Wangfu Shenyuan

Xia An leaned against the head of the bed, taking medicine expressionlessly.Xiao Jin stood in front of the bed holding various preserved fruits, and said with an apologetic smile: "Don't be so dumb, I know I'm wrong, it's okay? Come on, after taking the medicine, you must eat something sweet to moisten your mouth."

"Thank you." Xia An didn't accept what Xiao Jin handed over, and directly picked one from the plate.

Xiao Jin sighed, and put the fruit plate on the table: "My lord said that after you knew my identity, you would never lose your temper with me. I thought at the time that we have such a good relationship, and you would definitely scold me. But it turns out , It’s my self-righteous climb up, son, you have a noble status, how can you put me as a subordinate in your eyes, and how can you give me your temper.”

That's what I said.Xia An couldn't help but look over: "You are a subordinate, I am a slave, we two don't know who has been promoted."

"So you think of me as a friend in your heart." Seeing that Xia An stopped talking again, Xiao Jin said anxiously, "I betrayed my friend. You should have scolded me. You pretended nothing happened, and you clearly didn't see me in your heart." Be friends."

"What's the use of scolding you. Next time, if someone still reports that I'm engaged to a girl, can you not tell your master?" Xia An asked coolly.

How dare Xiaojin lie again, and said honestly: "Of course I still have to report. The master is my god, and I dare not disobey."

"Then why should I scold you?"

Xiao Jin said: "How about letting you vent your anger and hold it in your stomach?"

"I can't get angry at you for scolding you. If you are willing to answer me a few questions honestly, I can consider forgiving you." Xia An switched his mind and decided to ask a question.

Seeing that things had turned around, Xiao Jin hurriedly said, "If you ask, as long as I can answer, I will never hide anything."

Xia An asked: "I was transferred to Piaoxiangyuan, did the higher-ups distribute the work uniformly, or did the prince do it on purpose?"

"...Two months before you came, I received the order from the prince to prepare for you." Xiao Jin struggled for a while, thinking about the matter for so long, and saying it would be beneficial to the prince. , shouldn't be blamed.

Ordered two months ago?No wonder he can live such a leisurely and comfortable life in Piaoxiangyuan.Xia An blinked, and still remembered asking Xiaojin when the food at Piaoxiangyuan would get better. The answer was the early autumn of last year, when he and the prince returned home from outside. When Xiaojin mentioned the time, he thought it was a coincidence. Now Come to think of it, could it be that the lord planned to transfer him to Piaoxiangyuan at that time, in order not to attract attention, he changed it step by step for more than a year, just for him to go into Piaoxiangyuan to stop suffering.Then, Si'enyuan suddenly received white rice and white noodles from above, is it also Wang Ye's thoughts.

"Bearing the danger of being Lord Lanxiang's lifesaver for me, is it your own wish, or the prince's intention?"

"It was the order of the prince, for fear that the princess will stare at you. The prince has always wanted you to hide in the corner of the palace, as long as you are safe." Xiao Jin pouted and added a few words for himself: "I am willing to stand for you, Even if the prince doesn't order, I won't let my friend be in danger. Outside of orders, I really like getting along with you."

Xia An couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, and said with a smile: "No need to explain, you and I have been together for so long, I can tell whether you treat me really or not. I just want to ask a question in my heart. By the way, that time I slandered me for gambling My Xiaowen is also the prince's man."

"It's not convenient for me to say this. But don't be angry, I'll tell you something else." Anyway, if the master's secret is revealed, death is a life. "When you were kicked in the stomach by the prince, you recovered so quickly. It wasn't the doctor I hired to treat you. It was the prince who ran over every night, feeding you medicine, rubbing your stomach, and instilling internal energy to help you heal your wounds. A serious injury can heal in such a short time."

"Also, every time you go to the back mountain, the lord doesn't want to see a 'miracle doctor', but to see you. But the lord, ahem, is born dignified, I don't know how to talk to you, and I worry for many days. In order to please you, I just Every time I prepare pastries and sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing to please you. If you are afraid that you will be cold, go early if you can, and go to the stone house to burn a charcoal basin in advance."

"The relationship between you and Fang Xiatong was the result of my eavesdropping on your conversation with Deputy Steward Han at the door, and I informed the lord, who sent someone to investigate your family background. When something happened in Fang's mansion, the lord was afraid that you would think wildly, so he took A few books wanted to distract you, I asked me what kind of books you like to read, I haven’t read it and couldn’t answer, so in the end the prince had to take a book in various ways.”

There are also books on raising dogs and Longyang books.He was so awkward, he had already moved his mind so early, and kept hiding it so well, or he said he was too dull.When I entered the palace for the first time, I saw clearly the ferocity of the mansion, but during my three years in the palace, my journey went smoothly, and I lived under the protection and consideration of others. Although I was suspicious, I never thought about it, and almost ignored his so much love. meaning.

Xiao Jin suddenly thought of something, and smiled: "That time you were terribly frightened by the young man sent by the princess. The prince heard that you hadn't read the Longyang book, and he was afraid that if you read it again, you would hate him. , and sent me to steal your book."

This guy...Xia An waved his hand: "Take two more of that preserved fruit with me, it will be so bitter in your mouth."

"Yo Yo, I thought you would be so sweet."

After taking leave, Xia An concentrated on recuperating on the bed.The high fever subsided after taking two doses of medicine, but the hard part was the back injury, this time it was overheated, and it hurt more than any other time.

Xiao Jin was so busy that he went back and forth between the first courtyard and the second courtyard, and went back to the third courtyard from time to time to serve him tea and dinner.He Cheng felt much more relaxed, and Xia An's situation couldn't make him see him anymore.

In the afternoon, the snow stopped, and the charcoal basin in the house was burning hot, as warm as a spring day. There was a small gap in the window, and the sun squeezed in and peeked out.Xia An lay on the bed, gnawing cloud mud red date cake.Two days later, Qingtu knocks on the door.Xia An looked around the room cautiously, and there seemed to be nothing wrong, so he asked Qingtu to come in.

"You're hiding and being lazy again, right? The steward should drag you to the execution hall to clean up the slackers in your stomach." Qingtu threw the blank mold that was full of him on the table. "What did you eat? Seeing your satisfied face, it can be seen that you are still eating worms in your stomach."

Xia An sat up wearing a thin quilt, and passed the pastry plate: "Taste a piece, the pastry from the No. [-] pastry in Beijing."

"Okay, I also heard He Cheng and the others say that you are reluctant to spend money to buy clothes outside, and Yueyin hugs you tightly. I think they really misjudged you. You change clothes every day, and you rarely wear them repeatedly. At that time, although each piece didn’t look very good, I couldn’t hold back and bought so many. I even ate the cakes from the first workshop, do you have enough money for the moon?”

"What did you take?" Xia An almost bit his tongue, and quickly changed the subject.These two days have been so exciting that I can't think of anything to say.

Qingtu didn't pursue it either, and took a blank mold to Xia An for a look: "The princess is going to hold a flower-uncovering banquet, and all the female family members above the second rank in the capital are invited to visit the mansion, and it will be held on the second day of the plum-appreciating banquet. Alas, who There are no flowers and plants in the mansion, so our palace has more mountains and a larger area than other mansions, so why do princes and nobles come here to enjoy it regardless of gender."

"Why are you in a hurry, and you don't need to receive him." Xia An made fun of Qingtu, but he quickly thought about what the princess was going to do.The plum-appreciating banquet is elegant, when the stage is invited, the invited people will not care about plum-appreciating, it is nothing more than rich family members gathering together to eat wine for fun.The palace is in the outskirts of Beijing, so they definitely can't leave all the venues that day, and if they stay until the second day, when the female relatives from the capital come, there should be no conflicts.

In addition, there must be many mansions, and I feel sorry for my daughter's family, so I have to let the men from the mansion accompany me one day in advance, and it is a chore to arrange the guest rooms and prepare for the reception.

Qingtu said: "Oh, what kind of courtyard are we? How can we be alone. The steward assigned me the job of drawing invitations. Now there are five days left before the flower banquet, and the steward ordered me to finish it before noon the next day. My hand Coincidentally, in less than two days, where can I finish it?"

Xia An asked: "Isn't there a few good painters and writers in the yard? Ask them to help." Even if the skills are not good enough, but they have been just laying hands and practicing, and let Qingtu and himself do all the work. The method of allocating work is too rigid.They should also be allowed to practice their hands, otherwise how can they stand out.

"They can't do anything at all. After studying for several years, they just haven't learned the rules of color matching, and they make mistakes all day long. Not to mention that a few of them are not talented. If they do it, it will lose the face of our palace."

After hearing this, Xia An lowered her eyes and pondered.Before he entered the courtyard, there were only Qingtu, Hongrui, and Qingbai in charge of technology in the courtyard, and they belonged to different principals and stewards.There are so many teenagers in the courtyard, so it's not difficult to choose a few good ones, but they chose some without talent, and they were not allowed to really get involved in learning. Among them, there may be muddy water in many people's hearts.

One of the most important courtyards in the palace, unexpectedly taught their own little calculations to be ruined like this.I don't know if Rongli understands, and what attitude he has.

As long as he knows, he doesn't have to make wild guesses.Ke Rongli would never tell him.He is a man, but the prince always puts him under his wings to protect him. Although his heart is sweet, he is unavoidably unhappy and regretful.

He wanted to prove that he could not only protect himself, but also help Rongli.He may not be able to intervene in Rongli's grandiose ambition to take over the world, but he can always help with the affairs of the house.

"Let me help you. You draw and I write."

Qingtu said happily: "I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and I'm here to ask you for this."

"Give me the list quickly." He compared the guests invited by the prince and studied the princess's list carefully, maybe he could see something.

"I brought it here, here it is for you." Qingtu put down the list and wanted to leave: "I have to go to the Second Courtyard to be busy, there is a blank mold on the table, you can look at the regulations first, and I will send you the painting later invitation."

As soon as Qingtu left, Xia An opened the list and looked carefully.The list is full of young ladies, wives, and young wives of a certain mansion. As Qingtu said, all the female relatives of the second rank and above in the capital have come, and three princesses are also coming to the palace. In addition, several eldest princesses They will also bring their daughters.

Xia An looked dizzy from the beginning to the end.He didn't understand the party activities of the court, so he couldn't understand the mystery.Forget it, just as I was about to put it away, I heard footsteps in the courtyard.

Sitting there, he happened to look through the crack of the window and saw Xiao Jin enter the yard.Immediately ignoring the back, hurriedly ran out of bed, hid the invitation cards piled up on the table under the quilt and left.

It's really troublesome to have a spy as a friend.If Jiao Rongli knew that he was intervening in the battle of the palace, he might not know what to say.