He felt that his own prince was too taciturn and not very good at pleasing girls, so he took the opportunity to praise the prince: "Princess, this book "Bamboo Grove Surgery" was specially found by the prince by sending someone to Yuzhou."

"There are a few more that were collected from Jiangnan, but they are still on the way. It will probably take another four or five days for them to arrive in the capital."

He tried hard to force a kind smile, but he actually felt a little disapproving in his heart.

Although it is important to please the wife, the prince is too eccentric. Others give their wives gifts of jewelry, but only the prince gave the princess a medical book! The Sui steward was thinking about whether to give the prince a few subtle reminders when he returned to Beijing.

Just then, Madam Cai came into the main hall holding a wooden box, her eyes narrowed into slits with laughter.

She walked closer, knelt down to Chu Qianchen, and said with a smile: "Princess, the last batch of jewelry that the prince made for you at Duobaozhai has just been delivered."

Sui Daguanshi: "..."

Ahem, actually our prince is quite good at pleasing the princess!

Steward Sui suddenly felt comforted and relieved.

He clasped his fists again and said, "Princess, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

As the chief steward of the palace, he has a lot of trivial matters to deal with on a daily basis. If he didn't want to take the opportunity to show off his merit for the prince, he would not have come in person to deliver the medical book to the princess.

Nanny Cai exchanged a few pleasantries with Chu Qianchen and then took her leave.

Chu Qianchen returned to the main courtyard, bringing medical books and jewelry.

Amber thought that the princess would probably stay in the study room to study the new medical book, but Chu Qianchen ordered, "Go and put your things away first."

amber:"……"

Amber's eyes widened slightly in surprise, and she almost turned around to see if the sun rose from the west today.

This is really not in line with the princess's temperament! Chu Qianchen raised his eyes to meet Amber's eyes, and roughly guessed what she was thinking. He found it a little funny, and at the same time silently reviewed it.

The prince went out and handed over the Prince Chen's Mansion to her, but what did she do? These days she just buried her head in medical books and ignored everything else.

She couldn't live like this anymore.

Chu Qianchen took two sips of Biluochun and cheered himself up.

In her previous life, she had never managed a household and no one taught her.

In this life, she did learn housekeeping from her mother for a few days, but thinking back now, she thought that she would not get married anyway, so she ignored it and seemed as if she was just yawning and distracted.

How bad! Chu Qianchen silently condemned himself again.

Do your job when you are in your position.

Now that she is married, she still lives her life so casually. She is really not a qualified princess.

Chu Qianchen frowned slightly and tried hard to recall what Shen had taught him.

Amber saw that Chu Qianchen looked strange, so she asked, "Princess, is there something wrong?"

Chu Qianchen replied subconsciously: "That's totally wrong."

"..." Amber was confused.

Chu Qianchen added: "Ask Steward Sui and Madam Cai to bring the roster and account books of the palace."

Amber finally understood that the princess was planning to start managing the household.

She quickly took the order and went alone. When she came back, the team was huge and brought back more than a dozen boxes of account books and two rosters.

Steward Sui and Nanny Cai didn't know how many account books Chu Qianchen wanted, so they simply sent all the account books for the past three years.

So, Chu Qianchen started staying at home again, and stayed in the room with Amber to look at the account books for a few days, which made Amber feel overwhelmed.

In the past in the Marquis' Mansion, Amber was in charge of all the trivial matters in Wanyan Courtyard, but there were only so many people in Wanyan Courtyard, and the girls in the Marquis' Mansion all had fixed allowances.

It took several days to finally finish looking through these boxes of account books. Chu Qianchen then went to Duke Mu's Mansion again to look for Shen.

Before getting married, she didn't learn how to be a housekeeper well, so now she can only start learning to make up for it.

Since moving to the Duke's Mansion, Shen had been idle every day and didn't care about anything. But because Chu Qianchen came to ask her for advice on housekeeping, Shen became more energetic instead. She felt that she still could do something for her daughter, so she taught her wholeheartedly and even compiled a housekeeping notebook for Chu Qianchen.

As a result, within just a few days, everyone in Prince Chen's Mansion felt that their living standards had improved dramatically.

In the past, although the royal palace provided food for the guests, the variety of dishes was relatively simple and they only ate a few of the same dishes over and over again. But now the staple foods and dishes are more varied.

In the past, unless they were ill, they had to be on duty every day. Now the princess has had the shifts rearranged so that everyone can have one day off every ten days.

…

There was a small change every one or two days, which made the people in the palace feel very comfortable and look forward to tomorrow.

"Captain Yun, the princess ordered me to come and measure your body."

That evening, as soon as Yunzhan entered the house, he was stopped by Madam Cai and her men.

"Measurement?" Yunzhan got off the horse, still a little confused.

In the capital city, every normal mansion has a sewing room, but Prince Chen’s Mansion is an exception.

In the past, when Gu Jue was not in the capital, the needlework room was of no use at all. This spring, after Gu Jue returned triumphantly to the capital, everyone was worried about his illness and had no time to care about these details.

On weekdays, the people in the palace, including Yunzhan and his friends, all wore clothes bought directly from ready-made clothing shops. Although they didn’t fit well, they were all men anyway, so any clothes were fine and no one cared.

Yunzhan touched his nose, knowing that this was the princess's good intention, so he agreed.

Yunzhan followed Nanny Cai to the side hall of Shaohua Hall.

The side hall was quite lively. The person who came to take measurements of everyone was Zhu Xiufang, a well-known cloth shop in the capital.

As soon as Yunzhan entered the room, he heard Xue Fengyan's straightforward voice: "Isn't it just clothes? It's fine as long as it's wearable."

Xue Fengyan has always been a casual person who can even sleep in a tree. In his opinion, as long as the clothes can be worn, there is no need to be so particular.

"Sir, what you said is not right." The proprietress of Zhu Xiufang retorted with a smile, "There are also rules for tailoring clothes according to body measurements. Whether a new dress is appropriate is not simply based on the person's size, but also depends on the person's body shape and walking posture."

Xue Fengyan: "..."

Xue Fengyan did not comment, but Yunzhan agreed with it deeply.

Yunzhan was, after all, the son of a noble family, and no matter how much his stepmother disliked him, she would never have lacked him for a few sets of clothes. Although he didn't care much about it, he could feel that the clothes he bought from the clothing store didn't fit him well. They were either too narrow here or too wide there, and were never fitting or decent enough.

After Xue Feng finished his performance, it was Yun Zhan's turn next.

After that, it was Cheng Linhua, Sui Daguanshi and others.

By the time everyone had been measured, the sun was already halfway down.

The proprietress of Zhu Xiu Ji did not leave immediately. Instead, she followed Madam Cai to the main courtyard to report to Chu Qianchen and handed him a list, which detailed how many sets of clothes needed to be made this time and the cost, as well as the construction period.

Amber looked at the list and nodded at Chu Qianchen, meaning that there was no problem.

The lady boss's face was almost full of smiles. "Don't worry, Princess. We will definitely speed up the work and will definitely not delay the construction."

This deal is probably going to be successful!

This is a big business. So many people in Prince Chen's Mansion all need to order new clothes. If the work done this season satisfies the princess, it is conceivable that there will be winter clothes for the next season and spring clothes for next year.

The proprietress took over a dozen drawings from the maid beside her and presented them to her personally, "Princess, these are some of the new styles of our Zhuxiufang. Do you like them?"

"If you don't like it, it's okay. I have more styles to choose from in my shop. I'll send them to you tomorrow morning."

These style drawings all show women's clothing, which are prepared for maids.

Which girl doesn't like new clothes? Maids like Amber, Yingluo, Coral and others all had bright eyes and looked radiant as they gathered around to pick out styles.

“I think this style looks good!”

"It looks good, but I've seen a lot of people wearing similar clothes on the street..."

"Let's go with this one, it's new!"

"Jiang Yuan, come and take a look, how about this one?"

“…”

The little girls were chattering like sparrows, so lively that even the little black cat came over when he heard the noise and squatted there.

Chu Qianchen looked at Amber and the others, smiled slightly, and felt that he had indeed been careless.

A few days ago, when Chu Qianchen took Amber to Duke Mu's mansion, Shen noticed that Amber was wearing the same clothes as before from the Chu family, and asked a few questions. Chu Qianchen answered truthfully.

At that time, Shen's expression clearly showed that the Prince Chen's Mansion was too makeshift.

Chu Qianchen picked up the teacup, lowered his eyes, blew away the floating leaves on the tea soup, and drank the tea.

In her previous life, when she was in the palace, the clothes she wore were not bought from clothing shops or cloth stores. Every season someone would come to the palace to measure her.

At that time, the prince said that girls should not pretend to be like Mo Chen and Xue Feng when they played them.

Recalling the events of his previous life, Chu Qianchen's eyes softened.

So, she thought that although there was no sewing room in the palace, she could find someone outside to make clothes for her, which would save effort and worry.

After a while, Amber and the others had chosen the material and style of the clothes, and smiled as they took the drawings and fabric samples to show Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen took a look and nodded with satisfaction. He then asked Zhu Xiufang to customize a silk ribbon to be worn around the waist. He planned to make two for each maid to represent that they were members of the Prince Chen's Mansion.

No matter what Chu Qianchen said, the proprietress would agree.

After Aunt Cai paid the deposit, the proprietress left happily after making a big deal.

As soon as the people from Zhu Xiufang left, the east room suddenly became much emptier.

Aunt Cai smiled so much that deep wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes, and she was extremely relieved.

In the past, this huge palace did not look like a palace at all. It was just like an inn. There was nothing wrong with it, but it did not look like a home either. But since the princess got married, she saw the Prince Chen's Palace changing day by day.

Aunt Cai smiled and asked, "Princess, do you want to buy some people?"

This is the second time that Matron Cai has brought up this matter. The palace is really too spacious, and the staff is probably less than half of that of other palaces. No, it’s probably less than 30%.

The little black cat that had been lying quietly on the windowsill for a long time moved. It jumped down lightly and ran to Chu Qianchen's shoes.

"Meow!" The little black cat rubbed her skirt obediently.

Chu Qianchen grabbed a small dried fish from the box beside him and threw it to the little black cat. The little black cat opened its mouth and bit the dried fish with a howl.

"No," Chu Qianchen thought about it and still refused, "The people in the palace are just right now."

The prince's injury has not yet been cured, so it is not advisable to add more staff to the palace for the time being, so as to avoid people of suspicious origins sneaking in. Moreover, Chu Qianchen felt that after the prince recovered, they would not stay in the capital for long.

The prince should not be trapped in this small place of the capital. The capital is just a cage, and the prince is an eagle, and an eagle should soar in the blue sky. They will go to the north in the future, and it is useless to buy so many people.

Anyway, the making of clothes can be handed over to the embroidery shop, and the purchasing and so on, Manager Sui and his men are doing a good job.

Madam Cai didn't understand why the princess was so stubborn on this point, so she continued to persuade her, "Princess, apart from anything else, the inner courtyard also needs a kitchen."

Chu Qianchen said casually without caring: "Just let Chef Tian do it together."

The prince's mansion is not like the marquis's mansion. In addition to the lady-in-waiting, there are four other families living there. With so many people, the kitchen naturally has to be divided into smaller parts, and there are not many people in the prince's mansion in total.

Aunt Cai: “…”

Aunt Cai felt something was wrong. Obviously, the princess and the prince had very different temperaments, and their backgrounds and experiences were also very different, but for some reason, occasionally, she often felt that the princess and the prince had an inexplicable similarity, with a casual temperament and no particulars.

Nanny Cai thought about it and decided that once a young master was born, there wouldn’t be enough manpower.

But before he could finish his words, Chu Qianchen said excitedly: "I would like to renovate the courtyard of the prince's study, build a pavilion next to the pond, plant a bamboo forest next to the pavilion, and..."

Chu Qianchen was talking in detail about how to renovate the outer study. While she was talking, the little black cat was rubbing against the edge of her skirt, meowing non-stop.

Chu Qianchen threw another dried fish to it. The man and the cat were in harmony with each other. This scene made Aunt Cai suddenly change her mind.

Whatever. Madam Cai said to herself, their princess is still young, not even of marriageable age, and she will slowly realize that the number of people in the palace is definitely not enough. Well, let's do it little by little.

Nanny Cai was somewhat worried.

Just then, Amber, who had just gone to see off the group from Zhu Xiufang, came back.

Amber reported, "Princess, the Queen has sent Nanny Shan to pass on her instructions, asking you to come to the palace in three days."

Nanny Cai's expression changed instantly, and Amber's expression also looked unhappy. They all knew that the Queen must have bad intentions in summoning Chu Qianchen to see her, and they wondered if he had refused the Queen because of his illness.

Chu Qianchen smiled, stroked his sleeves, and said, "Finally here."

She looked relaxed, with a look of knowing that this would happen.

The little black cat had finished eating the second dried fish long ago and meowed for a long time, but no one paid any attention to it.

It decided to go all out and simply kicked its legs and jumped lightly onto Chu Qianchen's lap, staring at her with its pair of green cat eyes without blinking.

Amber and Nanny Cai looked at each other.

Amber asked, "Princess, did you know that the Queen would summon you to the palace?"

Chu Qianchen smiled slightly, stroking the little black cat's smooth back with one hand.

The jet-black fur gleamed in the golden sunlight.

On the day of the Double Court He Hong, she embarrassed the Queen in public. The Queen most likely thought that she dared to do so because she had the support of the Prince. Now that the Prince has left, the Queen will sooner or later call her into the palace to teach her a lesson.

The queen was quite patient. She was afraid that her actions would be too obvious, so she waited for several days before summoning her into the palace.

Chu Qianchen was too lazy to deal with the Queen, nor was she interested in entering the palace to be bullied. What she was waiting for was the opportunity to enter the palace and meet the Queen Mother Yin.

On the day of the Queen's birthday, the Queen publicly awarded Chu Qianchen a token, saying that she could enter the palace at any time with this token.

After that, Chu Qianchen also tried to pass a sign to the palace to ask to see Queen Mother Yin, but was stopped without exception. She had not seen the Queen Mother since the Double Court Hehong Ceremony. This was obviously the Emperor's intention. The Emperor had been controlling Queen Mother Yin to suppress the Prince.

So, after failing twice, Chu Qianchen stopped submitting cards to the palace. She bet that the queen would be even more impatient than her.

really!

Aunt Cai actually felt that it was inappropriate and wanted to advise her.

Amber knows her master well. Once her master makes up her mind, she will not change it easily. I am afraid that only the prince can coax her.

"Yes, Princess." Amber had no choice but to obey and go out to deal with Nanny Shan.

At this time, not only Amber missed Gu Jue, but Nanny Cai also thought about Gu Jue and sighed again: The princess and the prince are indeed very similar.

Chu Qianchen didn't notice the strange behavior of the two people. She was still stroking her kitten, her thoughts fixed on Queen Mother Yin.

In the previous life, Queen Mother Yin died too suddenly, and this incident made Chu Qianchen feel very upset.

Although there were people arranged by Chu Qianchen watching Empress Dowager Yin's Shouning Palace, she still did not dare to be careless.

She couldn't let the prince feel guilty and self-blame like he did in his previous life.

The little black cat meowed non-stop, and its voice became softer and sweeter.

Chu Qianchen looked at the kitten and smiled.

At first glance, her smile seems innocent and simple, but at another glance, it seems cunning and confident.

Nanny Cai suddenly thought: Maybe she shouldn't worry about the princess, but should worry about the queen.

As the Queen wished, Chu Qianchen entered the palace early in the morning on August 20th.

Nanny Shan had been waiting for her at the palace gate and personally led her to Fengluan Palace. If someone who didn't know the truth about this, they would probably think that the queen valued Chu Qianchen very much.

As Nanny Shan walked, she looked at Chu Qianchen from time to time and curled her lips in disdain.

A mere concubine's daughter from a marquis's mansion actually wants to compete with the Empress. She simply doesn't know her place. She will suffer today!

In silence all the way, Chu Qianchen followed Nanny Shan to the east hall of Fengluan Palace.

The queen, dressed elegantly and gracefully, sat on the Luohan bed, gracefully holding a pastel-colored Langya teacup and sipping tea.

In the corner stood a three-legged unicorn incense burner, with wisps of green smoke rising from the burner, lingering around, and a solemn atmosphere permeated the silence.

When Chu Qianchen came in, the queen was just drinking tea and didn't even look at Chu Qianchen, as if she didn't know she was coming.

In the palace, besides the queen, there was another person.

The lady, who was wearing a formal make-up, sat on a rosewood armchair to the left of the bed, with an elegant posture, looking at Chu Qianchen with complicated eyes.

This was the first time Shen had seen Chu Qianchen since that day when she rushed to the Marquis' Mansion and uncovered the mystery of Chu Qianchen and Chu Qianhuang's life experiences.

Thinking of what happened that day, the lady secretly sighed at the sin she had committed.

Nanny Shan walked straight to the Queen and deliberately said, "Your Majesty, Princess Chen is here."

Immediately, a palace maid in blue placed a cushion right in front of the queen, and her meaning was very clear.

Nanny Shan gave a mocking smile.

The last time the two sides came to He Hong, Princess Chen had to make up for the gift she owed. After all, the arm can't twist the thigh! However, Chu Qianchen just pretended not to see it and walked over the futon.

She walked to the front of the futon and bowed, "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen."

After she saluted, she stood up on her own, without even waiting for the Queen to say no. Then she turned to the Dowager Lady, bowed, and called her "Grandma". Then she sat down in the seat opposite the Dowager Lady.

The queen's face suddenly sank, and the corners of her mouth behind the teacup froze. The word "outrageous" was on the tip of her tongue, but she never uttered it.

"..." The lady's expression was not very good either. She frowned and felt that Chu Qianchen was really rude.

This girl's unruly behavior will only make the Queen think that the Chu family has poor education.

The queen was no longer in the mood to drink tea. She put down the teacup and looked at Chu Qianchen, staring at her deeply.

In order to enter the palace today, Chu Qianchen wore the makeup of a princess.

She wore a nine-pheasant crown with pearls and jade, a green robe with a phoenix embroidered with gold, and a red shirt with a four-sided auspicious cloud pattern. She was covered with jewels and looked extremely luxurious.

Those beautiful phoenix eyes sparkled against the backdrop of the bright red dress and the pearl and jade nine-pheasant crown, and her skin was as white as the first snow.

At this moment, she was sitting elegantly, with a curved mouth, delicate features, and a radiant smile. Her posture was so standard that it seemed as if it had been measured with a ruler. No one could find anything wrong with her. She looked very well-behaved.

She looked so calm, as if she really didn't see the cushion on the ground just now.

The queen narrowed her eyes. Although she was unhappy, she did not lose her temper immediately.

She just glanced over and the head palace maid personally served tea to Chu Qianchen.

The queen smiled and greeted, "Sister-in-law, you are a new wife and have just married into the palace. Are you getting used to it?"

Chu Qianchen responded simply: "Adapt."

What could she not adapt to? Life in the prince's palace was much more comfortable and relaxed than in the marquis's mansion.

The lady frowned again, thinking that Chu Qianchen was too bad at speaking and answered in a dry voice.

The Queen didn't care and asked casually, "My ninth brother has been in the North for many years, and his taste has probably changed a lot. Are you used to the food in the palace?"

This time, Chu Qianchen still only said two words: "Habit."

She is indeed used to it and she particularly likes Chef Tian's cooking.

"That's good." The Queen's mouth froze for a moment, then she smiled, "Hey, there are no elders in the Prince Chen's Mansion, and I've always been worried that you don't like my ninth brother's wife. If you suffer any grievances in the future, just tell me and I'll take care of it for you."

The Queen's words were very high-sounding, but Chu Qianchen just responded politely: "Thank you, Queen."

These six words were obviously just a polite response.

The queen pretended to take another sip of tea, but in fact her lips barely touched the rim of the cup.

The Queen got to the point with the third question: "Sister-in-law, I heard that the eldest prince Wuhe of Nanhao once visited Prince Chen's Mansion...Did the ninth prince say anything to you before leaving the capital this time?"

The emperor has always been resentful about Gu Jue's several private meetings with Wuhejialou, but both Gu Jue and Wuhejialou kept their mouths shut.

Chu Qianchen didn't say anything, but just smiled with her lips pursed, revealing a pair of shallow dimples.

The queen frowned again, thinking that Chu Qianchen didn't understand, and looked up at the lady.

The lady's heart skipped a beat when the queen looked at her like that, and she couldn't look the queen in the eye.

She was already feeling a little uneasy, so she immediately asked, "Sister Chen, is the Queen asking you a question?"

The old lady felt that Chu Qianchen was too unruly and had been raised by Jiang Minshan to be too petty and unpresentable.

In her opinion, when the Queen asked questions, Chu Qianchen should answer them properly, whether she knew the answer or not. What kind of attitude is it to turn a deaf ear and remain silent like she is now? ! "What did the Queen ask?" Chu Qianchen asked doubtfully.

Nanny Shan raised her chin and repeated for the queen: "Your Majesty is asking you, what did Prince Wuhe of Nanhao say to His Royal Highness Prince Chen?"

Chu Qianchen pursed his lips again, and his smile deepened, simple and innocent.

Chu Qianchen did not answer but asked: "A while ago, the soldiers in the northwest requested that the prince of Nanyang be given the title of successor to the title of King of Nanyang. Madam, has the emperor agreed?"

"..." The Queen felt that Chu Qianchen was simply inexplicable and rebuked unhappily, "How dare you, a woman, ask about the affairs of the court!"

Chu Qianchen seemed to have heard a joke and laughed out loud, but it was only a short laugh.

Chu Qianchen nodded seriously and said, "Your Majesty is right. Women should not ask about the affairs of the court."

"..." The queen had not thought about it carefully before, but now she tasted the flavor and her face became even darker.

Nanny Shan was stunned and completely dumbfounded.

This Princess Chen is so sharp-tongued that the Queen actually hit a snag with her! (End of this chapter)