He also needs to get to know his colleagues and build connections for Shixuan, so the expenses here are unpredictable.

Last time, I finally managed to coax Shuang'er into selling the courtyard, thinking I could still have some money left. Who knew that Ye Lanyin would send it all to Hongxinglou to buy food.

After thinking for a moment, he asked tentatively.

"Lanyin, do you have any money left to buy some tonics for Mother?"

"Consider it a loan. You see, Mother is getting old now. Being filial to her mother-in-law will also bring good karma to the children..."

Ye Lan chuckled softly, making no attempt to hide it.

She said earnestly, "My lord, didn't I already say that I used all my dowry to pray for the children at Chanfeng Temple? Isn't that a way to accumulate good karma?"

Marquis Zhenbei was speechless.

He had grasped the importance of the children in Ye Lanyin's heart, and deliberately used the children as an excuse to make her obey. He never expected that she would suddenly realize this.

Without realizing it, I felt that she seemed to have changed a lot.

In the past, she was completely obedient to her mother. Whenever her mother had a cough, she was more anxious than anyone else, taking care of her day and night without a care in the world. Now…

His heart sank, and all the good feelings he had just had for her vanished.

Outsiders are outsiders after all; they've finally shown their true colors.

The old lady rolled her eyes at her stingy manner.

"With such a small capacity for tolerance, no wonder Dehong doesn't love you..." she muttered to herself.

But she underestimated the child in Ye Lanyin's arms.

[You old witch, you're so magnanimous!]

"Once I can speak properly, I'll have my mother take away all of your son's assets!"

[Three hundred and thirty-five thousand taels! Not a single copper coin can be short!]

Ye Lanyin smiled secretly. "Little money-grubber."