The birthday banquet was over and everyone was busy packing. He Lianxuan asked someone to call Ye Jiayao.
Facing Ye Jiayao alone again, He Lianxuan's mood was a little subtle. How could he not notice such a woman with red lips, white teeth, and beautiful features? Thinking of the first time I met her, I wanted to threaten her, but she was scolded righteously and righteously. In this life, in addition to the reprimands of my father and the teachings of my grandmother, the emperor occasionally loses his temper and brings disaster to Chiyu. This is still the first time in his life. The first time someone pointed at his nose and scolded him like this, he was angry for a long time. Now that he thinks about it, he just thinks it's ridiculous.
Forget it, Chunyu's woman is also his younger brother and sister, and the past has been revealed.
"This is your wages." He Lianxuan motioned to his men to hand the tray to her.
"There are two more silver notes, which are given to you alone. You organized this birthday banquet very carefully. My ancestors are very satisfied, and so am I." He Lianxuan said.
Ye Jiayao saw that the silver note was a large one hundred taels, and she suddenly felt that she was not here to earn work points today, but to pick up money.
The income from rewards one after another, not including jade Ruyi, was almost four hundred taels, which was more than wages.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. You should be attentive." Ye Jiayao was not polite. She had already accepted Yu Ruyi, so she was afraid of charging an extra two hundred taels of silver notes
He Lianxuan nodded and said: "You have to keep that jade Ruyi, it is of great significance."
Ye Jiayao was curious, what's the meaning? Could it be that the family heirloom was specially passed down to the grandson-in-law? That's not possible. Is she dressed as a man now, or can she ask Prince Helian to do anything for her with Jade Ruyi
Seeing her confused expression, He Lianxuan smiled faintly: "In the future, if you encounter any difficulties that you cannot solve by yourself, you can come to me with Jade Ruyi. No matter what, as long as I can do it, I will not refuse. But you only get one chance.”
In fact, since He Lianxuan knew her true identity, he had been thinking about how to repay her love for Xiao Jing. Today, his ancestor made the decision for him. He felt that this was good and fair.
Well, Ye Jiayao was shocked, she really guessed it.
"As for trivial matters, just ask Xiao Jing." Seeing her surprised look again, He Lianxuan said with a smile.
Ye Jiayao thought to herself, He Lianxuan is such a good-tempered person today! With such a pleasant appearance, could it be that Chunyu told him all her details? However, it doesn't look like him, his look is very natural! If you knew she was a woman, you would be a little embarrassed, right
"Okay, you are tired today, go back and rest early." He Lianxuan motioned to his servants to send her out.
As soon as Ye Jiayao left, Manager Liu came on the back.
"Your Majesty, Princess, please come over quickly."
He Lianxuan nodded and said in his heart that Xia Chunyu was too unkind. He used his ancestor's birthday banquet to tease someone and asked him to help him clean up the mess. He even kept it secret with him before and waited until the incident came out before telling him.
Hey, I made a careless friend!
The guests had dispersed and the ancestors had gone back to their rooms to rest. Only then did Yide have some time to deal with what happened during the day.
She is a person who cares about face. Today, the face of the palace has been damaged by the little hooves of the Mu family. Moreover, this matter is because the little hooves of the Mu family are not kind. How can she let it go
As a result, it was only now that I found out that the person was missing, but Yide was so angry. Is this okay? Immediately call He Lianxuan over to discuss.
"That nephew-in-law of the Mu family is obviously the second young lady of the Ye family, but she pretends to be the eldest young lady of the Ye family. She also accuses the servants of our palace of not being polite. Mother Gui said that the servant girl said that the second young lady Ye has been with Wei Liujiang for a long time. She secretly communicated with the song. As soon as Miss Ye came out of the cabinet, she disappeared. It turned out that she had pretended to be the eldest mistress of the Wei family. Now Miss Ye does not know whether she is alive or dead. It can be seen that this kind of person has extremely bad character and is too lazy to care about others. The family is in trouble, but now that she has brought shame on our palace, I can’t be more angry.”
"Also, the servant girl disappeared in our palace. Such a big living person disappeared just after she said she was missing. When did our palace become so unsafe? Xuan'er, what do you say about this?"
Princess Yide said angrily.
He Lianxuan secretly sighed for Ye Jiayao. There was such a cruel stepmother and sister. If she hadn't been lucky, she would have been murdered. This kind of evil person deserves to be punished.
"Mom, please calm down first. This matter cannot be settled like this. Xiao Jing has already told me that the servant girl disappeared after seeing Mu Qinchu and Wei Liujiang. At that time, there seemed to be a fierce quarrel between them. They also mentioned bribery. This matter must have something to do with them. I just don’t know whether they really bribed people and secretly took them out of the house or they were afraid that the scandal would be exposed and kill them. My son will find a way to find out. "
Yide slapped the armrest angrily: "You are so lawless and arrogant. How dare you act like this in our Prince Helian's Mansion."
He Lianxuan advised: "Today is my ancestor's birthday, mother, just calm down! Don't let it go; our ancestors will be worried again if they know about it."
Yide took a deep breath to calm down his emotions.
"You should find out the truth as soon as possible and then repay me."
"My son has taken note of it," He Lianxuan bowed.
Over there, Ye Jiayao and others moved everything back to Tianshang Residence, closed the kitchen door and divided the money.
"The wages this time are three hundred taels, and the restaurant will charge 20%, which is sixty taels. How do you divide the remaining two hundred and forty taels?" Ye Jiayao said, pointing to the banknotes.
Zhong Xiang said: "Li Yao, just keep these and treat us to a drink anytime. I know that according to the rules, helpers like us are not qualified to share. If you can give everyone this opportunity, we have already Thank you very much."
Zhong Xiang is an honest person, which is why Ye Jiayao doesn't give up on him and wants to win over him.
"Yes, Brother Yao, we have already received a lot of reward money today, a full twenty taels! It's enough to keep up with several months' wages. It's enough." Deng Haichuan said.
Wang Mingde also said: "Brother Yao, just keep it."
Ye Jiayao said: "That won't work. Others are others and I am me. As I said, we are a team. We all work hard. The credit belongs to everyone, not to me alone." She will not eat alone.
Cui Dongpeng patted his pocket and said with a smile, "I already have the hard-earned money."
"Brother Yao paid for the previous cost of purchasing materials for testing, and we can no longer share it." Zhong Xiang said.
"That's different. How about this? I'll keep half of the remaining two hundred and forty taels, and the remaining half will be divided between the four of you, making thirty taels each." Ye Jiayao said cheerfully.
"It's too much, why don't we each take five taels to show our appreciation." Zhong Xiang refused to accept it. Thirty taels was really unthinkable.
"Yes, yes, five taels will be enough." Everyone agreed.
Ye Jiayao ignored them and started to issue banknotes. He Lianxuan gave them twelve banknotes, three for each person, and said: "Follow Brother Yao and you will have meat to eat. This is not just talk, as long as Work hard, and I’ll make sure you can afford to buy a house, marry a wife, and live a good life in the future.”
Everyone was so excited by what she said. Brother Yao spoke with every word, and the silver rewards in their pockets and the banknotes in their hands were the best proof. It was absolutely right to follow Brother Yao.
"Brother Yao, we are following you wholeheartedly," Deng Haichuan said.
Everyone looked firmly and nodded solemnly.
Ye Jiayao smiled: "Put it all away, and remember not to show off your wealth, so as not to make others jealous and do something bad."
The suspicion and shadow of the glutinous rice flour being mixed with flour came over again.
"I'll find an opportunity to ask him." Zhong Xiang said.
"If you ask him, he won't admit it." Cui Dongpeng snorted.
"That's right, I might even scold you for making false accusations." Deng Haichuan knew Liu Qisheng's temper.
Wang Mingde sighed: "It's better to look for evidence first. If we can find evidence, we won't be afraid that he won't admit it."
Zhong Xiang hesitated and asked: "Li Yao, if he really did it, what are you going to do?"
what to do? Ye Jiayao didn't hesitate on this issue. Every time she divided the silver reward, he didn't miss his share. She even called him for dinner parties, but he came to plot against her. If Xiao Jing hadn't been greedy and discovered it early, the problem would have been huge.
A person with such a strong jealousy will not correct himself if he doesn't like the good things in others. To indulge his enemies is to be cruel to himself.
However, the relationship between Zhong Xiang and Liu Qisheng is unusual. If she drives Liu Qisheng away, Zhong Xiang may have troubles in his heart.
"What should we do? It depends on his attitude." Ye Jiayao didn't say anything. Looking at Liu Qisheng's own performance, if he can sincerely repent, for Zhong Xiang's sake, let him go. If he refuses to repent, he will be kicked. There was no discussion about leaving.
"Well, let's find evidence first." Zhong Xiang nodded.
Everyone collected their banknotes and dismissed the meeting.
Ye Jiayao got up, stretched out, and rubbed her sore shoulders. Damn, she still had to walk back. She really wanted to just sleep on two benches in the kitchen.
After walking out of Tianshangju, she didn't see Xia Chunyu's carriage, and Ye Jiayao was inexplicably disappointed. Stupid donkey, Stupid donkey, where did you go when I needed care the most
After walking only a few steps, she heard the sound of horse hooves and the sound of wheels, and a carriage drove towards her direction.
Ye Jiayao's eyes widened. It didn't look like the carriage that Chun Yu usually came to pick her up. She lowered her head sadly, forget it, let's go by herself!
"Yao Yao?" A person in the carriage stuck his head out.
Well, it was really Chunyu, Ye Jiayao stopped.
"Fortunately, we caught up. Get in the car quickly." Xia Chunyu jumped out of the carriage to help her.
"You're so busy, why are you here?" Ye Jiayao's tone was indifferent, unable to show that she was actually very happy, letting Chunyu know how much she wanted him to show up just now.
"I have to come! I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up, but my mother will drag me and talk about all kinds of things, which will make me anxious." Xia Chunyu said with a bitter smile.
"How is it? Are you tired?" Xia Chunyu asked caringly.
Ye Jiayao knocked on her arm: "My arm was swollen from swinging the spatula."
Xia Chunyu held her arm and massaged her: "Is it too heavy?"
Ye Jiayao closed her eyes enjoying it: "Just right."
Seeing her tired look, Xia Chunyu felt heartbroken. She has such thin arms and legs. She has been busy for several days. How can she not be tired
"Hey, let me ask you, what happened to Mr. Li?"
"Hey, I heard that our ancestors rewarded you with a jade as you wish."
The two said in unison after a moment of silence.
(End of chapter)