swear not to be concubine

Chapter 137

After all, Nie Qingniang is also the wife of the Duke, and she has a royal order, so when she died, Li Yi would naturally have to write a chapter.

At that time, the Empress Dowager was talking to the emperor about letting the Lord of Le'an Township replace the Lord of Wen'an County to marry the son of Prince Xingping in the northwest, and her words were very strong.

The emperor was actually very impatient with her.If it wasn't because he wanted to set an example of a filial son to the world, he would have wanted to kill her a long time ago.

But now he is looking at the empress dowager sitting across from him with raised eyebrows, while he is slowly rolling his sleeves, he is only thinking in his heart that the image of a dutiful son he has been to the outside world for so many years is almost enough. Hurry up and call a confidant imperial doctor over tomorrow, get some medicine for the queen mother, and quietly let her go down to accompany the emperor.It is only said that the queen mother died of a sudden illness.

As for letting Lord Le'an replace Lord Wen'an, well, it doesn't matter if you agree.

It's just a flag temporarily used to appease King Xingping, who would not use it.

He was about to open his mouth to agree to the queen mother's request, when he saw the servant next to him come in with a booklet in both hands, knelt in front of him and presented it.

The emperor reached out to pick it up, opened it, glanced at it, and put it on the case beside his hand, then turned his head and said to the queen mother: "Mother, the suggestion you just made, I'm afraid it won't work."

The queen mother was furious, and stomped the red sandalwood dragon-headed crutch in her hand heavily, and said angrily: "Why not? Isn't the Lord of Le'an Township a title only for the daughters of the clan? It's the same as the Lord of Wen'an County. Is the emperor Are you going to disobey the Ai family because of this?"

"Queen Mother, you can see for yourself." The emperor impatiently threw the folder on the side of his hand to the Empress Dowager's hand, then got up and left.

After he got out of the palace gate, he called a confidant servant over, and ordered: "Go to the imperial hospital and call an experienced and prudent imperial physician over."

The servant respectfully agreed, turned around and left.

But the emperor glanced back at the palace of Compassionate Ning Palace, thinking viciously in his heart, this dead old woman, it's better to let her go down to accompany the emperor earlier.

As for the Empress Dowager, after reading the content of the chapter, she immediately slammed the chapter down to the ground in anger, and at the same time said viciously: "How can Mrs. Zheng Guogong live and die like this?" What a coincidence? Even if it’s half a day late, it’s good to just wait for the emperor’s will to go. I’m sorry for my Wen’an, but I still can’t escape this calamity after all.”

At this time, in the Tongxiang courtyard in the backyard of Zheng Guogong's mansion, Aunt Wan was sitting on the big kang by the window, and she was also complaining that Nie Qingniang died at an untimely time.

"... She has a strong temper, and she even committed suicide by swallowing gold, just to save her daughter."

Aunt Liu stood aside without making a sound.

Nie Qingniang died so tragically, whenever she thought about it, she still felt a little apprehensive in her heart.

But Aunt Wan didn't notice the change of Mrs. Liu, she just frowned a pair of slender eyebrows, and said worriedly: "Now the right to head the house is in the hands of that little hoof. There are only a few taels of monthly silver every month, and there is no other income, but what should I do?"

No answer was heard.

Only then did Aunt Wan look up at Aunt Liu.Seeing her distraught look, Aunt Wan couldn't help but sullen her face, and called out in a cold voice: "Sister-in-law Liu."

Aunt Liu was taken aback and suddenly came back to her senses.

Then seeing Aunt Wan's gloomy face, a smile appeared on her busy face, and she only asked, "What orders does Auntie have?"

Aunt Wan looked at her with displeasure, and asked, "What were you thinking just now? Why didn't you answer me when I talked to you for a long time?"

"The servant is just feeling a little tired, so his mind is a little distracted." Aunt Liu hurriedly laughed along with her, and then said, "What did my aunt say just now? Maybe say it to the servant again?"

Aunt Wan didn't suspect anything else.After all, what happened today, Mrs. Liu has been traveling around with her all day, and she should be tired.

So she called the little maid next to her and brought a little scorpion over for Mrs. Liu to sit.Aunt Liu naturally didn't dare to sit down, after repeated humility and evasion, half of her buttocks landed on the little cockroach just now.

Sister-in-law Liu is Aunt Wan's confidant, and she is flexible. Aunt Wan can use her very much, so she is polite to her.

So at that moment, Aunt Wan told her what she was worried about in detail.Aunt Liu listened, thought for a while, and then said: "You don't need to worry about this matter."

"How do you say that?" Aunt Wan hurriedly asked.

Aunt Liu quickly said: "Even though the third young lady now holds the right to run the house under the pretext of organizing the funeral for the wife, she is still a girl who has not been out of the cabinet after all, and she was brought up by merchants in those years. The servant heard that her adoptive mother only raised her as a skinny horse, and she only learned some talents like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in daily life, so how could she know about presiding over mid-career? What's more, it was such a big event as a funeral Yes. Even though she praised Haikou earlier, she will naturally be in a hurry at that time, and then she will inevitably ask to come to my aunt and grandma, begging you to help. Then you will use this excuse to get back to the head of the house It's her right, she won't be able to fart in the future."

"But I see that little girl has a plan in mind." Aunt Wan said hesitantly.

She remembered Jian Yan's cold look when she turned her head and glanced at her when she was in Ya'anju, it could really be said that her gaze was as sharp as a knife.

"My aunt really thinks highly of her." Aunt Liu thought for a while, and then said, "If my aunt is worried, there is still a proper way here, I'm sure I can cure her."

Aunt Wan asked what is the proper way.Then I heard Mrs. Liu say: "Auntie, think about it, you have been housekeeper for so many years, and many people in the house are your confidantes. This time, the third girl is going to take care of the funeral of the wife. She can't handle everything alone. Is it all done? She must be the one who gave the order, and the errands are still the servants. We just need to send someone to say hello to your confidantes, let them be lazy when they do things, and dodge Somewhat, the third girl is a girl who has not left the cabinet, she has a tender skin, will she be able to scold people? Or will she be pissed off? There must be a time when she will cry and beg you."

Aunt Wan thought about it, and she also felt that Mrs. Liu's method was good.So at that moment, she sent her servant girl to instruct her confidantes in the mansion, and only asked them to secretly trip up Jian Yan, and that's all if they didn't take the job seriously.Then she herself was here waiting for Jian Yan to come to her door and beg her to take care of those things.

But unexpectedly, Jian Yan doesn't know how to curse or swear, but she can hit people.

She naturally knew that Aunt Wan had been in charge of the family for so many years, most of Zheng Guokilometers belonged to her, but what does that matter?
Now she is the daughter of the Duke of the state, she is the Lord of Le'an Township, she holds the right to run the house, no matter whether you are an old man in this mansion or not, no matter whether you have face in front of the master, she can pull it off Any servant who is not serious about his errands comes out and calls the guards to come over and beat the board.

The four-finger-wide board was lowered and lowered, and the two servants who were beaten had screams like killing pigs, but gradually, the sound became weaker, and there was no sound at all. up.

Earlier in April, she moved an armchair to the porch, padded it with an autumn-colored cushion, invited Jian Yan to sit, and then ordered the little maid to bring tea.

And Jian Yan just sat in the armchair and drank tea, while watching the guards beating people with a cold face, and a group of servants stood beside her with their hands down.

When the two leaders who were lying on the bench were knocked out and fainted, and could no longer make a sound, Jian Yan finally raised her hand to signal the guards to pause.

Then she handed the teacup in her hand to the little maid standing beside her, and she stood up with both hands on the armrests of the armchair, walked slowly into the courtyard, and slowly stood up in front of the group of servants standing with their hands down. Walked back and forth.

These servants originally despised Jian Yan in their hearts.

It turns out that he was recently recognized from a merchant's family, so what if he has the name of a prostitute and a township lord?After all, the fundamentals are not good enough to be on the stage.And how does the family of the girl who was pampered in the deep boudoir know what kind of funeral to arrange?What's more, there was Aunt Wan who said hello in the middle, so these people have been really fooling around when they run errands in the past few days.

But unexpectedly, this little girl who looked clearly Jiao Didi actually had such a thunderous method, she directly called the guards to come in and beat people, and she was still watching the whole process from the sidelines, without blinking, nor did she look pale Nothing has changed.

Even those of them, hearing the screams of those two people being beaten, and seeing their bloody buttocks and legs, couldn't stop their hearts from trembling and their faces changing color, but the third girl ...

All the people lowered their heads, not daring to look at Jian Yan.

And Jian Yan glanced at this group of people coldly, full of coldness like a storm was about to come.

"Who wants to try the feeling of being boarded?" She glanced at everyone present one by one with her cold eyes like scraping meat, and said in a calm voice, "Then just come up and try."

No one dared to respond, and needles could be heard in the courtyard.

The girl standing in front of her was clearly a pretty and sweet little girl, but at this moment, in their eyes, she was clearly a Rakshasa ghost crawling out of hell.

They didn't dare to underestimate this little girl any more.

At this time, Jian Yan said in a cold voice: "You eat rice from the government, drink water from the government, wear clothes from the government, and use government hair from the government. The money, the whole family relies on the government of our country to support them, but when it comes time to ask you to do errands, you are pushing back and forth like this, so why should I support you? I can’t do things without you? Then you But it was a wrong idea. Whenever the government of our country puts up a sign to recruit people and goes out, within a day, dozens of people can be recruited in."

Speaking of this, her voice became more and more cold: "Those who don't want to do it come to me as soon as possible, and I will immediately call the matchmaker to sell you. But you are so lazy, even the master's For those who dare to push back and refuse to do the order, I will naturally ask the matchmaker to tell your boss after the purchase and remind them. So I left my government. , what kind of life you will live in the future, you can all think about it for yourself."

Do you still need to think about it?

A group of people all knelt down, lying on the ground, and only said: "Young servants (just) don't dare anymore, and I ask the girl to spare her life."

Upon hearing this, Jian Yan walked slowly to the corridor and sat back in the armchair.

"I'm also a person who distinguishes rewards and punishments. If I do poorly, I will punish. If I do well, I will naturally reward."

After all, let Siyue call a few servants to come forward, saying that they have done a good job in the past few days, so each of them rewarded ten taels of silver.

It should be known that each of the big maids around Jian Yan only have a monthly allowance of one tael of silver, and the monthly allowance of these low-level servants is only a few hundred dollars. Now they suddenly get the reward of ten taels of silver. do not like?
They immediately knelt down and thanked them.

And all the servants in the courtyard looked at me and you, and they admired Jian Yan more and more in their hearts.

Aunt Wan has a strict temperament.During the more than ten years that she has been in charge of the house, she has never been the only servant who has been fined a monthly fee for doing something wrong, but she has never been rewarded for doing a certain errand.But the girl was rewarded with ten taels of silver as soon as she made a move...

A group of maids and servants all obeyed Jian Yan immediately, and they all promised that they would do their jobs with all their heart in the future.

Only then did Jian Yan nodded, and then asked Si Yue to bring over the roster of servants in the mansion, and began to divide the work one by one.

Her division of labor is very clear.Who is in charge of pouring tea for guests, who is in charge of tea and rice, who is in charge of lamps, candles, sesame oil, and who is in charge of teacups and utensils. .And if the things I am responsible for are damaged and lost, just let the person in charge pay for them, and there will be no chaos.Naturally, if the errands are done well, everyone will be rewarded after the wife's funeral.

For a while, everyone heard that she was rigorous and meticulous in the division of labor and scheduling, and that she had considered all aspects, and they all smacked their tongues in their hearts.

Even Aunt Wan, who has been in charge of the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years, is sitting here now, and she doesn't have such rigorous, meticulous and thoughtful arrangements, but this delicate-looking girl in front of her has such a talent.

For a moment, everyone was really convinced, and they all got on their errands with full energy, and they didn't dare to fool things anymore.

When Jian Yan was done with assignments, she ordered everyone to step down and go about their own business.He asked the guards to carry the two people who had been tortured down, and invited a doctor to come and treat them.

After everyone had left and only a few maids around her were left, she just took the teacup handed over by the little maid, lifted the lid, and took a sip of the warm tea inside.

She had known for a long time that Aunt Wan would play tricks during it, so she just endured it for a few days.It was only today that she found an excuse, grabbed two of Aunt Wan's most powerful people in the past, and called all the servants in the mansion to come over, and then asked the guards to beat those two people severely in front of them.

When it was time to use the trick of killing chickens to scare monkeys, she would definitely not be soft-hearted.

As for Aunt Wan and the others, after her mother's funeral, she will naturally settle the matter with them with all her capital and interest.

She was thinking about this in her heart, when a little maid came in to report that Xu Shilang asked to see the girl after mourning his wife.

(End of this chapter)