After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

absurd!

She was the eldest princess of Leyang in the Jing Dynasty, born with a life of luxury. After her wedding, she became even more extravagant. There was nothing she wanted in her mansion, so why would she want to covet the silver from the Zhufeng Courtyard?

Everything she eats, drinks and uses in Zhufeng Courtyard originally belonged to her!

Just ridiculous.

However, the book did not mention a word about it. How deep is the water in the princess's mansion? Qin Yaoguang was unsure.

Seeing Qin Yaoguang remained silent, Nanny Deng thought she had other concerns, and rebuked Ma Liujia with a sullen face: "What are you talking about?! What do you mean by following His Highness's orders? Don't keep us in suspense. If you can't explain everything honestly today, don't even think about leaving alive."

Qin Yaoguang secretly thanked Nanny Deng for helping her out, and said coldly, "Speak."

Ma Liujia was in doubt and could only say, "Your Highness, you personally ordered that the people kept in Zhufeng Courtyard are all idlers. In addition to the silver for daily expenses, fifty taels of silver should be sent to Miss Yichun every month."

"Fifty taels?" Nanny Deng was surprised and asked.

There are not many servants serving in Zhufeng Courtyard, but such a large courtyard would cost a lot just for maintenance and repair. If fifty taels are taken out every month, how much will be left?

No wonder, not only the food of those illegitimate children was withheld, but the entire courtyard was in ruins.

It turned out that the Ma Liu family was so blatant because of the order from the eldest princess.

But as the confidant who had always been by His Highness's side, she had no idea about this matter.

The Yichun girl was the trusted maid of the eldest lady in the Ningguo Mansion, and the girl from Ma Liu's family was a companion sent from the Ningguo Mansion. Both of them were from the princess's mother's family.

Nanny Deng immediately thought of this, regretted her exclamation, and kept silent.

It would be better for her to pretend to be deaf and dumb if the princess didn't want her to know. But today, His Highness asked her to stay by his side, which showed that he trusted her more deeply.

Nanny Deng felt grateful for being appreciated by her master, and she served him even more respectfully.

Qin Yaoguang had no idea of ​​the turmoil in her heart. From the exclamation that Nanny Deng blurted out, she was sure that even Nanny Deng didn't know about this.

She maintained her composure on the surface, but she was going crazy inside.

what's going on?

The Ningguo Mansion is so big, is it short of just fifty taels of silver?

Duke Ningguo was Qin Yaoguang's maternal grandfather, and his eldest daughter was the Empress Dowager who was now being raised in the palace. And the eldest lady of Ningguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang, was the mistress of the Duke's Mansion.

No one of them is short of the fifty taels of silver.

What secrets are hidden in the princess's mansion?

Qin Yaoguang was confused by the lawsuit, so he had to cheer up and said, "You mean Yichun? It seems like there was such a thing, but I don't even remember it. When did it happen?"

Ma Liujia finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's just a small matter, how could it be worth your concern? It's reasonable that you don't remember it. It happened eight years ago, and the young master had only been in the mansion for about half a year."

She muttered in her heart: What the Prince Consort did was not fair, and it was no wonder that His Highness was angry and disliked Zhufeng Courtyard.

You have to know that the eldest young master was already four years old when he entered the palace, and the princess and her husband had only been married for less than two years. In other words, this eldest young master who was suddenly sent to the palace was the son of another woman before the husband got married.

It is said that the Yan family is full of loyal and brave people, but this was so unkind!

The powerful and aristocratic families in the capital, no matter how messed up they are, will always respect the legitimate wife for the sake of appearance.

Even if a young man from an aristocratic family has a woman who teaches him about sex before his wedding, or even takes in a maid as his concubine, he will not leave behind a bloodline and make his illegitimate son older than his legitimate son.

Failure to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children is the root of a family’s disaster.

Even a servant like her understood this simple truth, but the Prince Consort actually did it openly. It was not just the eldest son, but five children raised by his concubines were sent to her one after another.

If it happens to any family’s legitimate wife, everyone will go crazy.

The princess was just a little harsh, but she still supported them, didn't she? They were still living well.

Qin Yaoguang didn't know that the Ma Liu family member was secretly feeling sorry for him. Obviously, a servant couldn't know more.

"Okay, you go down."

Qin Yaoguang said calmly: "From now on, you don't have to give the fifty taels of silver. The small kitchen in Zhufeng Courtyard will be used according to the share of the proper master, and no deductions are allowed."

She emphasized the last four words, which made Ma Liujia's heart tremble and he kowtowed to accept the order.

After Ma Liujia left, Qin Yaoguang thought for a moment and said, "Madam Deng, take my name card and go to the Ningguo Mansion to ask the Madam to come over tomorrow for a chat."

Now that she is here, she can't live in such a muddle.

Qin Yaoguang didn't want to end up in a miserable situation ten years later, so she couldn't let go of any clues.

"Yes, old slave, let's do it now."

Nanny Deng left Huamutang and was about to order someone to harness the carriage to go to Duke Ningguo's Mansion when she discovered a woman following her in a suspicious manner.

"Who are you? How dare you sneak around in the princess's mansion?" Nanny Deng asked.

As the most capable nanny of the eldest princess, she has the power of life and death over the servants in the mansion.

The woman was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a thump, saying, "Greetings, Aunt Deng. I am Chunniang from the Embroidery Room, and I have something to report to you."

"If you have something to say, why are you acting like this?"

Chun Niang said: "According to the order of Her Royal Highness the Princess, I went to the Zhufeng Courtyard to measure the young masters and young ladies, but I found that the third young master was still unconscious. The eldest young master did not let me get close, so I took the opportunity to secretly touch the third young master's forehead while he was measuring his body, and found that it was terribly hot..."

She went to Zhufengyuan with several other embroiderers. The other embroiderers didn't take it seriously and rushed back to the embroidery room to do their work after taking their bodies.

She was the only one who knew that the Third Young Master had a fever, and she was always worried.

The princess had a bad temper, so how could she dare to get close to her? But if she didn't tell him, she was worried that if something happened to the third young master in the mansion, she would be guilty of not reporting it, and she didn't know what would happen to her.

She had been wandering outside Huamutang until she saw Nanny Deng appear, and then she followed her. In fact, she hadn't decided whether to tell it or not until Nanny Deng asked her.

When Madam Deng heard this, she said, "Get up and tell me what happened in detail."

After listening to her, Nanny Deng asked the little girl who followed her to go to the corner gate to prepare the car, and she turned around and went back to Huamutang.

Seeing Aunt Deng coming back, Qin Yaoguang asked, "What's the matter?"

"The embroiderer came to report that when she was measuring the third young master, she found that he had a high fever and the eldest young master tried his best to hide it." Madam Deng guessed, "I'm afraid the children are mistaken..."

She didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but the implication of her words was as clear as a mirror in Qin Yaoguang's mind.

The third child was injured so badly yesterday and had a high fever today, but the eldest child still wanted to hide it. It was nothing more than that, even if she showed so much kindness, the children still didn't trust her at all.

Moreover, according to the description in the original book, it was the second brother's idea to keep the matter secret, but it was convention that the eldest brother took over.

"Your Highness, what do you think about this?"

Nanny Deng asked what she meant.