The Favoured Medical Princess: 239 Manager (first update)

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When Nangong Yue returned to the palace, it had already passed.

Nangong Yue got off the carriage in front of the second gate. Looking around the huge palace, she suddenly felt empty, and that feeling seemed to spread to her heart.

She stood there in a daze, and did not come back to her senses for a long time, until Baihui whispered in her ear: "Prince Concubine, Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zhu are here to see you!"

Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zhu? Nangong Yue followed Bai Hui's line of sight and saw a dark-faced man and a bearded man waiting not far away with a respectful look. It was Zhou Dacheng and Zhou Dacheng whom she had met before in her imperial village. Zhu Xing.

It turns out that Xiao Yi didn't bring them two with him this time.

Nangong Yue walked towards the two of them, and they both bowed their hands and saluted her: "I have met the Crown Princess."

Nangong Yue raised her hand and said: "Without ceremony, let's go to the outer study to talk." Xiao Yi left, and his outer study was also used by Nangong Yue.

After several people arrived in the outer study, Nangong Yue sat down behind the desk and said, "You guys should sit down too, don't be too restrained." Since Xiao Yi asked them to come specifically to see him, he must have something to say.

"Thank you, Imperial Concubine." Zhou Dacheng and Zhu Xing sat down on two pear wood armchairs disrespectfully. Then, Zhu Xing was the first to speak: "Prince Imperial Concubine, the Imperial Concubine left his subordinates here because he wanted them to be his subordinates. I am temporarily acting as the housekeeper in the palace. In addition, I am also temporarily in charge of the affairs department in the outer courtyard."

Butler? Nangong Yue was stunned, wouldn't it be overkill to let a man who came off the battlefield be a housekeeper?

Zhu Xing continued to explain: "The original housekeeper of Zhennan Palace was the successor of the princess. After the successor princess left, he was driven away by the prince. Before, Cheng Yu had been the temporary housekeeper. This time Cheng Yu Yu followed the prince back to southern Xinjiang, so he handed it over to his subordinates again."

Nangong Yue couldn't help but think of Xiao Yi's remarks last night that he was always "looking for trouble", and she was sweating profusely. Alas, he is really messy when it comes to housekeeping. Cheng Yu, who looked like a military advisor or a staff member, was actually used as a butler, which was really killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. But this time, Cheng Yu followed Xiao Yi back to southern Xinjiang, and he could finally show off his talents without having to worry about these chores.

Following that, Nangong Yue looked at Zhou Dacheng again. Without her asking, Zhou Dacheng took the initiative and said: "Prince Concubine, I will temporarily take charge of the guards in the palace and be responsible for the defense of the palace." He really didn't want to He knew how to deal with a delicate little girl like Nangong Yue, so he could only say something stiffly, "Don't worry, Crown Princess, with my subordinates here, I won't let any little things disturb the Crown Princess!"

This is obviously Xiao Yi who forced Zhou Dacheng to find something to do. The palace is empty, there is only Nangong Yue as the master, and there are no servants. I am afraid that even the housekeeper Zhu Xing is very busy.

Nangong Yue said helplessly: "Then I will trouble you from now on."

"No trouble, no trouble, this is the duty of subordinates!" However, this week Dacheng was a straight-headed person, unable to understand the underlying meaning at all. Zhu Xing on the side was so embarrassed that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he really wanted to treat it as a no-brainer. Meet this brother.

Nangong Yue was amused, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

After she pondered for a moment, she said to Zhu Xing: "Zhu Xing, please bring me all the accounts of this mansion tomorrow and I will take a look."

What an ordinary servant would be most afraid of is his master checking the accounts, but when Zhu Xing heard this, his eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to agree. He knew in his heart that Nangong Yue was about to start presiding over the middle school. Once the concubine took action, he would be able to relax in the future.

His look of relief was not only visible to Nangong Yue, but also to Baihui and Lily beside him. The two little girls exchanged a look.

Lily thought to herself: The people under this prince are really unreliable!

After talking for a while, Nangong Yue took Baihui Lily back to Fufengyuan.

She planned to wait until she saw the roster that Xiao Yi left for her and the accounts of the mansion before discussing matters in the mansion. The top priority now was to sort out her dowry and file it in the warehouse. Also, although the decoration of the new house was festive, it was obvious that the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were just trying their best to create a festive atmosphere, which was somewhat awkward. She planned to clean it up.

As a result, the entire Fufengyuan became busy under the leadership of Nangong Yue.

She opened three new small warehouses, cataloged all the dowries and put them in storage, and replaced all the furnishings in the house with new ones, from screens to vases to curtains to cushions, etc. Because she was still newlywed, The festive red color is still the main color, but it also adds a bit of scholarly low-key and elegance.

It took two days to finish this, and Nangong Yue happily packed up the small study room in the west room.

This small study room is more than twice the size of the one she had in Mozhu Courtyard, and the second room is the medicine pavilion specially built for her by Xiao Yi.

There is a row of partition windows facing south in the study, which seems to be very bright. Inside, there are bookcases, painting tables, piano tables, desks, beauty couches, tables and chairs, etc., all available, and there are rows of tables and chairs against the wall. Although the bookshelf is empty now, Nangong Yue seems to have smelled the strong and familiar fragrance of books.

Several maids cleaned the study room again. Baihui directed several ladies from the palace to move in boxes of large camphor wood boxes. The large boxes were really heavy and they could be lifted in a short time. Those women were sweating profusely. A woman asked curiously in a low voice: "Miss Baihui, this box is so heavy, could it be filled with books?" But she was thinking, with so many boxes, how many books should there be? I'm afraid there aren't even that many books in the prince's study in total!

Baihui glanced at the woman indifferently and said, "Go out as soon as you're done. Why are you asking so many questions?"

The mother-in-law went out with several other women, and could still faintly hear the voices of the women talking: "I heard that the Crown Princess comes from a scholarly family, she is really different from others! She actually got such a dowry. Come here with more books."

"Yes, there are so many books, can the Crown Princess read them all?"

"..."

It’s really unruly!

Baihui shook her head, letting those voices go away, and then ordered the little maids to open the box and put several boxes of medical books, medicine books, Lin Jingchen's medical practice notes, Nangong Yue's own experience notes, etc. in a pile take it out. Nangong Yue personally sorted them into categories on the largest bookshelf, and then asked the maids to help organize a shelf of "Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Spring and Autumn", "Historical Records", etc., a bookshelf of books Weird novels, unofficial history essays, etc.

According to Nangong Yue’s preference, the book desk is placed with Duan inkstones from Zhaoqing, Songyan inkstones from Goryeo, Hotan white jade brush washers, and a set of Zihao brushes of different sizes. Just placing them like this makes people feel I find it pleasing to the eye.

After the entire small study was tidied up, Nangong Yue placed the dowry medicinal materials one by one in the medicine pavilion, which was considered done.

Nangong Yue looked around with satisfaction. Although she was a little tired after working for a long time, she finally looked wherever she felt comfortable. Even if she wanted to work, she had to create an environment that made her feel comfortable.

Nangong Yue was just like her usual boudoir in Mozhuyuan, leaning lazily on the beauty couch by the window of the small study room, and casually ordered the maids to get the account books that Zhu Xing sent yesterday.

Not long after, several maids brought over the account books. There was a large pile of these account books on the desk.

When Nangong Yue was looking at her and had a headache, Baihe said, "Prince Concubine, Uncle Zhu has just delivered the news from the palace."

Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows. Although Xiao Yi had placed people in the palace, the news was transmitted directly to the outer courtyard, unless it was related to her.

She glanced at Lily, and saw Lily saying in a somewhat unspeakable voice: "...it was said that the second princess secretly left the palace two days ago, and seemed to be chasing the prince."

Nangong Yue lowered her eyes slightly, showing displeasure.

The second princess's admiration for Xiao Yi is obvious. "If you know how to be lustful, you will admire Shao Ai." It cannot be said that it is completely wrong to yearn for others.

However, after Xiao Yi and she were engaged, and even now, the second princess is still pestering a married man like this. That is simply shameless! Do you really think you are made of clay?

Xiao Yi is her husband, how can he allow others to covet him!

No emotion could be seen on Nangong Yue's face, "Does the Queen know?"

"The queen doesn't know yet." Lily replied, "Concubine Zhang announced that the second princess was ill and needed to recuperate, so she suppressed the news. The third prince is quietly sending people to find the second princess."

Nangong Yue’s lips curled up slightly, and she sneered and said, “Tell Zhou Dacheng to have someone find a way to reveal this news to the queen.”

Lily responded and hurried out to deliver the order.

Nangong Yue waved her hand with a gloomy expression, asking Baihui and Queer to look at the account books first.

She took a sip of tea, opened the white-sealed roster of the palace given by Xiao Yi, and flipped through it casually.

There are only fifty-eight servants and guards in this huge Zhennan Prince's Mansion, which is almost unbelievably small for Nangong Yue, who was born in a famous family.

The origins of these people were noted on the roster. After reading it, Nangong Yue found that most of them were purchased by Princess Xiao Fang of Zhennan in the royal capital and had only been in the mansion for a few years; some of them were slaves given by the emperor. , bodyguards; a small number of them stayed in the palace to look after the house and clean the house during the late emperor's time; and a small number of people were brought by King Zhennan and the Xiaofang family from southern Xinjiang, but the number of these people was larger than she expected. Much less.

Indeed, King Zhennan and the Xiaofang clan probably don’t care about staying in the royal capital. Letting them stay in the royal capital is probably no different from being exiled. They may never get ahead in their lives.

At this time, Que'er suddenly whispered: "This is too outrageous." She held up the account book in her hand and showed it to Nangong Yue, "Third girl, the clothes worn by the people in the inner courtyard are actually... I bought it from a tailor shop outside..." As she spoke, the corner of her mouth twitched. This place doesn't look like the palace of a vassal prince. This kind of style may not even look down on the wealthier merchants!

Nangong Yue took a casual glance, and judging from the number of ready-made clothes on the account, this was indeed the case.

In other words, there is one more urgent matter in the past two days, which is to open the warehouse and get materials to make autumn and winter clothes for the servants in the inner courtyard. She also has to add the maids who came with her as a dowry and those few room people.

However, it’s getting late, so let’s talk about tomorrow’s matters.

Nangong Yue yawned lazily, closed the roster, and asked the maids to prepare the meal.

……

Early the next morning, Nangong Yue, who didn't need to take stock of the morning and dusk, leisurely got up, washed, dressed, and ate. Anyway, there were no elders in this house. The sky was big, the earth was big, and she was the biggest.

After everything was done, Baihui asked: "Prince Concubine, while you were having breakfast, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Song had already arrived and said they wanted to pay their respects to you, but they were dismissed by the servants. Wait. Could it be that Aunt Zhang and Aunt Song bring the maids and ladies from the mansion to come and greet you so that they can recognize you?" With Xiao Fang's absence, there is no hostess in the inner courtyard of Zhennan Palace. Therefore, Grandma Zhang and Grandma Song are basically in charge of everything in the inner courtyard on weekdays.

Nangong Yue didn’t want those irrelevant people to enter her yard and make a scene, so she said, “Let them go to the main hall in front.”

"Yes, Crown Princess." Que'er took the order and went down to do the work. When Huamei came to report that all the maids and women had arrived, Nangong Yue took An Niang and a group of maids with picturesque faces, like everyone else. Heading to the main hall like stars over the moon.

At this time, the sky outside was already bright.

The main hall of the inner courtyard is facing the second door. It has blue bricks, white walls and red tiles. Four black painted partition doors open at the same time. Two couplets are hung on the left and right walls, and a red gold Kowloon hangs high on the main wall. There is a large plaque in Qingdi, on which are written the three characters of Douda - "Wu Shoutang".

These three characters were inscribed by the late emperor himself.

The font is strong and powerful, galloping and indulgent, and majestic.

Below the big plaque is a large red sandalwood carving table, with a large ink dragon painting hanging on the table. On both sides are two rosewood Taishi chairs inlaid with marble. They are thick, upright, elegant and unique. There are sixteen yellow paintings on the two sides. There are pear wood chairs, and a small table is placed between every two chairs. The floor is a marble floor that shines like a mirror.

What a magnificent hall!

Nangong Yue’s eyes stopped on the rosewood Taishi chair next to the large red sandalwood carving table. This Taishi chair was originally a chair for officials and is a symbol of power and status. Its design and shape are all to highlight the status and identity of the owner. It's suitable for tall and strong men, and it's suitable for an old lady who has a lot of prestige like Su's, but it's not suitable for Nangong Yue.

When her slender figure sat on it, the Taishi chair seemed empty. Not only did it not reflect her majesty, but it made her skinny, weak and pitiful.

The slaves waiting inside and outside the hall quietly glanced at the Crown Princess who had just passed through the door, and secretly exchanged glances with each other.

The maid on the side quickly served her hot tea.

Nangong Yue took a sip of hot tea and looked up. In the main hall, two middle-aged women in their forties or fifties stood respectfully. One was short and fat, with a round face. She seemed a bit honest, and her figure Wearing an emerald blue plain Hangzhou silk jacket; the other is neither short nor fat, neither tall nor thin, has a beauty mark on the corner of his mouth, and wears a parrot green silk jacket.

Even if no one introduced them, Nangong Yue guessed that these two people were Nanny Zhang and Nanny Song.

According to the record on the roster, this Aunt Zhang came from the palace. It is said that she was given to Xiao Yi's grandfather when the late emperor gave this mansion to her. She has been guarding the mansion here all these years. Originally, she was the one who had the say in the backyard, until Xiao Fang came to the capital, leaving Aunt Song behind to help manage things.

Outside the main hall, rows of maids and ladies stood in a messy manner, some straightened their backs, some hunched over, and some whispering to each other. It looked like they were used to being lazy and unsupervised.

Que'er stepped forward to bless him and introduced Nanny Zhang and Nanny Song to Nangong Yue.

Both Aunt Zhang and Aunt Song took a step forward, bowed respectfully and said, "I've met the Crown Princess!" These two nuns had just found out that the new housekeeper had met the Crown Princess in the study room, and Later, from the commotion in Fufengyuan, I guessed that the imperial concubine was about to start holding the imperial concubine, so I thought of testing the temperament of the imperial concubine.

This Fufengyuan is like an iron barrel, and the people served in it are basically the maids and wives who were married to the Crown Princess. It turns out that the maids in the mansion can only do rough cleaning, not just the bedroom of the Crown Princess. It was not their turn to sweep, and even when they entered the main room to clean, someone was watching them all the time, so they could not see the Crown Princess at all.

However, the two nuns did not retreat despite the difficulties. They thought that the land route was impassable, so they took the water route. Since they could not see the Crown Princess, they could also rely on the time when meals were delivered from the kitchen to determine the Princess's meal schedule. time, so the two of them knew that the Crown Princess had just started to have breakfast, so they ran to say hello to her and wanted to see how the Crown Princess would respond. Unexpectedly, the maids of this imperial concubine were very tough, and they were sent away lightly without even informing them. This also made them suspicious. Looking at the maids, it was clear that their master, this imperial concubine was probably a powerful one.

Thus, although the two old ladies saw that Nangong Yue looked young and delicate, they did not dare to make any mistake and kept their knees bent until Nangong Yue signaled them to excuse themselves and then straightened up.

Nanny Song spoke first: "Originally, I should have come to pay my respects to the Crown Princess, but I think that the Crown Princess is busy these days and I dare not disturb you casually. I also ask the Crown Princess to forgive me." After a pause. , then said, "Prince Concubine, all the servants in the inner courtyard are waiting outside the hall, except for the two women who are guarding the door. Should we let them all come in and kowtow to you?"

She smiled attentively at Nangong Yue, looking groveling, while Nanny Zhang on the side was not in a hurry, and sneered secretly, thinking: This Nanny Song is the person brought by Princess Xiao Fang, no matter what No matter how loyal she was, the Crown Princess would never trust her. No matter how much she did, it was just a blind man lighting a lamp - in vain.

Nangong Yue glanced at Baihui, and Baihui said: "Let a few stewards come in, and the others will kowtow to the Crown Princess outside, and then disperse."

"Yes, Crown Princess. I will go and call for help right now." After a reply, Grandma Song walked diligently outside the hall, and soon brought four women and two women in their thirties and forties with her. My wife came in.

The remaining people outside all prostrated themselves on the bluestone floor, kowtowed to Nangong Yue in greeting, and then dispersed.

After Sister Song brought the people into the hall, she introduced them one by one. This one was in charge of the kitchen, this one was in charge of sewing, this one was in charge of cleaning, this one was in charge of purchasing, and this one was in charge of housekeeping. Door manager, this one is in charge of flowers and trees.

After that, the six people also knelt down and kowtowed, saluting and saying hello in unison.

Nangong Yue didn’t ask them to get up. Instead, she ordered Que’er: “Que’er, call them here.”

Them?

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Song were both stunned, wondering what kind of medicine Nangong Yue was selling in the gourd.

Soon, they saw Que'er leading three people in. One was an old woman in her fifties, and the other two seemed to be young wives in their early thirties.

The two nuns and others were a little confused. Although they did not know the names of the people Que'er brought, they knew that they were the concubines of the imperial concubine. Naturally, the imperial concubine would not be innocent. Calling the **** over, an idea suddenly appeared in their minds...

But I quickly rejected it in my heart, it’s impossible, right? Even if the Crown Princess definitely wants to put people in the mansion, she won't just take action as soon as they meet, right? After all, she had just gotten married, so she couldn't go too far. It wouldn't be good for her reputation if it spread...

Just when they were thinking this, they heard Que'er introduce with a smile: "These three are Granny Pan, from the Yu Dawei family, and from the Wu Ran family."

The three of them all gave blessings to Grandma Zhang and Grandma Song, which was considered a courtesy.

Following that, Nangong Yue said unhurriedly: "From now on, Nanny Pan, the Yu Dawei family, and the Wu Ran family will take over the kitchen, janitor and purchasing affairs!"

One sentence made the six people in the hall stare in disbelief. Three of the six people kneeling on the ground suddenly raised their heads. They were shocked and indignant. They didn't dare to speak out yet. Nanny Song She had already jumped up and said: "Prince Princess, why? Although the three of them can't say that they have made any achievements on weekdays, they haven't made any big mistakes. They have hard work without credit. How can they take someone away for no reason? Where’s the errand?”

After a brief shock, Grandma Zhang immediately regained her composure.

As the saying goes: There are three things a new official should do when he takes office. Anyway, the Crown Princess's measures have little impact on him. Since Sister Song came to the capital more than four years ago, she has taken away the kitchen, shopping, and sewing from her hands. The kitchen and shopping are a huge source of profit. If someone from the Crown Princess is installed, then Song What good does Nanny have? It means that Nanny Song, the backyard steward, is just a false position. As for his own side, he just neglected one of the gatekeeping tasks.

After thinking about it, Nanny Zhang smiled sarcastically in her heart, and thought that her prediction was indeed correct. The Crown Princess and Princess Xiao Fang were destined to be natural enemies. How could the Crown Princess tolerate Nanny Song in charge of the kitchen? Such an important errand as purchasing!

Nanny Zhang thought about it more and more, and felt more and more that the Crown Princess must have carefully considered that guarding the door was dispensable for her, but for the Crown Princess, guarding the door of the inner courtyard was naturally important. The most important thing is to never be careless!

Since this imperial concubine is well aware of her situation, she should just wait and see the good show.

Nangong Yue glanced at Aunt Song lightly, but she was still neither arrogant nor impetuous, and said: "I am the Crown Princess. If I want to dispatch people, do I need Aunt Song to agree to it? So if I want to dispatch Song today, Grandma passed away and my son is at Zhuangzi in Ritang Mountain. Grandma Song, are you going or not?"

Nanny Song's face turned red for a moment, and her breath caught in her chest. Could this concubine be threatening herself? Nanny Song was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. She said in a strong and polite manner: "Prince Concubine, the old... the old slave is the person appointed by the princess herself!"

Nangong Yue curled up her lips and said with a half-smile: "Mother Song, my mother-in-law has always been caring and considerate to the eldest son. If she knew that the eldest son's village was unattended, she would definitely be willing to send her to help him. Now my mother-in-law has always been caring and caring for the eldest son. The concubine is thousands of miles away, and it is not convenient for me to ask for instructions, so let me make the decision and send my nanny there."

Without her instructions, Baihui had already ordered two big and round women to step forward and clamp down on Nanny Song, one on the left and the other on the right.

"You..."

Nanny Song still wanted to scream, but Lily had already stuffed her mouth with a rag, and was kicked out like this.

The mothers and daughters-in-law who were kneeling on the ground looked at each other secretly, and their heads were swollen.

Since the princess left, the eldest son Xiao Yi is the biggest in this house. Of course they want to seize power and squeeze others out so that they can get ahead. However, the eldest son doesn’t care about anything and just simply and rudely locks him up. They were locked up in the inner courtyard like a prison and were not allowed to enter or leave except for shopping.

The prince did not discuss it. They once thought that there was no hope for these hard days, but they did not expect that the emperor would order the prince to get married so soon.

Originally, they thought that after this concubine came in, the inner courtyard would no longer need to be locked, and they could finally be "released from prison", and they could let go and show off their abilities, but they didn't want this young and ignorant person to be able to do anything. The prince's concubine behaved even more rudely than the prince. When the prince was there, he avoided seeing them. As soon as the prince left, he revealed his true face in Lushan. How could this ordinary bride just get married and take away a few things without saying a word? A personal errand, and then blatantly arranged his own dowry. Even Nanny Song, who had always been so majestic in the house, was suppressed in the blink of an eye and even ended up in exile!

This was clearly to scare the monkeys, and everyone else was silent, with a layer of cold sweat breaking out on their foreheads.

Isn’t it said that the Crown Princess is the legitimate daughter of the Nangong family? A girl who was brought up by a scholar like this should not be gentle and delicate, but how could she be more ruthless than those who came from a military general's family?

Nangong Yue saw the reactions of several people in the hall, but smiled without saying a word.

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Well...two updates today, the second update is at 18:00