No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Du Juan was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, that should be enough."

In those days, an ordinary bannerman could buy a thin coffin with one or two taels of silver, and after collecting the funeral gifts, he could arrange a banquet.

With ten taels of silver, you can choose a good coffin and invite musicians to perform for the funeral.

One hundred taels is enough to make Linglan's funeral a grand affair.

Wu Lushi refused to accept this, saying, "Our Linglan receives a monthly allowance of two taels of silver, and there are other rewards during festivals."

"I've calculated that I can earn at least fifty taels a year."

"She's only twenty years old. She can serve for at least five years. That's a full two hundred and fifty taels!"

This does not include the special rewards given by the master's family when they have the joy of having a child.

Now that he died for his master, he was only given a hundred taels as a reward?!

Du Juan was dumbfounded: "This..."

Lin Mingyan was sitting in the inner room and paying attention to the situation outside. She clearly heard Wu Lu and Du Juan settling the accounts and frowned.

This one hundred taels is specifically for Linglan to take care of her funeral arrangements, and compensation for her parents' family will of course be calculated separately.

After all, the other person's daughter is gone, and her parents and relatives are sad, so they can only give money to compensate her.

Moreover, Linglan often talked about family matters in the past, and was obviously loved by her parents and brothers.

She would rather take care of such a family more.

However, she didn't expect that when she met her mother and sister-in-law today, they were not at all the loving relatives that Linglan said they were.

Du Juan was also surprised. She was cautious and didn't mention the compensation. She just asked in confusion, "One hundred taels is already a large sum. The old custom in our house is only twenty taels."

This is not a lie. It is said that when Nanny Gui in the main courtyard passed away, the wife of the emperor gave twenty taels of silver.

Of course, Nanny Gui was executed, but outsiders didn't know about it.

"If our Lan'er is gone, the whole family will have no income. What will we eat and drink in the future?" Mrs. Wu Lu was anxious and almost jumped up.

Dujuan herself had a bad relationship with her father and stepmother, and she had always envied Linglan for being loved by her family.

Linglan was afraid that she would be unhappy, so she didn't tell others about the specific situation of her family. They just knew that she had parents and brothers at home, and they were all doing well.

Looking at Wu Lu's behavior now, it's not the case at all.

Du Juan asked, "Aunt, you and uncle are only in their early forties, and her brother and sister-in-law are only in their early twenties. How come the family has no income?"

"We are not working as servants anymore. Our family depends on Linglan's salary to survive!" Wu Lu said as a matter of course.

Bannermen were not allowed to do business and were not allowed to engage in many occupations.

The bondservants were even more miserable, as they could only serve as slaves to others.

If you are lucky, you can become a maid in the palace after the selection, or be selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to work in a nobleman's house.

Of course, if you are not good at it, you can only find a job on your own.

All members of Linglan's family had worked as slaves, but only Linglan had the ability to be chosen to live in the Fourth Master's mansion.

After she got her feet on the ground, the Wu Lu couple said they were too old to work and wanted to rely on their daughter at home.

Later, my sister-in-law became pregnant. That was their precious grandson, so of course she couldn't work so hard anymore.

Later, my brother was bullied outside, and thinking that two taels of silver a month was enough for the family's expenses, he went home to be with his wife.

Now, including Linglan’s two nephews and one niece, the family of seven is actually all supported by Linglan!

No wonder Linglan has to save up for three months just to make a piece of clothing she likes.

It turns out that she really doesn't have any savings at all!

"You...you can still continue to work now!" Dujuan was very angry.

If she had known that there were people like this in Linglan's family, she would have taught her to save money long ago.

You have to know that she didn't give a penny to her family in these years, and she spent it lavishly on herself, and even saved nearly two hundred taels.

She gave it all to her family!

Wu Lu immediately responded, "Miss Du Juan, please put in a few kind words and let our family work for the Fourth Master's residence."

There was not even a trace of tears in her eyes, which were filled with the hope that the family would have a good job.

"You're dreaming!" Dujuan was furious.

Wu Lu was not afraid of a maid, let alone her daughter who died for her meritorious service.

As long as her masters aren't around, she'll eat Dujuan alive!

However, Dujuan was not a stubborn person. He called the eunuch and drove the man out.

Lin Mingyan felt it was unnecessary to even go out and take another look at the two of them, and felt sorry for Linglan.

"What a silly girl!" She was so angry that she wanted to run back and scold Linglan.

Du Juan was so angry that she started crying: "Who said it wasn't true?"

"I thought her family was so nice to her, but what kind of family is this!"

Linglan was dead, and all they were thinking about was how to get money and a job!

"There's no need to indulge such people. Beat them out if they come again," Lin Mingyan was the most ruthless to such people.

She was cruel to her relatives in her previous life, so of course she was not soft-hearted at all towards Wu Lu and others now.

Du Juan nodded, bit her lip and said, "What about Linglan's funeral?"

Even if Lin Mingyan was willing, the Fourth Master would not allow such a grand ceremony for a servant in the mansion.

After all, he is just a Beile now, and he is under the pressure of Emperor Kangxi.

"You go to Niuhulu's mansion and tell my mother to adopt Linglan as her daughter," Lin Mingyan thought about it and this was the only solution.

She saved Honghui's life, so being his aunt is definitely enough.

I believe that as long as the people in Niuhulu Mansion care about Honghui, they will not object.

Dujuan hurried out of the house after receiving the order. When Xilin Jueluo heard the news, she hurriedly agreed.

Both she and the old lady were kind-hearted, and they burst into tears after hearing the news.

They both agreed, and Ling Zhu certainly had no objection. He immediately came over to bring Linglan's coffin back home.

Lin Mingyan sent Su He to take charge and spent all the one hundred taels of silver on the funeral.

She also sent fifty taels of silver to Wu Lushi.

Tell them: If they want money, they can give their daughter to Niohuru. If they don't want money, they can take her back for twenty taels of silver.

As a result, they hurriedly took away fifty taels.

"Invite the best opera troupe in the capital to perform for seven days," Lin Mingyan added this sentence, remembering the dream she had in the morning.

There is a folk belief that the soul will return in seven days. I hope that when Linglan comes back, she can watch her favorite play.

Dujuan also thought of this and wished she could go back to the year when her master first came so that she could switch places with Linglan and go watch the show.

She thought for a moment and then said, "She also likes to watch men dance. She talked about it for a long time after returning from the VIP Residence."

Lin Mingyan waved her hand and said, "Then add dancing. I've given them enough reward money. Tell them to dance well."

Seeing all this excitement, Linglan should be happy...