The foolish king's marriage to the ugly concubine

Chapter 32
When Du Ruhai opened his eyes, the princess, a woman, was actually familiar with the laws of the Western Chu Kingdom!
Qian Gui scolded angrily with red eyes: "Wangfei wants us old guys to die? We have worked for the palace for more than ten years. There is no merit but hard work. The princess just came to the palace for a day It would be too deceitful to condemn us based on other people's one-sided words!"

"We are not convinced! We want to see the lord, butler Du, please call the lord out! If such a woman who doesn't know who is right is in charge of the palace, it will be messed up!" Wang Xi shook his sleeves angrily, his fat face because Emotional and trembling, like the swaying belly of a sow.

"If you don't give us an explanation today, and don't clarify our charges, we will expose this matter and see if everyone believes in us or an ugly princess with a bad reputation." Zhao Sheng's loud voice was driven by anger. The sound was like thunder before a storm, it was deafening, and even the servants who were hiding outside to eavesdrop were almost deafened.

It's a pity that the object of their anger remained motionless, and they didn't pay attention to their threats and anger at all. At this time, you still have the leisure to drink tea. Are you angry?

It is said that the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, even if the old guys are treacherous and cunning, when they meet Mu Xinran, a woman who is calmer and more ruthless than them, they have to be like a dog jumping over the wall.

"Steward Du, why do you think our palace has hired a few barking dogs to manage the store? It won't scare away the customers, right?"

"Princess, this..." Du Ruhai was at a loss for words, how should he answer this?Agreeing with Wangfei's statement is to scold the shopkeepers, but Wangfei's statement is a bit poisonous, they are all old shopkeepers of Prince Rui's residence; if they refute Wangfei's words, the occasion is not appropriate at this time.

"You, you wicked woman! Don't think that becoming a princess is the ultimate goal! If there were no servants like us who 'work hard' in the palace, a group of people would have starved to death. You think you still have a chance to sit here and drink tea, Is there a bunch of people waiting by your side?"

"I don't know how you work hard, and I don't think this palace is comfortable, especially after seeing your faces, I am very upset. If you don't want to work hard, you can pack up and leave immediately."

The three of them were taken aback, looked at each other, and a flash of determination flashed in their eyes. Anyway, they had earned enough, and they wanted to leave a long time ago, but now they have an excellent excuse, why not do it?
Satisfied in his heart, but not showing anything on the surface, the three of them all looked angry, Wang Xi shook his fat face and said angrily: "Is the princess really going to drive people away so ruthlessly?"

"Hmph! It was a waste of us working for the palace for more than ten years, but we were driven away when we got old. We don't blame the prince, and we are willing to share the burden for him, but for a princess like you, forgive us for not being so broad-minded."

"That's right! Even if we starve to death, we won't work for people like you! Let's go!"

The three of you said something to each other, showing indignation, quite high-spirited, not bowing down for five buckets of rice, and all the servants who were hiding outside to eavesdrop cheered secretly for them, and at the same time expressed their resentment towards this ugly princess. The meaning is deeper, if there are no shopkeepers to manage the store, the expenditure of the palace will definitely be reduced, and then they will have no money to 'smooth'.

Everyone's resentment towards Mu Xinran can be ignited with just one fuse.

For their own benefit, they didn't care about the distinction of superiority and inferiority at this time, and they also forgot the ugly princess' iron and blood methods, and squeezed in to persuade.

"Don't be angry, the three shopkeepers! The concubine is ignorant when she first arrived, so why bother with her. We all know that the three are the pillars of the palace. Without you, the little ones would all be drinking the northwest wind..."

Mu Xinran watched the servants and maids keep the three of them with cold eyes, satirizing her ignorance intentionally or unintentionally in her words, it is really fearless for those who don't know.

The three shopkeepers surrounded in the middle showed complacency in their eyes, but they pretended to be aloof and arrogant.

"Princess, don't chase the three shopkeepers away. What would the store do without them? Where does the palace's food and clothing come from?" Seeing that the three of them had decided to go, someone thought that they should find a breakthrough from the concubine. , So a family member boldly said to Mu Xinran, with reproach in his tone, he had already forgotten Mu Xinran's methods.

"Since you are so reluctant to part with the three shopkeepers, you can pack up your bedding and leave with them." Mu Xinran raised her eyebrows and said calmly.

The sound in the hall stopped abruptly.

After a while, someone timidly said: "Princess, the servants don't mean that. Besides, the servants are sent by the emperor, you can't..."

"I can't drive you away, can I?" Mu Xin snorted coldly, interrupted him, a cold look flashed in her eyes, "As long as you enter Prince Rui's Mansion, you are members of the Palace. As the hostess of Prince Rui's Mansion, Naturally, I have the power to deal with you, reward or punish you, as long as I say a word, you all have to accept it obediently."

"The princess is too domineering! Everyone, if you can't stand the temper of the princess, you can go with the three of us. We don't have the power of the palace, but we have the way of doing business. As long as everyone is willing to work, are you afraid that you won't make money?"

The three of them secretly rejoiced, Mu Xinran's words completely offended everyone, as long as they fanned the flames, wouldn't they be afraid that the servants would not be able to make trouble?If she is not kind, don't blame them for being unrighteous.

After hearing Wang Xi's words, everyone was a little moved, and there was some hesitation in their flickering eyes.

"If you want to leave, you can return the gold, silver, pearls, jade, treasures and treasures that you stole from the palace first. As for the three shopkeepers, please return the taels of silver that you have embezzled privately. If there is one copper plate missing, we will go to the government."

Mu Xinran's cold and ruthless words knocked everyone's hearts to the bottom in an instant. People don't fight with officials, let alone royal people. The money and jewelry had been pawned long ago, and the silver taels embezzled by the three shopkeepers were also squandered, not to mention returning all of them, even tens of thousands of taels would not be handed over!

Everyone's faces were pale, and their minds went blank for a moment.

Du Ruhai had been standing silently by the side, watching the concubine deal with everyone, his expression changed again and again.

Although he knew that there were many servants with dirty hands and feet in the palace, he never expected that servants like Wang Xi, who could be regarded as veterans of the palace, would make fuss on the ledger. They said whether the princess had any evidence, and they left in such a hurry, so they didn't ask themselves.

If it was only a few tens or hundreds of taels of silver, greed would be greedy. For the sake of their service to the palace for many years, he would not say anything, but it was a few hundred thousand taels!The amount handed over to the Wangfu every year is only a few thousand taels. What is working hard for the Wangfu is clearly talking nonsense with their eyes open. They are using the name of the Wangfu to make money for themselves!

(End of this chapter)