Hongluan didn't ask anything more, Xiaoyuan still had to use it, because she didn't know much about the things in the palace, and she needed someone who was familiar with palace affairs by her side; But she can't fully believe Madoka's words, and she can't rely on Madoka, otherwise her life and future will be at the mercy of others.

She still hopes that her life is in her own hands and her own path is her own decision.

Madoka didn't speak again, and quietly followed Hongluan's side; She's done enough today.

Hongluan glanced at Xiaoyuan and thought of the complicated people and things in the Shangqin Bureau: according to Xiaoyuan, it is only the tip of the iceberg, there are four divisions in the Shangqin Bureau, and the Engineering Division is only one of them, which is already such a headache.

It was not early to return to the courtyard, but Hongluan didn't care about eating, because someone in the hall was waiting for her.

Hongluan saw the people in the hall secretly sweeping over Xiaoyuan, with a smile on his face: "Let my sister wait for a long time." ”

The person who came was Concubine Li, and after a very polite return salute, he handed over a palace maid to Hongluan: "I know that there is no one around the female history, and she is the prince and the person who is very simple, the mother said that you can go to Yongle Palace if there is anything in the future." ”

Madoka's face remained unchanged, but she just glanced at the new palace maid twice.

"Slave Liu'er has seen the female Shi." The palace maid Liu Er is an extremely neat person at first glance.

After Hongluan received a bow from her, the person who sent Concubine Li away said to Liu Er: "I am injured and have not yet been officially director, and the things in the courtyard are now mostly taken care of by Xiaoyuan, if you don't understand anything, just ask Xiaoyuan; He looked at Madoka again: "How close you are, my affairs in the backyard will trouble you two." ”

Madoka and Liu'er both agreed, but they didn't greet each other.

Hongluan had eaten and applied medicine to the wound, and the palace maids in the courtyard came in the morning, but after Hongluan went out and left, no one came again except for the big girl.

In the evening, Concubine Jing sent a small eunuch and a rough palace maid; After that, the concubine also sent a small eunuch and a rough envoy palace maid, as if they had discussed it.

Except for the two noble concubines, the people sent by the other nobles were not Hongluan's personal attendants. Hongluan directly handed over the four little eunuchs and the two rough palace maids to Xiaoyuan and Liu'er.

Early the next morning, the palace maids in the courtyard came to ask for peace again.

Hongluan sat in the hall and invited the palace ladies to come in, she really didn't know much about the affairs of the palace slave courtyard; But the people who bloomed were all questioned, and even if someone stayed, Hongluan didn't dare to use those people to do things now.

She had to do it all by herself.

The palace ladies are in turn, and it is nothing more than how many errands have been done, or how many errands have been done to receive new errands.

Hongluan listened a lot and said little, most of them asked them to do things as usual, and as for the new errand, she also looked through the errands handed over, and picked out a few things that needed to be done tightly and handed them over; It's not very complicated, and she's dealing with it quite well.

The errand, whether old or new, was discussed, and when Hongluan thought it was okay, someone stood up.

"Slave Chunhua, there are too few palace slaves under her hands, originally Hua Nushi promised to add some manpower to the slave maid, I don't know if the female Shi is going to add manpower to the slave maid now?" Chunhua, the palace maid, glanced at Hongluan: "The slave maid has a lot of errands here, and if there is no one manpower, it will not only miss the errands of the two noble concubines in the palace, but also the queen mother." ”

The ordinary repairs of the palace rooms in her charge, such as small stains and small damages on the palace walls, the cleaning and repair of the bath rooms, and the insects and ants in the palace rooms, are all completed by the palace slaves under her command. Because such a small repair of the palace can be repaired without the need for nobles to move elsewhere for temporary residence, and it is inconvenient for men-eunuchs to clean six roots, they are not close to serving the nobles, so these heavy work can only be completed by palace slaves.

There are many errands, and as long as there are errands, nothing other than cleaning the bathhouse can be completed in a day, but the nobles have no patience to wait; Therefore, she has always had the most palace slaves, but she is also the most lacking in manpower, and it can be said that there is a shortage of people every day.

Hearing this, Hongluan looked at the book in his hand: "There are no new palace slaves, how can I add people to you?" ”

Chunhua knelt on the ground, and it seemed that she was not limited to the palace rules, and she was about to burst into tears: "Lord Nushi, if you miss the errand of the Queen Mother, you will not be able to escape the guilt of the slave and maid and others, and you will not be able to get rid of it; In any case, I also asked the female master to dispatch manpower for the slave maid. ”

Dispatch manpower? Hongluan closed the book when he heard this, if he really wanted to add people to Chunhua, he could only transfer some people from other people, and there was no other way.

She looked at the palace maids: "Who of you can lend her some manpower?" As she spoke, she looked at the palace again.

The palace maids all complained: "Lord Nushi, we are also short of manpower." "Even the eldest girl didn't say that she wanted to lend people, because there were really few people there, and it would be extremely difficult to complete the existing errands, and she was afraid that she would have to eat the board if she lent people again.

Hongluan's words were just casually asked, and he had expected that the palace maids would not agree: whether it was true or not, there was a shortage of manpower; She took a closer look at the book, raised her head and looked at a palace maid: "Cui palace maid, there are only about thirty people who work in the imperial dining room every day, and the remaining thirty-two people will be lent to Chunhua first." ”

"Mei Gongnu, you usually only have more than 20 people on business trips, so lend the remaining dozen or so people out." Hongluan closed the book: "Chunhua, more than fifty people are enough to deal with it; But there is not much time, and the errands of the Queen Mother and the two concubines cannot be delayed. ”

Before Chunhua could answer, the maid of the Mei Palace spoke: "Female history, the slave maid and the people in Sister Cui's hands cannot be borrowed. ”

Hongluan looked over and found that her gaze was straight over, with disbelief and disdain: "Why? ”

"Although there are not so many people in the imperial dining room, the extra people are the rules, of course, they can't be called; And the same is true on the slave and maid side, if there is any sudden errand, the lack of manpower will lead to great disaster; The maid of the Mei Palace had no fear or respect: "At that time, the lives of the slaves and maids may not be guaranteed, although the female history will also be punished, but there is no worry about their lives - the female history, the lives of the slaves and maids are also their lives." ”

After speaking, the maid of the Mei Palace knelt on the ground: "Please take back the order." ”

Cui Gongnu's courage seemed to be smaller, so she just knelt on the ground with her: "Please take back the order." ”

After hearing this, Hongluan carefully looked forward at the book, and then looked at the Mei palace maid: "Cui Gongnu's side used forty-eight people for errands sixteen days ago, and forty-two days ago, fifty-one people were used for errands; On your side, you only used 30 people on errands 22 days ago, and the largest number of people on errands for more than a month back is only 10** people. ”

"Rules, not only do you know them, but I also understand them;" Hongluan closed the book: "We are all members of the palace slave house, no matter who has something, we must treat it as our own, and the manpower is just a loan." Glancing at Cui and Mei, she said lightly: "That's it, if the two of you have an urgent errand, I will naturally ask her to transfer the manpower back to you." ”()