The name of Princess was considered as an official announcement of Feng Yuheng's change of status. Everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion knelt down to greet her, and even the people watching outside the mansion knelt down. Infected by this atmosphere, they no longer called her Princess Ji'an, but changed their name to Princess Ji'an, and followed Eunuch Zhang's words and shouted in unison: "Welcome Princess back to the mansion!"
Feng Yuheng sat in the carriage, feeling a wave of emotion in her heart. Princess, finally Princess Yu, but I still feel a little uncomfortable with this! She got off the carriage with the help of Wang Chuan Huang Quan, and did not change into a gorgeous brocade robe, but wore the same dress she wore on the way back. She did not look like a princess, but the aura around her could not be ignored.
She walked forward quickly, helped Madam Zhou and Eunuch Zhang up, and said to the servants who were kneeling on the ground behind them: "Stand up! We are all acquaintances, there is no need to be so formal." After that, she said to Madam Zhou: "Ah Heng always remembers that when I just returned to the capital three years ago, Madam Zhou brought the betrothal gift from Prince Yu's Mansion to Feng Mansion to support me. It was only after Madam Zhou's visit that Ah Heng's life in Feng Mansion could be considered to be sustainable. Madam Zhou's great kindness, Ah Heng will remember it in his heart."
These words made Mrs. Zhou feel very emotional. She certainly remembered that she was asked by His Highness the Ninth Prince to go to the Feng family to propose marriage. To be honest, she was also very worried at that time. No one had any impression of the Second Miss of the Feng family, let alone had any contact with her. After three years in the mountain village, the Ninth Prince was so interested in her when he returned to Beijing. As a nanny who had raised the Ninth Prince since he was a child, she was not sure. But after these few years of contact, she secretly praised her own prince's vision more and more. This Second Miss of the Feng family was not only stunning, but amazing! With her by the side of the Ninth Prince, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.
"What are you talking about, Princess? From now on, once you enter Prince Yu's mansion, you are the master here, and I, the old servant, will obey your orders."
Madam Zhou expressed her opinion, and the other servants quickly followed suit. Feng Yuheng did not say much about this. This was an inevitable ceremony for a servant in a mansion to recognize his master. Since she was going to walk into this mansion, she had to accept these ceremonies.
Soon, Feng Yuheng entered the Prince Yu's Mansion surrounded by people. Today, she entered the mansion as the hostess. Madam Zhou first let her into the front hall, and then led a group of servants to kowtow to her again. She also asked Wangchuan and Huangquan to distribute the red envelopes prepared in advance to everyone. Princess Yu was generous and gave everyone a pair of earrings, all made of top-grade jade.
Madam Zhou and Eunuch Zhang had also been prepared. Madam Zhou was in charge of the storehouse in the mansion, while Eunuch Zhang was in charge of the accounts. One of them handed over the keys, and the other handed over the account books. They were both willing and sincerely recognized this mistress and handed over the entire Prince Yu's Mansion to her.
Feng Yuheng did not take it, but said to Madam Zhou first: "As a princess, I should know what is in the storehouse of the mansion. I'll trouble Madam Zhou to compile a list for me to review. As for the key..." She shook her head, "It will still be in Madam Zhou's hands. Ah Heng will take on the responsibility of the mistress of the mansion, but she doesn't want to take all the power in her own hands." After that, she said to Eunuch Zhang: "At the beginning, the Feng family swallowed up my mother's dowry shop and made a bunch of fake account books to fool me. It was Eunuch Zhang who came to the mansion to help me deal with it. Ah Heng admires Eunuch Zhang's accounting ability, and even believes that she will never be able to reach Eunuch Zhang's level in handling accounts in her life. I am most relieved to leave the account room of the mansion to Eunuch Zhang. If you feel something is wrong, just report the accounts to me once a month."
She expressed her position, taking on the responsibility but not the power, which made Madam Zhou and Eunuch Zhang very embarrassed. Madam Zhou said, "Princess, this is unreasonable."
She shook her head and said, "There is no such thing as right or wrong. In our own house, the rules we set are the right. I believe in you and am willing to give up the power. This is my right."
After hearing what she said, the two stopped insisting and repeatedly stated that they would cooperate with the princess in managing the palace. Then, at Madam Zhou's signal, Eunuch Zhang led the servants out.
Madam Zhou took Feng Yuheng and several maids to the backyard and went straight to the place where Xuan Tianming lived before. Feng Yuheng remembered that it was the most magnificent courtyard in the mansion, behind a river pond, surrounded by bamboo forests, and behind it there was a peach tree. In the middle of the courtyard was a huge open space with nothing. Xuan Tianming once said that it was for the convenience of practicing martial arts. Madam Zhou said as she walked, "I wrote to ask His Highness before. Although His Highness and the Princess' wedding will not be held in the capital, the wedding room in the mansion still needs to be decorated. His Highness said that it should be decorated here. Princess, please take a look and see if you are satisfied. If there is anything that needs to be added, this old servant will immediately ask someone to add it."
What else could Feng Yuheng be dissatisfied with? Although she didn't know much about the rules of ancient weddings, once she entered the room and saw the joy in this room, she knew that Madam Zhou had put a lot of thought into it. This was Xuan Tianming's bedroom. She had been there and slept there before, but now Madam Zhou had replaced almost all the furnishings with new ones, and they were all in pairs, which looked auspicious.
The bed was also changed to bright red, and it was still sprinkled with "jujube and osmanthus seeds", which made Feng Yuheng blush. She said to Madam Zhou: "Madam knows these etiquettes much better than Ah Heng. Madam is the most decent in doing things, and I appreciate it very much."
Madam Zhou was so happy that her face was full of smiles. "As long as the princess likes it, I have something else to ask her. In the past, your highness never used maids in the courtyard. Only the old servants would come here from time to time to take care of it, and other matters were handled by the servants. Now that the princess has entered the mansion, do you think we should add some more people to the courtyard?"
Feng Yuheng covered her mouth and smiled. She knew that Xuan Tianming didn't need a maid, but now that she had moved in, it would be against the rules to use a servant, so she said to Madam Zhou, "Just add some maids to the yard to do the rough work, and let Wangchuan Huangquan take care of the personal matters!"
Madam Zhou nodded: "I think so too..." Then she pointed behind herself and said: "These six maids were selected by me. The maids in the palace have some skills, so I think it will be easier for the princess to use them. They only serve in the courtyard, and I will trouble the two girls Wangchuan and Huangquan to take care of the close matters."
Wang Chuan Huang Quan quickly leaned forward and said, "Madam, you are too polite. It is our duty to serve His Highness and the Princess."
Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Although the two girls were also from the Prince's Palace in the past, they are female guards specially trained by His Highness, and have been with the princess for so many years, there is no need to be so polite to this old slave. Princess, you have come back from a long journey, please take a rest first, let the maids prepare water for you to bathe, this old slave will go to the kitchen to see if lunch is ready."
Everything was arranged very properly. When Feng Yuheng sat in the bathtub, she felt very comfortable. It was less troublesome to deal with the people in the Prince Yu's Mansion. Firstly, they were all familiar with each other before. When she came to this mansion, she didn't feel strange and helpless like a new bride in a new environment. Secondly, the people in the Prince Yu's Mansion were trained very well by Xuan Tianming. They were not long-winded, nosy, or annoying. They said what they should say and didn't say what they shouldn't say. They were polite to the point. There was no flattery or special flattery. Everything made people feel very comfortable. Even Wangchuan Huangquan said, "I feel a sense of belonging when I come to the Prince Yu's Mansion. It's like being at home."
Feng Yuheng nodded, acquiescing to this fact, but also said to the two girls: "Although we have moved to the Prince Yu's Mansion, the Princess' Mansion cannot be left empty. We should keep as many people as we should, and we can't drive people out just because we are gone. If there are too many people in the mansion, we can divide them up at the manor and ask if anyone is willing to learn medicine. I will talk to my grandfather in the near future and mobilize a few doctors who have already learned to open a small-scale school to teach more people so that we can use them in the future. In addition, we live in both places, so we can't ignore the Princess' Mansion."
Wang Chuan and Huang Quan quickly agreed, took away Feng Yuheng's changed clothes, and got her new clothes and put them on the side, and then they both left. Feng Yuheng didn't like to be served when she took a bath, and they had long been used to it.
Xuan Tianming returned to the mansion in the evening. The joyful greetings from everyone in the mansion made him feel very comfortable. How many years has it been since he felt so happy? Now that there is a hostess in the mansion, the atmosphere is different! He saw Eunuch Zhang holding a tray, which contained the toothpaste, toothbrush, and soap that Feng Yuheng had given him. He knew that these things had been popularized in the Princess's Mansion for a long time, and the servants had been using them. Now they were going to be brought to the Prince Yu's Mansion? It really benefited the people.
When Madam Zhou and Eunuch Zhang saw him coming back, they surrounded him and told him about the benefits Feng Yuheng had brought to the mansion in just one afternoon, as well as the red envelopes given to everyone. The two of them were talking happily, and Xuan Tianming was also happy to hear them. Madam Zhou found that since His Highness came back and since the mansion had a mistress, it seemed that this icy face occasionally smiled. Madam Zhou was very happy about this.
However, she also reported to Xuan Tianming that Feng Yuheng would not take over the account office and the warehouse. Xuan Tianming thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, just do as she said, and report the accounts every month. That girl is a wise person, and she really shouldn't be tripped up by the housework, but the house can never stop treating her as the mistress just because she doesn't take over these things! Remember, there is only one mistress in the Prince Yu's house in this life, only one mistress in charge, and only this woman can live there, and no one is allowed to treat her lightly."
Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Your Highness, please don't be so confident. In the future, if we have many children and grandchildren, or a little princess, there will be more than one mistress in our house, and it will not be enough for just one woman to live there."
Xuan Tianming squinted his eyes with a smile. Yes! If I give birth to a daughter, she must be like Hengheng, so quirky and smart. It would be a happy thing to have a child who looks like her running around in this mansion.
"Yes." Xuan Tianming nodded, said nothing more, and walked towards the backyard. Madam Zhou did not follow him, and of course she did not know what Xuan Tianming was thinking at this moment: "It has been a hundred days since Feng Jinyuan and Yao passed away. It seems that it is time to put the matter of the bridal chamber on the agenda!"
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