"Butler, let me ask you, not to mention the other rewards and silver given by the prince, how many taels of silver should this concubine have for a month?"

"Back to the princess, according to the system of our Dayuan Kingdom, the princess is three hundred taels of silver per month, but during the New Year's holidays, the prince will also have another reward to come down, and the princess doesn't have to worry about the shortage of silver."

"What about my aunt?"

"My aunt has fifty taels of silver every month,"

Mu Xue chuckled, then the monthly expenditure of the Fuyun Palace is probably more than fifty taels.

From this month on, she, the princess, will control the expenditure of the silver money of the Fuyun Palace, saying fifty taels, and she plans not to give her more.

Mu Xue actually has a very simple idea, this concubine deducted your silver, I don't think you can still wear so flamboyant every day, and live so oily every day.

And she also has to tell the people in this palace, (except, of course, the prince.) ）

She is the princess and princess!!

Jiu Pei, who also wears a mask and doesn't even dare to reveal her true face, is just a little aunt.

You still have to listen to her for any silver dispatch.

At this moment, she clapped her hands and planned from her heart.

"In the future, at the beginning of each month in Fuyun Palace, you will send fifty taels, and you are not allowed to give any more."

"Huh?"

Butler Xu didn't expect Mu Xue to say this, and at this moment, embarrassment flashed on his face.

You must know that in the Fuyun Palace now, the silver money promised by the prince is five hundred taels per month.

This can only take a tenth of it, and the one in the Fuyun Hall has no hurry to jump his feet?

"Princess, the expenses of this Fuyun Palace ....."

"What? Concubine Ben doesn't even have this right? ”

Seeing his embarrassed face, Mu Xue said, "Don't worry!! If the mother-in-law of Fuyun Hall makes a fuss, you just have to say that it is the order of the concubine, and you just carry it out, so that she can run in front of me and shout, don't embarrass you as a subordinate. ”

Having said that, the butler looked a little uninteresting if he didn't nod his head.

Immediately said: "Yes, the slave knows how to do it." ”

"That's good, let's go."

"Yes, Princess, this is the key, you take it,"

The housekeeper respectfully presented the key, Fei Qi took it for Mu Xue, and then Fei Qi put the key on Mu Xue's side.

He stretched out the bowl and chopsticks in front of him, took out three silver tickets, and handed them to Fei Qi's hand.

"This is two hundred taels is the deposit for the Jinyun Building this afternoon, what about this one hundred taels..."

Saying this, Mu Xue looked at Yunzhi.

"Yunzhi is new here, she came with me without anything. You go out together this afternoon, and you take her out into the street to buy some things that women use every day."

Mu Xue asked them to go out together because she needed to give the two maids time alone.

After all, we serve ourselves together, a new person, an old person.

She had to mediate between them.

Fei Qi smiled generously, as if he understood what the princess meant, and hurriedly pulled Yunzhi over.

"Look at what you said, princess, in the future, the slave and maid will serve the princess together with the Yunzhi girl, and it can be regarded as fate, and the slave and maid will do this matter well."

For Fei Qi's generous smile, Yunzhi felt that he was stingy because he had such an idea.

Immediately, he was a little embarrassed to greet Mu Xue: "Thank you, princess." ”

Then he said to Fei Qi: "Thank you Sister Fei Qi, I have caused trouble to Sister Fei Qi." ”

"Don't bother, let's go together in the afternoon, it's still cold now, add you some new clothes and jewelry, and when your hands are ready, then we will serve the princess together, how good is that?"

"Well, Fei Qi is right. By the way, in this Fengluan Palace, how much is your subordinate's salary every month? ”

After asking for a long time, Mu Xue's breakfast was also used up.

Soon, a maid came up to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

The girl who was serving tea over's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she kept a heart, could it be that this princess wants to raise the salary of the subordinates of Fengluan Palace?

"A first-class girl like a slave maid and Yunzhi has four taels of silver a month, a second-class girl has two taels of silver a month, and even fewer C-class girls, only one tael of silver a month. However, the money of the guards outside is not under our control, and it will be delivered by the steward."

Mu Xue nodded thoughtfully.

It takes only so much money a month, and it is no wonder that there will always be people who will be bought, and then there will be a situation of betraying the master.

Well, after all.

According to the salary of the third class, it is only twelve taels of silver a year, and even if you add the reward for the New Year's holidays, it is not much silver.

This amount of money is more than enough for honest people, and it can even be said that they are rich.

But if there are some vices, such as the beauty-loving maid who spends money on expensive fat powder and jewelry, or the little girl who is contaminated with gambling addiction, I am afraid that the silver he saves in a year is not enough for him.

Mu Xue traced the gold wire edge on the rim of the cup with her fingers, and wondered how much silver she should add to these people.

"Then the people of the Fuyun Palace, is the money the same as yours?"

Fei Qi couldn't understand why the princess asked these things so carefully today.

But he still replied respectfully.

"Princess, you are the princess, equivalent to the rank of the second-grade lady. Naturally, the treatment of the people under them is better. But Jiu Pei is just an aunt, and His Royal Highness Fuyun's salary is only half of what you have, and the aunt's girl and servant are not as many as you, and the cost of a month's salary is estimated to be less than ten taels of silver. ”

Fei Qi saw that the princess asked so carefully, and looked at the obscure light flashing in her eyes, I am afraid that it is not just as simple as raising the money for the subordinates of this Fengluan Palace.

"Does the princess have any other orders?"

When Mu Xue heard this, she smiled with satisfaction.

Although this Fei Qi has served himself for less than a month,

"The third day of the Lunar New Year this year is also a festive day, go and gather all the subordinates of the Fengluan Palace, and say that this concubine has good news to share with them."

As for the good news, Mu Xue has already thought about it.

She felt that since these people were here to work, in addition to the original salary, they should naturally be given some other benefits.

so that these people may also know and know.

Her Fengluan Hall is no worse than the Fuyun Hall of Na Jiupei.

"Yes, then princess, wait a minute, the slave and maid will go down and recruit all the people."

Not long after Fei Qi went down, sparse footsteps began to sound in the courtyard.

Some came from the kitchen, some came from the pantry, and those people put down their work and came in pairs.

"What did you say the princess summoned us over so suddenly?"

"I don't know...."

Mu Xue actually summoned everyone for three purposes.

One is to let everyone know Yunzhi well, so that everyone knows that there will be more than one first-class girl in this courtyard in the future.

The second is to talk to everyone about the salary increase.

Third, it's also the most important thing, she wants these people of Fengluan Hall to re-understand her, she is no longer the Mu Xue who just married in and was bullied by Jiu Pei years ago, she needs to establish her image well.

Not to mention how tall it is, but not to make people look down on it.

These subordinates stood sparsely, without a formation, and they were gossiping together in twos and threes, all guessing what the princess would do when she gathered people together.

Although the garden is open, it has not been cleared due to snow in many places.

The twenty or so people were huddled on the bluestone slabs that had swept through the snow, looking like a large crowd.

Fei Qi walked out first, listening to them still chattering, coughing seriously.

Fei Qi seemed to be quite majestic, and this one coughed, and these individuals were immediately silenced.

Yunzhi stood behind Mu Xue and saw this scene inside the door.

"Princess, these subordinates respect Fei Qi."

Yun Zhi said this very quietly, but Fei Qi's ears moved, indicating that she heard it.

It's just that she is thinking at the moment, what will the princess say in this situation?

"They respect Fei Qi, and naturally Fei Qi has something to respect. Don't say that next time. ”

Mu Xue's later words were reprimanded in it, although her voice was very low, but Yun Zhi nodded and responded in a low voice: "The slave knows." ”

"This time the princess summoned everyone here, there are three good things to share with you, all of you listen quietly, and do not make any noise that displeases the princess."

"Yes."

Everyone responded.

After Fei Qi finished saying these words, he turned around and asked Mu Xue to come out and speak.

Mu Xue stepped out of the door with one foot, and slowly raised her feet and took two steps forward.

She didn't rush to say which three things it was, but paced slowly on the top of the steps, looking back and forth at the twenty-eight people below.

After watching this for a long time, it was not until the person was completely quiet, so quiet that only the faint sound of the wind could be heard, and then he began to speak.

"Today's third day of the new year is a day of celebration for everyone in the whole house, and this concubine is also grateful for your care these days, knowing your hard work, I specially summoned you here today, there are three things to say."

"Yes, but at the Princess's orders."

Although these individuals said that they were at the orders of the princess, they were still a little curious when they didn't know what it was, and they lowered their heads and made eye contact with the people around them.

"It's all a good thing, don't guess. This concubine will come to tell you. ”

The men were immediately silenced, and one by one their ears were pricked.

I saw her gesture to Yunzhi with her eyes, and Yunzhi obediently stepped forward.

"This is Yunzhi, the concubine's dowry maid, who only came yesterday because she was recuperating in the General's Mansion a few days ago. can serve the concubine closely, and she is the first-class girl of this Fengluan Palace. ”

In fact, some people have a sense of rejection of the princess, a sudden extra first-class girl.

Well, after all.

If there was no Yunzhi, the prince would probably promote one of the four second-class girls to be a first-class girl to serve the princess closely.

But now it's good, such a fat errand, and let an outsider take it alive.

But the princess's orders could not be disobeyed.

They saluted again: "Yes, the slaves and maidservants know." ”

"Everyone will be the same people in this Fengluan Hall in the future, and we will help each other more in the future, do you know?"

"Yes,"