Zuo Siyou couldn't think of anything, and she was very tired, so Shi Yun quickly fell asleep. However, the life of a maid was hard. She felt that she had just fallen asleep when she was pushed a few times. She opened her eyes unhappily and saw the girl Lingling from last night standing beside her bed. She stopped now. He raised his hand and looked at Shi Yun condescendingly: "It's getting late, it's time to serve. I asked you, are you second-class?"
Shi Yun nodded, and Lingling ordered: "Since Qingyun and Qinghua are first-class, they will go into the house to serve. You can follow Xiaoqiu to the imperial dining room to bring some food."
Fortunately it was summer. If it were winter, we would have to get more hot water for washing. Of course, there is a small charcoal stove in the yard, but the small charcoal stove burns tea. No matter how much there is, it is for the masters to wash. The eldest maids don't like to use cold water, but the little maids don't want to use it. Have you gone to get hot water?
Xiao Qiu was the second-class maid of the prince's palace. She looked a little honest and greeted Shi Yun with a smile: "You have to go quickly. The third prince and the third prince's concubine will go to pay their respects in a while. If you are late, you will be hungry."
Shi Yun quickly followed and trotted all the way to the imperial dining room. She remembered Zhao Ruolan's taste and was about to choose the bird's nest porridge when she heard Xiao Qiu say: "Go and say hello. Try not to ask for these soupy things."
Shi Yun blinked and said with a smile: "It's my first time here and I don't know anything. Please give me some advice from my sister."
As he spoke, he took out the small silver ingot from his purse and gave it to Xiaoqiu. This small silver ingot was given to her by Zhao Ruolan. Where could she spend it as a maid? Just keep it in my purse.
The smile on Xiaoqiu's face became more honest: "You heard me right, there is no need to take these soups because they are watery. In addition, the third prince likes to eat salty food, so it is best to prepare some side dishes, porridge, cakes and the like in the morning. No. Do you know what the third prince’s concubine likes?”
Shi Yun suddenly thought of Zhao Ruolan's discomfort when eating sweet snacks, and without hesitation said, "The third prince's concubine also likes salty snacks. What a coincidence."
"It turns out it's fate." Xiaoqiu also wanted to sell well, otherwise she wouldn't have warned her from the beginning. After all, although the third prince is the master, in the final analysis, the heads of the inner court are still women. As the principal lady, if the third prince wanted to deal with someone, she just had to do it before the third prince spoke.
Furthermore, the only ones the Third Prince can speak to are Lingling and Xiu Xiu. What kind of thing is she, Xiaoqiu, that the Third Prince can speak for?
As long as it didn't involve betraying the third prince, Xiao Qiu was still willing to please the third prince's concubine.
The two of them chatted and laughed, selected a few items from the food placed on the table, and asked the eunuch in the imperial kitchen to help prepare them - ordinary people were not allowed to get close to these meals, lest something go wrong and injure others.
After taking the food, I went to a nearby room to get hot water. The main purpose of this room was to boil hot water for the masters to use. It was readily available, but you had to send someone to get it yourself.
Then he hurried back to the Third Prince's residence.
The sound of washing could already be heard inside. Xiaoqiu took Shi Yun into the main hall, first placed the food, and then waited at the door of the inner room. The first ones to open the curtain were Qingyun and Xiuxiu, Qinghua was supporting Zhao Ruolan from behind, and the third prince was walking beside Zhao Ruolan with his hands behind his back.
Although there was no expression on his face, when he sat down, the third prince reached out to help Zhao Ruolan. A blush immediately rose on Zhao Ruolan's face, and she quickly thanked the third prince. Her voice was so delicate and soft, so sweet that Shi Yun couldn't help but glance at it secretly - didn't she mean that she was devoted to General Gu? But from this look and tone, there was no hint of any affection for General Gu.
It's not that Shi Yun thinks that if a girl is emotionally hurt, she has to cry and be unable to get out. She has no experience herself, but when reading novels and watching TV, doesn’t it always make you feel sad about falling out of love?
The eldest girl has been heartbroken for not even a month, right?
But Shi Yun thought about it again and felt that it was understandable. After all, she and General Gu were not lovers who were forced to separate, but the eldest girl herself suffered a double betrayal. In this situation, no matter how sad or sad it is, nothing can compare to the hatred in my heart.
If you are a decisive person and get married immediately, you must change your attitude immediately, seize what you have, put your hopes on your new husband, and turn around to manage your own marriage. Otherwise, if one side cannot let go and the other side does not operate, both sides will fail.
"Try it, Your Highness. The taste is excellent." Zhao Ruolan tasted the chopsticks and her eyes immediately lit up. She smiled and changed her chopsticks to serve the third prince: "This is the first time I have tasted such a unique taste. It is better than ours." The chef at home made it much better, did he add pepper oil?"
The third prince nodded: "It's indeed very good. If you like it, eat more."
Zhao Ruolan always paid attention and saw that although the third prince did not say much, he did not look ugly, so she knew that he would not object to a few words while eating. However, Zhao Ruolan had a sense of propriety. After all, she was newly married. If she tried too much, she would inevitably feel like she was overstepping the rules.
After breakfast, the third prince took the third prince's concubine to Qianqing Palace. They had to pay homage to the emperor first, and then they could enter the harem to pay homage to the queen. The third prince is not the Queen's biological child, and the Emperor and the Queen are not a loving couple, so they are not waiting at the same place.
Zhao Ruolan only brought Qingyun with her, leaving Qinghua and Shiyun to take care of her dowry items. They couldn't all pile them up in the yard. In the morning, the third prince left a message. There were two rooms in the west wing of the courtyard that were vacant, and one of them was given to Zhao Ruolan as a warehouse.
Xiuxiu saw Qingyun taking out the book, and smiled and said: "Is there anyone who needs help? If so, please don't be polite. We will serve the master together in the future, so we should work together."
Just as Qingyun was about to speak, Lingling smiled and said, "Are you going to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to put up some airs?"
Fabrics and the like need to be placed in boxes, but ornaments, spices, porcelain, etc. are mostly placed on shelves and can be taken at any time, which is more convenient.
Qingyun thought for a while and shook his head: "Don't be pretentious for now, and wait for the third prince's instructions later. Besides, it's just a few things, so it's not too troublesome to find them."
Lingling glanced at the boxes, with a half-smile on her face - if one hundred and forty-eight sets of dowry is considered a small amount, then she really doesn't know what is too much. When the eldest princess entered the palace, she only had a dowry of one hundred and twenty-eight pieces. Since the second prince was born to the empress, the dowry of the second prince's concubine was naturally very generous, amounting to one hundred and sixty-eight. Of course, because the second princess came from a noble family, the number one hundred and sixty-eight was just right, and every box was filled.
Later I heard that it seemed that there were just a few scattered in the box.
Unlike the Third Prince Concubine, who is probably avoiding the Second Prince Concubine, there are not so many boxes, but every box is full - although it cannot be opened, the contents cannot cover the lid, who can't see it?
Just this, in this little maid's mouth, is it a little? Is this showing off or showing off?
Qingyun didn't know what Miss Lingling was thinking. She really didn't think that these things were a lot. When the old lady of the Hou Mansion passed away and separated her body, the eldest girl had already received more than thirty boxes of things. This dowry was originally It’s a hundred and twenty-eight preparations. It’s hard to get past the eldest princess, right? After all, she was the eldest sister-in-law. When the sisters-in-law met in the future, they would always be friendly and kind. But then, because of the marriage exchange, the Hou family felt so guilty towards the eldest girl that they didn't care about the eldest princess's face. After giving the good things to Zhao Ruolan, One Hundred and Forty-Eight still didn't want to offend the queen, so he screened and selected the best ones.
There were too many of them that couldn't be pretended anymore, so they were kept in Zhao Ruolan's boudoir. When she came back in three days, she could still bring them into the palace.
Qingyun looked at the book and distinguished the ones that could be kept for a long time from those that couldn't be kept. Then he read the number and asked Shi Yun to find it. When Shi Yun found it, she called the eunuch in the yard and asked her to help carry the box in and put it away.
There are more than a hundred boxes with numbers posted on red paper. Shi Yun saw the contents inside with her own eyes, so it was easy to find them now.
Xiuxiu and Lingling couldn't help. They stood under the eaves and watched for a while, then dispersed.
Shi Yun glanced and saw that Lingling was going back to the back room, probably her own room. Xiuxiu went to the main hall, which has five rooms, the living room in the middle, and the two rooms on the immediate left, one is the greenhouse and the other is the bedroom. Of the two rooms on the right, one is a tea room and the other is the third prince's study.
Each room has its own door, it is not related, and everyone can go their own way.
The three rooms in the east wing are empty, and the three rooms in the west wing are one of the third prince's warehouse and the other a clean room.
She turned to look at Qingyun again. Qingyun said with a smile: "Do your job well. Once the dowry of the third prince's concubine is properly arranged, I will go and see your house. Then talk to the third prince's concubine later and ask for some reward." , let’s also decorate the house well.”
Shi Yun also smiled, lowered her head and continued to look for the number.
The third prince's concubine went to pay her respects. She stayed there all morning and came back at noon. Her little face was no longer as rosy as when she got up in the morning, but was a little white, as if she was tired. As soon as he sat down, he hurriedly brought a cup of tea. Just as he was about to drink it, he turned around and said with a smile: "Your Highness, would you like a cup of tea first? I see that the food has not been served yet, so we have to wait a moment."
The third prince accepted the cup of tea with appreciation, and then the third prince's concubine poured herself another cup.
Shi Yun heard what he meant and hurriedly went outside to find Xiaoqiu - both of them were afraid that the queen would keep the young couple for lunch, so they didn't go to get lunch in time. Now that the master has spoken, they have to hurry up went. This is not a trot, this has to fly up and run. You can't starve your master if you run to death.
