Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Although these people were Linlang's maids and had to obey her orders, in theory, they didn't have to pay extra money to do anything she asked them to do, after all, the mansion had already paid them a monthly salary. However, asking people to run errands in the mansion would cost extra money, and if she dared not to pay, these people would go reluctantly, and she would then become enemies.

Making enemies with people around you means you don't want to live a good life, so Linlang will still pay for running errands.

However, those maids and old women did not dare to fool her. After all, they all knew that Linlang was a second-class maid in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so she must know the prices of things outside. After all, everyone knew where to find delicious food, and she must have run around outside every day in the past. They thought that the information Linlang had found out with the little bee was what she knew when she was running around outside in the past, and they did not doubt how Linlang knew these things. How could they fool her? Therefore, when they bought things for Linlang, the price was basically the price quoted by the seller, and then they asked Linlang for the travel expenses. Anyway, Linlang's travel expenses were not the lowest among the selected concubines, but at an upper-middle level, so they were satisfied and willing to help run errands.

——The running fee given was at the upper-middle level among the selected concubines, which was naturally also found out by Linlang.

Other selected concubines also asked people to help run errands and buy things. Among those selected concubines, some did not know the prices outside and would naturally be cheated. But no matter how much they cheated, the price could not be too high, otherwise when the concubines talked with each other and heard others say how much this thing cost, they would buy it too high. Wouldn’t that be exposed all at once?

They offered a slightly higher price and said they couldn't find a cheaper place to buy it, so they could get away with it.

So overall, the profits from buying things are less. After all, this is not like buying things for the ladies in the palace. The ladies in the palace cannot leave the palace, so even if the price is high, the ladies can't do anything. But the ladies in the backyard of the palace can go out of the palace to buy things for themselves as long as they get the approval of the princess and bring designated followers, so it is not okay to ask for too high a price.

You can't make much profit from the stuff, so the only thing you can really get is naturally the money for running away.

And because the running fee given by Linlang was at the upper-middle level among the selected concubines, even if she couldn't get any bargain on the prices of the things, overall, the profit would be at the middle level given by the selected concubines, and that was enough, as long as she wasn't the stingiest among the selected concubines.

The servants would also gather together to discuss the errand fees of each family. After asking and finding out, they found that what Linlang gave was not a small amount, so the maids around Linlang had no objections.

Then those concubines who were paid less for running errands became unlucky. They were often scolded behind their backs by the maids and old women, who accused them of being stingy and wanting the horse to run without eating grass.

People like this who have complaints against their masters are obviously very easy to be bribed once something goes wrong.

As mentioned before, the overall environment in Prince An's Mansion is relatively harmonious, but the concubines fight fiercely for the position of Crown Prince, which can be seen as a miniature version of the fight for the throne.

Since it is a miniature version of the struggle for the throne, what happens during the struggle for the throne will also happen in Prince An’s mansion.

The most intense struggles were undoubtedly among those who had sons.

But those who only have daughters or no sons are not particularly safe either, especially those favored concubines with sons. They will be afraid that someone will give birth to a son because of their favor and threaten their sons' success to the throne, so they will target them.

People like Linlang who are not favored are relatively safe. Basically, as long as Linlang doesn't have children, no one will target her because of her unfavored situation, so as to avoid wasting energy.

The reason why Linlang was not favored was naturally Linlang's deliberate act. Otherwise, with Linlang's ability, it would not be difficult for her to be favored. After all, she had the dream props, which made it easy to achieve. Linlang came to Prince An's Mansion before just to live a stable life, but being favored obviously could not lead to a stable life, so Linlang did not pursue being favored. Anyway, she just lived an honest life.

Because Linlang was not favored, the disputes in the mansion basically had nothing to do with her, and she would not take action just because she saw who was the worst.

Of course, if someone is idle and even causes trouble for her who is not favored, then Linlang will definitely give the other person a head-on blow and teach him a lesson.

Would anyone bother her when she was not favored? Needless to say, there really were people who would bother her.

Why are there such people?
This matter is also related to the wife of the Prince of Zhenguo.

Isn't this the same thing that happened last time? Prince An's Mansion didn't give an explanation to the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo's Prince, so the wife got angry. So she contacted a concubine of Prince An's Mansion and started to make trouble for Linlang.

This concubine came from the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

Isn't it that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion wanted to win over Prince An and speak well of the Second Prince, so they picked a girl from the family and gave her to Prince An. Prince An gave her the status of concubine because she came from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Since this person came from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, the Duke of Zhenguo's wife came to her and said that this was also the Duke of Zhenguo's intention (which was indeed the case), and asked her to deal with Linlang, and it would be best to kill her. Considering that the other party gave her a lot of money, she agreed.

In the eyes of Concubine Wang, Linlang was not favored, was born a maid, and had no background. Even if she dealt with Linlang, the prince would not say anything. This was something she could do.

The news of the confrontation between Concubine Zhou and the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo's son that day had spread among the people in the mansion, so she naturally knew about it. She also felt that Concubine Zhou was really too arrogant. However, she was born a maid, but she dared to speak to the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo's son like that. If she was not taught a lesson, she would not know how powerful the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was.

Concubine Wang was born in the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, so she was naturally proud of the Mansion. When she saw someone not giving face to the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, she would naturally be angry.

What's more, the Prince of Zhenguo and his wife gave her a large sum of money. Just for the sake of money, she was willing to help. You know, although she was born in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, she was already a branch of a branch of a branch, and her family conditions were not that good - even if her conditions were good, she would not listen to the arrangements of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and become someone's concubine - so when she first entered the mansion, she didn't have much money. Now, as long as she helps the Prince of Zhenguo and his wife, she can get such a large sum of money. How could she not be willing?

What she didn't know was that right after she accepted the money from the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife, Linlang, who had been keeping an eye on them and was trying to get them to do something, found out about it immediately. Seeing that she was planning to deal with her, Linlang had already set a trap for her, waiting for her to jump in.

If she didn't harm Linlang, nothing would happen, but if she did, the trap would work. This is a situation where you should guard against villains but not gentlemen. (End of this chapter)