Wangfu Shenyuan

After not only having a master, but also a creditor, Xia An ran more diligently to the yards of the masters in the inner courtyard.Ever since Prince Xiaoxian began to serve in the court, although it was a small position, the emperor's face eased a lot, and he never punished Prince Xiaoxian again, and the status of Prince Xiaoxian's mansion has risen a level accordingly.

Moreover, since the two factions of the second prince and the prince are balanced in power, it is undoubtedly a very big bargaining chip to get the support of the original orthodox son.Therefore, the Xianxian Palace was very lively this year in Xia'an.

Empress Xiaoren was not really abolished because she was despised by the world for being unkind and unfilial.On the contrary, in fact, the status of Empress Xiaoren is very, very high both in the royal family and in the hearts of civil and military officials.Empress Xiaoren has a sharp personality, is very assertive in her work, and is very good at being a person. She once half-forced the emperor to issue several policies that are beneficial to the royal family, ministers, and ordinary people. It can be seen that she had a high reputation at that time, and she was the empress handpicked by the first emperor.

Not only does Empress Xiaoren have a good reputation in the world, Rongli Yuxue was cute, smart, and good-natured when she was a child. She is not as arrogant as other princes. She has never punished the palace people around her. plead.At that time, everyone believed that Rongli was the best candidate for the crown prince, including the other princes, they thought that if Rongli could not die, the throne would never be with them.

The person who originally sneered at Rong Li started to come to the door with a smile to play against Yi and taste wine.And the family of officials who have always been flattering to Rongli, are constantly offering treasures to the mansion.Xia An receives gifts every day and receives soft hands. Not only is he responsible for making a list of gifts and storing them in storage, but he also quietly takes care of them and transfers some of them to Rongli as backup supplies.

Rongli boss was reluctant about this matter at first.However, Xia An's methods were much more clever than that of Guan Shi. He stole the treasure of Mingxuan Courtyard and blamed it on the princess, which further intensified the conflict between the princess and Concubine Xi.Rong Li's income in secret was more than twice that of when Guan Shi did it. Since Xia An had the ability, he acquiesced in Xia An's doing it.

Xia An followed concubine Xi to do business, and the two ran against the princess together. Xia An was particularly active in the run. When the war between the two concubines subsided, they still didn't forget to find something to stimulate the war to resume.Xia An pays attention to concealment when doing things. The princess has not figured out whether Xia An belongs to the prince or the concubine Xi. Although she no longer intends to win Xia An, she still wants to get rid of Xia An at the beginning. Xia An is the most powerful steward in the outer court, and even the director of the outer and inner courts has to be respected.

"I still owe 37 taels." Wei Huang reminded "kindly" when she was packing her clothes.There is no way, my master has repeatedly told Xia An that he must let Xia An know that he is far away from the day of redemption, so he must die of that heart as soon as possible.

Xia An made a bitter face: "Give it another two days."

"My lord, it's not that the slave has to urge you, so you can go and say something nice to the master, and the master has to sell you for money, so why bother to argue with the master." Wei Huang had been with Xia An for a long time, and found that Xia An was really He's really easy to talk to, doesn't have the air of a master at all, treats them all very well, and even distributes his snacks to Xiao Jin, which makes Rongli complain that Xia An's lack of fat is caused by Xiao Jin.

"I don't know. Seeing the notes all over the room urging me to pay back the bills, I think he is very hateful." Xia An calculated in his mind that at the end of this month, Yueyin and the money saved by the big kitchen will probably be able to pay back. A little half.But there are still five days until the end of the month, and he still has to endure Rongli and Wei Huang's nagging for five days.

Wei Huang persuaded: "My lord..."

"All right, all right, stop talking, please Wei Huang." Xia An was on the verge of crying. While he had been trying his best to get money for Rongli in the past six months, he also worked hard to earn money to pay off Rongli's debts. How hard it is.

In order to save more money, he went to Rongli almost three times a day to buy food, so as to save the big kitchen's monthly money to pay off the debt.The biggest source of income is the masters of the inner court, but they are all being suppressed by Concubine Xi, and they are living in poverty, and Xia An can't get much money for a trip.

In such a difficult environment, Xia An was forced to break a teacup worth 50 taels and a suet jade pendant that belonged to Rongli.There is no end to the road to repay the debt, how could he not be angry.

"Wei Huang, you are going to be like Rong Li, you are going to become an old lady." Xia An knocked on the table.

"Who are you talking about old lady?" Rong Li came out of the tunnel, cleaned the dust off his clothes, and waited for Xia An's answer with leisure.

"I didn't say anyone." Xia An turned her back.Although he was very angry, he came here to collect debts, so he didn't want to offend him.

Wei Huang bowed and quietly retreated.In the tunnel, Xiaojin is waiting to pick up Weihuang to go back together, so as not to be mistaken for the war between the two masters. His family Weihuang needs protection.

Rong Li took out the pamphlet and put it in front of Xia An: "Pay the money now, immediately."

"No, there really aren't any."

Rong Li curled his lips: "Don't think that I don't know what you have done since I entered the palace. Yesterday I went to deliver candles to the princess, and the princess only rewarded you ten taels?"

"Sending expenses is a matter of Mingxuan Courtyard. I only got a small reward from the side. Besides, ten taels is already a lot. The highest reward in our mansion is only ten taels." Xia An's palm slightly moved. sweat.

Rong Li frowned: "That means I gave you 15 taels." Spreading out his hands: "There are still five taels of silver, hurry up and pay back."

"No." Xia An fought to the end.

"It's really naughty, I have to go get it myself again and again." Rong Li sat by the bed and took out a bag of broken silver from the pillow.Left and right can't hide in this room, and he still can't find it. Moreover, there are hidden guards to handle things.

Rong Li collected the money, Xia An supervised and changed the 37 taels to 32 taels in the pamphlet.He is really about to become an old woman now, and he has to argue with Xia An every day about these scraps of money.

"Okay, it's almost time, come with me to eat, today I made your favorite 'Unhappy Dragon Gate'. I have nothing to do tonight, you can just stay here and come back tomorrow morning."

Xia An nodded: "I'll go talk to the nanny."

"Go." Rong Li happened to be messing around with Xia An's house again, to see if there was any place to hide money.

Rongli thought that Xia An's money was found out, Xia An must be extremely wronged at this moment, and he went to the nanny to complain.He allowed Xia An to complain, and he could say whatever he wanted to say bad about him, as long as he didn't keep holding himself back like before.

But in fact, Xia An turned his back to Rongli, and happily walked to the opposite room.He hid five taels of silver with the nanny. The princess has always been more generous than Rongli. After all, she has a big backer. Last time, she rewarded 20 taels of silver.He knew that if he wanted to save some money, he had to have double guarantees, so that Rongli would think that he was firmly in his hands, so he relaxed his guard.

It's not that Xia An doesn't want to pay back Rongli's money quickly, but Rongli's attitude makes him unable to see the day when he will pay it back.So he planned to save it secretly, and when he had accumulated a lot, he would take it out at once, and at the moment when Rongli's debt was paid off, he would immediately redeem himself, and see how Rongli would bully him.

And use the saved money to do some small business outside, let the money make money, so that you can get free as soon as possible.He manages the shop for Rongli, after a long time, he will naturally know many people, not only Rongli's confidantes.Outsiders only know that Xia An is a young and promising shopkeeper, but they don't know that Xia An is also a steward in the palace.

"Have you visited Rong Fang?" Rong Li asked the person who was buried in his meal.

"I went the day before yesterday. Your mother is well-fed. She's chubby." Rong Li was busy, so Xia An had no choice but to take care of his mother and son.

"Why are you still called Empress? Didn't your mother tell you to change your mind?" Rong Li was very dissatisfied, because Xia An was afraid of his mother.How could his mother scare Xia An, Xia An has such a soft temper.

Xia An sighed: "Your Majesty said that I will change my words after I get rid of the concubine Wang and concubine Xi." Why is the second prince so gruff and still not rebelling?He was scratching his head and scratching his lungs, Rong Fang was about to learn to speak, but Rong Li agreed to let Rong Fang call him "Daddy".

"Do you want to get rid of the two of them quickly?" Rong Li brought food for Xia An.This kid used to be able to feed himself on cornmeal, but now he is very picky about food. As long as there is one dish that he particularly likes on the table, the other dishes will definitely be ignored.

Xia An said: "It's not necessary to get rid of them. When the general situation in the court is settled, you can write a letter of divorce and send them away."