No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Chapter 505 Small Stool

In order to streamline the number of servants in the harem, Lin Mingyan had already taken into consideration the difficulties faced by these palace maids and eunuchs.

After all, this is the job they rely on for their livelihood, and there are always some desperate people who need this job to survive.

So from the very beginning, Lin Mingyan encouraged those who wanted to leave the palace to leave early.

Then the next step is to reduce the number of new slaves entering the palace.

By increasing and decreasing the number of slaves, the number of slaves can be kept under stable control.

For a palace maid, it is not a good age to leave the palace at the age of 25.

Now that there is an opportunity to leave the palace early, it is almost something I would love to have, and I can't wait to spend money to leave the palace.

But for eunuchs, this was originally a stable job for a lifetime, and of course no one wanted to leave the palace.

So Lin Mingyan also said that if she didn't want to leave the palace, she would continue to do her original job.

But unexpectedly, several eunuchs pretended to obey the order but secretly used various means to make money and even made things difficult for others.

For a small eunuch like Xiao Dengzi, once all their money is squeezed out, they will just be left to do some dirty and tiring work.

But Eunuch Zheng was afraid that if he let one person go, the others would just wait and not pay, so he decided to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Look, he happened to be right under Lin Mingyan's nose.

He knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Queen, please spare me, Queen, please spare me~~~"

The dizzy little stool grinned and laughed silently.

It was as if the blood on his forehead had been transferred to the head of the arrogant Eunuch Zheng.

"Take it back to Zhao Lesheng," Lin Mingyan said without listening to his nonsense. "Tell him that if he can't handle it well, someone else will naturally take care of it."

Because Zhao Lesheng was Su Peisheng's apprentice and had taken care of her for a while in the Yangxin Palace, she gave him full responsibility for this matter.

She even did not allow Su He, the eunuch chief of Kunning Palace, to interfere in this matter.

I didn't expect it to turn out like this!

Su Hexiao's eyes narrowed, and he arrogantly ordered his men to tie up the group and go to Zhao Lesheng.

He was so happy all the way, thinking to himself that he was in big trouble because he asked this kid to steal his job.

Lin Mingyan watched Su He leave with a smirk, sighed, and looked at the little stool kneeling on the ground with a hurt look on its face.

He said gently, "A little stool, right? Get up and tell me about this, okay?"

Although she had roughly heard it, seeing the pitiful look of the little eunuch, she had him taken to Kunning Palace to apply medicine.

Otherwise, let him go back alone and endure it.

After all, it was because of her decision and negligence that the child suffered so much.

He was just a child, looked only ten years old, skinny and with a face full of injuries.

When we arrived at Kunning Palace and had medicine applied on the child's face, he looked like he was about to cry but didn't. I was so moved.

He knelt down with a thud and wanted to kowtow again to thank the Queen for her great kindness.

Du Juan held him back and said, "Hey, please stop kowtowing. I just applied the medicine. Don't you want your head anymore?"

The little stool shook his head blankly: "Yes, yes."

Then he spoke clearly and described what had happened during this period.

This also includes stories of other people's experiences, which make people sad and cry.

Lin Mingyan finally saw through the greed of the eunuchs in the palace.

They took money and gifts from the palace maids so that they could take this opportunity to leave the palace.

But when facing the eunuchs, he had a different attitude. He accepted enough tributes before letting them keep their jobs.

This way you can make money on both ends and have a good time.

After listening to Xiaodengzi's story, Lin Mingyan was burning with anger.

She never imagined that her efforts to streamline the harem would be seen by these eunuchs as an opportunity to make money, and they acted recklessly under her nose.

This has not yet caused serious consequences. If someone with ulterior motives instigates it, then she, as the queen, will lose all face!

I was lucky enough to encounter it today, otherwise I don’t know how long I would have been kept in the dark.

She personally comforted Xiaodengzi: "Anyone who wants to stay in the palace can still do their own work. This is my promise."

"Anyone who wants to leave can do so with absolutely no strings attached. They can all receive severance pay and leave the palace."

After Xiao Dengzi understood the whole story, he was so moved that he cried again, and his nose turned red.

He only knew that the Queen was a good person, but he didn't expect that she would be so kind to them, the useless servants.

This little guy was quite lively, and Dujuan was amused by it. After finding out that no one had instructed him to do so, he stayed in Kunning Palace and continued to do cleaning work.

She had no relatives in her life, and only Lily of the Valley was considered a half-sister, but she died early.

This little stool is just to her liking, so she takes care of it as much as possible.

Lin Mingyan also felt like she had raised a younger brother, and she even smiled more often, and she didn't object.

Dujuan is getting older and is about to turn 25, which is the age to leave the palace.

But she didn't want to get married and have children, so when she reached a certain age, she could only comb her hair and become a nanny in the palace.

Honeysuckle was two years younger than her and was a little confused: "Sister Dujuan, don't you really want a relative?"

"Isn't there a small stool here? It's just like my own brother," Dujuan kept working on her waistcoat, which was her own, embroidered carefully.

Honeysuckle was helping her split the thread. As she looked at it against the light, she asked, "But after all, we're not related by blood. How can it be the same as if we were born?"

Besides, even if they are brothers, it’s useless. Who can really take care of sisters when they get older?

Du Juan sneered, "What's the point of blood ties? Didn't my biological father beat my mother to death and sell me off?"

"It's not like my mother doesn't have brothers, didn't they all say a word for us?"

In order to save their mother, her younger brother was slapped to death on the stone well platform by their father.

"In this world, only those who have their own abilities are serious," Du Juan thought very clearly, "As long as I am the head nanny in charge of Kunning Palace, that little stool will be my good brother."

She doesn't care about family affection. As long as someone cares about her and makes her happy, that's enough.

Honeysuckle still couldn't understand, but after she understood, she didn't ask any more questions.

She has already arranged a marriage, and the person was chosen by the Queen herself.

Du Juan knew what she was worried about, so she comforted her: "I can't trust men at all in my life, but that doesn't mean there are no good men in this world."

"The Queen has checked for you. He must be a good person with both good character and good looks. You can marry him with peace of mind."

This is also the truth. Lin Mingyan only has two maids who have been used for a long time. She is the only one who wants to get married, so she will definitely get the one with the best conditions.

It is no exaggeration to say that the marriages of some daughters of minor officials are not as good as that of Rendong.

After hearing what she said, Honeysuckle blushed and nodded, "That's true."

"Don't worry, Sister Dujuan, my children will be your children in the future. I will let them honor you."