Yan Wan is reborn as a legitimate wife: Curing Ruyi's Douyi syndrome

Cheng Qiangong

Ah Ruo happily held the Ruyi in her arms. With a look of arrogance, she listened to everyone's praises. Even the usually quiet Ruo Xin spoke.

Suo Xin: "Sister A Ruo, you have received the Ruyi gifted by the eldest princess herself. When you get married, your in-laws will not dare to bully you because of the size of this dowry."

Ah Ruo received so much praise, but she was not flattered to the heavens. She still said proudly, "惢心, you don't have to worry. We are all the master's maids. How can the master not reward us?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned. From the time she followed Ruyi from the Qiandi Palace to now, it seemed that she had never received a reward from Ruyi. Arruo was Ruyi's dowry maid, so she naturally knew the plight of the Ulanara Mansion.

But Ah Ruo was still sincere towards Ruyi at this time. She forced a smile and explained, "My lady had a hard time in the palace, but now her suffering has paid off. The emperor likes me so much, he will definitely reward me. Why would you worry that we won't get any reward when the time comes?"

Everyone was still naive and thought that Ruyi did not give them rewards because she did not have much money before. Now that Ruyi is the favorite concubine and has obtained the things left by the Empress of Jingren Palace, she will definitely reward them.

Everyone secretly encouraged themselves and said with fake smiles: "Yes, yes." "The master has his reasons." "There will always be some in the future."

Because of this incident, everyone lost interest in chatting and dispersed.

Ruyi was still unaware of the people below her little thoughts, and was still secretly happy about the emperor's special treatment of her. She kept stroking the "Wall Horse" in her hand with her armor, and read it with deep emotion and passion.

Everyone was used to Ruyi's occasional nagging, so they pretended not to hear and continued to do their work.

Changchun Palace

Langya was worried about the war on the front line. After all, her younger brother Fu Heng, her older brother Fu Qing and her father Li Rongbao all followed her uncle Ma Qi to the front line. She also looked through the account books and found that the expenses of the harem were too high, so she tried to find a way to cut costs.

Although Jingqin is young, Langya knows that learning to manage accounts should start from a young age, and has already trained Jingqin to read account books.

Langya did not hide the cost-cutting plan from Jingqin this time and even showed her her plan. Jingqin was a smart girl and Langya wanted to see if she could come up with some good ideas.

Jingqin: "No more expensive fabrics from Jiangnan, no more precious jewelry. Rouge, powder, and winter charcoal will be distributed in half. All palace servants will also be reduced by half..."

Jingqin was confused, Jingqin didn't understand, Jingqin suddenly realized that in her previous life, Yonglian had asthma, Langya forced him to study and reduced the number of servants serving him. This was pushing him to death...

Jingqin: "Mother, why should the number of slaves be reduced by half?"

Langya: "Nowadays, in the palace, every noble lady has a large number of servants. It's really a waste."

Jingqin: "Then mother, where are the servants who have been reduced by half? Are they all being released from the palace?"

Langya: “…” That’s right, even if she reduced these, they still couldn’t go out, so they still had to pay, right?

Jingqin: "If Mother wants to reduce the number of slaves, then give some of them grace and let them out of the palace. Reducing them by half is impossible. It would be too obvious if they were all released from the palace."

Langya nodded, indicating her agreement.

Jingqin: "Then why don't we use Jiangnan fabrics? If we don't use them, will Jiangnan stop paying tribute?"

Langya: “…”

Langya felt that there were big problems with the memorial she wrote. How could she be so stupid? Even Jingqin could see the problem, but she didn't notice it. She was complacent and felt that she did the right thing. Langya felt that she might have too much official business and her brain was useless.

After Jingqin went to the study, Langya continued to revise the memorial. Fearing that she might have made some mistakes, she took the memorial to discuss it with Hongli.

Yangxindian

The Emperor: "Langya, why are you here?"

Langya: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Your Majesty, I am thinking of the soldiers on the front lines who are serving their country so loyally. I feel that the cost of the harem is too high. I want to save the harem expenses and send them to the front lines. This can also be regarded as a way to relieve Your Majesty of the worries of the country."

The emperor approved, pulled Langya up, asked her to sit next to him, took the memorial from Langya and read it carefully.

The Emperor: "Yes, that's what it means to release the palace maids..."

Langya quickly handed over another memorial and said with a smile, "I have already drafted a memorial. Your Majesty, please review it and revise it before issuing an order."

The emperor understood immediately, and his eyes became more and more gentle as he looked at Langya. It was like a pillow being given to someone when he was sleepy. He was just worrying about not being able to suppress the empress dowager, so the queen handed him a ladder. He looked at the memorial and became more and more energetic.

Langya looked at Hongli's excited face and left without disturbing him.

Hongli: "Wang Qin, Wang Qin, come in."

Wang Qin came crawling in: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Hongli: "Go and investigate. All the people under the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Dowager must be thoroughly investigated for me."

Wang Qin took the order and went out.

The more Hongli thought about it, the more worried he became. He called out to Yuhu again, "Yuhu, the people the emperor left behind are with you, right?"

Yu Hu: "They are all in my hands."

Hongli: "Go and check who is in charge of the people in the palace. Make sure you find out clearly for me."

Yu Hu: "Yes."

The next day, Changchun Palace

Langya came out wearing a bright yellow satin cloak with butterfly patterns. The concubines took a closer look and found that there were only some embroidery on the corners of the clothes, and there were no patterns on other places. The only embellishment was the original dark patterns of the brocade.

Looking closely, Langya only had a few gold jewelries on her head, a velvet flower on her head, and gold rings and earrings inlaid with oriental pearls. She looked simple, elegant and generous.

The concubines looked at each other, not knowing what the queen was up to.

It was the number one lackey, Jin Yuyan, who spoke up: "I see that the Queen's dress today is simple in pattern, but it is elegant and graceful, and it is truly magnificent."

Jin Yuyan: Flattery never wears out

Huang Qiying followed closely behind: "The embroidery technique on the Empress's dress is simple, like the embroidery method that was popular when the Qing Dynasty first entered the Western Han Dynasty."

The queen nodded approvingly.

Gao Xiyue: “But…”

In the past few days, the Queen has become increasingly frustrated with Gao Xiyue's IQ of only two and a half years old. Naturally, she knows that Gao Xiyue can't say anything good.

Langya interrupted, "I'm wearing this today to say that the harem spends a tremendous amount of fabric every year. My clothes are embroidered, but they're simple and plain. And what you're wearing, not to mention the fabric, costs far too much just for the embroidery alone."

Gao Xiyue felt aggrieved, but she did not open her mouth to refute. Without Gao Xiyue as a leader, the other concubines did not dare to say much.

Chen Wanyin said weakly, "Your Majesty, what you said is very true. I will learn from your words."

Langya was surprised that Chen Wanyin, such a taciturn person, actually spoke up for her, but she also looked approving.

Chen Wanyin is an honest person. In her previous life, she was assigned to Zhongcui Palace with her old acquaintance Su Lujun. Naturally, she followed the main seat Su Lujun. It was difficult for her to speak up if Su Lujun did not support her.

In this life, Chen Wanyin was assigned to Chuxiu Palace by Jingqin, and the main person in charge was Huang Qiying, the queen's second lackey. She had no choice but to live under his roof, bow her head, and follow Huang Qiying's attitude.

Even Chen Wanyin agreed. As for the others, three of them were loyal lackeys of the queen. Although they had a stupid teammate, they became obedient after being suppressed by the queen. The remaining ones were the timid one Su Lujun, the timid second Hailan, and the indifferent Ruju Ruyi.

No one dared to refute the Queen's words, and she continued with satisfaction: "I will set an example myself and follow the old practices of our ancestors. From today on, I will no longer make expensive jewelry, and embroidery will not use elaborate patterns.

The rations of concubines and above will be halved, and those below the rank of concubine will be distributed as is. The imperial concubine has a cold, so her charcoal fire does not need to be reduced further. The reduced rations will be paid by Changchun Palace."

Gao Xiyue was the first to stand up and said, "I will definitely follow the Queen."

Although the other concubines were reluctant, it was better than they had imagined, so they stood up together and said in unison: "Your servants will follow the Queen."

Langya nodded in satisfaction and said softly, "We live in the Six Palaces, serving as role models for all women in the world. We must not forget the hardships our ancestors went through in establishing the empire. When the war is over and the country is at peace, I will double my compensation to you sisters."

Everyone: "Thank you, Queen."

Langya was about to continue talking about the next thing, but at this moment a sudden voice was heard.

Ruyi stood up, raised the jadeite bead and red gold lotus bracelet on her wrist, and said with a smile, "Although this bracelet was given to me by the Empress Dowager when I entered the palace, the palace is now practicing frugality, so I dare not wear it anymore. I beg for your permission, Empress Dowager."

Ruyi's move was naturally intended to satirize Langya. You always say that you are frugal, but you gave us such a gorgeous bracelet in the palace. You are so hypocritical.

The Queen was panicked, but her expression remained calm. She smiled and replied, "This bracelet was originally a tribute from Annan. It was given to me by the Empress Dowager on my wedding day. Now it seems really extravagant and luxurious. Since Concubine Xian feels it is inappropriate, then I will take it back.

Lianxin, go get the bracelets from Concubine Xian and Concubine Gao. "Don't worry, Sister Gao and Sister Xian, these were given to me by the Empress Dowager. Since they're no longer suitable for me to wear, and I can't leave them lying around, I'll keep them."

Lianxin replied, "Yes," and went forward to take the bracelets from Ruyi and Gao Xiyue.

Ruyi didn't expect the Queen to be so calm and take the bracelet back so easily. She was surprised, and her complacent sarcasm became inappropriate under the Queen's manipulation.

Ruyi began to feel angry about the Queen's behavior today. She had liked the bracelet very much. It was not only novel in design but also looked very luxurious, which suited her taste. Otherwise, she would not have worn it for ten years and never taken it off.

Now it was taken away because of this matter, and it was she who said it. Ruyi's originally smug smile slowly turned into a forced smile, and she began to lower her head to play with the armor in her hand again.

The Queen was helpless. The words had already come to this point. Was she still stubbornly unwilling to retract them? Wouldn't that mean she was accepting Ruyi's insinuation and admitting to being two-faced? Wouldn't that completely ruin the good reputation she had worked so hard to build?

It can be seen that the Queen's IQ has improved a lot. At least she can understand Ruyi's sarcasm and Jin Yuyan's instigation, and can also predict Gao Xiyue's stupid teammates' behavior.

The Queen lost interest and brought up something she hadn't finished. "I've been thinking about this: the Imperial Household Department collects a lot of tributes, but they're never fully used. They're piling up in the storehouse, taking up space and easily wearing out and rotting. It would be a good idea to hold a charity sale and sell off the unused tributes. That would be a way to show our appreciation."

The concubines looked at each other, and finally Jin Yuyan spoke up and said, "The Queen is right. Anyway, there are some things that we don't need that much of."

Langya really liked Jin Yuyan's perceptiveness, and the smile on her face grew deeper and deeper: "Don't worry, sisters, these are just some old materials and old items.

If you sisters are willing, you can also take out the things in your own palaces and give them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a charity sale. I will hand over the list of items and the silver earned from the sale to the emperor.

The concubines were eager to make a move, and they all said in unison: "Your Majesty, the Queen, thank you very much."

After everything was said and done, Langya let everyone leave.

As soon as they returned to the inner hall, Su Lian came forward impatiently and asked angrily, "Why did the queen take off the bracelet?"

Langya also sighed and said, "I don't want to either. Ruyi has already said this, and I'm still stubborn and refuse to accept it. Then all my hard work these days will be in vain."

Su Lian was disappointed that her master had failed to live up to her expectations, but as a servant, how could she lecture her master? She left in anger.