When he said this, he actually smiled bitterly, and as he smiled, tears rolled down his cheeks.
Luo Lan hurriedly took up the handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and whispered to him:
"Since you don't want to mention it, then let's not mention it. Blame me. I shouldn't have mentioned it. Don't worry, I'm really amazing. I've been studying medicine since I was a child. I'm a medical genius. I can make you stand up. Do you believe me?"
He bit his lip and nodded weakly, "I believe it. I'm already like this now. Apart from you, I'm afraid no one is willing to look at me anymore, so I believe whatever you say."
Luo Lan suddenly felt that the stubbornness in this man's bones had been worn away by reality. She couldn't bear to ask any more questions. She didn't want him to mention the things that hurt him.
Only after watching him fall asleep did she quietly leave his room.
Hearing the door closing, Leng Yu opened his eyes. He couldn't sleep, and he was just pretending to be asleep.
Today he mentioned to her something he had not mentioned in the past three years. That matter had been weighing on his mind for three years, and he was unwilling to explain it to anyone because if even his own mother didn't admit it, who else would?
In the past three years, my father has never looked at me. It seems that he still hasn't forgiven me. Although my mother has come, he doesn't want to see her at all. Over time, she simply stopped coming.
Now with this little girl Lan, she is like a star appearing in the dark night. He is really afraid that when he closes his eyes and sleeps, she will disappear like a shooting star when he opens them again.
Three days later, Concubine Chang's reward arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion. Leng Yu's face was obviously much better. Luo Lan was applying medicine to him when Ah Cai called out from outside:
"Princess, someone has come from the palace and brought a lot of things."
Hearing this, she looked at Leng Yu happily and said, "Wait here, I'll be back soon."
Leng Yu replied coldly:
"I don't want their things."
"Why not?"
Luo Lan frowned and looked at her, "She is your biological mother, she doesn't even want to come into the house to see you, what's wrong with asking for something? It's a waste if you don't want it."
After saying this, she quickly walked out the door.
Leng Yu breathed a long sigh of relief. It seemed that she was too conceited. She was already paralyzed in bed and had no way to make money. She didn't want anything given by others. Did he want her to follow him, a useless man, and live a life of hunger and cold?
Luo Lan happily came to the main hall of the palace. At this time, Eunuch Liu beside Concubine Chang was waiting for her. Seeing her coming, he came forward and presented a gift list.
"Princess, this was sent by Concubine Chang at my command. Please have a look."
Luo Lan took the gift list and glanced at it.
"One hundred taels of silver, ten pieces of clothing, two jade bracelets, one hairpin, one earring..."
Although these things don't seem to be worth much, the one hundred taels of silver were not given for free.
She took out an ingot from the pile of silver and handed it to Eunuch Liu. "Thank you for coming all this way."
Eunuch Liu naturally accepted the silver with joy. After expressing his gratitude, he left with his servants.
Butler Xu came forward and asked directly:
"Princess, can I help you put these things into the warehouse?"
"No need."
She raised her hand directly, "Ah Hou, A Yu, move this thing into my room."
She can't trust anyone now.
"By the way, Butler Xu, how's the account situation? You'd better hurry up."
Butler Xu swallowed his saliva and replied:
"Tomorrow, it will be almost ready. I will send it to the princess."
Luo Lan looked at him with a smile on her face. She was sure that this housekeeper Xu would give her a perfect account without any selfish motives.
But she didn't care. She just wanted to let them know that she, the princess, had arrived and they couldn't mess around with what happened in the palace from now on.
After putting those things in place, Ah Hong also prepared the medicine. When she returned to Leng Yu's room with the medicine, she told him excitedly,
"Let me tell you, we have silver in the future. The palace has sent us a hundred taels, and I am also going to take over the accounts of your palace. When the time comes, I will ask these servants to make you whatever you want to eat. Come, take this medicine."
Leng Yu looked at the expression on her face and couldn't bear to ask her not to accept anything from them.
But reality finally defeated the last bit of pride in his heart.
The next morning, in the main hall of Prince Yu's Mansion, Steward Xu came to Luo Lan with an account book and handed it to him respectfully.
"Princess, these are the palace's accounts for the past six months. The previous ones have been destroyed."
Luo Lan was not interested in it before. She reached out to take it, glanced through it casually, and couldn't help laughing.
It actually said:
The prince spent fifteen taels on medicine.
The prince spent thirty-five taels on bird's nest as a tonic.
The prince spent one hundred taels on buying warm clothes.
The prince spent fifty taels on bedding.
…
After hearing all this, Luo Lan closed the account book with disdain, looked at Butler Xu and asked:
"Do you still have any savings?"
Butler Xu simply shook his head, "No more."
Luo Lan narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while, then asked:
"It's only the middle of the month, and your savings are gone? As far as I know, the prince receives a salary of 1,000 taels of silver every month."
"The princess is talking about three years ago. Ever since the prince fell ill, the salary in the palace has dropped by 30%. Now it's only 300 taels per month. After deducting the expenses of these servants, there is not much left."
Three hundred taels a month?
Luo Lan almost felt like cursing his father. No wonder there were so few servants in this mansion. How much silver could he use to support several servants?
But this is not surprising. There are so many people who want Leng Yu dead, so giving him some silver is already a good thing.
So she nodded and said, "Okay, then I don't have any savings this month?"
"right."
Butler Xu replied helplessly:
"Not only that, we still owe these servants this month's wages. Princess, please find a way to pay them by the end of the month."
Hearing this, Luo Lan felt like she was going to fly into a rage. Was she, with such wealth, supposed to clean up other people's messes right after taking office?
She glanced at Butler Xu, then nodded, "Okay, call all the servants here and tell me how much monthly salary I owe them. I'll pay it now."
It would be a waste to keep those people in the palace. It would be better to pay them off early and let them go.
When Butler Xu heard this, he naturally hurried to call for help. This was a good thing.
After a while, these servants stood in the courtyard of the main hall of the palace with gloating expressions on their faces. Butler Xu stepped forward and said:
"To answer the princess, everyone is here."
Luo Lan smiled and called them over for questioning. They all worked so hard that calluses appeared on the soles of their feet. When they heard that they were going to get their salaries, they ran faster than rabbits.
She stood in front of the crowd, with the Four Heavenly Kings standing behind her. She still held her crystal whip in her hand and walked back and forth, scanning the crowd before she spoke softly:
"Whether you came first or later, you have all worked hard in the palace during this time. So even though you have only worked for half a month this month, I would like to give you a month's salary."
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