Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1162 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 86

Women outside can make money by knitting sweaters, but the palace maids and nannies can only count on that little bit of wages and occasional rewards. And the eunuchs, most of them are not on good terms with their relatives, and the only chance to leave the palace in their lifetime is when they are old and weak, and going out means death. Jiang Xinxin always has to make plans for them.

So she first mentioned her plan to Jianqiu, "Jianqiu, do you think that the palace servants, whether maids or eunuchs, would be willing to knit sweaters to earn more money in their spare time?"

Jianqiu herself has always been Yixiu's confidant, and now she is Jiang Xinxin's confidant. As everyone knows, Jiang Xinxin's wealth is extraordinary, so as her confidant, she certainly never lacks money to spend.

But this did not mean that Jianqiu did not know how those palace servants without masters lived, so she immediately said happily: "If the queen allowed the palace servants to earn more money by knitting sweaters in their spare time, it would be like reborn parents for most of the palace servants!"

As she spoke, Jianqiu came closer and lowered her voice to Jiang Xinxin, "Let me say something unpleasant, but now that the harem is under your control, the embezzlement has been basically stopped. Otherwise, all the concubines in the harem would be vying to do the knitting work."

Speaking of concubines in the harem, Empress Jiang Xinxin had no scruples when discussing it. "The late emperor had quite a few concubines. There were several disputes in the Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace, and Ningshou Palace. The empress dowager was still alive at that time, so they were suppressed. Now the emperor's concubines may not need to do the work of knitting sweaters, but the late emperor's concubines may need it."

Jianqiu felt sad when she thought of the concubines in the late emperor's harem who were younger than Jiang Xinxin, as well as the palace maids in the enclosed rooms who could not leave the palace and had no official status.

Since Jiang Xinxin has decided to do this, she will definitely do it. However, she does not intend to take on too much. Instead, she lets the masters of each palace take responsibility. What she wants to do is to ensure that the palace people will not be exploited, so she directly announces the wages of each wool product, so that the palace people will not be exploited by those with ulterior motives.

When Jiang Xinxin announced this decision, the concubines in the harem all agreed and were willing to take charge of the affairs of their own palaces. Concubine Jing even asked about those palaces that did not have a main seat.

Jiang Xinxin said, "There are always stewards in places where no concubines live. Concubine Jing, Concubine Shen, and Concubine Rou, you three should discuss it carefully and take charge of the places where there are stewards nearby."

Concubine Jing, Concubine Shen and Concubine Rou all came out to respond, and were all happy to take on more responsibilities, especially Concubine Shen. She now shouldered the heavy responsibility of maintaining friendship between Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty, and she had some serious work to do, so she went out more often and had a good relationship with Concubine Jing, who was always kind to others.

Concubine Xin felt sad, but she was used to being jealous of others, and her emotions came and went quickly. By the time she walked out of the gate of Jingren Palace, she had adjusted her mood and was happily preparing to go back to Chuxiu Palace to arrange various matters.

She did not have the power to manage palace affairs, but now organizing the palace maids in Chuxiu Palace to knit sweaters was an additional power, and she felt it would be nice to satisfy her desire.

Shunpin and Qipin are pitiful. They have completely fallen out of favor now. The only face they have is supported by the two princes and their family background. Even Jiang Xinxin just chose Shenpin and Roupin without considering them. As soon as Qipin left Jingren Palace, she couldn't smile at all.

Shunpin and Qipin were walking the same way. Seeing Qipin's once beautiful face fade quickly and now looking even a few years older than her, Shunpin felt somewhat relieved. She started to mock and ridicule: "Qipin, are you unhappy? You used to serve the queen very diligently, but why is it that the queen would rather mention Shenpin and Roupin's names than even look at you?"

Shunpin is sharp-tongued, so is Qipin someone who is easy to get along with?

She was so angry at first that she wanted to tear Shunpin's fake face apart, but then she smiled and fought back: "It is true that I have fallen out of favor with the emperor and the queen, but at least I still had a glorious period. However, it is indeed not as good as you, Shunpin, who has been stable and smooth since entering the palace."

"you!"

Shunpin's tongue was not sharp enough. She was the one who provoked first, but ended up getting herself so angry that she fell backwards.

Looking at Shunpin's back as she left angrily, Qipin was able to sober up a little. If she made Da Pangju feel resentful in the beginning because her father had learned the arrogance of Nian Gengyao, then the reason why Da Pangju gave up on her completely later was purely because she became proud and complacent because she gave birth to a prince, and followed the old path of Nian Shilan.

She has been neglected and even abandoned in the past few years and has experienced the fickleness of human nature. It would be really stupid if she didn't wake up.

After returning to her residence, Concubine Qi's pensive look did not attract the attention of the chief palace maid Jingtai. In the years since she fell out of favor, she often thought about things alone. At first, Jingtai was worried that she would be depressed, but later, when he saw that she was just in a daze, he gradually got used to it.

But today the situation was a little different. Concubine Qi quickly came back to her senses. She didn't seem to be in a daze, but was thinking about something, because she suddenly looked up and asked Jingtai: "Jingtai, you said that the Queen seems to be very difficult to please, right?"

Jingtai thought about it, and didn't dare to comment on Jiang Xinxin. He just said carefully: "When the queen was pregnant with the prince, she sent a lot of gifts to Jingren Palace. Now that I think about it, it seems that the queen didn't treat you differently because of this. We also decided to lean on the queen because the emperor saw your respectful attitude towards the queen..."

After being reminded by Jingtai, Concubine Qi remembered the fact that she seemed to have never been considered Jiang Xinxin's person in those years. However, she didn't care about the embarrassment today. She didn't want to continue to be forgotten, so she decided to compete for favor.

Jingtai was not optimistic about this. He himself was not smart enough. The people from Guaerjia clan went to the Seventh Prince again. Although the only old nanny stayed with Concubine Qi, she was actually helping Guaerjia clan to keep an eye on Concubine Qi and prevent her from causing trouble.

Seeing that Concubine Qi insisted on making her own decision, Jingtai became more cautious. After some hesitation, he finally spoke: "Your Majesty, we have been out of favor for a long time. The chief stewards around the emperor have all been replaced. I am afraid that we will not have the face to enter the Yangxin Palace now."

Concubine Qi had not spent so many years in the harem in vain. She set her sights directly on the Imperial Garden: "I have heard several times that as long as the red plum blossoms in the Yimei Garden are in bloom, the emperor will go there to appreciate them. Why don't we take advantage of the New Year's Day to go to the Yimei Garden and meet the emperor by chance?"

"I will not do anything else but confess my sins to the Emperor in person."

Jingtai didn't quite agree, but he couldn't object explicitly, so he could only remind her carefully: "But, in previous years, when the emperor went to Yimei Garden, he didn't allow anyone else to follow him. What if the queen makes things worse?"

Concubine Qi was really aggrieved, but she didn't dare to make any more mistakes, so she could only say angrily: "Then I ran into the emperor outside the Plum Garden by chance, this should be okay, right?"

Jingtai didn't dare to continue to object, and could only try his best to remind him: "Then it would be better to choose the Imperial Garden."