The next day.

Early in the morning, the imperial edict was issued from the palace, appointing Wei Siyi, the daughter of the Wei family, and Qin Hongluan, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Qin, as concubines of the crown prince. In addition, several other princes were also given.

Chen Palace.

In the main hall, at the dining table.

Qin Ye held the bowl and the spoon and ate the rice with chili and minced meat in big mouthfuls.

Zong Zhengchen sat aside and glanced at her as she ate the rice with relish. The rice was red from the chili peppers. He frowned:

“Keep it light in the morning.”

"We people in southern Hunan love spicy food." Without chili peppers, even the most delicious food would be tasteless.

"Shonan?"

——This is where I stayed in my previous life, local dog.

"What is Xiangnan? I mean the southeast. Isn't the Qin family in the southeast? You talk too much."

“…”

When can we be polite to him?

He glanced at her face, which was still ugly but had a big birthmark, and his eyes deepened a little, and his thin lips curled slightly.

Suddenly, he raised his long arms, accurately grasped Qin Ye's chin, and kissed him.

When the old housekeeper came in, he saw this scene and subconsciously covered his mouth, not daring to look any further.

But, seeing the princess give the prince a slap in the face...

cough!

“Ahem!”

He coughed twice to attract attention, waited for a few seconds, and then walked in with a booklet. After bowing, he said:

"My Lord, Princess, the Crown Prince and several other princes are all going to establish concubines. It's time to prepare gifts. These are all items in stock. Take a look. Should we take the gifts from the warehouse or buy new ones?"

Hand it over with both hands.

When Qin Ye saw such a thick booklet, he suddenly became curious about Zong Zhengchen's property, so he raised his hand and grabbed it in advance.

Open it and take a look.

Rich indeed!

Deep sea sapphire, night-shining pearls from the Western Regions, thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum in Bac Ninh, two-headed snake gallbladder... dozens of pages, all good stuff!

"How many gifts are you going to give out this time?" she asked.

"Five."

Looking at the things in the booklet, Qin Ye was reluctant to let go. As he looked at it, he found many small red crosses on the booklet.

"What does the cross mean?"

The old butler bent down and said, "Princess, the items marked with a cross are those that have been sent out. I wanted to erase them, but if I erased them, they might be forgotten and it would be inconvenient to sort them out later. So I drew a small cross on the back."

Qin Ye looked down and saw one fork, two forks, three forks...

It’s a thick booklet, almost full of drawings.

After a rough count, there were only a dozen items left out of hundreds.

After reading it, I blurted out, "How can you be so poor?"

Zong Zhengchen: “…”

The old housekeeper didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The prince's monthly salary is already very generous, and the emperor also gives a lot of rewards, but the prince basically uses it to support the army and support the poor people. In addition, the prince never accepts bribes."

The prince is in a high position and has great power. Many people are eager to curry favor with him. The threshold of the prince's mansion is almost broken down, but the prince never accepts ill-gotten gains.

There are more hidden enemies in the dark.

If anyone were to catch the prince's every move and every word, he would be in trouble.

Qin Ye was very disgusted: "It's a pity to have power but not use it properly, tut tut tut~"

"So poor."

Money is a dead thing. The prince's richest and most valuable possession is his invincible Shadow Guard.

The old butler touched his head and sighed:

"Alas, Princess, you don't know that over the years, our Chen Palace has been busy with many favors, but we have to send five gifts this time.

The Crown Prince’s wedding, the appointment of a concubine, the Princess’s full-month banquet, the Feng Prince’s wedding, the Jue Prince’s wedding, the daughter’s full-month banquet, Lord Li’s daughter’s wedding, Lord Wang’s golden wedding banquet, Lord Yang’s birthday banquet, the Emperor’s marriage to a concubine…”

Blah blah.

There are so many favors that it is impossible to count them all. Even if the old butler counts the hairs on his fingers, he still can’t tell how many favors there are.

At least several hundred times.

The expenses on favors are huge, which Qin Ye can understand, but it is not a solution to send them like this.

What a loss.

When the old butler finished speaking, his eyes fell on Qin Ye with great expectation, tears of hope flashing in his eyes:

"Princess, the future of our palace depends on you!"

"Depend on me?" Qin Ye was stunned.

Did the old housekeeper know that she had as much gold as a wall?

"As long as you give birth to ten children, you will be able to get back these favors!"

“…”