Seeing Yao Guangqi looking at himself with a smile, Honghua seemed to be encouraged and said harder: "But in fact, it was better that I didn't come in last time, because I heard that Peony served that noble man, and he seemed to be a weird person. He rarely stayed in this mansion, so Peony had nothing to do, and she was suffocated to death. With the lesson from last time, our whole family learned the best. This time, in order to choose, I not only sold twelve points during the competition, but my mother also secretly sent half a pig to the housekeeper's wife. After sending half a pig, I successfully got the first place. You know, if you can come in to serve you, not only will my monthly money increase, but my parents' monthly money increase. Our whole family thanks you. Before I came yesterday, my parents repeatedly told me to serve you well. You are the noble man of our whole family."

Honghua Jiaoba said a lot in a breath of breath, Yao Guangqi was in a good mood. He picked up the chopsticks and planned to eat. Seeing Honghua, he looked at him with concern, and felt a little embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "Why don't we eat together."

Honghua smiled and waved her hands repeatedly and said, "You are a noble person, more noble than the identity of a butler. I dare not have dinner with you. If the butler sees it, I will still have to be returned."

Yao Guangqi smiled and began to lower his head to eat. After a few bites, he suddenly put down his chopsticks and thoughtfully. Honghua quickly said, "Isn't the food delicious?"

Yao Guangqi did not reply, but was still thinking. Honghua was a little anxious: "Don't say anything, I'll let the kitchen do it again. If I'm wrong, you'll hit me."

Yao Guangqi suddenly slapped the table: "Yes, that's it." Then he turned his head and smiled and said to Honghua: "The name Honghua is not bad, but it lacks a little elegance. I want to change your name. I once read a song called "Ink Plum" by Wang Mian of the former Yuan Dynasty. I like it very much. The trees on the head of my inkwashing pond are all blooming ink marks. Don't praise anyone for their good colors, just leave the clear air to fill the world. You can wash the inkstone for me in the future, and I will ask you to wash the inkstone."

When Honghua heard this, she also applauded: "This name is good, nice, interesting, and elegant. I will call it this name from now on. It's so good to study. No wonder you are so respected by the prince."

Just when the two were having a happy chat, a shout in the yard interrupted the conversation, "Yes, I understand," he heard the shout, Yao Guangqi quickly stood up, opened the window and looked outside.

Zhu Neng stood in front of his room, quickly lowered his head and paced back and forth, looking at the ground along his gaze. The villain in his hand was placed on the ground. At this time, Zhang Yu came to the map in front of Zhu Neng (a map, a topographic map dug out from the ground), held his chin and looked carefully, pointing at a villain from time to time, and then seemed to be asking Zhu Neng's questions. Zhu Neng looked very excited, constantly picking up the villain from the ground, merging back and forth, as if he was demonstrating and explaining something to Zhang Yu.

Yao Guangqi judged that the two might be discussing military tactics, and he didn't care about these things. He was about to look at the window, but was stunned for a moment because he saw the girl Linglong and her maid standing at her own door, looking at Zhu Neng coldly. Linglong saw Yao Guangqi seeing her, and turned around and returned to the room.

Yao Guangqi shook his head, closed the window, then turned around and asked Xi Yan: "Do you know what's going on with them? Don't your friend serve these noble people? You should know something."

Xi Yan shook his head helplessly: "In the palace, all the servants know two taboos. The first is the prince's study room. No one can enter that courtyard. Unless the housekeeper takes you in, there is only a dead end to go in without authorization, and living people cannot get out. The second taboo is this courtyard. Not only can it not enter, but no one is allowed to inquire about any matters about the nobles in the courtyard, and no one is allowed to mention a word to outsiders. Even if they talk to each other, they cannot mention it. As long as the housekeeper finds someone talking about the courtyard, they will be beaten to death on the spot, so we don't dare to talk about this courtyard. Sometimes when we talk about this, we only talk about it."

Yao Guangqi felt more and more that the small courtyard where he was in was full of mystery, and he felt the position of the small courtyard in Zhu Di's heart. After entering this courtyard, he looked at the treatment of several other noble people, Zhu Di would definitely help him, but what if he had done it? "If you come in and serve him, except for the monthly money of your family, is there anything else different?"

"Of course there is, there are so many." Xi Yan opened the conversation again: "It turns out that I am like other girls, all the maids in the outer courtyard. Now I have not only entered the inner courtyard, but also entered this small courtyard. My current identity is much higher than before. My monthly money is as much as the housekeepers in each branch, the peony little hoof, and the orchid you just saw. After they entered the yard to serve, every time the housekeeper gathered to speak, they stood in a row with the housekeepers in the branch, and that was so arrogant. But I don't have to envy them anymore. I come in to serve you now, and I can stand in a row with them in the future."

After talking to Xi Yan, in addition to feeling that the yard is more extraordinary, Yao Guangqi did not get any information he wanted, especially his strange neighbors. The information he had was limited to what Jiao Shitou introduced when the butler just came yesterday.

After Yao Guangqi finished the meal, Xiyan packed the dishes and said to Yao Guangqi with a smile, "I'll clean up first. If you feel bored, tell me what you want to eat and drink. If it is an important thing, make a list for me, or I'll call you a housekeeper, and someone will get it for you." As he said that, he carried the tray and walked out.

Yao Guangqi did find it boring, but he was thinking about his adoptive father in his heart. He didn't know if Zhu Di could rescue his adoptive father, because even Zhu Di, who was the King of Yan, was probably cautious when facing the Jinyiwei. Just as Yao Guangqi was thinking about it, there was a loud noise in the courtyard, pulling Yao Guangqi back to reality.

Yao Guangqi quickly opened the window and saw a thick black smoke coming out of the ground in the middle of the yard. There was obviously a pile of fire on the ground. Girl Linglong and her maid were staring at the black smoke in a daze. Zhang Yu and Zhu Nengze ran to the northeast corner of the yard and pulled out a long tube from the corner. Zhang Yu yelled at Girl Linglong: "Don't be stunned, come and help."

At this time, the girl Linglong reacted from her daze and ran to the corner of the wall. She didn't know what she had done, so she shouted "Okay". Immediately, Zhang Yu bulged the pipe and a strong stream of water sprayed out of the pipe. Seeing this, readers must have understood that what they made was actually similar to the principle of fire truck fire hydrants today, and it suddenly extinguished the fire on the ground.
Chapter completed!