In the afternoon, the butler led a group of people as promised.
Chu Yunning quickly picked a few whom she liked, signed the contract of sale, and handed them over to Aunt Mao.
There was Bixiu left by her side, who was very cute and strong, and she was an orphan.
"From today on, you will be with me. This is the only thing I ask of others, and I will never allow betrayal!"
Bixiu looked determined: "I will never dare to have second thoughts."
While there was still time, Chu Yunning began to settle accounts. This work lasted a whole day, and he didn't even have time to drink.
Fortunately, she had a basic accounting background in modern times, so the calculations were not difficult. She finished the calculations almost in the middle of the night, rubbed her sore wrists, and looked at the account books to realize that Prince Xiao's Mansion had long been an empty shell. It was too expensive to make ends meet.
Already.
The expenses of Prince Xiao and Ye Yaner for one year can enable ordinary people to live for ten years.
Starting from tomorrow, we must find ways to reduce unnecessary expenses.
Now there is not even a decent gift in the warehouse. Considering the status of the eldest princess, this gift is not considered too light.
"Go to the warehouse tomorrow to pick out a set of high-quality jade jewelry and wrap it up."
Helpless, she could only use her own small treasury.
Bi Xiu: "Yes."
Early the next morning, Chu Yunning smoothed the account.
The butler was dumbfounded and said it was impossible.
Who can sort out years of bad debt without help?
Absolutely impossible!
"Danqiongyuan must be hiding some ulterior secrets!"
The chief steward did not believe in evil and insisted on searching Danqiongyuan.
Chu Yunning didn't stop him until the housekeeper searched Danqiong Garden inside and out, wishing he could dig down three feet, but he couldn't find a single person.
The chief butler touched Chu Yunning's cold and piercing eyes and trembled with fright: "Wang...Princess."
"Have you found someone?"
The butler swallowed nervously and shook his head.
"Bixiu!"
Bi Xiu stepped forward and slapped the butler several times, fast and hard: "You dare to slander the princess, you deserve to die!"
The butler who had been pinched was too angry to speak out, so he could only glare at Bixiu fiercely.
A new maid dared to attack him, so he took note of the incident.
"What is written above is the current status of the palace. Not a penny more, not a penny less. Please sign and pledge it if it is correct."
The head butler's eyes rolled, and Bixiu slapped him again, directly holding down the head butler's hand and putting a red seal on the account book.
Bixiu took the account book and handed it to Chu Yunning.
"Princess, are you really the one who settled these accounts?" the butler asked unwillingly.
It would take at least three months to sort out these ledgers. How could the princess do it in just one day?
There must be something fishy.
Chu Yunning smiled half-heartedly: "Have you not been beaten enough?"
The butler covered his face and took a step back, running away.
"Did she calculate it?" Ye Yaner's face was full of disbelief. That idiot couldn't even understand the ledger. How could he calculate it in such a short time?
"Concubine, this is absolutely true. The princess calculated it exactly."
Ye Yaner still doesn't believe it. Is it possible that she, Chu Yunning, has become a fortune teller?
"Okay, you go down first."
Ye Yaner waved her hands in annoyance, she was still waiting for Chu Yun to retreat and return the housekeeper's rights to her.
How come things are completely different from what I expected?
"Concubine, tomorrow is the day when the eldest princess's palace will host a banquet. All the nobles from the capital will come to congratulate her. If something goes wrong with the princess, she will definitely become a laughing stock!" Lu Zhu suggested in a low voice.
Ye Yaner raised her eyebrows and revealed a dark smile.
"If the banquet at the eldest princess's residence is ruined, the Queen Mother won't be able to protect her!"
Thinking of the account book again, Ye Yaner frowned: "Didn't you say that you had arranged to monitor Danqiongyuan? How come you were still taken advantage of?"
Luzhu raised his hand and swore: "A slave will never dare to ignore the concubine's instructions, but there is indeed no difference in Danqiongyuan."
Luzhu was her personal maid, and Ye Yaner could trust her words, so she couldn't help but secretly wonder, could it be that she had made a mistake?
Soon the wedding banquet for the eldest princess and her grandson arrived.
Chu Yunning got up early to freshen up and put on a long, narrow crimson skirt. Two sachets hung from her slender waist. Her hair was tied up and she wore a small jade tiara, which made her look charming.
Luo Luo generous.
This is the first time I have been dressed formally on such an occasion, and I am still a little unaccustomed to it.
"Mom, you are so beautiful!" Beibei gave a thumbs up.
Chu Yunning touched Beibei's little head: "You are the only one with a sweet mouth!"
After sorting things out, Chu Yunning set out with Beibei, and met Prince Xiao leading Ye Yaner at the gate.
Today, Ye Yan'er also dressed up to attend. She wore a bright red wide-sleeved skirt that made her graceful and graceful. She had delicate makeup on her face and her whole body was so soft that she could shed tears.
At this moment, they were nestling next to Prince Xiao. They were handsome men and beautiful women, as beautiful as a painting.
Chu Yunning glanced at it and then looked away, leading Beibei to the carriage behind him.
She was too lazy to squeeze in with the two of them.
"Princess!" Ye Yaner raised her red lips: "Princess, don't you want to go and celebrate your aunt? Why did you come so late? The prince has been waiting for a long time. Besides, why did the princess bring Beibei with her? Isn't this inappropriate?
?”
If this woman is not looking for trouble all day long, she will feel unhappy.
Chu Yunning stood on the steps and squinted her eyes, speaking in a bad tone: "Concubine Ye, it's inappropriate for a concubine of yours to occupy my place, right?"
Ye Yaner choked and her eyes quickly turned red.
"I went to congratulate someone today, and it's not unlucky to shed tears right out of the door." Chu Yunning held Beibei's hand and stood under the carriage: "Concubine Ye, your place is in the carriage behind."
"Your Majesty..." Ye Yaner didn't dare to cry and looked at Prince Xiao aggrievedly.
"What are you causing trouble again!" Prince Xiao said with a cold expression and displeasure.
"I am a princess. According to the rules, I should ride in the same carriage with the prince, or can the prince ignore the rules and insist on going against the etiquette of the day?"
Letting Ye Yaner continue to ride in the carriage was inconsistent with etiquette and disregarded the ancestral etiquette. This was a crime that King Xiao could not bear.
The veins on King Xiao's forehead popped out, and his fists clenched loudly.
When did this woman become so sharp-tongued?
"That's all, since the prince doesn't take the rules seriously, I have nothing to argue with."
Chu Yunning led Bei Bei towards the second carriage, but before she even got close, she smelled a faint smell inside the carriage.
"Wait!" Prince Xiao stopped the person and looked at Ye Yan'er: "Yan'er, according to the rules, you should indeed sit in the carriage at the back and you cannot overstep."
Ye Yaner's face turned pale. After all these years of hard work, she was knocked back to her original shape just because of Chu Yunning's words.
The word "concubine" has been a pain point in her life.
Ye Yan'er just wanted to faint as she watched the people walking by on the street, but the thought of embarrassing Chu Yunning, she could bear with it for the time being.
"Your Majesty, it's Yan'er who is ignorant. It's not the princess' fault. Yan'er will get off the bus right now."
Ye Yaner's pale and feeble face forced a smile.
Seeing this, King Xiao became even more distressed. He comforted her a few words and personally escorted Ye Yaner off the carriage.
When Ye Yan'er turned her back to Prince Xiao, her face lost the softness it had just now, and instead looked sinister, looking a bit cautious.
"Princess, according to the rules, I cannot overstep the rules, but it does not say that the concubine and the principal concubine cannot ride in the same carriage. Why don't we share a carriage? After all, you are attending the banquet for the first time in many years. I can tell you this.
The situation will last several years so that you don’t make any mistakes.”
After Ye Yaner finished speaking, she turned to Prince Xiao and said, "Your Majesty, please let me accompany the Princess."
"That's fine." Prince Xiao agreed without thinking.
Chu Yunning sneered, she was not afraid of any hidden secrets hidden in the carriage.
"Okay, let's take Concubine Yiye."
Several people got on the carriage, and Chu Yunning then realized the mystery inside the carriage. A drug was added to the tea on the table, and a maddening drug was also added to the exquisite and delicious snacks.
At first glance, this snack was prepared for Beibei.
What a poisonous thought.
"Beibei, try this snack. This is the rose cake specially made in the small kitchen."
Ye Yaner pushed the plate in front of Beibei.
Beibei shrank back and avoided Ye Yan'er's hand. Ye Yan'er did not feel embarrassed and turned to look at Chu Yunning: "Isn't the princess worried that I poisoned the snacks? Let a
My children are always wary of me."
"Concubine Ye is kind-hearted, how could she attack a child? Beibei just doesn't like sweet things."
Chu Yunning leaned against the car wall with her eyes closed, and ignored Ye Yan'er no matter what she said.
Ye Yaner was not discouraged and leaned against the wall of the carriage, wondering what she was thinking.
Half an hour later, the carriage slowly stopped. As soon as the curtain was raised, Ye Yaner got out first.
"ah!"
A scream attracted everyone's attention.
Chu Yunning's eyelids twitched.
"Princess, how can you push the concubine!"
The sound of the green bamboo is so quiet that anyone passing by can hear it.
Everyone pointed and pointed: "Is this Princess Xiao?"
"It was her, five years ago..."
Many people still have an impression of Chu Yunning's behavior five years ago. He was arrogant and domineering and bullied others. Especially when he framed Ye Yan'er for drowning and losing her child, she was dubbed a poisonous woman.
"Yan'er!"
Prince Xiao jumped off the carriage and came to Ye Yaner's side.
Ye Yan'er shrank and hid in Prince Xiao's arms, looking frightened: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Yan'er is so scared."
"Chu Yunning!" Prince Xiao gritted his teeth, his eyes cold as if he wanted to chop Chu Yunning alive.
Chu Yunning got out of the carriage unhurriedly, with a frank look on her face: "I didn't push her."
"Who else could it be if it wasn't you?" King Xiao sneered coldly: "Take me as a fool. You have always disliked Yan'er and made things difficult for her. Yan'er was kind enough to ride in the same carriage with you, but you actually did something poisonous behind her back.
,mean!"
"Your Majesty, you only heard Concubine Ye's words and concluded that I am guilty. Isn't it too hasty!"
"You!" Xiao Wang Yuning.
Chu Yunning calmly lifted a strand of long hair beside her ear and said calmly: "If I were to strike, I would be more ruthless than I am now. How could I give her the chance to cry and complain in front of everyone?"
"So cruel?"
"Princess Xiao is too courageous and has no taboo at all."
"I think Princess Xiao is magnanimous. After all, no one saw Concubine Ye being pushed out by Princess Xiao herself. It's just a one-sided statement. Who can tell what is right and wrong."
"What Miss Jiang said makes sense. The carriage is small and stops quickly. It's not impossible for it to fall if you lose your footing."
Suddenly two girls in the crowd spoke for her, and Chu Yunning looked up in surprise.
The two girls smiled at Chu Yunning.
Suddenly, Chu Yunning became more fond of the two of them.
Seeing that something was wrong, Ye Yan'er tugged on Prince Xiao's sleeve: "Auntie is very happy today. Yan'er's minor injury is nothing. Prince, let's not worry about it for now. Just treat it as Yan'er accidentally falling down, and
The princess has nothing to do with it."
Look, what you say is so true.
It sounds like Ye Yaner has taken the overall situation into account and is willing to compromise.
Prince Xiao helped Ye Yan'er up and glared at Chu Yunning: "Today's occasion is important. If you cause trouble again, don't blame me for being merciless to you!"
With that said, Prince Xiao led Ye Yaner into the eldest princess's mansion.
He had no scruples about Chu Yunning and Beibei.
Chu Yunning didn't mind at all, she narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Ye Yan'er's back, lost in thought.
Ever since she left Lengxiang Garden, this woman has provoked her again and again. It's time to teach her a lesson.