Chapter 115 Must Find Out

After the birthday banquet, everyone was busy packing up, and Helian Xuan asked someone to call Ye Jiayao over.

Facing Ye Jiayao alone again, Helian Xuan felt a little bit strange. How could he not notice such a beautiful woman with red lips and white teeth? Thinking of the first time he met her, he wanted to threaten her, but she scolded him with righteous words. In this life, apart from his father's scolding, his grandmother's teachings, and the emperor's occasional temper, this was the first time he was scolded like this. He was angry for a long time, but now he just felt it was ridiculous.

Forget it, Chunyu’s woman is his brother’s sister-in-law, so let’s put the past behind us.

"This is your wages." Helian Xuan signaled his men to hand her the tray.

"There are two more silver notes, which are given to you as a special reward. You put a lot of effort into organizing this birthday banquet. The old ancestor is very satisfied, and I am satisfied too." Helian Xuan said.

When Ye Jiayao saw that the banknote was worth one hundred taels, she suddenly felt that she was not here to earn work points today, but to pick up money.

All the rewards he received, not counting the jade ruyi, was almost four hundred taels, more than his wages.

"Thank you, Your Highness. It's my duty to show my care." Ye Jiayao was not polite either. She had already accepted the jade ruyi, so why would she be afraid of accepting two hundred taels of silver notes more?

Helian Xuan nodded and said, "You must keep the jade ruyi well, it is of great significance."

Ye Jiayao was curious, what was the meaning? Could it be that the heirloom was passed down to the granddaughter-in-law? That was not possible, she was wearing men's clothes at the moment, or could she ask the Helian Palace to do anything for her with the Jade Ruyi?

Seeing her confused expression, Helian Xuan smiled faintly: "In the future, if you encounter any difficulties that you cannot solve by yourself, you can bring the Jade Ruyi to me. No matter what it is, as long as I can do it, I will not refuse. But there is only one chance."

In fact, ever since Helian Xuan knew her true identity, he had been thinking about how to repay her love for Xiao Jing. Today, the ancestor made the decision for him, and he felt that this was good and fair.

Uh, Ye Jiayao was stunned. She really guessed it right.

"As for small matters, just go find Xiaojing." Seeing her surprised expression again, Helian Xuan sneered.

Ye Jiayao thought, Helian Xuan is in a good mood today! He is so friendly, could it be that Chunyu told him all about her? But it doesn't look like that, his expression is very natural! If he knew she was a woman, he would feel a little awkward, right?

"Okay, you are tired today, go back and rest early." Helian Xuan signaled the servants to send her out.

As soon as Ye Jiayao left, Manager Liu arrived.

"Your Majesty, the Princess asks you to come over quickly."

Helian Xuan nodded and thought to himself, Xia Chunyu was too unkind. He used the ancestor's birthday party to make fun of him and even asked him to help clean up the mess. He also kept it a secret from him before and only told him after the incident happened.

Oh, I made the wrong friends!
The guests had all left and the old ancestor had returned to his room to rest. Only then did Yi De have time to deal with what had happened during the day.

She is a person who values ​​face. Today, that little bitch from the Mu family has humiliated the palace. Moreover, the little bitch from the Mu family was just being dishonest. How could she let it go?

As a result, Yi De only found out that the person was missing at this moment, which made him very angry. How could this be tolerated? He immediately called He Lianxuan to come over to discuss.

"The nephew's wife of the Mu family is obviously the second daughter of the Ye family, but she insisted that she was the eldest daughter of the Ye family, and she also accused the servants of our palace of being ignorant of etiquette. Mama Gui said that the servant said that the second daughter of the Ye family had been secretly in love with Wei Liujiang for a long time, and she disappeared as soon as the eldest daughter of the Ye family got married. It turns out that she has impersonated and become the eldest daughter of the Wei family. Now we don't know whether the eldest daughter of the Ye family is alive or dead. It can be seen that this kind of person has extremely bad character. I originally didn't bother to care about other people's trivial matters, but today she has humiliated our palace, and I am so angry."

"Also, that maidservant disappeared in our palace. Such a living person disappeared just like that. When did our palace become so unsafe? Xuan'er, what do you think about this?"

Princess Yide said this angrily.

Helian Xuan secretly sighed for Ye Jiayao. She actually had such a cruel stepmother and sister. If she hadn't been lucky, she would have been murdered. Such evil people should be punished.

"Mom, calm down first. This matter cannot be let go like this. Xiao Jing has already told me that the maid disappeared after meeting Mu Qinchu and Wei Liujiang. At that time, there seemed to be a fierce quarrel between them, and they also mentioned bribery. This matter must be related to them. I just don't know whether they really bribed someone and secretly got the person out of the house, or they killed the person to silence him for fear of being exposed. My son will find a way to find out."

Yide slapped the armrest in anger: "You are too lawless and arrogant. How dare you act like this in our Helian Palace."

Helian Xuan advised: "Today is the old ancestor's birthday, mother, you should calm down! Don't let the old ancestor know and worry again."

Yi De then took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"Find out the truth as soon as possible and report back to me."

"I've got this in mind, son." Helian Xuan bowed.

Over there, Ye Jiayao and the others moved all the things back to Tianshangju and divided the money behind closed kitchen door.

"The wages this time are three hundred taels, and the restaurant wants a 20% commission, which is sixty taels. How do you think we should divide the remaining two hundred and forty taels?" Ye Jiayao said, pointing at the banknote.

Zhong Xiang said, "Li Yao, you can keep these and treat us to a meal sometime. I know that according to the rules, helpers like us are not eligible for a share. We are very grateful to you for giving us this opportunity."

Zhong Xiang is an honest man, which is why Ye Jiayao does not give up on him and wants to win him over.

"Yes, Brother Yao, we have received a lot of reward silver today, a total of twenty taels! It is equivalent to several months' wages, it is more than enough." Deng Haichuan said.

Wang Mingde also said, "Brother Yao, just keep it."

Ye Jiayao said: "That won't work. Others are others and I am me. I said, we are a team. Everyone has worked hard. The credit belongs to everyone, not just me." She would never eat alone.

Cui Dongpeng patted his wallet and chuckled, "The hard work fee has been paid." "The previous costs of purchasing materials for testing were all paid by you, Brother Yao, so we can't split the money anymore," said Zhong Xiang.

"That's different. How about this, I'll keep half of the remaining two hundred and forty taels, and the other half will be divided among the four of you, thirty taels each." Ye Jiayao said readily.

"It's too much. How about we each take five taels as a token of our appreciation?" Zhong Xiang refused to accept it. Thirty taels was something he couldn't even think of.

"Yes, yes, five taels will be fine." Everyone agreed.

Ye Jiayao ignored them and began to hand out silver notes. Helian Xuan gave out silver notes of ten taels each, three for each person, and said, "Follow Brother Yao and you'll have meat to eat. This is not just talk. As long as you work hard, I guarantee that you will be able to buy a house, marry a wife, and live a good life in the future."

Everyone's blood boiled with excitement at what she said. Brother Yao's words were as reliable as their words. The reward money in their pockets and the banknotes in their hands were the best proof. Following Brother Yao would definitely be the right thing to do.

"Brother Yao, we are wholeheartedly following you." Deng Haichuan said.

Everyone looked determined and nodded solemnly.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "Put them all away. Remember not to show off your wealth, lest others get jealous and do something bad."

The suspicion and shadow of glutinous rice flour being mixed with flour has arisen again.

"I'll find a chance to ask him." Zhong Xiang said.

"He won't admit it even if you ask him." Cui Dongpeng sneered.

"That's right. He might even accuse you of slandering someone." Deng Haichuan knew Liu Qisheng's temper.

Wang Mingde sighed and said, "Let's find some evidence first. If we can find it, we won't have to worry about him not admitting it."

Zhong Xiang hesitated and asked, "Li Yao, if he really did it, what are you going to do?"

What to do? Ye Jiayao did not hesitate about this question. She always gave him a share of the reward money and invited him to the party. But he plotted against her. If Xiao Jing had not been greedy and discovered it early, the problem would have been serious.

People who are so jealous and cannot stand others doing well will never change. To indulge their enemies is to be cruel to themselves.

However, Zhong Xiang and Liu Qisheng have a special relationship. If she drives Liu Qisheng away, Zhong Xiang might feel uncomfortable.

"What should we do? That depends on his attitude." Ye Jiayao didn't say anything definite. It depends on Liu Qisheng's performance. If he can sincerely repent, she will let him go for Zhong Xiang's sake. If he refuses to repent, she will kick him out without any discussion.

"Well, let's find evidence first." Zhong Xiang nodded.

Everyone put their banknotes in their pockets and adjourned the meeting.

Ye Jiayao stood up, stretched, and rubbed her sore shoulders. Damn, she still had to walk back. She really wanted to just put two benches together in the kitchen and sleep for the night.

Ye Jiayao was inexplicably disappointed when she walked out of Tianshangju and didn't see Xia Chunyu's carriage. Stupid ass, stupid ass, where the hell did you go when I needed your care the most?
After walking a few steps, she heard the sound of horse hooves and wheels, and a carriage was coming towards her.

Ye Jiayao widened her eyes, seeing that this was not the carriage Chunyu usually came to pick her up in, she lowered her head dejectedly, and thought, forget it, she'd better go by herself!

"Yaoyao?" Someone stuck his head out of the carriage.

Uh, it really is Chunyu, Ye Jiayao stopped.

"Luckily we made it in time, hurry up and get in." Xia Chunyu jumped off the carriage to help her.

"Why did you come when you are so busy?" Ye Jiayao said in a light tone, unable to show that she was actually very happy and let Chunyu know how much she hoped he would show up just now.

"I have to come! I'm afraid I'll miss it. My mother keeps talking to me about this and that, making me anxious." Xia Chunyu said with a wry smile.

"How is it? Are you tired?" Xia Chunyu asked with concern.

Ye Jiayao tapped her arm and said, "My arm is swollen from swinging the spatula."

Xia Chunyu held her arm and massaged her: "Is it too heavy?"

Ye Jiayao closed her eyes in enjoyment: "Just right."

Xia Chunyu felt distressed when he saw how tired she looked. With those thin arms and legs, how could she not be tired after being busy for several days?

"Hey, let me ask you, what's going on with that Li?"

"Hey, I heard that the ancestor gave you a jade ruyi as a reward."

After a moment's silence, they said in unison.

(End of this chapter)