I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

Li Rui's face darkened when he heard her question. Xu Wanying couldn't stay in the palace.

At first, I thought Xu Wanying was just a clown. Keeping her in the palace could paralyze Concubine Li and hide her from the public. She was surrounded by her own people and couldn't cause any trouble.

Unexpectedly, she would jump out to cause trouble whenever she had the chance. This time, she even falsely accused herself of having an affair with Dai Meng, and even dared to flatter An Muxi in front of Concubine Li and Wenhua.

This is what made him most angry. Thinking of this, Li Rui said to Lu Qingxue:

"Sister Xue, I'll have to trouble you to take care of the household affairs in the palace from now on. I'll let Aunt Zhao assist you.

As for Xu Wanying, send her to a farm in the suburbs and let her die of illness in two years."

When the poison in his body is cured, he can pay back everything he has suffered without any scruples. He still remembers all these accounts.

Lu Qingxue was depressed. She was always too lazy to take care of things. "You can let your beloved baby take care of the household affairs."

Li Rui said helplessly: "She is still determined to leave the Rui Palace, and I don't want her to suffer too much."

Lu Qingxue said: "You are really my good brother, you are really caring!"

Seeing her gritting her teeth in anger, Li Rui consoled her, "You can be fine now. Hold a flower viewing party or something. Wouldn't that give you a chance to meet the person you want to meet?

Besides, Nanny Zhao will help you, so you won’t be too tired.”

Lu Qingxue then gave up and left angrily.

An Muxi and Dai Meng both gained a lot this time. They chatted happily all the way, and then went back to rest when they arrived at the palace.

After An Muxi returned, Xiaoqin and a few others pulled her aside to listen to some interesting stories in the palace. An Muxi could only talk about some of the palace's buildings, flowers, plants, and delicacies.

She didn't dare to talk about the really interesting stories. After all, they were all about royal scandals. She could only keep them in her heart and be happy about it secretly.

After a while, Jianying Jianfeng came over with a tray containing the reward given to her by Emperor Tiansheng in the palace. They put the things down and left.

Xiaoqin secretly looked at the tall figure leaving, feeling a little dazed.

An Muxi was wondering why Xiaoqin, who usually liked to see rewards, was silent today. When she looked up, she saw Xiaoqin looking absent-minded.

She glanced at the two departing figures and jokingly asked, "Xiaoqin, are you handsome?"

"handsome!"

"Which one is more handsome?"

"of course……"

When Xiaoqin said this, she suddenly realized what was happening and her face turned red.

"Master, what are you asking? I didn't even look at him!"

Chen Xiang teased, "Sister Xiao Qin, who did you embroider the purse for last time?"

An Muxi smiled. Is this silly girl Xiaoqin falling in love for the first time?

"Xiaoqin, if you have someone you like, please tell me and I will help you find someone."

Although An Muxi liked Xiaoqin very much and hoped that she could stay with her, in this dynasty, ordinary women could only live a good life in the second half of their lives by finding a good family.

She was powerless to change anything, so she could only try her best to help them find a good home, so that she would feel at ease when she left in the future.

She had long noticed that Xiaoqin seemed to treat Jianfeng differently, but she would not interfere and let them develop on their own.

Xiaoqin was embarrassed to admit: "I didn't embroider purses for anyone. Master, what are these rewards? Let us see."

Xiaoyun was the youngest, and was also very happy to see her master enter the palace and receive a reward. She nodded expectantly, "Yes, yes, open it and take a look."

An Muxi took off the red cloth on a tray and saw ten golden ingots in the tray and a white and moist jade ruyi next to them.

There was another round of wows.

An Muxi was also stunned. She had never seen so much gold in her two lives. She picked up one and bit it. Sure enough, there were some teeth marks.

An Muxi smiled sincerely this time. This was one hundred taels of gold, which was equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver. Adding the five thousand taels of silver notes Dai Meng gave her, and the more than one thousand taels of silver she had saved before, she could now be considered a wealthy woman.

This money is enough for her to open a clinic and a pharmacy, so that she can live a comfortable life in the second half of her life.

A few little girls were still chattering about something, and then An Muxi pulled open the red cloth on another tray.

Inside were five rolls of fine silk and a small mahogany box.

After opening the box, it was filled with round, plump, and uniformly sized Dongzhu pearls.

An Muxi said happily: "Today I will reward each of you with five taels of silver so that you can share my joy. In addition, each of you can use these silks to make a set of clothes.

I know you cannot wear it for the time being due to your current status, but you can keep it as a dowry in the future or wear it privately.

Each of you will be rewarded with one Dongzhu. You have worked hard during this period. You need to study and work hard. "

An Muxi has always been generous to her own people. She has no requirements for clothing and doesn't like to dress up. She might as well make clothes for a few maids.

Several maids were so happy that they screamed, "Thank you, Master!"

"Master is the best!"

"The master is kind and good-hearted!"

"The master is beautiful and intelligent!"

"The master is both virtuous and talented!"

Xiaoqin said dissatisfiedly: "Stop! You have finished my lines again. What should I say?"

Xiao Qin said to An Muxi in a servile manner: "Master, this is what I want to tell you. You are the best master in the world."

Several people nodded vigorously in agreement. They never treated them harshly. They increased their monthly wages, improved their food, had people teach them skills, and often rewarded them.

You won’t find another master as good as this one even if you search with a lantern.

In fact, An Muxi interacted completely according to the way modern people do. She never treated them as lowly slaves, but only managed them as subordinates.

Of course, she was really kind to them, and she believed that the maids would give her corresponding rewards.

She asked Xiaoqin to register the rewards and put them in the small warehouse she had specially prepared.

Then she had some snacks with the maids and skipped dinner.

She sat in the study on the third floor. She had been quite busy recently. She had just written the beginning of the novel, but had not yet started to conceive the picture book. She had been a little slack.

Fortunately, she has reaped a lot of rewards recently and her hard work has not been in vain, but she knows that one cannot live off the wealth, so even though she has some assets now, she cannot give up writing.

I like writing and drawing, and this is also a very stable source of income.

But as she sat at the table, she recalled the scenes that had happened in the palace today. Thinking back on it now, she felt a little scared.

That was the Tiansheng Palace, the highest power center of the Tiansheng Kingdom. There must be many secret guards and palace masters inside. If my actions were seen by others, the consequences would be...

I really had a lot of fun at the time and didn't think too much about it. Never mind, now that I got out safely, I won't think about it too much anymore.

She did those things not entirely because she couldn't stand the Crown Prince and King Cheng. She wanted to give something back to Li Rui, at least to prevent his enemies from getting so much powerful help.

After leaving the palace, she became more determined to leave. She was very sure that she did not like the palace or the intrigues of the royal family.

Although she now knew that Lu Qingxue was only the princess consort in name and Concubine Xu was just a decoration, Li Rui didn't care about the concubines in the backyard at all.

But she still yearns for a free and easy life, and she also lacks a sense of security. After all, Li Rui's identity is there, and there is no guarantee that there will not be other women in the future. Maybe he cares about her very much now and has some interest in her, but what about a few years later?

So she didn't want to give her heart to Li Rui easily, for fear that once she invested in the relationship, it would be very painful to withdraw.

The better Li Rui treated her, the sadder she felt. So if she did something for him and then left, she wouldn't feel so uneasy and guilty.

After figuring this out, she stopped worrying about it and started to conceive her latest sketchbook.

Today she plans to write a picture book called "The Domineering Queen and the Little Husband", and the source of inspiration is of course Dai Meng and Li Yian.

Thinking of the two of them, her mood improved.