The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

The people all over the yard were kneeling in darkness, bowing their heads, not daring to look directly. The two maids who were kneeling in front kowtow to Chu Jinyao: "The prince, the old slave is wronged, and the slave teaches the prince the rules, and accompanies the prince to marry the prince from the palace to the palace. They are loyal and loyal all the way, no one can blame the prince. Concubine, you are not an old slave!"

These two people were talking about their previous contributions. Chu Jinyao didn't pick up the problem, but asked the palace mother: "What's the matter with these two packages in front of you?"

The palace maid stepped forward and was about to speak. Grandma Liu was afraid that the palace would complain to her, so she hurriedly said: "Princess, this is a misunderstanding..."

"Shut up!" Linglong stood beside Chu Jinyao and scolded, "The princess asks, how can you interrupt?"

Chu Jinyao slightly raised her hand, Linglong lowered her head and backed away. Chu Jinyao continued to nod to the palace mother: "The palace mother, go ahead."

"Yes." The palace mother gave a triumphant glance at the two people on the ground and said, "The old slave made soup for the princess today. As soon as she came out of the small kitchen, she saw the two mothers holding the package and exiting the corner door. The old slave thought that the two mothers had affairs, and called them from behind without answering. The old slave saw that their expressions were not right, and was afraid that something went wrong, so he followed up and took a look. Unexpectedly, it just looked good. When they hid in a corner, they said they would sell the things in the palace for money."

There was a low gasp in the courtyard, Chu Jinyao was there, and the palace eunuchs did not dare to show big movements, only dared to exchange eyes with the people next to them in private. Everything in the palace belongs to the emperor. If anyone dared to steal something outside the palace, it would obviously be too long. Chu Jinyao finally looked at Mother Liu and Mother Hong: "Are you really taking things from the palace and selling them outside?"

Grandma Liu looked panicked, her eyes turned wildly, Grandma Hong saw that the situation was wrong, and quickly put aside herself: "The princess concubine, the old slave just brought the body that she had accumulated, and asked someone to buy it on behalf of her. Some old-age money. The old slave knew it was against the rules of the palace, but there was really no cash money around. It happened that Mother Liu said that she had a way, and the old slave followed her. He never expected... it was the eyelids of the old slave. Ziqian, violating the palace rules, please punished the princess."

Grandma Liu was furious when she heard that, Grandma Hong was busy getting rid of herself. Is this pushing everything to her? Madam Liu hurriedly said: "The prince, the slave and the maidservant have been wronged. The slave and maid rushed thousands of miles from the capital to Taiyuan. After teaching you a year of court etiquette, she accompanied you to the capital. This time it has been thousands of miles away. , The old slave tried his best to teach you the rules. Is the love in this even less than a false accusation made by others?"

This is simply Mother Liu's reliance, relying on her own merits, and always take this as an example. They didn’t say that they were annoying. Chu Jinyao was annoyed by it. Chu Jinyao adjusted her sleeves and sighed: "I also want to pay for the two maids with the grace of education. In the Hou Mansion, I have two maids everywhere. Mother first, even when I was in the palace, I was not willing to let the two mothers do heavy work. I would rather allocate the extra work to the palace mothers and Linglong, rather than let the two mothers suffer. Besides, is the gift from the mothers the first in the palace? I sincerely offered to both of you with kindness, but you did this kind of thing. You are still my nanny, but secretly exchanged for the palace. I bought things outside. Today, I was hit by the palace mother. If I changed to someone else, wouldn't it be my princess who gave me instructions? I treat the two sincerely, but the two mothers do not appreciate it. "

The more you blend the sentiment, the less you can be left behind. The two mothers wanted to use kindness to threaten her, but Chu Jinyao wanted to explain all of this, and gave the two mothers a name that would be a good return and an inch.

The deeds of the two mothers these days are seen by everyone. The court ladies and eunuchs in the audience feel that the princess has done her best, and the two mothers still rely on the respect of the princess to be demon, it is really too much. The two mothers couldn't lift their heads by what Chu Jinyao said. They were caught today and got all the stolen goods. They have lost all their old faces for several lifetimes. Mother Liu still had a glimmer of hope. She was sent by the Queen. Chu Jinyao would just curse and scold her, and she would never really dare to act with her. With this thought in mind, Mother Liu said: "Prince princess, you can't listen to the words of the villain, and you will harm us old heroes. The slave and maid came to the princess by the order of the palace and taught the princess what to say and do. Even if the prince does not believe in old slaves, she can't help but believe in empress!"

"Presumptuous!" Chu Jinyao suddenly raised her voice, implying oppression, "You slave and maid really dare to talk about it, does what you mean is that you secretly bought things from the palace, and it was the Queen's Empress who gave instructions? "

Mother Liu immediately lowered her head: "The old slave dare not."

"It's so bold. Since you said you were wronged, I will give you an understanding in front of so many people today." Chu Jinyao turned her face and Linglong immediately stepped forward, "Prince Concubine."

"Take someone to their house, do a good search to see if you have wronged her."

Linglong took the order, and after a while, Linglong brought a lot of packages with people, and Linglong stood sideways on the steps, first opened it to Chu Jinyao, and then turned around and showed them to the people below.

The little ladies took a breath, and these packages were actually filled with broken silver. Chu Jinyao sighed, showing a very disappointed look: "I respect you everywhere, and I never thought I would have some enemies. How do you defend these talents? Could it be that the Queen Empress had instructed you to fail? The Empress ruled the Sixth Palace, with virtues. Noble, but you obviously do evil by yourself, but you have to rely on your mother! It's an unforgivable sin."

Chu Jinyao's remarks separated the behavior of the two mothers from that of Xiao Qi. She dealt with the mother who committed the crime, not the one sent by the queen. Mother Hong's mind turned quickly, and she knelt down and said, "Princess, these are all her things, and have nothing to do with slaves and maids!"

"Hey you!" Mother Liu was furious, she was about to say something, but Chu Jinyao waved her hand to stop her.

"Okay, bite each other in the palace, how decent they are." Chu Jinyao motioned to Linglong, and quickly pulled the two people down. The rest of these words were very useful, Chu Jinyao couldn't let them talk outside.

Linglong understood, and immediately greeted the **** and pulled the two men away. Mother Liu wanted to intercede again, but she was stopped by Linglong: "Shut up, in the deep palace, how can you let you make a noise? Lock them in the empty room behind and wait for the princess to send you off."

The two mothers were gagged and walked away, and the sound of struggling gradually faded away, making it more and more silent here.

Chu Jinyao's eyes slowly swept across everyone, and finally stayed on Zi Yan: "Aunt Zi Yan, how long have they been reselling things?"

Zi Yan walked out, hearing this, squatted deeply and bowed: "The servant doesn't know."

"Then what they sold, is there something from the East Palace?"

Zi Yan was speechless for a while, and he dared not give an affirmative answer. The things in the East Palace are fixed, and Zi Yanlian and the others dare not touch the things in the East Palace. But, what if?

Seeing Zi Yan not speaking, Chu Jinyao smiled lightly and said, "Aunt Zi Yan, you are the most powerful aunt in charge of your Highness. If your Highness trusts you, I will trust you. Aunt, don't you think?"

Zi Yan was in a cold sweat, and she said, "It's all about dealing with two grandmothers who have dirty hands and feet. Why should we call everyone here and hear them face-to-face." It turned out that today's appearance was not for the two wives at all. The prince concubine wanted to shock, it was clearly them.

Zi Yan hurriedly knelt down, and Zi Yan knelt, and the other four grand ladies didn't dare to stand, so they knelt down quickly. Zi Yan lowered his head and said cautiously: "The lesson of the princess is that in the future, Zi Yan will strictly restrain the palace people, and today's matter will never happen again."

Qiu Chan was a little bit dissatisfied. It was the princess's nurturing mother who was in trouble. It was obviously the princess who had embarrassed herself, so why did she rely on Aunt Ziyan? Qiu-chan was indignant, Swift held Qiu-chan, and forced her to kowtow together: "Thank the princess for her favor, and the servants dare not insult their lives."

Chu Jinyao looked at the original team in the Donggong Palace and asked them to kneel for a while before proclaiming them to stand up: "Okay, get up. I know that you are all smart and capable. Only one thing is allowed in the future. , It must not happen again."

Zi Yan stood up with a cold sweat on his face. After they stood up, Chu Jinyao stood up, walked to the gate of the temple, and said to the drenched palace people under the steps: "What happened today, don't think that you are beating and scolding. The person who has the matter is over. Aunt Ziyan is in charge of such a big stall, and she can handle everything personally. Don't rely on Ziyan to be too busy, and try to steal and play slippery and fool things. The one who was caught today It’s my mother. Although my heart hurts, I still deal with it according to the rules of the palace. If someone else doesn’t follow the rules next time, don’t care about your decentness, what kind of doorway you have in the East Palace, who’s relatives and friends, as long as If you make a mistake, it will be dealt with by the palace rules, and I will never talk to you. Understand?"

"Understand." The faces of the people who were said to be pale, trembling. Seeing that everyone had responded, Chu Jinyao swept his eyes for a while, and found that no one dared to move, and no one dared to show impatience. Only then did he feel that today's beating has come. She walked back to her seat and lifted the tea to signal the end of the scene: "Today's matter is a wake-up call. You must always keep it in your mind. The time is almost there, let's all be gone, and do your own work."

Everyone saluted Chu Jinyao together, and then bowed their heads solemnly, not daring to leave first. Linglong and Dingxiang walked through the door and helped Chu Jinyao get up. After Chu Jinyao's figure was out of sight, everyone in the atrium dared to slowly disperse.

When he arrived in the inner hall, Ding Xiang said to Chu Jinyao honestly: "Prince Concubine, you are really amazing just now."

Chu Jinyao dared to sit down and drink a cup of hot food when no one was there. After hearing Dingxiang's words, she couldn't help but laugh: "I'm still good? Then you say, how can I be good?"

Dingxiang is the longest time maid beside Chu Jinyao. Since Chu Jinyao returned to Changxing Houfu, Dingxiang has been assigned to look after Chu Jinyao. Dingxiang is dull and honest, because she is not as smart and cautious as Linglong, Chu Jinyao inevitably relies on Linglong behind, but in her own heart, she still has more affection for Dingxiang.

Dingxiang thought for a while, and said truthfully: "When the princess was training people, her voice was not loud and her face was not scary, but she was so powerful that she didn't dare to raise her head."

Both Chu Jinyao and Linglong who were talking about this laughed. Seeing Chu Jinyao smiling, Ding Xiang tilted his head for a moment and added: "When the concubine was training Ziyan, he was like his Royal Highness."

"Nonsense." Chu Jinyao gave lilac a white look, her eyes flowed and she smiled.

Linglong stood aside and added: "Prince Concubine, Dingxiang speaks honestly, but it is really reasonable. You have become more and more like your Royal Highness recently, especially when you feel calm and awe-inspiring."

"You two sang together, come and make me happy." Chu Jinyao didn't take these words to heart, she told, "The two mothers, hungry them for one night today, and don't talk to them tomorrow except to deliver meals. Say a word. By the way, you must switch the two people apart and don't let them confuse each other."

Linglong Fushen: "The prince said it a long time ago, but the slave and maid will remember. Princess, how should these two wives deal with?"

"Keep them shut first, don't let people talk to them, wait a few days, their hearts will wear off. Then, we will go over and do other things with them."

"Princess, what you are talking about..."

Chu Jinyao glanced over, and Linglong immediately lowered her head. With these two wives losing their minds, it happened to be able to inquire about Xiaoqi's harem, but these words could never be said.

Chu Jinyao sat on Luohan's bed, and Linglong and Dingxiang stood beside Chu Jinyao to speak with her. The master and servant were chatting, and the bead curtain outside the compartment rang. Zi Yan came over and greeted Chu Jinyao with a smile: "Prince Concubine Wanan."

Chu Jinyao sat on her head and didn't move. In a moment, her eyes had swept over the pair of cards in Zi Yan's hand. Chu Jinyao calmly asked with a smile, "Why is Aunt Ziyan here?"

Ziyan said: "The slave servant has been trusted by His Royal Highness and has been in charge of the internal affairs for many years. It is just that the servant is dull and can't handle many things well. Only because she dare not live up to the trust of His Highness, this is the only way to stubbornly hold on. Fortunately, His Highness is now big. Marriage, there is a princess in the East Palace, and the servants can also retreat and leave the housekeeping to the princess."

As he said, Ziyan was about to hand over the key and the pair of cards. Chu Jinyao didn't accept it, but asked, "That's good, what did aunt say about this? You have been in charge of internal affairs for many years, and everyone has worked hard. Everyone knows. My Highness and I will continue to rely on you in the future, why did Auntie say such things?"

Seeing that Chu Jinyao refused to pick up something, Zi Yan knew it was more difficult than accepting it happily. Chu Jinyao deliberately broke out in front of Zi Yan today, just to use those two mothers to beat her, the following things were so violent that even a questioner had never been in the front hall. When the crowd was gone, Ziyan asked someone to go to the front to ask, where is the prince?

The **** in front sent back news that his Royal Highness brought back many court affairs from the Wenhua Hall today, and he is now in the study to approve the reply. Zi Yan's heart sank suddenly. She thought that the prince had something to do today, but he hadn't returned yet, but now she knows that he has been there all the time. Not expressing one's position is the biggest one, Zi Yan calmly thought for a while, and decided to come to see the princess.

But Ziyan brought the key and the pair of cards to express his attitude, but the princess refused to accept it. If the princess refused to accept it casually, this shows that the princess is eager, but it is easy to deal with. However, she didn't say good or bad, which was a lot of brainstorming.

Zi Yan thought about a lot of things, and she replies more carefully: "The slave and maidservant are dull, thanks to your highness, can you stay in the East Palace as an errand. Now that the prince is here, you are the lord of the East Palace. It is natural for you to do internal affairs. Put it in the hands of the mistress, and the slave and maid will take care of you again. What kind of style is it?"

"Auntie’s words are too arrogant and self-defeating. Your Majesty will leave the house to you, which naturally means that Auntie is very wise and will never misunderstand people. Since your Royal Highness trusts you, then I believe you too, although I say it in front of everyone today. But our palace is in a special position. I can't let outsiders grab the handle, so I can't help but scold you together. If you hold your hate for it and quit the burden, then you will blame me."

"How dare the slave and maid!" Zi Yan hurriedly pleaded guilty. "What the prince concubine said today is reasonable. It is the slave and maid's negligence in managing internal affairs. How can the slave and maid be concerned about this?"

"That's good." Chu Jinyao personally helped Zi Yan up and said, "You don't blame me. You are a capable man the prince relies on, and I am the wife of his Royal Highness. I naturally think what he thinks and use what he uses. You don’t need to talk about your resignation today. I just don’t think I’ve heard of it, and I’ll bother my aunt in the future and continue to supervise the maid **** for our husband and wife.”

Chu Jinyao mentioned the words "we" and "husband and wife" everywhere, but Zi Yan didn't understand why she saluted Chu Jinyao: "Thank the princess princess for being compassionate. The princess is the hostess of the East Palace and can work for the princess, yes. Fortunately for servants."

"My aunt is overly modest. But just let the words go. Auntie is not allowed to say that I will leave my post in the future. Ciqing Palace can't be separated from you." Chu Jinyao glanced at the key in Ziyan's hand and glanced casually. Just withdraw his gaze, "Auntie, I understand your intentions, take these things back quickly."

Zi Yan remarked, putting the key pair on the table beside Chu Jinyao with both hands, and said: "It is a blessing for the servants to serve for His Royal Highness and the princess. Before the princess, the servants and servants courageously collected the keys for the princess. Now that the prince has arrived, it is natural to return the important things to the original owner."

Chu Jinyao persuaded him a few more words. Seeing that Zi Yan insisted on refusing, she smiled and said: "Auntie is really polite. Your Royal Highness will hand over the internal affairs to you. It is true. Linglong, this is the heart of Aunt Ziyan. You accept it. Get up."

"Hey!" Linglong replied, and joyfully took the things over and locked them in the cages in the house. Chu Jinyao retained the position of Ziyan, but took the rights of Ziyan. In the future, Ziyan will still be the aunt in charge of the Ciqing Palace, but when dealing with major issues, she has to report back and forth to the princess Chu Jinyao.

This was the best result. Chu Jinyao slapped Zi Yan on the simple side, but after that, who would take care of her? It is troublesome to manage well or not, so it is better to keep it as it is, and let Ziyan, the principal, know who to listen to.

They are good old people serving the prince, and Chu Jinyao is also willing to give them this decent. However, they must know that in addition to the prince, she is also the master.

As for Qiu Chan, who is not respectful to Chu Jinyao, she is just a court lady, and Chu Jinyao can change her at any time. A court lady is not worthy of Chu Jinyao's heart. If she dared to be disrespectful to Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinyao would directly hand the people over to Ziyan and let them deal with it by themselves.

After Ziyan handed over the keys, she didn't know whether she was relaxed or sad. However, Zi Yan understands it now. They, the princess princess, looked quiet and gentle, and looked beautiful like a painting. In fact, they knew what should be squeezed and what should be let go.

Zi Yan stood for a while, and gave up the two positions of kitchen and warehouse manager. These big maids around Chu Jinyao haven't been in charge yet. Zi Yan used to think he didn't know, but today he dare not know.

The kitchen is the key point. When eating and drinking medicine come out from here, it will naturally be caught in the hands of one's own people, not to mention the warehouse. Money is fundamental at all times. Zi Yan wisely let go of these two places, and Chu Jinyao also accepted her offer and accepted it happily.

Zi Yan transferred his own people away to make room for Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao thought for a while, and arranged for the palace mother to go to the kitchen, with Lilac as his deputy. The grandmother of the palace is very old and knowledgeable, and she understands the pharmacology and taboos of those women, so it was just right for her to come and look at the kitchen. Although the palace mother belongs to Mrs. Chu, the Changxing Houfu and Chu Jinyao have the same interests in this respect. Once in the palace, the palace mother also understands that she is very good. She can rely on it in the future, but it is not Mrs. Chu. It was Chu Jinyao, and the palace mother also showed her dedication and wanted to let Chu Jinyao see her usefulness.

The two big maids around Chu Jinyao, Ding Xiang is honest and the person Chu Jinyao trusts most, so Chu Jinyao arranges her in the kitchen to act as a check and balance. As for the shrewd and winking Linglong, of course she went to take care of the warehouse.

After making arrangements for her own people, Chu Jinyao looked at the sky outside, and suddenly wondered: "Where is your Royal Highness? I should have returned by this time in the past."

Others dared not talk, Chu Jinyao stood up and looked out for a while, and sent a little **** to the front hall: "Go to the front hall and ask, see if your highness has returned? If your highness is there, you can tell Grandpa Lin , Said it’s time to eat, and quickly let His Highness come back."

The little **** responded and ran away numbly. Chu Jinyao waited for a while, but instead of waiting for the **** who came to send the letter, he directly waited for the master.

"His Royal Highness." Chu Jinyao walked to the door of Mingjian and went to untie Qin Yi's cloak in person. "Why are you coming back today?"

In this tone, it was a wife who complained about her husband's late return. In principle, this is a bit rude. How can the prince be busy with court affairs? Chu Jinyao regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, but Qin Yi didn't seem to care. He said: "The new year is approaching, and the six departments have accumulated a lot of chores, and this was delayed."

Chu Jinyao secretly looked at Qin Yi's face, Qin Yi let her look at it for a while, then turned around and caught her sight, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay." Chu Jinyao smiled and took Qin Yi's arm, "I'm afraid you blame me for asking too much."

Qin Yi let Chu Jinyao stick over and act like a baby, and he said very lightly, "It's okay."

Qin Yi didn't say that since the death of Empress Wenxiao, no one has cared about whether or not he came back for a long time. There is no need to say these words, but Qin Yi discovered one thing, Chu Jinyao is particularly "righteous" on weekdays. If he says something wrong or asks for help, he will become particularly diligent, and the skill of acting like a baby will be mastered without a teacher.

Qin Yi understood in his heart, but didn't show it, so Chu Jinyao took him to the palace for dinner. During a meal, Chu Jinyao was both picking dishes and handing tea, and was extremely courteous.

After the meal, Chu Jinyao asked to take all the food away. After waiting for no one, she sat next to Qin Yi and hooked Qin Yi's sleeve with her little finger: "Your Highness?"

Qin Yi looked at her calmly, "What's the matter?"

"Today I trained your person a few words, are you not angry?"

"I'm not angry, but haven't you finished training?"

"That's not the case." Chu Jinyao moved closer again, pulling Qin Yi's sleeve to explain, "I didn't take your man to do the surgery, nor did I want to put your highness on the face, I just...you see, this is The place where you grew up, the people here are all familiar to you, but I don’t know anyone, so I moved to your east palace suddenly, I must do something. Otherwise, they don’t recognize it. I."

Qin Yi had deliberately teased her when she heard Chu Jinyao say "This is the place where you grew up", and his heart moved suddenly. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, this is the place that carries most of his memories, and now, Chu Jinyao has moved into this memory.

Qin Yi sighed and couldn't bear to tease her anymore: "I am just teasing you, you don't have to take it seriously. You don't have to be afraid of anything in the future, as long as I don't stop you, just do it without worry, nothing will happen."

"Grandma Liu's hands are not clean. I'm afraid that the things in our palace will also be taken away by her. I want to let someone count all the things in the East Palace and re-create the booklet, okay?"

"Didn't you tell me, you are the prince, of course you will arrange it."

"Really, you're not angry?" In fact, Chu Jinyao was a little worried, because she deliberately spun out Mother Liu. It was the first time that Mother Liu committed the crime. Chu Jinyao ignored her and kept her courageous. Getting bigger and bigger, I dare to take things from the palace. Although Chu Jinyao is doing this to protect herself, but from the perspective of the East Palace, why? If Donggong really lost something because of this, how would this account be calculated?

"It's irritating to be angry," Qin Yi said slowly, "I heard Xiao Linzi say today that you are standing in the apse, I can't disturb you, so I will go to the front hall to deal with the memorial first. You are also amazing, I If you don’t come back, you just don’t ask, if you don’t end up hungry yourself, would you still not remember me?"

"Where is it?" Chu Jinyao found that Qin Yi really didn't blame her, and was willing to support her. He settled down a long time ago, even though he was making fun of them. "I have been thinking about you all the time. I thought you were dealing with political affairs in the front. So don't let people disturb you, you still blame me now!"

After Chu Jinyao finished speaking, she sighed in her heart. People are really born to be able to make progress. Once in the Changxinghou Mansion, if she were in front of Old Madam Chu and Changxinghou, how could she dare to do this. But now that Qin Yi was changed to a more terrifying theoretically, she dared to refute Qin Yi's words, and even dared to reverse it.

In the past, Chu Jinyao always heard people say that she should keep her duty, and she deeply believed it, until it happened to herself, Chu Jinyao suddenly found that it was too difficult to keep her duty.

She is the one she is right now. She has gotten a little bit better, and she wants more.