Chapter 117 Taking too many benefits?
"Can."
Chu Cong nodded. Seeing his two daughters smiling, he felt his heart melt. He said, "Lingshu, you are in charge of the palace now, so you can be the housekeeper."
"Your Majesty, I've never managed a household before. Aren't you afraid of something going wrong?"
Shen Lingshu looked at him embarrassedly. She asked, "Prince, didn't you say you would send someone to help me? It's been a few days, and I haven't seen any help."
There was a hint of coquettishness in Shen Lingshu's voice.
Chu Cong held his sister's hand, turned around to look at her expectant expression and asked, "Ling Shu, do you really want help?"
When Concubine Fang took over the power of stewardship of the palace, she pretended to like the people he sent to help, but in fact, they all listened to her in everything.
Later, Chu Cong simply gave up his power and asked Concubine Fang to take care of the backyard.
When he asked her to be the housekeeper that day and said he wanted to find someone to help her, it was just a casual remark. She was of low status, and this time she got the power of housekeeper, she should make good use of it and place her own people there.
"yes."
Shen Lingshu nodded, looking at Chu Cong shyly, a thin blush on her fair face, and said: "Your Highness also knows that I am a concubine's daughter, and my mother only taught me some ordinary housekeeping skills."
"Ling Shu."
Chu Cong raised his hand, stroked her long hair, looked into her sincere eyes, and said, "You are smart, you will definitely learn the housekeeping business well."
"Your Highness, I will definitely study hard." Shen Lingshu's well-behaved and obedient appearance made Chu Cong's eyes dim. After the wet nurse brought the child back to the side hall, Chu Cong picked her up and went into the inner room.
The room was filled with springtime scenes, but Aunt Hua did not come over to use her as a pillow. She had just finished her confinement and needed to recuperate before she could get pregnant again.
Shen Lingshu lay on the bed, rubbing her waist. Sure enough, being a favorite concubine was not so easy. If it happened a few more times, her waist would probably be gone!
Shen Lingshu fell into a deep sleep and didn't even know when Chu Cong returned to the bed. When she woke up, the body beside her was already cold.
"What time is it?"
Shen Lingshu yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, glanced at the bright sky outside, and subconsciously wanted to get up, dress up, and go pay her respects.
"Concubine, there's no need to pay your respects. The prince said that you can sleep a little longer." Zhu Xin hurried forward to support her. Looking at the marks on her exposed skin, he thought to himself: The prince really doesn't know how to be gentler?
"I'm not going to sleep anymore. Are An An and Bei Bei awake?" Shen Lingshu asked while washing up, yawning.
"I'm up. I've just finished my meal. The nurse is taking them for a walk in the yard. I'm so happy."
Zhu Xin took her clothes and waited for Shen Lingshu to wash and change.
"They are here really early." Shen Lingshu watched Liu Si open the window and could already see the nanny and her two daughters walking around in the yard, making the elder and younger sisters laugh happily.
After dressing up and having breakfast, Shen Lingshu hadn't coaxed her daughter to sleep when she heard that Nanny Pan, who was sent by the prince to teach the housekeeper, had arrived.
"Master, I heard that this Madam Pan is very powerful."
Zhu Xin followed her in a low voice and said, "I heard that he was in charge of affairs in the palace before."
"Um."
Shen Lingshu responded, with some doubt in her eyes. This Nanny Pan was someone who would be by the side of the future Queen Lin'an. Now, she was by her side so early?
Soon, Shen Lingshu met Aunt Pan. Compared with Aunt Hua's serious expression, Aunt Pan looked kind and amiable.
"I am Pan, your old servant. I am honored to meet Concubine Shen. I pay my respects to Concubine Shen." Nanny Pan's voice was gentle, and her kind and gentle face gave people a very elegant feeling.
"Hello, Aunt Pan."
Shen Lingshu stood up and said with a smile: "I admire you very much for being praised by the prince. In the days to come, I will definitely learn from Nanny Pan."
Shen Lingshu had a look of studying on her face, without any airs at all. Nanny Pan smiled modestly and thought to herself: This concubine Shen doesn't have any airs at all.
When the prince asked her to teach Concubine Fang, Concubine Fang acted even more arrogant than the principal wife.
Soon, Shen Lingshu discovered how powerful Madam Pan was. When she met the managers before, Shen Lingshu knew very well that Madam Fan and others all took orders from Concubine Fang. After so many years, they had been either bribed or manipulated by Concubine Fang, and they were always disobeying her words.
But Pan Ma looks kind, and when she speaks and acts, she cracks down when necessary and is gentle when necessary. And those stewards are pretending to obey but secretly disobeying? Just replace them.
If Shen Lingshu said this, it would seem too eager for quick success. I'm afraid others would say: Concubine Shen just took over as the housekeeper, and she can't wait to place people there.
If it were Nanny Pan who said this, it would be different.
"Concubine Shen, the rice and flour in the palace are all purchased from a centralized source. If we were to change the place to buy them temporarily, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to get enough food except for the food needed by the prince and the concubines in the palace."
Mother Fan directly rejected Shen Lingshu's suggestion to change the place to buy ingredients. She pursed her lips and said, "Concubine Shen has just become the housekeeper. I'm afraid she doesn't understand. There are hundreds of people in the mansion. They need ingredients, and it's not something that can be changed in a day or two."
"Before in South City, food prices were not this high."
Shen Lingshu's gentle words were directly refuted by Mother Fan: "Concubine Shen, how can Kyoto be compared with that small place in Nancheng? The rice, flour and food are all of the best, so the price is naturally much higher."
A trace of contempt flashed in Mother Fan's eyes. Thinking of the concubine's promise, she continued: "Concubine Shen is a concubine's daughter. It's only natural that she doesn't understand these things."
“…”
Shen Lingshu remained silent, just looking at Mother Fan, looking at her like a poor little girl who had been bullied.
"Mother Fan."
Nanny Pan stepped forward. Her face was kind, but her words were pointed and questioned: "Although Concubine Shen was born a concubine, she is also half the master of Prince Lin's mansion. Now, she is following the orders of the prince to manage the mansion and take charge of the household expenses."
"how."
Madam Pan paused and said, "Madam Fan, do you look down on Concubine Shen? Do you think that just because you've been in charge of the household for a few more years, you're going to commit an insubordination?"
"How about I inform the prince and ask Madam Fan to take charge of this huge palace?" Madam Pan's voice was gentle but stinging.
Mother Fan didn't take it seriously at first, but soon after hearing the prince's name, she immediately knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, Concubine Shen. I didn't mean to look down on you."
The prince had even sent Hai Yi Niang to his death for Concubine Shen, so she was just an old woman, so...
"Since you don't have that intention, Concubine Shen asked you to go to another place to buy food and compare prices. Why can't you do that?"
Nanny Pan snorted coldly: "Could it be that you have taken too many benefits?"
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