Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"Do you know how much money is in there?"

"Five thousand taels."

"How do you know everything?" Siqin stepped on the stool and saw what was in her hand. She almost fell down. Fortunately, the eldest daughter was married and there was no one watching the yard. Otherwise, she would not be able to go in and out so smoothly.

"That's what my sister said. We are short of money right now, so let's use it first." Xu Yixing looked at Siqin with a smile. She looked shocked and her eyelashes were trembling. "You didn't take it back, did you?"

Siqin curled her lips when she heard this, thinking that if I didn't take it, it would be a waste of time. She dug out a lot of things from her bosom, and finally took out a thick roll of paper, which was all crumpled.

"That's right. You keep the money for me. You can put it anywhere, but don't put it in my room. If someone finds it, I won't be able to explain myself. You can decide the expenses as well. Just report to me every day how the banknotes are used."

"Is this...really possible, Miss..."

"I can't give it to her for a while, and she's so rich, she won't care."

Employ people with confidence, and don't employ people if you don't trust them. Nanny Bai once said that instead of worrying about whether your subordinates will betray you and putting more constraints on them, it is better to identify a person and give him power directly. Xu Yixing didn't understand it before, but now he seems to understand a little bit.

Maybe...if I could trust Si Wu, who had been with me since childhood, wholeheartedly instead of bringing up Si Wen to share power with her, she wouldn't betray me?

"Well... okay, I'll put it away." Siqin put away the banknotes, still feeling scared.

"Did Xiaohui say anything?"

"I told you."

"Okay, great."

Xu Yixing's small treasury had a total of 20,000 taels of silver, which was divided into four parts when she got married: 5,000 taels in her own hands, 5,000 taels with Nanny Bai, 2,500 taels each for the civil and military officials, and the remaining 5,000 taels were all on the beams of the boudoir. Now she had a clear goal.

"I don't think mother will give us a good life these days. If you follow me, I'm afraid you will suffer."

"How could that be? Following the young lady, I don't feel wronged."

Xu Yixing took Siqin's hand and patted it gently, feeling a little emotional. This girl is a bit pitiful. Compared with Siwen and Siwu, she lives a miserable life. She doesn't have the airs of a big maid. I won't let her live like this in the future. Her good life in the past was all due to the love of Nanny Bai and Dad. Now she has to fight for it by herself.

Before going to sleep, Xu Yixing was afraid that he would have a nightmare again, so he held his heart and muttered for a long time, saying things like "Don't worry, I will avenge you", hoping that Yi Yan would not disturb him.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Xu Yixing had just woken up when he heard someone talking outside the door.

"These are the items that Madam gave to the Second Young Miss to buy for her room. They are all very valuable. You must be careful with them!" It was the voice of Mrs. Gu.

Siqin's voice also rang out: "Madame Gu, please speak quietly. You came too early. The Second Miss hasn't woken up yet."

Mrs. Gu's voice did not only not decrease, but it rose eight degrees: "What time is it now? The second young lady is still not awake? This is not the rule for ladies from a wealthy family. The stepmother has woken up, why hasn't she gone to pay her respects yet?"

Xu Yixing glanced out the window. It was just getting light. Mrs. Gu was talking nonsense. If Mrs. Gu could get up that early, he would take her last name!

It seems that she is anxious to take revenge on me. "Siqin, who's outside?"

Siqin heard this and hurried in to serve, telling Xu Yixing that Mrs. Gu had come to cause trouble early in the morning. Xu Yixing was naturally not afraid of her, after all, he had thought about it yesterday, and Mrs. Gu would definitely not let it go.

After quickly washing up, Xu Yixing went out and saw Mrs. Gu standing in front of the door like a big rooster, followed by a dozen maids, each holding something in her hands.

"The Second Miss got up so early!" Mrs. Gu said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"Good morning, Madam. I wonder why you come here so early in the morning. Do you have any instructions for me?"

"Madam has ordered some rare ornaments to be sent to the second young lady. You go and replace everything inside." After saying this, she flicked her handkerchief, and more than a dozen maids filed in and placed the things in their arms in various corners of the room.

Xu Yixing stood at the door and took a look. He saw that what they put in were indeed some beautiful ornaments, and they were obviously treasures searched from his father's warehouse.

"Miss, don't bother looking at them. These are all the master's favorite treasures. The things in your room are much more magnificent than those in the eldest lady's room. Madam specifically asked me to buy them for you, so that no one would complain to the master that the monthly allowance is not enough!"

When Nanny Gu said the second half of the sentence, her whole body did not move, only her neck shook from side to side, like a mynah bird imitating human speech, which almost made Xu Yixing laugh.

Xu Yixing pretended not to understand the sarcasm in these words and thanked Gu very sincerely: "Thank you, Madam. I will go to pay my respects to my mother and thank her in person later."

"Don't do that." Nanny Gu covered her nose with a handkerchief. "Madam said that the Second Miss can be exempted from the formalities of greeting in the near future. She is asked to copy the Diamond Sutra 100 times and prepare to burn it when Madam goes to the temple to burn incense at the end of the month."

Siqin's face changed. Why was her mistress punished to copy books again?

"Mammy, the young lady didn't do anything wrong, why did Madam punish her?"

"Miss, you are wrong. It is just copying Buddhist scriptures. It is a good deed to accumulate virtue and blessings. Why should you be punished? In addition, Miss, you don't have to leave the courtyard recently. Copying Buddhist scriptures requires calmness. You should stay here."

After saying this, Mrs. Gu took the maids and left, leaving Xu Yixing with her back. She also closed the courtyard gate, completely locking Xu Yixing and the others in the courtyard.

"Miss, what should I do?"

"I said yesterday that Gu would never let us have a good life. You see, she is so stingy." After saying that, he took Siqin's hand and went into the room again. Looking at the newly decorated room, he sneered.

"Miss, are these things real or fake? Why would she be so kind to send them to us?"

"Really. Do you think she means well?" Xu Yixing glanced at Siqin. This girl is clever, but her brain is not sharp enough and she needs more training.

"That..."

Xu Yixing pointed at these things and introduced them to Siqin one by one: "This is a double fish jade pendant pendant, this is a pair of Ru kiln drunken spring picture vases, this is a gold wire glazed kang screen, that is a white jade lychee plate, that is a multicolored glazed teacup, the one on the cabinet is a jade statue of Guanyin, and the one beside the bed is a jade carved pendant."

Every time Siqin heard one, her eyes would brighten a little bit. This is too precious!