This situation really gave Song Chen a headache. She didn't like this maid, but she couldn't live without it. Their regent's palace would have to interact with other palaces in the future, so they couldn't let others come to their door.
There isn't even a waiter.
"Nanny Qin, I'll leave the matter of adding a maid to you. Neither the prince nor I like people to be too mixed. You don't have to follow the prince's regulations to add a maid. The money will be paid directly from the accountant of the house."
She had already planned this before, and now she just took advantage of this occasion to make it clear.
Speaking of the accounting room, Song Chen also named the steward of the accounting room in the house, Sun Fa.
This name sounds pretty good, fa, fafa, suitable for being a steward in the accounting room.
"Manager Sun, how much money do we have in our house now?"
Net worth is one thing, but the money in the house's books is another. Since I had not been a mistress before, the money in this book must have been used for daily expenses.
"As for the princess, there are still two thousand taels in the house's account."
Sun Fa was in charge after all. As he spoke, he took the account book and presented it to Song Chen.
"The accounting room in the mansion was reset by the prince when he was repairing and expanding the palace. Previously, the prince put a total of 30,000 taels of silver in the account. The expansion and repairs cost 8,000 taels. The prince and princess spent 20,000 taels on the banquet and wedding ceremony.
reward."
Song Chen listened and looked through the account books in his hand. Every account was recorded clearly.
Sun Fa focused on the key points when he said it. Song Chen hadn't seen it so far yet. When he heard that he spent twenty thousand taels of silver in one day yesterday, Song Chen tightened his hands on the account book.
Although it was easy for her to earn money, apart from buying properties, she had never spent so much money in one day.
"Princess, Princess...but there is a little accounting problem?"
Sun Fa was waiting below, looking at Song Chen's changed expression and trembling a little.
It is said that this accountant is the most difficult person to work, but usually he helps the prince manage accounts in other places. He explains every account clearly and has never done anything greedy.
Facing the princess for the first time today, he was a little nervous.
Song Chen shook his head slightly and closed the account book directly, "There is no problem with the account, but your prince has a problem. The wedding banquet alone cost 20,000 taels of silver for the banquet and rewards! Did he think the silver was brought by the strong wind?"
Naturally, most of the 20,000 taels were spent on banquets. The rewards were probably only 2,300 taels. All the 17,000 taels were spent on banquets, and it was all gone after just one meal...
And although the gifts given by those who came to the banquet were valuable, they could not be redeemed. Song Chen really felt that he was losing money!
But no one dares to accept her words.
The princess can say whatever she says about the prince, but not the people they are talking about.
Unless you are looking for death.
But Sun Fa felt that if he didn't use the money to make the princess happy, he might be the unlucky one when the prince comes back and sees the princess getting angry.
"Returning to the princess, yesterday's banquet was indeed very polite. It was the only one in Shangjing City. However, the prince had no intention of wasting money, but because he valued you, princess, and wanted to entertain those who came to the banquet.
One look and you can tell how happy the prince is to get married, so please don’t misunderstand the prince."
There is really nothing wrong with what you say.
Even if Song Chen wanted to be angry, she couldn't help it, otherwise she was stupid and couldn't understand things that the people below could understand.
After looking at Sun Fa for a while, Song Chen continued to speak, "Steward Sun said this beautifully, but I would like to ask Steward Sun if he has any plans for how much monthly expenses our family will need in the future?"
"Go back to the princess, not yet."
"Since we haven't, let's wait until you come up with your plan. The two thousand taels in your account, Nanny Qin, will probably not even be enough to pay."
Sun Fa could only resigned bitterly, hugging his account book.
Next, the remaining stewards explained everything they were doing, and Song Chen asked them to leave after asking a few questions.
After this trip, Song Chen basically knew how much the palace's monthly expenses were. Next, she would start sorting out the income of the palace's properties.
"Qiu An, call the housekeeper."
The housekeeper has always been with Cang Xiuxuan. Like Grandma Qin, he is a descendant of Cang Xiuxuan's mother. Compared to Cang Xiuxuan himself, he is probably more aware of what kind of property Cang Xiuxuan holds.
"Princess, we have to have lunch soon. How about we finish lunch and then pass on to the housekeeper?"
Qiu An saw that her girl's face was paler than before, and she knew that she was really tired. It was easy to talk to these stewards, so she just needed to understand the specific situation and explain some things.
But according to her understanding of her girl, the workload of the housekeeper is huge now, and her girl is still the kind of person who forgets everything when she gets busy. If the housekeeper comes, today’s lunch will be
I can't eat it.
"Lunch? How long?"
Song Chen felt a little unbelievable when she heard these three words. She felt as if she hadn't done anything yet, so why did she have to have lunch? "
As soon as these words came out, Qiu An knew that she had guessed correctly. She reluctantly stepped forward and pressed Song Chen's shoulders.
"My dear princess, it's been almost half an hour."
Song Chen was stunned. Half an hour had passed just for these few words. Did the time pass too quickly?
But she also knew what kind of state she was in when she was working, "Go and ask someone to pass on the food, and you go ask the prince."
Cang Xiuxuan was handling official business in the study. No one else could get close to him, only the people around him and Song Chen.
When Qiu An heard that Song Chen no longer insisted on telling the housekeeper first, she quickly agreed with a smile, "The sun won't be shining at the moment. It's quite comfortable for you to just sit here and bask in the sun for a while."
She knew that when the prince came over, he would carry the princess to dinner again, so she simply kept the princess here.
Although she was not the one waiting for the princess to take a bath last night, just by looking at the princess like this, she knew that she might not be able to walk from here to the front hall on her own.
How could Song Chen not know what the people around her were thinking? She originally wanted to show off her strength and walk over by herself, but she quietly moved her legs and after estimating the distance from here to the front hall, she knew that she really had no choice.
She believed that as long as she walked from here to the front hall, her strange walking posture would make everyone in the house laugh.
After arranging for people to pass the meal, Qiu An walked towards Cang Xiuxuan's study. However, before he arrived, he met Cang Xiuxuan on the way who had finished handling his official duties.
"Qiu An has met the prince."
Cang Xiuxuan paused, "But the princess asked you to come?"
At this moment, Cang Xiuxuan was a little unsure about Song Chen's intention of letting Qiu An come.
Qiu An nodded respectfully, "As for the prince, it was the princess who sent her subordinates to treat the prince to lunch."
Cang Xiuxuan looked relaxed when he heard this, "I understand."
After saying that, he strode toward the main courtyard with rapid strides. Qiu An came and didn't say where he was invited, which meant that Song Chen was still in the main courtyard.
Sure enough, as soon as Cang Xiuxuan approached the Moon Gate, he saw Song Chen still sitting there. The warm sun made her a little drowsy.
Song Chen thought about it carefully, she seemed to have never experienced this feeling of being tired and hungry for a long time.
When she first traveled through time, although her family was suffering too much and she couldn't open the pot, she spent most of her time in a coma, and soon after she woke up, she had already earned her first sum of money.
I don’t know how much I made by using the space later, so it’s even more impossible to experience this feeling.
at the moment……
Alas, Song Chen shook his head helplessly, "The more you mess around, the worse it gets."
"What's getting worse the more you get mixed up?"
Cang Xiuxuan stood in front of her, helping her block the sun, bending down to look at her and smiling happily.
Song Chen removed the palm that was blocking his eyes and looked up at Cang Xiu
I experienced it again on the first day, Cang Xiuxuan, tell me if you dare to be poorer, do you know that there are only two thousand taels of silver left in the accounts of our house?"
Even though they have always wanted to keep a low profile, the Song family's accounts have never been less than two thousand taels of silver in the past few years.
There is no comparison between a royal palace and a private person.
The two thousand taels of silver from the Song family can be spent for a year or two, but the palace may not be able to last for a month.
"No problem."
Cang Xiuxuan didn't think this was a problem at all, "Princess, just put some more money in the account."
"Sure? You are thinking of eating soft rice right now." Song Chen looked at him with wide eyes, as if he wanted to bite off a piece of his flesh.
Cang Xiuxuan looked at her like this and couldn't help but scratch the tip of her nose, "I gave all my wealth to you. Didn't you give it to me or did I give it to you? The most valuable thing on my body is probably the jade pendant and pendant you gave me.
Fingers crossed.”
"Hehe, this kind of soft rice can still be eaten, it can be eaten."
Only then did Song Chen remember this matter, and he felt a little embarrassed and rubbed his hand on Cang Xiuxuan's chest, "I forgot about it."
Cang Xiuxuan did not forgive her so easily. He still remembered the issue they discussed earlier, so he naturally wanted to take this opportunity to seek some benefits for himself.
"Princess, you misunderstood me. Do you need to apologize?"
"You must apologize. You are a good princess if you know your mistakes and can correct them." Song Chen didn't have any psychological baggage at all in apologizing. Anyway, she was the one who made the mistake in the first place.
"I made a mistake, and I hope that my husband, the prince, will forgive me."
The word "husband" came to his lips, and everything about last night flashed through his mind. Song Chen quickly swallowed it back and called him "Wang Ye".
However, this apology was very sincere. She was still playing with the ring on Cang Xiuxuan's hand as she spoke.