The room is quiet, only the occasional sound of turning the paper, Lin Mu'er looks carefully, the book is a good book, and the approval of the Jin prince is also exquisite, and the meaning of only teaching people to read it is still unfinished.

As Hong Xing said, it was rainy for a few days, and she couldn't go out, so Lin Muer nested on the chaise longue to read, and after a few days, she could read these books.

"Master, use some snacks, you have to read every day these days, but you have to pay attention to your eyes!" Mother Xie brought a plate of walnut crisp and put it on the low table next to the chaise longue.

"Good!" Lin Mu'er responded, her eyes did swell a little when she read a book these days, and when she put down the book, Lin Mu'er rubbed her eyes, "It doesn't seem to be raining today, why is it still cloudy?" ”

"Yes, I heard Miss Lan Xue say that these days are the autumn harvest, and it is the busy time, this rain has been falling for so long, I am afraid that the harvest in the field will be ruined a lot." Mother Xie has been tidying up the warehouse with Lan Xue in the past few days, and Lan Xue has also told her a lot about the palace, so it is natural for her to worry about the harvest of the palace.

"Autumn harvest?" Lin Mu'er nodded while eating a snack, "You have to think carefully this year, you can't always let those people swallow the food of the palace in vain!" ”

"No, I heard Miss Lan Xue say that those fields are all good fields, so good, but every time the harvest is finished, it is only enough for Zhuangzi's own expenses, but it is not all ignored by those black-hearted stewards!" Speaking of this, Xie's mother was also angry.

"Yes, the prince was not often in the capital before, and the life of this palace can be done, but now we have to live, but we can't let them lead the nose away! We have to think of a way, otherwise, I want to make clothes for Tianyi Fang in the future, but I can't give up! Lin Mu'er deliberately said with a bitter face.

"That's it, we have to think of a way, in the future, your clothes will be made from Tianyifang!" Mother Xie said jokingly. A few days ago, Tianyifang came to the palace to measure the clothes of the master, that exquisite, but it was really amazing, just take out a few pieces of cloth, they are all brilliant, extraordinary!

"Hee-hee, that's good, I'll make one for you when the time comes! Make you happy! Lin Mu'er said a little coquettishly, she didn't remember anything before, and there was always a gap with Xie's mother and a few girls, these days have been leisurely, talking and laughing with them, and the relationship has increased a lot.

"Oh, if my wife wears this, I'm afraid she won't even dare to walk, this will be a tormenting slave!" Mother Xie waved her hand and shook her head and said.

Just as she was talking and laughing, Lan Xue walked in, her face was a little not good-looking: "Master, Master Fu has something to tell you." ”

"Oh?" Lin Mu'er was a little surprised, although Fu Ye is the head of the palace, he rarely comes to the inner courtyard in general, and he always asks Lan Xue to tell him if he has something, why did he suddenly have to tell him today? "Let Fu Ye wait for me in the small living room."

"Yes!" Lan Xue took the order and went out.

Lin Mu'er straightened her dress and spent the past few days in the small study, so the dress was a little too casual, but fortunately, Mother Xie was skillful, and she helped Lin Mu'er re-tie a simple bun in three clicks. After tidying up her appearance a little, Mother Xie helped Lin Mu'er out.

"

！ Fu Ye saluted with a solemn face.

"Get up, but what's wrong?" Lin Mu'er waved his hand.

"Something happened to Zhuangzi." Fu Ye said succinctly, "Early this morning, several Zhuangzi sent people to report, saying that they were all ready to return to their hometowns with the retired stewards, but most of these Zhuangzi hired over the years are housekeepers from their own clans, so if these people go back to their hometowns, the harvest on Zhuangzi has become a problem, plus it has been rainy in the past few days, and it is finally sunny, if you don't hurry up to harvest, it is estimated that this year's grain will not be harvested!" ”

After saying this, several girls were shocked to look at each other, and Xie's mother was also anxious: "How is this good?" ”

Lin Mu'er pondered: "What are the Zhuangzi?" ”

"Xu Er, Chen Chun, Tian Yue, and Cui Xiao are four Zhuangzi, but these four Zhuangzi are basically good fields in the house and have a large area," Fu Ye 1510 said.

"Hmph, I guessed that there is this Xu Er, what a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!" Lan Xue's face was full of indignation.

"Not really!" Lin Mu'er said with some ridicule: "I thought he could settle down a little, but who knows if he still doesn't give up!" ”

"How can the little silver rewarded by the house satisfy his appetite, Zhuangzi's income in the first half of the year is at least enough for their family to eat for half of their lives! After so many years of looting, the mother doesn't care about him anymore, and he has to harm the master when he arrives, it's really bad! Lan Xue's face flushed angrily.

"People die for money, birds die for food, and I can't complain about him..."Lin Mu'er smiled, turned to Fu Ye and asked, "Are these people all going to return to their hometowns?" ”

"Yes, these people just came to the mansion a few days ago to receive the reward, but they only said that they had returned to their hometowns, but they didn't expect to take all the clansmen away!" Fu Ye was also a little ashamed, after all, he handled this matter by himself, if he asked a few more words at that time, he would not have gotten to today's field.

Lin Mu'er thought for a while and asked, "What else did the person say?" ”

Fu Ye shook his head: "I didn't say anything else, just said that I would leave in two days, just in time to go back for the New Year." ”

"Chinese New Year?" Lin Mu'er said with some sarcasm: "If they have a comfortable life this year, we will be sad!" ”

For a while, everyone stopped saying anything, and they all frowned and thought about what to do about it. In the past, these Zhuangzi were basically in a state of balance in the hands of these housekeepers, and now in this way, it is no less than the bottom of the kettle, not to mention the loss of this year's harvest, and has to come up with a large amount of silver to feed other people on the Zhuangzi, the subsidized silver is not a day or two can, and it has to be subsidized until the autumn harvest of next year.

After a pause, Lin Mu'er looked at Fu Ye and asked, "Fu Ye, what do you think about this?" ”

Coldly pointed out by Lin Mu'er, Fu Ye frowned, and said with a solemn face: "According to the slave, if this is usual, it is not impossible to give more silver and recruit some helpers, but these days the work is not beautiful, and it is rainy, so it will be released in these two days."

It's sunny, and it's hard to say whether it will rain in the future. Here, everyone is busy with the autumn harvest, this will recruit people, I'm afraid it won't be able to recruit! And the four of us Zhuangzi need manpower, I'm afraid it's not easy to do! Fu Ye shook his head in embarrassment.

Lin Mu'er nodded, his fingertips gently tapped on the table, what Fu Ye said was reasonable, no one would put their own grain rotten in the ground to help others collect grain, Xu Er's trick was really ruthless, Lin Mu'er straightened up, and said with a sigh of relief: "Since this is the case, then it's no wonder that we don't miss the friendship between master and servant!" Fu Ye, you will go to these Zhuangzi in a while, and ask these stewards if they can leave after the autumn harvest, if not, you don't have to force them to stay, the meaning will be done! ”

"Yes!" Fu Ye was a little puzzled, "Master... Is this to keep them? ”

Lin Mu'er smiled and shook his head: "The skins of our Jin Wangfu are almost finished by them, do you want to keep them and wait for them to break their bones?" ”

Fu Ye nodded, and didn't ask any more, since the master ordered it like this, it is natural that there is a reason for the master, and he just does it himself.

"Lan Xue, last time you said that your father was a shopkeeper before, does the old man have a familiar bookkeeper?" Lin Muer continued.

"This..."Lan Xue hesitated a little, "Daddy is old, and I am afraid that the acquaintances are all some elderly uncles, and the slave maid still has to ask." ”

"Okay, then I'll give you half a day off today, it's okay to be older, just get through this time, but one thing, these people must be loyal and reliable, and have a clear mind, do you understand?" Lin Mu'er looked at Lan Xue's eyes and said seriously word by word.

"Yes! The slave has written it down! Lan Xue's heart shook slightly, and she nodded heavily.

"Good!" Lin Mu'er smiled, "Since they are leaving, let's settle the accounts with them for these years, these bookkeepers on Zhuangzi are afraid that they have already been in cahoots with them, and they can't be expected to calculate anything!" In this way, let's take this opportunity to carefully sort out these people! Lin Mu'er said easily, but the few people present could hear the resoluteness in her words!

Fu Ye seemed to think of something, and said with some concern: "However, these people were all rewarded by the emperor at the beginning, and now they are liquidated with such fanfare, I'm afraid..."

"Are you afraid that the emperor will blame?" Lin Mu'er was embarrassed, and sighed with a bitter face: "Alas! Since they are rewarded by the emperor, no matter whether the punishment is heavy or light, I can't get better, so what can I do as a weak woman, I can only go to the emperor to appeal to the emperor! ”

Fu Ye knew it in his heart, looked at Lin Mu'er, who was still pretending to be distressed, and secretly applauded: Master's trick is indeed high! Without spending a single soldier and even taking a few Zhuangzi into his own possession, and punishing the emperor himself, he can't blame the princess, and he has to be appeased if he can't keep it; By the way, after the emperor punished him, which Zhuangzi would dare to make trouble? Don't you all have to obey obediently?

"Okay, you guys go and come back quickly, this matter should be sooner rather than later, tomorrow morning, I will enter the palace." Lin Mu'er waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes!" "Yes" the two saluted and received the order

Go.

"Master, is this matter going to the emperor, is it okay? After all, it is a matter of feeding in the palace. Mother Xie carried Lin Mu'er into the inner room, and helped Lin Mu'er untie her hair bun, and asked worriedly.

Lin Mu'er looked at Mother Xie in the bronze mirror, Mother Xie is an old-fashioned woman after all, and she pursues the ugliness of the family and does not publicize it, and the matter of the palace's middle feed is in front of the emperor, I am afraid that it will leave the emperor with the impression that Princess Jin is useless. Lin Mu'er knew Mother Xie's thoughts, smiled with relief and said, "It's okay, if I handle this matter myself, if it is serious, the emperor will inevitably be suspicious; If it is light, it will not be able to convince the public, but something will happen; It's better for the emperor to come forward! ”

"Aren't you in charge of everything in our house? What else can the emperor suspect? "Mother Xie is a little puzzled, aren't they just slaves, even if they are rewarded by the emperor, they are also slaves, how can there be any reason why they can't be punished? In the past, in the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Mo said that she had punished people, even if she killed a few people with a cane, it was not a big deal, why didn't she work in the master?

(End of chapter)