The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Chu Jinyao took the palace maid back to Chaoyun Courtyard. Grandma Sun was standing at the gate of the courtyard, screaming for the little maid, and hearing the sound of opening the door, she immediately turned her head and said, "Five girls, Why are you coming back now..."

Before the words were over, when Grandma Sun looked up, she saw Grandma Palace.

The grandmother's words were pinched in the throat all at once.

The people in the yard will not fail to know who the grandmother is. They were both surprised and surprised when they saw that Chu Jinyao brought the old lady's arm back. All of a sudden, everyone stopped and paused.

The palace mother glanced at the yard and said, "The girl has arranged for someone to clean up the yard?"

"Yes, spring is here, let them take out all the soft and dry it in the sun to dissipate the moisture."

The palace maternal nodded and said nothing, and followed Chu Jinyao into the house.

After a while, something came from the room, telling them to put aside their work and enter the room to let the palace mother recognize the person.

Chu Jinyao sat on the armchair in the center, and the palace mother stood aside. Chu Jinyao pointed to the palace mother one by one and said: "These two are my big maids, the taller one is cloves, and the other is Camellia. There are four second-class maids under him. From left to right, they are white peony, platycodon, agarwood, and rose. Standing outside are a few rough servants."

The accused bowed their heads and saluted Chu Jinyao and the palace mother one by one, and the palace mother nodded silently. Chu Jinyao said at the end, pointing to Grandma Sun and said, "This is the maternal guardian given to me by my mother a few days ago. The surname is Sun."

With a pleasing smile on her face, Grandma Sun nodded to Grandma Palace. Grandma Sun was given by an elder, and her status was much higher than that of a few girls, but Chu Jinyao put it at the end of the introduction. The maternal palace knew it well, but she nodded in favor of Grandma Sun.

The arrival of the palace mammy immediately shook the thoughtful servants in the center of the yard. They originally saw that Chu Jinyao had gained a lot of good things. Chu Jinyao was not a young lady who grew up in the Hou Mansion. They were somewhat sloppy in their hearts. They felt that Chu Jinyao was not something to be able to control, so they all stunned Chu Jinyao. Open the box and let everyone take a look, they may still get some oil and water. But the palace mother only needs to stop in the yard, and nothing needs to be said. The few people who are thinking about it are immediately frightened, and they dare not mention this.

The fact that Mrs. Chu called Chu Jinyao a nanny soon spread through the gate of the house, and the Zhao family was a little embarrassed. She only sent Chu Jinyao to Chu Jinyao's grandmother Sun, and now the old lady has sent another one herself. The distrust behind this is obvious. The people in the second and third rooms heard that the old lady actually intervened in Chu Jinyao's room, but unexpectedly, they all smelled something unusual.

Mrs. Chu is aloft, she has never been close to juniors, and she will not do anything without purpose. Mrs. Chu suddenly paid attention to Chu Jinyao. Does this mean that the wind direction of the inner house is about to change?

In Chaoyun Courtyard, the maternal palace did not move, as if she was just staying quietly at Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao is not in a hurry, she can afford to wait. Listening to Chang Xinghou's words, Mrs. Chu had prepared a manpower for her tomorrow morning, but she didn't take the initiative to mention it. She had to ask her to come to the house before giving it to the maternal palace. This is where the difference between Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinxian lies. If it were Chu Jinxian, Mrs. Chu would have arranged it early, no matter how these mastering skills were. But when it was changed to Chu Jinyao, while the old lady was drawing in, she was also disciplining her, just like a superior to a subordinate.

Chu Jinyao couldn't tell Mrs. Chu how close she was. Compared with her grandmother, Mrs. Chu was more like a person in power, an asylum who asked for each other. Such a simple relationship of interest made Chu Jinyao feel at ease. If it was mixed with family affection, Chu Jinyao would find it difficult to handle it.

Therefore, Chu Jinyao applied the old lady's attitude towards her to the palace mother. The most important thing for the superior is patience. If the superior wants to do something and speak it out first, then it loses its value and opportunity. So don't worry, you have to wait, waiting for the other party to hold back and take the initiative to mention it.

The palace mother came to help Chu Jinyao be a wicked person, and both of them knew this well. Chu Jinyao didn't express his position, but just let the mothers be well placed for the palace mothers. On weekdays, they were respectful to the palace mothers, and did not mention other things. The maternal palace waited for another two days to find out everything up and down, and then when serving Chu Jinyao to drink tea, she took the initiative to ask: "Girl, the old slave has something to say to you."

Chu Jinyao opened the teacup to drink tea. She didn't rush to leave the tea leaves. After taking a sip, she put down the teacup and said to the grandmother, "Just say what the grandmother has. No order from me." , They don’t usually come in."

Chu Jinyao is now sitting in the middle of the east shoots. When Qin Yi was in the past, it was not convenient for people to come in, so she passed the rules so that people should not easily enter the study and harass. Now that Qin Yi has left, this rule has been retained. The maids will not come and wait as long as they see Chu Jinyao in the study room in the east.

Seeing that Chu Jinyao's expression was calm, the palace mother secretly sighed that the fifth girl was calm. The palace maid said: "Girl, what the old lady meant, I don’t need to say too much by the old slave. The girl just came back, and her foundation is still shallow. It is inevitable that someone who does not have a long-term eye will neglect you. The old slave has been observing a few coldly these days. God, I have a rough count of the people in your yard. You are already thirteen this year. To put it bluntly, it has been a few years since the marriage talks. You are the daughter of Lord Hou. You will have Lord Hou and his wife in the future. It must be indispensable for the wife to choose properly. It is precisely because of this that the staff around the girl can't be sloppy. Calculating the time, it is only two or three years before the girl is out of the cabinet. The manpower available now will be your dowry in the future. The girl is still Xiao, Xu is still unaware of the importance of dowry, but the old slaves are so used to the wind and rain, but they have to talk more to remind you to be cautious. When you go to your husband’s house, the dowry maids are your arms and face, what they say and do, You are all behind you."

Chu Jinyao said: "It is for this reason that I have to rely on my mother to take care of me for one or two. Look at the mother, what should I do?"

The palace mother said: "It depends on the girl yourself. I just don't know, what kind of yard does the girl want?"

Chu Jinyao got upright and sat up straight: "It's true that my mother said, I just came back, and I am confused about many things. These maids are all arranged by others how I use them. I don't expect it. My own yard is as orderly and impervious as a military camp, but the most basic loyal protection of the Lord, not chewing the tongue, is still necessary."

"This is their duty." The palace maid said, "Girl, there is one maid, two big maids, and four second-class maids in your yard. Although the number is complete, the rules are still a bit lax. Not to mention the second-class maidservants, these two maidservants are your arms, but they are still somewhat lacking. I think Lixiang is honest, but few words, and do not know how to work. If you encounter anything in the future, I am afraid that she will drag the girl. Hind legs. The other camellia, although alive and brighter, can speak better than cloves, but it is not a calming one."

Chu Jinyao straightened up, showing a gesture of putting his heart to heart with the grandmother: "Dingxiang is honest, there is no credit and hard work during this period, and the mother has been disciplined."

Chu Jinyao only talked about cloves but did not mention camellia, the meaning behind it was very clear.

"The duty of an old slave." The palace mother also knew that even though Mrs. Chu asked her to take care of Chu Jinyao temporarily, the people sent out by her elders did not have any reason to come back. Mostly, she would follow Chu in the future. Jinyao lives, gets married, and even worse, Chu Jinyao takes care of her life. Therefore, the palace maternal also tried her best, wanting to show her a hand in front of Chu Jinyao. The palace maid had heard of this fifth girl, who had other arrangements for her at home, I am afraid it was a great fortune. That being the case, the palace mother also wanted to make an early achievement and occupy the position of the first powerful person in the fifth girl.

The two people have the same purpose, and the next thing is better. The palace maid said: "I heard that grandma grandma used to be disrespectful to you, but grandma grandma was bestowed by his wife, and her elders always gave her a three-point decent. Grandma grandma can’t move for the time being, but it’s other little maids. You can beat and beat."

"Okay." Chu Jinyao stretched out her hand and pointed to a few people on the list. "These people always like to run out. I don't know why. Maybe it's better to change someone."

The grandma looked at it and remembered secretly: "The old slave understands what the girl means."

A few days later, Agarwood came in with a plate of fruit. When he entered the house, he was bumped by camellia, and all the plate of fruit was scattered on the ground. Camellia was thinking about something, and walking in a hurry, he didn't notice someone on the opposite side, so he ran into it. After hitting Chenxiang, she didn't take it seriously, and cursed: "You have a small hoof, you can't walk without long eyes? There is no man in the room, why are you anxious?"

Chen Xiang was already aggrieved after being hit, and became more angry after hearing this. But Camellia didn't care, and he let Chenxiang clean up his stuff, and he was about to go out. Camellia has always been rampant in the yard, even Chu Jinyao dared to neglect, let alone a maid. Chenxiang shook her hands, but she knew that she couldn't compete with camellia, so she squatted down and cleaned up the mess. Camellia said two more cool words, and was about to leave, but the voice of the maternal grandmother rang out from behind: "Stop."

Chen Xiang got up and stood up quickly, Camellia turned her head, and said with a smile: "Mother, why did you come out? This girl is not careful, I am teaching her!"

The palace mother's face was particularly serious, quite like an old lady Chu. The wrinkles on the palace mother's face did not move, and she said sternly: "This is a girl's room, how dare you say these unconventional things in front of the girl, you are so bold!"

Camellia was a little flustered, but they also didn't think it was anything. They scolded the new maid like this in private, at best, don't let people hear it. Camellia smiled to the palace mother: "It's me who is wrong. I have a quick mouth, and I didn't pay attention to this. I will definitely pay attention next time."

"Is there another time?" The palace mother sneered and said, "You don't dare to keep your kind maid in the girl's room. Since you can't control your own mouth, then go outside to learn and talk. Come back again."

The smile on Camellia's face froze: "Mother, what did you say?"

"Didn't you hear what I said?" The palace maid coldly ordered the rough maids outside the house, "Pull this innocent maid away and send it outside."

Camellia was really a little panicked now: "Why is this? I just said something casually." After she said that, she gave Chenxiang a fierce look. It was all the fault of this little wave's hoof, and Chenxiang quickly bowed her head in fear.

When Grandma Sun heard the movement here, she also came over. After she heard the story about the talent, she felt that it would not be enough: "Mrs. Gong, Camellia is just cursing the next person. Although her mouth is open, it is also for the sake of the girl. Why do you make such a fuss?"

But the palace mother was unmoved, she just sternly said, "Who is the girl, how can you allow you to be presumptuous? Today is your own person in the house, if there are guests in the next day, you will be so unpretentious. Don’t you take her out, don’t you understand me!"

The women who were watching the excitement at the door of the house were all bluffed. If Chu Jinyao said something like this, they would still dare to wait and see, but now it's the grandmother who is talking. This is the old lady's person! The women didn't dare to watch the show, so they took the arm of the camellia and pulled it out. Camellia finally understood what was going on. At the moment, he couldn't take care of it, and shouted at the inner room: "Girl, girl, you save me! I don't want to be sent out!"

The curtain in the east compartment was quiet, and the noise here was so big that Chu Jinyao didn't even come out to take a look. Everyone felt frightened. From this point of view, the grandmother sent out camellia today, not really because the camellia said something wrong, I am afraid that no matter what the camellia does, the grandmother will be in trouble. And Chu Jinyao, obviously knew it in advance, and even instructed it a long time ago.

The people who were waiting inside and outside all felt that they were in the cold cellar. It was obviously the warmer April day, but now there was a bitter chill for no reason. They used to think that girls were good-natured, not like the ladies who grew up in Hou Men, but now it seems that they are the blood of nobles. This kind of coldness has long been integrated into their nature.

Many maids rely on Chu Jinyao's shallow roots and no backstage, and will inevitably be contemptuous of them, and they are not very concerned when they are instructed. Now that the camellia has been killed, they panicked immediately. Sure enough, the palace maid had a solemn face, and under the pretext of ordering her housework, she sent out several maidservants one after another, and even the second-class maid rose did not escape the disaster.

Fortunately, the Zhao family didn’t care about Chu Jinyao at the time. Most of the people assigned were young maids who were new to the mansion. Although the rules were worse, they did not have a complicated background. Apart from Chu Jinyao, there was no other backer in the mansion. . The maternal grandmother quickly slashed and distributed camellia and Chinese rose, and also sent out a few more sweeping women, but the others didn't have to move. When people saw the first-class and second-class maids who were very beautiful on weekdays, they turned their heads and went to the two. They were so scared. For a while, everyone was in danger and waited carefully, and they didn't dare to speak loudly.

The movement in Chu Jinyao's yard could not be concealed from other people. One day when the old lady asked for peace, Yan asked: "I heard that the fifth girl has been angry and driven away many people in the past few days?"

Everyone turned their attention to Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao didn't panic, and said, "I don't understand either. It was the maternal palace who thought these people had no rules, so she sent them for me. I think the maternal grandmother is The elders given by my grandmother are justified in doing everything. Second aunt, don’t you think?"

Yan's choked, she could only say, "Of course." She smiled and skipped the topic, but was stunned by Chu Jinyao so much, her expression was very ridiculous.

Chu Jinyao just pretended not to understand, and pushed everything onto the old lady and the palace maid. Anyway, she is now valuable in the eyes of the old lady. If she doesn't take advantage of it now, when will she stay? Mrs. Chu listened, turned a few buddha beads, and said lightly: "Since these girls have no rules, just sell them. In a few days, I will ask people to enter the house. You can pick a few that suit your heart. "

Chu Jinyao lowered her head and should be. The Zhao clan originally planned to say that Chu Jinyao should not be so unforgiving. This was not done by a lady of the high sect, but when Mrs. Chu said this, what would the Zhao clan dare to say? Even Yan, who had just spoken out for questioning, lowered his head in embarrassment. They all thought in their hearts, Chu Jinyao drove people away so drastically, there was also a first-class maid bestowed by an elder, but the old lady turned a blind eye to it and just agreed?

The meaning behind this is shocking. For so many years, only Chu Jinxian had the confidence to drive away three or four people at a time, but the people around Chu Jinxian were chosen by thousands of people, and there was no need to replace them. So over the years, no daughter-in-law girl in the house dared to do this.

But now, Chu Jinyao has done it. The old lady didn't speak, Changxinghou didn't speak, and other people didn't dare to bring it up even if they felt unruly. They watched the old lady let the teeth into the mansion and led away the girls who had driven Chu Jinyao out. In name, these girls were sold because they had no rules, but who didn't know, the real reason was because they disrespect Chu Jinyao?

After Chu Jinyao lost the camellia, there was a lot of vacancy around him. She bought three or four little maids from the tooth, and the old lady also called two maids to her. Although the old lady didn't say anything, Chu Jinyao still raised one of the maidservants as first-class, whose name is Linglong, and the other named Forsythia, who was short of the second-class maid.

It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the people around Chu Jinyao changed their blood, and those who walked close to the other yards and were heart-beating were all replaced overnight. Everyone saw that the fifth girl looked at her sexuality on weekdays, but in fact, she knew what the people underneath did. She was very clear about what the people underneath did. This time, through the hands of the old lady and the palace, she was like a thunder, and she suddenly lost her heart. The people were all sent away, and before that, there was no sound of wind or warning.

Everyone was secretly shocked, and their eyes turned in awe when they looked at Chu Jinyao. Linglong deserves to be the person who came out next to Mrs. Chu, speaking and eyesight is much better than that of Lixiang, who is also a first-class maid, and she is also sophisticated in her work. Linglong took the lead inside, and the grandmother outside was deterrent. Chaoyunyuan’s rules were immediately awe-inspiring and reorganized.

Grandma Sun looked at the people around her, and she felt more and more precarious. Can she not know why the camellia was sent away? The grandmother Sun did not expect that Chu Jinyao would be so courageous. Camellia is just verbal disrespect, and the grandmother Sun even fought against Chu Jinyao head-on before. Can Chu Jinyao spare her? Grandma Sun didn't dare to have any extravagant expectations.

Grandma Sun quietly went out of the door while people were not paying attention, and walked towards Chu Jinmiao's courtyard.

In the main room, Chu Jinyao put down the pen and asked, "She went out?"

Linglong stood respectfully and said, "Yes. Looking at the direction, it should be the fourth girl's yard."

Chu Jinyao smiled softly, noncommittal. The maternal grandmother frowned and said: "She is the one that the Madam personally arranged, and even the old lady has to give Madam Hou a face. I am afraid that the Sun family can't be found with just a word or two."

The palace maid represents the old lady. She dealt with the maids like Camellia, and said that she dealt with it. But for the grandmother who is nominally of the same level and still has Zhao's face behind her back, it is not easy to make a haste. At least, just one or two sentences will not work.

"Then wait until she makes a more specific mistake."

The grandmother was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Girl, what do you mean?"

Chu Jinyao shook her head and refused to say anything. She remembered what Qin Yi said at the time. As the master, it would be a loss to fight the maid in person. What she has to do is to take the overall situation and let the people fight on their own. She controls the field when necessary. Just fine. Now that the camellia is resolved, it is not enough to deal with the heat of the grandmother.

Since it is not enough, add fire, and let the old lady do it directly after the grandmother makes a big mistake that can no longer be concealed.

The palace mothers and Linglong looked at Chu Jinyao like this. They felt that the five girls were unfathomable, and they were a bit awe-inspiring, just like the nobles in the palace they had met once by chance. The palace mother secretly wondered that Chu Jinyao rarely went out of the door, let alone know the people in the palace. Why did she think that Chu Jinyao looked like those in the palace?

Chu Jinyao stood up and said, "It's easy if Grandma Sun isn't here. Before she comes back, let me go to the West Chamber to take a look."

Chu Jinyao took the palace mother, Linglong, and Ding Xiang to the West Wing warehouse. Seeing that Chu Jinyao trusted them in this way, the maternal palace and Linglong were a little happy and a little nervous. When they opened the few mahogany boxes sent by the shopkeeper Qi, there was nothing but anxiety left in their hearts.

The palace mother couldn't close her mouth in surprise: "This..."

In the first box, there was a box full of gold and silver jewellery, eastern pearl agate and other things. There are ready-made jewelry, as well as boxes of raw gemstones. Chu Jinyao remembered that that day she went out with Zhao clan, Chu Jinxian and others to look at jewelry. Zhao Bleeding bought her a set of gemstone heads. Chu Jinyao always thought that this set of jewelry was exquisite. Inside the box, I was reluctant to take it out and wear it. But now she looked at the box of gold, silver and jade that could almost dazzle people, and suddenly felt that Zhao Clan, Chu Jinxian, and even the entire Treasure Pavilion were worthy?

But, these things are all given to her?

Chu Jinyao opened the second box anxiously, and all four people in the room took a breath. In this box, there is a whole box, Yunjin.

An inch of gold is rarely circulated in the market, and almost all of it is used for tribute, Yunjin.

The palace mother covered her heart, obviously she couldn't take it anymore. Chu Jinyao frowned secretly, feeling a little regretful. She originally thought that the treasurer of Qi, a merchant, would send more things, how valuable? It's just a big amount. Chu Jinyao thought that these boxes were just the same silk, silk, cloth and other things as last time, so she brought her maid and Linglong. It seems that she is still reckless. These things in front of you are no longer measurable by mere money.

But this can't be blamed on Chu Jinyao, she never thought that shopkeeper Qi would dare to give these! How can he get these?

The grandmother of the palace was a little scared, and it was not an exaggeration to say that there were two boxes of things. However, this is not only a thing worth ten thousand taels, even if you spend ten thousand taels, I am afraid that you will not be able to buy half of these things. Let's not talk about the East Pearl jade, just talk about this box of cloud brocade, it is already very honorable for ordinary powerful people to get a cloud brocade, because this kind of thing is either bestowed by the **** or secretly smuggled by the **** of the Nanjing Weaving Department. However, there are so many avenues, who can produce so many tributes? Do you think your head is strong?

The palace mother asked: "Girl, are you still opening the remaining boxes?"

Chu Jinyao walked to the third red wooden box, opened the lock, lifted it up and took a look, and then quickly closed it.

Chu Jinyao felt that her heart was not good anymore. She originally thought that the box of brocade was scary enough, but just now she had a rough look and saw several pieces of gold woven fabrics and silver-patterned satin. People are not allowed to wear clothing made of gold and silver, but now the merchants are well-developed, and many people who are rich will sneak into the ranks, wear gold and silver, and add to their bodies. The government closed one eye to these. When the girls of the Hou Mansion were their guests, in order to suppress the scene, they would also wear some overly gorgeous clothes. But even if everyone was tacit, no one dared to be too presumptuous and surpass the royal rank. These fabrics are shining golden, and I don't know how many gold threads are woven into them when weaving. If this fabric is not royal, who would dare to wear it?

Chu Jinyao was a little frightened, what is the shopkeeper Qi doing? Is he crazy?

Chu Jinyao calmly looked at the remaining boxes one by one, and opened a string every time to cover them. The palace mother and others knew how great they were, and they all stood upright with their heads down, not watching Chu Jinyao's movements.

To be honest, they were so scared, how could they dare to watch it anymore?

After reading them one by one, Chu Jinyao personally held the lock. She turned to look at the three of the palace, Linglong, and Dingxiang, with a strangely serious expression: "No matter how many you see today, once you get out of this door, you will forget them all. If you dare to go out and talk nonsense, don't talk about me, I'm afraid You will be tired of the Changxing Hou Mansion."

The maternal grandmother all knew so well, so she should be busy. Fortunately, all of them were able to carry them clearly, and they closed the door of the West Chamber as soon as they entered the room. These horrible things were not seen by outsiders at all. Chu Jinyao knocked on a few more words, scaring these people to faceless, cold sweat, and then said: "Okay, clean up your face, and let me go out. Dingxiang, lock the door carefully. Without me, no one is allowed to come in! If you dare to defy, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you."

"Yes." Dingxiang lowered his head, followed Chu Jinyao out, and then quickly locked the West Chamber, as if there was a scourge in it. In fact, these are really scourges.

Chu Jinyao left and took the maternal grandmother to find Mrs. Chu. After listening to Chu Jinyao's words, Mrs. Chu also had a heavy face. "You said, that what the shopkeeper of Ri Qi sent was not a folk item?"

"Correct."

Mrs. Chu also sat up straight now: "Impossible, how dare he talk about merchants..."

"Because of this, this matter has become more serious." Chu Jinyao said, "Grandma, I want to see the shopkeeper Qi again."

The next day, Qi Desheng was invited to Changxing Hou's Mansion. When he went out, he had a plan in his heart. When he went straight into Rongning Hall and saw Chu Jinyao in Baosha, his guesses became more solid.

Chu Jinyao sat up in the chair, got up and made a happy trip to Qi Desheng, then looked straight into the other's eyes and asked directly: "Treasurer Qi, I'm asking you, where did your things come from?"