"Mother, my daughter-in-law doesn't know how to use an abacus." Yu Yuanzheng looked at the princess pitifully.

When the princess heard this, she touched her nose.

There really is no foundation at all.

Yu Chaoyang chuckled after hearing this.

"Sister-in-law, if you want to do the math, you have to know how to use an abacus. Didn't Auntie teach you?"

"I got married before my mother had the chance to teach me." Yu Yuanzheng raised her eyebrows, and the meaning behind her words was very obvious: It was you who wanted to drag me into this trouble that made me get married in such a hurry.

"Ziqi's wife can't even use an abacus. Sister Princess, you'd better not let her learn it. It will take a long time for her to learn it." Concubine Luo smiled while covering her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Princess, please don't embarrass her. Let her go back to the yard to embroider." The old lady also chimed in.

"Yes, doesn't she like embroidery? The Queen Mother will have her birthday soon, so we can ask Ziqi's wife to embroider a birthday picture for the Queen Mother to show her love.

Our palace gives a jade Guanyin every year, and the Queen Mother is tired of it. If we let Ziqi's wife embroider a Guanyin, it can be innovative and the Queen Mother will like it more. "Concubine Luo thought of a embroidery for Yu Yuanzheng.

"Who says you have to use an abacus to do the math? I can do the math in my head.

And who said I like embroidery?

It's no problem to do some embroidery to kill time.

Concubine Luo, have you ever thought about how long it takes to embroider a Guanyin?"

Yu Yuanzheng looked at Concubine Luo with a cold face.

This question made it difficult for Concubine Luo to respond.

"I'm not very good at embroidery, so I don't know how long it will take. If it takes too long, then don't waste time here and start embroidering early."

"Does the royal palace need to please the queen mother to look respectable?" Yu Yuanzheng asked another pointed question.

"How can you talk like that? The Queen Mother is the Emperor's biological mother and the most honorable woman in our Great Wei. Asking you to embroider a painting of Guanyin for her shows that she thinks highly of you. It's not certain whether the Queen Mother will like it or not." The old lady sulked and poked the crutch in her hand hard.

"If you don't like it, then why should I embroider it?" Yu Yuanzheng was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Arguing with the old lady really affects my mood.

Why doesn't she leave? I really don't want to see her.

"Madame Zhao, could you please get me some blank paper?" Yu Yuanzheng asked Madame Zhao who had been standing beside her.

Nanny Zhao went into the inner hall and brought out a stack of papers.

Yu Yuanzheng picked up the smallest pen and started to do mental arithmetic. She first made up a few numbers in her mind and then wrote them down on paper. Soon she had finished several pages and then added the totals of each page together.

In this way, the account book will be finished in a short time.

When she finished counting three books, Yu Chaoyang had only finished counting two.

The account book was written in pen and paper, so not much could be recorded on one page. It was not like the account books of later times, which could record tons and tons of information.

There are about a dozen account books in a box.

When all the numbers were counted, there were thirteen books in front of Yu Yuanzheng and seven books in front of Yu Chaoyang.

The princess also finished taking care of the things she had to do in the morning.

Going back to the main hall, I saw that the two of them had finished calculating a box of account books so quickly.

I was a little surprised.

Concubine Luo and the old lady did not leave. They just watched the two of them calculate. They could only hear the sound of Yu Chaoyang using the abacus, while Yu Yuanzheng was just writing and drawing on paper, throwing one book next to another, and then another.

The two of them simply didn't believe that Yu Yuanzheng could really calculate so quickly using her mental arithmetic, and they thought she might just be doing it blindly.

They are waiting to see the joke.

The princess picked up Yu Yuanzheng's book and read it.

She has not yet settled the accounts.

"Is all this Zheng'er?" the princess asked with a smile.

"Yes, mother, please check."

The princess took an abacus and began to verify.

"Madam Zhao, please also help verify Chaoyang." The princess tilted her head and ordered.

When the princess finished calculating one book, it took her a little less time than Yu Chaoyang, but it also took her a little longer than Yu Yuanzheng.

When one book is verified, the number is exactly the same.

However, the copy that Madam Zhao checked was short of three taels of silver.

Concubine Luo and Old Madam couldn't believe it and wanted to verify it.

The old lady had been in charge of the household before, so of course she knew how to do accounting. When she finished calculating the book that Aunt Zhao had done, she was still short of three taels of silver.

Concubine Luo verified that it was the book that the princess had calculated that Yu Yuanzheng had calculated.

The result was exactly right.

The highs and lows are immediately apparent.

It's so embarrassing.

The eldest lady of the Bo's Mansion had personally taught the legitimate daughter, but she was actually not as good as a concubine's daughter who couldn't even use an abacus.

"Zheng'er is really good at settling accounts. Mother will have a helper in the future." The princess was very happy.

"Princess, if Chaoyang practices more, he will be a good helper." There was no way Concubine Luo would let the princess leave her daughter-in-law behind.

"I didn't say I won't teach her, but she is pregnant now, so she should focus on taking care of the fetus. There will be a chance in the future. Didn't Zheng'er say that just now? I am still more than forty years away from being eighty."

After hearing this, Concubine Luo and the old lady were speechless.

"Mother, my daughter-in-law wants to be lazy. When you are too busy, you can pick me up. If you are busy, please let me go." Yu Yuanzheng acted coquettishly.

Look, one is eager to be the housekeeper, while the other is given the opportunity to hide.

"Mother, I want to practice more." Yu Chaoyang asked with a red face.

"You can learn whatever you want. Come whenever you want every day and just watch from the side." The princess didn't care.

If nothing unexpected happens, this palace will indeed be managed by the Crown Prince's Consort in the future. She can't really take care of it even though she is in her seventies and eighties.

At most she can stay in charge for a few more years and then tell the truth, otherwise people will gossip about it.

The farce ended with Yu Chaoyang's defeat.

Yu Yuanzheng left the front yard to find Shangguan Ziqi.

When she came to the outside of Shangguan Ziqi's study in the front yard, she heard sobbing sounds coming from inside.

"Master, we have been waiting for you to wake up. Yesterday, we heard from the servants that you had woken up. We wanted to go to the Qiya Courtyard to see you immediately, but Madam Ye stopped us from entering.

We are so happy to finally see you wake up today.

Master, please stay here and let us continue to serve you."

Yu Yuanzheng knew who it was as soon as she heard it.

Ruyue was one of the two maids who used to serve in the study.

Hearing that the big guy had woken up, he couldn't wait to get close to him.

"Why have you been waiting for me to wake up? You should be grown up already. Didn't your mother arrange for you to get married?" Shangguan Ziqi's voice came.

"My dear, we won't marry. We will serve you all our lives." Rushuang's voice was filled with tears, making people feel as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"You don't have to do this. I'll tell my mother later and ask her to find a suitable family for you to marry."

"My dear, we, we are your people, how can we marry others?" Ruyue said in an incredulous tone.

Shangguan Ziqi didn't know that they had already been scolded by Yu Yuanzheng once, and the princess had arranged for them to get married.

"When did I let you into my room?" Shangguan Ziqi's voice turned cold, and even the way he addressed himself changed.

"We, we..." The two maids shrank back in fear.

"Master, we have served you closely for so many years, how can we marry others?" Ruyue said courageously.

"You are both innocent, why can't you marry others?" Shangguan Ziqi looked at the two maids kneeling in front of him with displeasure.

In the past, both of them were very well behaved, so why are they so bold and reckless today?