Quick Wear: Female Supporting Role

The two of them arrived at the gate of the princess's mansion. The vermilion gate had servants standing on both sides in an orderly manner. Ning Shujun glanced at the plaque in front of her and suddenly laughed bitterly.

"What's wrong, Master?" June pulled her hand.

Ning Shujun said lightly, "Nothing"

When the two of them walked to the door, someone came forward to greet them.

When the housekeeper heard the report from the servants and learned that Princess Shujun had returned home, he put down what he was doing and came to greet her.

"I was in a hurry that day and didn't pay attention. What's the housekeeper's name?"

"Old Slave Lu Yuan"

The housekeeper respectfully led Ning Shujun through the neat front hall. Passing by the pool, a red snapper swam by, and June held Ning Shujun's hand.

"Okay, you keep it," he said and was about to leave.

June stomped her feet on the redwood bridge, then followed, her eyes sparkling, "Master, will we be like this from now on?"

"perhaps"

"really?"

“Who knows!”

"what"

I have been here for a long time, but I have not paid a visit to the so-called master. As for the kindness of that person, this intention is probably not simple, after all, less than three days after becoming a disciple, he returned to Liyan.

After finishing her meal, Ning Shujun closed her eyes to rest, while the housekeeper Lu Bo reported the situation in the mansion: 316 servants, including 170 maids, 60 housewives, and the rest were gardeners, craftsmen, gatekeepers, firemen, and cooks. There were 1,256 guards, who were in charge of the front yard and the 35 side yards.

Ning Shujun opened her eyes when she heard the number of people. There were so many people before she came. She took the list and looked through it. The total number was 2,478. The house that had been empty for many years was being taken care of.

Ning Shujun smiled and asked, "Who arranged this?"

"Princess, this is a gift from His Majesty. I dare not make any decisions on my own, so I have no choice but to keep it all."

"You don't need that many people in your house, cut them in half."

Lu Bo put away the list, "Among the many people, there are guards, servants, maids, and elderly slaves. Cutting off half of the number of people requires careful consideration. Some of these people are employed, so we can just pay them silver and let them go. Some are slaves, so we have to sell them off!"

"Wait a minute," Ning Shujun interrupted, "How are you going to deal with the slaves?"

"Princess, those who are still slaves can be sold separately."

Ning Shujun frowned, her scalp tingling. She flipped through the pages of paper, and there were people in front of her.

"What should I do?" She was not familiar with this, but if there were so many people around, there would be people everywhere when she went out, and there would be forty or fifty pairs of eyes staring at her when she went out.

Ning Shujun threw the list to Lu Bo and said calmly, "You decide. Just keep enough people. As for those who are still slaves, just give them some silver."

"Yes"

A servant came from the front yard and reported: "Someone from the palace has arrived!"

"Oh" She had just arrived, Ning Shujun washed up before going to receive the order. At this time, Liu Yue hurriedly ran over to hug her, her body was soaked, and she was trembling all the time.

Seeing the situation, Ning Shujun took out a handkerchief and wiped the water stains off Liu Yue's face. "Why are you so embarrassed?"

June wanted to say something in panic, but she seemed to be afraid of these people. She bit her lips and said nothing.

Ning Shujun led the people to the bedroom, and the maid beside her reminded: "Princess, that Eunuch Cui has been sitting here for an hour."

"Go change your clothes first, we'll talk later if you have anything to say."

"Yeah," June nodded.

Seeing June leave, Ning Shujun looked at the maid just now and asked, "What's your name?"

"Return to Princess Zi Yan, your servant."

When I arrived at the front hall, the housekeeper was accompanying Eunuch Cui. The tea cup had been filled five times, but the princess had not come yet.

After the maids came in, Ning Shujun walked in.

Eunuch Cui had already bowed and said, "Meet the Princess."

She asked directly, "What's the matter with you, sir?"

Eunuch Cui then explained the contents of the imperial edict and handed it to her.

"The princess has been back for many days and has not been to the palace. Your Majesty missed me so he sent me here. The rest are some rewards."

"One pair of white jade, one pair of jade walls, six gilded rings, ten green jade cups, ten pairs of jadeite bracelets, and twenty rolls of Sichuan brocade..."

Ning Shujun listened with a frown on her face, and Eunuch Cui bowed and said, "Since it has been delivered, I will take my leave!"

I just wanted to have a good rest, but the housekeeper came forward and seemed to have something to hide.

"What's the matter?"

Lu Bo took care of the things that had been entrusted to him. "One thousand two hundred and twelve people have been dismissed. The remaining twenty-five people are working in the front yard, and eighty-two craftsmen are managing flowers and plants in various places. There are also maids who help the princess get up in the morning, wash, and dress, chefs who make cakes, escorts and people who tailor your clothes, a total of five hundred and eighty-six people. In addition, there are the servants at the door, and the servants and maids in the residence of the East Garden, three hundred and forty-five people. And then there are the actors..."

After cutting off a thousand, she still had several hundred. Ning Shujun closed the account book and asked, "What does Dongyuan do?"

"There are twenty-five young masters living here, all of whom are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. They were all given by your majesty to entertain you."

She had actually forgotten about this. Ning Shujun rubbed her brows and said to relieve the pressure, "I don't need that girl named Zi Yan! Let her go."

"Yes." Lu Bo crossed out Zi Yan's name. "Princess, since His Majesty has summoned you, I have already ordered someone to make new clothes for you. Here are the styles for you to choose from. They will be ready in the evening."

"New clothes? Oh, and make two sets for the little girl who came with me."

"Don't worry, Princess. I have already told this girl her share."

Ning Shujun waved her hand and said, "Go down!"

A cool breeze blew in the evening, bringing a slight chill. Ning Shujun was copying a book on the side. June was wearing the new clothes that had just been delivered to her, and she was so happy that she couldn't stop.

"Master, when are we leaving?" Liu Yue ran to the desk and started grinding for Ning Shujun.

"What's wrong?" Ning Shujun dipped the ink and looked at her. "During the day, you asked how long you could stay, but now you're thinking about leaving!"

Liu Yue gestured for her to speak softly, then covered her ear and whispered, "During the day, I heard a maid behind the rockery say that you are the ninth princess. Eight princesses disappeared before that, and all of them became princesses and stayed in the mansion for less than five years."

"Really?" She put down her pen.

"Really?" June pulled her hand. "There's definitely something fishy going on here. Why don't we just leave?"

"Let me think about this"

"Oh, it's a matter of life and death."

A maid's voice was heard outside the door, and then a maid walked in, followed by two little boys, one of whom was holding a tray in her hands.

"What are you doing?" Ning Shujun was wearing an orange gauze dress with her hair loose. She had packed up and would go to bed soon. What else was there to do now? Too many rules would only cause trouble.

The maid stepped forward and said, "I, Shaoyao, am here to serve the princess before she goes to bed."

Then the boy carrying the tray came forward, and another boy removed the red cloth covering the contents, revealing a booklet on top.

"This one is from Dongyuan..."

"go out"

Her voice was extremely cold and her expression was quite displeased. The three men were frightened and hurriedly bowed and walked out of the house in a panic.

Having never seen Master look like this, Liu Yue stepped forward, took Ning Shujun's hand, and called out, "Master..."

"take a break!"

"Um"

Now she had no mood to copy, so she picked up the pen she had dropped. Her personal maids Zhiqi and Bailu came in, and they looked at each other. Bailu went forward to pick up the scattered papers on the table.

Zhiqi turned off the light and said softly, "It's late at night, Princess, please don't be too worried and go to bed."