Chapter 206 Neglect
After the day of mourning, the plain white and moon white colors were all replaced, and the palace was completely brand new.

Yihua was very busy during this period. She spent a lot of effort on the renewal and rotation of the palace personnel. First, the palace maids over 25 years old were released from the palace in batches, and fresh blood was added from outside the palace. The second thing was to sort out the relationship between the major functional departments. Even though they were all eunuchs and palace maids, they could always be related in some way.

The Forbidden City is like a miniature of a small society. Yihuan is the new manager, and the old staff will test her first. If Yihuan is capable, then the east wind will naturally prevail over the west wind. Otherwise, these second masters will be very successful.

Just as the peaceful days were coming to an end, someone emerged.

Concubine Qi Li and the eldest princess came to pay their respects together. Yihuan subconsciously looked at the sun. Why did these two get together? And the eldest princess looked reluctant.

After paying respects, Li pushed the eldest princess and said, "Empress, the eldest princess is a good child. You have watched her grow up. She doesn't want to speak out and embarrass you. As her mother, I feel sorry for her."

"Look at her clothes. They are the ones she brought from the palace. She has been in mourning for a few days, but the embroidery room is still neglecting the eldest princess. If she said that the children didn't have any, I would tolerate it, but I clearly saw that Liuliu had changed into a new palace dress. Isn't this bullying an honest person?"

The more Concubine Qi thought about it, the angrier she became. She couldn't say how much she cared about the eldest princess, but she cared extremely about her own face. The eldest princess was her daughter, and the second princess was the Empress's daughter. This was clearly a stepping on her face!

Yihuan really didn't notice this matter, and she had overlooked it. She had been used to it in the palace for so many years, and no one dared to openly deduct the master's share.

"Didn't you go to the embroidery room to make some trouble?" Yihuan asked, knowing Li's temperament very well.

"Why didn't you go? That old bastard relied on the fact that he had served the Imperial Concubine Dowager and didn't take us seriously. He said that he had to go to the Emperor and Empress first, and the eldest princess had to wait a few days. Ugh!"

Yihuan became interested in the nanny in charge of the embroidery room. She had never seen Li so angry.

"Okay, it's not a big deal. The eldest princess's clothes will be delivered today. You are a palace concubine. Why are you angry with a housekeeper? Go back first. I will handle it." Yihua comforted the eldest princess. She waved at the eldest princess, "Why didn't you come and tell mother about this?"

The eldest princess lowered her head, blushed, and said nothing.

Yihuan patted her hands and said, "You are the same as Ergege, both are princesses of the Qing Dynasty. No slave can be above you. Your confidence is given by the emperor. You must always remember this. Go."

Seeing that Yihuan was going to control her, Li twisted her back and left in displeasure. Yihuan could still hear her scolding the eldest princess: "Why did I give birth to such a fool like you? You were bullied as soon as you entered the palace. Now you are in the embroidery room, and in the future you will be in the kitchen and the utensils room. Do you still want to live?"

Yihuan nodded. Li's words were reasonable. She called Chen Ma over and asked, "Who is the aunt in charge of the embroidery room? It seems that she is related to the Imperial Concubine?"

Nanny Chen has memorized the relationships in the palace by heart. "Your Majesty, the original aunt in charge of the embroidery room was from Concubine Hui's side. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, she asked to leave the palace. The current aunt in charge made some moves and took over the position based on her experience as a former servant of the Imperial Concubine."

"I have asked around. She was a maid in the Royal Concubine's palace before and had never even entered the inner chambers. Now she is trying to scare people by pretending to be a tiger."

"Why didn't the eldest princess get her palace dress?"

"There is such a thing? I was confused and didn't pay attention." Nanny Chen was a little surprised.

"Madam, you have a lot to do, so it's normal that you forgot. Let the maid pass on the message that I want to summon the embroidery room manager and ask her to come immediately." Yihuan didn't expect that she would still fight in the palace after becoming the queen. Madam Hu was smoking a pipe, and there were two little girls behind her massaging her back. Her life was so comfortable.

She has been a little flattered recently because of being the center of attention. She stopped the supply from the eldest princess, but the youngest princess dared not say anything. After all, the emperor was raised by the imperial concubine. With this support, it is unknown whether she will rise to a higher position in the future.

When Madam Hu heard the Empress' summons, she was a little nervous, but she was more happy. Was the Empress going to give her a promotion? The Embroidery Room was not a lucrative department. If she could go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs...

Yihuan saw a woman in her early fifties walk in. After she bowed, she said, "Madam Hu, is there anything urgent in the embroidery room recently?"

When Madam Hu heard that this meant a transfer, she was even happier: "To reply to the Queen, the embroidery room is operating normally, there is no urgent matter."

"Oh, I think so too." Yihuan's face darkened. "If that's the case, why haven't you sent the eldest princess's palace dress yet?"

Madam Hu was stunned. This was a case of accusation. She shook her head subconsciously and said, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. I am following the old rules of the Imperial Concubine Dowager and presenting them one by one according to the order of seniority and nobility. I dare not make any mistakes."

"Is the palace dress ready?" Yihuan continued to ask.

Ma'am Hu's eyes flickered. The cloth that was intended for the eldest princess to make clothes was directly embezzled by her and put into her small treasury. Wanting her to spit it out would be as painful as killing her.

"This dress hasn't been made yet. Is it the old calendar of the Imperial Concubine?"

Madam Hu knelt down and said, "My queen, some of the maids in the embroidery room who have reached the age of retirement have left the palace. We are short of manpower now, so we can only take care of the emperor and queen first. We really haven't had time to take care of the eldest princess yet. Please understand, my queen."

"According to Madam, it is my fault." Yihuan smiled. "Since Madam is too busy, then don't bother. Pass on my order to remove Madam Hu from her position as the manager of the embroidery room. She is lazy and disrespectful to the eldest princess. She should be punished with a cane, but for the sake of the Imperial Concubine, I will change it to a hundred slaps on the hand, expel her from the palace, and never use her again."

Madam Hu didn't expect it to be so serious, and immediately shouted loudly: "Empress, I am the concubine's man, you can't treat me like this without respecting filial piety!"

Yuling quickly used her handkerchief to cover Madam Hu's mouth. Just as they were making a fuss, Yinzhen came in and asked, "What filial piety?"

Yihuan stood up quickly and said, "Your Majesty, this old lady is full of nonsense, please don't pollute your ears."

Yihuan briefly explained the whole story. He was just a foolish man who relied on his old master. There was nothing to worry about.

"Do you think you can get close to the Imperial Concubine Dowager?" Yinzhen said this in a calm tone. Yihuan felt murderous intent listening to it.

With Yinzhen's order, Madam Hu dared not speak nonsense anymore and was dragged away to be executed.

Seeing that Madam Hu had hit a wall, the other stewards naturally did not dare to neglect their masters, and the eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief.