After returning to the house, Fang Chen understood what true atmosphere meant.

Although it is not as good as Duke Yi's Mansion, this "new home" is full of beauties coming in and out. I heard that these are slaves that I can assign. It's a bit of a dream to think about it.

Even the guards behind Fang Chen had their eyes wide open. Why are there so many beauties in Zhuangzi?

He grabbed one person and asked him about it. Fang Chen looked strange. Some things were related to the old man from the princess's residence, and some things were sent from the palace.

I thought to myself, "How could Qin Qiong and Chai Shao be so generous as to beg the emperor? No, aren't all the women in the palace under the control of the queen?"

Fang Chen didn't understand why the queen knew about him, and Fang Chen was a little worried.

"Could it be that they are doing it for their mother's sake?" Now there is only such an excuse that Fang Chen can accept. He thought that all the other royal family members would have it!

There are four courtyards, the east courtyard is where he lives, the north courtyard is where the guards live, the west courtyard is where the maids and slaves live, and the south courtyard is where the miscellaneous workers live, with three cooks, two outside stewards, and four handymen.

In addition to these four courtyards, there is a main hall, a side hall, a stable, and a martial arts training ground.

The entire yard adds up to three to five thousand meters at least. It's terrible. People in ancient times lived such a miserable life!

The steward in charge of the maids is a nanny. I heard that she was the maid of Princess Pingyang earlier, named Liu'er.

Fang Chen called her Aunt Liu and directly asked him to take charge of small matters in the house. Major matters were decided by himself, while Lao Qin was in charge of the bodyguards.

"Thank you, young master. I wonder what you plan to eat tonight?"

Aunt Liu was very happy to be called Fang Chen. She also knew the inside story, so she naturally understood the importance of this young master in the queen's heart.

Fang Chen scratched his head, "Aunt Liu, please arrange it. Remember to prepare one for Lao Qin's brothers. After all, they have a busy day today."

"Okay, young master, call me if you need something."

After speaking, Aunt Liu was about to leave, "Wait!"

Fang Chen quickly called him out, "Aunt Liu, don't call me young master. It sounds so unpleasant and you think I'm a short old man. Just call me by my name from now on."

Aunt Liu's expression changed: "The courtesy of the young master cannot be abolished. I am here to serve you. How can I call you by your name directly? If the young master doesn't like it, I might as well call you young master. What do you think?"

Fang Chen immediately shook his head again. In the corrupt thoughts of later generations, young master is not a good word!

"Aunt Liu, I don't understand this either. Apart from these two, are there any other names?"

Aunt Liu smiled sweetly, and Lao Qin on the side was stunned. Of course, it was just for a look, and he didn't dare to get close to her. Just based on this woman's walking posture and body movements, he was definitely not an opponent. It seems that our little Mr. Fang has a good background.

It’s really not small!

"Then I call you Master Yu, do you think so?"

Fang Chen rolled his eyes, "What does Master Yu mean? Aunt Liu, is there such a title in the Tang Dynasty?"

Aunt Liu smiled and said nothing, but looked at Lao Qin, "You go out with me and let Master Yu rest first."

Lao Qin did not dare not agree and quickly retreated.

Fang Chen deliberately asked Aunt Liu to change her name to herself, but then she thought about it, isn't it just a name?

After closing the door, Aunt Liu's expression changed instantly, and she said coldly to Lao Qin: "I know you are sent by Duke Yi, but if you dare to violate Young Master Yu, your life will be at risk!"

Lao Qin was shocked and quickly lowered his head and whispered: "I don't dare!"

"Hmph! It's better not to dare, otherwise I will have to go to your empress' place to read a copy of Duke Yi!"

Lao Qin immediately shuddered, this woman turned out to be a high-ranking female official!

Female officials, senior palace maids, have a certain rank and receive a monthly salary. They are generally responsible for teaching new palace maids, or taking care of the princes and princesses...

"Oh my God!"

Old Qin seemed to understand something and quickly returned to the North Courtyard. He must remind his men that no woman in this house dared to provoke them, otherwise it would be a big deal to move their heads!

No wonder, no wonder there are so many servants! Mr. Fang, you really have an extraordinary background!

Aunt Liu happily rushed to the kitchen and gave instructions to the cooks again and again.

"You all come from the imperial kitchen, and you all know what you need to say. Let me remind you that if there is even the slightest problem, the whole family will be executed! Do you understand?"

"Yes, please don't worry, Aunt Liu!"

The cleansed imperial chef, who was basically a chamberlain, was actually sent here.

The three of them used to be Li Shimin's favorite cooks. The food they cooked was absolutely excellent, otherwise they would not have entered the palace. You must know that purification is not something you can do just by wanting to!

It's a pity that Li Shimin had to give in under the brilliance of Empress Changsun's motherhood.

Not to mention that among these palace maids, many of them were attracted by Li Shimin and planned to favor him in a few days...

It would be false to say that such a large group of people came to the mansion without any trouble, but the person above them was the closest female official to the queen, Aunt Liu! But what she told Fang Chen was that the princess had earlier

Maid Liu'er.

If you disobey, you will definitely die. Who dares to disobey?

The new guards also understood one thing under Lao Qin's education. These maids cannot be touched! That little Mr. Fang cannot be messed with!

After a simple meal under the service of four maids, Fang Chen ran to sleep. When he woke up, he found himself surrounded by a group of warblers and swallows.

It was difficult to pull out his hands and feet, so they looked down at him while he dressed and washed, and Aunt Liu even combed his long hair with her own hands.

"Aunt Liu, there are too many people here..." Fang Chen felt as if he had just experienced life and death. It was so uncomfortable. He even felt that some of the maids definitely had evil intentions, and they were covered in wounds all over their bodies.

They touched it clean.

"Giggle."

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Young Master Yu, you don't like it?"

Fang Chen nodded, but did not dare to move, for fear that the white jade hairpin in Aunt Liu's hand would get stuck into his head.

"Aunt Liu, there are too many people in the house, how can I have so much money to feed and drink them!"

Aunt Liu thought about it carefully. This is indeed a bit exaggerated. Master Yu has not yet proved his identity, so as to avoid being found out by someone who is interested.

"Then I'll give away half of my slave. Do you think it's okay, Master Yu?"

"half?"

Listening to Fang Chen's hesitant tone, she thought he was talking too much. Aunt Liu was about to continue speaking when she heard something that surprised her.

"Send them all away. I feel that Aunt Liu and Lao Qin are enough. The cook should also stay, otherwise eating will be a trouble."

"No! At most, 60% will be sent away!" Aunt Liu immediately got angry. For a prince, he didn't even have two hundred people to serve him. Now that's too much? This is absolutely not possible. Not to mention the Queen, she herself felt sorry.

Fang Chen replaced him with Aunt Liu.

When Fang Chen saw that her hair was combed, she quickly took Aunt Liu's hand and said with a smile: "Aunt Liu, it's useless for them to stay. You might as well be friendly to me, otherwise I wouldn't be so close to you.

If there are too many useless people, they will only be annoying, so it is better to send them away."

Aunt Liu's body was slightly stiff, and she seemed to understand why Fang Chen could call her Aunt Liu.

This prince knows how to look at people!

Of the more than a hundred palace maids who came here, 90% were not voluntary. Aunt Liu knew the inside story, so she naturally took Fang Chen's affairs extremely seriously, but those palace maids?

"Aunt Liu, you look at me as if you were a junior, and you also said that you were with the princess's mother. How can I not be worried about you? It's just..."

No wonder, Fang Chen was very good at reading people. He knew very well that except for Aunt Liu, everyone else was just here to "play"!

Aunt Liu looked a little ugly, what kind of princess mother? Your mother is the empress of today!

I can't help but feel a little sad. I have to take care of the second prince, and I have to bear the name of Princess Pingyang's old person!

"Okay, Master Yu, if you don't like it, I'll go get some in exchange. I wonder what Master Yu wants?"

"Request? Well...if you listen to Aunt Liu, please stay. If you don't listen, let them go back. Don't complain to Duke Yi and others, just say they are not suitable."

Aunt Liu's smile did not diminish. The second prince was really soft-hearted. These guys who don't recognize their master will definitely not get good results if they go back. But since the second prince said it, let them leave a way to survive.

"By the way, Aunt Liu, come with me to the kitchen and teach them how to order new dishes. The one last night was too terrible."

Unexpectedly, with the next sentence, Aunt Liu almost raised her knife, not to chop Fang Chen, but to chop those three ignorant chefs!

On the first day, the number of maids in the courtyard dropped by 70%, with only about 30 maids remaining in the end.

All the rest were sent to the priest's office, leaving them with a way to survive.

Empress Changsun originally planned to kill them all after receiving the news. After all, it would be bad to know some things. But after Aunt Liu sent Fang Chen's words back, Empress Changsun could only say: "Tell them good luck, my son."

Shan, don’t be the same as them.”

Besides, Fang Chen and Aunt Liu came to the kitchen. As soon as they met, the three cooks knelt down.

Don't you dare not kneel down? A murderous look has appeared in the eyes of Aunt Liu behind Master Yu.

"Get up, why are you kneeling?"

Fang Chen frowned, but the three people didn't dare.

Aunt Liu immediately shouted: "Master Yu asked you to get up, why? You didn't listen to Master Yu!"

The three cooks immediately began to tremble and stood up to salute Fang Chen.

Fang Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't expect Aunt Liu to be so powerful, but that's fine. He didn't worry that Aunt Liu couldn't control so many people in the house.

To put it bluntly, Fang Chen had a headache when he heard that there were so many servants and guards to support.
To be continued...