"Are Xi Jieyu doubting this slave? I have always taken care of Wu Meiren's clothes and jewelry by myself, and I can enter and exit the inner room freely, but I really don't have one???" Yue Ling cried while talking, and finally
I burst into tears.
Xi Qian took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears and said, "When did I say I doubted you? You are not the only one who can enter and leave the inner room. Besides, you take good care of the beauty, which is obvious to everyone."
"Thank you Xi Jieyu for trusting me. I will take more care of the beauty in the future." Yue Ling kowtowed several times, and Xi Qian quickly pulled her up.
"It's not the time to thank you yet. Go and get rid of these jewelry so that no one can see them. When you come back, clean up the beauty's things properly. Throw away anything you think is inappropriate."
After Yue Ling left, Mu Jieyu looked at the dull Wu Meiren worriedly, "We have fooled him this time, but we must find out the inner ghost in the palace, otherwise we will be controlled in every way, and there will be a day when we cannot cope with it.
."
"Sister is right, but this matter cannot be rushed. We have to consider it in the long term."
Mu Jieyu took Xi Xuan's hand and said with a sincere expression, "Sister, I don't have much ability. I am not as smart and courageous as you. From now on, you will be in charge of the affairs of Wanyun Palace. If there is anything I can do to help, just say it.
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"Why did my sister say this? My sister will never dare to bear it. We will support each other in the future, but I have an idea that I want to discuss with my sister."
"Say it!"
"I think the main hall of our palace is no longer inhabited, and we can't use so many palace people now. Why don't we send away some of the palace people who have bad intentions with us? It will be easier for us to take care of it with fewer people.
, It’s just???” Xi Qian hesitated for a moment and then said, “This way we won’t make the concubines in other palaces laugh at us for being so shabby.”
Mu Jieyu sighed heavily, "How can I care about this now? Besides, some of the palace officials are really shameless. They don't bother to do things when Empress Zhaoyuan is gone. You don't know, some of them have long been worried about themselves."
We’ve found a way out.”
"Drive away! Drive everyone away! I only want Yue Ling." Wu Meiren, who had regained some energy, also agreed.
"Look, our little beauty doesn't like them!" Mu Jieyu pinched Wu Meiren's face lovingly and said to Xi Qian, "It's better to choose the day than to hit it. We will take care of this matter in a moment. I
Now go and call everyone here."
Mu Jieyu did as she said, and left the house in a hurry. Xi Qian took the puppet Wu Meiren was playing with and said, "Were you scared just now? Come on, let's lie down and sleep for a while."
Wu Meiren lay down obediently, but she kept her eyes open and refused to fall asleep. She pulled Xi Qian's sleeves and shook her, "Please sleep with me, I can't sleep by myself."
Xi Qian helped her gather the quilt and said, "You are an adult, why do you still let others sleep with you like a child?"
"Who says adults can't be accompanied by others? Xiao Liangzi even sleeps with Wang Zhaoyi!"
"What did you say?" Xi Qian was shocked and couldn't believe her ears.
Wu Meiren thought she didn't hear clearly and said loudly, "I said Xiao Liangzi is accompanying???"
"Don't shout." Xi Qian covered her mouth, stood up quickly, opened the door and checked to make sure no one was eavesdropping before closing the door safely.
He returned to the bed and pulled Wu Meiren up and asked, "Who did you hear this from? Have you told anyone else?"
"I saw it with my own eyes. I had already forgotten it, but when I saw Wang Zhaoyi today, I suddenly remembered it. Hey, they don't wear clothes when they sleep!" Wu Meiren giggled, as if she was talking.
Like a joke.
Xi Qian looked at Wu Meiren seriously and said, "Don't laugh! Don't say these words to anyone in the future, or I will never make cakes for you again."
Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, Wu Meiren nodded obediently, lay back on her side and stopped talking.
Xi Qian walked a few steps in the room and sat down at the table. What Wu Meiren said shocked her. It was not uncommon for maids and eunuchs to hang out in the palace, but it was unheard of for concubines and eunuchs to hang out.
If confirmed, Wang Baoluo has no chance of survival.
She never understood why Wang Baoluo refused to stop after harming Wu Meiren like this and insisted on putting her to death. If what Wu Meiren said was true, it would not be surprising.
As the voices outside gradually became more and more crowded, Xi Xian calmed down and guessed that the palace people had arrived. She stood up, looked at the sleeping Wu Meiren, and then walked out softly.
The front hall was full of people. The palace people didn't know why the master wanted to gather them together. They kept whispering to each other, hoping to find out some information from someone.
Mu Jieyu maintained order several times but to no avail. She was so exhausted that she was sweating profusely. Xi Qian came forward and pulled her to sit down together. She picked up the tea cup and slowly blew it while her eyes glanced at the standing palace servants from time to time.
When the palace guests saw that their master had already sat down but said nothing, they couldn't help but feel uneasy in their hearts, so they all lowered their voices and stood in the hall with their heads bowed.
"Have you finished talking? If there are still people who haven't finished talking, I can wait." Xi Qian slowly put down her teacup, raised her eyes and glanced around, her words were slow but filled with a chill.
Everyone couldn't help but shudder, and no one dared to respond.
Xi Xuan and Mu Jieyu looked at each other and smiled. Mu Jieyu stood up and said gently, "After Empress Zhaoyuan left, there were a lot less things to take care of in the Wanyun Palace, and there were fewer cases distributed by the Shang Palace Bureau, but the palace
The staffing in the palace is still the same as when the empress was there, so Xi Jieyu and I have discussed that in the future, the monthly salary of each person in the palace will be reduced by 30%."
As soon as these words came out of the palace, people started to complain. Xi Qian looked at them quietly, waiting for someone to jump out of anger.
Sure enough, a palace maid walked out of the crowd and said, "My parents, brothers and sisters all live on this monthly income. If I lose 30%, I'm afraid I won't be able to support my family."
"Yes, my slave also has a family!"
"Thirty percent is not a small amount!"
???Everyone in the palace agreed one after another. Xi Yuan looked at everyone's expressions carefully, and a smile gradually appeared in her eyes, but her face remained cold, "Mu Jieyu and I have already discussed this matter.
If anyone has a good way out, just leave. I will give you another ten taels of silver, which can be regarded as a token of affection between our master and servant. But I have something to say before you. Today you leave the gate of Wanyun Palace. From now on
Then we have nothing to do with Wanyun Palace."
The palace people looked at each other in confusion, increasingly unable to understand what she meant. After a while, a more courageous eunuch walked out and knelt at the feet of Xi Qian, "I want to serve my masters with all my heart, but my mother is seriously ill at home and the monthly schedule is really not enough, slave?"
??”
"I know." Xi Qian interrupted him, and Xue Chun immediately threw away the ten taels of silver with a cold face. Seeing how easy it was, the palace servants who were just thinking about it all hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye and thank them. After a while,
Only half of the people in the Kung Fu Hall were left.