Chapter 410: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 14
Chapter 410: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 14
Yinzhen dropped a big bomb first, and before everyone could digest it, he immediately dropped another big bomb: "Also, I heard that Shilan has been learning housekeeping from Madam Nian since she was a child. The wife is not feeling well, and being a housekeeper is not conducive to her recuperation."
"Now that Shilan has entered the mansion, let's ask Shilan to help Fujin manage the household!"
Every word was a decision, not giving the women in the mansion any chance to refute. Yixiu pinched her palms tightly, trying to hold back her anger so as not to lose her composure. She knew Yinzhen did this for the sake of Nian Shilan's family, but she still couldn't help but feel jealous. Why couldn't the prince wait a few more days? Why did he have to step on her face and give Nian Shilan a face on the day of the visit?
If it was the elder sister today, would the prince still be willing to treat her like this? Yixiu was unhappy, and all the women present were unhappy. Even Nian Shilan, the "vested interest", was not very happy. She didn't want to be Yinzhen's housekeeper at all, right? There was not much money to be made, and it was a thankless job. What else could it be used for except to gain the common hatred of the women in the mansion?
It was just that Yinzhen didn't care about the women's thoughts at all. He thought this decision was a great one. Before, it was because Yixiu was too petty that the Nian family misunderstood his intentions. Now that he gave half of the housekeeper power to Nian Shilan, Nian Gengyao would feel more at ease after knowing it.
Now that Shilan has the power of housekeeper, she can also feel his sincerity towards her. I have to say that he is really satisfied with Shilan, his concubine. It's just that her temper is a little cold. I guess it's because she is a little girl, young and thin-skinned, has never been with a man, and doesn't understand the matters between men and women.
But it doesn’t matter. I will go to Tongxinyuan often in the future and teach Shilan a good lesson.
Being able to portray lust for beauty as legitimate must be a man's 'talent'. Nian Shilan had no idea that the man in front of her had already regarded him as a reward to herself, and she didn't know where her confidence came from.
However, Nian Shilan was too lazy to refuse the position of housekeeper. According to her memory, the position would be in her hands sooner or later. As long as Yinzhen wanted to win over the Nian family, this was the only way. After all, the entire Prince Yong's Mansion had nothing good to offer except the housekeeper's position that symbolized the hostess's status.
After paying respects, Yinzhen went to work while Nian Shilan returned to Tongxinyuan. Yixiu was still trying to delay and it was impossible for her to send the account books of the mansion over in the next few days. Nian Shilan had no intention of urging her at all.
Songzhi, on the other hand, was somewhat delighted, as she felt that now that her master had the power of steward, at least they could be guaranteed not to be wronged in Prince Yong's Mansion. Seeing Songzhi's delight, Nian Shilan did not tell her that the power of steward was the best thing that the entire Prince Yong's Mansion could give them, and that in the future they would be asked to pay for things everywhere.
While the servants of Tongxin Courtyard were putting away the dowry, Nian Shilan had some guesses and wanted to open the family system to check. It was written in the previous introduction of the family system that people who were officially under the name of the Nian family or under his own name would be included in the list. Now that he had half of the housekeeping power of Prince Yong's Mansion, those servants of Prince Yong's Mansion were officially under his jurisdiction, so would they appear on his list?
When she clicked on it, the good news was that she was indeed on the family system's list. The bad news was that except for the people she brought from the Nian family, the loyalty of the others on the list was less than 10%.
"It seems that there are a lot of spies in this mansion. However, with this list, I have an accurate reference list when I want to recruit people."
As long as we show favors according to the list, those whose loyalty can exceed 20% mostly have no one behind them, and those whose loyalty cannot exceed 20% have masters. After screening several times, it should not be a problem to replace half of the people in Prince Yong's mansion with our own people.
It is also possible to place spies around other people, and even infiltrate the "Blood Guillotine".
Thinking about it this way, the position of steward is really good, and it will be equally applicable in the palace in the future.
With a plan, there is a direction to work towards. Nian Shilan began to assign tasks to the people he brought with him. Because of the family system, even though everyone was full of doubts, no one would question Nian Shilan's mindless arrangements, and they all carried out Nian Shilan's arrangements seriously.
Yixiu couldn't delay for too long after all. There was no other way. Who told Yinzhen to take credit for this matter in front of Gengyao last year? During this period, Yinzhen rested in Tongxinyuan every day. Nian Shilan directly refused to sleep with Yinzhen on the grounds that although she had reached the age of 15, she had not yet had her first menstruation. After all, fifteen years old was really too young. Nian Shilan couldn't accept it. She needed to delay it until she was at least sixteen years old.
Yinzhen was really greedy for Nian Shilan's body. Such a beautiful woman, and his legitimate concubine, who wouldn't be greedy for her? But Nian Shilan didn't want to, and Yinzhen couldn't be like a beast and force her to have sex with her, so he could only be greedy and endure it.
She could not help herself and went to Feigege's yard. After all, Feigege was the most beautiful person in the entire Prince Yong's Mansion except Nian Shilan. Unexpectedly, because of this, Feigege started to tremble. When paying her respects, she suddenly had the audacity to mock Nian Shilan.
“Alas, some people have high status, so what? If they are useless, they can’t even serve the prince. I don’t know how they can have the face to be a housekeeper?”
Nian Shilan looked at the young Lipin and suddenly couldn't remember how she came to rely on her in her previous life. Originally, she didn't care who Yinzhen favored, but the more she looked at Feigege, the more she felt that Yinzhen was a very superficial person.
You can guess his level by looking at the type of women he has always liked. They are either straw beauties like Li Concubine, Fei Yunyan, and Guaerjia Wenyuan, or green tea beauties like Rouze and Zhen Huan. He says he cares about a woman's inner qualities and likes talented women, but it's better to say that he likes good-looking women. As for other talents or personality, it's just that as long as they can make him happy, it's fine.
Nian Shilan was really blind in her previous life. What was there to love about such a superficial man? She didn’t understand!
Seeing that Nian Shilan ignored her, Fei Gege thought she had touched Nian Shilan's sore spot, and couldn't help but raise her chin with an even more smug expression, "Speaking of which, how could Concubine Nian not have her first period after reaching the age of 15? Is there something wrong with her body?"
"This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. How can a woman with a physical problem be the prince's concubine?"
Nian Shilan didn't want to pay attention to this idiot. After all, there was no cause and effect relationship between her and Fei Yunyan, so she didn't need to care about her at all. But this person's mouth was too foul. Nian Shilan gave Songzhi behind her a look and said, "Songzhi, open your mouth!"
Song Zhi nodded in understanding, stepped out and came in front of Fei Yunyan, "Fei Gege, I'm sorry."
"Pa, pa, pa..." He slapped Fei Yunyan ten times in a row.
"Fujin, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Nian Shilan bowed casually and left with Songzhi in a dignified manner. As for what the women present thought or how they complained later, she didn't care at all.
I don't care about Yinzhen anymore in this life, so why should I care about being disliked by him because I beat his woman?
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