The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

At night, Jinzhong came to Yongshou Palace, and Yanwan asked meaningfully, "Have the salaries of your Yangxin Palace been taken back as well?"

Although Jinzhong was not short of this little money, he really couldn't understand the Queen's train of thought, thinking of the ugly faces of everyone in the Yangxin Palace.

"The maids, eunuchs, and guards in the Yangxin Palace were so excited when they received their monthly allowances, but they were so angry when they learned that their allowances were cut in half. I'm afraid they are all cursing the Empress in their hearts right now."

Yan Wan smiled and said, "Why are you scolding me? Doesn't the Queen's Yikun Palace only have a monthly allowance? Isn't this just setting an example?"

Jinzhong sneered, "Our queen, you may say she is petty, but her food, clothing, housing and transportation are very extravagant. You may say she has seen the world, but she also withholds the monthly bonus from her servants. I really don't know why the emperor would value her as the queen."

Yan Wan asked, "Chun Chan said that when she went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chief Steward Qin was like a firecracker, igniting at the touch of a button. Is that true?"

Jin Zhong said, "Isn't it? Steward Qin originally wanted to go to Yikun Palace to show his courtesy, but who would have thought that Aunt Rong Pei would scold Steward Qin severely in front of everyone, making Steward Qin so angry that he went crazy."

"General Steward Qin was so angry that he personally distributed salaries to every palace servant, and then told the palace servants who came to collect their monthly salary exactly what Rong Pei said. Otherwise, why would there be so much resentment in the palace? From what I can see, this time Yikun Palace has really offended General Steward Qin."

Yan Wan asked again: "Chun Chan, has the message I asked you to spread been spread?"

Chunchan said, "Don't worry, my lady. The news about Grandma Tian has spread. We have people in Qixiang Palace, and Concubine Jia already knows that Grandma Tian holds a grudge against the Queen."

Chunchan paused and continued, "But I think the Queen is also strange. It's only a few dozen taels of silver. She didn't ask her to pay out of her own pocket, so why doesn't she want to reward Grandma Tian and the others? But I heard that the Queen and the wife of Duke Cheng'en buried a lot of gold in the ground in the name of praying for a smooth delivery for the Queen!"

Yan Wan smiled and said, "Is there such a thing? Jinzhong, Chunchan, what do you think if the people in the palace knew that the queen was so extravagant?"

Jinzhong Chunchan understood, "I understand."

In a blink of an eye, Yan Wan had served the emperor for six years. Chun Chan and Lan Cui were the same age as Yan Wan, and now they were both 25 years old and old enough to leave the palace.

Chunchan had said early on that she did not want to leave the palace, and Yanwan had already asked for the emperor's permission to keep Chunchan in Yongshou Palace to serve her.

When the day came for the palace maids to be released from the palace, Yan Wan took out her own pocket money and gave a cent to the palace maids in Yongshou Palace who had reached a certain age.

"We are master and servant, and you have served me wholeheartedly. You are leaving the palace today, and I will reward each of you with fifty taels. Take it and live a good life!"

The maids knelt down and thanked the master: "Thank you for the reward, my master. I bow to thank you for your grace!"

Yan Wan left Lan Cui alone and handed her a bundle, "Lan Cui, here are two hundred taels of silver notes and some jewelry. Just consider it as the dowry I will buy for you. When you marry Guard Zhao, you must tell me, and I will give you more dowry!"

Lan Cui has served Yan Wan for so long, and Yan Wan has always been very good to them. Before leaving, she gave her so many extra things. Lan Cui was extremely grateful.

"It is our blessing that Chunchan and I can serve the master. From now on, I can no longer serve the master, but I will definitely burn incense and pray to the Buddha for the master to give birth to a prince as soon as possible and be promoted to imperial concubine as soon as possible! I am leaving, Chunchan, you must serve and protect the master well, and don't let Yikun Palace and Qixiang Palace bully the master!"

Chunchan was also reluctant, and nodded with tears in her eyes, "I will, don't worry!"

After this group of palace maids left the palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs soon sent new palace maids.

One day when she went to pay respects to the empress, Yan Wan saw Lingzhi and asked curiously, "Aren't all the palace maids who have reached the age allowed to leave the palace? When I went to ask the emperor for permission to keep Chunchan, I didn't seem to see Miss Lingzhi's name. Why is Miss Lingzhi still serving in Yikun Palace?"

Lingzhi has reached the age, but Ruyi refuses to let her leave the palace. Lingzhi has no hope of becoming the head maid of Yikun Palace, and Rong Pei is always targeting her, so she has long wanted to leave Yikun Palace.

She mentioned it to Ruyi several times, but she always refused. If Rongpei heard it, she would inevitably say that she was restless and would always suffer. After so many times, Lingzhi dared not mention it again.

Yan Wan just asked casually, but Ruyi felt that Yan Wan had ulterior motives and said unhappily: "Ling Fei, you are overstepping your authority!"

Yan Wan apologized: "I spoke out of turn, I hope the Queen will forgive me!"

The concubines were talking in the Yiku Palace, and the servants in each palace were also whispering in the corners.

When it comes to the reduction of half the monthly salary, people in various palaces become indignant.

Seeing that the people in Yongshou Palace and Chuxiu Palace were no different from usual, a little maid asked curiously: "Why aren't you angry about missing a month's salary?"

Wang Chan was waiting for someone to ask him this question, and said with a smile: "The Queen exempted the monthly allowance to pray for the Fifth Princess, but our Lord and Master Shu paid it out of their own pockets to pray for the Tenth Prince."

Everyone was envious, "Really? There is such a good thing? Empress Shu is the biological mother of the Tenth Prince, it is normal for her to do this, why is Empress Ling also doing this?"

Before Wang Chan could speak, another young eunuch said, "Have you forgotten that it was Concubine Ling who personally asked the Emperor for grace to pray for the Tenth Prince? Concubine Ling and Concubine Shu are sisters, so of course she is willing to make up the monthly allowance!"

At this time, a young maid in Yongshou Palace said, "Our master has always been kind to us. When Sister Lan Cui and the others left the palace a few days ago, the master gave each of them fifty taels of silver. Later, he kept Sister Lan Cui alone and gave her a package of things!"

"Really? Concubine Ling is really generous!"

Wang Chan said at the right time: "Empress Ling is only a concubine, but she is still so kind to us. I'm afraid that the Empress will reward the people in Yikun Palace even more."

Hearing this, there was a sneer, "Eunuch Wang, you don't know, I have a fellow villager working in the Yikun Palace, and the Queen Mother only gave them ten taels of silver as a reward! Aunt Lingzhi has long reached the age, but the Queen Mother refused to let her go!"

The young palace maid in Yongshou Palace felt that the ten taels of silver were not suitable for the status of the Queen Mother, but she could not say it openly, so she had to make excuses for the Queen Mother.

"Ten taels of silver is indeed a little less, but the flood in Jiangnan has not yet subsided, and the Queen wants to pray for the Fifth Princess. It is inevitable that she will be frugal with money, which is understandable."

Speaking of this, the insider couldn't help but complain again.

"How can we save money? The servants in Yikun Palace said that the Queen's clothes and jewelry are all top-notch luxury. That's all. Even the Queen uses the finest silk to wipe her body after bathing!"

"Moreover, I also heard that the Empress heard of a blessing method from somewhere in order to have a smooth delivery. Together with the wife of Duke Cheng'en, she buried a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry in the ground to pray for a good start!"

"You know Granny Tian, ​​right? She's the one who delivered the babies for the Empress and Concubine Shu. The Empress withheld half of her reward money, but she was in a hurry to use the money, so she went to ask for mercy from the Empress."

"Guess what? Not only did the Queen not give it, she even had Aunt Rong Pei beat Grandma Tian out! Do you think the Queen is really short of money and really wants to pray for the Fifth Princess? If she really wants to, she can just dig out some of the gold and silver in the soil to make up the money!"

When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and became even more indignant and resentful towards Ruyi and Rong Pei.