The sun's shadow moves westward, and the streets are noisy and lively. Officials' carriages, horses and sedans, wealthy young men with their servants, merchants and hawkers selling goods along the street, students in blue shirts carrying book boxes, common people in a hurry...

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Ling Yue and Wu Lang, one on each side, lifted up the curtains of the carriage through a small crack and looked out curiously.

Wulang shouted: "Wow! The streets in the capital are so big and lively!"

His accent was a Jiangnan accent with a Northeastern flavor, which immediately attracted many people to look over. Some people looked at him with ridicule, wanting to see where the old man came from, but they saw the carriages of the Prince's Mansion and the Nan'an Marquis Mansion.

, it was all replaced by good-natured banter.

Wulang's little face was a little red and he quickly lowered the car curtain.

Dongming Ziyu looked away from the street and touched his hair.

When they reached the end of the middle street, the team separated. Rong Chuan went back to the Prince's Mansion, Gu Lingyun went back to Nan'an Marquis Mansion, Shangguan went back to Shangguan's house, and Dongming Ziyu's family drove their horses into the side street.

The hustle and bustle of the downtown gradually fades away. In the twilight, the afterglow of the setting sun covers the corners of the roof eaves. The birds resting on it look carefree. The lazy civet cat walks gracefully on the wall, gazing proudly as it passes by.

of human beings.

The dowry yard given to Shangguan Ruoli by Mr.

Dongqing smiled and said: "Madam has already ordered people to tidy up the yard, and she is waiting for the girl to come back! We were waiting for you at the city gate ten days ago, and we just arrived today. I have sent someone back to inform the mansion."

As he said that, he stopped in front of a black courtyard door, stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Old Zhu, open the door, Miss Li is back!"

The concierge was right next to the door. As soon as the door rang, there was a series of footsteps, the door opened, and an old man with a round face came out.

Dongming Ziyu's family had already got off the carriage and looked at the surrounding scene.

Mr. Zhu quickly saluted: "Old slave Zhu Sha pays homage to the Fourth Master, the Fourth Grandma, the Fourth Miss, and the Fifth Young Master."

Cinnabar was a dowry slave, so she was called by her employer.

Dongming Ziyu said: "No courtesy."

Zhusha got up from the ground, ran out of the yard with a few boys, saluted, lowered the threshold, and led the horse into the yard.

Dongqing said: "Uncle, take a look, girl, if there is something missing, just ask someone to make a list, and the lady will ask someone to buy it."

"That's good. Mother is very considerate." If Shangguan was short of something, he wouldn't ask for it from his parents' family.

Holly led them all the way to the inner courtyard, introducing the flowers, trees, and scenery in the courtyard.

This is a large courtyard with three entrances. Each entrance has a main courtyard, two spans on the left and right, a total of five courtyards. The roads are paved with bluestones, and flowers, plants and trees are planted in them. Compared with the graceful and exquisite small bridges and flowing water in Jiangnan gardens, the style is grand and square.

Thick and honest.

The front yard is the study room, living room, guest room, and boys' yard. The second yard is the yard for the male and female masters, and the girls. The third yard at the back is the yard where the servants live, as well as the livestock house, woodshed, etc.

Wulang is six years old, but he doesn't want to live separately from his parents. He has only one boy. The two of them live in the same courtyard. There are too many horrible things he encountered on the way to escape and in Nanbeixi Village. Although he usually can't see anything, but

He is afraid of the dark and sometimes has nightmares.

The main courtyard is a three-sided courtyard with five main rooms and three doors in total. The middle door leads to the main room, which can be used as a small living room and dining room. The left is a bedroom, and the right can be used as a bedroom or study. The other two rooms in the east and west are bedrooms.

Between the inside and the outside, there should have been a maid and a woman who would serve as a personal servant.

Their family is not that grand yet, so they let Wulang and Mint live in the east room, and Lingyue and Dingxiang live in the west room.

As for Mrs. Fan, she lives next door to the small kitchen in the west wing.

In addition, there were two women and two little maids in the yard who usually did the chores of cleaning and washing. They were all servants of the dowry. Shangguan Ruoli did not move and let them go back to their original duties.

Dongqing called all the servants in the yard to meet the master. There were twenty of them in total. They were all the sons of the Shangguan family. The deeds of sale and their families were all in the hands of the Shangguan family.

Shangguan Ruoli looked through the bonds they all sold themselves to and asked, "Who was in charge before?"

A capable man of thirty-seven or eighteen years old came out and said, "Slave Bai Ying is a foreign affairs official. He is in charge of the male servants, the purchase of the outer courtyard, the garden, the repair of the house and other matters."

A woman about forty years old took two steps forward and said, "My servant Bai Guo is the housekeeper. She is in charge of the maids, women and related matters in the inner courtyard."

Well, Bai Ying and Ginkgo should be in the same group as Bletilla and Atractylodes, and they are all named with the prefix Bai.

Shangguan Ruoli asked them to go back to their original duties and wait for a while before talking.

Bai Guo lowered her eyebrows and said: "Fourth Grandma, don't you want two maids to serve you? There must be someone to comb your hair, wash your feet, bathe, and change your clothes. Also, when you go out, you must have a maid to accompany you to be dignified."

It didn't matter anything else. Shangguan Ruoli didn't know how to do complicated hair buns, so he said: "Pick two maids who are good at combing hair."

Ging Guo turned around and ordered two of the maids standing behind, "Magnolia, Muxiang."

Two maids with good figures and good looks came out and bowed to Shangguan Ruoli.

"My slave, Mu Xiang, would like to greet my masters! My wife once praised me for my good skills in combing my hair and my good sewing skills." Mu Xiang has a round face and big eyes. She looks like she is fourteen or five years old, and she seems to be as wise as a fool.

Mulian has a melon-seed face, rosy eyes, a slim waist and long legs. "My slave Mulian, I have met the Fourth Grandma. This slave can also comb her hair and needlework, write and settle accounts, and serve pen and ink."

As he spoke, his eyes drifted in the direction of Dongming Ziyu.

Dongming Ziyu could tell at a glance that this Mulian was dishonest, so he said to Shangguan Ruoli, "Change him."

Mulian's face turned pale, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying: "Sir, is there something wrong with Mulian? Please point it out, can't Mulian change it?"

Bai Guo's complexion also turned bad. She looked at Shangguan Ruoli and said, "Fourth grandma, Mulian is a good person. If she doesn't use her for no reason, how will she behave?"

Shangguan Ruoli looked at her with a half-smile, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Bai Guo immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "I don't dare, this slave."

Miss Li'er used to be the best at talking, but how did she become so powerful? Can amnesia change a person's temperament?

Isn't it said that Dong Youfu is a poor peasant boy who has never seen the world? Why doesn't he look like him? His appearance, demeanor, and vision are no worse than those of Marquis Nan'an.

Shangguan Ruoli said quietly: "You are my dowry, I will try my best to save face for you. If you do your job properly and do it well, I will not treat you badly. But if you have evil intentions, you even want to be a slave and bully the master.

Yes, I won’t be polite either!”

Her voice was calm, but it carried an invisible pressure that made them breathless.

All the servants knelt down, "Slaves, please remember your master's teachings!"

Shangguan Ruoli said calmly: "It's best if you can remember it."

Mulian was still dissatisfied and cried, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu But this slave has done nothing wrong. The master must also distinguish rewards and punishments, and know right from wrong."

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