12 Chapter 12

◎Conspiracy◎

Li Cheng grew up in the south. The rice cakes they ate were nothing more than snacks, or they were sliced ​​and stir-fried with vegetables, or even pan-fried and grilled and then eaten with honey. Another way to eat it was to cook rice cake soup. This was the first time he had eaten rice cake with pork ribs that was not braised but stewed.

That's fine, but this is the first time he has eaten this kind of ramen.

"This noodle is brought from the north. It's whiter and more flavorful than the noodles in the south. I don't cut the noodles. I pull them by hand, just flick them on the panel like this." Huiyin sat down and spoke excitedly.

The noodles were smooth and tasty. Li Cheng ate a bowl and still felt unsatisfied: "I didn't expect your cooking skills were so good."

Huiyin smiled and said, "No, you are just flattering me. Now that the prince has finished eating, let's go see the Dayuan colts. It will help digest the food. What do you think?"

Li Cheng readily agreed.

There was no way Chao's mother could intervene, and seeing that Nanny Fan was as still as a mountain, she forced herself to suppress her anxiety.

According to the "Records of the Grand Historian", the Dayuan colt was called "a horse with innate talent". After trotting, its shoulders would slowly swell and it would ooze out sweat that looked like blood, hence the name "sweating blood precious horse".

Men love horses just as women love jewelry. When Li Cheng saw the white horse with a date-red streak in its head and the expensive Khitan saddle, he immediately jumped up and wanted to try it.

It was Huiyin who said, "The young prince has a wound on his shoulder. If the wound is torn open while training the horse, I will take the horse back."

"No, Princess, no, I'll listen to you." Li Cheng couldn't let go. He also knew that Huiyin was doing this for his own good, so there was no way he would really let her take her back.

Huiyin giggled: "Your Highness is really a fool. If anyone hears this, they will probably make fun of you and me. When your shoulder injury is completely healed, I want to see you riding a horse. To be honest, although I grew up in the north, I am not good at riding a horse."

Seeing Huiyin's plump and charming figure, Li Cheng couldn't help but say, "It's normal that a princess like you is not good at riding a horse. If I have time in the future, I will take you to ride a horse."

"Then I would like to thank the young prince first." Huiyin smiled.

The two walked side by side, and Huiyin couldn't help but say something to Li Cheng: "I don't know whether it is Madam Fan or Madam Chao who is in charge of this mansion. After all, I brought a lot of people with me as a dowry. Some of them don't know the rules of the mansion, and I don't know who to ask. Please tell me, Your Majesty."

Li Cheng slapped his head, he really forgot: "Of course you are the housekeeper of this palace. Nanny Fan is a useful person by my grandmother's side, you don't have to order her around. She will return to Jianye next month, and Mommy Chao is my wet nurse, after all, she is old. Yunhui is in charge of my house. Yunhui used to be my maid, and later she got engaged, but she became a widow. If you are afraid of her, just let her do things behind the scenes."

"What's the point of talking about taboos? It's not her choice. She is a miserable woman. I have only been here for a few days and have observed her from the sidelines. I have seen that she is not a talkative person, but a capable person. How can someone like me, who has no talent or ability, take care of the family? It is better for the young prince to send whoever he thinks is suitable." Huiyin needed to see who Li Cheng trusted in the mansion.

Li Cheng saw that she spoke with a sweet smile and her words were very precise, and he could tell that she was not as cunning as a girl of her age. Zheng Fang was a man of courage but no strategy, and he did not expect that his daughter was so smart in her words and actions.

In this case, it would be just right to let her be the head of the household: "Princess, my household must be run by you, you are the mistress."

Huiyin thought that Li Cheng and Li Heng were completely different. In fact, she was in a similar situation to Lu Xiao. The King of Wei wanted Li Cheng to marry her, and he also wanted to use her father to kill Lu Wei, or even paralyze her father. In fact, killing her father was the only way for the King of Wei to go north. This was also the reason why Yuwen Dang and others did not take Qingzhou seriously.

But the two of them acted completely differently. Li Cheng might not be unaware of his own position, but he treated her as his wife after marrying her. Although he did not necessarily love her, he definitely respected her. On the other hand, Li Heng ignored Lu Xiao and deliberately favored her, letting the women fight each other so that he could reap the benefits.

The key point is that it would be fine if he didn't love Lu Xiao, but Li Heng loved Lu Xiao deeply, which was simply a mental illness.

It can be seen that Li Cheng is very polite to her, but he respects her and gives her status. As for love, when someone like him is surrounded by people who flatter him, they will definitely compete to be nice to him. After a long time, maybe he will fall in love with her.

"Since my husband trusts me, I will do my best. But I am still young, so you have to bear with me if there are any mistakes." Huiyin said.

We talked about the pair of cards in the afternoon, and Li Cheng delivered the pair of cards directly in the evening. The housekeeper had to first settle the previous matters, and then follow the old practice and then proceed step by step.

Nan's mother said happily, "It's great that the little prince sent the matching cards over so quickly."

"This is also what I like about the young prince. He can do whatever he says immediately instead of dragging his feet. It's not easy for him to be in charge of a place at such a young age." Huiyin said.

As the saying goes, seeing the big picture from the small is nothing more than this.

There are a total of six stewards in the palace, and three stewardesses. Yun Hui actually didn't even rank high. These people were all called to Huiyin the next day. They didn't know the temperament of the new princess. They only knew that the young prince had been resting in one place for several days. The two of them watched together. Before three days had passed, the match cards were sent, and the young princess was asked to be the housekeeper. It can be seen that this Zheng family has extraordinary means.

Servants are all like this. If you are pitiful, these people will not sympathize with you, but will think you are easy to bully, and even the people around you will begin to admire you. But if you are favored, like she was in her previous life, many people will come to curry favor with you.

"Everyone, the young prince said that since ancient times, men have been in charge of the outside world and women have been in charge of the inside world, so he entrusted the small matters of the family to me. I have not been to the previous palace, so I don't know the full picture and I will not comment on it. You register first and hand over the account book to me. I will check it and hand it over, and then use the new account book in the future. The rules are still the same as you did before, you don't have to worry, I will definitely follow your rules." Huiyin said with a smile.

The stewards were delighted when they heard this, as none of them had made any mistakes, and they were just afraid that they would be found out and be in trouble if the little princess found out something.

They didn't expect that the other party would not investigate at all and even gave them three days to settle the accounts. Of course, these people were very happy as they finally managed to keep their jobs.

Yun Hui was a person of upright character and could not bear to see this, so she hesitated to speak.

Huiyin knew that she was different from her mother, so after the stewards left, she kept her behind: "Aunt Yunhui, do you have something to tell me?"

Yun Hui nodded: "I know that what I said was a bit abrupt. You can't let these people mess around. What if the money in the account is less, and there is no money to be paid in the account during the four seasons? That would be bad."

Huiyin was touched: "Yunhui, you really are someone who cares about me sincerely. It's just that I just arrived and I am not as well-established as they are here. And the young prince entrusted this palace to me, so I can't refuse."

"I understand the difficulties the little princess is facing." Yun Hui had no choice.

Huiyin didn't think Li Cheng would be broke. Xuzhou was his territory, so how much money could be used for the internal accounts? The so-called pomp and circumstance really couldn't be lacking. In the past, Huiyin also felt that her mother Ji was sometimes too extravagant, but her mother said that she had to be like this. If people saw the flaws and felt that she was not good enough and was going to fail, then people would start to move first. For example, if other dukes knew that you didn't have enough food and grass, they would probably take action first.

Furthermore, there might be spies in the Huaiyin Palace, anyone could be involved, and they must be replaced without leaving any trace.

Of course, her thoughts were not known to outsiders, but the people around Huiyin were very happy that she was now the housekeeper. Nanny Fan also came to pay her respects. She was more sensible than Nanny Chao and came only three days after the wedding.

"I am here on the orders of the old concubine to give you a gift. This was given to you by the Grand Empress Dowager when she was in the palace." Nanny Fan opened a box and handed it to Huiyin.

Huiyin saw that it was a Sanskrit hairpin. This small hairpin was made of seven treasures. The silver hairpin head was a colored glaze bead, and the five petals supporting the colored glaze bead were made of gold, coral, giant clam, red pearl and agate.

It was indeed very delicate and precious. Huiyin said quickly, "Please ask Madam Fan to thank the old empress dowager for me and tell her that such a precious item was given to me. In the future, I will definitely present it to her together with the young prince."

Nanny Fan smiled and said, "I will definitely bring it to you if you ask me. I heard from the young prince that it is not easy for you to stay here and take care of him."

"Originally, I also wanted to go back and take care of my grandmother, but I can't just focus on enjoying myself in Jianye and leave the little prince here." Huiyin looked like she didn't care about anyone else for Li Cheng.

Nanny Fan just nodded and continued, "Bao Lian Temple is a large temple in Xuzhou with many followers. They will also invite the prince and princess to watch the ceremony together. Then the little princess can wear this hairpin."

Huiyin smiled and said, "Yes, the Concubine is very thoughtful. I have never worshipped Buddha at home, so I don't know these things."

Nanny Fan said, "The Concubine Dowager was thinking that the Princess was too young to know these things, so she asked me to bring them to you."

After Nanny Fan left, Nanny Nan said, "I didn't expect the old concubine to be so attentive. Princess, you have married the right person."

"It's too early to say that now. I heard that Aunt Fan rarely goes out."

"Yes, she is a very serious old lady."

Unexpectedly, Nanny Fan had someone write a letter back, saying that the new princess Zheng did not check the accounts, and her subordinates could not unite to trick her, so the plan failed.

Huiyin shook her head: "It's hard to say. It's too early to draw any conclusions."

Just like the East Palace in the previous life, until the very end, you don’t know whether these people are human or ghost.

Late at night, Li Cheng came in from outside. He had not been close to Huiyin in the past two days. When he came in today, he saw her wearing a light green tube top. Her two arms seemed like milk poured out of green porcelain. She looked at him with such a sparkling look. Li Cheng's blood suddenly boiled.

Huiyin came forward, stood on tiptoe and put her arms behind his head, thinking that no matter whether he had other people in his heart or not, whether he liked it or not, he had to be intimate with her.