"Yueru, have you checked the recent accounts of the Chuxiang Tower clearly?"
Mei Qingxue hadn't checked the accounts of the Chuxiang Tower for a long time, so she wasn't sure how much money she had for a moment. This was her public property. The Yingkelai and other shops were managed by the Bihai Pavilion. Once, thinking herself the richest person in the capital, her confidence completely crumbled when she received the money for the perfume given by her mother - in - law.
"Miss, the business is getting better and better. You're already a princess now. Why do you still care about that small shop?"
Yueru blinked her eyes and looked at her miss. When they were in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the master and mistress doted on the miss. Now that she was married, the status of her husband's family didn't allow women to show themselves in public.
"That's my pre - marital property. If I don't take care of it, should I let others do it for me, or do you want to be lazy?"
"Miss, what is this pre - marital property?"
"It's the cold hard silver before marriage!"
"Oh...oh..." Yueru suddenly understood.
"No, no. Yueru is willing, of course. But miss, you're the mistress of the Sixth Prince's Mansion now. You belong to the mansion. How can you have pre - marital property? Even the prince won't allow it."
Yueru murmured in her heart that since the miss belonged to her husband's family, there was no way she could have so many strange terms. Hearing Yueru's words, Mei Qingxue was stunned for a moment. How could she forget this? Damn it! My things are definitely mine. In this evil old society, her human rights had been trampled upon completely.
"It doesn't matter. The...prince is quite reasonable." She was about to say "the sickly prince", but suddenly remembered that she wasn't in her boudoir, so Mei Qingxue quickly changed her words.
"Miss..."
Just as Yueru was about to speak, Mei Qingxue frowned. Hadn't this girl just been away for one day? Was it necessary?
"Do you still want your miss to sleep? If you keep chattering, I'll call the guards to lock you up in the woodshed." Mei Qingxue pretended to be angry. Originally, when the prince went to the palace to stay for a while, she thought she could have a good and sound sleep. Who would have thought that after the sickly prince left, the annoying one came.
At the moment, she had a headache and just wanted to bury her head like an ostrich.
Mei Qingxue waved her hand randomly, buried her face in the brocade quilt, and her voice was muffled.
"Go down. Let your miss sleep for a while."
"But..." Yueru wanted to say something else, but Mei Qingxue covered her face and simply pretended to be deaf and dumb. Her whole body ached as if it had been run over. She would have a good rest tonight and then go and cause trouble in his mansion tomorrow. Wasn't she the mistress of the manor? Then let's see how she "loved" his home...
When it was dawn, Yueru knew that her miss liked to sleep in, so she went very late. As soon as she got to the door, she saw an unfamiliar maid.
"Sister. I'm Xiaoyun."
Xiaoyun saw that she knew this was the maid who accompanied the princess in marriage, so she called out "sister" affectionately. As the saying goes, one should not hit a smiling face. Seeing Xiaoyun smiling, Yueru was too embarrassed to put on airs. She naturally knew that there were no maids in the mansion before, so she curiously asked:
"I heard there were no maids in the mansion?"
"Concubine Qin pities the prince and specially sent me here to serve the prince and the princess."
Hearing that she was sent by Concubine Qin, Yueru completely gave up the idea of giving her a hard time. Originally, she wanted to establish her prestige as the chief maid because she was the princess's accompanying maid, but it seemed impossible now.
How could Xiaoyun not know what Yueru was thinking? A look of contempt flashed across her face. Don't think that just because you're the princess's accompanying maid, you can act arrogantly in the mansion. In this mansion, it was still Concubine Qin who had the final say. Although there was now the young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion as the mistress of the manor, she was still not qualified to be in charge.
"When will the princess probably get up?"
Xiaoyun had been waiting outside the princess's door early, waiting to be summoned. Earlier, she had seen that girl named Yueru dawdling and coming so late, so she was already unhappy in her heart.
Yueru thought for a while, looked at the sun, and counted the time on her fingers. "Probably in another half an hour!"
Just as she finished speaking, she saw an extremely unnatural expression on Xiaoyun's face. Yueru knew that it was because Xiaoyun didn't know Mei Qingxue's habit of sleeping in and had come too early.
"It's not impossible for you to come early. Are you tired of standing? The princess doesn't like it when someone stands at the door so early." After saying that, Yueru pushed open the door of the princess's bedroom.
"Miss, get up. You've slept for a long time." Yueru reached out to lift Mei Qingxue's quilt.
"Aren't you afraid the princess will blame you for talking to her like this?" Xiaoyun looked at the mistress and maid in front of her in surprise. She didn't dare to talk to her master like this, let alone lift the quilt.
What happened next left Xiaoyun gaping.
Their dear princess tightly hugged the quilt. "Good Yueru, let your miss sleep for a while longer. It's not dawn yet." Xiaoyun looked out of the window and was immediately covered in sweat.
It was almost mid - morning. Yueru patiently coaxed and called, but with no success. For some reason, Mei Qingxue threw the quilt aside and rolled out of bed.
"Miss!"
"Prepare warm water for washing my face. I'm going to reorganize the mansion today." Thinking that she was going to exercise the power of the mistress of the manor today, Mei Qingxue immediately became energetic. No wonder everyone liked to throw their weight around. It was really so much fun.
Xiaoyun was afraid that the princess would say something even more astonishing. Anyway, she saw that there was no place for her to interrupt between these two people, so she quickly brought the water for washing the face. After serving Mei Qingxue to wash her face, she never showed up again.
"Miss, how do you plan to reorganize it?"
"Of course, the more chaotic the better!" Mei Qingxue said with a smile, not realizing at all that her personal maid was so frightened that her face turned pale.
"Wh...what?" Yueru stammered. Her miss was just too - straightforward!
"Miss, this is the Sixth Prince's Mansion." Yueru had to remind her.
"I know. I'm the mistress of the manor now. It's my duty to manage the mansion."
Mei Qingxue said calmly. Before she left home, everyone had told her that as the mistress of the Sixth Prince's Mansion, she should share some of the family affairs for the prince. Moreover, it was only natural that the man took care of the outside affairs and the woman took care of the inside affairs. She was the Sixth Princess, and what she did was just the duty of the mistress. What was wrong with that? Why did Yueru look like she had seen a ghost?
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and comb my hair...my princess's hair?"
Now that her identity had changed, she couldn't be the same as before. Here, there were strict hierarchies. This wasn't the modern world where she had lived in her previous nine lives. Before, when she was still in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was okay because her parents doted on her. But now that she was married, she should still pay attention to some things so as not to be caught making mistakes. Although the Sixth Prince was in poor health and stayed away from the fight for the crown prince, after all, he was from the royal family, and there were so many pairs of eyes staring at this place.
"Princess, what are you going to do?"
While combing her hair, Yueru carefully asked. From the bronze mirror, she saw the naughty smile on Mei Qingxue's face, and immediately felt a chill down her spine.
"First, take a look at the personnel structure in the mansion."
Mei Qingxue thought for a while. Yueru thought it was very normal, but she had a bad feeling. However, the princess had a very serious and focused expression while thinking.
"The salary level of each person, the burden of the mansion, the business of the mansion, various expenses, gifts for festivals, and so on." Mei Qingxue counted them on her fingers one by one. Yueru kept nodding. Yes, the princess had considered everything very comprehensively.
Seeing Yueru nodding vigorously, Mei Qingxue rolled her eyes and continued, "Find out each person's specialty and function. There should be some capable people in the mansion, right?"
Lord Mengchang had three thousand retainers. Later, she would show him how many capable people a prince of a country, now a king, had.
Yueru kept nodding while listening. The princess was right. By getting to know who was in the mansion, she could make good use of people's talents. But there seemed to be something wrong with the princess. Yueru shook her head. She was now completely confused by her miss, the current Sixth Princess.
Mei Qingxue laughed. What she said was reasonable in every aspect. How could Yueru find anything wrong? But with her ten lives' experience, how could it be that simple?
That guy only cared about his own comfort, and now her body didn't even feel like her own. Every movement was painful, not to mention walking. After Yueru combed her hair, she leaned on Yueru's hand and slowly stood up. A graceful and elegant princess was born.
"Tell someone to set up chairs in the middle courtyard. Everyone in the mansion, except the on - duty guards, must be present."
After Mei Qingxue gave this order, the aura around her changed subtly. Yueru was extremely impressed when she saw the imposing manner of her miss as the mistress of the manor.
"Then have your breakfast first."
Soon, someone served breakfast. Mei Qingxue ate with relish. That guy wasn't here, and she was the biggest in the whole mansion. It was so comfortable. "When will the prince come back?"
"I don't know. Didn't the princess say yesterday that the prince said he would stay in the palace for a few days? He probably won't come back soon." Yueru thought for a while and said what Mei Qingxue liked to hear.
It was said that the sickly prince was impotent, and the miss would have to live like a widow after marriage. As the only family member of the miss in the mansion, it was right for her to coax her a little to make her happy.
Du Gu Qing crawled out of the cold pool exhausted. His body was trembling slightly. After soaking in the cold pool and hot spring alternately all night, he had almost used up all his strength. He wondered what she was doing. At this moment, he especially wanted to hold her in his arms. It seemed that only with her by his side could he get strength.
Hearing the door of the spring room open, Han Chao quickly ran over and supported the weak Du Gu Qing.
"Your Highness, when will this kind of life end!"
How could Han Chao not know the real situation of the prince? It was just that the prince didn't allow him to tell anyone.
"It will end when I die one day."
Du Gu Qing gave a sad smile. His steps were staggering and unsteady. The fifteenth day of every month was a day of suffering for him. With the cold pool and hot spring alternating, his body endured the torture between extreme cold and extreme heat.
The cold air seeped into his bones and marrow. His limbs and veins were almost frozen into ice. Only in this way could he suppress the toxicity in his body. Even his mother, the imperial concubine, didn't know that the poison in his body was almost life - threatening. She thought he was really getting better.