Chapter 13: The Wrath of the Crowd (Part I)
"What do you mean?" Chen Liangdi was taken aback by this sentence, but before she could ask, the Jing family next to her suddenly pulled the other party, and turned to Lu Mingyan and said: "The concubine of the palace can't go to Da Nei to report the princess, but also ask the princess to explain this matter, so that we can rest assured, the back house is peaceful, and the prince can have no worries in the court, otherwise if this matter is known to outsiders, wouldn't it be to laugh at the prince? ”
"Known?" Lu Mingyan put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at Jing's and said with a smile: "Jing's, are you sure that after this matter is known, it will be me, not you, who will be scolded and punished?"
"Princess, what does the princess mean by this? For some reason, when Jing saw Lu Mingyan's pair of lake-like eyes coming towards him, his heart suddenly burst out for no reason, and he unconsciously took a step back.
"It's okay, let's go and show Jing's family, and if you still don't understand anything after reading it, go to Ouchi to sue the emperor yourself." Lu Mingyan saw Tongling and Jiahe walking in with the basic booklet at this time, and looked at Jing's frustration, and then continued: "I heard that during the Winter Festival last year, didn't you follow the prince to participate in the sacrifice ceremony of Ouchi? ”
"This!" Tongling and Jiahe glanced at each other and then sent the book to Jing's and sneered: "This is the monthly money record of several other concubines in the palace in Shangjing, Liangdi, Liangren, and Chang Zai, as well as the details of the year's expenses in the mansion when Your Majesty was the king of the south, see if the monthly money of your masters can be worth the annual income of people of the same status in their families." ”
"Jing's, your monthly money is 400 guan a month, my father, my father is the head of the Tai Hospital, and he can be regarded as a five-grade Beijing official of the dynasty. Lu Mingyan smiled and said: "You are not a side concubine, but you are about to catch up with the third-grade members of the court." If Ouchi knows about this matter, do you think you will suffer or I will be punished?"
"But that is also a gift from the prince to us, each house in each house belongs to private ownership, and the prince can send it as he wants. It's been two or three years, and I haven't seen anything the prince said, why did a princess come and use the net worth of my sisters to deduct it wantonly? Could it be that the dignified Duanwang Mansion still cares about these money?" Chen Liangdi muttered a sentence next to him, and then suddenly remembered something: "Princess, what are you doing with this money? Did you use it to subsidize your Lu family?"
"That is, princess, even if the sisters' monthly money is more expensive than other mansions, it is also appropriate to cut it, but where the money goes must be made clear, otherwise it will ruin your reputation as a princess." Jing didn't look at these book records, but took Chen Liangdi's words and asked Lu Mingyan again.
"Presumptuous, you are not small, you dare to question the princess!" Tongling and Jiahe originally turned around to leave, but after hearing this sentence at this time, they suddenly turned around and said angrily: "You group of women, deep in the inner house, do nothing, but spend thousands of dollars in vain a month, and you are embarrassed to question the princess? ”
"You, how dare you speak to us like this? Who is used to it? Let me tell you, Sister Jing can follow the prince to the royal ceremony, how can you allow a little girl to be so presumptuous? I won't tear your mouth today!" As soon as Chen Liangdi's sharp voice came out, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Tongling and was about to make a move, and the others behind her also shouted, pushing Tongling and Jiahe, and surrounding them in the middle.
"Where are the regular soldiers of the town government? Take down Chen Liangdi for me! The princess is fighting in front of her, drag it down!" This chaotic scene was frightened by the angry shouts that followed, and it also made Lu Mingyan, who was about to speak, nod, looked at Mama Zhao who walked in and said, "Are you all done?"
The stewards everywhere were just surprised, after the old princess explained, they were all fine, and a few of them also followed the princess's orders and sold them directly. After Mama Zhao stepped forward and saluted Lu Mingyan, she turned to Jiahe and reprimanded: "The princess has just entered the mansion, and as a first-class female envoy in the main house of the Liuxi Pavilion, is it difficult for you to watch the princess being bullied? ”
"The slave knows the mistake, please deal with it with the princess!" Jiahe pulled a tong bell, and at the same time knelt down to Lu Mingyan to plead guilty.
"The concubine, the concubine knows her mistakes, you shouldn't-" Mama Zhao's words and Jiahe's unhesitating movements made Chen Liangdi jump, and the Jing family next to her hurriedly pulled Chen Liangdi and knelt down directly.
"Aren't you noisy now?" Lu Mingyan didn't care about everyone's reaction when he saw Mama Zhao walking to his side, and after glancing at the other party, he asked while eating slowly with a rice bowl: "Do you know how much cash there is in the palace treasury?"
"Always, there should be no shortage of our money!" After Jing's family was snorted coldly by Mama Zhao, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Our sisters' monthly money can be reduced, but the princess, as the eldest lady of the palace, should she lead by example and take the lead in reducing it?" And where the money went, it should also be explained, so that our sisters can clearly understand, after all, our share of monthly money was also set by the prince at the beginning. ”
"Now that someone is finally willing to talk well, this morning's quarrel hurts my brain. Lu Mingyan put down the silk handkerchief covering his face, looked at the other party and said with a smile: "You want to learn from me, right?"
"Princess, you are a family member, we are concubines, and we are slaves and maids in front of you, so naturally we have to learn from our masters. Chen Liangdi saw Jing's turn of his head, and immediately took over the conversation and said, "Princess, we will cut as much as you want." ”
"Can Chen Liangdi's words represent the rest of you?" Seeing that Lu Mingyan didn't speak, Mama Zhao immediately put down the chopsticks that added food to the other party, and said, "If you agree with Chen Liangdi's words, please take a step forward." Jiahe Tongling, write down the name. ”
"This, dare to ask the princess, is there anything inside this?" Jing was startled, Mama Zhao's words seemed to reveal a hint of other meaning, and directly stopped Chen Liangdi's actions, and turned to Lu Mingyan to ask.
"You didn't understand what Mama Zhao said, or did Chen Liangdi not speak clearly enough?" Lu Mingyan looked at the other party and asked, "Do you need me to repeat it?"
"No, no. Jing let go, Chen Liangdi immediately stepped forward, and a pair of apricot eyes looked at Lu Mingyan with a hint of rivalry. Her action also led a group of people to follow, only Jing took a step back after looking at it.
"The princess was recorded, a total of thirty-one people. Tongling and Jiahe stood on the steps and counted the number of people, both of them had a hint of a smile in their eyes.
"The princess didn't plan to receive any monthly money! Therefore, the thirty-one people who were recorded in the case should not receive monthly money in the future. Mama Zhao looked at Chen Liangdi coldly, and everyone exploded with one sentence.