Chapter 423: Seemingly peaceful but actually not peaceful
Jin Lingyi returned to the mansion from the palace and took a short rest.
The maid brought tea. When Jin Lingyi saw that the clothes she was wearing were the ones given to her on her wedding day, she said, "I came into the palace today and talked to my cousin. My cousin said that she asked the maids to dress her up a few days ago.
All the clothes she was not wearing were found, looked at and rewarded.
I'm not used to being in charge, so I didn't think of this. Vanilla, you should also check all the warehouses here. If there is anything that is not useful, whether it is clothes or materials and cotton, find some and distribute them to the people in this house.
Come on! It would be a pity to leave it in vain."
After hearing this, Xianghua said: "Because of the wedding, everyone in our house was given a few pieces of clothing. If there is a shortage, there is certainly no shortage.
But since the master wants to reward it, it’s better of course. I’ll go look for it with Aunt Hua and the others later.”
The second prince's marriage to Jin Lingyi was considered a continuation of the marriage, so it was not a big deal. Moreover, the Jin family's financial resources were limited, so neither the reward nor the dowry was much.
Unlike Lan Ning, when she gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, the emperor immediately rewarded her with 100,000 pieces of silk.
However, Jin Lingyi acted generously and never wanted to treat his servants harshly. This was his intention and it didn't matter how much he gave.
After a while, Aunt Hua, the housekeeper, came over, greeted Jin Lingyi with a smile and said, "Master is kind enough to reward everyone with clothes, so I'm here to thank them first.
There is just something I need to ask you for advice. There are several warehouses in our house that are filled with clothing materials and silk floss, which were originally Ma’s dowry!
I would like to ask the master what to do with these things?"
Ma Feiyan had committed a capital crime at the beginning, but the emperor only wanted to take her life for the sake of the second prince. As for the property in the palace, he did not touch it.
The Ma family has strong financial resources, only slightly worse than the Yao family, so Ma Feiyan's dowry is naturally generous.
After Jin Lingyi got married, he ignored Ma's dowry.
It's not that she doesn't know this, it's just to avoid suspicion.
After all, although Ma is dead, her two daughters are still there.
So Jin Lingyi didn't move any of her things.
"It's not my place to make the final decision on those things." Jin Lingyi smiled, "After all, they're not mine."
"Master, you are a little too outspoken. Now that you are the mistress of this house, aren't you responsible for everything in the back house?
The materials are not bad, but no matter how good they are, they cannot be stored for a long time. They are not gold, silver, and jade, so they are not afraid of being left alone.
Let's just pay off the people at the bottom. The coarse cloth in our library is enough to take care of them.
But the maids who follow you and the young men who follow the master, how can they wear clothes, shoes and socks that do not use good materials?" Aunt Hua said with a smile.
After hearing this, Jin Lingyi pondered for a moment, raised his head and said with a smile: "You guys should take a look at the things in our warehouse first! When Your Highness comes back, I will ask her what she means."
Seeing that she was so cautious, Aunt Hua didn't know what to say, so she went down with Vanilla.
Jin Lingyi drank another cup of tea and asked, "Where are our two royal grandchildren? I haven't seen them since I came back from the palace. Have you had lunch?"
Someone next to him immediately replied: "Master, don't worry, I have used it a long time ago. I'm afraid I haven't woken up from my nap now, so why don't I go over and have a look."
"Let's go after a while! If you say you haven't woken up, it would be disturbing," Jin Lingyi said.
The second prince's two daughters, the eldest daughter is named Zhu Yunhe and the second daughter is named Zhu Yunlu, both of whom were given names by the emperor.
Because the emperor admired Taoism and liked clouds and high-flying birds, he gave these two grandsons such names.
The emperor's eldest grandson was named Yunlin because he was a boy.
In fact, Zhu Yunhe and Zhu Yunlu took a nap for only two-quarters of an hour, and when they woke up, they ran to Wu Qiqi's side.
The two of them are already young, the eldest is only ten years old.
Ma Feiyan was so eager to have a son that she even became obsessed with her, and she even distanced herself from her two daughters.
Later, the second prince bought Wu Qiqi back to the mansion, but she was jealous and resentful and made her mute.
But Wu Qiqi always looked weak and kind no matter who she was in front of. Even though Ma Feiyan repeatedly abused her, she was extremely caring and gentle towards the two girls.
Especially after Ma Feiyan was sentenced to death, there was no mistress in the mansion. The second prince was busy doing things for Yao Ziyun all day long and could not take care of the two children.
Only Wu Qiqi stayed with them day and night, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that she treated them as if they were her own children.
What do children know? As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are a mother. Although they no longer need to drink milk, Wu Qiqi cares about them all day long, and they are naturally close to her.
Even their biological mare Feiyan would sometimes be rude to them, but this was not the case with Wu Qiqi.
Moreover, Wu Qiqi and her daughter also surrounded the nanny and maid in front of them, and no one did not say good things about her.
As time went by, these two children regarded Wu Qiqi as the most good person in the world.
After Jin Lingyi got married, they were still very dissatisfied. The children's family didn't know what a good match was, so they just felt that Wu Qiqi should be the mistress of the house.
It was felt that Jin Lingyi had robbed their father and the position of the matron of the house.
However, Jin Lingyi was impeccable no matter what he said or did, but they were unwilling and helpless.
At this time, they were learning needlework from Wu Qiqi. Even if they were royal women, they had to regard being a queen as their main job.
Although Wu Qiqi cannot speak, she is clever and very patient in teaching others.
She embroidered a piece of hibiscus petal vividly on the white satin. Zhu Yunhe and Zhu Yunlu also followed the embroidery stitch by stitch seriously. Although they were unfamiliar, they still had some appearance.
Zhu Yunhe's nanny, Mrs. Du, came in with two pieces of shoe dough and her voice was a little low: "I came back from outside, and why did I hear someone saying that the princess wanted to reward the servants with clothing materials, and that they wanted to go through all the warehouses in the house?
Woolen cloth."
The maid next to Wu Qiqi continued: "That's good, we have new clothes to wear."
"Silly girl, you are so happy! Do you really think she is so kind?" Du Shi curled her lips and said, "They are taking this opportunity to find out! In the first few months after getting married, I was too embarrassed to reach out, but this time it's the bastard who pokes his head in -
-Can’t hold it in any longer!”
"Mama Du, do you mean that this drunkard doesn't care about drinking?" The maid hurriedly tried her best to show that she understood what Mrs. Du said.
"What do you think?" Du Shi smiled, "If that guy doesn't take over all our furniture, I'll dig out your eyes and light a lantern for you."
"My dear, this move is really powerful! Who will reconcile the accounts with her then and see how much she saves and how much she keeps for herself?" the maid said, "We were still laughing at her for having a small dowry!"
"Theoretically none of us should say this now, but I think this belongs to our young master after all, and we should both take it with us when we get married in the future," Du said.
After Zhu Yunhe and Zhu Yunlu heard this, the needlework in their hands stopped unconsciously.
This seemingly peaceful Second Prince's Mansion is actually not peaceful.
