After seeing off the three mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it was already the first moment of Shenshi. Minglan didn’t want to sleep anymore. She went back to the house and changed her clothes. Xiaotao brought a bowl of warm three-fresh cat ears soup, and Minglan ate it while
, while holding the servant file that was just delivered and slowly flipping through it. [Ye*] [*]
"I see, madam likes this kind of soupy food." Caihuan followed Xiaotao to the shed to clean up, and said with a smile, "You know how to make a loss."
Xiaotao bent over and gathered up the scattered clothes that had just been dried at noon, and piled them up one by one: "As for this, our mother Qiu in the original mansion is the best at making the ears.
, I just learned a little bit."
"I'm afraid I still have a lot to learn." Caihuan brought the charcoal fire to the Jiao Dou and asked, "Should it be heated here?"
"No, let's go out and iron it." Xiao Tao lowered her voice and walked out quietly with a pile of clothes in her arms. She didn't stop until she reached the ear room.
At this time Caihuan said: "We have all come out, it is not good for my wife to be there alone."
Xiao Tao picked up a snow silk satin coat and slowly laid it out: "This is our girl's rule. Unless there are guests around, she doesn't like others walking around in the room when she is alone.
of."
Caihuan kept it in mind and asked, "What if she wants some tea?"
Xiaotao took Jiao Dou and ironed the clothes, saying, "So on weekdays, one of us always stays in the next room. The girl will call us if she wants anything. We finish ironing the clothes quickly and go to the studio."
stop."
Caihuan hesitated for a while, feeling that this rule was a bit strange: "Then...what does Master Ruo want?"
Xiao Tao raised her head strangely: "What does the master want, and what does it have to do with us?"
Caihuan was nudged and smiled awkwardly: "That's right, we are the madam's girls first, and then we are the people of this house."
It was approaching evening, and suddenly dark clouds rolled in, half of the sky darkened for no reason, and then a thunder exploded from the distance, and raindrops as big as beans rained down on the ground. The heavy rain poured down, and it instantly wet the ground like pouring water.【
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Looking at the pouring rain outside, Minglan turned her head, patted Xiao Tao on the shoulder and praised her repeatedly: "Fortunately, you put away your clothes in the afternoon. You are really good at predicting things." Xiao Tao didn't know how to be modest, so she actually nodded and said: "I think Madam said
It’s quite right.”
Minglan taught her patiently: "No, you should say 'this is all because of your teaching'."
Xiao Tao was very teachable and even drew inferences from one case to another: "My wife taught me well, mainly because she knows things like a god!"
Minglan smiled and nodded in praise.
"Then did you expect that your man would get caught in the rain?"
A joking male voice sounded at the door. The master and the servant turned around, only to see Gu Tingye standing at the door soaked to the skin, wearing a scarlet unicorn patchwork gown and court clothes with silk gauze. Water was still dripping on the ground.
Minglan was startled, looked at the wet man up and down, and said in surprise: "I expected it. I felt that it was very boring today at noon, so I asked Xiaoshun to bring an umbrella with me.
Yeah." She felt that she was simply too virtuous.
Gu Tingye's face turned dark, and he glared at her for a long time before uttering a sentence: "...I rode a horse to go to court."
Minglan blinked, and after turning her head for a while, she realized that riding a horse is not as good as riding a bicycle. It is not popular to hold the horse's rein in one hand and hold an umbrella in the other. Her face was full of embarrassment, she let out a low voice, and then gave a kind reminder: "Yes."
No... next time, you'd better go in a sedan, we won't be afraid of wind or rain."
After hearing this, the other half of Gu Tingye's face turned dark.
He stopped talking and stepped into the back room. Minglan immediately ordered: "Xiao Tao, go and call Xia He..." Gu Tingye turned around with a dark face and picked up Minglan: "My man doesn't
Do you know how to serve? What's your name? Why don't you come in!" As he said this, he dragged Minglan into the back room.
Minglan was speechless, so she had to quickly turn around and say: "Xiao Tao, prepare hot soup for bathing, and go and bring the ginger soup!"
After entering the inner room, Gu Tingye waited behind the screen with open hands. Minglan touched her nose, lowered her head and went to unbutton him. She took off her naked clothes, revealing her strong and upright body. He took the robe handed over by Minglan.
He put it on and went to the clean room to take a bath; the water was gushing, and after a while, he came out wearing a clean middle coat of snow damask and satin, and sat upright on the edge of the bed, with his slender fingers on his knees, as heavy as a mountain, and said nothing
He looked at Minglan coldly.
Minglan looked back ignorantly. After staying for a while, the instinct of seeking good fortune and avoiding harm finally awakened. Minglan held a dry handkerchief over and obediently helped him wipe his thick black wet hair. Gu Tingye felt a faint fragrance on his nose.
Like orchids and musk deer, only clean. He put his arms around his wife's slender waist and pressed her half-wet cheek against hers, feeling comfortable in his heart.
"Don't be angry." Minglan gently rubbed his hair through a dry flannel.
Gu Tingye held Minglan's waist and asked her to sit on his lap. He wrapped his thick long arms in his arms and looked at her with a pair of dark eyes: "Do you know why I am unhappy?"
Minglan cautiously probed: "I should have someone drive a sedan over to meet you, right?"
Gu Tingye looked at Minglan's confused eyes and sighed inaudibly: "That's all, a few drops of rain won't kill you. How are you today? How is everything in the house?"
After the troublesome topic was over, Minglan breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly picked up a stack of paper from the desk, held it in front of Gu Tingye, and said, "Look, this is great, am I smart?"
Gu Tingye flipped through a few pages and couldn't help but laugh: "You can figure it out." He looked up at Minglan, which was quite funny.
Minglan knew that he was secretly laughing at her, and she flatly argued: "I don't like to use people who don't know their background."
Gu Tingye casually flipped through the top few and said with a smile: "Haha, our house is actually a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, and we even have procurement and craftsmen from the former Duke's house? Oh, these kitchens are a bit better.
They are all from Erzao... All of Lai's mother's children have already escaped from the bond. Hua's mother is getting better and better and goes back home; Fourth Aunt is very generous, sending all Tian Po's family over..."
After reading several copies, Gu Tingye gradually stopped laughing. He had to admit that Minglan's approach was very targeted. A simple resume can reflect many things, including origin, rewards and punishments, the whereabouts of family members, and errands over the years.
A few words, crisp and concise, but with deep meanings, brought to light many things on stage and behind the scenes.
"This method is good!" He said briefly, with a stern look in his eyes, "The house must be kept clean, and there should be no mess. Words, hands, and feet are not clean. You want to punish, beat, or sell, it doesn't matter! If someone gossips,
Just leave it all to me! Let me see who is short-sighted and dares to plot his way into my house!"
Ming Lan heard something strange in his words and knew that there would be some trouble in the court today, but she didn't dare to ask more questions. She just nodded repeatedly and asked softly: "Someone... wants to plot against you?" She should be mentally prepared first.
Gu Tingye frowned, slightly dissatisfied with Minglan's last word, and said with a calm face: "If you are not careful, what you said the night before will be spread the next day. There are many things going on outside, so don't start a fire in the backyard.
.”
Minglan looked at him with interest. In fact, her biggest gain today was not the details of these slaves, but this man's behavior pattern. Well, it was very interesting.
As early as a few days ago, Minglan felt that there was no order in the affairs of the Gu Mansion. The personnel were in chaos, the servants were slack, and the control was very unorganized. After some investigation, Minglan found that it was not so much the servants' problem, but the servants' problem.
Gu Tingye’s problem.
Since he established the government for more than a year, he seems to have been too lazy to care about the affairs of the government. He only appointed a few stewards to take care of the daily operations, and then transferred a team of soldiers from the military camp to strictly guard the gate of the government, and several servants were treated as prisoners.
.As long as they don't make mistakes, don't cause trouble, and don't behave suspiciously, he doesn't care about other things like food, clothing, and quality of life.
He put several heavy locks on the door of the warehouse. Even though there were mountains of rewards and boxes full of pearls and jade, he didn't bother to put them out. Even though the decoration of the mansion was simple and shabby, he kept a close eye on Mr. Gongsun's small courtyard, and the door was guarded day and night.
, only two secret codes were set up. It was more difficult to enter the outer study than to visit the prisoners in the sky prison. You had to search twice when entering and exiting.
Minglan thought for a long time and suddenly thought of brother Changbai.
Changbai's caution seems to be innate. Without any warning, he will naturally be careful in his actions and actions. Yanghao has served him for more than ten years, so he is very familiar with it. But as long as the paper is slightly flipped, Changbai will be careful.
You will immediately know that this is probably a required course for a successful civil servant, to be precise and cautious. Dad Sheng also had such skills after practicing a lot in his youth.
But Gu Tingye was not a naturally cautious person. Many things were difficult to guard against, so he had to find another way.
This style of acting may seem rough, but it is actually very smart. His methods are tough and straightforward, but very effective. Gu Tingye knows that there is not peace in his house, and he also knows that someone may have planted ears and eyes. He even knows that the people sent by Ningyuan Houfu may not have good intentions.
But he neither had the time nor the laziness to care, so he simply resorted to this trick.
Anyway, someone else will eventually take over this glorious mission - thinking of this, Minglan feels a little itchy.
"Don't worry, I know how to do it." Minglan supported the man's chest and tried to appear calm and mature, "I'll sort out the manpower first and then arrange the errands. If there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask you.
"
Gu Tingye nodded slightly. Looking at Minglan's behavior in the past few days, he also knew that she was a trustworthy person. When he first looked at the situation in Sheng Mansion, it was well managed and the family had a good reputation. Miss Shanda, who married into the Yuan family, was also very popular.
Thanks to the housekeeper's ability, Minglan probably won't be able to find out where he went. If it really doesn't work, he is still there anyway.
At this time, Xiaotao came with a tea tray. Minglan hurriedly got up and brought the ginger soup to Gu Tingye: "Drink it quickly and go to get rid of the cold!"
Gu Tingye took a small sip and immediately tasted that the ginger soup was definitely made with brown sugar and ginger and was full of heat. It had a smooth taste in the mouth. After entering the abdomen, the whole body felt as if it was lightly roasted by a slow fire. The warmth in the abdomen was very comfortable. He couldn't help but praise:
“This ginger soup is quite strong!”
Minglan smiled and said: "Of course, I personally saw the information and it took two hours to cook! You need to drink two big bowls to break up some sweat. I will also ask for the escorts who are going out with you today.
Now, don’t worry.”
Seeing Minglan's delicate and gentle chattering, like a thoughtful and busy little hen, there was always a sense of warmth in the room. Gu Tingye raised the bowl to his lips, raised it up, and raised his left wrist to wipe his lips. He suddenly wanted to ask a question
"Do you know that you should remember me, or do you really care about me?" I also felt that I was really stupid today, and it was quite funny that I had these childish feelings.