Resourceful beauty

Chapter 126 Meeting in a narrow road

"Let the people below choose their own stewards?"

Looking at Hua Pozi and the others in disbelief, Su Yuan felt that her head was not working.

Hua Pozi and the others rested for three days. Not only were the errands in the palace not chaotic, but they were more orderly than before. I thought that Chen Mei would take the opportunity to show off this morning, but unexpectedly, she didn't mention the past. It is said that Hua Pozi and the others are old and lack of energy, and they need to change their managers.

If she directly hired those people brought from the Chen residence, Su Yuan could still find an excuse to say that she bullied the loyal servants of the palace, but now, when Chen Mei said that the servants in various places should choose their own stewards, Su Yuan could not understand up.

"Princess, this old slave feels that even the concubine of the world is afraid of being blamed, that's why I said that. When it's time to choose a steward, let those daughters-in-law pretend to be pretentious to intimidate the people below, and maybe let them get their wish. It's over."

Hua Pozi pursed her lips and said.

"But when did you choose? And in what way?"

Su Yuan thought for a while, but still felt a little confused.

"The election will be held three days later. At that time, all the errands from all over the place will gather in the Hanwu Hall. Everyone will write the name of the errand they like on the slip of paper, and the imperial concubine will personally check it. The person with the most votes will be the errand." above the steward."

Liu Huijia, who was in charge of purchasing, rushed to answer.

Liu Hui's family is Su Yuan's accompanying room. Liu Hui's family is responsible for purchasing all the items in the inner courtyard, and Liu Hui himself is a steward of the front yard. In just a few years, the two have secretly bought He bought a small house and bought hundreds of acres of fertile land in his hometown in Jiangbei.

Now, if the imperial concubine takes away the power to manage affairs, Liu Hui's family will definitely be more anxious than others.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who came to Yixin Hall after getting the news chirped and expressed their dissatisfaction. Su Yuan was dizzy and her ears rang. Thinking that these things were all caused by Chen Mei, she felt a little bit more displeased with her.

She raised her eyes and glanced at the crowd, and when they all fell silent, Su Yuan reprimanded angrily: "Are you so impatient?"

When the hall became quiet, Su Yuan sneered and said, "Some of the servants in the palace are old people from Jiangbei that day, some were sent by the House of Internal Affairs, and the rest are those who came from the palace one after another in the past few years. They were selected from Ren Yazi. These people, no matter how you count, should be with you. After all, you have been together for such a long time. No matter how powerful the daughters-in-law of Shi Zifei are, I still don’t believe that they are so good. With a great ability, you can conquer everyone in three to five days. Therefore, instead of worrying about losing your job, you might as well go back and beat the people below, lest they have two hearts."

As Su Yuan said, she became more and more certain in her heart that Chen Mei didn't want to put the people she brought here on various errands. Her real purpose was to sow dissension, and through the purpose of selecting managers, let the uneasy people below Everyone jumped out.

Thinking about it this way, Su Yuan didn't worry anymore.

After everyone left, Su Yuan turned her head to look at Zhao Mama and said, "It is said that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but our Shizi Concubine is really such a person. I want to see what she can do."

In the next three days, the errands in various places were still spent by Mrs. Hua and the others, and Sister-in-law Chen and the other four were just helping out. In their spare time, they either chatted with those people, or went back to their own residences to rest, without any encouragement. The idea of ​​making a scene, Hua Pozi and the others' hearts gradually faded away, and they felt a little contempt for Shi Zifei and the four people she pointed out in their hearts.

The three-day effort was fleeting, and on the morning of the fourth day, before dawn, everyone gathered in the Hanwu hall.

There were dense crowds of people, except for a few gatekeepers from all over the place, all the other 100 or so people arrived.

After calling the names, and explaining the main meaning of today, Ningxue pointed to the box in front of everyone and said: "In a moment, each of you write the name of the steward you want to choose on a piece of paper and throw it into this box. After the selection is over, we will find someone you trust to come out and count, and the one with the highest number of votes will be elected."

The method is fair, even Hua Pozi and the others feel that they are impeccable, and they all look like they are sure to win.

In the crowd, some people chirped and said that they couldn't write. Ningxue smiled and said: "Draw a circle and tick it, right? At that time, the person in charge will have their own symbols instead, and you can draw the corresponding symbols. "

Now, everyone has no objection.

As soon as the selection started, they started from the kitchen. There were three people waiting for selection, Mrs. Hua, Aunt Su, the deputy steward, and Sister-in-law Chen brought by Chen Mei.

Circles, crosses and crosses, the election method is simple and clear, and the conclusion can be reached after a stick of incense.

There were 21 people in the kitchen, 11 chose Mrs. Chen, six chose Aunt Su, and only four chose Mrs. Hua.

With an unbelievable expression on her face, Granny Hua rushed forward, howling, and snatched the pieces of paper from the butler Chen Mei had invited to testify. After comparing them one by one, the numbers were correct.

"How is it possible? How is it possible?"

Granny Hua held the pieces of paper tightly, her gaze blankly glanced over the faces of the maids in the kitchen, as if they had betrayed her.

Among the crowd, the cook who taunted Mrs. Hua while nibbling melon seeds said with a smile: "Aunt Hua, you are in charge. We are as busy as spinning tops every day. Not only do we have to serve the master of the house, but even your little girl's family is not free." You have to worry about eggs and custard. If we change people, we should be busy every day, and we still have two or three hours to spare. You say, how can we choose you, and we can’t live with ourselves?"

"That's right, I really think that I am also a half-master, and let us suffer if we drink any medicine, bah, the dog is relying on people's power..."

There was a servant who was eager to show his loyalty to the concubine, couldn't wait to express his position, and spared no effort to step on Mrs. Hua's foot.

"When we talked about it that day, you all had no objection. Now that the result is fair, you should be willing to pull it down..."

Reluctant to look at Hua's face again, Chen Mei spoke, and the rough envoy came out and pulled the already paralyzed Hua out.

In the crowd, Liu Huijia's face was covered with cold sweat.

The result was as expected, and it seemed unexpected, the managers everywhere, those who treated people generously in the past, all remained in their positions, while those who treated the servants harshly because they were the confidants of the princess were all dismissed and replaced. Among them, Mrs. Hua and Liu Hui's family were also accused of polluting the servant's monthly regulations, and received kickbacks from shopkeepers in various shops.

Those who are interested can find out at a glance that the ones who have been replaced are all those who were absent on the first day when the crown prince was in charge of the house.

Is it true that people are doing the work and the sky is watching?This imperial concubine is really not a good person.

Everyone murmured in their hearts, feeling awe-inspiring, and secretly decided to work hard in the future, otherwise, if it fell into her hands, they might not know what would happen to them.

Coming out of the Hanwu Hall, the dismissed stewards all stood dejectedly under the eaves, and the servants everywhere ignored them, and rushed back to their respective errands in three steps at a time.

When Chen Mei returned to Qingfengzhai, Fang Ruxuan was already waiting there, drinking tea and eating snacks, very happy.

The [-]-day rest was over, and Fang Zhengjun had already returned to the Northwest Camp. In the past few days, Fang Ruxuan would come to Qingfengzhai to accompany Chen Mei whenever she had time, for fear that she would be bored by herself.

"How is it? Sister-in-law must have won the first battle, won in one fell swoop, right?"

Seeing that Chen Mei looked tired but not worried at all, Fang Ruxuan knew that Chen Mei must have made a good start, and the next thing would be logical.

"What do you think, when will the princess make trouble?"

Anticipating that Hua Pozi and the others would not let it go, although Chen Mei was not afraid of them, she still had some taboos towards Su Yuan. When she mentioned it now, her face was a little uneasy.

Fang Ruxuan didn't care, "Daddy asked you to be the housekeeper. If that's the case, you should show her the mistress of the palace. What's wrong with changing the housekeeper? Even if you put on an attitude and want to replace them directly, it doesn't matter." People dare to say anything, not to mention, it's not you who replaced it now, she wants to find fault, let her talk to daddy, and see who daddy helps."

Chen Mei pursed her lips and smiled silently, but she was already thinking about how to deal with it when she got up early tomorrow to say hello.

On the second day when I arrived at Yixin Hall, Su Yuan's face was the same. After asking, Su Yuan asked Fang Ruhui and the others to retreat, leaving behind Chen Mei and Wu Concubine. Presumably, it was in front of them. Difficulty.

Although she was still worried about Chen Mei, Fang Ruxuan had no choice but to see Chen Mei's secretly happy face later, Fang Ruxuan knew that Su Yuan definitely didn't take advantage of it.

Sure enough, Chen Mei spoke in accordance with the rules everywhere, and presented the evidence of Mrs. Hua's embezzlement and the kickbacks of Liu Hui's family. Su Yuan had nothing to say.

Forced by Su Yuan, Chen Mei said with tears in her eyes that she would hand over the power of the housekeeper when King Qi came back. Su Yuan became angry again: How could she not know what Hua Pozi and Liu Hui's family did? ?But if you want them to serve you faithfully, you have to give them something sweet, right?If this matter was brought up in front of King Qi, it would be one thing not to be able to keep them, and it would only make King Qi hate him even more.

Su Yuan didn't dare to take such a risk.

It was almost effortless to replace several stewards on important errands. Chen Mei was successful, but Fang Ruxuan seemed happier than herself.

Shouting to accompany Chen Mei to go shopping and relax, to reward her for the hard work of the past few days, Fang Ruxuan and Chen Mei agreed to leave the house in the afternoon of the next day.

But before Fang Ruxuan was ready, the palace's decree came out.

The nobleman of the Ming Dynasty gave birth to a princess on the sixth day of September. During the three baptisms, a group of foreign wives will enter the palace to congratulate her.

Fang Ruxuan is the lord of the princess, so naturally she has to follow Su Yuan into the palace. When she heard the order, Fang Ruxuan muttered: "I don't know when my sister-in-law's order will come down, and if I have something to enter the palace in the future, I can be her companion. "

The next day, Fang Ruxuan and Su Yuan entered the palace together. When they got off the carriage at the gate of the inner palace, they met Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Shumin, Fang Ruxuan was shocked.

Qiu Shumin didn't give an imperial order, and now she is married again, and no one calls her, what is she going to do in the palace?
(End of this chapter)