Yi Xin as a concubine

After assigning work to the workers, the three of them spent another day finalizing the decoration layout inside and outside the house. No one paid any attention to the weird list that the women had come up with.

I don't know if it was to make Xin Baoer spend more money, but Xiang Qing joined forces with Xu and Zheng, and the three of them discussed and drew up a unified decoration list, which completely overturned the three views of the two grown men.

The bed must be an exquisite and gorgeous Qiangong Babu bed, the couch must be a soft and comfortable carved Luohan couch, and all wooden furniture such as tables, chairs, stools, wardrobes and dressing tables must be made of top-grade rosewood and have exquisite carvings. As for curtains, dressing tables and combs, there are a lot of them listed, and even rare carpets and precious calligraphy and paintings by famous artists are listed.

Xin Baoer could laugh out loud every time she recalled Chu Xingchen's cracked expression when he saw the list.

Mo Yuan Yifan even bowed to Xin Baoer and said exaggeratedly: "Women really understand women. My sister-in-law is wise."

Now that the drawings have been finalized, Xin Baoer has nothing to do. But Xin Baoer is still very busy, staying in the study almost all day, going in and out with Chu Xingchen, which is undoubtedly a provocation to the lady.

It also gave Xu and Zheng the opportunity to sow discord between them. A sinister plot against Xin Baoer, led by the three of them, gradually took shape.

Xin Baoer has been busy these days reading the intelligence records that Mo Xuan Yifan brought over. Although the amount has been reduced by half at Chu Xingchen's request, five years is still a lot.

The intelligence records are very detailed, with three volumes for each year.

A civil record records what happened among the people of a country, including what good deeds officials from all over the country have done for the people, what bad things they have done, where there are natural disasters, where there are man-made disasters, where there are forces rising up, and where the people can no longer make a living and become bandits.

The second part is the state affairs record, which records the good deeds and evil deeds done by the princes and grandchildren of the emperor, high-ranking officials and nobles, what handles they have, which families have in-laws, which families have conflicts, which prince they are close to, etc.

The Three Records of Neighboring Countries record the major events that have occurred in the neighboring countries in recent years, including folk anecdotes, royal secrets, and the customs and likes and dislikes of the people of each country.

There is also a special record that is not arranged by year. It records the military affairs at the border, the repeated private conscription of soldiers, the seizure of fertile farmland as military land, which resulted in nine out of ten houses on the border being empty and the people being displaced. There are also cases of falsely claiming military merits and using the lives of the elderly, the weak and the disabled as cannon fodder, etc. People who read it feel cold all over and their eyes are red with anger.

Xin Baoer reads very quickly and has a good memory. She reads from dawn to dusk. That is, these things cannot be taken out of the study, otherwise she would probably not be able to sleep at night. But even so, it took her a whole week to finish reading them all.

After watching the film that day, Xin Baoer fell into a state of detachment, as if her head was stuffed with too much information at once and she couldn't digest it all at once. She needed to mobilize all her brain cells to move and organize it, and then she looked stupid.

This scared Lancao and Mother Lin half to death. Wei Yu, Zhao Xian and "Wuyin" racked their brains but failed to bring Xin Baoer's mind back to her.

This person can eat, drink, and sleep, and can respond when called, but her reaction is dull, as if there is something she can't figure out. Everyone is at a loss and can only take turns to look after her, hoping that she will figure it out soon and return to normal.

Two days passed in a flash, and Xin Baoer felt refreshed when she woke up in the morning. She had never received so much important information in just seven days. She felt her head was buzzing. Fortunately, as a top student since childhood, she had a strong ability to summarize and organize. In just two days, she had integrated the information, and stored it in her brain in various categories.

Knowing that everyone has been worried these days, Xin Baoer got up early and planned to make breakfast for everyone to thank everyone for their concern for her.

Because they got up early, everyone was still sleeping soundly. Even Wei Yu didn't go to bed until the second half of the night because he wanted to keep an eye on her, and he was sleeping soundly now.

Xin Baoer went out, stretched in the morning light, a quiet and peaceful smile spread between her eyebrows, and at this moment, the years were peaceful.

People's joys and sorrows may not be the same. After seeing so much suffering in the world, Xin Baoer calmed down instead. Her original eagerness to show off in front of the male host and prove her worth to him also settled down.

She also felt sad and resentful for the people, but she was more grateful. She was grateful that she did not travel through time to an ordinary person's home to experience the joys and sorrows of life; she was also grateful that she was fortunate enough to be born into a kind family with a heart full of despair, and received love and redemption; she was even more grateful that she still had the strength left to do her bit for this broken world.

Now let’s just hope that she meets a wise leader who truly cares about the country and the people!

When Xin Baoer arrived at the kitchen, Wang Po was already lighting a fire to boil water. Now that the weather was getting colder, the masters naturally could not use cold water.

In the past, with the help of Lancao and Mother Lin, the three of them could discuss things without appearing panic. But Xin Baoer's appearance yesterday exhausted the two of them, and they couldn't get up today. Only Wang Po was left, and she seemed to be in a panic.

"Grandma Wang, let me cook today's meal. Please help me." Xin Baoer washed her hands and said gently.

"Oh." Mrs. Wang agreed very straightforwardly.

Xin Baoer took a look around the kitchen and found some dough that had been fermented the day before, as well as some cooked and crushed red beans, which were prepared to be used to make dumplings for the young master. She immediately came up with a plan and asked about it.

"Does Young Master Xiaobao have any dietary restrictions?"

Mrs. Wang: "No, the young master is not picky about food, but the lady loves him and asks him to make something exquisite every day."

Xin Baoer nodded when she heard this, and without saying anything more, she began to prepare the ingredients.

This was the first time Xin Baoer cooked after arriving here. Originally, Mrs. Wang was a little worried. After all, the daily ingredients were rationed. If she didn't cook well, everyone would have no breakfast today. But now, seeing her nimble hands and feet, kneading, rubbing and twisting with ease, it was obvious that she was an expert, so she was completely relieved and let her do her thing.

As for using more ingredients and seasonings, Mrs. Wang really didn't feel bad. Nowadays, everyone in the courtyard knew that Mrs. Xin was a rich lady! Even the maids under her were generous and would spend some money to cook for their master.

The two of them worked for half an hour before Lancao and Mother Lin finally arrived. Seeing their daughter busying around, they were startled at first, but then they became happy, "That's great, their daughter will finally not become stupid."

After the master and his two servants were overjoyed, Xin Baoer was pushed away from the stove and temporarily gave instructions behind the scenes. She didn't try to be brave, as her thin arms and legs were a little sore from kneading so much dough.

After teaching Lancao how to fry dough sticks and red bean cakes, Xin Baoer walked out of the kitchen.

Thinking back to my experience of learning to fry dough sticks in my previous life, I can’t help but sigh. I was about fourteen or fifteen years old at that time. For some reason, my younger brother in the family became obsessed with eating dough sticks. My mother said that the ones outside were not clean and that homemade ones were better, but she didn’t have time, so this job fell on the only "idle person" in the family.

She spent a whole week learning how to make dough, knead and shape it, and then fry and control the fire to make nice and delicious dough sticks. Her arms, hands, face, neck, and all exposed parts were covered with burns of varying sizes. In the end, she didn't get a single compliment, and was scolded for wasting dough and oil.

Xin Baoer looked a little dazed when she was thinking about something, and her look was somewhat similar to how she was absent-minded a few days ago.

Xu and Zheng, who had been waiting for two days without any chance, just came out of the house and saw Xin Baoer who was alone. They looked at each other quickly and smiled at the same time, as if their conspiracy had succeeded.

The two women exchanged glances quickly, one of them continued to stare at Xin Baoer, and the other ran to inform the lady.

Xin Baoer came to her senses after almost bumping into the two men at the door, but she keenly noticed that the two men's emotions were not right, as if they were malicious, so she continued to pretend to be absent-minded and ignored the two men as they walked into the house.

Wei Yu happened to get up at this time, gave her a look without saying a word, and sat blankly at the table waiting. She wanted to see what these two people could do in this unfamiliar place.