"That's natural." Beigong Tengxiao showed a faint smile, with a hint of joking in his eyes, and said, "I'll help you settle the account. Your monthly payment is one tael, ten years a year.
Two months, it will take eight years and four months for you to leave this palace."
"You!" Chu Jiaoli frowned, and slowly clenched her fists in her sleeves, "Is this what His Highness said about leaving the palace soon?"
"Yes, I will move out of the palace and live in the Prince's Mansion in two months. As my maid, you will naturally follow me out of the palace."
"Are you kidding me? The eldest maid in the Chu Mansion has one tael of silver per month, how come His Highness's personal maid only has this amount?" Chu Jiaoli gritted her teeth, with a hint of sullenness in her eyes.
Seeing that she was finally anxious, Bei Gong Tengxiao showed a satisfied smile and said: "You deceived me first, and now that I am your master, I will decide how much silver you will give."
This scoundrel...
Chu Jiaoli bit her lip, snorted coldly, and said: "I didn't expect His Highness to have such a little magnanimity. This servant... is really dumbfounded."
Eight years is such a long time. After he moves into the Prince's Mansion next month, he will marry Xiang Yini. In the last life, she was still a concubine, and now she is just a little maid. Don't you want to see that the two of them are inseparable?
Harmony?
"Whatever you say." Beigong Tengxiao was in a happy mood, lightly tapping the table with his slender fingers, and said, "From now on, you are fully responsible for all my daily life, including dressing and washing, serving tea and pouring water.
"
Chu Jiaoli was stunned for a moment, not daring to look at Beigong Tengxiao, but she felt a little bitter in her heart.
She used to be his wife, but she rarely did anything for him. Although some of the hard work was supposed to be done by servants, Beigong Tengxiao didn't like strangers getting close to her. In the past, she often saw Xiang Yini close to her.
Serve him.
It is precisely because of Xiang Yini's thoughtfulness that he is so partial to her...
Now that she had such an opportunity, she couldn't tell whether she was grateful or aggrieved, but...she felt guilty for him after all, and she couldn't refuse if she could do something good for him.
After thinking about it, she lowered her head and said, "Yes."
Seeing how quickly she obeyed, Beigong Tengxiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
Did you get over it so quickly?
He sighed helplessly, forget it, the days ahead are long.
He raised his hand and plucked a plump grape from the fruit plate on the table, carefully peeled off the skin, and said, "Chu Yuanzhe has confessed that the poison on the cloth was caused by him."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli slowly frowned.
Sure enough it was him...
"According to our Beiming Law, the Chu Mansion should confiscate their homes. You, Chu Jiaoxing, and Chu Jiaotang have all sold out to the Chu Mansion. Even if your homes are searched, you will be fine."
Chu Jiaoli bit her lip. She hated the Chu Mansion so much that she even bloodbathed the Chu Mansion with her own hands. Now the Imperial College is handling the case. It has gotten rid of the Chu Mansion without dirtying her hands. It's great.
.
The four people who were beheaded would definitely not leave their whole bodies behind, and she didn't have to worry that after Chu Jiaoping died, the person who would kill Bei Gong Tengxiao would reappear through the corpse.
Beigong Tengxiao looked at her and said with a smile: "However, I only executed Chu Yuanzhe and saved the Chu Mansion."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli frowned and said, "Why?"
Beigong Tengxiao gently raised the corners of his lips and said: "I have my own principles."
Chu Jiaoli lowered her head and pondered for a while. She had committed a murder and was caught, and she lived in fear every day. Although she hated those four people, they could not cause any big trouble.
But if Beigong Tengxiao gets caught this time and makes the emperor angry, then...
"Your Highness, think twice. It is better to leave such important matters to the ministers of Dali Temple to handle them impartially." Chu Jiaoli persuaded rationally.
Beigong Tengxiao saw that she spoke so lightly, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled softly and said: "In the Chu Mansion, there are people who are related to you by blood. If something happens to them, you don't think it is a big deal. It seems that
, your life in Chu Mansion was very unsatisfactory."
Chu Jiaoli frowned and said seriously: "This slave said this out of consideration for His Highness, it is better to do things without leaving any clues."
Beigong Tengxiao gently raised the corners of his lips, stood up and approached her, leaned over to cover her ears, and said hoarsely: "You care so much about me?"
Chu Jiaoli's body froze and her head slowly lowered.
Beigong Tengxiao's eyes were playful, he raised his hand and put the peeled grapes into her mouth, saying: "Don't question your master, I will handle things more cleanly than you."
Chu Jiaoli was stunned for a moment, slowly chewed the grapes in her mouth, her eyes dimmed slightly, and she clenched the fists in her sleeves.
She cared about him with good intentions, but she was ridiculed like this...
In the midst of positive and negative anger, a slender hand slowly raised to her lips.
Chu Jiaoli raised her head and looked at him, somewhat puzzled.
Beigong Tengxiao raised the corners of his lips and said, "Spit the seeds."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli bit her lip, walked around him and walked to the table, spit out the grape seeds into her hand, and then put them into the small plate on the table where the seeds were thrown.
Beigong Tengxiao chuckled and was about to start teasing, when he saw a little eunuch trotting over in the distance, frowning slightly.
He is the little blue boy next to the emperor.
Xiaolanzi bowed to Beigong Tengxiao and said: "Your Highness, the Emperor is hosting a banquet in the Imperial Garden, and I want you to come over now."
"Have a banquet?" Beigong Tengxiao raised his eyebrows slightly, thought about it for a moment, turned his head and said to Chu Jiaoli, "Let's go."
Chu Jiaoli was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Beigong Tengxiao had already walked away, she reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward to follow him.
Looking at Beigong Tengxiao's leisurely pace, she slightly frowned behind her and said: "Your Highness, this slave has just entered the palace and has not learned any etiquette. You have to bring this slave to meet the emperor. Don't be afraid."
Did something go wrong, slave?"
Hearing this, Beigong Tengxiao blinked his slightly distracted eyes, sighed in confusion, and said: "I don't know why, but I always feel that with you by my side, I will feel more at ease."
In the past, the maids around me were as boring as stone statues. What difference did it make if they were with them or not?
On the contrary, this girl, who had just experienced the ups and downs of life, remained calm and calm. It seemed that as long as she stayed by her side, her heart could calm down quickly.
Chu Jiaoli heard his uneasiness. In her memory, Beigong Tengxiao did not act like this when facing the emperor...
She said with some confusion: "Why are you uneasy, Your Highness, when you see your father?"
Beigong Tengxiao tilted his head slightly, showed a faint smile, and said: "You might as well guess why the father wants to find me?"
Chu Jiaoli lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, looking at him, it was definitely not an ordinary banquet.
He is the only son of the emperor, but his power is slightly less than that of Qi Shizi Beigong Qianqiu. The emperor has not shown any selfishness towards his son. In order to compete for the throne, he frequently went to the palace to accompany the emperor when he was critically ill. In her memory