"With the teachings of Mrs. Hanmei and Concubine Shugui, the women of Princess Cai's family are enviable." Chu Junlan said with emotion, "Isn't it just a hundred taels of silver per month?" I selfishly feel that it is a little insufficient to give you 200 taels every month, and a woman like you who comes from everyone's background is about 300 taels of silver per month. You can rest assured that you are so considerate that you only ask for a monthly increase of 100 taels, which is already a tolerance for me, and I will definitely satisfy you in this request. ”

Princess Cai's heart is like eating honey, although Chu Junlan doesn't like her, but Xiao Xu, as a prince, has an unusual identity, and no matter what the relationship between him and Prince Gong's father and son is, according to her, it is also a father and son for many years, and it is not possible to talk between the prince and the prince.

She is going to spend her life in the palace, and the prince's favor is her future, but because of such a little silver, she has a grudge with Chu Junlan, so Xiao Xu turned around and told the prince behind her back that she was not. Thinking of this, Princess Cai said softly: "Hey, in fact, I proposed this one hundred taels of silver for a month, just because I was angry, seeing that things in the palace are unfair, there are more monthly money, some give less, there is no rule, I am anxious for the prince, so I wrote a hundred taels as if venting." ”

Princess Cai patted Chu Junlan's hand across the coffee table: "Actually, do you think I look like those dirt buns who have to embezzle even a few dozen taels of silver?" It's not like I haven't seen the world, and it's really boring to occupy so many melons and jujubes. ”

Chu Junlan nodded again and again when he listened.

Xiao Zilan was so angry that her face was red, and she almost jumped up and pointed to Princess Cai's nose and asked who she was insinuating against!

But if he stood up at this time, wouldn't he be here without three hundred taels of silver?

Chu Junlan said with a smile: "In the end, everyone is from a background and has seen the world. ”

"Hey, this is nothing, I think, although we are the only prince of the county in this dynasty, we should also pay monthly money according to the old calendar of other palaces in the past, such as the princess, the monthly money is thirty taels, the son is twenty taels, the son-in-law is ten taels, the concubine is five taels, the concubine is three taels, the concubine is two taels, the kitchen is all for the food and beverage expenses of the whole house, and there is no limit to how many taels, and when it is used up, you have to go to the account, come to get the right card to withdraw the silver, and the extra rooms have what you want to eat, all from your own monthly money, There has never been a shortage of food and drink in the house, and the so-called monthly money is just pocket money. ”

"You're so right!" Chu Junlan slapped the palm of his left hand with his right fist: "If it's you, I don't know this." ”

Chu Junlan looked back at the master and housekeeper in the house, and said with a smile: "Other princes' mansions are doing this, so we should also do the same, it is not easy for the prince to be an errand outside, we can't help anything else at home, at least we can not make extraneous branches, and provoke right and wrong for the prince, if we are extravagant and wasteful, attracting the attention of the imperial historian, how can they attack the prince?" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, no one could have imagined that not only did the silver not come, but their monthly money was even lower than before?

More than a dozen aunts looked at Princess Cai's eyes, just like looking at an enemy.

Princess Cai's heart jumped, and then she realized that she seemed to have said too much under the smugness just now. She is not Chu Junlan or anything, why bother to be a villain herself and help her get out of this?

Princess Cai regretted a little and remedied: "Of course, there are days in each house, and we can't generalize, isn't it silver, you can come to me if you don't have enough, our Cai family doesn't have much else, it's just a lot of silver." You didn't deduct the silver for the second son's treatment, and you didn't let outsiders see the jokes of our palace, and those who didn't know thought that we were poor and couldn't open the pot. ”

When Chu Junlan heard this, he didn't take Princess Cai's stubble, so he just smiled and instructed Zi Yan and Zi Yuan: "Take out the errand list we wrote in advance, and fill in the assignment just now." ”

"Yes."

Zi Yuan and Zi Yan immediately took out a folded boxy red paper, and wrote clearly the names of the stewards in each room in the palace, from the master to the slave, what they need to be responsible for on a daily basis, and how much they allocate each month.

Chu Junlan glanced at it and said with a smile: "Well, that's right, according to the old practice of other palaces, after the expenses in each master's room are clearly listed, the silver required by the housekeepers and grandmothers in other places is about enough." In this way, Princess Zhang and the second son's expenses rose up at home, and one hundred and fifty taels per month were also made up. ”

Turning around, he instructed Jingyu, who was probing his brain at the door: "You go and paste this list on the wall at the entrance of the palace." ”

"Yes." Jing Yu didn't expect that he would be named, so he hurriedly walked in and took the list.

The crowd was stunned.

Princess Cai also said: "Sticking it at the gate? Isn't it something that everyone can see? ”

"Exactly, there is nothing to see in the affairs of our palace, and everyone's use is also in accordance with the rules, and it is posted for people to see, so that they can know all the justice in the palace."

Fair?

At the top of the list, it was clearly written that the monthly usage of Princess Zhang and the second son was one hundred and fifty taels, and Princess Cai was a flat wife, but the monthly usage was thirty taels according to the old practice.

is also a princess, but the difference in usage is so big.

Princess Cai lowered her eyes and smiled, feeling a lot happier in her heart, and secretly thought: "Just now I did the Chu family a favor, and she immediately returned this favor, which is refreshing." ”

Chu Junlan said loudly: "I will give you three more days, if you have any questions, you can go to the gate to look at this list, if anyone is dissatisfied, you can come to me." After three days, if no one disagrees, it will be implemented according to this rule, is it clear? ”

The servants are all in unison, and although they do not have any additional silver, at least there is a lot of room for operation in the future, and the servants are not dissatisfied.

But the concubines, young ladies, and sons all reduced the monthly silver, and the rules of partiality were set according to the old rules, and they were not proposed by Chu Junlan, so everyone can't say that they are more noble than other royal families and need more silver.

Everyone had no choice but to keep silent, and after suffering this loss, they scolded Princess Cai and Chu Junlan fiercely in their hearts.

Jing Yu posted a "notice" and rushed back to Jingxuan, telling Xiao Xu what Chu Junlan had done.

Xiao Xu put down the "Zhuangzi" in his hand, lowered his eyes and looked at the white porcelain lid cup on the table, was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed.

"Good."

Jing Yu smiled: "That's not it, just now I was secretly looking outside the door, the princess is simply too powerful, seeing that those people are blocked and unable to speak, I want to wave the flag and shout for the princess." The princess, you are really blessed, the princess is not only good at medicine, but also really good to you, if the princess is not attentive to you, with her free and easy nature, why bother with these things in the palace? ”