Chapter Forty-Nine
"The house is very clean, I said in the room that a little louder can shake the cobwebs on the beams of the house, is it really a place to raise idlers, or do you rely on the palace to come out of the lawlessness?"
Ji Qiang said, sneering, as if she was really angry, "Do you want to invite the grandmother in the palace to teach you how to work again?" ”
When everyone heard this, someone was already weak and knelt on the ground, "Please calm the princess's anger!" The slave knows that she is wrong! ”
When everyone saw this, they all knelt down, burying their heads and not daring to make a sound.
Ji Qiang didn't hear it, and called the housekeeper, "Give me the roster of the people in the house." ”
"Princess, no matter how you say it, it's the queen mother who personally dialed it, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate." Steward Zhang leaned closer with some hesitation and said softly.
Ji Qiang glanced at him, and saw Steward Zhang frowning, with a little nervousness in his expression, as if he was very unhappy with the decision she made.
pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "The housekeeper has been managing the affairs of the princess's mansion, I believe that the housekeeper is doing things with all his heart, and naturally he can't do this, so I will be this wicked person, are you still dissatisfied?" ”
Seeing that her tone was so resolute, Steward Zhang had no choice but to respond, and quickly took the rosters from all over the house.
Ji Qiang briefly browsed through it, then frowned, looked at Steward Zhang's eyes were a little complicated, and raised his eyes to look at the people kneeling on the ground, "Although it is the emperor's grace, His Majesty definitely doesn't want to leave some people who can only steal and play tricks in the princess's mansion, let alone chew the root of the tongue behind people, even if I dismiss all of you." ”
The kneeling subordinates all shook their bodies, only to feel that the momentum exuded by Ji Qiang was very oppressive, "Please also ask the princess to forgive me!" The small ones are old and the young, and they are still waiting for the small ones to feed! ”
"Please calm the princess's anger!"
“…… Princess, the slave knows that she is wrong......"
The subordinates began to beg for mercy one after another, the voice became louder and louder, Ji Qiang only felt noisy, frowned, and was about to speak, but the chamomile next to her was already one step ahead of her, and scolded coldly: "What is the noise!" The princess hasn't said she wants to kick you out, shut up! ”
As soon as Chamomile's voice fell, it was suddenly a lot quieter, Ji Qiang glanced at her meaningfully, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, and slowly said: "Now I give you a chance to make a difference, as long as you report that someone has nothing to do all day, is lazy, or anything unkind, then this matter will be lifted today." ”
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what medicine was sold in Ji Qiang's gourd, but no one made a sound.
Seeing this expected result, Ji Qiang expanded the curvature of the corners of her mouth a little, and continued: "If you are frank, that person can get one or two pieces of silver, and the more you talk, the more you get." ”
The chamomile next to him held a bulging money bag in his hand, walked a few steps forward, listened to Ji Qiang's words, coaxed someone to shake, and after a while, still no one made a sound.
Ji Qiang played with her fingers unhurriedly, and said without raising her head: "Since you have nothing to say, then leave the princess's mansion all." Steward Zhang, let them pack up their things, and the monthly money is settled, so as not to go out and say that our princess's mansion can't even give a little money. ”
Steward Zhang hesitated for a moment, and was about to respond, when a subordinate in the crowd knelt on the ground and took two steps forward, "Princess, the little one wants to report Zhang San, he often secretly takes out the charcoal in the princess's mansion and sells it!" ”
Jia Ding pointed to one of the people in the crowd, and said vigorously, Ji Qiang glanced at chamomile, and chamomile made a note on the paper on the table, took a piece of broken silver from the money bag and handed it to him, "Is there anything else to say?" If not, go down. ”
Seeing that there was really a reward, the family couldn't help grinning, hurriedly saluted and thanked him, and left the front hall.
The rest of the people were all very shaken, Ji Qiang was not in a hurry, with the first one, there would be a second one slowly, and the third one, seeing that the money bag was getting more and more deflated, and there were fewer and fewer people in the front hall, and finally they were scrambling to get the reward.
After emptying all the subordinates in the front hall, it was finally over, Ji Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed her frowning brows, relaxed and leaned back in the chair.
"Princess, do you need a little one to re-prepare your room?" Steward Zhang asked tentatively beside him.
Only then did Ji Qiang think of her simple and excessive room, and pulled the corners of her mouth, "Compared to that, who will place my room?" ”
Steward Zhang thought about it and replied with a name.
Chamomile looked at what the people had just collected, and it took five sheets of paper to write it down, and rearranged it, dividing the lesser offenses into one and the more serious ones.
Ji Qiang just glanced at it, then frowned, flipped through the roster casually, and after reading it, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows a little strangely, "Is this person named Lotus coming to the front hall today?" ”
"Back to the princess, all the subordinates have gone to the front hall today." Steward Zhang replied with a good voice, paused and added: "The identity of the lotus flower is a little special...... It's better for the princess to provoke this person less. ”
Ji Qiang was even more curious about this person in her heart, the people in the mansion were more or less unclean, big or small, only this woman called Lotus did not appear among the people who had just reported it, she didn't believe that there was such a person in the mansion who didn't commit any crimes.
Looking at Steward Zhang's somewhat ugly face, it seems that there is something greasy in this!
Ji Qiang narrowed her eyes and groaned deeply, "Drive away the most serious offenders, kill chickens and monkeys, and those who commit minor offenses will be fined one month's money and go to the outer courtyard to clean up." After a pause, he said, "This lotus flower lives in the West Wing with everyone?" ”
Steward Zhang's face was even more unnatural, "She doesn't live with the people, she lives in the small courtyard in the east." ”
"Oh? She lives alone in a yard? Ji Qiang suddenly became interested, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, got up and walked out, "I didn't take a good look at what this lotus looks like just now, and it just so happens that the matter is almost handled, so let's go to Dongyuan to take a look." ”
Steward Zhang stopped Ji Qiang, very embarrassed: "Princess, it's not early today, let's have lunch first." ”
Seeing Steward Zhang's nervous appearance, Ji Qiang's eyes flashed slightly, suppressed the curiosity in her heart, nodded in compromise, and glanced at chamomile.
Steward Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her relieved, naturally he didn't see chamomile sneaking out of the front hall and heading in the direction of Dongyuan.
Ji Qiang called the villain to call the Bai family to eat together, I have to say that the chef in the princess's mansion is still a little level, and the food made is quite suitable for her appetite, and after eating a full stomach, chamomile also came back, and said something in Ji Qiang's ear.