Liu Bo talked endlessly about the kitchen settings and his intention of arranging everyone in different positions.
It almost feels like self-promotion.
The central idea is to express one thing: the people who will be left in the kitchen by him are all trustworthy, so he hopes that Shi Qingxue can allow these people to continue to serve in the kitchen.
Shi Qingxue never thought about replacing this person from the beginning. After understanding what Uncle Liu meant, she quickly said: "Uncle Liu, you misunderstood. I just want to clear up the situation. Now the kitchen is running very smoothly." Okay, everyone should perform their duties. Of course, it is most appropriate to continue to stay in their original positions.
Even if someone feels that the kitchen is too dirty and tiring, we should increase their monthly salary to retain talents. "
Probably Uncle Liu's attitude was too good. Even though Shi Qingxue didn't quite understand this person's temperament, he spoke with great sincerity.
I just hope that the other party will not misunderstand her.
Although Qingxue wanted to take charge of the central government of the house, she never had any intention of fighting for power.
At most, it was just to protect her people from being bullied.
What happened last time when Xia Mang was slapped randomly could never happen again.
She naturally doesn't want to rob others of the benefits they deserve.
"The Imperial Concubine has thought carefully and rewards and punished appropriately. This old slave is here to thank the Imperial Concubine for the servants in the kitchen."
Shi Qingxue hurriedly waved her hands and said with an embarrassed smile: "I just talked, but I didn't do anything at all. You are the ones who really worked hard!"
After pausing for a while, Qingxue looked at Uncle Liu with a steady expression on his face, thought for a moment, and finally mentioned the last dispute.
"Did Uncle Liu know about Concubine Qi's visit to Mu Xueyuan last time?"
Uncle Liu lowered his head and replied with an apologetic voice, "It was the old slave who did things poorly and failed to communicate with the warehouse and all parties, thus disturbing the peace of the Crown Princess. Please punish the Crown Princess."
Seeing that Uncle Liu was about to kneel down, Shi Qingxue personally stepped forward to help him.
He hurriedly said: "Uncle Liu, please don't do this! I'm just asking this to figure out why it happened, so as to avoid similar unpleasantness happening next time. I don't mean to blame you, but don't think too much about it. .”
Qingxue was afraid that Uncle Liu would kneel down again, so she forcefully ordered him to sit back down, and then said: "Although it was finally found out that what happened last time was a misunderstanding, does Uncle Liu know the reason for the misunderstanding?"
Uncle Liu nodded and replied: "Originally, the kitchen makes a list of the ingredients needed every day and sends them to the warehouse in advance, and then the warehouse prepares them.
If there is inventory, use the inventory directly; if there is no inventory, the warehouse will pay money to the accounting office and go out to purchase.
But the daily lists in the kitchen are determined by grade and status. Concubine Qi is a side concubine. As a rule, she can only use bird's nest twice a day. At other times, she can only use ginseng for nourishment.
But the people in the west wing insisted on telling the kitchen that Concubine Qi was weak and the doctor said that in order to nourish her body, she must eat bird's nest every day. The old slave reported this situation to the prince. The prince said that it was not a big deal to have bird's nests around. If there were any in the warehouse, he would make some and send them to the west wing.
Therefore, the old slave ordered the kitchen to take the bird's nests from the warehouse in advance and prepare them every day for delivery to the west wing.
That day when the kitchen was making the stew, it was discovered that there was no bird's nest, but by chance, the inventory in the warehouse was also used up, so the kitchen sent ginseng soup to Concubine Qi according to the order, but she didn't expect... "
Uncle Liu sighed and said no more.
There is no need for Uncle Liu to talk about what happened next.
No one expected that Concubine Qi, who was always known for being gentle and approachable, would suddenly attack.
Moreover, the target of the attack was not the kitchen where the meals were prepared, but went directly to Muxueyuan to find trouble.
Shi Qingxue finally understood the cause and effect of the matter, but her frown did not relax.
After pondering for a long time, "Concubine Qi..."
As soon as she started, Uncle Liu said: "Concubine, don't worry about it. The old slave will definitely beat each room carefully to make them behave themselves. I will never let these fearless things disturb you again."
Shi Qingxue was stunned, and suddenly felt that Uncle Liu's way of speaking was so... familiar.
No need to worry, leave everything to him - this kind of do-it-all approach!
Shi Qingxue's eyes darkened, and the smile disappeared from her face. She looked at Uncle Liu with a bit of inquiry in her eyes, "May I ask what Uncle Liu plans to do to prevent similar things from happening again? It's okay for others to say , Concubine Qi is also a concubine of the palace, and even I want to give her three points, I wonder what Uncle Liu can rely on?"
It's not that she wants to be aggressive, in fact she feels a fire rising from the bottom of her heart to the top of her head, which can almost burn her reason away.
A Xia Mang was like this, and so is Liu Bo now.
Are all the servants in the palace so awesome now
There is no need to take the master seriously at all
Even though Qi Ruyue was not a serious mistress of the palace, her status was there.
Shi Qingxue really wanted to know what Uncle Liu planned to do so that Qi Ruyue would be completely unable to disturb her peace.
I don't know if her eyes were too sharp, but Uncle Liu didn't dare to meet her eyes for the first time.
His head was lowered and his voice was too humble, but he was talking to Shi Qingxue, "Old slave is just a domestic servant, so there is nothing to rely on. It's just that the palace has rules, and everyone must abide by them!"
It was said so grandly, as if the rules of the palace were more effective than the emperor's edicts.
If it really worked, Qi Ruyue wouldn't be able to break into Mu Xueyuan and beat her people.
Xia Mang suddenly added: "Prince Princess, don't worry, without your order, outsiders will never be able to enter Mu Xueyuan in the future."
"In the future?" Shi Qingxue accurately grasped the key words.
She glanced at the two men and had no intention of dealing with them.
He said bluntly: "Come on, tell me the truth. What did Jun Yang tell you?"
Xia Mang and Liu Bo were both visibly shaken, and they secretly glanced at each other.
Then Xia Mang put on an innocent look and asked in confusion: "I don't know what you are talking about? Prince Mo has never..."
"Xia Mang, have you learned to lie to me now?" Shi Qingxue's voice suddenly turned cold.
Before Xia Mang finished speaking, he fell silent and did not dare to speak any more.
"Liu, Liu Niang, slave, it's just, it's just..." Xia Mang was really scared about this, and even his voice was trembling unconsciously. He stopped calling the Crown Princess, and subconsciously called back the title of Shi Qingxue's boudoir. .
As she spoke, she was about to kneel down to Shi Qingxue.
Shi Qingxue quickly supported Xia Mang and prevented her from kneeling.
He frowned and scolded: "What are you doing? I just want you to answer a question. Who asked you to kneel down?"
But Xia Mang seemed to have become determined after eating a weight, and he just broke away from Shi Qingxue's support and knelt straight in front of her.
Shi Qingxue: "..."
She finally lost to the stubborn Xia Mang, and she was no longer unhappy at all.
Only helplessness remains.
Shi Qingxue ignored Xia Mang and turned to Liu Boke politely. "Uncle Liu, thank you for your help in this matter. If I have any questions in the future, I will ask you again."
Uncle Liu, who was like a human spirit, couldn't tell that Shi Qingxue wanted him to leave.
He immediately said: "In this case, I will leave first."
Shi Qingxue nodded and ordered Dong Shuang to see Uncle Liu off.
She and Xia Mang were the only ones in the living room.
Xia Mang was still as dumb as a dog, with his back straight but his head lowered, like a bereaved dog.
Shi Qingxue didn't bother to pull Xia Mang anymore - this man was so arrogant that even ten cows couldn't be pulled back - and instead returned to the main seat and sat down.
She looked at Xia Mang and sighed helplessly, "What do you want?"
Xia Mang raised his head and glanced at Qingxue, then lowered his head and begged quietly: "Everything Xia Mang did was for Liu Niang. I beg Liu Niang, for the sake of Xia Mang's loyalty, not to drive Xia Mang away, okay. ?"
The last 'okay', almost begging.
Qingxue couldn't help but feel her heart twitch when she heard this.
She frowned heavily and scolded this unlucky child secretly. Do you have to say such words that make her feel distressed before you give up
She was originally planning to teach Xia Mang a lesson for taking matters into her own hands when there were no outsiders, but now how could she speak
Qingxue sighed heavily again, and finally said, "When will I drive you away?"
Xia Mang was shocked and raised his head suddenly, with obvious surprise in his eyes.
Shi Qingxue quickly stopped, "Stop! But I didn't say that what you did behind my back was right!"
"Slave, didn't you..." Xia Meng wanted to retort slowly.
Shi Qingxue raised her eyebrows and raised her nose slightly, "Huh?"
Xia Mang immediately swallowed his words and responded meekly and pitifully: "I know you are wrong, please Liu Niang to punish you."
Xia Mang said "Liu Niang", but Xia Mang didn't seem to realize the problem with his title.
But Shi Qingxue heard it and teased with a half-smile: "Now you call me Liu Niang again? Didn't Jun Yang immediately change his name to me as the Crown Princess before?"
Of course, Qingxue didn't mind calling her such a trivial matter, but her maid took Mo Junyang's words as an imperial edict, and instead acted against her.
Even if it was for her own good, she was still unhappy.
This unhappiness reached its peak after learning that Xia Mang secretly carried out one of Mo Junyang's orders.
Xia Mang's expression froze, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Before she said anything, Shi Qingxue was startled again, thinking that she had said something very serious.
Shi Qingxue just complained casually, but she never expected that it could scare people like this.
"I have lost my temper with you. Isn't it just a joke? Do you need to be like this?"
Xia Mang lowered his head again, "This slave is at fault!"
"stop!"
Shi Qingxue couldn't stand Xia Mang's desperate look, so she couldn't bear it any longer and stepped forward to pull him up forcefully and push him to a chair to sit down.
"Okay, I don't want to pursue those questions with you about who is right and who is wrong. Now, I just want to know what is going on? I want to listen to the truth."