Wangfu Shenyuan

After lying on the bed for two days, Steward Han personally came to "invite" Xia An to go to work, there was no other way, the time for the princess to enter the mansion was only half a month, the wine pool and meat forest hadn't been built yet, the prince had expressed dissatisfaction more than once .Han Guanshi said worriedly: "I'm afraid that after the time when the princess enters the mansion, the prince will send us all to the back mountain to feed the dogs. I heard that you went to the back mountain last time, and you have seen it too. There are half people in each of them." Tall, standing taller than a human."

Xia An had never seen it before, he dug a hole nearby and buried the body.

"Ah Fu also went to help. Zheng Da, I didn't let him go. I heard about his body, but even I can't leave the mansion at will, and people outside the mansion can't come in. Don't even think about the doctor. It’s okay if I’m not busy, but now I really can’t do anything.”

Xia An was silent for a while, and said: "I will go to work tomorrow. In charge, does the palace let relatives come in to visit relatives? How much money does Zheng Daxuan earn? Let's make some money to redeem Zheng Daxuan. No matter how poor you are, you can't look at him." People are dying."

"Stupid boy, what is there to redeem after entering the Si'en Courtyard?"

Xia An hurriedly asked: "What do you mean?" He just wanted to go out.

"Do you know that Zheng Da only signed a three-year labor contract with the palace, and now it has expired, that is to say, Zheng Da doesn't have to work in the palace now. But Zheng Da entered the mansion for the second year and offended one of the prince's favorites. Male sex, was demoted in. Entering Si'en Courtyard is equivalent to entering the death row of the palace, no one dares to let it out, and Zheng Da will not be able to get out again. "

"The palace is too deceitful." After all, Xia An was young and did not understand the darkness in this world.

Guanshi Han sighed: "Whoever said it wasn't, that masculinity fell out of favor a long time ago, and now he is locked in a small courtyard, unable to take a step forward. Poor Zheng Da is about to die in a foreign land."

Xia An's eyelids twitched, and he asked, "If I ask the general manager, or the manager Zhang who assigns manpower, can I let him go?"

"Don't be foolish. You offended the chief when you entered the mansion that day, can he and Zhang Qitian comply with your request?"

Xia An was dumbfounded: "I really didn't offend the manager." Thinking carefully, how did he offend the manager.

"Hmph, you didn't offend him, you will be assigned to this place as soon as you enter the mansion. The people in this yard are all offended. The manager is famous for his temper, you don't have to worry about it at all, you just need to know A little bit, stay away from him in the future, I only have one life."

Xia An nodded and remained silent.

For lunch, Ah Fu made an exception and added some ingredients to Xia An, finally ending the days when he could only drink corn mush or vegetable porridge.Xia An happily ate his bowl, put on the servant clothes he had lost and recovered, and prepared to boil some hot water and take a hot bath when there was no one in the yard in the afternoon.The imperial doctor ordered him not to touch cold water.

Here I have to talk about his clean servant clothes.I don't know what the prince is thinking, but he still remembers to send someone to send Xia An's tattered servant clothes and obscene clothes to Si'en Courtyard.Xia An burst into tears when he saw this dress. For many days, he stayed naked under the quilt. Manager Han washed the prince's clothes and burned incense to Huaying Garden (that is, the yard where the manager works. The supervisor of the yard will also go there to arrange matters), find out a piece of clothing with two big slits from the library and throw it to Xia An, Xia An puts it on, and all the places that should be exposed or should not be exposed can be seen at a glance. Well, the former owner of this dress was dragged behind the horse by the guests from the palace and dragged to death all the way.

With such a comparison, it's hard for Xia An not to like his original servant clothes.Although it is broken, there is at least a cover.Although it might have been worn by the dead, Xia An hadn't heard of it in such a specific way.

Although Xia An hasn't been here for a long time, he has a pretty good friendship with Ah Fu, Zheng Da, and Guanshi Han, and he often helps out in the kitchen. Regarding everything in the kitchen, Ah Fu tacitly allows him to move the kitchen objects at will.The firewood was split by Zheng Da, so naturally Xia An could use as much as he wanted.

Xia An is now fully capable of such a simple task as boiling water.It's just that his legs are still a little unsteady, so he can't bother Ah Fu to help pour the boiled hot water into the big wooden bucket. The cold water in the tank, Xia An, can be scooped up bit by bit with a gourd ladle, but Ah Fu looks Don't worry, I just brought him a bucket.

As soon as Xia An entered the water, his calf was so painful that his eyes went dark, but Xia An gritted his teeth and held back. After all, it is not easy to take a hot bath, and he doesn't know when the next time will be.

Close your eyes and enjoy it.Xia An began to scrub carefully when the water was a little cold. Zheng Da came in and added another bucket of hot water without saying a word.

After washing it carefully, Xia An put on his clothes and went to the door to push the door to go out, but he heard Zheng Da talking to Han Guanshi and Ah Fu.

"Boss, we have agreed on this matter. I will take out my copper coin and give it to you when everyone starts working. You can't just say it and forget it."

Ah Fu smiled and said: "Zheng Da, you are too caring. The manager loves Xia An no less than you. You think the manager is just greedy for your money. There is no money in our courtyard, and there were people when we first came in." There are quite a few rich ones, and they also used money to flatter the steward, you see what the steward promised them."

Zheng Da's voice was a little choked up: "I know that the manager has a good heart, but the world is too difficult, and I'm afraid of the manager... Forget it, I believe the manager will be able to do it if he promises."

"You can rest assured that you can stay for two more days." Han Guanshi's voice was thick and steady: "While you can still move, teach him more, so that you can take over later. If it weren't for the urgent urging from the superiors, I would also be reluctant to let him go He went to work after being severely punished."

Xia An listened, his eyes turned red unconsciously, he took two deep breaths to calm down.He pretended to cough, and went out with a smile, looking very happy: "Ah, it's so comfortable to wash, I feel like I've lost a lot of pounds."

Zheng Da followed suit with a smile: "Yeah, it looks much more white and clean."

Xia An embarrassedly touched his face: "I didn't meet everyone honestly before, and I hope you guys forgive me." As he spoke, he bowed to the three of them in a dignified manner.

"Come on, you think we can't see it. You, a child is just playing house. Others have no time to pay attention to you when they get up early and late. If they look carefully, who would not be able to see it." Han Guanshi regarded Xia An as a fool all day long. Children, Xia An is indeed the youngest in his yard.

Zheng Da laughed and said: "I will also take a hot bath with your water."

Xia An hurriedly stopped him: "I'll go and boil some hot water for Brother Zheng." His bath water was already so dirty that even he couldn't bear it.

"No, let's save some firewood." Zheng Da stripped off neatly when he entered, and jumped into the big wooden barrel.Ah Fu assigned the task to Xia An who was still going to boil water, and asked him to send this month's expense records to the Dongxue Pavilion of Huaying Courtyard and collect next month's expenses.

Manager Han raised his eyebrows, and said displeasedly: "Ah Fu, Xia An's legs are not healed yet."

Ah Fu has never been afraid of Manager Han, he sneered: "Xia An will go to move stones tomorrow, today is just running errands, Huaying Court is not far from here."

Xia An saw the disagreement between the two, and quickly interjected and asked: "Is Dongxue Pavilion used to manage the palace's expenses, so should we also get our monthly money back from there?"

Ah Fu looked at Xia An in disbelief: "Monthly money, do people in Si'enyuan have monthly money? I've been here for so many years, why don't I know?"

"Go, why are you teasing Xia An?" Manager Han pushed Ah Fu away, turned to Xia An and said, "Come to my room, and you can also bring some things to Xia Linyuan for me. Before you go, you should send them to Xia An." Get your face darkened, so as not to cause unnecessary troubles. Also, if you can avoid seeing the manager and Zhang Qitian, they are not as sharp as the eye of a needle."

Xia An took the pot ash and the green leaf juice and carefully smeared it on his face as before, and even took a scoop of water to take a picture. It was really ugly, but it was not as easy to be found as a fake than Han Guanshi said.Xia An curled her lips disapprovingly, put away her things and walked towards Huaying Courtyard.

Xia An had never been to the Huaying Courtyard, so he didn't dare to set foot in that courtyard easily.However, he walked past the outer wall, and saw a dark purple peony flower from a low wall, which stunned him for a while.

There was a guard at the gate of the courtyard, who spoke very rudely to Xia An, and almost checked all of Xia An's things, while other people came in and out, but did not receive such treatment, which made Xia An angry.But he can't show it, no matter how angry he is, it's useless, instead he has to be careful in every way, not to annoy others.

Everyone in the Si'en Courtyard doesn't pay much attention to dignity. Although they are exhausted every day, Xia An doesn't feel that their dignity has been damaged. But make him, regard himself as his master.

Xia An clenched his fists, he must redeem himself from the palace.

However, how could he redeem himself without a monthly payment.Xia An's disappointment was even a little desperate, she didn't dare to show it in front of Guanshi Han and the other three, and didn't want them to worry about it anymore.He endured the pain to get out of the Si En Yuan, thinking all the way, either change to work in a yard with monthly allowances, or pray that one day the people of Si En Yuan will also be able to lead the monthly allowances.

Even if Ah Fu didn't send him out, he still wanted to go out and look for opportunities.

After walking and standing for a long time, Xia An's legs couldn't bear it anymore. The doorman checked all the objects and finally let Xia An in. However, the moment Xia An stepped into the door, he said sharply: "Next time Tell your supervisors to come in person, and you can enter here with your identity."

Xia An bit her lip and ignored it, and looked around after entering.So handsome, Xia An stayed in the palace for some time anyway, and saw many pavilions, but the Huaying Courtyard still dazzled him.Xia An was secretly dissatisfied in his heart, just taking out a single flower or plant in the yard would probably make the people in their yard better fed and clothed countless times.

Huaying Court is divided into Lanchun Pavilion, Xialing Pavilion, Luoqiu Pavilion, Dongxue Pavilion, and Huawulou, which is in charge.When you enter the courtyard, you will see exotic flowers and plants. After passing through an arch, you can see the four separate pavilions on both sides. After passing through an arch, you will find the Huawu Tower in the north.After Xia An entered the mansion, he always felt that the palace seemed to give the general manager too much power and too good treatment. After all, the post of the general manager was actually a slave, but the palace praised the general manager Xu Qingrui as if he was a second master.

Xia An went to Xia Linge first, and handed over the things of Manager Han.Everyone in Xia Linge was busy. Seeing Xia An coming, a steward took the things and urged Xia An to leave.No one listened to Xia An's prepared words, so he had to go out to Dongxue Pavilion.

Dongxue Pavilion was not idle, but fortunately there were many people, Xia An went in, and finally there was a steward talking to him.

The steward who received Xia An copied the records sent by Xia An, and said to Xia An: "The cost of your yard will be reduced next month."

"Why?" If the reduction is further reduced, they can't even eat corn buns and corn paste. Then why don't you go to the back mountain to dig some wild vegetables to eat? I heard that they can satisfy their hunger just like the green vegetables that they eat all day long.

The steward gave Xia An a blank look, and it surprised him that the people who came out of the Si'en Academy would ask "why" instead of being submissive, so he was willing to say a few more words: "The palace is about to celebrate, and all the expenses Naturally, every courtyard will reduce the cost in the next month, not just Sienyuan."

"However, if Si En Yuan reduces it further, everyone won't even have enough to eat. Besides, Si En Yuan doesn't have many quotas in the first place, so how much can we save?"

The steward shook his head: "We are just doing things according to the rules. All the courtyards have reduced, and your courtyard cannot be exempted. As for the problem of food, this is something that the stewards of your courtyard have to worry about."

Xia An's words were blocked, he stretched out his tongue and licked his dry lips, and summoned up his courage to ask: "Well, dare to ask the steward, do you recruit people in Dongxue Pavilion?"

The steward glared at him, Xia An was looked at unnaturally, not because he was afraid of anything, but because he was a little embarrassed to recommend himself for the first time, but he still swallowed and tried to express himself clearly: "I read After a few years of reading, you can learn arithmetic well, and you can write well, if you are short of people here, can you accept me."

"Hahaha." The steward smiled and burst into tears: "You are so funny, what kind of place do you think this is, a restaurant? The staffing assignment is arranged by Manager Zhang, and neither you nor I can make our own decisions."

Xia An blushed hurriedly took the fee and then resigned.After going out the door, Xia An kept his head down and walked out at a faster pace. Suddenly, a pair of hands stretched out in front of him and pushed on his shoulders. Xia An's legs and script were not good, so he sat back on the ground after pushing.Accompanied by this push, there was a sharp shout: "Who is so bold to offend the prince?"

Xia An secretly groaned in his heart, it's really not good for the master to be too leisurely, he must meet when he goes out.Looking up, it was really the prince who led the general manager and about seven or eight people stood still and looked at him.According to the position of the prince, if there was no servant to push him away just now, I am afraid that he would really offend the prince.

"Wanfu, my lord." Xia An's trembling legs trembled even more now.It wouldn't be an offense if I didn't hit him, but this is a murderer, and it doesn't make sense at all.Thinking of this, Xia An trembled with fear.

The manager, Xu Qingrui, lazily played with the folding fan in his hand. He said that he was scolding but his tone was laziness: "What a bold slave, Hua Yingyuan is also a person with your status who can set foot here at will? Come on, will..."

"It's dark again." The prince seemed to be talking to himself, but interrupted what the manager was about to say.Everyone was stunned, and the manager was also inevitably stunned. Only Xia An was far away, and his whole body was exercising, so his ears didn't hear this sentence.

Xia An didn't know why the manager stopped, but he was afraid of being beaten, and the pain was worse than death.He took two steps on his knees and was kneeling in front of the prince, explaining: "The servant is here to deliver things for the steward and the deputy steward."

The manager spoke again: "The two stewards of your courtyard are so busy that you don't even have time to go to Huaying courtyard. Hmph."

Xia An finally realized why everyone said that the manager hated him, and the manager always wanted to catch his fault in every sentence.But Xia An is not a stupid person: "The servant's yard is busy building wine pools and meat forests. The steward is loyal to the palace and the master, so he naturally devotes himself to the tasks assigned by the master. Sending ledgers and records is not impossible without the steward. As for the matter, the slave running errands does not delay the matter, but the project of Jiuchi Roulin has to be watched from time to time, in case there is a mistake and the trust given by the master is violated."

The manager wanted to open his lips, but he heard the prince nodding and said: "Well, since that's the case, let's go and have a look at another day." The manager didn't want to say more, just stood aside and sneered.

Xia An didn't expect the prince to be so talkative, he didn't dare to think about it, for fear of losing this good opportunity. "My lord, the project is under urgency, and everyone is working hard without stopping. Such physical exertion requires more food to supplement it. But just now, the steward of Dongxue Pavilion told the slaves that because the palace is going to hold a wedding , the cost of Si En Yuan will be reduced again. Now people in Si En Yuan can’t even eat white noodles every day, and eat green vegetable leaves to satisfy their hunger. If it is reduced, I’m afraid they will have to eat wild vegetables. How can you work without energy?"

The manager sneered: "Do you mean that the palace has treated you harshly, or are you threatening the prince?"

"The servant has absolutely no such intention." Xia An was sweating coldly at the manager's words. "My lord, please check clearly. The records of Si'en Yuan's expenses are stored in Dongxue Pavilion, and your lord can look through them."

"Joke, you want the lord to waste his time on lowly slaves like you." The manager said every sentence in a slow and unhurried manner, but every sentence was like a knife.

No matter how much Xia An could bear it, he would be annoyed at this time. He looked directly at the manager and said word by word: "We are only assigned to do heavy work. No matter what we do, we are serving the prince. Why should other slaves eat well and wear warm clothes? In spring, summer, autumn and winter, you have to wear rags, and you can’t eat enough every day, but you have to carry stones all day long? My lord, there is no torch at night, so everyone can only grope for work by the moonlight, please have mercy on your lord.”

"Heh, if you sell yourself to enter the palace, your life will belong to the prince. It is kind and ungrateful for the prince to give you food." The manager turned to the prince and said, "My lord, this slave is too bold, he should be beaten to death with a stick." To serve as an example to others."

"Whoever is not the prince's servant in the palace should be treated equally." Xia An was also furious, and had long forgotten his creed - life is the most important thing.

The manager is aggressive: "Then you have to rely on your ability to eat."

"A slave is no worse than others based on his ability."