Su Wan didn't expect that the sugar-roasted chestnuts Yan Pei brought were so delicious, even almost as good as those she made. She must find a way to give him something later so that he would not be left without any money.

Speaking of money, the tenth day of every month is the busiest time in the palace.

The reason is naturally to pay monthly wages!

All in all, Su Wan and the others have been in the palace for a month.

Last time when the monthly salary was distributed, they didn’t get a share. But this month is different, they get one!

This was also the first time that Su Wan and others received monthly wages.

Although the money has not yet been received, everyone has already thought about how to spend it.

Yu Shu smiled shyly: "I think I will give it to my family."

Xiaoyue Haruka had almost the same idea, but they only had to give half and keep the remaining half with them.

Xiaoyue also asked: "Sister Yu Shu, don't you keep some money with you?"

This made Yu Shu hesitate, but she still said, "Don't keep him."

She was the eldest daughter in the family and should have been very favored, but her mother was extremely partial to her younger brother and treated her indifferently.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but this year she was almost married off for money, and the man she was going to marry was a second wife, which made Yu Shu think about entering the palace.

Otherwise, at the age of fourteen, she would be twenty miles away from the palace by the time she got out, which would be considered old in Tianxiang Kingdom.

The price of entering the palace is that the monthly salary must be given to the mother.

To be honest, Yu Shu's family is not short of money, but her parents naturally think that her money is theirs.

Su Wan had vaguely heard about these things before, but it was not until the monthly salary was about to be paid that she realized that Yu Shu was in such a dilemma.

Yes, among the palace maids and eunuchs, none of them had an easy life.

Xiaoyue and Chunxiang entered the palace simply because their families could not make ends meet.

Fortunately, all three of them had some cooking skills at home, which is why they were able to enter the Shangshi Division.

But the head of the Imperial Food Bureau also understood that these girls had skills at home but had not passed them on.

This also applies to the original body.

It’s just that the original body is gone now, and has been replaced by the current Su Wan, which gave the Shangshi Division a surprise.

However, after listening to this, Su Wan felt that the person Yu Shu was going to marry was not just a second wife, and that the person was probably very despicable inside, otherwise she would not have been forced into the palace.

Seeing that Yu Shu was unwilling to say more, everyone naturally had no intention of asking further questions.

Anyway, those things are in the past, now I should think about how to get my monthly salary!

This was the first time for the four of them to collect their monthly salary, so they were naturally excited.

On the evening of the tenth day of May, the west kitchen closed early, just like the previous few days. Everyone had finished their meal, so it was natural for it to close early.

Today is obviously more urgent.

They are going to collect their monthly salary!

Go now!

The head maid knew that it was the first time for the five of them to receive money, so she simply took them along.

Walk north from the west kitchen, pass the Guandi Temple, and then walk more than 20 meters to the old prison warehouse.

This old warehouse is more than twice as large as the Guandi Temple, which shows its former glory.

It's still relatively clean inside, but it's certainly not luxurious. There are fewer people queuing inside at this moment.

Most of the palace servants in the West Outer Palace had received their allowances during the day, and only those on duty during the day came to line up.

The west kitchen is busy during the day, so they only have time to gather together now.

As soon as I stepped into the old prison storehouse, I heard a sarcastic voice coming from inside: "The old prison storehouse is really getting worse day by day. Look at this ink, it must be some low-quality ink. I didn't know that the palace of our Tianxiang Kingdom is so poor."

The person who answered was gentle and said slowly: "As long as the ink can be used."

It was just a casual remark to refute his words, obviously not wanting to pay attention to him.

When the left and right heads of the western kitchen who followed in saw this, they knew that the subordinates of the powerful noble were giving the old warehouse a hard time again.

Zuo Zhizhang was a straightforward person, and he said directly: "Last time when the Western Kitchen distributed the food portions, didn't the Imperial Concubine say that everyone in the palace should be frugal, so the portions given to the Western Kitchen were very small."

"Now that the old prison responded to what the queen said, why is it being ridiculed? Are you laughing at the queen?"

After these words were spoken, many people around laughed secretly.

As expected of the Right Hand Man, he has a sharp tongue.

The eunuch in the inner palace was silent for a long time before he said, "It's only natural that we give less food to the western kitchen. They don't even look at the food you cook. It would be a waste to give you good ingredients."

The eunuch in the inner palace thought that after he said this, the palace servants in various departments of the West Outer Palace would respond, especially the scattered palace servants in the Imperial Household Department and the Shangbao Department, who should be "seriously harmed".

It’s all because of the Western kitchen that they can’t eat well.

Who would have thought that the palace servants nearby looked at each other in bewilderment, and even the palace servants from the Baochaosi who rarely spoke were a little surprised.

Finally, a palace attendant of the Imperial Treasure Supervisor asked in confusion, "It turns out that the allowance for the Western Kitchen was deducted. What a pity."

Even though they are being shortchanged, they still make such delicious meals. What if they are not shortchanged?

Now that I think about it, it does seem to be the case. The western kitchen tries hard to make the dishes complex, but when you count, the variety of ingredients is indeed very small.

It turned out to be because of being deducted!

The inner palace is really abominable! It delays them from eating better meals!

The eunuch in the inner palace never expected that after he had put on eye drops in the West Kitchen, these people in the West Outer Palace actually glared at him!

Shouldn't we all turn a cold eye to the West Kitchen?

What is going on.

Others are afraid of the people in the inner palace, but the Shangbaojian group with backers are not afraid. They said casually: "Tell the Imperial Concubine that all the harems are hers, why would she care about the food in our West Outer Palace?"

"That's right, if we want to be frugal, we should be frugal together."

"Why? We in the Shangbaojian can't eat good food?"

All the people in the Shangbaojian came in because of imperial favor, and everyone knew that there were people behind them.

But this is the first time I have seen someone directly challenge the eunuchs around a powerful noble.

But what they said was truly the voice of the people in the various departments of the West Outer Palace.

If we want to be frugal, we should all be frugal. What's the point of only frugal for them?

This shocked the eunuchs in the inner palace. Someone from the Shangbaojian actually spoke for the West Kitchen?

People around me also agree.

Have they all forgotten how terrible the food in the western kitchen is?

You said that giving the ingredients to the western kitchen was a waste, isn't that true?

No one knows whether it is true or not, but one thing is certain, this eunuch in the inner palace is so annoying that he actually slandered the western kitchen!

The West Kitchen is their treasure now!

Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel, the old prison manager said, "Pay the monthly salary, otherwise it will be too late."

The old prison manager looked to be in his fifties, with a gentle face, gray hair, and a kind-hearted old man. He looked through the crowd at Su Wan being led by the head palace maid, and a look of relief flashed in his eyes.

It’s better not to say more. If I say more, I will expose the food in the western kitchen in advance.

Just those words would arouse Concubine Jiang's suspicion.

Although the people in the Shangbaojian had good intentions, the more you say about this matter, the more mistakes you will make.

Su Wan watched a good show, but she vaguely felt that someone was watching her. When she looked back, she couldn't see anything in front of her.

Oh, she is short and the person in front of her is too tall, so she can’t see far at all.

When she received her monthly salary, the old prison manager in front of her calmed down and spoke in a slightly gentler voice than before. If Su Wan had not been sensitive, she might not have noticed it.

"Su Wan, the fourth daughter of the Su family in Chongnanfang, entered the palace on April 10th, the 13th year of Tianze, with a monthly salary of two taels."

"Sign it. If you can't write, you can put your fingerprint on it."

Su Wan naturally chose to sign. After a month of practice, with Yan Pei's guidance and the calligraphy copybook given to her by right hand, her handwriting was quite good.

The monthly salary was distributed by the old palace staff, but there were a few eunuchs from the inner palace supervising the work.

Two taels of silver is actually just a small amount, but when it was in Su Wan's hands, she was extremely happy, after all, she earned it herself!

Two taels of silver!

In fact, it’s quite a lot.

After Su Wan received the silver, she looked at the eunuchs in charge of the inner palace and had to step aside. It would be inappropriate to ask for food from the old eunuch warehouse now.

Just as Su Wan was thinking, the old supervisor of the treasury said, "It's getting late, and there aren't many palace servants left. You should go back first, otherwise the palace gates will be locked and it will take time."

The time for people from the West Kitchen to collect their monthly salary is always late. After all, they can only come after dinner, and sometimes they can only come the next day, which shows that time is very tight.

After the old warehouse manager said this, the people in the inner palace nodded immediately. There were only a dozen people in the west kitchen left, and they couldn't do anything.

It would be better for them to go back to the inner palace. Who wants to bother with these people from the outer palace?

The nobles in the inner palace are the most important.

As soon as the eunuchs from the inner palace left, the originally empty old prison yard seemed especially deserted.

At this time, the only people left in the courtyard were those from the old warehouse and more than 20 palace servants from the west kitchen who were receiving monthly salaries.

Since Su Wan has already received the money, she naturally has to leave with Yu Shu and the others.

Who among those who just received their salary was not smiling from ear to ear?

Everyone is thinking about how to spend the money!

But the left and right masters said, "Wanwan, please stay for a while."

!

Why does this sentence sound so much like a detention from the homeroom teacher?

Su Wan smiled at her own reaction and stayed obediently.

Yu Shu and the others looked back every few steps, but didn't say anything. After all, the people in charge were so nice to Su Wan, so nothing would happen.

This statement is affirmative.

Su Wan is in charge of everything and even the apple of the eye of the entire western kitchen!

Who wouldn't like her?

But at this time, the young eunuch in charge of the old prison warehouse who took them to the side hall of the old prison warehouse, and even the general manager of the old prison warehouse also expressed their love for Su Wan!

At this time, bright candlelight was lit in the side hall of the old prison.

Sitting on top was the old prison manager, and behind him stood the young eunuch in charge.

The two on the left are the ones in charge of the west kitchen, and only Su Wan is behind them.

The old prison manager looked at Su Wan and smiled kindly, and said to the people around him: "You have no vision, quickly bring a stool for Su Wan."

Without waiting for Su Wan to refuse, the eunuch in charge immediately brought a stool and said politely, "Come and sit down. Why are you being so polite to us?"

This is too polite, right?

Su Wan looked at the two female officials in charge, and they smiled and said, "Sit down, we are all family."

"That's right, we are one family."

"You don't know how much we in the old prison want to eat the food you cook, but it's just not easy to get to us!"

The eunuch in charge spoke clearly and quickly, allowing Su Wan to quickly understand what was going on.

The relationship between the Old Warehouse and the West Kitchen was better than she had imagined.

In fact, they already knew about it when the western kitchen was improved, but it was not convenient to go there to eat.

The Old Warehouse has a special status, and the powerful people keep a close eye on them. If all the people from the Old Warehouse went to the West Kitchen to eat, the matter of the meals in the West Kitchen would have been kept secret until now.

The eunuch in charge could not help but sigh, "We can only smell the food from the western kitchen every time, and then go to the military equipment bureau to eat the ordinary dishes. It's really too difficult!"

The Bingzhang Bureau was suddenly scolded: ???

Do you old prisoners have the guts to not come to eat?

The eunuch in charge covered his chest and said, "I really want the food from the west kitchen."

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Who wouldn’t be greedy!