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Ye Zhen asked faintly, "Did she say anything to you?"
"No. We don't write, we are just web text porters. "Master Yu lowered her head, her eyes twinkling, as if she didn't want to say too much.
"Oh." Ye Zhen smiled faintly. "I just want to know what made Aunt Cheng so depressed that she jumped into the well. In my opinion, she is not such a depressed person." Ye Zhen smiled faintly.
Master Yu whispered, "This servant doesn't know either."
Ye Zhen saw that she didn't want to talk more about Aunt Cheng. She probably wanted to protect herself. After all, this matter may involve the empress dowager.
"So you don't know either." Ye Zhen smiled faintly, "Your Weaving Department lacks a manager. Do you have a suitable candidate?"
"Replying to your Empress, the candidate sent by Manager Wang is the best candidate in the Weaving Department." Master Yu whispered.
Ye Zhen chuckled in her heart. Such an ambiguous answer. It seems that this Master Yu really knows how to protect herself.
"This Empress has another candidate. There is an excellent palace maid in the Weaving Department named Cheng Yi. This Empress thinks she is more suitable to be the deputy manager." Ye Zhen asked with a faint smile.
Master Yu's eyes lit up slightly, "It is her blessing that the Empress likes her."
Ye Zhen nodded lightly, "I heard that this Cheng Yi is also from the same hometown as Aunt Cheng. I wonder what kind of relationship she has with Aunt Cheng?"
"This … this servant has never heard of her relationship with Aunt Cheng." Master Yu said.
Ye Zhen didn't intend to delve into this issue. She smiled faintly and let Master Yu retreat.
"Empress, this Master Yu looks honest and honest, but she is actually a slippery person." Hong Ling handed Ye Zhen a cup of tea.
"She is not slippery, but she knows how to survive. Aunt Cheng is a person around the empress dowager. Since the empress dowager doesn't want to pursue this matter, she must know that there is a problem. It seems that the people in the palace are not as simple as this Empress thought." Ye Zhen smiled thoughtfully. Well, if life was too simple, she would feel bored.
Aunt Pan had already handed over the list of deputy managers to Manager Wang.
"This is …" Steward Wang looked at Aunt Pan, his face full of hesitation. "It seems like the deputy manager has been replaced?"
"Yes, the previous ones weren't reliable enough. Her Ladyship observed them and felt that they were better candidates," Aunt Pan said with a smile.
Steward Wang shook his head. "Aunt Pan, I won't hide it from you. The Empress Dowager has a high opinion of these deputies. Isn't it not good for the Empress to change people now?"
Aunt Pan raised her eyebrows and glanced at Steward Wang. "Steward Wang, the empress dowager is still unwell and recuperating at Chengde Manor. Do you want to trouble her with such trivial matters in the palace? In the past, it was because there was no Empress in the palace, but now it is different. Is it that with the Empress, the Empress Dowager still needs to spend effort to manage the hougong? "
"What you say makes sense." Steward Wang nodded with a smile. "Then I'll go read it to each department."
In the afternoon, all the divisions knew that the Empress had directly replaced the original vice chief. As to whether or not the new person was one of her people, it was unknown. However, this matter caused many people to raise their guard.
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After Murong Ke left, the Empress Dowager increasingly felt that the days at Chengde Manor were boring. She started to think of returning to the palace, but when she thought of Lu Yaoyao in the palace, she didn't want to go back.
"Empress Dowager, Old Princess An has come to see you," a palace maid came in and said in a low voice to the Empress Dowager.
"Why is she here?" The Empress Dowager was surprised. She didn't have such a relationship with Old Princess An. Why did she come to see her? "Let her in."
Old Prince An had been in the carriage for most of the day. His old waist was as stiff as a board, but he still forced himself to come to see the Empress Dowager.
"This qie greets the Empress Dowager." Old Princess An bowed with the help of a maid.
"Don't bow, sit down quickly. You are uncomfortable walking," the Empress Dowager said with a frown. "Why did you come all the way here?"
Old Princess An said with a smile, "I miss you so much, so I came to see you."
The Empress Dowager sneered, "You'd better tell me the truth. I don't believe such words."
"Empress Dowager, I really miss the days when you were in the palace. When you were there, everything was well-behaved, but now … alas!" Old Princess An sighed.
"Now that the Empress is in the palace, isn't it more well-behaved?" the Empress Dowager asked.
Old Princess An almost howled, "Empress Dowager, you don't know, but the Empress is really … really selfish. Didn't you hear what she said? I only proposed to give a chastity memorial arch to the Jin Kingdom's widows, but she actually scolded me for being pedantic and cruel. My sincerity was misunderstood by her, and she even humiliated me in front of everyone. I don't have the face to enter the palace in the future. "
The Empress Dowager's face darkened, and she said angrily, "You're right. How could she humiliate you in public? Moreover, you're her elder, so she has to give you some face. Does she think that she can do whatever she wants after becoming the Empress?"
"Mother, you still don't know what happened at that time. How can you feel that the Empress did something wrong just based on one side of the story?" Mo Rongyi walked in from outside with a smile, and looked at Old Princess An warily.
When he heard that Old Princess An had come, he felt that something was wrong. If it was really so, she was trying to sow discord in front of the Empress Dowager.
Old Princess An said, "Little Prince, you weren't in the palace, so how do you know that I'm wrong?"
"My brother said before that it's natural for widows to remarry, and we shouldn't stop them. The Empress is just following my brother's words. Is this also wrong? Is it right for the Empress to go against my brother? "Mo Rongyi looked at Old Princess An with bright eyes.
"I …" Old Princess An was angry.
The Empress Dowager waved her hand impatiently, "Alright, alright. It's just a few words, and you're already arguing for Lu Yaoyao. Old Princess An is your elder."
Mo Rongyi said with a smile, "Mother, I'm just afraid that you've been misled."
Old Princess An snorted coldly, "The Empress is indeed capable. She's only been in the palace for a few days, but she's already dealt with all the managers of the departments. I heard that even the deputy managers have been replaced by her people."
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager's face immediately darkened, "She wants to fight for power in the palace so soon? She's looking down on me! "
"Mother, maybe those people are useless. Otherwise, why would the Empress change them?" Mo Rongyi said with a smile, "Don't listen to so much gossip. It's usually not true."
"Little Prince, do you think that I'm trying to sow discord?" Old Princess An asked with a sneer.
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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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