Chapter 188 Suppression

When the wind stopped and the rain stopped, the house also returned to silence.

It was a different feeling to indulge in love during the day on a rainy day. The two of them had an extremely happy time together.

Jiang Shu lay limply in Yu Zheng's arms, panting softly.

Yu Zheng looked satisfied and asked, "Maybe you fell asleep?"

"Yeah." Jiang Shu responded in a mosquito-like voice, with a flush of joy on his face.

Yu Zheng's usually cold and handsome face also flushed, and he was tired and satisfied.

After a hearty and refreshing sleep, the two of them took a sweet nap and slept until it was almost dark. After

sleeping enough during the day, it was natural that they couldn't sleep at night.

After taking a bath, Jiang Shu took the salary register of the servants in the mansion and looked through it carefully.

When Jiang Shu saw Shuang Hua Rui Xue's monthly allowance, he frowned and asked Yu Zheng, who was standing beside him, "Do you know how much a first-class maid in the mansion gets?"

Yu Zheng shook his head, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Jiang Shu pointed to the register and showed it to him.

"Each manager in the mansion gets five taels per month, and Manager Mo, as a housekeeper, only gets seven taels. But Shuang Hua Rui Xue is a first-class maid, and her monthly allowance is as high as twenty taels."

This is unreasonable.

Yu Zheng understood as soon as he heard it, frowned and pondered, "I was negligent about this matter."

Jiang Shu stared at him, waiting for his explanation.

Yu Zheng sighed and confessed the truth: "Shuanghua and Ruixue are not ordinary maids. They were assigned by my mother from the palace when I opened the mansion to be my concubines."

At this point, Yu Zheng looked at Jiang Shu, afraid that she would misunderstand, and added anxiously: "But I have never touched them, and I have no intention of taking them into my room."

However, the servants in the mansion did not know his plan, and secretly regarded Shuanghua and Ruixue as half-masters and gave them a monthly allowance for concubines.

Yu Zheng had never noticed it, and if Jiang Shu had not told him today, he would still be in the dark.

"If you have no intention, why don't you send them back?" Jiang Shu did not doubt Yu Zheng's words, but was a little puzzled.

Although Yu Lan had not told her clearly before, she guessed the purpose of their coming to the palace from Shuanghua and Ruixue's reaction.

So when Yu Zheng said this, she was not too surprised, but just wondered why Yu Zheng kept them.

Yu Zheng said in a deep voice: "When the prince reaches adulthood and sets up his own household, it is customary for the empress or his mother to assign palace maids to warm his bed."

"They represent the grace of their father and mother. If they have not committed a serious fault, they cannot be sent back. And if they have committed a serious fault, the palace will no longer accept them, and they will only die."

Since they needed maids to serve, Yu Zheng kept them.

"Is there no other way?" Jiang Shu was shocked after hearing this.

"This is quite a headache, Shu'er, do you have a good idea?" Yu Zheng rubbed Jiang Shu's soft little hand and asked sincerely.

Jiang Shu frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed: "I will reduce their monthly allowance to that of regular maids first, and test their reaction before making any plans."

Even if Shuang Hua Rui Xue had ulterior motives, they had done nothing wrong, and their crimes did not deserve death.

But if they were kept, it would be neither right nor just, and it would be a waste of time.

Since she and Yu Zheng had expressed their feelings to each other, she would not pretend to be magnanimous and let him accept Shuang Hua Rui Xue.

But she could not think of a solution for the moment, so she could only take it one step at a time.

"Well, it's up to you." Yu Zheng believed that Jiang Shu could handle it.

Rubbing his forehead with a headache, Jiang Shu rested his head on Yu Zheng's legs and let him read to her.

When they were tired of listening, they went back to bed to rest.

Before dawn the next day, Yu Zheng got up to attend court as usual.

Jiang Shu was awakened, and got up to personally dress Yu Zheng and tie his belt.

This was the first time Jiang Shu saw Yu Zheng in court robes. He looked stern and upright, cold and proper, which made people intimidated.

After packing up, Jiang Shu personally sent Yu Zheng out.

"Go to sleep for a while." Before leaving, Yu Zheng kissed her on the forehead.

Jiang Shu was indeed still sleepy, so after seeing Yu Zheng off, she lay back on the bed and took a nap.

When she woke up and got up, Yu Zheng had just returned home from court.

After breakfast, Yu Zheng said he had to go out for a while.

Jiang Shu knew that he was busy with government affairs, so she nodded sensibly.

After Yu Zheng left, Jiang Shu looked at the gloomy weather and asked Shuanghua to ask Steward Mo.

"I wonder what the princess wants me to do?" Mo Liang was a little flustered, not knowing what Jiang Shu wanted him to do alone.

Jiang Shu glanced at Shuang Hua Rui Xue and asked Steward Mo in a serious tone: "According to the rules of the mansion, how much is the monthly salary for a first-class maid?"

Steward Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously looked at Shuang Hua Rui Xue and said nervously: "The same as the steward, five taels."

Jiang Shu flipped out the record and said: "If so, why is it recorded as twenty taels?"

"This..." Steward Mo lowered his head, not knowing how to answer.

Some things are known to everyone, but it is difficult to say them out loud.

Shuang Hua Rui Xue, who was standing aside, looked at Jiang Shu cautiously, not understanding what she was going to do.

Jiang Shu did not make it too difficult, but just instructed: "The prince has not been in charge of the affairs of the mansion in detail before, so he does not know these. I have discussed it with the prince last night. From this month on, Shuang Hua Rui Xue will receive the same monthly salary of five taels as Chu Yu Tan Yu, a first-class maid."

When these words came out, Steward Mo and Shuang Hua Rui Xue were both surprised.

Jiang Shu's move was not to reduce the monthly allowance, but Shuanghua Ruixue's status.

It is normal for the mistress to be jealous and suppress concubines, but it is the first time to see someone as blatant and impatient as Jiang Shu.

You know, Shuanghua Ruixue is Yu Guifei's person.

As the saying goes, you have to look at the owner when beating a dog, Jiang Shu is really a bit ruthless.

Ruixue was so angry that she wanted to argue immediately, but was stopped by Shuanghua.

After returning to the house, Ruixue asked angrily: "Why did you stop me?"

Shuanghua whispered: "Didn't you hear what the princess said? This is the decision she made after discussing with the prince last night."

"What does she want to do? Relying on the prince's favor to suppress us, want to monopolize the favor?" Ruixue felt that Jiang Shu was simply delusional.

Even if they were gone, there would be others in the future. Jiang Shu would not be the only one in the backyard of the palace.

If so, why couldn't they be accommodated?

"I am unwilling. It was obviously us who came to the palace first. We are the women of the prince. Why does she treat us like this?"

Looking at the extremely angry Ruixue, Shuanghua pursed her lips and said, "You and I have served the prince for many years, but we have never been able to sleep with him. This has already explained everything. The prince has no interest in us

at all." "So what? As long as we can be the prince's woman and as long as we have the prince in our hearts, it's fine." Ruixue never expected Yu Zheng to have feelings for her. She only wanted Yu Zheng's favor.

Yu Zheng is such a beautiful man with a noble status. She has nothing else to ask for to be his concubine.

But what she hated was that Yu Zheng never gave her a chance.

Shuang Hua sighed: "The prince only has the princess in his heart, and has no such thoughts for us, why don't you understand?"

Shuang Hua naturally admired a man like Yu Zheng who was outstanding in every way. But she also knew that things in the world cannot be forced.

Especially for them of low status, they have no choice and can only be chosen by others.

Yu Zheng did not choose them, so they could only be content and give up their delusions.

However, Rui Xue was stubborn and determined to be Yu Zheng's person.