"Old slave...Old slave..." Grandma Wang's mind went blank. In fact, she just wanted to use the Queen Mother to threaten Leng Changxi, and had never thought about actually going to the Queen Mother. She knew in her heart that she would really sue the Queen Mother.
In front of me, I am a girl after all, so I will definitely not be able to please her, and I am afraid that my end will be even more miserable.
"Are you going to or not going to the Huanyi Bureau?" To destroy an enemy, the most important thing is to completely destroy her mentally. Leng Changxi knows this well.
"Go..." With tears streaming down her face, Grandma Wang let go of her hand holding Leng Changxi's leg in despair, and sat slumped on the ground.
"Melon seeds, do you want to eat them or not?"
"eat……"
Immediately, Grandma Wang gave up her struggle completely, fell to the ground, and cried bitterly.
After casting a faint glance at Grandma Wang, Leng Changxi left the Ministry of Internal Affairs without looking back.
"You are really..." After leaving the door, Lingfeng, who had been following Leng Changxi silently, suddenly spoke. After thinking for a long time, he remembered a word: "You are so wicked."
Hearing this, Leng Changxi twitched the corner of her mouth slightly and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you are immoral, just don't be immoral!"
Thinking about what she said, she felt that it made sense. Lingfeng nodded slowly.
"This move of yours really kills two birds with one stone. Not only does the Empress Dowager Wei stay close to Young Master Yuan, but it also shocks her prestige. She scares the tigers and scares the monkeys. I'm afraid these people in Wende Hall will be much more diligent in the future." Lingshan has been very angry these days.
, the trouble of guarding Leng Changxi fell on Lingfeng alone. Watching her use every means to find out from the Ministry of Internal Affairs the informants transferred from other palaces.
Once cleared, he had to admire Leng Changxi's thoughts.
"The arrow that kills two birds with one stone was made for me by Grandma Wang. I have been struggling to find a way to get rid of her, so she bumped in by herself. If I didn't take her in, I would be sorry for myself." Leng Chang
Xi's smile was so charming that Lingfeng quietly took a few steps back.
"There is only one eyeliner left in Wende Hall, what are you going to do next?" Lingfeng crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Keep her for now, I want to ask for the money to repair the Wende Hall first." Leng Changxi's lips curved slightly, her confidence flying, and her expression actually gave Lingfeng a hint of hope.
After severely repairing Grandma Wang, all the servants in the Wende Hall suddenly changed their mental outlook. Whenever they saw Leng Changxi, they would definitely salute respectfully and not dare to neglect her at all.
After Leng Changxi made such a fuss, she finally calmed down a little. Zhao Yuan saw all the tricks he used on her and remembered them in his heart. He said a few words openly, but secretly approved of them.
With Zhao Yuan turning a blind eye and acquiescing, Leng Changxi began to plan a long plan to ask for money. On this day, she took Lingfeng to the back garden of Wende Hall for inspection.
The back garden of Wende Palace has long been desolate. When the summer is full, it is overgrown with weeds and there is a thick layer of soil accumulated on both sides of the corridor. Although Leng Changxi had sent people to clean it a few days ago.
, but it can only reach the point where it is useless.
The small pond in the courtyard has long since dried up, leaving some silt at the bottom. The rockery is covered with vines, and the weeds in the garden are half a person's height from a distance.
Leng Changxi brought Lingfeng to the backyard. Looking at Xiao Suo, she couldn't help but click her tongue and shake her head: "It's unbelievable that there can be such a depressing garden in the palace."
"This place is relatively remote, far away from the harem and the Yangxin Hall where the emperor lives. It is naturally neglected. In addition, Mr. Yuan has not lived here for more than ten years. How can these servants take care of it diligently?"
Lingfeng touched the pillars of the corridor, and all the cinnabar brushed on the pillars fell down with a crash.
"Tsk tsk, Lingfeng, tell me, how much money will it cost to completely renovate this garden?" Leng Changxi couldn't help but squinted her eyes slightly, and the abacus in her heart began to click.
"The pond is so dry that the cost of diverting water into the pond is probably at least one thousand taels of silver. Including the fish and turtles in the pond, it's no less than one hundred and eighty taels. The cinnabar on the corridor has fallen off, and all the paint has been painted
, I’m afraid it also costs five hundred taels. Moreover, most of the paintings in the corridor are blurred. If it is really renovated, it will cost thousands of taels. In addition, the scenery in this garden, every flower, every grass, every tree, every forest, is all
If it is restored, I'm afraid the cost will be quite considerable! It is estimated that the repair of this garden will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver." Lingfeng looked at it and shook his head slightly. With Zhao Yuan's current financial resources, tens of thousands of taels of silver is really a real cost.
Too unbearable.
"Ten thousand taels?" Leng Changxi raised her eyebrows slightly. She was a little surprised. She didn't expect to ask for so much silver. She thought that it would be enough for just a few thousand taels of silver. But now it seems that things may be a bit tricky.
.
"This is the most conservative estimate." Lingfeng looked sideways at her, with a hint of schadenfreude on his young and mature face. It was rare to see this female bandit stranded on the beach.
"Ten thousand taels, it's a bit tricky, but it's not difficult at all." Leng Changxi rolled her eyes, thought about it carefully, raised her lips confidently, and glared at Lingfeng fiercely.
From that day on, Leng Changxi never raised the issue of how to repair the garden. She just took Lingfeng for a walk in the back garden every day. This made Lingfeng a little confused, but in the end he couldn't help but be curious.
, opened his mouth and asked: "What are you going to do next?"
"If you don't do anything next, just wait and close the net." Leng Changxi winked at him mysteriously.
These words immediately made Lingfeng dumbfounded. He followed her every day and had never seen her cast her net. How could she close the net?
Seeing Lingfeng's doubts, Leng Changxi smiled secretly: "Don't worry, I waited for the rabbit because I knew that the rabbit would definitely hit the tree stump! Let's go, continue to walk in the garden with me!"
Stepping into the back garden again, this time Lingfeng noticed that there was an extra person in the desolate garden. Leng Changxi squinted her eyes, showing a mysterious expression as expected, and lowered her voice and said to Lingfeng: "It seems
The net can be closed today, and you just need to echo what I say later."
Although Lingfeng was puzzled, he nodded trustingly.
The two of them walked down the corridor, and Lingfeng saw a woman in palace clothes sweeping the back garden with a broom. Suddenly there was such a person cleaning the usually desolate garden.
It was indeed a bit strange. After a closer look, when Lingfeng saw the woman's face clearly, he suddenly understood and glanced at Taoyao with a complicated expression.
"Lingfeng, I have come and looked at this garden so many times, and I still think it would be better to renovate it all. If we only renovate part of it, if someone comes to see it in the future, wouldn't it mean that Brother Yuan is too stingy?" Leng Changxi's words
The sound was neither too loud nor too quiet, just enough for the woman sweeping the floor to hear it.
"But if it's renovation, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, right?" Lingfeng was good-natured and cooperated flawlessly with Leng Changxi.
"What are you afraid of about money? Brother Yuan said you don't have to worry about money." Leng Changxi saw that the woman's sweeping movements were much slower. She smiled evilly and walked a few steps forward. She stood in a long corridor with overgrown weeds on both sides.
He stopped at a height of one person.
After a while, Lingfeng caught a glimpse of the weeds moving slightly, as if something had gotten in, so he raised his head and looked at Leng Changxi, then gave a sympathetic look to the weeds: In midsummer, there are many mosquitoes.
Girl, please protect yourself.
"Lingfeng, look at the pillars of this corridor, tsk tsk." Leng Changxi deliberately touched her hands back and forth, and the cinnabar on the pillars fell into the grass. She was so surprised that the mosquitoes in the grass fled in all directions: "They are all gone.
, I have to do it again no matter what.”
"There are also hollow carvings on the corridor beams. Many of them have faded." Lingfeng agreed.
"Yes, look, look, what else can be seen in that mural? This corridor probably needs to be rebuilt!"
"But the cost of reconstruction..."
"What are you afraid of? Brother Yuan is not short of money." Leng Changxi said the words "not short of money" very loudly: "And that little pond over there is so dry, how can you see it?"
"Then let's just find someone to fill the gap." Lingfeng said easily, but was given a blank look by Leng Changxi.
"How can it be filled in? If the garden in Wende Hall is missing a pool of spring water, what is there to see?"
"However, if we want to inject water, the project will be huge, and I'm afraid it will cost a lot." Lingfeng's expression seemed to be troubled.
"What are you afraid of? Brother Yuan said, do whatever you want, don't worry about money. By the way, there is also the garden. I also plan to restore it. The vines on the rockery have been cleared, and the flowers, plants and trees in the garden have been cleared.
It must be the most precious. I will leave this matter to you." Leng Changxi waved her hand proudly and handed the matter over to Lingfeng.
But Lingfeng still seemed worried and asked: "Master Yuan's monthly salary is not high, how do you get so much money to repair this garden?"
Hearing the sound, the grass moved again, Ling Feng raised his eyes, and Leng Changxi's lips curved upward again: "This matter is a secret. I told you, but you may not be able to tell anyone outside easily, do you understand?"
Seeing Lingfeng nod cautiously, Leng Changxi lowered her voice and said: "I heard from brother Yuan that the Queen Mother will give him a monthly salary of five hundred taels from now on, and she has decided to pay the debt she owes to brother Yuan for the past few years.
I will return all my money to him at once, and promise to pay him 10,000 taels for repairs. These taels of silver will be deducted from Mr. Yu’s monthly salary in the future.”
"Why do you want to deduct Mr. Yu's monthly salary?"
"You don't understand this, I heard..." Leng Changxi looked at the clump of grass that was constantly shaking, smiled coldly, and slowly walked away with the spiritual wind. Naturally, she didn't want to hide the content behind it.
The people in the grass listened.
After a long time, Lingfeng walked out from behind the rockery, looked at the flying figure, and asked with interest: "How long do you think it will take for her to get the news?"
"If nothing else happens, you can get the money tonight!" Leng Changxi looked at the disappearing figure and narrowed her eyes with a smile.