Snow Color

"Fujin, today the Emperor told me that he wants to open a palace."

"It just so happens that I want to ask what you think about the layout of the mansion. You can arrange the main courtyard yourself. It can be arranged to suit your preferences."

"That's great." Xueying didn't expect this to be good news.

"Master, come and see. We can add a small pond here and build a small pavilion on it. You can go there to relax at ordinary times. For future plans, we need to build a small garden for playing here." Soon, Xueying saw the floor plan of the mansion. She thought about it for a long time with the craftsman, and after discussing it, she added some of her own ideas.

"Fujin, the Emperor has given us 20 taels of silver as money for setting up a mansion, so you may need to make some plans. Fujin, the Emperor does not care what our mansion looks like. We can make changes according to our own preferences as long as it does not exceed the regulations..." The Fourth Prince told how much space was available for building the mansion.

"Master, don't worry. Over the years, the total revenue from these shops has reached nearly 2 taels of silver a month, which is enough. Master, do you have anything you want to decorate? This will be our home in the future, so we should make it more comfortable and to our liking. Therefore, Master, you don't have to worry about the money."

"That's good." The Fourth Prince thought that now they didn't have to worry about the money for building the mansion, and they could now make modifications according to their own preferences.

……

Xueying didn’t know what was wrong with her recently. She always felt a little tired. However, since she was busy with the affairs of setting up the government office, she thought that she might be too tired recently and didn’t pay much attention to it.

Xueying was busy looking at the latest posts.

"Fujin, please have your meal first. You have been too tired recently. You should take a break before reading." Nanny Li saw that Fujin had not stopped to read the list even though it was lunch time. She stepped forward and advised.

"Well, Ma'am, nothing has happened in the yard recently, right?" Xueying looked at the time, put down the list in her hand, walked to the table and sat down.

"Fujin, everything is normal in the mansion. However, Fujin, Princess Li recently sent someone here to ask if she can choose the courtyard in the mansion where she lives." While serving soup to Fujin, Nanny Li told her about Princess Li's dissatisfaction.

"She doesn't even think about the fact that Fu Jin has been good enough to her, yet she still makes conditions." When Nanny Li thought of Li Gege's pretentious look, she felt sorry for Fu Jin.

"Mammy, since she wants to choose by herself, then you can give her the drawings and let her choose. However, once she has chosen, it cannot be changed. And Mammy, the furniture in the room can be purchased according to the quota. The excess can be paid by herself." Xueying took a sip of the soup and there was no anger on her face, but she was not someone who could be bullied. Since she had already done this, there was no need to give her the rest.

"Also, from now on all items in the mansion will be purchased once a month. You will be responsible for any damages or excesses among them. The broken porcelain and so on in the mansion will be replaced once a month. The mansion is not a charity. You will have to use your share of the excesses to deal with it." Xueying formulated this rule in order to put an end to the phenomenon of venting anger by smashing porcelain from time to time in the future.

"Yes, Fujin."

"Madam's rule is very good. In the future, most of the unnecessary expenses in the mansion can be saved. Moreover, it can make them swallow their anger." Yun Ying felt particularly happy when she thought of how Li Gege and the others wanted to fight when they were angry, but didn't dare to.

When Li Gege heard the rules set by Fu Jin, she became furious and was about to lift up the tea set on the table, but Linglong, the maid beside her, hurriedly stopped her.

"Princess, you can't drop it. This is the rule that Lady Fu just made. If you drop it, Lady Fu will think that you are dissatisfied with her." Princess Li held the teacup and put it down angrily.

"You say, isn't this rule of the concubine targeting me?" Li was very angry. Wasn't she just making suggestions for the courtyard where she would live in the future? As the concubine, she would definitely live in the main courtyard. Wouldn't it be okay for me to live anywhere? Really. Didn't she just want to choose a larger courtyard that was more exquisite and closer to the front courtyard?

"Princess, you can't say that. Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall." Linglong said cautiously and looked around.

"Don't make a fuss, there are only two of us here." Li felt that Linglong was making a fuss.

"Princess, this..." Cuiping said to Song worriedly.

"Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with us." Song said lightly.

Xueying picked up a piece of fish, but just as she put it in her mouth, she felt something was wrong and couldn't help vomiting.

"Fujin, what's wrong with you? Do you need to call a doctor?" Yun Duo saw it and said worriedly.

"Go and get the imperial physician quickly." When Nanny Li heard that something bad had happened to one of the concubines, she quickly sent someone to get the imperial physician.

"Madam, you have a slippery pulse." Doctor Lin was called by the Fourth Madam's people. He thought something had happened, so he hurried over with the medicine box, took the patient's pulse, and waited for a while.

"Congratulations, Madam, on your pregnancy." Imperial Doctor Lin stood up and congratulated him.