But what Qian Ruoyu was most worried about was not this matter, but what Li Zhiyi said about Chu Mobai's plan to cut spending.

After all, Chu Mobai had never told her about this matter, and Qian Ruoyu didn't understand it at all. Even facing Li Zhiyi, she couldn't go to Chu Mobai at this time.

Presumably, that big pig's hoof wouldn't tell me about this, as he still didn't want me to get involved in the affairs of his palace.

Therefore, if Qian Ruoyu wanted to know, he could only start from Li Zhiyi in front of him and get the information out of Li Zhiyi.

"When did the prince tell you to cut back on spending? As far as I know, there's still plenty of money in the palace!"

This big pig's hoof doesn't care about spending money, so how could he suddenly cut back on spending?

Besides, it would be unfair to Li Zhiyi if I didn't set a trap for her since she has this chicken feather order.

After hearing Qian Ruoyu say this, Li Zhiyi sneered.

Sure enough, I was fooled.

Li Zhiyi said disdainfully.

"That was in the past. Things are different now. There may be a war on the front line, so we moved more than a dozen boxes of silver out of the palace early this morning. It looks like there should be about 7,000 to 8,000 taels of silver!"

"Not only did they move so much silver, they also moved some gold and silver jewelry out. Haha, as far as I know, the gold and silver jewelry and rouge and powder that someone brought as a dowry seemed to have been taken out as well!"

As she said this, Li Zhiyi's face was full of mockery.

After all, for a girl, the most important things are naturally the gold and silver jewelry and rouge and powder brought by the dowry. These things are probably the things that girls miss the most.

However, after hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu showed joy on his face!

After all, I had already exchanged those rouge and powder for the cheapest ones, and they wouldn't fetch much even if I sold them.

However, Qian Ruoyu felt a little disappointed, because she didn't expect Chu Mobai to take out all her dowry items, which was obviously to sell.

Even so, Qian Ruoyu could only try not to take the matter seriously.

"Oh, just take it away. Since the prince is short of money, as his wife, I must give him everything I have. Even if he wants to sell my yard, I don't care."

“I wonder if some people have the courage to do this!”

Suddenly caught off guard by Qian Ruoyu, Li Zhiyi was frightened again and took a step back.

But Li Zhiyi then said.

"Whatever you say... Anyway, there is not much money in the palace now, and you have hired these four maids. I want to see how you will explain this matter to the prince when the time comes!"

When Li Zhiyi said this, her face was full of arrogance.

She didn't notice at all that there seemed to be more people in her Zhiyi Pavilion than Qian Ruoyu.

Therefore, Qian Ruoyu said calmly at this time.

"So, what you mean is that I have enough people here, so it will be a waste of money and affect the palace, right?"

Li Zhiyi thought about it for a moment, fearing that Qian Ruoyu was trying to trick her, and after thinking about it, she immediately nodded.

"Yes, otherwise."

"Every extra person means one more person's salary and one more expense for the palace. Isn't this a waste? Besides, your place is so new now, I'm afraid you don't need so many people!"

"Besides, your maid Yan'er is so hardworking and capable. I believe she can accomplish all these tasks by herself."

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu just said calmly.

"Are you done?"

Li Zhiyi thought about it and nodded.

"So what after that!"

Qian Ruoyu then prepared to launch a counterattack.

"Since you say I have too many people, then I will count for you how many people there are in my yard. Including me, Yan'er, and these four little girls, there are six people in total."

"What about your Zhiyi Pavilion?"

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Li Zhiyi took another step back, because only then did she suddenly remember that her Zhiyi Pavilion also had to be counted as a person.

"Counting you, your Dan'er, the two old maids, and the maids in your Zhiyi Pavilion, I'm afraid the number of people is already quite large. Add those who come to help you cut flowers temporarily, there must be more than ten people in your yard, right?"

Li Zhiyi took another step back.

But this time it was Qian Ruoyu's turn to be aggressive.

Qian Ruoyu went further.

"That's fine, but there are so many people in your yard. If each person counts as an expense, then your expenses must be at least twice as much, right?"

"And I heard that your dowry is a bit too much. When you moved into the palace, the prince gave you a sum of money. You should not have spent that money yet, right?"

"Now that the palace is cutting back on spending, I think you should take out some money to show your concern for the prince and the palace. What do you think? Do you have the courage to do so?"

Qian Ruoyu's series of words frightened Li Zhiyi so much that she was speechless for a moment.

After all, this matter was too terrifying for her.

If she had listened to Qian Ruoyu and sold her silver and some gold and silver jewelry, she might indeed be able to gain Chu Mobai's appreciation, but so what?

Once a war really breaks out in Bianjiang, money will be spent like water. It is uncertain when Chu Mobai will be able to get this money back.

Moreover, after the war, we will have to recuperate, and by then we won't be able to get the money, let alone get any trace of it.

Thinking of these things made Li Zhiyi even more scared, because that was her real money.

Li Zhiyi hesitated and was speechless for a moment.

Daner behind her immediately responded.

"My lady, what do you mean? Aren't you trying to change the subject?"

"Are the new people you recruited this time the same as the ones who were in our palace before? Moreover, I heard that there seemed to be some people coming to the kitchen. Aren't those people in the kitchen recruited by you?"

"Besides, the old man was originally from the palace. Besides, those maids who came to our yard to help weed and cut flowers were not specially invited by us!"

"Those people can only be regarded as maids in the palace. As for whether they stay or go, it is up to the prince. In our Zhiyi Pavilion, there are only two people in total, me and my family. You have six people here!"

What a confusion of right and wrong!

Qian Ruoyu couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

It seems that this little girl Dan'er does have some tricks and skills.

After Dan'er finished speaking, Li Zhiyi immediately calmed down and patted Dan'er.

"That's right! Dan'er is right, that's exactly what I meant just now!"