Ning Yuxi's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Someone was trying to frame her? She couldn't help but look at the eunuch seriously: "What did you say?"
The eunuch realized his words were incoherent as soon as he opened his mouth. He was so nervous that his words were a little incoherent. He hurriedly added, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you if you know what kind of material is mulberry cotton cloth?"
Ning Yuxi was even more confused when he said this. Why was he talking about mulberry cotton again? She said calmly, "Isn't this the material used to make spring clothes for the palace maids? What's the problem?"
"Your Majesty, the fabric used by the palace ladies for spring and autumn clothing has always been mulberry-thread cotton. So, Your Majesty, do you know which thread is the "mulberry-thread cotton"?"
Hearing this, Ning Yuxi was filled with questions. This little eunuch was testing her on ancient Chinese characters? Although puzzled, she didn't show it. Instead, she asked, "So which jacket are you talking about?"
"Your Majesty, this is how the threads of mulberry cotton are made." As he spoke, he walked closer and wrote on the ground with his hand.
Then he said, "I accidentally saw this jacket written on the purchase list that the Empress sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs." He wrote the jacket written on the list again.
Seeing this, Ning Yuxi understood a little: "What's the difference between the two?"
Hearing Ning Yuxi's question, the young eunuch seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, although the two are pronounced the same and written in a similar way, they are very different.
A bolt of genuine mulberry-lined cotton costs nearly one ounce of silver, while the mulberry-lined cotton listed in the purchase order costs only two hundred coins.
The difference between one tael and two hundred wen is not a little bit, which means that one piece of genuine mulberry cotton can almost buy five pieces of mulberry cotton listed in her shopping brochure.
One piece of cloth could make about two sets of spring clothes, two sets for each person, which means each person needed one piece of cloth. There were more than a few thousand palace maids and eunuchs in the palace. The difference of just one word saved thousands of taels of silver.
At that time, people will misunderstand that she is selling inferior products as good ones to make huge profits. That's not all. So many palace people will think that she has been withholding their shares as soon as she took office, and then she will lose the support of the people.
What a good trick!
She had already written this booklet when it was given to her by Concubine Xin and Concubine Rong. It was probably these two people who deliberately deceived her, and they did deceive her.
Although she asked Luoying at the time, the two words have the same pronunciation. Luoying probably thought she was talking about "lu" instead of "ku", so she didn't notice anything wrong. If it weren't for this little eunuch coming to report today...
She raised her eyes to look at the young eunuch: "You came to tell me this today. Did the Ministry of Internal Affairs ask you to come?"
Unexpectedly, the young eunuch shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I came here to tell you on my own initiative. I was not sent here by my superiors."
"Eunuch Wang discovered this mistake, but he thought it was your Majesty's intention, so he didn't dare to make it public..."
Ning Yuxi understood that the people in the Imperial Household Department had discovered her mistake, but they thought that this was just her intention, that she wanted to make money by managing the harem, so they didn't dare to come and tell her about her mistake.
This was a common thing. Even the Queen Mother would take some money when she was managing the harem, but it was just in some small places. But this time, the amount was not small, and it was on the clothes of so many palace servants.
The clothes of the palace maids sometimes also represent the face of the imperial palace. In such matters, she passed off inferior goods as good ones, which not only showed her short-sightedness, but also brought shame to the royal family.
The emperor values his reputation the most. If he knew about it, he would definitely punish her.
Thinking of this, Ning Yuxi hurriedly asked, "Has the Ministry of Internal Affairs gone out to buy anything?"
Xiao Fangzi replied, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Wang and the others haven't yet reached an agreement, so they plan to buy the fabric tomorrow. Therefore, they haven't done anything yet."
We have two days to shop, and today is the first day.
Ning Yuxi nodded. It was good that she hadn't bought anything yet. Thinking about the huge gifts that Concubine Xin and Concubine Rong had given her, she had to give something in return.
After pondering for a moment, she made up her mind and looked at Xiao Fangzi: "Since your superiors are afraid that I am deliberately using this to make money and have no intention of telling me, then why do you dare to tell me? Aren't you afraid that I really have this intention and will be angry with you?"
When the eunuch heard Ning Yuxi say this, he felt relieved. It seemed that his bet was right. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard that your Shuqing Palace would give many gifts to the servants during the New Year.
Moreover, there will be extra silver and money rewarded on birthdays. I feel that a master who is so kind to his servants would not do such a thing, so I have the courage to tell your Majesty."
Hearing this, Ning Yuxi was stunned.
She is imitating the welfare system in modern companies. She used to work for a company that provided particularly good employee benefits. On your birthday, they would prepare a birthday gift (although it was just some chocolates and fruits) and a 200 yuan birthday red envelope for you.
But this gave her a lot of motivation and strengthened her sense of belonging to the company. So in order to make her palace servants more loyal and have a stronger sense of belonging,
She would add some to the original rewards during every festival. On their birthdays, they could receive a bowl of longevity noodles from the small kitchen and an additional reward of 500 coins.
Unexpectedly, her action actually helped her invisibly.
She was sighing with emotion when she heard the young eunuch say, "And Madam, let me tell you the truth, I am not well-liked in the Imperial Household Department.
This action of mine is also a token of my loyalty. I boldly hope that Your Majesty will transfer me to serve in your palace, even if it means being a servant doing odd jobs. I am willing to do this."
He was ostracized in the Imperial Household Department and often didn't even have enough to eat, let alone his monthly salary. However, his sister outside the palace was weak and needed to take medicine frequently.
His parents died early, so he entered the palace to be a eunuch in order to have money to buy medicine for his sister. However, a few days ago, he accidentally offended a minor steward in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the steward tried to suppress him by not giving him monthly wages.
Now his sister has not taken medicine for half a month. Her body can't bear it if she doesn't take it anymore, so he has to give it a try.
Hearing him say this, Ning Yuxi felt that it was unexpected but also somewhat reasonable. She smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
"Your Majesty, my humble name is Fang Quan."
Ning Yuxi: "Fang Quan, you are quite ambitious. Okay, as long as you help me do one thing, I will transfer you to work here and reward you with ten taels of silver. How about it?"
Fang Quan was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly said respectfully, "As long as your Majesty commands, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Seeing him agree so readily, Ning Yuxi couldn't help but laugh: "You agreed so readily, aren't you afraid that I will ask you to kill people and set fire to things?"
Fang Quan was stunned when he heard this, but it only lasted a moment before he gritted his teeth and said, "As long as that person deserves to be killed, I'm willing to go!"
Ning Yuxi was a little stunned by what he said. She didn't expect the other party to be so determined. However, determination was good. She didn't like people who were hesitant and indecisive.
After Ning Yuxi told Fang Quan what she asked him to do, she drank tea and waited for his decision.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she picked up the teacup, Fang Quan kowtowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely take care of this matter!"
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