Chapter 78 It’s pitiful to see a beautiful woman in trouble (Part 1)

Author: Holding Hairpin Star

After that, a few days passed, and the mansion was still busy. Either Hu Julan was sent to Wang Zhenmi's Leyang Building to obey the rules, or Zhao Jinshu was called to stand in line tomorrow. Each time, it took a full day.

If you are willing to let people go, the most common complaints at night are about the pain in your back and the pain in your hands. It has spread to all the medical officers in the mansion.

As time went by, complaints naturally started to spread, and people outside knew that Wang Zhenmi was extremely arrogant and a fierce master.

Ti Zhen just followed suit and said, "Look at how honest this Wang is. She will hit anyone who points her finger."

Xianyu snorted and laughed unabashedly, "My sister is putting so much thought into it, it seems her good days are coming to an end."

Ti Zhen smiled and didn't say anything. He just looked over with a secretive look and took his arm. "This is my first time, sister. I have specially ordered a play for you and made appointments with Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Zhao."

, Sister must be there."

"What play can be more innovative than the one in your mansion? This is the first time I have entered the mansion, and it is the first time I have seen such a layout. There is a huge lake dividing the east and west gardens, so I have to give you a garden and a gate."

What Xianyu said was that the music we ordered today was not a unique piece, it was all familiar to everyone. It was an old play called "Huang Gong of the East China Sea". It was about a man named Huang Gong who had magical skills.

Yes, when I was young, I caught snakes and tamed tigers, making wind and rain. Later, my strength declined due to old age and my skills were weak. When I met a tiger again, I no longer had the same might as before, and I was eventually killed by the tiger.

The fight was lively and the kungfu was beautiful. The audience was applauded, and Ti Zhen also clapped along, echoing the character's mood, "Everyone says it's a pity that Mr. Huang is a pity, but I think he is great. I just regret that there is no magic in the world."

Xianyu smiled slightly, and his eyebrows seemed to understand the meaning, and he asked along the way: "My sister deserves His Majesty's pity, but I wonder what use this magic is for?"

Ti Zhen held up his chin and stared with a smile, "I didn't feel it at home before, thinking that there was no difference between the palace and home. In the past few days, after taking over the housework, I realized how much the daily expenses were. Your Highness only told me to increase revenue and reduce expenditure on weekdays.

But I haven’t found anything that can be saved, so it would be better to just use magic to create some cash.”

Xianyu frowned and said, "That's true. There are so many rules in the palace that you are helpless. I am not fluent in books and have no ability."

She had an idea and knocked on the table, "Hu Meiren and Zhao Meiren were born in the palace and are well-informed. Maybe they have some good ideas."

Ti Zhen immediately turned his head and gave them both a look, his eyes full of joy, "Exactly. If you can make His Highness happy, then we have done our best."

Zhao Jinshu smiled and changed her expression, patted Hu Julan's shoulder, and said with great satisfaction, "This is the real topic. Hu Meiren used to serve in Jiaofang Palace and was taught by the queen diligently. She is much more tolerant than my concubine."

Ti Zhen let out a long oh, and looked at her with a bright smile, "In that case, don't hide your secrets, and teach me that I am not... a good sister."

Hu Julan felt so happy after being begged and persuaded like this that she naturally did not dare to refuse. She even couldn't hide the joy in her heart and curled her lips into a smile.

"How dare I trouble the princess to call her sister? It's a shame."

She shyly rubbed her sleeves and lowered her posture, "Actually, there are not many ways. In the past years, wars broke out frequently. Empress Zhang took the young man's house to renovate the rules. To put it bluntly, the best is replaced by the next, and gradually reduced. Often, vegetables are used instead.

For tribute dishes, use chicken instead of pig meat, use weaving instead of brocade, and cut the original ratio by half, and you will have a lot of money left to fill the army treasury in a year, and even His Majesty will praise it again and again."

Ti Zhen unconsciously looked at each other and Xian Yu, with a bright and dazzling smile, "What you said is very safe, I think I can give it a try."

Then he took Hu Julan's hand and pressed it down, "Don't worry, I will remember you. This contribution is all thanks to your help. You alone have the good reputation."

When Hu Julan heard this, she was so happy that she couldn't help but say, "Princess, you have done me a favor."

So the revenue-raising and expenditure-reduction measures for half a month were arranged in an orderly manner, as Hu Julan said, using vegetables instead of tribute vegetables, chicken instead of pork, weaving instead of brocade, and then cutting the original proportions in half, even red gold and jade, and some green

Agate also reduced its offerings by half as usual, leaving more than two thousand taels of silver in just half a month. People in the mansion praised Ti Zhen for his virtue, but more of them praised Hu Mei for being virtuous, intelligent, and knowledgeable.

Only Wang Zhenmi was tortured by a bunch of messy regulations changes and was finally turned upside down one day as soon as lunch was delivered.

Still not satisfied, he continued to pick up the blue-glazed vase beside him, threw it against the door, and cursed fiercely.

"How can we save so much money? There will be no wars or famines. Who can we save money for if we don't have anything to do with it? I must show off to His Highness again!"

When Lixin heard this, she hurriedly backed away, stroking her back and coaxing: "Baolin can't say it. After all, this is all about imitating the queen's past saving methods. It can't be said unreasonably. This is a crime of great disrespect."

Wang Zhenmi didn't have the brains to care about these etiquettes, so she put them all on the ground east of Leyang Tower, "I will be tortured to death here. Your Highness ignores me, and the Zhao family and the Hu family are still here."

She rushes to be courteous in front of Mrs. Shi, I am the only one in this house, I am not happy, and now I am not happy to dress and eat, what on earth is she going to do?"

She sat down angrily and put the table down, "Mrs. Shi, she bullied others too much. How can she join in the fun with Mrs. Hu... Mrs. Hu, hey, I can't subdue the princess, and I can't subdue a beauty."

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Immediately, he turned up a beam of light and shot it into the distance, "Call Mrs. Hu over, I want to take a good look at how clever her head is."

A quarter of an hour later, Hu Julan was helped and tremblingly walked in. It turned out that she was afraid of being punished, so she had to come over when she couldn't escape after repeated pushback. Who would have thought that she had just entered the door with her front feet, and her back feet

Then a fan flew out and hit her with a tinkling sound, causing her hair bun to fall apart in half.

Wang Zhenmi raised her eyebrows and looked at her angrily, "Why are you so late? Is it because you don't have eyes for me anymore?"

Hu Julan was startled by such a harsh statement, and immediately knelt down, "I don't dare."

"Don't you dare? Ha... I don't think so."

A sinister look suddenly appeared on her eyebrows, and she quickly glanced over, "You are different now. You went to the Jiyue Wangxiang Tower and picked up a high branch. Now no one in the whole house says that you are shrewd and powerful in running the house.

Youdao is more like a master than all of us."

Hu Julan was so choked that she dared not speak, so she could only lower her head and maintain a humble posture, letting her lecture her and let her calm down.
Chapter completed!