Xu was really hungry, Lin Mu'er ate half a bowl of shrimp wontons again, and then stopped chopsticks. Mother Xie will wait for Lin Mu'er to rinse her mouth, and the little girl outside will come to report, saying that all the stewards are waiting in the council hall. Lin Mu'er cleaned up a little, and then took the girls to the conference hall.

Although they are all stewards of the palace, they are all foreign men after all, and the middle of the council hall is separated by a screen made of silk alpine and flowing water, which does not affect the speech, and saves the collision with the master.

Mother Xie helped Lin Mu'er sit down, and more than a dozen stewards outside the screen hurriedly came over to greet her, and Lin Mu'er instructed Lan Xue to reward these stewards as usual.

Although there was a screen in the way, Lin Mu'er could also hear that most of the tones of these stewards were very light, and they didn't look very appreciative. Lin Mu'er didn't say much, just slowly flicked the lid of the tea bowl, and felt like a mirror in her heart: every year, the Grange shop has been scraped layer after layer, how can they look at the few taels of silver they appreciate!

"Niangniang, all the housekeepers are here today, what do you want to ask?" Fu Ye asked with a smile.

Lin Mu'er closed the lid of the tea bowl, handed it to Lan Xue on the side, and said with a little smile: "The matter of the Grange shop is not in a hurry today, and the future will be long." However, there are a few things I would like to say to the stewards. ”

"Hey! Ay! Listen, minions! ”

"Speak, mother!"

The stewards opened their mouths to echo, and Lin Mu'er was not ambiguous, and said slowly: "I am going to take over the entire palace as soon as I get married, I am young and inexperienced, and I don't have the support of the prince, I'm afraid I won't be able to support this huge Jin Palace." ”

As soon as the words fell, the entire conference hall could be heard! No one expected that Princess Jin, who had just gotten married, would say this in public, not to mention those in charge, even the green orange and red apricots behind Lin Mu'er looked at Lin Mu'er with incredible eyes.

"Niangniang, look at what you said, as long as Niangniang you have instructions, my old Xia will not give up." A man full of temperament said.

"Yes, yes, Niangniang can't say such bad words, let's all point to Niangniang!"

"Don't dare to say that!"

"Mother's ......"

After a moment of coldness, all the stewards spoke one after another.

"It's not that this princess is arrogant, it's just that this Jin Wangfu has a big business, I'm afraid that I will be powerless!" Lin Mu'er leaned lazily, looking at the figures of everyone reflected on the screen with a little mockery, although it was so, but the words were still very sad.

Who of these stewards is not a human spirit, and immediately heard what Lin Mu'er meant, this princess of Jin is afraid that she is singing a bitter trick!

"Rest assured, I have been favored by the Jin Mansion for many years, and now that Niangniang has taken over the palace, I will definitely do a good job and not give Niangniang trouble!" A steward with a slightly old voice spoke, this steward may have some prestige, and as soon as he spoke, most of the stewards hurriedly agreed.

Lin Mu'er sneered in her heart, if it weren't for this screen, she would have to take a good look at what these people's faces looked like. But today is not the time to settle accounts, Lin Mu'er listened for a while, and then said again: "You are all old people in the palace, with your help, this princess can be much easier." After a pause, he brewed his emotions, and said: "If this huge palace is destroyed in my hands, what kind of face will I have to see the prince in the future, and how can I be worthy of the emperor's canonized loyal princess!" As if talking about emotion, Lin Mu'er spoke with melancholy, and her eyes were full of tears.

Mother Xie, who was on the side of "Niangniang......", also glanced at the screen, and persuaded at the right time: "Don't you dare to say such discouraged words, when you entered the palace yesterday, the emperor can say it, and he is in charge of everything!" You see, there is the emperor above to help you make the decision, and below, all the stewards are also doing their best, and it is not difficult for this Jin Wangfu to stand up! ”

Lin Mu'er listened to Mother Xie's words, picked up the handkerchief and tucked the corners of her eyes, sighed faintly, and said, "What my mother said is that I am in a hurry."

Hearing Mother Xie say this, the stewards below were also in their hearts, and said secretly: Where is this to persuade the princess, it is obviously for them! Although there is no King of Jin in the Jin Palace, the backer of the Jin princess is the emperor, and it is impossible for people to be deceived no matter what! Where is this bitter meat trick, this is obviously knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, Liwei warns!

"Yes, don't worry, if someone causes chaos in our Jin Palace, my Fu Ye is the first not to agree!" Fu Ye on the side still said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes! The minions must do their best to do the errands of the palace! ”

At this time, it is always right to show loyalty, for a while, all the stewards rushed to show loyalty, but it was just a matter of touching the skin of the mouth, and a few more words would not lose a piece of meat, for a while, the atmosphere in the chamber was jubilant and extremely harmonious!

Lin Mu'er drank tea slowly, and did not take most of these insincere heartfelt words to heart at all. These stewards, most of them are old fritters, before they Jin King did not care, these people took advantage of the loopholes to try their best to get benefits, now, they want to take back this oil and water, how can they be obedient and give it away, today is just a word, let them have a number in their hearts, they should stop it, don't move the real character when the time comes, it seems how impersonal she is to the princess of Jin!

"Okay, that's the case, do you have anything else to tell your mother?" Lan Xue glanced at Lin Mu'er, who was rubbing her forehead, and asked outside the screen.

"Ahem... Ahem! A series of breath-holding coughs, "Niangniang, the old slave Xu Er has something to tell Niangniang!" "This man's voice is old, and he lacks energy.

"Steward Xu, please speak." Lin Mu'er sat up straight.

"The old slave is sixty years old this year, and he wanted to do errands for our Jin Wangfu for the rest of his life, and he didn't want to have a serious illness some time ago, but now his body is not as good as a day, and he has to rest for a while when he walks a few steps, the old slave... I'm afraid that the old slave doesn't have this blessing to run an errand for the mother! Cough... Cough! Xu Er choked up at the end and couldn't help coughing.

Lin Mu'er sneered in her heart, looking at last night's account book, this Xu Er is in charge of one hundred and fifty acres of fertile land and two rice shops rewarded by the emperor ten years ago. If you use your brain a little bit here, you also know that there is a famous hall!

"Then Steward Xu wants to tell the old man to return to his hometown?" Enough oil and water, seeing that the wind is not in the right direction, he wants to slip away, Lin Mu'er chuckled in his heart, okay, if you know current affairs, I won't embarrass you.

"Niangniang, the old slave is really powerless, and he can't do an errand for his mother, and I also ask the old slave to return to his hometown to care for the elderly!" Xu Er said a handful of tears and snot, and in the end, he fell to his knees tremblingly.

"Steward Xu, please get up quickly." Lin Mu'er said: "Steward Xu is now old, and his health is not very good, and the fallen leaves return to his roots, so he should naturally go home and enjoy the joy of family. Besides, you have worked hard for our palace for so many years, and this princess will naturally not treat you badly! ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Er was overjoyed, and he kept kowtowing on the ground: "Old slave, thank you for your grace!"

"Master Fu, Ming'er, you go to the account room to pay some silver, Steward Xu has been conscientious all these years, and he always has to be rewarded!" Lin Mu'er commanded.

"This ......" As soon as Lin Mu'er said this, the room suddenly fell silent for a while, Fu Ye was a little embarrassed, and his smile faded a little.

"What? Any questions? ”

Fu Ye arched his hand towards Lin Mu'er and said: "Niang Niang doesn't know, according to the custom, the old stewards will return to their hometowns, and the palace will reward them with half a year's income from the fields and shops under their management, as a sign of affirmation of the old stewards!"

"Half a year's income?" Lin Mu'er was a little surprised.

"Yes!" Fu Ye lowered his hand and said with a smile.

"Hmm..." Lin Mu'er hesitated a little, rubbing the edge of the teacup, and did not speak for a while. Half a year's income? The Zhuangzi and rice shop managed by Xu Er lose money every year, if you want to reward half a year's income, wouldn't you have to pay him silver from the account of the palace! This Xu Er is really a good account! Lin Mu'er snorted coldly in her heart, okay, I originally wanted to let you go and give you a generous reward to let you go home and retire with peace of mind, but you Xu Er didn't know the height of the sky, and before leaving, you still wanted to scrape such a thick sum from the palace, since you are so greedy, I don't take you under the knife, I'm really sorry for today's play!

"In this case, this princess wants to ask, is this the practice of the Jin Palace, or is it the practice of our Daliang?" Lin Mu'er asked, leaning on the soft pillow on her waist.

Before Fu Ye could reply, a slightly shrill voice rushed to say: "Don't hide it from Niangniang, our prince will take us slaves to be generous, our big beam, I'm afraid that only our palace has such a convention."

Hearing this, Fu Ye didn't say much, he just smiled and didn't speak, Lin Mu'er's face turned cold, and he said: "If this princess doesn't allow it today, won't she be accused of treating her subordinates harshly!"

"The minions don't dare, the minions don't mean that. Seeing Lin Mu'er angry, the steward was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly knelt down in fright, and kowtowed again and again to ask for guilt.

"Niangniang, please calm your anger, the palace practice is like this, Steward Liu is also unintentional, the old slave... Cough... cough..."Xu Er, who was kneeling on the side, hurriedly agreed, saying too quickly, causing a cough, Lin Mu'er didn't speak, Xu Er slowed down, and continued: "The old slave can run errands for the Jin Wangfu in this life, it is the blessing of the old slave, and now he is leaving, and being able to get a word of praise from the mother is the greatest glory of the old slave's life, but I don't dare to expect any other rewards!"

Lin Mu'er sneered in her heart: What a sharp mouth! I don't ask for anything in and out of words, and I work hard all my life to be the Lord

The affirmation of the family, but if you really don't allow it, you will really be accused of treating your subordinates harshly!

Lin Mu'er got up, Xie's mother helped her slowly walk to the screen, Lin Mu'er looked at the two figures kneeling on the ground: "Get up!" ”

"Xie Niangniang!" Steward Liu helped Xu Er to stand up.

"Alas!" As soon as the words turned, Lin Mu'er sighed slightly: "It's not that this princess is unkind, you have worked hard for the palace all your life, and it's not impossible to come according to the prince's conventions, it's just ......"

The entire council hall could hear the needle falling, waiting for Lin Mu'er to continue.