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Chapter 883 The Best Family 10
Han Chengen said: "I don't want to give it. We are low-ranking concubines, how can we have any money? We still have to take care of the palace. If we give it all to her, we will have no money to take care of other places, and we will have to live a hard life."

Not to mention anything else, they have to take care of those who are responsible for their food, clothing, housing and transportation. Otherwise, who can bear it if they are given poor makeup, clothes and food?

Linlang said: "But if you don't give it to her, she might cause trouble. Can you bear that?"

Han Chengen sighed and said, "This is what bothers me. Alas, we are so unlucky to be assigned to such a person. I heard that the queens in other palaces are very kind. Not only do they not require us to pay tribute to them, but they also give them money during festivals."

When Linlang heard her say this, she immediately stopped her and said, "Don't say such things. If she hears it, it will be terrible."

Han Chengen smiled and said, "I know, I only told you because it was you. I wouldn't tell anyone else."

It was only because she had a good relationship with Linlang that Han Chengen dared to complain like this. In front of others, she would not dare to say bad things about Concubine Liu, lest Concubine Liu knew about it and cause trouble for her.

Linlang then said, "If you don't give it to me, I will accompany you but I won't give it to you either."

However, she estimated that Han Chengen would still give it, because she was also afraid that Concubine Liu would cause trouble.

Sure enough, Han Chengen said, "I really don't want to give it to her, but I'm also afraid that she will beat someone up. I heard that the person who was beaten last time lay in bed for a long time."

So she is struggling and doesn't know what to do.

Just when Linlang and Han Chengen were struggling over whether to give money to Concubine Liu, Concubine Ding, the highest-ranking noble lady who was personally appointed by the emperor during the previous selection, heard that Duanwu had given the empress dowager an inappropriate gift, which made the empress dowager furious.

After the emperor heard about this, he deposed the man and sent him to the cold palace.

Linlang dared to bet that someone must be playing tricks, otherwise Concubine Ding would not deliberately give a gift that the empress dowager didn't like, breaking a taboo and making the empress dowager angry. After all, no one would deliberately annoy the empress dowager.

So, you can’t be too high-profile when you first enter the palace, otherwise you may end up being the first to stick out.

Speaking of which, I had just entered the palace and didn't understand the situation. It was not good to have such a high title, because with a rank above noble, I could pay my respects to the empress dowager. In this way, I would naturally have to prepare gifts for the top leaders on festivals and birthdays. If I didn't know about the messy unspoken rules in the palace, it would be easy for something to go wrong.

Unlike Linlang and other concubines of lower rank, they do not need to pay respects to the empress dowager or send gifts to her for the time being, so it is safe.

Without mentioning the fact that Concubine Ding was deposed, it was said that the time had finally come for Concubine Liu to ask Linlang and others for money.

The time for payment is generally unified, which is the day after the monthly salary is paid.

Of the twenty low-ranking concubines living in the Zi Lan Palace, about half are Liu Pin's lackeys, who pay tribute every month. Then, Liu Pin, in return for their service as her thugs and tributes, gives them some things that only high-ranking concubines can get. Anyway, these things are issued by the higher-ups and cannot be exchanged for money in the palace, so they are distributed to these lackeys, which is equivalent to giving them some reward for paying tribute and being lackeys. After all, she needs money and cannot avoid paying tribute, so she can only give them some benefits in this regard to win them over.

The reason why the remaining half of the people did not become Liu Bin's lackeys was because they did not pay the full tribute. They either gave the minimum of two taels, or refused to pay, allowing Liu Bin to cause trouble for them.

However, most people did not want to be in trouble with Concubine Liu, so they gave the minimum amount. Only one or two people refused to give anything.

But now, I guess Linlang would have to be included, and Linlang would definitely not give it no matter what. As for whether Han Chengen would give it or not, Linlang was not sure. After all, the girl herself was entangled, and she probably didn't know whether she would give it or not, so it was even more impossible for her, an outsider, to know.

The final result was that Han Chengen gave the minimum amount of two taels, which of course was also her entire monthly allowance. The reason she gave it was because she saw that Concubine Liu found another excuse to beat those who didn't pay, which scared her.

In fact, this was Concubine Liu’s purpose, which was to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and make others give it obediently.

Han Chengen was frightened, so he gave it to her naturally; but Linlang was not afraid, so she didn't give it to him.

The minimum amount is two taels a month, which is indeed not a lot of money for her, but why should she give it to her?

Linlang's refusal to pay obviously annoyed Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu didn't want more and more people not to pay, so she wanted to punish Linlang severely and scare her so that she wouldn't dare not to give her money next time.

Immediately, Concubine Liu slammed the table, saying that Linlang had behaved impolitely in front of the palace, and had Linlang dragged down and given twenty lashes of the board.

At this moment, if Linlang were sensible, she should hand over the money, then she could be spared the punishment.

But how could Linlang pay the money? She said nothing. However, Han Chengen didn't want Linlang to be beaten, so he begged for mercy from Concubine Liu and gently persuaded Linlang to pay the money to avoid suffering.

Linlang said calmly: "Don't persuade me, I have made up my mind and will never give my money to her."

When Concubine Liu heard that Linlang was so stubborn, she naturally got angry and immediately ordered that Linlang be dragged down and severely beaten.

After hearing this, Linlang couldn't help but sneer.

She has been in the palace for two months - one month of internship and one month of official entry, so two months - and has cultivated some internal strength, so when those people fight, she will use her internal strength to protect her body while rebounding onto those people's arms, ensuring that their arms will be hurt and they will not be able to lift a feather tomorrow.

Soon, the nanny beside Concubine Liu picked up Linlang, pressed her on a bench, and beat her severely.

However, the maids found that their arms were numb from the beatings, and they wondered if they had hit so hard that their arms were numb.

Well, maybe I thought I didn't hit him hard, but in fact I did hit him quite hard, so those people hit him lighter at that moment, and sure enough, my arm felt better.

So Concubine Liu asked these people to hit her, but in fact, these people hit her very lightly. Even if Linlang did not use her internal force to protect her buttocks, her buttocks would not be injured.

On the contrary, even if these people were hit lightly, as soon as they were hit, the internal force that Linlang used to protect her body would rebound and numb their arms. As a result, the next day, the arms of the two maids who beat them were completely numb and they felt extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing them like this, Concubine Liu was very satisfied. She thought that the two men beating Sun Linlang had obeyed her orders very well and gave her a severe beating. She thought that Sun Linlang would obediently give them the money.

As a result, after being beaten, Linlang still refused to give the money. Even if she often found fault with her afterwards, she still refused to give it. Just like the other two diehards, she was not afraid of being beaten, which made Concubine Liu very angry.