This palace comes back in this life, only to be Nian Shilan

Chapter 47: Baji Ability

When Concubine Hua heard Xin Chang's sharp comment, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

The other concubines present also covered their mouths and chuckled when they heard it.

Yu Ying'er's cheeks flushed red, her round eyes widened, and she wished she could tear Xin Chang's mouth apart immediately.

Concubine Hua complained in her heart: It's a pity that Concubine Xin has been unknown in the palace for so many years, she has such a big mouth.

Xin Changzai has some abilities.

"Oh, Sister Xin Changzai is right. It takes skill to send toilet paper to the emperor's heart." Noble Lady Fucha has always looked down on Yu Ying'er, who was born a palace maid.

What's more, this is a night incense burner.

Everyone said something to completely extinguish Yu Ying'er's smug arrogance.

Yu Ying'er could only bow angrily to all the concubines and return to Zhongcui Palace with Huasui.

Without an target to target, the concubines dispersed.

Yu Ying'er kept muttering all the way: Wait, wait until I become the master of Zhongcui Palace, I will make these women who mocked her pay.

The young palace maid Huasui reminded her that there were many people on the street and she should be careful with her words. When Yu Ying'er heard that even a palace maid dared to make up stories about her, her suppressed anger suddenly burst out and she slapped Huasui in the face.

Hua Sui had tears in her eyes. She covered the side of her face where she was slapped and lowered her head.

This scene happened to fall into the eyes of An Lingrong who was standing at the corner of the long street.

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After returning to Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua summoned all the servants of Yikun Palace to the main hall.

The room was filled with servants and palace maids of all sizes, arranged according to their ranks.

Concubine Hua was full of aura and sat in the main seat with great grace. Her proud posture was like a blooming thorny rose.

Today is a reward, but you cannot let this servant lose his sense of awe.

Although the reborn Hua Fei treated the palace maids much more gently than in her previous life, Hua Fei adhered to the principle of combining leniency and strictness in both lives.

After all, villains fear power rather than virtue, and those who make a living in the palace for a long time will develop the bad habit of bullying the weak.

Just by sitting in the main seat and drinking tea, Concubine Hua was already enough to frighten her subordinates.

Songzhi stood aside holding a list and calling out the palace maids from Yikun Palace one by one to come out and listen to the performance.

"Guizhi, Lingzhi, Lanzhi. First-class palace maids, rewarded with 100 taels of silver."

"Liuxiang, Lingxiang, Huixiang, Hanxiang, second-class palace maids, rewarded with fifty silver coins."

The monthly salary of a first-class palace maid is 7 taels of silver per month, which is 84 taels per year. Now, Concubine Hua has given a year-end bonus of taels of silver to the first-class palace maids in her own palace. How could the other servants in the palace not be jealous?

In previous years, Concubine Hua would just sit there with the music score and wait for Songzhi to hand out the money, then give her a few words of admonition and then leave.

This year, Concubine Hua not only gave silver to the palace servants, but also rewarded each palace maid with a piece of satin, and the eunuchs with a pair of boots that fit them well.

When the palace servants received their rewards, they were already very grateful to Concubine Hua when they saw the silver, and they kept saying auspicious words. When they saw the satin and boots, they felt even warmer in their hearts.

Nowadays, who would be more considerate to servants than Concubine Hua? The meals they eat while working in the Yikun Palace are not bad on weekdays, and the rewards during the New Year include both new clothes and silver.

"You have all done a great job this year. I can sleep peacefully only because you have guarded Yikun Palace with all your heart. I hope that in the coming year, we, master and servant, can be of one mind and work together to make life in the palace better."

After all the rewards were distributed, the palace servants returned to their seats, holding heavy silver in their arms, their hearts filled with joy, and smiling faces.

Hearing Concubine Hua say this, I felt as if spring had come to my heart.

"I won't say much else. I'll just say loyalty. I won't use disloyal people no matter how capable they are. If I find out that any of you betrayed me, you know what will happen to you."

It was sunny one second, and hailstorms the next. Hua Fei's harsh words frightened the palace servants into silence. The jobs in Yikun Palace were lucrative, but the master of Yikun Palace had the worst temper, and they almost forgot about it.

Seeing that the palace maids all kept their heads down and remained silent, Hua Fei was satisfied that the warning had served their purpose. Then she looked at Fu Zi, who had a slightly guilty look on her face. Hua Fei pretended not to see it and asked them to go back and do their tasks, while she stayed in the small building.

Last night, Concubine Hua sent Xiao Louzi to follow the Emperor early in the morning, just to ensure that the Emperor could successfully meet Zhen Huan in Yime Garden. But Concubine Hua couldn't understand why the person he met was still Yu in this life.

When paying respects today, Yu Ying'er spoke vaguely again, and Concubine Hua just waited for Xiaolouzi to clear up her confusion.

"Your Majesty, last night I followed the Emperor all the way to the Plum Garden, and indeed saw Concubine Wan making a wish under the plum tree, and the Emperor even approached her to talk to her. But after a few words, Concubine Wan slipped away, and later I saw Yu Da Ying coming out from behind the plum tree."

"Wasn't Yu at the banquet? How did she end up at Yimei Garden?"

"I don't know. I was afraid that the emperor would find out, so I stayed a little far away. But I can be sure that Yu had been waiting in the plum blossom forest long ago. First it was Yu who promised, then it was Wan Changzai, and finally it was the emperor."

Xiao Louzi said that he had witnessed the drama of replacing the prince with a cat last night, and he was so anxious that he wanted to tell the emperor directly that he had recognized the wrong person.

But thinking of his master's instructions to not say anything about what he saw, it was so hard to endure.

As Concubine Hua listened to Xiao Louzi's description, a bold idea came to her mind: Could it be that Yu Ying'er was also reborn?

But seeing how shallow and arrogant she acts, if she were to be reborn, she should use some brains.

Was she doing this on purpose, just like how she often didn't treat the Queen well?

When Concubine Hua thought of Yu Ying'er's spicy bunny face, she couldn't help rolling her eyes. It was time to punish her.

After the chance encounter in Yime Garden, Concubine Hua confirmed some of the tricks of this life. Even if she was reborn, she would not be able to shake certain plots that were destined to happen.

But everything is in our hands and man can conquer nature. This is what the master of Baohua Temple told himself on the day of his rebirth.

The fact that the Emperor's affection for Yu Ying'er is not as strong today is the result of my intervention.

After all, Hua Fei had been with Yongzheng for many years. She could tell whether Yongzheng was in love with a woman and to what extent just by looking at her.

In her previous life, she was well aware of the emperor's feelings, but she was blinded by love and was unwilling to admit that Yongzheng was both amorous and heartless.

In this life, this ability has become a powerful weapon for Concubine Hua to navigate the palace.

Concubine Hua ordered Xiaolouzi to go to Yime Garden to find out some details about Yu's trip to Yime Garden, and then let him go.

I will need to obtain more and more information in the future, and I can't rely on Zhou Ninghai to collect intelligence alone.

Concubine Hua now also needs to train more people.

After finishing all this, Concubine Hua asked Songzhi to pass a message to Baoque, asking Baoque to find a way to get Baojuan away and bring An Lingrong to Yikun Palace in the next few days.