Chapter 324: Bribery
Li Hong sat on the stool in front of her, she had just been at home for a few days, and her son was messing around like this, the most taboo thing in the family is to kill people, it's not that you can't do this, but if you do, no matter how good your reputation is, it will be wiped out because of this.
That subordinate doesn't hold grudges, even if he doesn't say it in his heart, he will keep everything you did to him in his heart, and he will bite you at that time. Of course, if you want not to be bitten, unless you can trust him for the rest of your life, you will be hurt sooner or later.
And Xia Fei made a big taboo, not to mention it, to get so many people at once, not to kill or sell, who can say good things about him, Li Honglian originally thought that even if his son could not reach the height of his father, he would be comparable, but who would have thought that things would get to this point.
She was silent for a long time, angry and angry in her heart, and it took a long time to tell Erniang to count the number of people under the crowd to see how much was missing, and the people in that room were missing, so I would buy a few more tomorrow to make up for it.
Erniang obediently did so, and counted the number of people one by one, until she counted all the people in the house, she was surprised to find that there were 16 fewer people in the Xiangfu compared with before, this eldest young master is really capable, almost half of the people are gone, no wonder Mrs. is angry, this is indeed annoying enough.
After the count was completed, Erniang carefully told Li Honglian about the number, and saw that her wife's face turned from red to white, and from white to red.
The people also saw the displeasure of the lady, and they all silenced one after another, and they didn't even dare to come out, this lady didn't come out for so long, and she was afraid that she would be the same as the eldest prince, and she would beat and scold them, and if there was a little mistake, she would not be driven out if she was killed with a rod.
So now everyone is in danger, no one dares to walk back and forth in the daytime, and they are afraid that they will come back with the big young master who is in a bad mood after losing gambling money, and whoever touches him will be unlucky.
Li Honglian was silent again in front for a long time before instructing Erniang: "Go to my room and get some silver, and distribute two taels to each of you, which can be regarded as my apology as the master of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Erniang didn't understand what Mrs. meant, so she said, "Madam...... This ......"
"Go ahead! It's my bad stewardship that makes mistakes."
All the subordinates who are standing, you look at me, I look at you, Mrs. Xunsi, this is to give them silver, is this true? Two or two can top their monthly routine for several months.
Although everyone heard the lady in front of them say this, they were still skeptical, after all, the money had not yet arrived, and they had no bottom in their hearts.
After a short time, I saw Erniang coming in from outside the door with a square box in her hand. When the subordinates saw it, their eyes lit up, was it true that they were given silver?
Erniang entered the house and came to her wife and said, "Madam, bring it"
"Okay, then send it to everyone!"
"Yes" Erniang opened the box, and saw that it was really a piece of broken silver that was not too big, and when the maid let the maid weigh it one by one, she called the name of the person and began to receive the silver, no more than no less than two taels per person.
The subordinates were really happy until the moment they got the silver, thinking that the suffering they had suffered in the past few months had not been in vain, but fortunately there was a reasonable housewife in the Prime Minister's Mansion, otherwise this Prime Minister's Mansion would be over.
Li Honglian looked at everyone with a smile on her face, and finally felt a little relieved in her heart, in that way:
"I'm sorry for everyone, let everyone and I suffer, these two taels of silver are my apologies to everyone, although it is not much, it can be regarded as a little bit of my heart! I, Li Honglian, am here to assure you that from now on, no one will innocently trouble everyone, or kill everyone here, as long as everyone abides by the family rules, I will make decisions for everyone no matter what, so from now on, the Prime Minister will have to rely on everyone."
Steward Xia was the first to speak: "Mrs. said there, the subordinates are all old people in the Xia Mansion, even if they have stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion for six or seven years, even if the Lady does not speak today, the subordinates will also do their duty to the Prime Minister's Mansion, today's Mrs. This move warmed the hearts of the subordinates, from now on we will definitely follow the Lady, even if you go to the soup and the fire, you will not hesitate for half a minute, everyone said, right?" ”
The best among the people in the family who have been here for so long is Steward Xia, he is an old man in the house, not to mention, and has been following Xia Xiangye to do things, Xia Fei no matter how bastard he is, he will not dare to offend him, at this time, Mrs. played the vanguard, of course he will give everyone a reassurance.
All the subordinates listened to the butler's words, and they all echoed, "Yes, yes, we will definitely follow Madame, go to the soup and fire, and never give up."
Li Honglian finally smiled in front of her, and said: "I can use you to work hard for me!" As long as everyone does things well in the house and is still the same as before, I, Li Honglian, will thank everyone."
"Madame said that, even if you don't say it, the minions will definitely do their part, please rest assured Madame"
"Please rest assured, madam" Everyone shouted unconsciously when they heard the leader say this.
Li Honglian exhaled at this time, feeling a little relieved, hoping that she could save some of her son's reputation.
After a pillar of incense, all the people came out of the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, with a smile on their faces, the two taels of silver in their arms were warm and intimate, and the personal thought was beautiful in their hearts, every year when the Prime Minister's Mansion gave everyone silver, it would be at the time of the festival, but at most it was two taels, which would be given only to divide people's affairs, and some people came to the Prime Minister's House for so many years or the first time to get two taels of silver! You can see how happy I am.
Erniang watched everyone leave one after another, and whispered beside Li Honglian: "Madam, I want the old slave to see that these people can be beautiful for one or two pieces of silver."
Li Honglian said there: "I can't bear the child, I can't trap the wolf, Fei'er has to bet on everyone's mouth when he does this, give them more, and they will forget the unhappiness brought by Fei'er."
"Yes, madam, the old slave understands" Erniang wanted to buy it, but she didn't expect Mrs. to plan it like this, everything was for the sake of flying down to the master, but this is two taels of silver per person, and the total number of people in the Prime Minister's Mansion is four or five hundred taels.
However, Erniang also has a dark side in her heart, and said secretly: "I knew why I had to do it today!" You didn't listen to the report to you earlier, but now you know that you regret it! deserves it" usually sees that Erniang is always worried about Li Honglian, but only she knows that she is no longer the Erniang who can sell for Li Honglian before.
She was heartbroken about the last time Li Honglian ordered someone to beat her, and she has always been angry, she was the one who followed her since she was a child, and she was also thinking about her for the sake of her, thinking about her first in everything, but who would have thought that she would not be able to get good like this, and she was beaten, and she was asked for half her life, and now every time it rains, the bones of her back and ass will hurt, like countless ants biting, every then she hates Mrs. so much that she can't do it, but her face can't show it in the slightest, after all, Mrs. is different from others, It's a ruthless lord.
Li Honglian didn't get up and walk out until all these people were gone, thinking to herself, why hasn't the person who was sent out to find Fei'er come back yet, nothing will happen! Later, when I thought about it, I didn't think about it at all, these people of hers are also masters in the rivers and lakes, and ordinary people will not be their opponents
Besides, it's daylight again, and even if they do do it, they will be safe and sound.
Thinking of this, I wanted to go back to my Red Lotus Courtyard and wait for this out of the door of the main hall, but I didn't see Xia Fei come back, and now I don't have the heart to do anything else.
But just as she had not gone out of the verandah to the road opposite the gate, she heard a voice say:
"You bastards let me go, you dare to arrest Young Master Ben and come back, see that Young Master Ben has entered the mansion and drove you out to sell you, and see if you dare to be arrogant again...... I don't take Young Master Ben in my eyes one by one, and when I enter the mansion, I will first cut a few of you to see if your skin is hard or my knife is hard .......
This man is scolding, and he can hear it from afar.
Li Honglian stood and frowned, her heart sank to the bottom again, how did this person become like this, she wanted to get back some reputation for him, but now that he scolded his neighbors, she must have heard it, and if she wants to remedy it, she will have to live a few days.
When the two men in black drove Xia Fei, who kept scolding, in, they saw their mother standing there looking at him.
Xia Fei has been afraid of his father and mother since he was a child, if it weren't for his father's illness and his mother no longer taking care of things, he wouldn't care about what he was doing in the house.
At this time, as soon as he saw his mother, who he had not seen for many days, he immediately quieted down, like a hound with teeth and five claws suddenly quieted down when he saw his master, and the man in black naturally let go of his arms and stepped aside.
Xia Fei also knew that he had done something wrong, so he came to Li Honglian like a kitten and shouted, "Mother, I miss you so much!" ”
Li Honglian looked at her son, who was taller than herself, who looked almost exactly like Xiangye, only one mouth was like her own, if she wanted to say that he was not her own child, some people believed it, but she knew that this was indeed the son she gave birth to in October! She holds it in her hands with all her heart, and she wants her son to get ahead. When he was first born, he hoped that he could have a higher status than his father, but now it seems that everything is in vain, and it is good that this child can have a place in the court, and she has no more extravagant hopes.
She raised her hand and touched her son's face, although his appearance was not good-looking, and it was not pleasing to look at, but she still loved her son deeply, but this child turned out to be like this, a gambler, a child of a family that everyone hated, she was unwilling, she was unwilling, how could her Li Honglian's son become like this, she didn't believe it.
Thinking of this, she raised her arm and cut it towards Xia Fei's face, only to hear the sound of the quiet courtyard in the Prime Minister's Mansion snapping, the voice was crisp and the palm wind was fierce, which made the second mother on the side stunned, this was the first time she saw her wife so angry.