Since even the King of Zhenbei had to treat him politely, Yu Zizhen would certainly not be presumptuous in front of him.
She helped Yu Sheng up with her own hands and called out "Grandpa Sheng".
Yu Sheng was flattered, his eyes red with excitement, "No, my lord, no, this old slave..."
Yu Zizhen smiled and withdrew his hand. "It's okay. Since my father calls you Uncle Sheng, then I should naturally call you Grandpa Sheng according to seniority."
For someone like him who has dedicated his best years to the arduous job of guarding the border, even though Yu Zizhen knew that he would not always be on the same front with her, the fake prince, she still didn't mind giving him enough respect and courtesy.
What's more, she will have to make a living under this old housekeeper for a long time to come. For the sake of her future quality of life, she must take the initiative to build a good relationship with the old housekeeper.
Fortunately, Yu Sheng was not the kind of old fox with a cunning mind. Even though Yu Zizhen's abacus beads were about to fall on his face, he didn't realize the little tricks of his own prince at all.
On the contrary, it was Yu Sheng's youngest son, the steward Feng Da who was sent by the King of Zhenbei to manage the fields, shops and villas of the royal palace in Beijing, who believed that Yu Zizhen would definitely not be as simple as she appeared.
"By the way, this is Mr. Jiang, my father's aide. I was able to travel to the capital thanks to Mr. Jiang's care."
Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng hurriedly exchanged greetings with Mr. Jiang. One of them was the old Zhenbei King's trusted attendant, and the other was the current Zhenbei King's trusted aide. When they met each other at this time, it was inevitable that they would look at each other subtly and evaluate each other secretly.
Yu Zizhen pretended not to notice the undercurrent between them as she walked towards the main gate of the Zhenbei Palace.
According to the system, in the fictional dynasty of Da Qi, not everyone is qualified to enter the mansions of noble families through the main gate, and secondly, those who are qualified to enter through the main gate do not use it every day.
As a princess, it was natural for her to go through the main gate when she first came to the palace in the capital. However, when she went in and out of the palace on a daily basis in the future, it would be inappropriate for her to go through the main gate again.
Unless there is something important, the main gate of the palace is usually tightly closed. Even if the Prince of Zhenbei comes in person, he will only enter and exit the palace through the side door for daily travel.
As the heir to the royal palace, Prince Zhenbei, that is, Yu Zizhen, she enjoys the same treatment as the Prince Zhenbei.
Those who can enjoy the same treatment as her include Princess Zhenbei and Yu Zicheng, the real eldest son of the Zhenbei King who will take back his position as the crown prince sooner or later.
As for the concubines and illegitimate children of the King of Zhenbei, unless one of them is capable enough to kill the legitimate son and directly inherit the throne, they will never be able to enter or leave the main gate of the palace in their lifetime.
Yu Zizhen had no idea about these things, but luckily she had the Little Baby Voice System, a universal cheating tool that was online 24 hours a day.
It will promptly instill into Yu Zizhen every piece of common sense that it thinks Yu Zizhen is unlikely to understand but will use soon.
Thanks to it, Yu Zizhen has recently become very familiar with the various formalities of this world...
The Zhenbei Palace in the capital is a large house with five courtyards. Not only does it cover a very large area, but there is also a large garden on the east side of the house connected to the main house, which contains a pond, rockery, and various precious flowers and trees.
Knowing that their prince was coming, the servants who stayed behind, under the leadership of the housekeeper, had already cleaned up the entire palace and made it look brand new.
They entered the palace, walked around the screen wall, and passed through the front yard. The old steward Yu Sheng pointed to the two largest courtyards in the palace's second courtyard and said to Yu Zizhen, "The main courtyard on the central axis belongs to the successive Zhenbei Kings. The Qinghui Courtyard to the east of the main courtyard belongs to the successive Zhenbei Kings' princes. This old servant has already had Qinghui Courtyard tidied up. Prince, you..."
"Uh, Grandpa Sheng, well, I actually don't want to live in Qinghui Courtyard." Yu Zizhen said apologetically, "I'm really sorry for making you work so much for nothing."
She is a fake prince, so she doesn't live in Qinghui Courtyard.
According to the brief introduction of the old housekeeper Yu Sheng, the palace has five courtyards. The front courtyard belongs to the staff, accountants, guards, servants, etc., and it also has stables, carports, etc.; the second courtyard is half where the princes and princes of all generations work, live, and receive guests, and the other half is a martial arts training ground and a small garden; the third courtyard belongs to the princes of the palace who are over seven years old and have not yet married. The fourth and fifth courtyards are collectively called the backyard, which is used to accommodate the female members of the palace. The third courtyard, which is located at the back, also has a martial arts training ground and a small garden.
Yu Zizhen, the "Crown Prince", definitely cannot live in the backyard, so she set her sights on the three courtyards that originally belonged to other princes of the royal palace.
Anyway, it’s impossible for her prince father to send all his other offspring to the capital, so what’s the problem if she eats a little more and takes a little more?
She said to Yu Sheng, "I'm the only one in the palace anyway, so I want to live in a more spacious place."
Yu Sheng blinked, hiding his surprise and astonishment, "You want to..."
"I want to live in the third courtyard." Yu Zizhen didn't keep it a secret, "The whole third courtyard."
Everyone: ...
It's not that they look down on her, but with her small body, how much space can she sleep in? And she has three courtyards, does she want to sleep in a different courtyard every night, and rotate for ten or twenty days without repeating?
Yu Sheng held it in for a long time before finally uttering, "But you are the prince. How can a prince live in the third courtyard?"
Mr. Jiang also felt that it was inappropriate. He said, "Sir, you should live in Qinghui Courtyard. The third courtyard..."
Yu Zizhen turned his head quickly and hinted to Mr. Jiang with his eyes, "I'm not the real Prince of Zhenbei."
Mr. Jiang, “…outsiders will make wild guesses.”
Yu Zizhen didn't take it seriously. "You guys just said that I thought Qinghui Courtyard was too small, so I wanted to occupy the entire third courtyard of the palace."
Everyone: ...You really don’t care about your reputation at all!
"If someone is ignorant and asks me about it," Yu Zizhen said, deliberately raising his chin and putting on the willful face of a dandy, "I will tell him that my home is mine, and I can live wherever I want!"
After she said that, what else could Yu Sheng and Mr. Jiang say? They could only resign themselves to their fate and let Yu Zizhen go to the third courtyard.
"Lumingxuan? This is a good name!" The group walked to the east side of the third courtyard, and Yu Zizhen immediately fell in love with Lumingxuan, which was located at the edge of the third courtyard.
Although this courtyard has only two parts, front and back, it is very large, has beautiful scenery, and has many houses. Most importantly, it is adjacent to the martial arts training ground in the third courtyard, and across the martial arts training ground is the large garden in the east wing.
Every feature of this yard can be said to be very much to Yu Zizhen's liking, especially its geographical location, which is extremely convenient for her to implement her subsequent farming plan.
She said to Yu Sheng and others, "I'll live here!"
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