingxuan Court will inevitably send gifts to the inner courtyard, and we have to do the same." Hold the gift list and follow. You have nothing to do, and you went to Lanxiangyuan with Qingbai."

"Wouldn't it not be enough for us two second-class boys to go?" He only went to deliver the gift list once, and he didn't know how to do it. Qingbai didn't know if he had been to the inner courtyard.

"When I see the side concubine, I only send a first-class servant and a second-class servant. When I see a son, I can't surpass the side concubine."

"What the steward said is true." Xia An responded.He wanted to go too, but Xiaojin was in Lanxiangyuan.The prince beat him for his own reasons, because he patronized himself and didn't consider the prince's feelings, so he should learn his lesson and say hello to Xiao Jin first.

Manager He walked a few steps, turned back and said, "There are a lot of meticulous work in Mingxuan courtyard, so it's not like our courtyard is full of stinky men. You and Qingbai go quickly, and you can borrow some makeup powder to paint your face first." Face."

Paint it with powder, it's a daughter's thing, how can he handle that like a man.But Xia An obediently complied, and when he went out to do errands, his face was the face of Aduyuan.

Upon hearing this, Qingbai put down the chronicle book in his hand, and hurriedly led Xia An to Mingxuan Courtyard.Mingxuanyuan is the yard that manages the warehouse of the palace. It is the richest and most magnificent.It is just in front of Aduyuan, but its tall pavilions completely cover the small Aduyuan.There are five entrance courtyards, and each courtyard is divided into side courtyards, which is more magnificent than the usual big family's house.

"I'm fairly familiar with a sister here. You can borrow makeup from her with me. She is in charge of guarding the cloth and sewing of the palace. She usually lives in a side courtyard of the second courtyard." Qingbai took Xia An into the room. In the side courtyard of the second courtyard, there were three warehouses and a small room on the east side. He knocked on the door and shouted, "Sister Xiaoqing, are you there?"

"here I am."

Xia An was very familiar with this sweet voice. When someone came out, she was completely dumbfounded, but it was Tsing Yi who had been away for a month.Seeing Xia An, Tsing Yi was also a little stunned, but quickly covered it up, turned his head and talked affectionately to Qing Bai: "Brother Qing Bai, why are you here today?"