Chapter 142 Crown Princess, is such a high price really necessary?

In this life, Shen Wantang naturally does not know any of the Pavilion Masters. Unfortunately, in her previous life, five years after her marriage, she replaced one of the four Pavilion Masters and became the new East Pavilion Master.

The Broken Sky Pavilion recognizes both people and orders. The secret orders change with the year and month, and are hidden in poems. Only the people of the Broken Sky Pavilion know the specific rules of change.

With the Pavilion Master's exclusive secret order, one can use a portion of the Pavilion Master's power.

However, given Shen Wantang's current status, she has not yet met any of the Pavilion Masters. Therefore, Shen Wantang did not answer Manager Wang's question. If she did not answer, he could only guess, and by guessing, he might just imagine what kind of identity she might have.

"Manager Wang, I've invited you here today because I want you to help me investigate someone's identity."

"Please speak, Princess Consort, who do you wish to investigate?"

"She's an orphan girl named Mu Ge. I'll have someone take you to meet her later."

Manager Wang nodded. It seemed that this Crown Princess was indeed a confidante of one of the Pavilion Masters, otherwise she wouldn't be so familiar with the Pavilion's rules.

If Potiange wants to help check someone's identity, they need to meet the person in person. Unless the person is already dead, there's no way around it. As long as they are alive, they need to meet the person in person. Otherwise, if someone is impersonating them, no matter how much they check, it will be in vain.

The idea that you can investigate someone's background based on a simple portrait, as described in storybooks, is wishful thinking. Portraits are inherently inaccurate, and if the person changes their clothes and makeup slightly, the real person and the portrait will not match at all. How can you investigate then?

"Princess Consort, rest assured, Potian Pavilion will investigate thoroughly. However, I'm sure you understand the rules."

Shen Wantang turned her head: "Azalea."

Du Juan carried a heavy box of gold ingots and walked up to Manager Wang.

Manager Wang glanced at it and accepted it: "We'll see in three days at most."

Shen Wantang was fairly satisfied with the efficiency. She waved her hand and told Qin Xin to take Manager Wang out to see Mu Ge.

After Manager Wang left, Du Juan finally showed a pained expression: "Princess Consort, investigating just one person is too expensive! One hundred taels of gold, that'll last us a long time."

Shen Wantang smiled helplessly: "It's alright, gold can be earned back, but that Mu Ge can't be kept alive. Otherwise, if she causes any more trouble, the princess's health might not be able to hold up. I'm giving her this hundred taels of gold to save the princess's life."

If she were truly the Pavilion Master, she wouldn't need to spend money to show her Pavilion Master's jade token.

Unfortunately, she wasn't one of them, so she had to resort to trickery and use the Pavilion Master's secret order to get Manager Wang to do things for her, at the cost of spending some money.

Du Juan still felt sorry for the money: "You are the Crown Princess, you are in charge of the manor. If you want to get rid of Mu Ge, you can just tell her to leave. Why waste this money?"

“Silly girl, I do have the final say on most things in the manor, but there is one exception that I cannot arbitrarily handle, otherwise the conflict will escalate.”

"You mean...the Crown Prince?"

"Yes. I don't care which woman he wants to dote on, but if I ruin my relationship with him because of a woman, it would be a loss. The young master is barely showing me any respect now, so I should naturally give him some face as well, right? If I ruin my relationship with him for Mu Ge, there will be a lot of trouble in the future!"

Shen Wantang habitually twirled the jade bracelet on her wrist: "Remember, if something can be solved with money, it's not a problem. If something can be solved with money, don't spend anything else. Money is the most valuable thing, and also the least valuable thing, understand?"

Du Juan nodded, seemingly confused: "I don't understand."

Shen Wantang was amused by her. It is said that the master leads you to the door, but the cultivation is up to you. It is so true. She teaches Qin Xin, and Qin Xin learns very quickly and can apply what she has learned.

She taught Dujuan, but Dujuan struggled to grasp the intricacies of the teachings.

However, it doesn't matter. It's okay if Dujuan doesn't understand. After all, in this life, she will always protect her. She can just be a carefree little maid.

Fifteen minutes later.

Qin Xin returned to report: "Your Highness, Manager Wang has already met with Mu Ge, and he left with the waiter. Everyone in the manor smelled that strong and peculiar aroma of wine, and they all assumed you were there to buy wine, so they didn't suspect anything else. Mu Ge also tasted the wine, and she didn't suspect anything either."

Shen Wantang nodded: "Very good. Next, have Huayi keep an eye on her and prevent her from getting close to Shaoguang Courtyard or the Princess. If Huayi can't stop her, I'll have someone else do it. If she can, I'll guarantee she'll become the Prince's concubine."

Qin Xin was startled: "Princess Consort, is such a high price really necessary? You've spent gold and promised a concubine's position, all for Mu Ge?"

Shen Wantang smiled, and even Qin Xin thought it was for Mu Ge's sake.

"How could that be? I want to make my mother's life more comfortable. I want to use the most impeccable method to make Mu Ge leave, so that the young master will not become estranged from my mother, and the family will be at peace."

Moreover, Shen Wantang didn't feel that the price was too high at all. When she died in her previous life, she hadn't even spent all the millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold she had earned, which made her extremely regretful, and she was still regretful to this day.

So in this life, she spent money with a sense of revenge. Anyway, she was very sure that she could make a lot of money, so spending a hundred taels of gold was nothing.

Besides, Gu Qianhan just sent over a thousand taels of gold. She has plenty of gold, so why not spend it? What's the point of keeping it? Are you suggesting she wait until she dies to leave it for someone else to spend? Doing something so stupid once is enough; you can't do it a second time!

She might hesitate to spend other people's gold, but she could spend Gu Qianhan's gold with complete confidence, since he owed her a favor in his past life.

As for the position of concubine, it's nothing. Sacrificing Xiao Qingyuan for the happiness of the whole family, why not?

Anyway, he doesn't dislike Huayi, so if he asked Huayi to be his concubine, he probably wouldn't refuse too much.

Thinking this, Shen Wantang smiled faintly: "Everything went smoothly. Let's have a special meal for everyone tonight. Didn't Manager Wang bring some good wine? The maids and servants are allowed to have a drink tonight."

Qin Xin agreed and turned to go out to relay Shen Wantang's words.

Cheers soon erupted outside, and some even knelt down, all praising Shen Wantang as the Crown Princess.

As for Mu Ge, although she found it a little strange that Shen Wantang suddenly asked everyone to have an extra meal and drinks, she didn't take it too seriously. She was thinking about something else.

She also got a little wine today. The wine was fragrant and intoxicating. She felt dizzy and lightheaded after drinking just a little bit. It was quite potent.

She felt this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

So, she took her wine glass and staggered to Xiao Qingyuan's courtyard.