I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

The Cheng family is a family servant in the palace.

Those who worked in the princess-consort's courtyard were either bought later or came as part of the princess-consort's dowry.

In the past, Nanny Cheng relied on the fact that she was a servant in the palace and was somewhat xenophobic towards the servants who came with the dowry.

But now in the Jingwang Mansion, the former princess who was kind and benevolent has passed away.

The old concubine went to Yongtai Palace.

Yongtai Palace was a royal temple. The old empress dowager would go there once a year and stay there for half a year each time.

Nowadays, the palace is still under the charge of the Princess Consort. Cheng Yu advised Nanny Cheng to be more open-minded.

But Nanny Cheng felt that she was an elder in the palace and could not be bullied by outsiders.

But in front of the master, no one cares whether you are an old servant or a new servant. As long as you are obedient and can do your job, you are a good servant.

Cheng Yu found a topic and asked what Nanny Cheng thought about arranging a marriage for her brother in the future...

Nanny Cheng then said, "I've taken a fancy to a maid in the prince's courtyard. She's pretty good-looking. Her mother works as a flower-tender in the outer courtyard. I've met her before. I have to arrange your brother's marriage. Your father hasn't been home for years, and your mother died early. I have to support this family..."

As Nanny Cheng spoke, she even described herself as great.

However, it did change the subject, preventing her from dwelling on it and accidentally offending the Princess Consort.

Even if the princess consort did not dare to beat or kill the servants in the palace, if Nanny Cheng spoke too harshly, the Cheng family would not suffer any good consequences in the future.

While Cheng Yu was talking to Nanny Cheng, he picked some vegetables so that he could cook later.

Cheng Yu bought two meat patties and four meat buns, which were just enough for lunch for her and Nanny Cheng.

After preparing the ingredients for dinner, Cheng Yu had nothing to do and relaxed.

Nanny Cheng still has to go on duty, but it will be the same whether she does it or not.

If she wasn't an elder in the palace, she would have been asked to leave early.

The retired old maid will not be paid monthly wages.

If you support him, you will not only have to give him three taels of monthly salary, but you will also have to pay for his clothes and food every day. You will have to account for the money.

Nanny Cheng is fifty-eight this year. She will have to retire in two years. After you turn sixty, we will no longer need you no matter how strong you are.

Those who have sons and daughters will naturally raise them with their children.

This childless man was sent directly to the farm.

I give you food and drink, but as for monthly wages, I have nothing left.

Zhuangzi just gives you food and drink, and doesn't care if you are sick.

If someone died, two people would be arranged to carry the body and bury it directly.

An old nanny like Nanny Cheng who has both children is considered to be very lucky. Even if she does not work in the future, as long as her children still work in the mansion and have a servant's room for her to live in, she can live with her children until she dies.

Nanny Cheng is also worried about this.

"Everyone thinks I'm old and useless. I'm still full of energy and can do anything, but I can't compare to the young people."

"Grandma, don't think too much. When my brother gets married in the future, you can stay at home and take care of his children."

Listen to Cheng Yu talking about his grandson.

Nanny Cheng's lips were so pouty that an oil bottle could be hung on them.

"Your brother is just like your father, not very smart, he can't even eat shit while it's hot. He gets a little monthly salary, if I depend on him, I would have starved to death long ago."

"He's not even half as good as you. Even your cousin who only knows how to eat and drink is smarter than your brother. It's a pity that I spent money on gifts and bribes to get him to work in the prince's courtyard. How many years has it been? When he went there, he said he was going to the stables, and now he's still squatting in the stables."

When it comes to her grandson, Nanny Cheng is full of disdain.

But if her grandson wants to get married, she is willing to spend money to buy him a wife.

Nanny Cheng grumbled and complained a lot, but she was very careful when it came to doing her job.

Otherwise, you can't do this job for a lifetime. Nanny Cheng's monthly salary was raised to three taels a month very early on. When the previous princess was in charge, Nanny Cheng's monthly salary reached its peak of five taels a month.

When the late princess was around, everyone in Prince Jing's mansion was well off. Even Nanny Cheng, who was in charge of the lowest-ranking job in the mansion, benefited a lot.

The monthly salary has been raised, and it covers daily expenses, so she doesn’t have to spend money privately to buy food.

Saved some money.

Later, when Nanny Cheng's daughter got married, she generously gave each person a hundred taels of silver.

A lot of money was spent on her son's marriage. She is the kind of parent who is willing to spend money on her children.

But who could have imagined that in the next ten years her monthly salary would be reduced to three taels of silver, a difference of more than ten taels in that year.

However, Nanny Cheng also saved some money.

If you want to save money, you can live on it as long as you don't spend money on food, clothing, shelter and shelter. But the prerequisite is that you have to reach the level of a nanny. If you are a young maid, especially one who is bought, and her parents and brothers are not around, you will definitely not be able to save any money.

If someone wants to extort money from you, they have plenty of ways to do it.

A slave-born son like Cheng Yu is actually better off.

Even if you don't have any special abilities, as long as there are people in your family living in the house, you can make some arrangements and become a maid in a girl's room, and you will have a good place to go in the future.

Nanny Cheng was a little annoyed because she had to retire.

This time, she had an argument with the seamstress in the Princess Consort's courtyard because the seamstress said that she was old and good-for-nothing and would be retired soon. She would have no monthly salary and would starve to death.

This made Nanny Cheng unhappy, and she started arguing with her.

It would be good to retire and not work, but I would also lose my monthly salary.'

How could Nanny Cheng not be panicked when there was no income every month?

Nanny Cheng told Cheng Yu that since he had nothing to do today, he should lie down on the bed and rest, and not go out.

Cheng Yu still thought that it was her grandmother who cared about her, so she waited until mid-afternoon, when all the maids and servants in the yard came back from work. Cheng Yu met Xiaoli, the granddaughter of Mrs. Liu who lived next door to her.

She is three years older than Cheng Yu.

When Cheng Yu was seven or eight years old, Xiaoli went to work as a maid in the room of the second young lady in the palace.

Later, when Cheng Yu was still working as a maid in the outer courtyard, Xiaoli laughed at her and said that her family only schemed for her sister Cheng Mei and sent her to work in the princess's courtyard, and did not care about her at all.

She also said that the little monthly salary Cheng Yu received was not even a fraction of hers.

This Xiaoli can be considered as someone who bullied the original owner in ancient times.

"It's Yu'er, why are you back? Didn't you go to the Lu family with the eldest girl as a dowry?"

"Oh, you made a mistake at your uncle's house and were chased back, didn't you?"

Cheng Yuxing glared at her. "The palace is the eldest lady's family home. I was sent back to the palace by the eldest lady to do some things. How dare you discuss the master's affairs? The eldest lady is the most beloved sister of the prince. If you say that the eldest lady is wrong, I will go to the prince to complain about you..."

There is no need to argue with a little maid like Xiaoli.

We don't work in the same hospital, and if she hadn't come back this time, I'm afraid we would never see each other again in this life.

Arguing with her is a waste of time and energy.

He directly used the prince to suppress her, and she dared not say a word.