Chapter 209 The First Step of the "Good Wife Cultivation Plan"
"The prince really dotes on Miss Jiu...very much."
"It's more than just favor!" A general nearby snorted coldly, "Didn't you see? The hairpin on Miss Jiu's head is the Golden Phoenix Rising Sun Hairpin! It's a token of love bestowed by the late emperor on Madam Xiao!"
"What?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people who were eavesdropping around gasped.
This... this is no longer a hint, it's an explicit statement!
Is the Prince Regent planning to place an unidentified person on the throne of the Princess Regent?
Crazy! Really crazy!
In the corner, several gorgeously dressed ladies gathered together, their eyes full of undisguised jealousy and contempt.
"Hmph, how could a wild girl who came out of nowhere get such favor from the prince?" Miss Wang from the Minister of Personnel's family curled her lips and said sourly.
"That's right," echoed Miss Chen from the Minister of Rites's family. "She's so vulgar. I really don't know what the prince sees in her!"
Their voices were neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the people at the surrounding tables to hear.
For a moment, many people looked at the main seat with a look of anticipation.
Chu Xuanyi, who was sitting next to Xiao Yu, smiled and whispered, "Your Highness, it seems your little sparrow has been criticized."
Xiao Yu didn't even raise his eyelids, but just uttered two words lightly.
"Noisy."
The sound was not loud, but it carried a biting chill.
The gossiping ladies turned pale in an instant, became silent as a cicada, and dared not say another word.
…
Ever since the day she came of age, when Xiao Yu personally inserted the phoenix gold hairpin into her, Jiu felt that she had become a completely different person.
If the world was black and white before, it is now as if a paint palette has been overturned, and everything is dyed with the colorful color called "Brother Xiong Xiong".
She looked at the mountain and felt that the mountain was his tall and straight back.
She looked at the water and felt that the water was his deep eyes.
When she slept at night, her dreams were filled with his eyes that were so gentle that they could make tears drip from their water as he bent down to insert a hairpin for her.
It's over!
Ajiu rolled around on the bed holding the quilt, turning himself into a silkworm.
She felt like she had some serious disease, a disease called "her fierce brother is all in her heart and eyes"!
This disease needs to be cured!
Ajiu took out a storybook from under the bed, which had been turned around by her - "The Domineering Prince and the Beautiful Lady".
She hid in the quilt and turned to the most crucial page with the moonlight coming through the window.
The book says that if you want to win a man's heart, you must first become his "good wife".
She should be able to work in both the parlor and the kitchen, be gentle, considerate, and understanding, be able to add fragrance to his life and help him solve his problems!
Ajiu looked at the sixteen words and nodded vigorously.
That’s right! This is it!
She wants to be a good wife to her fierce brother!
Early the next morning, after Xiao Yu went to court, a vigorous "Program for Cultivating Virtuous Wives" officially kicked off in the study of the Regent's Palace.
"Good heavens! Girl, what are you doing?"
The butler looked at the mess in front of him and let out a desperate wail.
The memorials and official documents that had been piled up like a mountain on Xiao Yu's desk had now all been moved to the ground by her, covering the entire floor.
"What do you know!" Ajiu put his hands on his hips, with an expression that said, "I'm going to do something big."
"Brother Xiongxiong must be so exhausted dealing with so many documents every day! I'm helping him share the burden. The book says that a qualified wife should know how to tidy up her lover's study. That way, when he comes home and sees a tidy environment, his mood will improve!"
The housekeeper looked at the pile of memorials that was taller than her and felt like crying but had no tears.
"But young lady... the prince's memorials are sorted by importance and department. What you've done... has messed everything up!"
"Oh, I know!"
Ajiu waved his hands impatiently, looking confident that "I'm prepared."
"If it gets messed up, just sort it out again, okay? Just look at me!"
As he said this, he squatted down and began to "organize" the pile of documents with great effort.
The housekeeper came over to take a look and almost fainted.
Ajiu's classification method was so simple and crude that it was outrageous.
"This one is red-skinned, um, put it over here!"
"This one has blue leather, put it over there!"
"Wow, this one is bright yellow, it must be the most important! Put it in a pile by itself!"
"And this black one, it looks unlucky, throw it in the corner!"
She actually... she actually classified the memorials according to the color of their covers.
The butler opened his mouth and felt like his soul was about to leave his body.
"Miss... Miss... you can't do this! You absolutely can't do this!" He rushed forward and tried to stop her.
"Go away, don't make trouble." Ajiu drove him aside like a chicken.
"I'm telling you, this is called 'aesthetic organization,' you don't understand. Wait until I'm done sorting it out before you look at it. I guarantee the colorful colors will look really nice. Xiong Xiong will definitely praise me."
The housekeeper was desperate.
He looked at Ajiu's excited back and could only silently light a candle for his own prince in his heart.
My Lord, I wish you good luck.
An hour later, when Xiao Yu finished handling state affairs and returned to the palace with Chu Xuanyi, he was greeted by such a "brand new" study.
I have to say, it is quite neat from a visual point of view.
All the official documents on the ground disappeared, and piles of memorials on the desk were neatly stacked in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, like a gorgeous rainbow.
Xiao Yu paused, his handsome brows slightly furrowed.
Chu Xuanyi, who was following behind him, couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Your Highness, when did your study become so... colorful?"
He walked forward with interest, fanning himself, and picked up a memorial with a red cover.
"Express military report from the northern border, eight hundred miles away?"
He picked up another book with an orange cover next to it.
"The Ministry of Revenue submitted the calculation of the autumn harvest tax?"
Pick up another one with a green cover.
"The Ministry of Works' proposal regarding the repair of the Jiangnan Canal embankment?"
Chu Xuanyi's expression gradually became strange.
"Brother Xiong Xiong, you're back!"
Ajiu jumped out from behind the screen like a little magpie, his face full of anticipation of "Praise me, praise me!"
"Look, look, I've tidied up your study. Isn't it very neat and nice?"
She pointed at the "memorial rainbow", the tail of which was almost reaching the sky.
Xiao Yu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
He was afraid that if he didn't do this, he would not be able to help but pick up this daring little girl and spank her on the spot.
He walked to the desk and looked silently at the pile of carefully classified "artworks", his temples throbbing.
"Ajiu."
"Do you know what the consequences would be if you put the urgent military report from the northern border together with the memorial from the Minister of Personnel impeaching the Grand Censor's lifestyle?"
"Ah?" Ah Jiu was stunned. "Aren't they both red-skinned?"
Xiao Yu picked up another bright yellow one.
"This is the imperial edict from His Majesty granting you the coming-of-age ceremony. Why did you put it together with the Jiangnan salt transport accounts?"
"Because... because they are all yellow!" Jiu's confidence began to wane.
Xiao Yu closed his eyes, pointed at the gorgeous rainbow, and asked word by word:
"So, this is how you... organized my study?"
Ah Jiu looked at his face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and Chu Xuanyi, who was shaking from trying to suppress his laughter, and belatedly realized...
It seems like I messed up... again.
"I... I just saw that they were a mess, so I wanted to help you tidy them up..." Her voice became smaller and smaller, and her head drooped a little bit.
Looking at her pitiful appearance of being wronged and not daring to say a word, Xiao Yu suddenly couldn't vent his anger at all.
What else can he say?
Can he say, in order to reclassify and archive this pile of "artworks" of yours, I have to stay up at least two more hours tonight?
In the end, he could only wave his hand helplessly.
"Alright, from now on, you are not allowed to enter the study without my permission."
"oh……"
The first step of Ajiu's "plan to cultivate a good wife" ended in a miserable failure.
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