Hearing this, the maids were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling, but Ruyi's face remained gloomy. Butler Xu couldn't figure out why the princess said that and was trying hard to figure it out.
She cleared her throat and continued:
"After collecting this month's salary, you can leave. As you can see, I've been here for ten days, and ten days have passed since I last assigned you a task, but the palace is still the same inside and out! There hasn't been a single change. So I think your stay here is completely useless to the palace. It would be better to give you a vacation and let you find a place where you are needed. Don't bury your talents here."
Hearing this, the girls who were ecstatic just now suddenly became a little flustered. They begged for mercy again and again.
"Princess, please don't chase us away. We were wrong. We will clean up right away."
"No need."
She raised her voice and said coldly:
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't take it. It's too late to change now. Ah Hong, Ah Cai, give them some silver and watch them pack up. Before you leave, if anyone dares to touch a single blade of grass or tree in the palace, I'll report it to the authorities."
Hearing this, the maids lowered their heads, but Ruyi stepped forward and said:
"I was arranged to enter the mansion by Concubine Chang, you can't fire me."
Luo Lan looked at her with a smirk on his face. "Okay, if Concubine Chang gives you a salary, I don't care. You can stay."
"you……"
Ruyi gritted her teeth in anger, but Luo Lan ignored her and said to the men:
"You guys are pretty diligent. Although you slack off sometimes, at least you clean the yard every day. I'll keep you for another month. I'll decide whether to stay or go when I pay you next month."
When the men heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been pardoned.
At this time, she looked at Butler Xu again and said, "I, the princess, will take over all matters in the palace. Butler Xu is wasting his talent here. It would be better for him to find a better job elsewhere."
Hearing this, Butler Xu was immediately panicked. He didn't expect that this girl would even want to fire him.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"Like Ruyi, I was arranged to enter the palace by Concubine Chang. You have no right to dismiss me unless Concubine Chang gives the order."
"That's fine." Luo Lan raised his head nonchalantly. "Then you can do the same as Ruyi and ask Concubine Chang for her salary. By the way, if you stay in my palace, you have to pay for food and lodging. This is not a free inn."
Hearing this, Butler Xu's face darkened. He gritted his teeth and looked at Luo Lan, "You've really gone too far. I'm going to complain to the Empress."
After saying that, he turned around and left angrily. Ruyi followed closely behind him. Luo Lan said to Ayu and Ahou behind him:
"Go help Butler Xu pack up. Don't leave anything behind. He won't be able to come back to this palace."
The meaning of her words was obvious. She was afraid that Butler Xu would steal things from the palace.
Upon hearing this, Ayu and Ahou quickly caught up with Butler Xu.
Everyone was driven away, and the two cooks looked at her timidly, fearing that they would be the next to be driven away.
Luo Lan glanced at the two of them, then asked softly:
"Would you two like to stay or leave?"
The two maids nodded hurriedly when she asked, "Of course we're willing to stay. We've both been working diligently in the mansion, doing whatever we're told to do. We hope the princess will show some mercy and let us stay."
Luo Lan glanced at the two of them. Although these two people were also arranged by Concubine Chang to enter the palace, they had not committed any major mistakes, and they were already old. She really couldn't bear to fire them.
So she looked at the two of them and nodded, "Okay, I'll give you another month. If you do well, you can stay. If not, you will all leave the palace."
Hearing this, the two maids bowed and thanked her repeatedly, "Thank you, Princess. Thank you, Princess."
The four maids received a month's salary and left. Butler Xu went to complain to Concubine Chang, and Ruyi went with him. The remaining three male servants naturally worked more diligently. The two maids in the kitchen also did whatever Luo Lan asked them to do, without any hesitation.
Luo Lan ordered Acai and Ahong to go to the human tooth market and buy four maids. How could such a big palace be without a few servants? Someone had to do the laundry and cleaning.
In just one hour, Acai and Ahong brought the four girls to her.
Sitting in the main hall of the palace, Luo Lan looked at these girls. They all looked thin, and it seemed that they were suffering from malnutrition.
"What are your names?"
"My name is Ruyu, my name is Caifeng, my name is Xiaodie, and my name is Chunhong."
The four girls reported their names one by one, and Luo Lan nodded slightly.
"Ah Cai, these four girls will be under your care from now on. You will arrange for them to do the laundry and clean the house. Those who work diligently can stay, but those who are sneaky and cunning will be kicked out."
Ah Cai hurriedly clasped her fists and stepped forward to receive the order, "A Cai understands, Princess, don't worry."
At this moment, Ayu came forward and reported:
"Princess, there's a man in the courtyard who claims to be the crown prince. He brought a group of people with him and wants to see you."
Prince?
Luo Lan frowned. Wasn't the Crown Prince Leng Yu's brother? The one who framed him?
He still dares to come?
She smiled, then waved her hand and said:
"Please come in, Prince."
After a while, a man in white clothes and holding a folding fan walked in, followed by a young man in a dark green robe.
After these two people came in, Luo Lan frowned. She had never seen the prince before, and the person next to him must also be a prince.
She sat at the head of the table without moving, her sharp eyes scanning the two people in the hall.
The prince frowned and looked at her with disdain in his cold eyes. Seeing that she sat there without moving, his arrogance suddenly became stronger.
"This prince has arrived, why are you sitting there motionless? Can't you see?"
Luo Lan raised his eyebrows and looked at him, a look of horror on his face.
"Crown Prince? Just now, when the servants came to report that the Crown Prince had arrived, I didn't believe it. How did you find time to come to Prince Yu's mansion? You are of noble status, so you'd better not come to this filthy and unlucky place. Otherwise, if Prince Yu really passes away one day, won't you have nightmares?"
Hearing this, the prince's face turned pale. He raised the fan in his hand and pointed at Luo Lan, shouting angrily:
"How dare you, a woman who has no idea of your own limitations, speak to this prince like that? Are you tired of living?"
The man beside him saw this and tried to comfort him.
"Brother, it's normal for her not to recognize you since it's her first time meeting you. Don't bother with a woman like her."
The prince snorted unyieldingly, "I've already introduced myself, but she still speaks to me like this. It's obvious that she's been instructed by someone else."
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