Chapter 46: Prince Rui’s Mansion has run out of money long ago!

Shangguan Sui sighed.

"Taifu Xu punished my fourth brother and I to copy the first five chapters of the Analects 100 times today..."

Xiao Ziyuan frowned: "Why?"

Shangguan Sui smiled somewhat guiltily.

"Because we were throwing notes in class, it happened to hit Master Xu in the face..."

Xiao Ziyuan: …

It's no wonder that Master Xu was angry.

Master Xu had taught him before. He was indeed a very strict teacher. It was common for him to make his students copy hundreds of times as punishment.

Although the princess and the fourth prince were wrong, they should be punished a hundred times...

It's indeed a bit too much.

Especially since the Fifth Princess is still so young, I’m afraid she wouldn’t be able to finish copying even if she stayed for an entire night.

Xiao Ziyuan raised his eyes and looked at her.

The voice is a little childish, but very firm.

"Let me help you copy it. I can imitate your handwriting."

Shangguan Sui's eyes widened, his pupils filled with surprise.

"Really? Thank you so much!"

She originally wanted Qingping to copy it for her, but a hundred times was too much.

But Qingping was illiterate and couldn't help her.

It would be great if Xiao Ziyuan was willing to help her!

The two found a very quiet place in the garden.

Xiao Ziyuan sat at the stone table and flipped through Shangguan Sui's previous homework.

Tried to imitate her handwriting, then fell silent.

Such an ugly handwriting... so hard to imitate...

Xiao Ziyuan sighed and helplessly started practicing on the rice paper beside him.

On the other side, Shangguan Sui did not forget to threaten Qingping.

She said in a childish voice, "You can't tell my mother! Otherwise, I won't let you go! Humph!"

Qing Ping: ...

It really has no killing power at all.

Qing Ping nodded, "I dare not. I will go to the kitchen to give the princess some tea and snacks."

Shangguan Sui thought about it and found that he was indeed hungry.

"Then go and come back quickly."

After Qingping left, Shangguan Sui also walked on her bound feet to the stone bench next to Xiao Ziyuan and sat down.

She held her face with her little hands and blinked her eyes.

She never imagined that in the original book, there was Xiao Ziyuan, a powerful and scheming man who could kill people without blinking an eye.

Now I'm helping her with her homework!

[I didn’t expect that Xiao Ziyuan would be so righteous! ]

[However, it seems that Xiao Ziyuan has already begun to lay out his own power at this time. ]

[It can't be considered a plot, anyway, he has a few people on his side to do things for him. ]

[How old is he now? He is really like Qin Shi Huang eating peppercorns. He is so tired! ]

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ziyuan's writing hand trembled violently.

How come she knows all this...

But then again, she seems to know everything.

After a while, Qingping hurried over with tea and snacks.

Xiao Ziyuan copied until sunset and finally finished copying for Shangguan Sui.

Prince Rui's Palace.

"Princess, please drink some ginseng soup."

Mingyue carefully placed the porcelain bowl on the table and advised softly.

Song put down the account book in his hand and rubbed his temples with a headache.

She has been checking the accounts all this time.

Check the account book from when she married into the palace to the present.

The facts were exactly as Ziyuan said.

A lot of the expenses of the Rui Palace are of unknown origin, and the accounts don't match.

The words Ziyuan once said popped up in her mind.

Is it true that Prince Rui's Mansion has been spending her dowry?

She immediately took the housekeeper's key and opened the storeroom.

Only then did she realize that half of her dowry had disappeared out of thin air!

When she got married, her dowry was locked in the storeroom.

After that, she became seriously ill and lay in bed every day, taking medicine and sleeping.

I no longer have the energy to ask her about her dowry.

I didn’t expect... I didn’t expect that King Rui would be so shameless!

If the Xiao family was in trouble, she might not be unwilling to help.

But like now, I take it without asking.

She simply took away all the money her father gave her to live on!

This is really too much!

Song was so angry that she was shaking all over and veins on her forehead were throbbing.

The last bit of attachment in her heart towards the King of Rui, who had taken so much trouble to marry her, was also completely wiped out.

What a rotten person he is, and what a black-hearted Rui Wangfu is!

At this moment, the servant outside the door reported.

"Princess, Master Xiao is here."

Song's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled.

Mingyue, who was standing by, immediately explained, "Mr. Xiao is the cousin of Prince Rui and a branch of the Xiao family."

Song's voice was cold, "Let him in."

Soon, a fat middle-aged man strode into the room.

When he saw Song, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Greetings to my sister-in-law."

Song nodded calmly, "What's the matter?"

Mr. Xiao smiled, revealing his two gold teeth.

"I heard that my sister-in-law is the housekeeper now. I want to ask why this month's salary has not been issued yet?"

"I fell in love with the wife of a poor scholar, but the scholar was stubborn and refused to sell his wife after his death!"

Mr. Xiao Sanye said proudly, "I am ready to pay five hundred taels of silver to buy his wife."

"I don't believe that a scholar wouldn't be moved!"

Song just felt a wave of disgust.

No wonder the old lady refused to give up the housekeeper's power.

She never thought that her dowry would be used to do such dirty and filthy things!

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mr. Xiao San continued to call out with a playful smile, "Sister-in-law?"

Song's face fell and looked as cold as frost.

"There is no money in the account now, so I can't give it to you."

Mr. Xiao Sanye became anxious and his tone became a little more intense.

"How come there was money when the old lady was the housekeeper, but now you have no money? Don't you want to give it to me?"

Upon hearing this, Song was so angry that her chest immediately ached.

She dropped the account book in her hand to the ground.

"We had money before because we spent all our money on my dowry! The Xiao family's store has been losing money for years, and the Rui Palace has been out of money for a long time!"

"Not only will I not give you money today, I will never give you money again from now on! If you don't have money, spend less! Instead of continuing to have fun every day! And taking advantage of the women!"

When he heard that she was not going to give him money, Mr. Xiao San immediately became anxious.

He pointed at Song and started cursing at her in a rough voice.

"You bastard! You are just a merchant's daughter, why don't you give me money? What's wrong with spending some of your dowry?"

"You all belong to our Rui Palace. This is our Rui Palace's money! Spend it however you want!"

The rise of Mr. Xiao Sanye's scolding.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind behind him and someone kicked him hard on the butt.

Mr. Xiao Sanye was so unsteady that he fell to the ground.

The other denture in his mouth also fell out.

Master Xiao grimaced in pain, turned around and continued to curse: "Who is it? How dare you hit me!"

"You fucking ..."

Before he could finish his words, he was grabbed by the back of the collar and lifted up.

Only then did he see clearly that the person who hit him was a young man with a very cold and hard appearance.

"Wu Zhu, let him go."

A somewhat childish but cold voice was heard.

The young man nodded and immediately let go of his hand.

Mr. Xiao fell to the ground again, and another gold tooth fell out.

He twisted his fat body and tried to get up.

Someone stepped on his chest.

He raised his eyes and met a pair of red eyes without any emotion.

This is... Xiao Ziyuan?