One Curtain Wind Moon Nine Heavens

Chapter 260

After her rectification, Jiyue Pavilion became much quieter.During the confinement period, she didn't even go to the training ground in the mansion, intending to make herself completely comfortable until New Year's Eve.

At noon, people from the Duke's Mansion finally arrived, bringing in carts of flowers and young saplings, some of which were green paulownia seedlings dug from her Huatong courtyard.

"Mr. Qilang said, for now, let you grow these to relieve your boredom. Wait until March and April next year, and he will pick a few fresh varieties for you." The official of the Duke's Mansion laughed, "Especially vegetables, I promise to let you eat them." Your house is full of melons and fruits."

The past two years have been eventful, and Qilang seldom went back to Zhuangzi, so he had to cultivate and plant everywhere in the mansion.

Compared with the past, the Duke's Mansion is still sparsely populated, and many vacant yards have been converted into vegetable gardens by Mr. Qilang.When the children in the mansion did not go out, they wandered around the mansion, watering and weeding for Uncle Qi.

"The Second Northeast Hospital is still empty?" Yuan Zhao asked.

"It's empty," the steward nodded, with a look of disappointment on his face, "the Duke said, after all, it is the residence of the old Duke and the mistress..."

I don't dare to move, I would rather leave it vacant for the princess to think about, and go back to visit and remember it often.

"You don't need to stay anymore. People go away like lights go out." Yuan Zhao said calmly, "The second elder brother and the second sister-in-law are the head and mistress of the Duke's Mansion. They should live in the main courtyard. Hand over the things to the second brother, move all the things in my mother's courtyard to Huatong courtyard, and let Aunt Huobi and the others tidy up for me..."

She is now opening another mansion, which is the owner of the Princess Mansion, not the Duke's Mansion.But she is still the patriarch of the Beiyue clan, and the second brother and the others are used to listening to her in everything.

"By the way, what are the beautiful maidservants bestowed by the late emperor doing in the mansion now?"

The little master suddenly mentioned this, the steward was taken aback, and immediately said:
"When the first emperor gave it, because it was in the period of filial piety, and Lord Sanlang was far away at the border. The Duke and Lord Qilang wanted to observe filial piety, so they were asked to do some work as servants, and they were not given names. Now there is a national funeral, at least one Only after a year can we have a happy event."

Taking a concubine is also a happy event, let alone a person bestowed by the first emperor.Even though the Duke's Mansion is poor, it still wants to hold a banquet to have fun with relatives and friends.

"The people bestowed by the late emperor must have special skills, and they must be entrusted with important responsibilities." Yuan Zhao pondered for a while, and said, "Let them assist in the management of the government's public accounts and external affairs."

Wow, the aunts in charge of the Princess Mansion and the female officials who were waiting on the side all looked envious after hearing this.

Manage public accounts!In the rich and powerful family, it was the ledger held by the wife of the wife.This is the responsibility of the assistant, not to mention the concubine's room, even the sisters-in-law have to fight to get it.

The Duke's Mansion is really bold and generous. If Her Royal Highness just said a word, the power of housekeeper will be left aside.

Hey, I don't know what to say.

Not only envious of the concubines of the Duke's Mansion, but also sympathetic to the masters of the Duke's Mansion, the internal affairs of the mansion were allowed to be meddled by a woman waiting to be married, not far from failure~.

But the steward of the Duke's Mansion was slightly startled after hearing this, and immediately agreed with a smile, the corners of his mouth almost reaching his ears.

It's really a hard-to-read scripture.

Outsiders may not know it, but everyone in the Duke's Mansion knows that managing public accounts is a thankless job.What's more, it is still the external affairs of the public account, the management of the field property stores outside, and the management of the sunrise and entry projects, etc., and often have to go out.

The key point is that the expenses of the mansion depend on the income from the outside, and there can be no mistakes!Otherwise, all the waiters would have to drink the northwest wind, including several concubines.

It is indeed a heavy responsibility!

The financial power is still in the hands of the mistress, and her cronies manage the internal affairs, and keep a close eye on the external affairs accounts.If foreign affairs personnel want to make some money, they must be cautious and cautious, and the mistress must not be aware of the clues.

As the little princess joked back then, this is a job that tests people's morality, intelligence, physical fitness and labor.

In addition, they belonged to the late emperor, if they planned to entrap the Duke's mansion outside, outsiders would first suspect that they were ordered by the royal family, which would damage the face of the late emperor and the reputation of the royal family.

At that time, no matter whether they can entrap the Duke's mansion or not, they will have a terrible death, and they will die silently.

Which is more important, they can figure it out for themselves.

From now on, I don't know how long those women can stay in the mansion every year.

Anyway, before he was promoted to steward, he also assisted in foreign affairs, and it was common for him to stay outside for more than half a year each time.There is also Aunt Pearl, who is in charge of internal and external affairs beside the old Duke's wife, and an accident happened when she was inspecting the dowry and external affairs.

In short, it was indeed a heavy chore, His Highness praised them...

After the steward returned to the Duke's mansion, he told the Duke and the mistress of Her Royal Highness's instructions verbatim.The mistress Guan readily agreed, and couldn't wait to arrange it. The functions of several beautiful maidservants will take effect immediately.

The Duke's Mansion, which was as calm as stagnant water, was finally seething with excitement.

In fact, today's Duke's Mansion is slightly more affluent than before, because there are fewer soldiers in the mansion.Many of the original [-] government soldiers died while traveling west with His Highness.The Duke's Mansion paid a large sum of pension for it, and he was so poor that he almost had to live on earth.

Fortunately, His Highness had a reward, and all the rewards were confiscated and given to the Duke's Mansion.

Now there are less than a hundred government soldiers and guards left. With the dowry private property of the masters of each courtyard and the land property left by the old Duke and his wife, it is more than enough to support them.

In addition, the little princess back then, now Her Royal Highness the princess is very rich, with tens of thousands of households.It is located above the princes and princesses, almost on the same level as King Qing.Almost, because King Qing has the real power to manage the fief, but the princess does not.

The point is that the royal family pays for the princess's support of the soldiers, and she doesn't have to pay for it herself.

Therefore, the private property obtained by His Highness after she became a princess was managed by the officials of the Princess Mansion, and the private property she had left in the Duke's Mansion before was still managed by Aunt Coral and her daughter.

Not interfering with each other, the two have nothing to do with each other. The Princess Mansion will send a large amount of silver to confiscate it during the festival. The expenses of the Duke's Mansion are much more generous than before.

The only thing that remains the same is the foreign affairs. What was the old lady before she left, is still the same now.

Compared with the complicated internal affairs, the external affairs are relatively easy.The only bad thing is that the person in charge of foreign affairs has been on the road of inspection all year round...

At the Princess Mansion, the saplings and flowers had arrived, and the servants in the mansion had a busy meal, and they were all planted at dusk.

During the confinement period, Yuan Zhao's life was both leisurely and fulfilling, happy and comfortable.

No, in the morning of the next day, she ordered the family order and the government officials to bring all the books in the house to the main hall, and she had to check the accounts with the maids.No delay, no prevarication, successfully kept everyone busy.

Since she usually does not go out, does not have visitors, and does not receive visitors, Chun Changshi can concentrate on managing the public accounts for her, while the female official Yang by her side is responsible for the management of private property.

"During the holidays, the filial piety of the Duke's Mansion and the Dachang Princess' Mansion is essential," Yuan Zhao ordered while checking the accounts, "and prepare a disaster relief fund every year to prevent natural and man-made disasters..."

The expenditure for royal celebrations is fixed, except for His Majesty, there are also the birthdays of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and the Empress.There is no need to make preparations for King Qing and the princes and daughters. She does not intend to have close contact with them.

Hundreds of officials don't have to prepare, she can't bear the charge of forming a party for personal gain.

In fact, she wants to ask for a favor for the clansmen scattered around Wuchu, or pay money from her private property to improve the living environment of the clansmen.

However, she can only think about this matter, and cannot tell it.

Not to mention improving the living environment of the tribe, even if she inquired about the place where the tribe lived, she would be suspected.The clansmen were the hostages of the North Yue clan controlled by the imperial court, and her inquiring about the hostages was like planting a thorn in the heart of the new emperor.

If you are a little careless, you will never recover, and the gain outweighs the loss.

She is in the center of the vortex of power struggle, for the sake of long-term consideration, this matter cannot be made clear, and people outside can only do it.

(End of this chapter)