When the imperial concubine returned to the palace, she kept smiling on her face, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

After a while, the palace maid Yu'er came over and said to the imperial concubine: "Niangniang, I just came to Qing Gonggong and sent someone to say that the emperor found Huangchun's father-in-law. ”

The imperial concubine smiled even more happily and said, "Of course you have to call Huang Chun." Huang Chun is an expert in this area, and the emperor's suspicious things are all investigated by Huang Chun. Huang Chun was the person used by the emperor in the prince's mansion. I understand the emperor's thoughts the most, and I also understand what happened in the prince's mansion back then. ”

After speaking, the imperial concubine looked in the direction of the Jiuhua Hall where Wan Guifei was and said, "You wait, your good days are numbered." ”

The waves in the palace were surging, but Chen Wenhui was busy with her feet not touching the ground. I'm about to go to Nanyang, and there are too many things to do, although the affairs of Yangshantang and the hospital have been handed over, and Mingzhu is also well managed, but Wen Hui still has a lot of things to arrange. For example, the newly rewarded manpower, these are all from the palace, and the heart is arrogant, and how to collect it for their own use is very important.

Chen Wenhui listened to Chen Cai's family in the Bai family's room: "Madam, girl, most of these eight embroidery girls are in their thirties. The eldest is thirty-five years old, which is the time when the skills are at their best. However, these people are now flustered. ”

Chen Wenhui was surprised and asked, "What are you panicking about?" ”

Chen Caijia said: "These girls don't know. Most of these people were daughters of poor families in Gyeongseong, or near Gyeonggi. Because the family is too poor to support their children, they can only send their daughter to the palace since she was a child. They were only four or five years old when they entered the palace. I've been working in the palace all the time, I don't know how to read, and I don't have any talent. They were assigned to work in the embroidery room or the Xinzheku. If you grow up to about 10 years old. Can grow better. can also be singled out to be an ordinary palace maid, if you are beautiful, smarter, and can be a maid for the girls, that is the best errand. These eight people are all ordinary-looking, so they can only stay in the embroidery room all the time. However, although there is a lot of work in the palace. However, the monthly money is not bad, they save money and save some money, and some ideas are sent to the family to subsidize the family. Because they are palace maids in the palace, the family is taken care of. In this life, there is no hope for them to get married, and they can only die of old age in the court. But. Now it's suddenly released and has become a subordinate of our family. I had to be taken to Nanyang by the girl, of course I was flustered. On the one hand, they have lived in the palace since they were children, and they have never been in contact with the outside world, so they must be very scared, and they go to such a far place. On the other hand, those who are afraid of going far across the ocean are far away from the capital, and there is no way to take care of their families in the capital. Can you not panic? ”

Chen Wenhui listened to it and sighed, fortunately, she was a girl from a family and a master, and it would be miserable if she became a hard-pressed subordinate. Chen Wenhui said: "It doesn't matter, if it's for this reason, panic, you go and pass them over, and I will tell them personally." ”

Chen Cai's family went out. Bai asked, "Hui'er, how are you going to settle it?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "This is very easy to do, these eight embroidery girls, I was only going to take four of them, and I didn't bring all of them." As for their families, I can just give a generous settling-in fee, in fact, if their families are very poor and there are many younger siblings, it would be better to do it, and just take them all to Nanyang. Wouldn't it be better to be a rich man there in the future than to be a poor man with insufficient food and warm clothes in such a cold place as the capital? When these eight embroidery girls are arranged, I still have to think about arranging those craftsmen, I think they also have a small family, and it is easy to settle down, so that people's hearts can be stable, and they can work hard for our family in the future and be loyal to our family. ”

Bai Shi nodded and said: "A good housewife, how to make people attentive, this way of the emperor is very important." I see that you have been to Shanghai City in the past few years, and Xinguang City has experienced very well, and my mother is very pleased to see it. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled sweetly. While he was talking, Chen Cai's family had already led people in. Because these eight people are all women, they all live in the backyard, very close, and the work will be there in a while.

Chen Wenhui looked at it, and what came out of the palace was really different, all of them had low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and the rules were very good. It's much better than the rules of the people in your own family.

Chen Wenhui asked, "Do the eight of you have a leader?" ”

Chen Caijia hurriedly said: "This Mama Gui is already a high-grade mama in the embroidery room in the palace, so she is the leader." ”

Chen Wenhui looked in the direction of Chen Caijia's point, and saw that Mama Gui was okay, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, revealing a sense of intelligence, and her bearing was very good, neither humble nor arrogant, it seemed that she was used to seeing big scenes in the palace. Thinking about it, the embroidery girl at this age is already the best time for her skills, and she can be the mother of the embroidery room, which shows that she is not only good at her skills, but also a managerial talent, and she can also socialize. The embroidery room often has to take over the work of the ladies in the palace, and the more I deal with the ladies and the more I see the big scenes.

Chen Wenhui said: "Mama Gui, you will follow me when you come to our house." ”

Mama Gui hurriedly said: "We are all slaves and maids in the palace, and the emperor and the ladies will do whatever they want, since the maiden rewarded us to the county lord, it is also for our good." Before leaving the palace, the mother explained to the slave maid, saying, the county lord is the most sympathetic, we have never had a chance in the palace in our lives, and we can still find a good future with the county lord. The slave must be loyal to the lord of the county. ”

Chen Wenhui was a little surprised, this Mama Gui was so loyal without waiting for her to arrange? However, after thinking about it, how could the eldest aunt, who was extremely shrewd, choose someone to give her at random? This must have wanted to leave the palace a long time ago, so the imperial concubine took the opportunity to let herself bring her out. In this way, it will be easy to do, Chen Wenhui said: "Well, I am very happy that Mama Gui can think like this." As you know, I'm going to Nanyang soon. I'm going to take four of you first. Leave four Cuijin Lou into our house. We have a lot of young embroiderers in Cuijin Building, I hope you can teach with your heart, and wait until a year later, when I settle down in Nanyang, you will take your apprentices to Nanyang to help me. ”

After Chen Wenhui said this, she looked at these eight people, and sure enough, although these eight people were still standing in a regular manner, their eyes began to look at each other. Chen Wenhui understands that these eight people must be up and down in their hearts now.

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "I also know that you are in the capital and have families in Gyeonggi. I will give each of you a settling-in allowance of five hundred taels of silver now. And send the chariot of the house to follow you to your house and settle your family. When you are in the house, you will pay the silver every month according to the monthly rules of the first-class embroiderers in the house. Those who go to Cuijin Building, in addition to the monthly money in the house, there is also the monthly money of the professor in Cuijin Building. Those who go to Nanyang have the monthly money of the embroidery girl who goes to Nanyang. That is to say, you can get double money here, and I believe it is more than the monthly money you get in the palace. In addition to these, there are also clothes for the four seasons of the year, which are distributed in the house, and there are rewards for the New Year's Festival. The treatment in our house is the best in the capital, and you will know it later. If you have meritorious service, such as good management, and you bring out many apprentices, I will give you an additional reward. Moreover, it is not a lifetime for us to go to Nanyang. At that time, if you want to stay in Nanyang, you can do it, and if you want to go back to the capital, it is estimated that you will be able to come back with me in about four or five years. As for your family in the capital. If you are willing to stay in the capital, your settling-in allowance is enough for them to live comfortably for four or five years. If you are willing to follow us to the South Seas, it is the best. Five hundred taels of silver can buy a thousand acres of land in Nanyang. You can buy 500 acres of land with half of the silver, and then use the rest of the silver to build a village, hire slaves, and work hard yourself, about a few years, to become a manor owner. Then he will be a rich man. Isn't it better than being a poor person in the capital who doesn't have enough food and clothing? ”

As soon as these words were said, these eight people were not calm. Especially Mama Gui, she was even more excited and didn't know what to say, the prospect that Wen Hui described to them was too wonderful.

That's not all, Wen Hui continued: "Although you are all over thirty years old. But it's still a girl's family, and she hasn't married. After following me, the marriage is autonomous. If you meet the right person in the future, I will let you get married. According to the example of the big maid in the house getting married, give a dowry. If you are afraid that your husband's family will dislike your slave origin, when the time comes, I can give you the status of a commoner and eliminate your slavery. If you don't want to get married, you can also adopt your children and raise them in the same house. If you want to get out of slavery, you can also do it when you return to the capital. However, even if he was born as a slave, he had to work in our family's embroidery workshop. The same monthly money is issued, but only one monthly money is taken. If you don't have a slave status, you can follow me all the time. This is all an afterthought, you just need to know it in your hearts. The embroiderers in our family's embroidery workshop, those who are excellent enough to feed the family have no problem. After that, you will know when you stay a long time. ”

At this moment, these embroidery girls all had rich expressions. Mama Gui boldly asked, "County Lord, is what you said true?" ”

Chen Wenhui did not speak. Chen Caijia said: "How is this not true? The big girls around the girl not only let them out, but also became relatives, had children, and are still managing the girl's business, earning two thousand taels of silver a year. Of course, if you don't have the ability of these big girls to work hard, if you can bring more apprentices in the future and become stewards, you will still have an income of three or five hundred taels of silver a year. When the time comes, it will not be a problem for the adoptive mother's family, marriage, or adoption of children. (To be continued......)