Thinking that he would have to live in the royal palace in the capital in the future, Mr. Jiang decided that when he returned, he would write a letter to the Prince of Zhenbei, suggesting that he transfer Yu Sheng and his son to another place.
Of course, in order not to offend anyone, he must ask King Zhenbei to find a good place for the father and son.
Mr. Jiang had a good plan, but Yu Sheng and his son never gave Mr. Jiang any chance to act.
As soon as they returned to the palace after visiting the emperor, Yu Sheng smiled and handed a letter to Mr. Jiang.
The letter was written by another aide of the King of Zhenbei and addressed to Yu Sheng in the King of Zhenbei's tone. The King of Zhenbei agreed to let Yu Sheng spend the rest of his life in Jiangnan, and also agreed that his youngest son and his family could continue to accompany him and serve him.
In other words, before Mr. Jiang wrote back, the Yu Sheng family had already voluntarily stepped down and made room for Mr. Jiang.
Mr. Jiang was both ashamed and moved. He felt ashamed that he was not as thoughtful as the old butler who was a warrior and a long-time attendant. He was moved that Yu Sheng and his son could so easily hand over the results of their many years of work.
"What? Grandpa Sheng, are you leaving the capital for Jiangnan?" Yu Zizhen expressed just the right amount of surprise and reluctance. She asked, "Do you really have to leave? Can I send someone to visit you later?"
Yu Sheng happily nodded, "Then I will wait for you to send someone here, Your Highness."
He went to the Zhenbei Palace's villa in Jiangnan. Because of the father and son's knowledge and interests, the Zhenbei Palace's property in the three states surrounding the villa was handed over to his son Feng Daguanshi.
Having been valued by his master and avoiding the center of the vortex in the capital, Yu Sheng himself was very satisfied with the current result.
He smiled and asked his son to hand over the business to Mr. Jiang. In addition to the obvious industries of the palace, Yu Feng also handed over the palace's intelligence system, which he was originally responsible for, to Mr. Jiang.
As for Yu Sheng, the old man had already found a successor for himself. At the same time as Mr. Jiang and Yu Feng were handing over the affairs of the palace, he also handed over all the affairs of the palace to Yu Tong, the former second steward of the Zhenbei Palace in the northern border.
Yu Tong used to be one of the personal attendants of the King of Zhenbei. Later, he injured his right hand on the battlefield. After it healed, he could only hold light objects with that hand, and could no longer use a spear. The King of Zhenbei then began to train him as a steward.
Over the years, he worked his way up from a small steward to the second steward of the Zhenbei Palace. This time when Yu Zizhen came to Beijing, he was sent by the Zhenbei Palace to the team to help deal with all kinds of miscellaneous matters.
The one who brought the reply letter from the Prince of Zhenbei to Yu Sheng was the second steward of the palace, who looked inconspicuous but was very good at hiding things.
He followed the convoy all the way, but the other people in the team couldn't hear from him any news that he was about to become the chief steward of the royal palace in the capital.
It was not until Yu Sheng began to hand over the work to him that everyone realized that he was actually the next chief steward of the royal palace in the capital designated by the prince.
The servants had mixed emotions, but Yu Zizhen, the master, didn't really care who was the housekeeper of the palace.
Anyway, no matter whether it is Yu Sheng or Yu Tong, they would never treat her, the prince of the royal palace, badly.
After expressing his reluctance to part with Yu Sheng and congratulating Yu Tong and Yu Feng on their promotions, Yu Zizhen took Yaoguang back to Lumingxuan.
In Lumingxuan, Madam Zhang was staring at a group of new servants.
These servants were all sent by Yu Sheng. Last night, when Yu Zizhen was learning the etiquette with the old nanny, Yu Sheng urgently selected a group of maids and old women from the existing servants in the royal palace in the capital to help Yu Zizhen with menial tasks.
He knew that Prince Zhenbei had brought servants and guards to Yu Zizhen, so he did not interfere with the staffing arrangements in this regard. However, he could not really let Yu Zizhen have only three servants at his disposal in the mansion, so after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to select a group of maids and old women to do miscellaneous work for Yu Zizhen.
With them helping to clean the courtyard, move things, guard the door and run errands, Zhang Niangzi, Yuheng and Yaoguang who were by Yu Zizhen's side could concentrate on serving Yu Zizhen.
The old man had a beautiful idea, but Yu Zizhen had completely different ideas from him.
After listening to Madam Zhang's explanation, Yu Zizhen decisively said to those people, "Just leave six behind. The rest of you can go back and ask Grandpa Sheng to arrange other tasks for you."
Her Lumingxuan was just a small courtyard with two entrances, not very large, and she didn't need so many people cleaning it every day. She wasn't a germaphobe, so she only needed to clean her place every few days.
The housekeeper who was in charge of sending people over to her had no idea what Yu Zizhen was thinking. She cautiously said to him, "Sir, I have something to say. Six people are really too few. Your courtyard needs at least six people just to guard the gate every day."
Afraid that Yu Zizhen didn't understand, she explained it to him specifically: three people during the day, two people at night, and the last person taking turns to rest.
Yu Zizhen thought to himself, if someone didn’t know, they would think this was some kind of military stronghold. It’s outrageous that I have to arrange six people to take turns guarding the gate every day.
She said, "That's too many. Three is enough. Two will be responsible for guarding the door and running errands for me during the day, and one will take turns to rest. At night, none of them need to stay. The same goes for the people who clean the yard. Two will be on duty every day, and one will take turns to rest."
The housekeeper opened her mouth, wanting to say that this arrangement was against the rules, but Yu Zizhen spoke before her, "It's settled. Those who are willing to stay, step out of the line, and I'll pick them."
The maids and servants looked at each other for a moment, and after a while, a skinny little girl with dark skin timidly said, "Prince, what is it to come out?"
Yu Zizhen: ...
Seeing that they didn't move, she thought they were unwilling to stay, but she didn't expect that they couldn't understand her words.
She said, "Just... walk forward, walk out of the crowd, and come to me."
Upon hearing this, the little girl immediately moved from the back of the team to the front of everyone.
She is the oldest in the family. Her parents wanted a son, so they gave birth to six daughters including her and are still having more. But her father's job is not a lucrative one, and their family income is limited. The family has no food to eat every day.
When the little girl was seven or eight years old, her parents wanted to send her to the mansion to find a job. However, there was no master in the mansion at that time, so there were not many servants needed. And their family did not have any powerful relatives or friends...
It was not easy for Yu Sheng to make the decision this time. He openly selected a maid and a housewife for Yu Zizhen to do menial work. The little girl's parents saw the opportunity and immediately sent their two daughters of the right age to Yu Sheng, who was fair in his work.
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