Wangfu Shenyuan

It snowed heavily at night.

Xia An put on two cotton coats, threw a few pieces of silver silk charcoal into the charcoal basin, and made sure that the "miracle doctor" would not be cold, so she went out.

During the day, the prince said that Adu Courtyard is not peaceful, so he should be careful when eating.When it was getting dark, Tsing Yi from Mingxuan Court brought the dog over.He only said that he came in for business and entrusted Xia An to take care of him.

Guanshi He was already waiting at the entrance of the courtyard, and the shallow light projected from the main road made Guanshi He's expression cloudy and uncertain.Xia An stepped on the snow and "creaked" and ran over.

"I'll ask you again, what's your relationship with the lord? Young master Fang came to look for you, are you sure you won't go with him?"

Xia An was startled, and immediately returned to his normal expression, and said, "Yes, the slave is willing to repay the kindness of the steward. After repaying the favor, please let the steward set the slave free."

"Where is the prince?"

Xia An said: "The servant once worked for the prince, but he was only appreciated by him, but not reused by him. In charge, the prince also has a kindness to the servant, and I hope that the steward will not let the servant do things that are sorry for the prince and the palace."

"Understood, follow me out of the house." Manager He took the lead to walk to the gate, but did not follow the main path.

Xia An followed, and the two walked along the path one after the other to the gate of the palace.Steward He deviated in the direction and entered the gatekeeper's yard.The night watchman there opened the door, and led the two of them directly into a room in the inner courtyard without saying a word.Just when Xia An was wondering, the concierge lifted the painting hanging on the wall, and then pressed the switch, and the wall opened a small hole for people to bend down and get in and out.

Drilling out of the small hole is the outside of the palace.Steward He knocked on the brick next to it, and it sensed it inside, closing the hole. "When you come back, knock on this brick, and someone will open the door for you."

Xia An secretly took note of the location of the bricks, followed Guanshi He out of the street where the palace was located, and got into the carriage that had been prepared in a hidden alley.

Along the way, only the sound of horseshoes treading the snow was heard, and the coachman never yelled or whipped.Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the back door of a shop.A young man came out to hold an umbrella to protect Guanshi He and Xia An from the back door through the two yards and into the main hall.

Gu Zhixuan came up to him with a smile: "My dear Xia An, I'm finally looking forward to you. Uncle always said to see again, wait a minute, I said how could such a beauty as you be a bad person, as expected, I still give it to you." Bring it here."

Xia An avoided Gu Zhixuan's pervert's paw without any trace, and said solemnly: "I have met Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu, please respect yourself."

He Guanshi also scolded: "You bastard, Xia An is here to do things, he is our friend, please show me some respect." He turned to Xia An and said: "There are no slaves here. Just fine."

"Yes." Xia An is of course willing to destroy Gu Zhixuan's prestige in this way.

"Our shop is in the business of supplying meat to major restaurants, so it's not booming. One-seventh of the restaurants and shops in the capital have business dealings with us." Manager He said with a bright face.

One-seventh of the capital, the business of this butcher shop is not small.Didn't Gu Zhixuan run a brothel? He didn't expect to have such a big business.

No matter how big their business is, as long as it is a legitimate business, he is very willing to invite him to be an accountant and only sell some strength and brains.

"This is the account book from seven years ago. Although the business was still going well at that time, there were not enough people, so there were many mistakes in the account book. Go to the next room and look carefully, and mark the mistakes. I will wait for you here."

Xia An took the account book, opened the door and went to the ear room next door.Two charcoal basins were burned in the small side room, which was very warm.Xia An took off a cotton coat, opened the account book, and looked at it carefully.

The more I looked at it, the more I muttered. Seven years ago, the business was not so bad. As soon as it opened, it contracted the meat supply of the ten largest restaurants in the capital.Without the support of a strong owner, such a big business would definitely not be possible.

The owner of this meat shop is Gu Zhixuan?If it is him, then he may be borrowing the majesty of the palace from outside, and the fox is pretending to be the tiger.It doesn't matter, anyway, the prince's reputation is already bad enough, so he doesn't care a little bit more.

I'm afraid that Gu Zhixuan and He Guanshi will still have a big Buddha behind them.Then who is Guan Shi's allegiance in the mansion is another matter.

Xia An deliberately wrote down the numbers recorded in the account book and the name of the restaurant, and it took several hours before he knew it.Manager He knocked on the door and asked, "Why haven't you finished watching? It's not like your speed."

"After reading it, I want to check it again. It's the first time I do it, so I don't want to make mistakes." Xia An closed the account book and handed it to Manager He respectfully.

He Guan said with a smile in advance: "You are too reserved, this is just getting you started. But it's good, we don't worry if you are more careful." After speaking, he opened the account book, stood at the door, and read it page by page. .

"One place is good." He copied many copies of the account book seven years ago, and used it to test newcomers.Xia An was the most careful one.

Manager He threw the account book back on the table: "Go back, if you delay any longer, it will be dawn."

Xia An knew that Guan Shi was still worried about him, and he didn't expect to be reused immediately when he came out tonight.The two returned to the palace by the same route in the carriage.

During the day, Qingtu came to the Third Courtyard, and caught Xia An who was dozing off on the table: "If you don't work hard, you hide in your room and sleep. When you get up, I will punish you." .Huh, who is this dog?"

The "miracle doctor" opened his eyes and glanced at the guest, rolled over, and fell asleep again.

Xia An rubbed her eyes and said, "Oh, I raised it for a sister. Just as Mr. Qing took office, three fires were set on this servant, it's too cruel."

"Stubborn, I will punish you not to eat at night." Elder sister, but the one from Xia An?Qingtu took out the gift list that was being drawn on the table, and the brushwork was much more mature, but the colors were still not bold enough.

"Yes, this servant is hungry." Xia An picked up the hot water burning on the shelf of the charcoal basin and made tea for Qingtu.He noticed that Qingtu's fingers were still covered with thick gauze, but his complexion improved a lot.Xia An is in a good mood these few days. Seeing that Qingtu is recovering well, he is also happy for him, so he took the initiative to joke: "If the servant feeds you tea, will the slave's punishment be spared?"

After feeding him tea, Qingtu was a little dazed.

Xia An couldn't hear the answer, and only then realized that she was a little too intimate.Although we are friends, we have rarely been this close.A little embarrassed for a while, I tidied up the messy table.

"The fifteenth prince is very happy today. The prince has already gone to congratulate him. Why are you still drawing this gift list?" Qing Tu realized that he had lost his composure and changed the subject.

"Practice your hands. Has your lord gone already? Who are we sending from the courtyard?" When the lord went to congratulate him, he naturally had to bring many servants with him.In addition to personal servants, maidservants, carriage bearers, and stewards who handle all matters, Mingxuan Courtyard will send out a few servants to carry gifts, and Adu Courtyard will also send out a person above the first-class servant. If you ask about the contents of the congratulatory gift, you can pass it on.

Qingtu said: "Mr. Hu. That's why I was picked out to be the director. Fortunately, I only need to move my mouth, and the courtyard is not too busy. By the way, I heard that in the morning, the steward will entrust you with making records of the palace rewards. gone?"

This was originally the work of Chief Hu and Qingtu, and Xia An did it alone, so it was inevitable that they would lose face.Xia An didn't want to make enemies, so his tone was a little unnatural: "Yes, the steward just gave orders. I haven't started yet. I was thinking of going to Curry to look up the old rules after lunch. It just so happens that you are back, so you can give me some pointers." Two."

"Naturally." Qing Tu didn't look annoyed: "The steward uses you so much, I think the vacant position of chief steward must be yours."

"Don't talk nonsense, be careful that others will hear you and hit you." Xia An took a sip of hot tea, stomped his feet and said, "It would be great if I could burn two charcoal pots. The snow is so heavy, I'm freezing to death."

Qingtu smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? No one from the third hospital came. Let me tell you, Xia An, the manager visited me a few days ago. Guess what he said?"

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"It turns out that the person in charge is yours. After he reported it, he was suppressed by the manager, saying that you were guilty of a crime and should not be sealed, so he got a deputy. And I was the deputy, just right When there is a good opportunity, I will go up as soon as the manager mentions it." Qingtu said in a low voice.

It's the steward again!Xia An secretly bit her inner lip.When the gift list bleeds, the manager has been trying to save him, which changed his bad impression of the manager a lot, and now he is all back.

However, the concubine stared at Aduyuan, if she rashly became the master, she might cause some disasters.It's actually quite good to be a vice-principal to hide from disasters.

"Deputy Chief Xia." A servant in the courtyard shouted loudly.

Xia An got up, opened the door, saw the person next to Steward He, and hurriedly asked: "But the steward is looking for me?"

The young man looked anxious: "Boss Hu fell off his horse and probably broke his leg. Guanshi He sent you to accompany the prince to the mansion of the fifteenth prince. Please wash and change quickly, and catch up with the prince on horseback."

Xia An said in a daze, "I don't know how to ride a horse."

"The steward said that the stable will send someone to see you off, and you must catch up with the prince's chariot."

Xia An had no choice but to change into clean clothes in a hurry. Fortunately, yesterday evening, the tailor finally delivered new clothes.When he arrived at the gate, he explained the situation to the guards, and when he went out, he saw a man in a white fox cloak riding a horse at the gate, and there was no one riding a horse around.

"Brother, do you dare to ask, is he from the stable?" Judging by the clothes, he doesn't look like a servant.With his body turned sideways, Xia An couldn't see his face clearly.

The man turned around, but said in a familiar tone: "Is it cold, why are you wearing so little?"

"Rongli?" Xia An exclaimed.

"Keep quiet, it's still at the gate of the palace." Rong Li stretched out his hand, pulled the man in front of him, wrapped him tightly in a cloak, hugged Xia An with one hand, shook the reins with the other hand, and the horse started to run forward .

There is still heavy snow in the sky, so there are not many pedestrians on the road.Rongli let go of his horse and ran, Xia An was a little scared, leaning against the prince's arms, not daring to open his eyes.

Stopping suddenly, Xia An opened his eyes and saw that it was an alley.The head was hit twice, and a lot of snowflakes fell.Rong Li jumped off the horse with the man in his arms, tied the rope to the nearby tree, and pointed to the small wooden door behind him: "It's been a long time since I ate your cooking, can I ask the chef to show me his skills today?"

"Aren't you going to give the fifteenth prince a congratulatory gift?" Xia An asked in a daze.

"No, anyway, my brothers are going to go a lot, and it's okay to miss me. Besides, as long as the congratulatory gift arrives, I'm the elder brother, but I'm not powerful. If I go, it will inevitably make the staff in his mansion unhappy. Let's go, I asked them to buy the ingredients this morning, they are absolutely fresh, and I also prepared your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing."