GBP Chapter 172 I Like You Very Much
Chapter 172 I Like You Very Much
After Zhang Yun concluded that Yanwan's pregnancy was stable and that the enthronement ceremony could be completed, the palace held an enthronement ceremony for her, Concubine Mei and others.
Ruyi was also among them. She had just been promoted recently. The ceremony had to wait until Yanfang recovered. It was so painful for her.
But she still had to pretend to be generous, looking down at Yan Wan: "Ling Fei, now you are also a proper concubine, you must be good in the future..."
Yan Wan interrupted her: "Empress Xian, you and I are both concubines, I have to remind you not to step into other people's shoes and always use your status as a concubine to do things that only the Empress can do."
Empress Xian frowned and looked at Yan Wan.
Yan Wan also looked at her, with the same aura as before.
Ruyi was surprised and said, "I don't know if you are good at pretending or what, but I never realized that you have such power before."
Yan Wan said calmly, "Why should Concubine Xian be surprised? If Concubine Xian is willing to ask the nanny to teach her the rules, she will naturally not do anything that damages the dignity of the royal family, and her aura will naturally be stronger."
Ruyi looked at her with a half-smile: "I have often heard that people emphasize something when they lack it."
Yan Wan retorted, "So Concubine Xian is in need of a mother, so she always wants to be my mother and discipline me in everything?"
Ruyi choked: "How can you speak so foul language?"
Yan Wan rolled her eyes at her and held Mei Fei affectionately: "Sister, let's go back. I'm hungry."
Concubine Mei patted the back of her hand with a smile: "Okay, you are eating for two people now, so of course you have to eat more."
The two of them left together. Jiapin smiled softly and said, "Oh, who is jealous? Are you jealous of the emperor's love for Concubine Ling?"
Ruyi stared coldly at Jiapin: "Jiapin, I have been friends with you for many years, but now you are trying to curry favor with the Queen by stepping on me."
Jiapin could hardly hide the resentment in her eyes: "I dare not have any friendship with you. You are a man and woman person. Everyone in the harem knows it. Empress Xian, please keep your distance when you see me in the future. It is best not to talk to me. I am not as favored as you, but I can't stand the emperor's suspicion!"
After she said that, she walked away quickly, as if Ruyi was some dirty thing.
Ruyi was so angry that her eyebrows were raised, but before she could think of her words, she couldn't even see Jiapin's back.
She walked back in anger, and suddenly heard someone arguing loudly. Turning around, she saw a middle-aged woman in rough clothes.
"I saw you take the money! We all do the same job! Why do you take their money and assign them the easiest jobs, but assign us the most tiring ones?!"
The middle-aged woman had a resolute face and her brows were strong and sharp, making people feel that she was full of justice.
Ruyi listened carefully to the content of her argument with the nanny and nodded repeatedly. If everyone used some tricks to avoid the suffering they should have endured and instead pushed the suffering onto others, wouldn't the palace be in chaos?
Seeing that the nanny was angry and wanted to punish the middle-aged woman, Ruyi walked over quickly and said, "Wait!"
When everyone saw her, they all knelt down.
Ruyi said, "I have heard what you just said. The Queen is always strict. How could she tolerate a treacherous person like you who accepts bribes?!"
The maid was stunned: "Your Majesty, please allow me to report. The three palace maids had their periods and had stomachaches, so they gave me money to find some easy jobs for me. It's only for these few days! This is the rule that all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Xinzheku have tacitly accepted!"
Ruyi raised her eyebrows and said, "The palace maids and eunuchs work hard, but they are exploited by evil people like you. Naturally, they dare not say a word. The so-called acquiescence is nothing but bullying by force! You, go down and get thirty sticks!"
The maid felt as if the sky had fallen: "Madam, spare my life! I won't dare to do that again!"
The three palace maids who bribed the nanny turned pale with fright. They already had stomachaches, and one of them fainted due to the nervousness.
Ruyi frowned: "They are all evil people who use unorthodox methods!"
She waved her hand in annoyance: "Take them to receive their punishment quickly, and then continue to work. If you dare to do this again in the future, I will not forgive you!"
Ever since Empress Fucha reorganized the harem, the entire palace can be said to be clearly divided into levels. Ruyi was dressed in the auspicious clothes of a concubine, and the nanny did not dare to be stubborn. She could only take the three little palace maids to accept the punishment, and muttered a few words behind her back that Concubine Xian was so harsh, which made her seem more "majestic" than the Empress.
Ruyi looked at the middle-aged maid tenderly: "What's your name?"
The middle-aged palace maid said solemnly: "My servant Rong Pei."
Ruyi was very satisfied with her neither respect nor servility, and her smile became more gentle: "You are arguing with the housekeeper like this, aren't you afraid of being punished?"
Rong Pei was dazzled by her gentle smile and said hurriedly, "I was just thinking, if I don't say anything, won't I be treated unfairly like this for the rest of my life?"
She was a little embarrassed: "Actually, this is not the first time that I have quarreled with the housekeeper. Sometimes I was transferred out to work, and I also quarreled with the eunuchs who supervised me and was beaten. But I am such a straightforward person. I really can't help it. I will dare to do it next time!"
She didn't know why she was willing to tell such true feelings to the lady in front of her whom she had just met once. Maybe it was because her smile at her was too gentle.
Ruyi really liked her personality and said gently, "I like you very much. From now on, you will stay by my side and serve me."
Rong Pei raised her head in shock: "Slave, can I do this?"
Ruyi leaned over and looked at her with dignity: "Of course, Rongpei, from now on, you will be the housekeeper beside me."
As soon as she said this, the senior palace maid Lian Yun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened her eyes wide: "Master, this servant..."
Ruyi looked at her gently and said, "Lianyun, you are still young and not as brave as Rong Pei. Since you like the position of head maid, you can still take it. However, you must listen to Rong Pei, the housekeeper, in the future."
Lian Yun opened his mouth, then finally nodded with his eyes downcast.
She had long heard about the fate of the former head maid, Sister 惢心, who was almost sent by Princess Xian to be a concubine of the eunuch.
Now Master Xian just asked her to listen to Rong Pei, the newcomer. Although Rong Pei was from Xinzheku and had never learned how to manage the trivial matters of a master of a palace, since Master Xian dared to make such arrangements, she must have her reasons.
She said with a wooden face: "The master is smart."
Ruyi's eyes curved, "Good Lianyun, I know you are not the kind of person who clings to the rich and powerful and bullies the weak. In the future, you and Rong Pei will serve me together, and I will no longer be afraid of others plotting against me!"