Chapter 127 Reward
With her two daughters holding each other's arms, Yun felt extremely satisfied. The three of them went to the garden to admire the flowers for a while. Yun still had things to deal with, so she left the sisters to talk privately.
It was lunchtime when Shen Wan and Shen Yu went to Shou'an Hall. At that time, Shen Ji and the Prince of Zhaoping had also arrived.
The dinner at the parents' home was very lively. With Chen Ji there, no one dared to spoil the fun, and everyone was so happy that it was a rare occasion.
After eating the return meal, Shen Ji went to the military camp. Shen Yu and the Prince of Zhaoping stayed for a while and then said goodbye. Shen Wan and Yun saw them out of the house.
Seeing Yun's reluctance, Chen Wan said, "The prince of Zhaoping is loyal and righteous, and will treat my elder sister well."
Yun nodded, "Mother knows."
Returning to the inner courtyard, the mother and daughter walked forward. A maid came over and bowed, saying, "Madam, the old lady asked you to distribute this month's salary to everyone..."
A hint of disgust flashed in Shen Wan's eyes. He had never seen someone so old who still liked to be in charge of other people's affairs.
It was her mother who was in charge of the household expenses, and the old lady always liked to get involved, making it seem that in such a huge Duke's Mansion, the old lady had the final say and was the most considerate to the servants.
Last month's monthly allowance should have been paid a few days ago, but Yun was busy with Chen Yu's marriage and had no time to pay it back, so she passed on the message that it would be paid a few days later. On the occasion of her daughter's marriage, she would reward everyone in the mansion with a month's allowance.
Everyone in the mansion was happy and no one had any objections, because they all knew that Yun kept her word and would not do anything to be harsh on the servants in terms of monthly wages. Chen Yu and the Prince of Zhaoping had just left and they couldn't wait to ask her mother to pay the monthly wages. Couldn't they let her mother rest for a while and pay it tomorrow?
Knowing that Shen Wan was dissatisfied, Yun patted her hands and went to Shou'an Hall.
Walking in, Yun said, "I've already passed on the word about distributing the monthly allowance. It will be distributed the day after tomorrow..."
The Second Madam said, "I know that my sister-in-law has been very busy these days, but the servants are even more tired from running around, and money is tight, so they are already in a bad mood."
Second Madam, please be more considerate of your servants.
Yun questioned, "Why didn't I hear the servants get upset?"
The Second Madam said, "Of course there is no such thing, it's just that no one dared to tell the eldest sister-in-law."
The old lady put down the teacup in her hand and said, "It has to be sent out sooner rather than later."
The tone left no room for doubt.
Yun said, "The Duke and I are very happy that Yu'er is getting married. We are planning to give everyone in the mansion a month's salary. The salary has been prepared for a long time, but we just haven't had time to distribute it. Moreover, we didn't expect the Emperor to make Yu'er a princess. This is a great joyous event. I plan to give her another month's salary so that everyone can share in the joy. It's only two days later. Since the old lady insisted on giving it today, we can talk about the salary later."
After saying that, Yun told Mother Chen, "Distribute the monthly allowance."
Mother Chen turned and left.
The old lady's face turned ugly, and the second lady was a little uncomfortable sitting in the chair, "Why didn't the eldest sister-in-law tell you about this?"
Yun said, "It's just a small matter. I'm in charge of everything. Who else do I need to discuss it with?"
Shen Wan sat there, wanting to laugh but unable to, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
The old lady had asked Yun to pay the monthly salary today, wanting the servants in the mansion to know that her prestige was higher than that of the Duke's wife. But if those servants knew that the old lady had let them receive their monthly salary two days early, causing them to lose a month's reward, would they still be grateful to the old lady? Complaints would be the better option.
You can give rewards or not, but what you get is yours.
If we talk about it later, it will most likely be gone.
The old lady clenched the Buddhist beads in her hand, then loosened them. "Since you want to increase the reward, then give it to me the day after tomorrow."
Chen Wan said, "Let's send it today. Grandmother just asked the maid to pass on a message to mother, and many people heard it. Now they are all waiting to get their monthly salary. They are already upset, and if Grandmother can't even send a message, I'm afraid their anger will get even worse."
Since she likes to meddle in other people's affairs so much, let her old lady have a taste of what it feels like to meddle in other people's affairs.
Mother Chen looked at Yun, and Yun waved her hand, and Mother Chen went downstairs to distribute the monthly allowance.
The old lady just had a bad look on her face, but now her face turned ashen.
She didn't like others disobeying her, and she insisted that it was she who was to be paid the monthly allowance by the Yun family today, and she couldn't take back what she said.
You can't just force Yun to pay the monthly allowance today, and then force Yun to pay it two days later. This would be like the old lady looking for trouble because she has nothing better to do.
After leaving Shou'an Hall, Chen Wan couldn't suppress the curl of her lips. She returned to Qingyi Garden. Less than half an hour later, Yinchuan came in and said, "Today we're distributing the monthly allowance. Everyone in the mansion is happy. But I know that the Duke's wife originally planned to give an extra month's allowance, but it would be two days later. Because the old lady urged the payment, the allowance was gone. No one is happy..."
Coral smiled and said, "I see you are very happy."
Yin Chuan grinned and said, "They don't know, but I know that the Duke's wife and the young lady are not really going to stop giving out rewards."
Besides, she was promoted from the garden to the young lady's side and became the young lady's maid. Her monthly salary had doubled. The young lady was very good to her and Shanhu, and the bonus she received every month was much more than her monthly salary. She could also eat all kinds of delicious food with the young lady. As long as the young lady and the Duke's wife were happy, she would be willing to take one month less of her monthly salary.
Well, no one was upset before, but now people are really upset.
Even if the old lady urged her mother to make up the reward money for everyone, no one would remember her kindness. After all, no matter how much she urged, the earliest they would have to wait until next month's monthly salary to get the reward. It was only a matter of two days, but thanks to the old lady, they had to wait an extra month, and they still had to worry that the reward money would be gone if they delayed.
By now, the servants' mood must have reached the old lady's ears. I think she should be very satisfied. Shen Wan ate the fruit happily.
However, what made Shen Wan feel better was yet to come. She finished the fruit in her hand and read the half of the book that was left over from last night. Yin Chuan brought in the cakes and said, "Miss, the third lady slapped the fourth lady..."
Shen Wan raised his eyebrows, "What happened?"
Yin Chuan said, "The fourth young lady owed the public treasury over a thousand taels of silver. The second lady withheld Mei's monthly allowance. The fourth young lady was dissatisfied and started arguing with the third young lady, and then she was beaten by the third young lady."
Chen Ti owed the public debt because she accidentally broke Chen Wu's piano and insisted on paying her compensation. This was just a conspiracy to defraud money from the Yun family. When Chen Ti was in the eldest house, she was unwilling to have her monthly salary deducted. What's more, now that she has been sent back to the second house, her life is already tight, and the second lady has also deducted Mei's share.
The Taoist priest said that Shen Ti had the old lady's support behind her, and if she was bullied, she would have the courage to break up with Shen Wu.
After Yinchuan finished reporting this, she added, "There's news from the palace that they're going to hold a banquet in a few days, inviting all officials to bring their families to attend."
Shen Wan, “…???”
There was no banquet in the palace at this time in the previous life.
A few days ago, a lantern festival was held outside the palace because that day was the founding day of the Ning Dynasty. In fact, there was a banquet in the palace, and it was held every year, but the date was not fixed. Sometimes it was advanced, and sometimes it was postponed. It was rarely held on the same day.
Shen Wan suspected that it was not on that day because the emperor was leaving the palace that day. Otherwise, she had been reborn for a few months, and many things in Kyoto had changed, but at the same time and place, the emperor was also assassinated.
This means that as long as the emperor is free, he will appear there at that time, and the assassin behind the scenes knows the emperor's whereabouts.
Chen Wan was quite curious about what the emperor was doing at Yudai Bridge, but she clearly remembered that in her previous life, no palace banquet was held that year. The emperor was assassinated outside the palace. Although he was not injured, he was in a bad mood, so the palace banquet was cancelled. Why was it held again in this life?
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