flstandardbreds Chapter 1051 Outsourcing the Job for a Little Money
Chapter 1051 Outsourcing the Job for a Little Money
After listening to Granny Bian's words, Shui Simiao lowered her head and thought for a moment, then nodded helplessly, "Yes, that's true!"
"Alright, then in a few days, once His Highness is feeling better, I, the Princess Consort, will return to my parents' home, and we'll celebrate then!"
"Yes!"
Granny Bian breathed a sigh of relief when she finally managed to appease Shui Simiao.
Although her mistress is now the principal wife of Prince Yi's mansion, in the end, she is not the original wife who went through the three letters and six rites and was carried in through the main gate in a sedan chair carried by eight men. It was only because Prince Yi suddenly fell ill and there was no mistress in charge of Prince Yi's mansion that the emperor issued an edict to promote Shui Simiao as a concubine.
Shui Simiao, this Princess Yi... is different from a properly married woman. She doesn't have that much confidence. She should be more careful in her actions!
Furthermore, Granny Bian understood that the reason the Emperor had reluctantly promoted Shui Simiao, a concubine, to be the principal wife of Prince Yi was not because of her mistress's outstanding talent, virtue, or ability, but simply because he wanted Prince Yi's mansion to collect the remains of the former princess's family.
Besides, collecting the bodies of the former princess and her family is no easy task!
On the contrary, this task was both difficult and unpleasant for the Prince Yi's mansion!
It seems that His Highness Prince Yi's sudden feigned illness at this time, to the point of falling into a coma, was probably because he didn't want to take on the task of handling the corpse!
I must say, Granny Bian really hit the nail on the head!
Granny Bian thought that as someone who served the princess, it was time to give her a reminder!
After all, she used to serve a concubine, but from now on she will serve the principal wife!
The master's status has changed, and so will my own. Now is the time for me to prove myself!
If one could be appointed as the head maidservant by the side of Princess Yi, one would be looked up to wherever one goes!
Thinking of this, Granny Bian took the tea handed over by the maid and took the opportunity of serving the tea to say, "Your Highness, you are now the Princess Consort of Yi. Whether the Vice Minister's Mansion congratulates you or not, you are still the Princess Consort of Yi, appointed by the Emperor!"
Now that you've become Princess Yi, there are important matters waiting for you to attend to!
Now, besides taking care of His Highness Prince Yi's ailing health, your task is to collect the remains of the former...former Vice Minister Zhang Jinyan and his family the day after tomorrow!
Granny Bian was quite shrewd. She knew that now that Shui Simiao was the Princess Consort of Yi, she probably didn't want to hear the words "former Princess Consort of Yi." So she changed the subject to the family of the former Vice Minister Zhang Jinyan and didn't mention that they were the family of the former Princess Consort.
Just mentioning the Zhang Jinyan family, the former Grand Secretary, was enough to make Shui Simiao's face darken...
"Humph!
They were just a family of death row inmates. For them to commit a capital crime and yet the Prince Yi's mansion was allowed to collect their bodies, that was an immense favor from the Emperor!
To be honest, they have no connection with our Prince Yi's Mansion for a long time!
Since it's an assignment given by the Emperor, at worst, our Prince Yi's Mansion can just spend a few taels of silver to buy some straw mats, roll them up, dig a hole, and bury them!
laugh!
He's not some meritorious official of the court, so why should we hold a grand funeral in our Prince Yi's mansion with a makeshift mourning tent?
Are we going to build them graves and erect monuments?
Granny Bian listened... and blinked again...
Broken straw mat?
Roll it up... just dig a hole and bury it, is that all?
Will this work?
If things were that simple, would His Highness Prince Yi need to feign illness?
Granny Bian thought about it... and it just didn't seem right... Could something that was ordered by the Emperor be so simple?
Granny Bian was about to advise Shui Simiao to think it over again, or to discuss it with Mr. Jiang and Mr. Tong in the mansion before making a decision.
Before Granny Bian could even speak, Shui Simiao waved her hand impatiently and said, "Alright, alright, why make it so complicated!"
They were just a few death row inmates. It's good that they weren't thrown into a mass grave to be eaten by wild dogs. At least they were wrapped in straw mats and buried in a pit!
Do you think the Emperor's decree ordering the Prince Yi's residence to collect their bodies was because he wanted to hold a grand funeral for them?
snort!
joke!
They offended the Emperor, and even offended Princess Chengxian, the daughter-in-law whom the Emperor had twice decreed to marry!
How could you, as the emperor, possibly treat the entire Second Assistant Minister's household well?
If they were treated well, they wouldn't be locked up one in the imperial prison and the whole family in the Shuntian Prefecture prison!
Now that he's dead, the sooner we bury him, the better!
With the matter settled, the Emperor's mind was at peace!
"What else do you want?"
Shui Simiao turned to look at Granny Bian, "Judging from your expression... it seems you don't approve of this princess's decision?"
"princess……"
Startled by Shui Simiao's words, Granny Bian hurriedly knelt down, "What are you saying, Your Highness?"
How dare this servant question Your Highness's decision!
You are Princess Consort Yi, of course I must obey you!
"This servant only wished to ask Your Highness whether we should inform Mr. Jiang Fang and Mr. Tong Lian, and also, inform Steward Yin?"
Let's talk about it tomorrow!
Today is a happy day for me, so stop bringing up things like collecting corpses. Isn't that bad luck?
Tomorrow, I'll have one of the servants in the manor take some loose silver and find a dozen or twenty laborers on the street... even beggars will do. I'll arrange for them to collect the bodies of Zhang Jinyan's family the day after tomorrow!
"Don't let anyone from our Prince Yi's Mansion do this personally, lest we bring bad luck upon them!"
Got it!
The newly appointed Princess Consort Shui Simiao set the tone for the headache that Prince Xiao Jingyi, Jiang Fang, and Tong Lian were facing in a simple and straightforward way—complicated matters should be handled simply!
This is truly a case of a novice defeating a master!
With this "wise and confident" Princess Yi, Prince Yi Xiao Jingyi's feigned illness and unconsciousness... well... it was all for naught!
When he wakes up and learns all about it, we really have to ask him those same questions Leng Rongyue used: Are you surprised? Are you taken aback?