Mother Qu glanced left and right, there was a bit of pride and arrogance in her expression, and when she looked at Chu Junlan again, she even raised her eyes and looked at her directly regardless of the identity of the master and servant: "Back to the princess, now the share of each room is unevenly distributed, and there are arrears from time to time, not to mention elsewhere, just the big kitchen here, the original cost of two hundred taels of silver has now been reduced to one hundred taels, but the population of the house has increased a lot, and each room needs an extra one, and there is no filling, where can I get the deficit silver slave?"

As soon as Mother Qu said this, Mother Liu also said: "Yes, the princess, it is the monthly money and silver of the eighteen aunts in the family, and sometimes it is sent every other month, the rouge gouache of the girls, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone of the young masters, they have to fill it with silver." ”

The two of them started up, and the rest of the people started talking. The central idea is to ask for money.

Some of the servants in charge became more and more unfair, and their voices were raised a little, and the front hall was soon noisy like a vegetable market.

Chu Junlan listened to these situations, so he took the account book and flipped through it.

Everything that can be whitewashed on the accounts has been whitewashed, but the reality cannot be erased by just a few strokes.

Mother Han also said at this time: "Back to the princess, don't talk about other places, but Jingxuan, the share of the prince was originally twenty taels per month, but now it is said that it has been reduced to ten taels of silver, and so far there is no allocation, but the slave maid also heard that in the house of the other sons and young ladies who came out, the monthly profit and silver have always been thirty taels, which is more than the share of the prince, and now even if it is reduced, it has not been implemented in the end, and the account in the second son's room is sixty taels, and now I want to invite a doctor, and the cost is more than one hundred taels." ”

As soon as he said this, Jing Xuan, who had Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu, was immediately pulled into the ranks of the bitter masters.

It turned out that not only did they have a shortage of silver, but even the monthly money of the prince was reduced to ten taels. But the monthly money of those concubines is thirty taels.

I haven't seen that big family yet, and the son of the concubine has so much money for a month, at most ten taels of ink and silver are up to the sky.

It was like cold water dripping into a hot oil pot, and the room exploded in one fell swoop.

Chu Junlan raised his hand and made a silent gesture.

The chatter in the room was quieter.

"I know about it, and I'll settle it when the accounts are checked. There is another thing that needs to be taken seriously. ”

The discussion in the room completely stopped, and the servants looked at Chu Junlan, not knowing what she was going to do for a while.

Chu Junlan said: "From today onwards, after the key is dropped in the palace, each room will be randomly checked, there are those who are not good at life in the middle of the night, those who eat wine, gamble money, pass things, those who are wandering around when they should sleep, and even those who neglect their duties and throw away their errands, once such things are discovered, they will be severely punished." ”

The quiet pin drop could be heard in the room.

The servants outside the door also looked at each other, and they felt very uncomfortable for a while, and it was not a pleasant thing to be said like this by the master.

Chu Junlan said: "If there is any chaos in the rules, it can be corrected, there is less silver that can be made up, and if you take more silver, you can return it, but if you have your own errands that have not been done well, I will not tolerate it." ”

Chu Junlan's eyes were sharp and intimidating when he put away his smile, and he didn't look like he was as easy to talk as when he asked just now.

"I am a reasonable person, I can do it with rewards and punishments, and I hope you can also understand what to do and what not to do. I will solve the problems that should be solved, but if there is a slave bullying the master, I will not allow it, do you hear it clearly? ”

The servants were stunned by Chu Junlan's question, and then said in unison: "Yes, I heard clearly." ”

Chu Junlan waved his hand and said, "Okay." I know all of your reactions today. Three days later, at the end of the day, we will hold a meeting here to resolve the matters that have been raised today. It's all gone. ”

"Yes." The servants retreated as they were told, and even Mother Qu, who was late, was a lot more respectful.

When the people were gone, Chu Junlan got up and went back to Jingxuan.

At the same time, what happened in the front hall was also heard by Princess Zhang.

"Princess, according to the slave maid, the princess wants to take the opportunity to make trouble!" Mama Geng, the most powerful woman beside Princess Zhang, said in a low voice, "She is so inciting the emotions of these housekeepers, at first glance, she is preparing for a big meeting in three days!" ”

Princess Zhang sneered: "Even so, so what? ”

"Princess?" Mama Geng smiled playfully, "The slave is confused, I don't understand what the princess means." ”

Princess Zhang said: "Even if she knows that the allocation of each room is not good, what can she do?" I only gave her a pair of cards and let her manage the house, but I didn't give her the chores. She can't control the family's inputs, there is so much money on the total account, this is less, that is more than a day or two, she wants to compensate for the less, there is no silver in the account, can she still take out the silver from the hand of the more to supply the less? ”

Mama Geng suddenly smiled and said, "In the end, the princess is clever, if she does this, won't the whole family offend her?" ”

"As the saying goes, from luxury to simplicity, I also know that in other county kings' mansions, the county lord's share is only eight taels per month, not to mention those who have no title and concubines, but our family has been like this for many years, and I want to give Peng'er a good one, so I have to give some sweetness to plug their mouths. Now that the house is in chaos, I was about to see what Chu Junlan could do. ”

Mama Geng raised her thumb and compared it to Princess Zhang: "The slave didn't understand it originally, but now she understands it completely." The princess is very clever in this trick, I will see how the surname Chu can plug this hole. ”

Princess Zhang smiled and said proudly: "Is it so easy to be in charge?" ”

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In the evening, black clouds pressed heavily over the capital, and it was obvious that a heavy rain was coming.

In front of the prison door of the Criminal Department, Ye Yi, who was dressed in a feather forest avant-garde official uniform, had just walked out of the prison door, and saw Xiao Xu, who was wearing a jade-colored narrow-sleeved brocade robe not far away, just like the Yushu Lanzhi, standing expressionlessly.

Ye Yi was stunned for a moment, and sneered: "I didn't expect anyone to pick me up." ”

Xiao Xu stepped forward slowly, stood in front of Ye Yijian with a calm face, looked him up and down with gloomy eyes, saw that there was no one left and right, and said in a low voice: "That incident can be related to you." ”

Ye Yijian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The prince is talking about the killing of Yulin Qianwei?" You're kidding. If this really has something to do with me, can you and I come out unharmed? On the night of the incident, it happened that the emperor summoned me, and I was in the palace, with the emperor. ”

Shaking his head, Ye Yigradually smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, fortunately, it was the emperor's summons that day, otherwise I wouldn't have jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it." ”

Xiao Xu looked at Ye Yiji, looked at his every laughing expression very clearly, and said meaningfully: "Okay, since you say so, that's it." ”

"What do you mean by the son?"

"It's better that the matter of interception and killing has nothing to do with you, otherwise, I won't let anyone who wants to hurt her. Even if it is Master's son, it is the same. ”