Chapter 204 Guo's wife

"Why did the A family invite the Li girl to guide the A family to ride and shoot?" After sending away the Li sisters, Cai Lan ordered Jin Comb to stare at the little maids to clean up the hall, followed Yuan Xiu and walked into the inner room and asked doubtfully.

Yuanxiu faded and said lazily, "I'm tired of staying in this mountain. The eighth sister and the tenth sister are not here. Just look for someone to talk to. Besides, I heard that Li Shiniang's riding and shooting is really good."

"Although this, this Li Shiniang and the seven son-in-law..." Cai Lan stopped here, and Yuan Xiu said indifferently, "Isn't it because she and Cui Fengwu have been friendly since childhood? How big is that? First of all, she didn't even have a marriage contract. Just looking at her in the Green Garden, she knew that she was deliberately sent here. Not many people knew about this matter, but outside heard it. Now that the seventh sister has declined, this marriage was still promised by her father before his death. Everyone only said it was a rumor. Let's avoid it here to think it's true. ."

Cai Lan said, "I'm only worried that Princess Ruochangyang knows that the family is close to Li Shiniang, and I'm afraid she will misunderstand the family."

"Although she is my seventh sister, even Empress Dowager Zhaoxian did not control me like this before her death. I helped her with sisterhood, but there was no reason to wrong myself for her." Yuan Xiu said lightly, "I know what you want to say. The fifth brother intends to abandon Ren Qiu, right? Are you afraid that she will get angry with me because of Ren Qiu's incident and catch it and attack me? No, Sister Seven is not a confused person. Since I avoided Chang'an the day after her wedding, I should have known that this matter had nothing to do with me, not to mention that Ren Qiu is just an illegitimate child or a junior. How can she come to find me for him?

"Since the A family thought of this festival, the slave didn't talk much, but..." Cai Lan frowned and paused before whispering, "It's just that Yan Jiuhuai suddenly disappeared these days, but I don't know why? Will he come back again?"

Yuan Xiu frowned when he heard the three words Yan Jiuhuai and paused before he regained his faint attitude: "He has something to go back to Chang'an. He won't appear before we go back to the palace."

Cai Lan was obviously relieved and took the opportunity to say, "The forbidden army is a man who can't cross the moon cave door. Although I and others serve the A family nearby, their strength is really too low. Now that Yan Jiuhuai has left, the family Moru still asked the aunt to come back."

"..." Yuan Xiu squeezed his lips and said for a long time, "You let me think about it."

Seeing Cai Lan bowing her knees silently, she hesitated and asked, "How are you doing these days?"

"The diet has been reduced a lot, and the spirit is fine, but the A family has suddenly changed a lot of habits in the past few days. The person under the kitchen mouthed his tongue in front of the aunt, and the aunt didn't say anything, but she was worried..." Before Cai Lan finished his words, Yuan Xiu sneered: "The aunt is my wet nurse anyway, although she believes it. The little man behind the kid's mouth chilled my heart, which made her live alone and concentrate on recuperation, but there was definitely no casual thing to be presumptuous in front of her!"

After all, Yuanxiu grew up in the palace. Cailan's words seemed to say that Xue's concern for her, but in fact, it showed that because Yuanxiu ordered Xue to move out of the bamboo building, the whole courtyard could not help contempt for Xue - Yuanxiu was brought up by Xue's. How can he not know that his wet nurse's temperament is bold, and the most unhellous is to discuss it in private. In terms of right and wrong, if it is usual, who dares to speak more in front of her? Cai Lan said it well. I'm afraid that Xue was sent to the next building to live at these times. Originally, he saw that there was a little maid to serve, but maybe he did not dare to be presumptuous. Seeing that he had not been recalled by Yuanxiu after two days, they all thought that Xue was too strict with Yuanxiu, and they were afraid that they would lose their favor from now on. In the past, when Xue was by Yuanxiu's side, including Cai The big maids of the generation were so controlled by her that they dared not take a step, not to mention the little maids, maybe they thought they had a chance to revenge...

Cai Lan said cautiously, "I have been dealt with. Although the riser is not good, I also have negligence. Please punish me!"

"Don't take your monthly routine this month, copy the palace rules again!" Yuan Xiu is known as generous to the people around her, but she is also very rule-behaved, especially for Xue Shi. She has a calm face, and even the closest maid of honor rudely punished her. She said, "You are not the only one who is in charge of other courtyards. Ask Guo to come to see me!"

Yuanxiu summoned him in person. Guo came quickly. When he arrived, he couldn't help but be shocked to see Yuanxiu's angry face. He peeked at Cai Lan, but saw Cai Lan passing a slightly restless look, so he had to salute first.

Yuan Xiu didn't ask him to get up, but asked coldly, "I didn't come to the other courtyard. I don't know how many people are in this courtyard?"

Guo Bang didn't understand his intention and said truthfully, "Your Lord, there were originally six servants in the other courtyard, as well as the children of the villain and several short-term helpers in the mountains."

"So how many people are in the courtyard after I came?"

"In addition to your lord, your entourage has less than 100 entourage soldiers."

Yuan Xiu narrowed his eyes: "In contrast, this has indeed increased too much, and it's no wonder General Manager Guo can't take care of it!"

Guo Bang finally understood the general reason when he heard this. He knelt down and pleaded guilty first: "It's servant incompetence!" He asked, "I don't know what omissions have caused you to take the initiative to get angry?"

When Yuan Xiu saw that he did not shirk, he restrained some anger and said lightly, "Xue Shangyi used more ice in the palace before going to the courtyard because she was afraid of summer, and her body was inevitably temporarily weak. This bamboo building was cool, but Xue Shangyi couldn't stand it, so I specially asked her to live in the wooden building next to it and sent someone else to serve her! But I don't know when Shang Yi's criticism came out in the other courtyard. Unexpectedly, someone ran to Shang Yi to talk about it and annoyed Shang Yi?

Guo Bang's heart was aggrieved. Not to mention why Xue was driven to another courtyard, he was not clear about the people who ran to Xue's front of him and provoked him. However, he was just the general manager of the other courtyard or Guo's old slave. Any rough maid around Yuan Xiu was not a palace, but compared with He represents Yuan Xiu's decent. How dare he say anything? It is my best to ask my daughter to reveal it to picking oranges in private and turn to pick blue to know that it has been done.

I didn't expect that something would happen at this time, and Yuanxiu still had to be angry with himself.

But he also knew that it was not the time to contradict Yuanxiu at this moment, so he lowered his head and said, "Is it a servant?"

"Of course it's not yours." Yuan Xiu snorted, "Do you know who that eyeless thing is?"

Guo hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly when he saw Cai Lan standing behind Yuan Xiu, and then said, "Servant...I know."

"That's good. There is no shortage of these people in the palace. From now on, just keep them in other courtyards." Yuan Xiu sneered and said that she did not punish the people close to her easily. It really annoyed her, but it was not ambiguous at all. Even if Cai Lan had been punished, she would not use it again. Hearing this, Guo was shocked, and Cai Lan also said urgently, "A family, there are still two Jin generation there..."

According to Meng Tang's rules, palace maids are generally released from the palace at the age of 25. At most, people are released around 30. Only when they are particularly stupid or particularly graced can they advance. Cai Lan are now approaching their age and will never accompany Yuan Xiu to decline. The person they teach is the Jin generation. , the close maids were first picked out from a group of small maids with their eyesight, and then brought little by little observation around them. They thought that after being qualified, they had to teach in all aspects before they could be qualified, which was hard-won.

Cai Lan thought for a moment and said, "I think that although that woman is neat, she is different from the ladies who have lived in the Ming Hall for a long time, or find a chance to see it with her own eyes?"

"This is not necessary." Yuan Xiu shook his head and said, "Just by looking at whether the aunt came to the hospital to meet her in particular, which one of my aunts I remember?"

"Aunmother... I heard Jinshui, who paid attention to the aunt's whereabouts those days, said that the aunt didn't care much about the woman, but had a close talk with General Manager Guo, and Mr. Guo looked very bad when he left." Cai Lan said in a low voice.

Yuan Xiu said, "This courtyard was carefully built by the fourth uncle and given to his mother as a dowry. The people who stay here must also be confidants. Although Guo Pan is not the first general manager, he is the son of the boss, and he will always know some inside information."

Seeing her hesitant face, Cai Lan boldly asked, "Does the family want to know what's wrong with the Guo family?"

"I didn't want to know at all." Yuan Xiu closed his eyes and said tiredly, "Everyone said that the clan was not caused by Du Qingtang's strong exhorting, but just like I deliberately left those palace people who offended the aunt in the courtyard and forced you and Guo Bang to beg me to punish them to go to the court... Staying in the other courtyard is actually punished, but Guo Bang will never really wrong them. After all, it used to be around me! But when you go to the court, you should know the means there better than me! Especially if I don't say it's a light deal! Guo Bang was afraid of trouble, and you were worried about not complying with the rules, so it became your idea to punish them to go to the court..." She opened her eyes and smiled, "When the palace people talk about it, they will definitely think that you are directly caused by your words, but don't think that if I don't nod, can you send people directly to the court?"

Cai Lan solemnly bent his knees and said, "I know that the A family is not afraid of bearing the reputation of the harsh palace people, but I am afraid that the palace people will hate Xue Shangyi more because of this. I am also taught by Shang Yi. There is a saying that the master and disciple have something to serve him. It is better for Shang Yi to speak than the A family to come forward directly."

"If my father really wants to stay in the Guo family, what's the use of Du Qingtang insisting on adjuvening?" Yuan Xiu shook his head with a faint smile and said, "You will know just by looking at the sixth brother. If Du Qingtang can make the decision, the Guo family was no longer at that time. His mother died. In addition to the name of a legitimate son, the second brother above is Cui Taifei, and his own knowledge is also excellent. The third brother is more mediocre. The sixth brother is so pleasing to his father. He and Du Qingtang There is no complaint or hatred, but he respects Du Qingtang very much. Does Du Qingtang not expect him to succeed to the throne?

What she said at this moment involves the position of the crown prince of the previous dynasty. Cai Lan suddenly silenced and dared not answer. Fortunately, Yuan Xiu didn't care and said to herself, "Is this Du Qingtang not want to interfere in this matter? It's just that he saw through his father's swing, but he couldn't be cruel after all - the reason why he insisted on dealing with the Guo family is not that he must be embarrassed by the Guo family, but because this is what his father means. If Du Qingtang is not a wise man like his father, Du Qingtang can understand his meaning everywhere, and How can you be trusted like the previous dynasty?

"The Guo family is from my ancestors, but isn't my father closer?" Yuan Xiuyou said, "This is because my aunt has mentioned this matter in front of me several times and I don't want to go on... But now it's up to me!"