"This identity is good. I don't have to pretend to be your maid." Manmiao was very satisfied with this identity. At first she thought it was a name he made up to deal with Hua Feng, but she didn't expect that such a person actually existed. "Then I need to live in Huangfu's house.
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"No, you are my cousin. Because I have been in poor health recently, you have come to take care of me for a while." Lan Ting reached out and patted the place next to him, motioning for her to sit over too. Manmei ignored him and stood still. Lan Ting
Ting smiled at her and said, "You know, no one will find it strange that the Huangfu family and I are getting married. Even the so-called fiancée was only found after Jin'er passed away."
Lan Ting said a few words, patted his head, walked to Duobaoge's place, rummaged for a while, and found a beautifully decorated box. He took out a small box from it, opened the box and took out a small seal.
The seal was given to her, "In this mansion, you can handle things as the hostess."
Manmei took it over. The seal was made of black jade, and a unicorn was carved on it. Her movements and expressions were all vivid, and even the scales on her body could be seen clearly.
There was a similar seal in the box in Lan Ting's hand. Seeing her looking at it, Lan Ting handed it over, "One male and one female. They were originally reserved for my wife and me to use together."
Looking at it individually, I feel that the previous unicorn is very majestic. If you compare the two together, you can see the difference. Lan Ting's one is larger and feels more majestic. It has a thick mane around its neck and its limbs are obviously bulging.
The muscles are smaller and graceful, and the bigger one doesn't look as domineering.
"Then I'll keep it for now and return it to you when the matter is resolved." Manmiao simply accepted it and put the male one back into the box and returned it to Lan Ting.
Lan Ting took the box she handed over and said, "But I don't want you to give it back to me."
Manmei pretended not to hear what Lan Ting said.
She first called Li Fu and asked him to talk about the current situation in the mansion. Lan Ting's performance today made Li Fu completely regard Manmei as the mistress of the mansion, and explained the current predicament of the mansion in detail.
Tell it all.
The current situation in the palace is really not optimistic. Many people know that the emperor has begun to operate on Lan Ting. Everyone is panicking, especially the servants who have signed the death contract. They cannot leave and are feeling uneasy.
In order to live a comfortable life, some of those who signed the living contract persuaded the stewards in the government to leave.
"Let them go. It would be a disaster for these people to stay. They might be in the way at the critical moment." Manmiao made a decision directly, put down the tea cup in her hand, turned to Lan Ting and said, "Those who have signed the living contract are willing to leave.
Yes, all the settlement wages will be released."
She had presided over the Central Committee and knew that people in the house could easily be distracted by these people. It would be better to let them all go and leave only the loyal ones.
"Uncle Fu, how many people are still reliable now?" Lan Ting has always respected Li Fu, and Manmei is not willing to neglect such a loyal and reliable old man.
Li Fu bowed and replied, "Many domestic servants in the mansion come from the Huangfu family and the palace's internal affairs office. They are fairly reliable. But some of them are sent by others, so I can't tell for sure."
He answered very quickly. He probably knew all these things clearly in his mind. He could answer the master's questions as soon as he asked. It seemed that he had been thinking about this matter for more than a day or two. It was just that as a manager, it was difficult for him to speak directly.
, Manmei did him a favor.
Lan Ting winked at Manmiao, meaning to tell her to take care of it and leave it all to her.
Man Miao picked up the lid of the tea cup on the table with one hand, used the cup lid to scrape the foam from the tea leaves in the cup, and said to Li Fu, "Uncle Fu, as I say, don't keep anyone who wants to leave.
This house is so big, I don’t think there is any need to leave anyone to look after the useless places. I just need to ensure that there are no mistakes in a few important places. The warehouse needs to be watched by reliable people and don’t steal all the belongings. Others,
The people who should be dismissed have been dismissed, and the places that are not commonly used do not need to be taken care of. The servants only protect a few important places, so the manpower can be used almost as much, right?"
After saying the last sentence, she looked up at Li Fu and asked for his opinion.
Li Fu nodded, "That's very good. I will bring the roster to the young lady this afternoon. If you can keep it, the young lady will have to remember the names."
Manmei thought the same thing, you have to know whether those people are trustworthy or not.
Li Fu acted very quickly. He brought the roster in the afternoon, explaining who was responsible for what matters. It was written very carefully. Fortunately, Manmei knew traditional Chinese characters and did not become illiterate.
Li Fu also sorted out the people who could be sent away, discussed with Manmiao, and sent them off in batches according to the priority of the affairs they were in charge of.
Those who had signed the living deeds were very happy knowing that they could leave without having to pay ransom money. Each of them told the stewards the reasons why they had no choice. Manmei only asked Li Fu to write down these people. Feng Shui turned around, and they walked out with their feet lifted.
If you want to come back, you have to go to heaven.
When the first batch of servants were dismissed, Lan Ting did not show up. Manmiao was sitting in charge. All the stewards in the house were standing beside her. Manmiao was acting like a housekeeper. No one dared to say a word. After all, she had presided over the Central Government.
I was fed, these things were all at hand, I drank a cup of tea leisurely, and waited for a while before speaking to those people:
"My cousin is not in good health recently. I don't want the family to be too noisy. I won't keep those who are willing to leave. If they don't want to leave, just do their own thing responsibly and I won't treat them badly."
She put the cup down, and the person who had arranged it held up the roster and read out the names one by one. Anyone whose name was read came forward and knelt down. When all the rosters for this batch were read out, Manmiao used
With a wink, the maid took a basket with red seals on it.
"After all, you have served the prince for a while, let's get together and part ways." Graceful waved her hand, and the maid pressed the red envelope into the person's hair. Those people felt guilty, so they accepted the red envelope and did not dare to say anything more.
He just knelt down with his head bent.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Manmei brought the tea and someone was responsible for collecting the waistbands and clothes from the house to make sure that they did not take anything out of the house.
The guards in the mansion were all very loyal, and no one said they wanted to leave. Manmei was worried, so she arranged for Li Fu to go and check things out, so that he wouldn't even know if someone had inserted a nail in.
After her rectification, the atmosphere in the entire mansion has changed. Although there are a lot fewer people, everyone is very energetic. Lan Ting was also dressed up by her and walked around the mansion a few times. The prince is a member of the palace.
As the backbone, if he can keep his composure, others will have confidence.