The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 241 This pair of scissors is unyielding

Shi Yao sighed, "Ah, these two brothers are unlucky. The brothers in other rooms, although their father also favors their eldest sister, at least they have a mother who loves them and cares for them wholeheartedly.

Only Fan and Lang are not loved by their father and mother. That’s enough, but they are also asked to be partial to the person who took away their father’s and mother’s love.

How could he not hate his elder sister when he grew up like this? How could he not hate the Shi family who doted on his elder sister, and eventually have the terrible idea of ​​destroying them?"

Qi Wan looked at Shi Yao with admiration and said, "I'm afraid the truth is just as Second Sister speculated. I really can't find any other reason for his two brothers to rebel."

Tao Ziyi was horrified: "So, the consequences of being partial are so terrible! It can destroy a person, it can destroy a family."

Le An Ning sneered: "Aren't we experiencing the consequences of favoritism? The Shi family only favors Shi Mingzhu, and the whole family is finished! In order to avoid the end of the whole family being executed, we have been tossing and turning, and even so, I am afraid that we are not done yet."

Fu Nanjun thought for a moment and said, "In the second life, when my eldest sister died, the emperor also passed away, and the Shi family was soon convicted. I'm afraid that on the one hand, after my eldest sister died, the emperor no longer cared about the Shi family. Before his death, he warned the prince to beware of the Shi family and seized the opportunity to get rid of them. On the other hand -

Brother Fan and Brother Lang, I'm afraid the two brothers are involved in the fight for the throne! I remember one of you said that Brother Lang was the study partner of the second prince of the eldest sister's family.

If Langge and his two brothers instigate Zhuzhu's sons to fight against each other and fight for the throne, do you think the prince will still tolerate the Shi family? No matter how deep the relationship is, it cannot resist the temptation to consolidate the imperial power. "

Shi Yao admired her sister-in-law, who was worthy of her noble family background and was more sensitive to state affairs than anyone else present.

It immediately pointed out the opportunity for Shi Yunfan and Shi Yunlang to "rebel".

Le Anning and the others were horrified when they heard this.

Le An Ning slapped his thigh and said angrily: "These two little bastards are courting death! No, it's Lao Si and Gong Xuan, the two parents, who are courting death, courting death in a big way!

Since the couple loved Shi Mingzhu so much, they should have cut off their children and grandchildren and treated Shi Mingzhu as their daughter and spoiled her. Instead, they had to give birth to two evil little babies and abused them, which ended up killing the whole family!

God is watching, and the blow that the fourth child received from the scissors was not in vain, it just came a little too late."

Just as she was saying this, Nanny Han came outside the door and reported, "Grandma, Third Master, Fifth Master, Sixth Master, we are here to look for Third Madam, Fifth Madam, and Sixth Madam."

The girls looked at each other and had to disperse.

As I went out, I thought of an excuse.

Fu Nanjun left Shi Yao behind and said with a smile, "I was afraid that you would be a nuisance in front of the old master and the old lady, so I didn't want to call you here. But as your second sister-in-law said, you are smart and quick-witted, so it was right to call you here.

Since you have used the housekeeper's job as an excuse, from now on, you should learn how to manage things with me in the first half of the day, and go out and play in the second half."

Shi Yao knew that this was to teach her how to gain a foothold in her husband's family in the future, so she didn't hesitate to bow and said gratefully, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Fu Nanjun took her hand and went with her to the flower hall to meet the housekeepers and servants, saying with a smile, "We are a family, what is there to thank?

If you ask me, you should start embroidering your wedding dress quietly, take half an hour or an hour every day, and do it slowly, so as not to rush when the time comes."

Shi Yao was a little embarrassed and pretended to be shy and said, "Sister-in-law, are you going to kick me out because I eat too much?"

"I wish you could stay for a few more years," Fu Nanjun smiled and sighed, "You can see what's going on in the mansion. Keeping you here would harm you. It's better to get out as soon as possible. I see that your sisters-in-law all want to run away, but they are bound by their hearts and can't get away."

Shi Yao chuckled: "Hasn't sister-in-law ever thought of running away?"

"I have thought about it. Why haven't I thought about it? I just remembered that in my previous life, I was thinking about running every day." Fu Nanjun was a little disappointed. "I thought I could get out of the mud without being stained, and leave cleanly. Later I found that I was part of this mud. I'll just have to endure it slowly."

After saying that, they arrived at the flower hall.

The two stopped talking about this. Fu Nanjun called the managers in and started to take charge of today's work.

The old Duke has dealt with a large number of people, and now there is a shortage of staff in every part of the Duke's Mansion.

Fu Nanjun didn't want to add anyone.

Firstly, it was unknown what the new people were thinking; secondly, since the Duke's Mansion had fallen on hard times, it should have kept a low profile and acted like a down-and-out mansion, and how could it have so many servants and maids as before; thirdly, the masters were used to luxury, and there were already some redundant staff in the mansion, so even if some of them were removed, there would still be enough to go around.

Furthermore, when Shi Mingzhu was alive, there were many people in the inner and outer courtyards who served her exclusively.

For example, in the big kitchen, half of the cooks cook for Shi Mingzhu alone. Some cooks only cook two or three dishes for her a month when Shi Mingzhu remembers them.

For example, the sewing room, purchasing staff, carriage and horse room, gardener's room, etc., now that Shi Mingzhu has "married", these people have no dowry, so they are all idle.

Shi Yao held a teacup and sat beside Fu Nanjun, silently watching as Fu Nanjun either laid off most of the people who served Shi Mingzhu or assigned them to other departments.

After Fu Nanjun had dealt with everything, he drank some tea to moisten his throat and came to talk to Shi Yao. Shi Yao then asked, "Sister-in-law, isn't my elder sister going to be a concubine? Where are you going to find people for the dowry?"

Fu Nanjun smiled slightly and said kindly: "Among the people who serve your elder sister, many are skilled craftsmen. If they are to be sold, some of them are not even worth a thousand taels each. It is very difficult for any mansion to support them.

However, these people are the elders of each family, and they are gathered by your brothers for Zhuzhu. They will be the ones to pay the monthly salary.

I am not distributing them randomly. I am sending them back to the masters who paid them monthly wages.

The mansion is in a mess now, with some people injured and some lying in bed. Some of them forgot to pay their monthly salary, and they came to me to ask for it. I can't use my own pocket money to supplement them, right?

Zhuzhu is appointed as a concubine, so of course the palace has to send her a dowry. However, I don’t know when the Fourth Prince will marry a principal wife. Whether these people send Zhuzhu a dowry or not depends on their master’s opinion.”

Shi Yao was taught and secretly shocked.

The eldest branch of the family was also quite cunning. After Shi Mingzhu received benefits, Zheng was unwilling to even pay her the monthly allowance and actually asked the master who gave the money to pay for it himself.

You get all the benefits from both inside and outside.

I don’t know whether the deeds of these people are in the hands of the eldest branch or in the hands of each branch.

This Duke's Mansion seemed to be harmonious in the past, with everyone working together to favor Shi Mingzhu, but it turned out that they had secretly fought against each other countless times.

Fu Nanjun rested for a while, ate some tea and fruit, and then took Shi Yao to have lunch together: "I also sent two cooks to Zhuzhu. Now they are back to my courtyard. You can taste the food. If you think it's good, you can ask them to cook for you in the future."

Shi Yao had lunch at Handan Courtyard and got two menus. She returned to Guanju Courtyard happily. After a rest, she went to Ganlu Hall to visit the lonely old man and old woman and told them:

"My sister-in-law allowed me to use her cook to cook."

The lady touched her head sympathetically and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law really loves you."