Chapter 13
Yuan Chuzhi didn't delay. After hearing Mu Yun's question, he smiled and said, "Actually, he is not a big shot. He is a housekeeper in our Zhou Mansion, named Mu Xin. He said he fell in love with your Jingwen, and there was also a guard of Zhou Qing's Ministry of Justice, named Zheng Lu. He fell in love with you Mei Yuan."
After hearing this, Mu Yun said, "Then why did they find you?"
"Mu Xin was originally the butler of the Zhou family. Who did he look for me? But Zheng Lu, who did not know your Lord Wen, came to Zhou Qing directly."
Yuan Chuzhi also knew her thoughts, so he said again: "You can rest assured that Mu Xin has served our Zhou Qing since childhood. He is the confidant of my Zhou Qing. Although he is just a housekeeper, Mu Xin is also a capable person and will definitely give Jingwen a stable life. Zheng Lu is not bad either, and now he also has a position as a seventh-rank military officer. According to Zhou Qing, he was a time when Mei Yuan went to Zhou Mansion to deliver things. He was seen by him for some reason. Then he liked it very much, so he tried every means to find out which Mei Yuan is from and asked the people around me. Isn't this not to ask Zhou Qing where he doesn't know him? Later, he had no choice but to ask Zhou Qing and let me be a lobbyist. This is not, our Zhou Qing is also very concerned about their marriage and insists that I come here to ask today."
Mu Yun nodded after hearing this and said, "These two people sound good, but they don't know what their character is?"
Yuan Chuzhi smiled and said, "You'll know just by looking at it. Mu Xin is here with me today."
After hearing her words, Mu Yun chuckled and shook her head: "It's not that I want to see you. Jingwen has to go and see you by herself." After saying that, she thought for a while, and felt that it would be safe to ask an old man to see it, so she asked someone to invite her mother Qi. Now Qi Yue is old, and Mu Yun also asks her to do some work and is busy all day long. Now Qi's mother is no longer as she used to have to watch Qi Yue all day. She has nothing to do on weekdays, and most of the time she does some needlework in Mu Yun's yard and looks at the house, or manages the maids and servants in the inner house.
When Mama Qi heard that the wife had invited her, she put down her work, got up to clean her clothes and hair, and hurried over.
Seeing Yuan Chuzhi here, he hurriedly greeted Princess Yu. But he was thinking in his heart that his wife was really a lucky person. Even the princess, the princess didn't dislike her background and liked to interact with her. Mu Yun didn't know what she was thinking, so he called her to her side and whispered a few words.
After hearing Mu Yun's words, Mama Qi smiled: "Since Madam looks down on me, then leave this matter to the old slave. I just don't know where that girl Jingwen is now?"
Mu Yun smiled: "I asked her to go to the kitchen and helped Mei Yuan. Mei Yuan made jujube paste yam cake for the princess in the kitchen."
Qi's mother nodded, first went to the kitchen and ordered a large pot of iced mung bean soup. No matter how hot it is in summer, Muyun basically doesn't eat ice. After all, she is cold! Although she thinks this thing is cold and cold, Muyun doesn't drink it easily, she still told the kitchen to boil a large pot every day so that the servants in the mansion can drink two bowls to remove the heat.
With Mama Qi watching this, Mu Yun felt more at ease.
After finishing the serious matter, Mu Yun and Yuan Chuzhi finally felt a little in a mood to talk about gossip. The biggest gossip in the capital recently was nothing more than the incident in the Yue Palace.
Although neither of them is gossipy, the matter that Yue King is not Yue Guogong is too despised.
Yuan Chuzhi naturally didn't know that Princess Yue secretly attacked Prince Yue, and only thought she had suffered a great grievance. She said angrily: "Princess Yue is really a good-nature. If it were me, some female soldiers who were good at kung fu would beat the unscrupulous one first. A big man who has the ability to do something outside will only go home and beat his wife, and he has no backbone at all, and he is ashamed of a man."
On the kitchen, Mei Yuan and Jingwen had just steamed the pastry onto the pot. When they saw Qi's mother coming, they hurried forward to greet him: "Mom is asking for something? It's hot, just tell the little maids. Why do you always come here to travel in person?"
Mama Qi smiled and said, "It's nothing. My old bones should be active even if they are empty, otherwise they will all be rusted." Then she asked with a smile, "I want to take these things to the front yard. I wonder if you have time to go with me?"
The pastry has been steamed, and Mei Yuan can handle the rest alone, so she said to Jingwen: "You go with your mother, I'll just look at it."
Jingwen looked at the kitchen and found that she was really nothing, so she listened to Mei Yuan's words and helped Wang's mother take some big bowls and walk towards the front yard.
Walking on the veranda, Jingwen asked, "What are mom doing with these things in the front yard?"
Mama Qi smiled and said, "This is not Princess Yu coming here. The maids and mothers around her have already been placed, but there are still many guards waiting in the hall. The lady was about to find someone to send some mung bean soup, but I happened to meet her and she wanted this job."
Seeing that there was no one around, Qi's mother approached Jingwen's ear and whispered to Jingwen. When Jingwen heard this, her face turned red, but she did not refuse.
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the front yard. Yuan Chuzhi would not put on a full set of clothes when he went out, but the maids and mothers who followed him every day were not counting. There were more than a dozen guards and some servants. Mu Xin was here to see Jingwen today, so he was mixed with the guards, but his clothes were different from other guards, and he was also conspicuous among the guards. Jingwen saw it at a glance.
But she didn't have the nerve to look carefully, not to mention that when she came, Mu Xin looked at her with her eyes straight, which made her feel very embarrassed. She hurriedly put down the big bowls in her hand and left in a hurry. However, Mama Qi stayed and said something to Mu Xin and others for a long time.
Jingwen returned to the kitchen and the yam cake had been steamed. Mei Yuan was taking out the steamed pastry and chopping it onto the plate. Jingwen immediately picked up a pink Longquan kiln plate and handed it over. The two of them brought the snacks and the juice squeezed in the kitchen to Mu Yun and Yuan Chuzhi.
When Yuan Chuzhi saw the plate, he praised: "I want to eat it just by looking at such a refreshing color. I am really clever. No wonder anyone is thinking about it." Jingwen was so embarrassed that she blushed and stomped her feet and said, "The princess is used to making fun of me!" After that, she lifted the curtain and went out. Mei Yuan, who was beside her, looked confused.
Seeing that Jingwen was about to run away, Mu Yun was about to call her when he saw an old lady in the front yard coming and replying: "Return to the wife's words, the eunuch in the Empress Palace has come, saying that the Empress is going to see the wife."
Upon hearing this, Mu Yun was a little surprised and said, "How could the Queen send someone to see me?"
Yuan Chuzhi said on the side: "I don't know much about this. You go change your clothes first. I'll go ahead with you later. I think there's nothing big about it."
Although Mu Yun was full of doubts, he changed his clothes to see guests quickly. He changed the jade hairpin that he often wore on his head to a phoenix-hanging bead hairpin with gold and jade inlaid. After cleaning up, he came out and went to the front yard with Yuan Chuzhi.
The one who came was the eunuch Hua in the Empress Palace. Although he was not as good as the eunuch in charge of the Empress Palace, Huang Zhong was also a celebrity in front of the Empress Palace.
Yuan Chuzhi often entered the palace, but she was quite familiar with Eunuch Hua. She smiled and said, "I don't know what the Empress has to do. Please come here in person."
When Eunuch Hua saw Yuan Chuzhi, he quickly gave a gift and said with a smile: "I saw the princess' carriage outside the gate just now, and I guessed that it was the princess here, so I was right. The queen mentioned the princess yesterday and said that the princess hadn't entered the palace for a few days."
Yuan Chuzhi smiled and said, "I'm afraid that Empress Qin would like to be noisy when she goes there." Eunuch Hua hurriedly said, "The princess is joking. When the princess sees the princess, she only likes her. How can she dislike the princess?"
Then he looked at Mu Yun with a smile and said, "I guess this is Mrs. Wen. I have seen Mrs. Wen." As he said that, he was about to salute, but Mu Yun personally stopped him: "Eunuch Hua, you are polite. I don't know what is important about my father-in-law's trip?" As he spoke, he stuffed a purse quietly.
When Eunuch Hua touched the things in her purse, it seemed like golden gourd seeds, and she was very satisfied.
So he smiled kindly and said, "Mrs. Wen, don't worry, there are two pots of orchids that the Empress loves very much. In recent days, it has gradually become weaker. I have looked at the gardener in the palace and have no rules. The Empress heard that Mrs. Wen is a master of flower planting, so the Empress thought of asking Mrs. Wen to come to the palace to help her see. I wonder if Mrs. Wen is willing?"
Mu Yun thought to himself: Can I say I don’t want this? After silently complaining in his heart, Mu Yun smiled flatteredly: "It is naturally my honor to be worthy of me, and I should do my best to do my best."
Eunuch Hua smiled again and said, "Since it's okay, then tomorrow morning, the wife will go straight to Kangdingmen to hand over the sign, and someone will answer the wife."
Mu Yun responded with a smile and said, "It's almost noon. If my father-in-law doesn't dislike it, why not leave after lunch here."
Eunuch Hua chuckled and shook her head: "Mrs. Wen is polite. I have something to do, so I won't bother you here." After that, I looked at Yuan Chuzhi again: "Princess, don't forget to enter the palace when you have time. The Empress is very worried."
Yuan Chuzhi nodded slightly: "Okay, go back and tell the queen that I will bring good things to the palace in two days to see her." Eunuch Hua replied with a smile: "The princess said this, I must bring you here, I just want the princess not to let the old slave's pigeon." Yuan Chuzhi smiled and said: "This is what you don't mean."
After finishing the courtesy, Eunuch Hua took the people and left. Mu Yun personally took Eunuch Hua and her party to the drooping flower door, and asked the butler to send Eunuch Hua and her party to the door.
When he returned to the room, Mu Yunqing frowned and said, "I don't know if this trip is a blessing or a disaster?"
Yuan Chuzhi patted her hand: "Don't worry, although the Queen is a little more majestic, she is definitely not an unreasonable person. As long as you do your best, she will not blame her." Mu Yun felt a little relieved when he heard this.
In the afternoon, after Yuan Chuzhi left, Mu Yun called Jingwen to her side. There were only two of them in the room, and the rest were all out by Mu Yunqing. Mu Yun looked at her and asked, "You have seen people, and the princess also said that he had followed Master Zhou since he was a child and was Master Zhou's confidant. The princess said that although he was a housekeeper, he was smart and could not be as rich as the Zhou family, but he would definitely allow you to live a stable and prosperous life. If he had a bad personality, the princess would not speak to me. What is even more rare is that he fell in love with you himself, which is more suitable than what we have asked you for. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!