The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"My Lady, do you think that Zhao Cairen can practice calligraphy?"

Changle Palace.

Linglong returned with the calligraphy and discussed the matter quietly with her master.

The virtuous concubine leaned on the couch, holding a silver fork and eating watermelon balls from the crystal plate.

The watermelon balls mixed with high-quality ice crystals are cool and very refreshing. In other palaces, it is good to have large ice cubes to cool down, but in Changle Palace, there is also valuable high-quality snow ice to eat.

Who made the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion rich and know how to spend money?

The virtuous concubine got tired of eating the dumplings, so she threw them into the lotus plate on the ground and gave them to her pet cat.

The two cats meowed and licked the ice crystals with their pink tongues, making Concubine Xian giggle.

"Whether Zhaocai practices or not is of no importance. I have plenty of ways to let Your Majesty see that calligraphy as soon as possible. Scholars in the capital are vying for the new calligraphy of Master Huanhua. How can I not let Your Majesty know about it?"

The virtuous concubine said leisurely, narrowing her eyes: "But she'd better practice, so that His Majesty can give her a cold shoulder."

A talented woman actually seduced the emperor into having sex with her in her room before dark.

They also form cliques.

snort!

It's a good opportunity to copy "On Factions" to let His Majesty know her evil intentions of forming cliques in the harem with a clear conscience!

Then trick those pedantic officials into a trap.

This makes His Majesty even more disgusted with the Queen who is supported by the civil officials.

Kill two birds with one stone.

The virtuous concubine was very satisfied with her plan.

Linglong was puzzled. "Last time, when Concubine Zhao came to pay her respects, she was so servile and, at Concubine Wu's suggestion, she suspected the Queen was behind the rat bites. Didn't you also say that since she wasn't on good terms with the Queen, we could just bring her over to help our Changle Palace? And now, you're..."

Tricking her again?

The virtuous concubine raised her eyebrows. "There's no conflict. If she goes too far, I'll suppress her. If she's honest and can be used, then I'll use her. The way to rule subordinates is to adapt to the circumstances."

"Your Majesty is clever!" Linglong smiled, "Then let's hope that Zhaocai will practice calligraphy well."

"My lady, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent a list of palace maids."

This evening.

When Xia He walked into the room holding a blue-covered booklet, Fei Wan was sitting at the desk, copying calligraphy carefully.

The injury on her hand hasn't healed yet, so the way she holds the pen doesn't look good.

The copied characters are not straight enough horizontally and vertically.

But the whole person sat there with an upright posture and head lowered, adding a touch of dignity and nobility to her gentleness, and was very beautiful.

Xia He sighed secretly.

I hope that Your Majesty will be less angry and more compassionate when he finds that the young lady is practicing calligraphy because of her beauty.

Fei Wan did not listen to her advice and started practicing calligraphy with the copybook given by Concubine Xian. She did not explain the reason, but only said that she had her own plans. She was really worried about Fei Wan.

But servants can make suggestions, but they cannot go against their master's wishes.

Xia He now only hopes that the emperor will be more kind to Fei Wan and not be angry with her because of the calligraphy.

"Put it down. I'll look at it later."

Fei Wan asked Xia He to put the list of palace ladies on the corner of the table.

She had the emperor's permission to select personnel from the cold palace and the Xinzheku, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent her all the palace maids' books from the two places for her to choose from.

Fei Wan carefully wrote several pages of large characters, washed her hands, and had dinner.

After a short rest, he opened the list.

I read it carefully, but didn't decide immediately.

Instead, he had someone move a chair to the door and sat down, and called all the servants to come down the stairs.

"Once I have chosen the palace maids, you will all return to your original places. You have worked hard these days."

Fei Wan gave a signal, and Xiao Hui immediately distributed the red envelopes that had been prepared long ago.

Each person received two taels of silver.

It is equivalent to the monthly salary of a first-class palace maid, which is really quite a lot.

Everyone accepted the generous reward and thanked Fei Wan in unison.

Several people knelt down on the spot and expressed their willingness to stay in Guanlan Courtyard and serve Lady Zhao wholeheartedly in the future.

Not only now, in the past few days, more than one palace maid and eunuch has been looking for opportunities to find Fei Wan to express their loyalty, wanting to change from being a temporary servant to becoming a real palace servant beside Fei Wan.

Fei Wan refused any of them.

At the moment, there is no agreement.

Once again using the excuse of making a wish to save someone, Wenrou refused.

These people might be useful, but Fei Wan is unwilling to take the risk.

She only keeps people who know her well, such as Xiaohui.

And people with clean backgrounds, who have been proven to be good to her and are capable, such as Xia He.

The reason why Fei Wan gathered everyone together today to give out rewards and say goodbye was just to establish a good reputation for herself and let more and more people know that she treated the palace maids well.

There are some masters in this palace who do not treat people as human beings.

Fei Wan just wanted to be compared with them to gain a reputation as a virtuous person.

She will never treat unfairly anyone who has served her or done things for her.

Although concubines rely on the emperor's favor to win favor, reputation and fame are very important things if they want to gain a firm foothold and last long in the palace!

"I'm saving people to fulfill a vow, so I'm not picky. I'll save whoever I come across."

On the other hand, Fei Wan also wanted everyone to bear witness to the fact that her selection of people from the cold palace and Xinzheku was not deliberate, but was entirely out of kindness.

She shook the list of palace maids given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in her hand, flipped through it casually without looking at it carefully, and casually pointed to a few names from a few pages and asked Xia He to help record them.

"Just them."

In fact, I had already taken a fancy to the positions of these people in the book.

After that, she asked Xiaohui to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to return the list and ask for the person.

These people will arrive early tomorrow morning.

Those who were dismissed couldn't help but discuss and speculate privately about which lucky guys were able to jump out of the cold palace and the Xinzheku to benefit from the favor of Princess Zhao.

"Master Zhao, I am here to apologize for my crime. Please forgive me!"

Just as everyone dispersed and Xiaohui went to the Internal Affairs Department, and only Xia He accompanied Fei Wan into the house, the door to the inner courtyard suddenly opened and a palace maid rushed in.

Fei Wan sent everyone back to their rooms to pack up their things and prepare to leave the next morning. There were only two palace servants in the yard, and they were moving things. When they were not paying attention, the palace maid broke into the main house.

Xia He was just escorting Fei Wan into the inner room when she quickly turned around to stop them.

"No rules! Who let you in?"

While shouting for someone to drag her out.

The other palace maids outside hurried over, but this palace maid had already rushed to the door of the inner room.

"My lady, my lady Zhao! I have offended you before, and I know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please don't hold a grudge against me, and don't hit my hand again, okay?"

She knelt at the door of the inner room and kowtowed.

The palace maids came to pull her away. She struggled and shouted, and was finally dragged away with great difficulty.

When she was thrown out of the courtyard, she was still shouting, "Master Zhao, I know I was wrong--".

Fei Wan had just been trying hard to gain a good reputation in front of the palace servants, but in the blink of an eye, this guy started yelling at her, as if she was a master who punished people at will.

It's quite annoying.

This palace maid was the one who was punished by Pan'er by having her palm slapped.

The incident had long passed, but he suddenly came to apologize for no apparent reason.

Fei Wan's face darkened.

He told Xia He, "Go and ask Pan'er, who is sitting in front of Consort Chun, to come over. If she refuses to come, I will go and visit Consort Chun myself."

Not long after Xia He left, Pan'er came back soon.

He also brought two young eunuchs to escort the palace maid.

Just because Yu Tingjin was afraid that Fei Wan would "visit", he hurriedly sent Pan'er over.

"Master Zhao, I was not paying attention and let this maid run over and bump into you. I will punish her now!"

Pan'er bowed and apologized outside the main house.

Fei Wan walked to the door and stopped, saying softly in front of everyone, "There's no need to punish her anymore. She soiled the imperial gift during the day and has already been punished according to palace rules. Since she's sincerely repentant this time, I'll forgive her. Take her back and teach her the rules."

The good reputation that was just damaged must be restored.

Pan'er said, "Let's put it this way. Young Master Zhao is tolerant, but as a steward, I cannot allow her to offend the master casually."

After saying this, he had the maid beaten with ten rulers in public.

Fei Wan let her beat her.

Anyway, her reputation has been restored. If Pan'er wants to beat her, the palace maid deserves it.

The harder you hit, the better!

The palace maid had her mouth gagged and her hands were hit hard with an iron ruler. She was in excruciating pain and couldn't even scream.

But when she looked at Fei Wan, there was a hint of pride in her eyes.

——Bitch Zhao, you are just a stinky servant. How dare you bully me now that you have climbed up the social ladder?

——I have put my things away.

——Just wait for death!

——You caused me to be beaten, but I can take your life!