Chapter 35: A whole year's expenses
The three children left and Ling Rui also came back.
"General, what did the eunuch say?" Ruan Yiyu knew why Ling Rui followed the eunuch out.
"I've stuffed ten taels of silver into his pocket and said everything I need to say. I just don't know how he's going to explain this to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager when he gets back." Ling Rui was furious when he thought of what Ling Chan had just said. "Just the title of a princess, and she's so powerful. If she gets involved in the Ling Mansion, I'll break her legs."
In the past, Ruan Yiyu would have been happy to hear this, but now...
"General, let's forget it. The Emperor and the Queen Mother value her so much that we...can't do anything to her."
"Who made... Gong Lele have such great military achievements and the late emperor loved her so much?" Ruan Yiyu pretended to glance at Ling Rui casually.
As expected, Ling Rui was furious and sneered, "So what? Gong Lele is already dead."
"Having said that, we can't touch her because Gong Lele's military achievements are protecting her." Ruan Yiyu sighed.
Ling Rui remained silent because Ruan Yiyu was right.
Thinking of this, he felt a nameless fire in his heart.
It has been more than ten years since Gong Lele died, but her ghost still affects him.
If I had known this, I would have...
Ling Chan returned to the yard and without greeting Nanny Qu, she just curled up on the couch.
Hongdou moved the charcoal brazier closer to the bed to ensure that her young lady would not catch a cold.
Then he sat down next to the charcoal brazier as usual and threw a few small sweet potatoes into the charcoal fire.
"Madam Qu, would you like some roasted sweet potatoes?" Although Hongdou didn't like Madam Qu's attitude just now, she still asked her politely.
Aunt Qu rolled her eyes and looked over. "The charcoal fire is for the master to keep warm, not for you to roast sweet potatoes."
Hongdou was stunned, turned around and was about to reach out to take out the sweet potato, but when he felt the high temperature, he pulled back awkwardly.
She turned back awkwardly, "This... Aunt Qu is already roasting it."
"Let's just finish this roast."
Ling Chan turned sideways lazily, "Don't worry about her, just roast yours. The young lady likes to eat the sweet potatoes you roast."
Hongdou glanced at Aunt Qu, shrank her neck, and then stuck out her tongue at Lingchan and said, "Okay."
Aunt Qu looked at Ling Chan helplessly, "Princess, you will be going to the palace to accompany the princess to study tomorrow, so you should prepare today."
Ling Chan sat up, "Yes, we need to prepare."
Now that she has another chance to enter the palace, she must cherish it.
Reading...while placing surveillance equipment, we must not forget to disguise ourselves. Since we want to read, we must have equipment.
"Let's go out and buy some study supplies."
Ling Chan got off the couch and Hong Dou put on her cloak.
"Miss, what should we do with the sweet potatoes?" Hongdou looked at the sweet potatoes in the charcoal fire with some reluctance.
Ling Chan put her hand into her sleeve, reached into the fire through her clothes, and took out a few sweet potatoes from the fire.
The speed was so fast that Hongdou had no time to react. When she came to her senses, she grabbed Ling Chan's hand and rolled up her sleeves to check her condition.
"Huh?" Hongdou looked at Ling Chan's hand over and over, but didn't see any signs of burns.
And the clothes... there were no signs of burns, "Huh?"
"Huh?" Hongdou became more and more confused...
Ling Chan pulled back her clothes and hands, "Huh? I'm not your aunt, I'm your mistress."
Aunt Qu opened her mouth and blinked in disbelief. That scene just now...was she sure she saw it wrong?
Ling Chan actually reached her hand into the fire and took out a few sweet potatoes without being hurt at all?
This needs to be told to the Queen Mother...
While she was surprised, Ling Chan and Hongdou Gonglan Gongyu had already arrived at the door.
"Madam Qu, don't you want to join us?" Ling Chan turned around and asked her.
Nanny Qu came back to her senses and hurriedly followed, her eyes following Ling Chan's lowered sleeves.
It was really intact, but it was clearly put into the fire.
The group came to a shop that specialized in selling pens, ink, paper and inkstones.
As soon as Ling Chan stepped in, Aunt Qu told the shopkeeper about Ling Chan's identity.
This is also the practice of many women in the inner house. Usually, the shopkeeper knows that the customer's identity is not simple, so he will lead them to the side room so that they don't have to choose things in public.
"Your humble servant greets the princess." When the shopkeeper heard that it was Princess Wanyue, he came out quickly to pay his respects.
Ling Chan still waved her hand casually, "No thanks."
The shopkeeper stood up and asked, bending over, "May I ask what the princess would like to see?"
"Take out the best study items in your shop." Most of the items were from poor students, so she had to choose carefully.
"Princess, please come in." The shopkeeper took Ling Chan to a side room and said, "I'll have the waiter bring the things over right away."
After the shopkeeper left, a waiter soon brought tea and cakes.
When Hongdou saw the exquisite pastries, she couldn't help herself, but she glanced at Aunt Qu with a stern face and didn't dare to touch it.
"Eat if you want to. Why look at what others are doing?" Ling Chan picked up the plate of pastries and handed it to Hongdou.
Whether it was in the memory or the experience of getting along with Hongdou after Ling Chan traveled through time, Ling Chan trusted Hongdou very much.
Thinking of the hard life she and the original owner had lived, Ling Chan couldn't help but pamper her.
Aunt Qu couldn't bear to watch it any longer. "Princess, you can do whatever you want in your own yard, but you'd better be more careful outside."
"So as to avoid being seen by others and being accused of not knowing how to discipline servants..."
Ling Chan ignored her, but didn't refute her either.
Hongdou put down the snack she had just taken a bite of... She couldn't let the young lady be criticized.
The shopkeeper and his assistant put down the four treasures of the study and said, "Princess, here are the four best sets of the four treasures of the study in our shop."
Ling Chan took a look and said, "Let's take the two most expensive sets."
"Bring some more paper. This princess will definitely use up a lot of paper when she first starts studying."
"Yes," the shopkeeper replied cheerfully, "these two sets of brushes, inkstones, paper, and inkstones cost one thousand four hundred taels. I'll also give the princess one hundred taels of paper. That should be enough."
"Okay, let's do as the shopkeeper says."
The shopkeeper prepared everything quickly and also gave a woven book basket and some elementary school books.
"Princess, look...the silver..." The shopkeeper smiled brightly.
Ling Chan: "Send the things to the Ling Mansion, and go to the accounting office to collect the money."
The shopkeeper took out a piece of paper, which listed what Ling Chan had bought this time and how much she should pay.
Ling Chan pressed her fingerprints on it.
Then Ling Chan went to the cloth shop and picked out a few ready-made clothes.
Go to the jewelry store to buy jewelry, go to the rouge store to buy rouge and powder...
He also asked the waiter to deliver the items to Ling's house and settle the bill at the same time.
The result of such reckless shopping is...
Ling Chan was blocked by Ling Rui and Ruan Yiyu at the gate of Ling Mansion.
"Ling Chan! What on earth did you buy? You actually spent three thousand taels?" Ling Rui no longer cared about Nanny Qu, let alone the people who had gathered to watch the fun because of his words.
"Do you know that three thousand taels is the entire Ling family's annual expenses?"
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