Wangfu Shenyuan

The two walked out of the rockery and walked along the corridor to Huamen.Xia An's eyes lit up on the way, and he shouted loudly, "Manager Han."

Han Fuchao was lowering his head to think about something when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and couldn't help showing joy. He walked over quickly, but opened his mouth to complain: "Where did you go, you haven't seen anyone for more than half a year. If it wasn't for the previous A few days ago, I heard Brother Meng say that you were working in the outer court, I thought, I thought..." His tone became lower and lower.

Since Xia An entered the mansion, he has gradually gained the love of Han Fuchao, and he is willing to help in everything, but the friendship cannot be said to be deep.After going out of the house with Xia An, he was punished for losing someone, but Xia An ran back by himself, avoiding his punishment.From then on, Han Fuchao treated Xia An sincerely and pointed him out.

"I can't enter the inner courtyard for nothing, which makes you worry." After the slap by the prince, Xia An completely regretted that he hid himself and didn't send a letter to those who cared about him to say he was safe.But he still couldn't do it, except for Xiaojin and Director Meng who met for work, A Fu and Manager Han couldn't tell.

People from the outer court are not allowed to walk around freely when they enter the inner court.The last time I asked Xiao Jin to report to Ah Fu and Manager Han that they were safe, but the little Jinni Bodhisattva could not protect himself when he crossed the river, and his identity was sensitive. If he was not careful, he might bring disaster to Ah Fu and Manager Han. After all, they were both in the inner courtyard.The power of the princess has infiltrated the inner court, but the outer court is still out of reach.

Han Fuchao didn't blame him, and said: "I am also not allowed to leave the inner courtyard without orders, and I can't go to see you if I want to, but I just need to know that you are doing well. You are blessed to belong to Sienyuan, and you will be promoted every step of the way. The changed yards are better than the last.”

"It's just good luck. How are you, Guanshi Han, are you still in the stable?"

"Well, it's considered a promotion, and now I'm in charge." Saying this, Han Fuchao sighed.

Xia An saw it, and hurriedly asked: "Is it not good to be in charge, why are you sighing?"

"...Forget it, you don't have to worry about the struggle in the inner court, and you can't care about it. Just work hard in the outer court. I have something to tell you." Han Fuchao nodded to Qingtu who stood silently by the side.Qingtu said, "I'll go to the next yard to beg for some water."

Han Fuchao waited for Qingtu to go far away before he pulled Xia An under the roadside tree and said in a low voice: "When you were missing, the young master of the Fang family came to look for him. He didn't believe you when I told you that you were dead, so he even told you in person." I went to the mansion to look for you twice. I don’t know how he made amends to the lord. The wangfu and the Fang family continued to do business. The Fang family even bought a big house in the capital, but only Young Master Fang lived in the Fang family. People are still in Jiangnan."

Bitterness spread in Xia An's chest, and he took his breath heavily. "Why, don't you believe me?"

"He said he wanted to see the dead when he was alive. He didn't believe me when I said the dead body was eaten by dogs. He told me that his uncle only had one precious son, how could he have broken off his son so easily."

With a sore nose, Xia An hurriedly turned his back.

Han Fuchao sighed: "You child, you are always sad when you are sad, what are you always trying to do?"

"I'm fine." Xia An took a deep breath, calming down the sobbing in her tone. "Guard Han, I can't stay in the inner courtyard any longer. It's convenient in the future...Xu Liang." Xia An called to stop a figure running in a hurry.Xu Liang was Ah Fu's subordinate when he was in Piaoxiangyuan. Xia An finally met him, so he wanted to ask him to send a message to Ah Fu.

Xu Liang ran over panting, and after careful identification, he was sure that the person who was fair and beautiful and dressed in the clothes of the second-class servant in the outer court who called him was indeed Xia An who was sentenced to have his tongue pulled out and thrown into the dungeon. He was surprised The extent can be imagined. "Xia An, you..."

"Xu Liang, long time no see, and he's much stronger." Before entrusting someone to do something, Xia An first said a few nice words, Xu Liang liked to show off his strong muscles the most.After the person who was praised smiled, Xia An said: "I want you to tell the captain that I am working in the outer courtyard and I am doing well. Please don't worry."

Xu Lianggang's smiling face immediately became bitter, and his words were anxious: "I almost forgot the business when I saw you. Something happened to the captain, and the lord somehow said that we poured the slop cleanly, making the Tingfengyuan full of stench. , so they sent people to arrest the captain and take him to the punishment hall, where they heard that he would be beaten fifty times.”

The swill was poured back and forth from the small door of the Tingfeng Courtyard, and even if it was spilled occasionally, someone would clean it up immediately.Even if no one is there to clean it, the prince lives in the north of Tingfengyuan, so he has to have a long nose to smell the stench.Xia An has a headache, what exactly does the prince want to do?

"Boss Han, I'm worried, so I'll go and have a look. When my companion comes back, let him go back first."

Han Fuchao stopped Xia An, and couldn't help laughing: "You better not run around and go back to the outer courtyard obediently, you don't need to worry about Ah Fu."

"But……"

"Don't be an asshole, be careful not to be punished if someone sees you. Your companion has come out, so let's go. When I go to the outer courtyard to do business, I will go and see you." Han Fuchao pushed Xia An away, facing the bewildered Xu Liang said: "You should also go back to Piaoxiangyuan. After a while, Ah Fu will go back without losing a single hair."

After reporting the general manager's intentions to the three principals, Qing Tu and Xia An stood in the hall to wait for orders.Mr. Hu, who was sick and asked for leave a few days ago because Qingtu was framed, exhaled and raised his eyebrows and praised: "Qingtu has done a good job. Now that the congratulatory gift for the fifteenth prince has been set, you should hurry up and make the gift list. The old rule is to write three One for the prince, one for the general manager, and one for the steward of Mingxuan Yuan, to be sent along with the congratulatory gift on the big day."

Before Qing Tu had time to answer "yes", he listened to Mr. Liu put the teacup heavily on the table and said: "Mr. Hu is afraid that he will feel a little nervous when he gets sick. Now there are more mistresses in the house. Congratulations to the Fifteenth Prince are such a big event, shouldn't we ask the concubine to show me?"

"Your Majesty always ignores common affairs, Mr. Liu may have forgotten, right?" Mr. Hu asked with a sneer.

Director Xing, who was sitting on the right, reminded: "Now that Director Liu has been promoted to deputy steward, we should listen to the deputy steward."

Chief Hu said, "Since it's the deputy steward, isn't there still a steward in charge? Steward He has been awake for many days. Why don't we ask the steward for his opinion during the visit?"

"Guan He wants to rest now, I'm afraid he won't see us." Director Xing is a fool and has no power of his own, he will fall to whichever faction in the courtyard is in power.In the past, Director Xing would not add a surname before the word "Guanshi", which was the request of Manager He, but now that he has turned to the Deputy Manager, Director Xing immediately changed his words.

Chief Hu said: "How will you know if you don't try. Xia An, you are a relative of the steward, and he would like to see you, so you can go to the Confucian Academy and ask if the steward has time to see you for us. Meet the three of us."

"Your servant obeys the order and leaves." Xia An got the order and went to Ruo Confucian Academy.He didn't go to see Guan Shi for a few days, and he himself thought about taking some time to visit.

Qingbai was decocting medicine in the yard, Xia An sneaked over, trying to scare him, so he reached out and patted Qingbai on the shoulder.Unexpectedly, Qingbai reacted greatly, turned around, grabbed Xia An's arm, and carried it behind his back.

"It hurts, it's me." Xia An wailed in pain.

Qingbai let him go, and mumbled: "I didn't know it was you, I'm sorry, did you get hurt?"

"Fortunately not. Why are you so overreacted? The sky is bright and bright, and there are patrolling guards outside. Are you afraid that some assassin will fail?" Xia An rubbed his arms and teased Qingbai.

Qingbai smiled embarrassedly, but didn't answer.

Xia An leaned over and asked mysteriously: "Qingbai, tell me the truth, do you know martial arts?"

"Nonsense, how could I do that." Qingbai denied it.

Just now that hand is clearly very powerful.Xia An has liked the legendary martial arts since he was a child, but his father is strict with him, only allowing him to study and not playing tricks.But he secretly entrusted his servants to go out and buy books about Jianghu miscellaneous, hid in the study and lamented how chic others said, and how boring his own life was, and by the way dreamed that one day he would learn martial arts and go to the world.

There are only two people he has really come into contact with who know martial arts.One is Ah Fu, who demonstrated in front of him.The other is the prince, who took him to experience the feeling of flying over the wall.It's just that he was running for his life at that time and didn't care about enjoying it.Xia An bit her lip, and waited for the prince to come at night, and begged the prince to take him to fly again, no, just begged the prince to teach him martial arts.Or the prince can just send a guard to teach him.

If Qingbai admits it generously, Xia An will at most have the cheek to grind him for a while, let him teach him, and won't think too much about it.But Qingbai quickly denied it, and people couldn't help thinking about it.

Xia An smiled, didn't ask any more questions, and walked towards the house, asking as he walked, "Is the manager feeling better?"

Qingbai stepped forward to block Xia An, and said in a low voice: "The steward has just fallen asleep, so don't go in and stir up trouble, come and accompany me to make the medicine, and when the medicine is ready, you can talk to the steward when I serve the steward to drink the medicine."

Sleeping again.Xia An ran here several times, the manager was either to clean up and heal his wounds, or he was sleeping and not to be disturbed.Xia An became suspicious, but there was nowhere to doubt.Qingbai has been with the steward for five or six years, he is loyal, and the steward also trusts Qingbai very much, Xia An is just suspicious, if there is anything wrong with Qingbai, Xia An really can't find it.

"How long does this medicine take to cook?" Xia An added a piece of firewood to the fire.The medicine pot was smoking "gurgling", against which the face of the green cypress was not very real.

"It will take more than an hour."

Xia An laughed and said, "In normal times, I definitely wouldn't be able to wait for such a long time. But today I came here on orders, so it doesn't matter how long I wait. I must see the steward before leaving today."

Qingbai lowered his head to look at the fire, and casually asked: "Order, what order?"

"The three principals sent me to check on the steward's condition. If the steward is in good spirits, they will come to visit another day. Qingbai, do you think the steward is energetic enough to see the three principals?"

"The steward is good and sometimes bad, I can't say. Why don't you go in and see for yourself later, and ask the steward if he would like to see it."

Xia An let go of most of his guard and chatted with Qingbai.After a long time, Xia An heard that the sound of the medicine pot was not right, picked up the cloth towel that rested his hand, lifted the lid, and said hurriedly: "Qingbai, the medicine juice is almost dry."

Only then did Qingbai, who had been sitting by the fire, realize this, hurriedly took down the medicine pot, filtered the medicine juice into a bowl, and said, "I was so busy talking to you that I almost boiled the medicine away."

"Finally, half a bowl can be poured out, let's bring it in and serve the steward to drink it while it's hot." Xia An got up to serve the bowl.

Qingbai took the lead: "I'll go in first to wait on the steward and take his medicine. He won't like the crowds in the room when he wakes up. After he finishes taking his medicine, I'll tell him to come in again, okay?"

"Okay." Xia An responded.

Qingbai went in with the medicine alone, and after a while, Xia An heard Guanshi's voice, looking a little older than before: "Xia An, are you outside?"

"It's a slave, take care of things, and the slave will go in immediately." Xia An replied, and was about to go into the house.

Then I heard Manager He's voice anxious: "Don't, don't come in. I have been ill for a long time, and the room is filthy, I don't want to see people. If you want to come and see me, go back."

"The slave was ordered to ask the steward, if you have the energy to meet the three masters?"

"No, it's good to let them make up their own minds."

Xia An paused for a while before replying: "I know this, I will resign, and the steward can rest assured to recuperate."

Back at Adu Courtyard, everyone went to have lunch, only a few people were left guarding the yard, and Qing Tu was left by Mr. Hu to wait for Xia An. "How, can you see the steward?"

Xia An frowned: "I don't see you, the manager should calm down and recuperate."

"That's not okay, can you... ask the steward again, and ask him to meet the three principals, otherwise our courtyard will be controlled by the concubine." Qingtu paused, and pulled Xia An into the small room. The warehouse, shut the door tightly before daring to finish speaking in a low voice.

Xia An was startled, and immediately understood: "Master Liu belongs to the princess?"

"Yes, he has been hiding it very well. Mr. Hu only found out from his insistence on showing the princess the gift list today." Qingtu clenched his fists annoyedly, and then said: "Many yards in the inner courtyard have been invaded by the princess. I have a headache, and the two fought fiercely. I heard that many people in the inner court have disappeared for no reason. If we also fight in the outer court, don't think about having a peaceful life."

"I'll think about it again. I must ask the steward to come out and come up with an idea."

Qingtu asked, "What can you do?"

Xia An said: "I haven't thought about it yet, anyway, I'll reply to you tomorrow."

At night, Xia An lay down by the window and waited eagerly.Rong Li jumped directly from the top of the wall to the window. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have almost stepped on Xia An's dark head.

"My lord, you're here." Xia An cheerfully took the things from the lord's hand, a jar of wine and a bamboo basket.Xia An put the things on the table and looked at the prince eagerly.

Rongli couldn't stand Xia An's welcoming battle this time, and looked at Xia An warily.

Xia An lowered her head and had a good attitude: "My lord, I beg you for something, can you help me?"

"It depends on what." Rong Li sat down and took a sip of herbal tea.After crossing most of the palace, I was exhausted.

Xia An kicked his feet, but still lowered his head and did not dare to look at the prince's expression: "I want to ask the prince to take me to visit Manager He of our hospital at night. He has been recuperating for many days, and there is only one person around him to serve him. He has never I'm willing to see people, I'm worried about him."

Rong Li's face immediately turned cloudy, comparable to a moonless night: "He's an old man in his forties and fifties, are you even worried about him?"

Xia An scratched his head, raised his head and asked in confusion: "I'm worried that he has nothing to do with whether he is an old man?" The prince looked so scary, as if he was about to eat him, Xia An took a step back.

"Of course it does. First of all, he is old, so you shouldn't like him. Afterwards, you don't like him, so why worry about him." Rong Li said eloquently.

Xia An couldn't turn the corner: "Well, I don't quite understand what the prince means. On the other hand, I'm worried about Guanshi He, not because I like him. If I like Guanshi He, I don't care about his age. Just For example, when I am friends with you, my lord, I don't feel any barrier because of your age."

"What, you think I'm old." Rong Li jumped.

"No, no." Xia An hurriedly waved his hands to explain: "My lord is not old, not old."

Rongli opened the wine jar, the smell of wine filled the room immediately, Xia An sniffed, sat across from him, decided to flatter him, coaxed the prince to agree to help him, then took the wine jar and poured two cups into the teacup, and handed it flatteringly Going to the prince's side, he complimented him: "My lord, the wine tastes so special today. Apart from the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, there seems to be a scent mixed in it. What kind of good wine is it?"

Only then did Rong Li's expression ease, and he opened the bamboo basket, revealing a dish that was full of color, fragrance and taste.Xia An exclaimed: "'Don't jump over the dragon's gate'."

"Well, last time I ate well, I bought the cook Liu who cooked this dish into the house." Rong Li would not honestly say that he would go out and buy someone when he heard Xia An wanted to eat after he was drunk. into the government.

Xia Anle happily picked up the chopsticks, and of course he did not forget to pass them to the prince first. After serving the prince well, he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. He said excitedly: "It's delicious. You are so kind, my lord. I've been thinking about this dish for the past two days. Just thinking about it, I dreamed about it last night. Your lord, you are so kind to me, you will definitely take me to see Manager He, right?"

"Stand up for me." Rong Li slapped the table vigorously, but fortunately Xia An was the only one living in the third courtyard, and the second courtyard was also empty. "Did the king tell you to sit down?"

Xia An's body shook, he didn't understand why the prince was angry, but he stood up timidly immediately, and said in a low voice: "Your servant is wrong, please forgive me. This servant will not eat, and this servant will serve the prince's meal." After finishing speaking, Go pick fish bones for the prince.

Rong Li clapped louder on the table: "What, how dare you despise the dishes I brought over."

Xia An wanted to cry but didn't know what to do.

"Eat standing up." Finally, Rongli came up with a compromise way to get himself down the stairs.

Xia An lowered his head and continued to eat, Rongli knocked on the cracked tabletop: "Put the soup."

Xia An replied in a very low voice: "My lord, you didn't bring a bowl and a spoon." Neither did you bring a wine cup, so you could only drink from a teacup.

Rong Li's black face remained silent.

"Why don't I pour it into the teacup for you?" The prince didn't calm down, Xia An didn't dare to call himself a friend anymore.

"Come on, don't be a slave, it's annoying." Xia An's voice was trembling, and Rong Li's voice subconsciously softened.

There is only one teacup left, so it is natural for this living ancestor to eat.Xia An licked his lips, ignored the prince who was drinking the delicious fish soup, and focused on eating the fish meat.

Suddenly he was pulled by his side and fell into an embrace. Before he could see the situation clearly, he saw an enlarged handsome face approaching, and then his lips were blocked by a warm and soft thing, and then, there was a soft thing with fish The soup broke into my mouth, um, it was really fragrant-fish soup.