Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

Cai Ping nodded with a smile: "Okay! I'll do it right away - Master, please eat less ice cream, it's easy to get sick."

Shen Wei played with the child for a while, then turned around and ran to eat Wei Yan Ji’s new ice dessert.

It's sweet, cool, and has a light lychee aroma. Shen Wei likes it very much and eats two bowls every day.

"Don't worry, I exercise every day so I won't get sick." Shen Wei tasted the lychee ice cream happily and sighed with satisfaction.

After giving birth, she especially likes to eat sweet food.

Caiping shook her head helplessly, finished the work in her hands, and took some time to go to the small side courtyard outside the palace where the rich steward lived.

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Fugui worked hard in the palace for many years and received enough rewards, so his family was quite wealthy. The house he bought outside the palace was very spacious. The vegetable garden in the backyard was green and rows of fresh seedlings were growing vigorously.

The rich butler has guests.

The maid took Caiping into the house first and asked her to wait in the side room.

Caiping waited for about a cup of tea, and then there was a noise from the main house. Caiping stretched her neck to look, and found that it was Liu Ma and a few others from the palace. Liu Ma looked very unhappy, and left with a cold face.

"Madame Liu came to see the butler, Fugui, about the monthly salary?" Caiping asked the maid curiously.

The maid nodded and said angrily, "The master is bedridden, but the princess has repeatedly sent people to invite him back to the palace to manage things, without even bringing a decent gift. She really treats me like a donkey in a mill, not letting me rest."

The maid took Caiping into the main house.

The wealthy butler lay sickly on the bed.

"Rich Steward, are you feeling better?" Cai Ping walked in with a smile, shaking the gift in her hand, "This is the ginseng that the Queen gave to my master. The master specially sent me to bring it to you. The master said that you have worked hard and made great contributions, so you should take good care of yourself."

Several precious gifts were presented, and the smile on Fugui's face could not be hidden.

People are all made of flesh and blood, and they know what is right and wrong. Fugui is loyal to the King of Yan and is willing to work diligently for the palace. But that doesn't mean he can be ordered around and exploited by the princess at will.

Since the princess gave birth to three children, Fugui took on the burden of housekeeper for the princess and was so busy that he was exhausted from working.

But in the end, the princess didn't even say a word of thanks. Even when Fugui was sick, the princess didn't send him any small gifts to comfort him. She even asked Madam Liu to bring the account book so that Fugui could study the account book expenses while sick in bed.

Fugui was really disappointed. His years of hard work for the palace were taken for granted by the princess.

Fortunately, Shen Wei is here.

Shen Wei is smart and courageous, devoted to the King of Yan, and scheming. Fugui is willing to cooperate with Shen Wei and take away the housekeeper power of the princess step by step, so that he can retire and enjoy his old age.

Fugui said, "My illness won't be cured in a short time. Miss Caiping, thank Master Shen for his concern for me."

Cai Ping: "Okay, I will definitely convey your message."

The deal was done in a few words, and Cai Ping got up and left. Fugui lay "weakly" for a while, then got up happily and moved his chubby body to the backyard.

The golden sunshine shines on the small courtyard. There are two large vegetable plots in the backyard. The eggplants have bloomed, the tomatoes have produced small green fruits, and the planted cabbages are growing vigorously.

Fugui walked around his vegetable garden contentedly. He had lived in the rich and luxurious Yanwang Mansion all his life, and had seen a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry, and was used to the prosperity and vanity.

As he gets older, he wants to return to the countryside.

Grow flowers, plant vegetables, and enjoy your old age.

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Since the wealthy steward was "bedridden", the job of distributing monthly wages to the servants in the palace fell to Matron Liu and several stewards.

Nanny Liu had been busy for three days and was so tired that she could hardly open her eyes. She finally calculated the monthly salary, opened the warehouse, took out the money, and asked the maids to distribute it to the various courtyards in the backyard.

After finishing the monthly payment, Madam Liu dragged her tired steps back to Kunyu Courtyard. Madam Liu reported to the princess: "Princess, the money has been distributed."

In the Buddhist temple, the princess was burning incense into the Buddha shrine. She just nodded lightly and replied with a "hmm".

Nanny Liu suddenly felt uncomfortable.

I worked hard to help the princess deal with the trouble, stayed up all night, and was so tired that I couldn't even open my eyelids. I thought I could get the princess's praise and reward.

But the princess didn't care at all. She didn't even say a word of praise. She just burned incense devoutly.

As the sandalwood incense curled up into the air, Aunt Liu looked at the compassionate statue of Bodhisattva and suddenly felt a little dazed.

The princess used to be generous and kind, but since she had a child, her world has been filled with only the child. She doesn't even care about the old nanny who has taken care of her for more than ten years.

Just when Madam Liu was feeling sad, there was a commotion outside the house.

"Madame Liu, go and see what's going on." The princess was concentrating on worshiping Buddha.

Nanny Liu had no choice but to walk out of Kunyu Courtyard and saw several maids wandering at the door.

Among them was Xuemei from Qixue Pavilion. She said anxiously, "Madame Liu, I am a first-class maid in the palace. According to the palace's regulations, the monthly salary for a first-class maid who has worked for more than five years should be one tael of silver plus one hundred coins. Why are you only giving me one tael of silver?"

Another maidservant also said aggrievedly: "Madame Liu, I am a second-class maidservant and should be paid two hundred taels of silver, but I was given less."

Xuemei said angrily, "The monthly salary given to us is calculated at random, but the monthly salary given to Kunyuyuan is absolutely correct."

The maids were chattering, and Aunt Liu was overwhelmed.

There are more than a hundred servants in the palace, not to mention the vegetable vendors, cloth merchants, and craftsmen who are not in the palace. It is really difficult to settle the accounts.

Therefore, there are many errors and omissions.

Madam Liu's temples were throbbing with pain. She really didn't want to waste her time dealing with the bad debts anymore. She said with a gloomy face, "If you miscalculated the monthly salary, just ask the accountant to make up for it. If you come to Kunyu Courtyard to make trouble again and alarm the princess, you will suffer the consequences."

The maids had no choice but to swallow their bitterness and feel resentful when the princess was used as a threat.

Since Madam Liu refused to help them solve the problem, the servants whose monthly wages were miscalculated could only go to the accountant and the manager.

The accountant was also in a difficult situation.

It was really a hassle to overturn and start over the wrong account. Just when everyone was at a loss, Rong Mama from Liuli Pavilion and eunuch Jixiang passed by.

Rong Mama and Fugui were old acquaintances, and she had helped Fugui deal with the account books some time ago. Rong Mama and Jixiang took the initiative to take over the task, spent an afternoon recalculating it, and made up the missing monthly silver to the servants, without any mistakes or omissions.

Everyone was very grateful.

Everyone has a scale in their heart. After this incident, the difference in ability between Shen Wei and Princess Yan is immediately apparent.

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