"I … really don't know if there is a need for me to personally pay my respects to a secondary consort." Ye Li said faintly with her clear eyes half-closed.
"You! How dare you! "Secondary Consort Yang was so angry that her face turned red and she pointed at Ye Li without saying a word. The identity of a secondary consort was the pain of her life. When she married into the Prince's residence, she was already a secondary consort and she was not disappointed as she was born from a concubine. After her sister died, she thought that she had the chance to become the main consort because the Prince only had her as his secondary consort. However, the Prince did not even look at her until he died. Ever since Mo Liufang passed away, she knew that she would never have the chance. Until she died, she could only be a secondary consort and she could not even be buried with Mo Liufang.
"The Prince's residence's Consort Yang should know who is the one who is being impudent?" Ye Li raised her head and stared at her faintly. The Ding King's residence respected the Prince on the outside and the Princess Consort on the inside. Not to mention a mere secondary consort, even the proper Consort Yang could not embarrass the Princess Consort. So after Mo Xiuwen passed away, the servants no longer addressed Princess Consort Wen as Princess Consort but as Eldest Madam. This indicated that her identity was the eldest sister-in-law of the Prince's Princess Consort and not the Princess Consort of the Ding King's residence.
After suppressing Secondary Consort Yang's arrogance, Ye Li's expression eased and she smiled faintly, "Secondary Consort Yang, do you have something to say for coming over so early?"
Secondary Consort Yang, who was stunned by her sudden change in expression, regained her senses and her expression changed. She wanted to fly into a rage but the girl in white sitting by the side said uneasily, "Aunt …"
Secondary Consort Yang looked at the girl in white and actually suppressed the anger in her heart. She turned to Ye Li and said, "This is my maternal family's niece, Qianru."
The girl in white stood up and bowed towards Ye Li and said gently, "Qianru greets cousin-in-law. Greets cousin-in-law. "
Ye Li frowned. The daughter of the Yang Family was the niece of the senior concubine, which meant that she was Mo Xiuyao's cousin. Ye Li was very unfamiliar with this cousin of hers. The main reason was that the Yang Family was not a prestigious family. In fact, other than the first generation Prince Ding, Mo Lanyun, who married a princess of the previous dynasty, the Mo Family's several generations of princesses did not have prominent family backgrounds. Of course, this was because the men of the Mo Family did not need nepotism. On the other hand, it was probably to avoid being feared by the royal family. As far as she knew, Princess Yang didn't have a legitimate brother in her mother's family, and the only concubine-born brother died a few years ago. Then Yang Qianru was the orphan of the concubine-born son of the Yang Family. "Cousin, you don't have to be so courteous. Sit down. Prince must have forgotten that he hadn't heard him mention his cousin before, so he didn't have time to prepare a greeting gift. Please don't blame me. " While speaking, Ye Li took off the ice type jade bracelet on her wrist and put it in Yang Qianru's hand. She smiled and asked senior concubine sitting on the side, "Cousin, do you live with senior concubine?"
Senior concubine glanced at Ye Li and nodded, "Qianru is still young and has no other relatives. So I brought her here and can take care of her. After all, she is not a girl of the Prince's Mansion. It's okay to live with me. "
Ye Li didn't intend to arrange another courtyard. She nodded and smiled, "It's okay as long as cousin and senior concubine don't feel wronged. If you lack anything, just send someone to tell me. Don't be embarrassed. " Senior concubine's eyes moved and said, "That's why I brought her to see you. Qianru is almost seventeen years old this year. She should have considered marriage long ago. However, Prince usually doesn't see her, and I don't know much about it. Since you are Qianru's representative, then look carefully for her. Also, it's not proper for a girl to be so plain all day. She needs to wear more clothes. "
Senior concubine said to herself. Yang Qianru, who was sitting at the side, blushed. She lowered her head and refused to look at others. Ye Li leaned comfortably in the chair and listened to senior concubine speak of her demands. If there was a hint of discussion at the beginning, then it was a commanding tone towards the end. Ye Li looked at Yang Qianru's snow-white robes and couldn't help but frown, "The fu usually deducts cousin's expenses?" Even if Mo Xiuyao didn't like senior concubine, he wouldn't go so far as to deduct a girl's expenses, right? Looking at Yang Qianru's plain white robes, even her hair was decorated with white ribbons. People who didn't know would think that she was mourning for someone. The yahuan who had some status in the fu dressed more appropriately than her.
Yang Qianru suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with tears and panic. She hurriedly said, "No … … the wang fu didn't mistreat Qianru. Cousin-in-law, please don't misunderstand Cousin-ge … … it's Qianru, Qianru's fault … …" Ye Li couldn't help rubbing her forehead. What was this? She rubbed her brow and said to Qing Luan, "Go see if Sun mama is free. Ask her to come over."
Sun mama came quickly. Qing Luan had clearly told her about the matter, so she brought a steward who was in charge of the fu's accounts and the expenses.
"Greetings to wang fei. Greetings to senior concubine. "The three bowed in unison.
Ye Li nodded and said, "Sun mama, you don't have to be so courteous."
Sun mama stood up and said: "Many thanks, wang fei. I heard that wang fei summoned this old servant for the matter of the side dowager's courtyard's expenses. This old servant acted on my own initiative and called steward Wang from the accounting room and Zhang mama who is in charge of expenses. Wang fei, please forgive me. " Ye Li smiled and said, "Sun mama, you don't have to be like this. I just arrived and wang fei is not familiar with these things. Senior concubine mentioned the expenses of Miss Gu, so I asked you to come over and ask. In that case, Sun mama Zhang, what about Miss Gu's expenses? If Miss Gu suffers any grievances and outsiders know about it, it will be our wang fu's fault. " Sun mama Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and said with a bad expression, "Reporting to wang fei, Miss Gu's expenses have always been according to the expenses of the young miss of the wang fu. Although there hasn't been a young miss in our fu for several generations, the previous rules have always been kept. This old servant doesn't dare to deduct Miss Gu's expenses. "
"Then, what is Miss Gu's monthly expenses? If the previous rules are not enough, it doesn't matter if it is adjusted appropriately. Or it can be directly allocated from my and Prince's share. "Ye Li said.
Sun mama Zhang glanced at Yang Qianru sitting on the side and said, "Miss Gu has thirty taels of silver to spend every month. The cosmetics she uses are all bought by the fu. She has four sets of clothes for each of the spring, summer, autumn, and winter seasons. She also has two sets of head ornaments for the beginning of winter and the beginning of summer. She also doesn't dare to reduce her expenses during the holidays. This old servant has served in the wang fu for generations and doesn't dare to mistreat Miss Gu. "
The bookkeeper standing on the side also said, "Wang fei is wise. Prince and Wang fei are getting married, and everyone in the fu has rewarded them. The eldest madam received five hundred taels, senior concubine received two hundred taels, and Miss Gu received one hundred taels. The servants in the fu have also received their rewards. This subordinate doesn't dare to delay and can send the account books as proof. "When these words were said, everyone's eyes fell on Yang Qianru. Looking at her white robes and her weak appearance, it was as if she would be blown away by the wind. It really didn't look like she had been mistreated. Sun mama's upright and serious face flashed with displeasure. Don't say that the wang fu didn't mistreat her. Even if you have mistreated her for so many years, isn't it still the wang fu that raised you? The Prince and Princess just got married, what do you mean by wearing white?
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