Chapter 45: There's something really wrong with the prince
Yu Lingye said, "Since we are getting married, we should go to the palace and offer tea to the elders."
"The Queen Mother will take advantage of this. If she refuses this time, there will be another time."
"If I continue to refuse, she'll catch me and it will be even harder to resolve the situation."
What he didn't tell Xie Yingmian was,
The Queen Mother will not summon Xie Yingmian into the palace directly, but will put the pressure on her mother.
If my mother didn't go, it would be exactly what the empress dowager wanted, and she would take the opportunity to send someone to teach my mother the rules.
My mother would never allow this to happen.
Even if Xie Yingmian pretended to be sick, her mother would not allow it.
Xie Yingmian understood.
You can avoid the first day, but you can’t avoid the fifteenth.
She has to go whether she wants to or not.
Xie Yingmian hates trouble, but is not afraid of trouble.
"I'm just going to serve tea. The Queen Mother won't eat me."
"When serving tea, one must give a small gift. I wonder if the Empress Dowager is generous. The rewards from the palace should be quite valuable."
Yu Lingye said, "The Queen Mother is more generous than my mother."
Xie Yingmian deeply agreed with this.
She has been married for several days.
Normally, tea should be offered to the concubine, and the concubine should give the red envelope.
There were too many things to do, so the concubine was reluctant to take her tea or give her a red envelope.
Anyway, I feel stingy.
"I will give you the gift of change of words and the red envelope that your mother should have given you." Yu Lingye said this with a hint of apology.
Xie Yingmian: "Is it okay?"
"What you gave and what your mother gave are not the same concept."
Yu Lingye didn't give his mother any face at all: "My mother is the most respectful. You are the princess she chose. She will not let you down. She will follow the proper procedures."
"There's only one reason why Mother hasn't been drinking your tea or giving you the money to change your words—she's very short on money."
"I guess mother doesn't even have any decent jewelry, so she can't buy anything for you."
"As for money, she probably can't even come up with a hundred taels of silver right now."
“It was too shabby for her to present, so she could only drag it on.
Now it was Xie Yingmian's turn to be surprised.
The Queen Dowager is the mistress of Prince Ling's Mansion and the favorite concubine of the late emperor.
Yu Lingye himself is also very rich.
Why can't the Queen Dowager even come up with a decent piece of jewelry and a hundred taels of silver?
Xie Yingmian thought so and asked the same question.
Yu Lingye was in a rare good mood and chatted with Xie Yingmian about family matters:
"It's a long story."
"When my father passed away, he left an imperial decree that my mother and I could leave the palace and live in Prince Ling's mansion."
"I originally thought that with the monthly salary my mother and I had received over the years, plus the rewards from my father, I would be able to live a carefree life as a prince and my mother as a wealthy concubine."
"Only when we arrived at Prince Ling's Mansion did we find out that all of Mother's money and valuables had been taken away by the Fang family under various pretexts."
"I was still young at that time, and the monthly silver reward was in the hands of my mother, and it was also taken away by the Fang family."
"Mother only has a few imperial gifts left that can't be sold or given away. She has less than a hundred taels of silver. There are over a hundred people in Prince Ling's mansion, and a hundred taels of silver won't last more than two days."
Yu Lingye said this and smiled bitterly.
Who would have thought that the huge Prince Ling's Mansion had only a hundred taels of silver on its books.
My mother refused to go to the Fang family to get the money back.
During those days, we ate cabbage and tofu for every meal.
In the end, there was no cabbage or tofu to eat, and the entire Prince Ling's Mansion could only survive by drinking porridge.
Later, he couldn't bear it anymore and went to his friends to borrow money to get through the difficult times.
"Because my mother and the Queen Mother were at odds, after my father passed away, all the rewards from the palace were gone."
"The Queen Mother knew about the situation in Prince Ling's Mansion. She stopped my mother's monthly allowance on the pretext that she had left the palace. My monthly allowance was paid as usual, but it was not enough to cover the expenses of the hundred people in Prince Ling's Mansion."
"I couldn't let the hundreds of people in Prince Ling's Mansion live off my wealth, so I borrowed some capital to start a business."
"The money I earned from business was initially in Mother's hands. When I needed money to make ends meet and asked Mother for it, she was hesitant and couldn't give it to me. Only when I pressed her did she tell me that the money had all been taken away by the Fang family."
When Yu Lingye talked about this, the veins on his forehead jumped several times.
He had lived in the palace since he was a child and had no idea about money.
He didn't care about his mother's behavior.
However, my mother repeatedly subsidized the Fang family without limit and never changed her ways, which led to several major mistakes.
When he argued with his mother, she would either come up with a bunch of words to shut him up or cry, make a fuss, or even threaten to hang herself.
There's no logic to it and no way to communicate.
Whenever he thinks of these things, he still gets very angry.
"Later, the silver I earned went only into my treasury."
"The real steward of Prince Ling's Mansion is not my mother, but Yan Qing. Yan Qing is in charge of the public accounts, and even my mother cannot use them easily."
"My mother couldn't get any money, and she had no jewelry to sell, so the Fang family was quiet for a few years."
"After I fell unconscious, the Fang family resorted to the same old tricks. The Concubine Dowager was soft-hearted and forced Yan Qing to take out the money from the public treasury. Once the money was in the hands of Concubine Mother, the Fang family had plenty of excuses to take it away."
"The Fang family has always been greedy and will not leave more than a hundred taels of silver for my mother."
"My mother hasn't given you the red envelope and the gift of change of words yet. This is probably the reason. If I don't make it up to you, she won't be able to get it out for a while."
Xie Yingmian was stunned when he heard this.
If Yu Lingye hadn't said this himself, she would never have believed it.
The concubine who held a high position and was favored by the previous emperor was actually sucked blood by her natal family.
Toffee is also a weirdo.
She has suffered so much but never learned her lesson, and is willing to be a "brother-supporting demon".
It also forced the aloof, cold and arrogant Yu Lingye to do business to make money to support his family.
"Wait until you decide to sober up in front of others before making up for it to me." Xie Yingmian said.
She doesn't care about the cost of changing her statement.
But, this is her employee benefit, so don't miss it.
"Last time you let me take charge of your treasury, was that equivalent to letting me control all the money in Prince Ling's Mansion?" she asked.
Yu Lingye: "Yes."
Xie Yingmian sneered: "Aren't you afraid that I'll take all your money?"
Yu Lingye: "You can try."
Xie Yingmian raised her eyebrows. "Even if I don't take it away, what if I end up like the Concubine Dowager and give the money to the Xie family or something like that? What will you do?"
Yu Lingye smiled.
He was born good-looking.
Her smile is like the gentle breeze and bright moon, and her smile is enough to conquer the city.
"You wouldn't." Yu Lingye said firmly, "You value money so much, yet you still bargain with me. You definitely wouldn't do such a thing."
Xie Yingmian sighed.
If it were someone else, talking about money all the time would definitely be seen as vulgar and materialistic.
Yu Lingye is different.
Talking about money not only did not affect his dignity and unparalleledness, but instead added a bit of free and easy attitude.
"You're right, what's mine can only be mine." Xie Yingmian did not hide her thoughts. "I'm going to the Xie family this time to get back the dowry that originally belonged to me."
Yu Lingye: "Need help?"
Xie Yingmian: "I've asked Fu Mo to find someone. Everything is ready. It all depends on how thick-skinned the Xie family is."
"Speaking of which..."
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