When Jian Ying was pregnant, Meng Xinniang also managed the big kitchen for a while. It's a pity that she didn't know that there was such a cat here at that time, and only reaped some bits and pieces. When she thought of missing out on her private room with thousands of taels of silver, she felt distressed and her liver hurt all over her body.

But this is all unfounded, she can't just run to Jian Ying to ask for money because of a few words from Ming Mei, right?

Ming Mei saw Meng Xinniang's jealous and hesitant look in her eyes, and added firewood and oil in a timely manner, "I heard that the second young lady is very generous, and the girls in the yard are all raised like young ladies, and there are often gold and silver jewelry and good materials to be rewarded."

Yuan Fang didn't even sign the deed, and the salary of two taels of silver per month was still given by the government. Every time I go home to visit relatives, I have to pack a cart full of things to take with me.

That Ling Ruo has been retired by the second young master, and she is no longer the aunt of the palace, and the second young lady is still well fed and clothed.

There is also Sun Juren, who came to the palace to make trouble, and the silver for the exam in Beijing was given by the second young lady, a full thousand taels.

Even the people in the house went to run an errand to spread the word, and they got more rewards than other courtyards. You go to the palace and ask, which one doesn't praise the second young lady for being good, and which one doesn't want to run errands in the blue courtyard? Who didn't dream of going to the second young lady to do things? ”

Meng Xinniang was really provoked by her, and sneered: "If you talk about the ability to win people's hearts, I really can't catch up with my second brother and sister." ”

A smile flashed in Mingmei's eyes, and she continued to arch her fire, "Where do you think the second young lady got that much silver to win people's hearts?" Wouldn't you lose the dowry and be generous? Isn't it a good favor made of the money in the public school?

After all, it's not her own money, and she naturally won't feel distressed when she sways it.

The one who cheats and plays tricks becomes a good person. People like you who do their duty are ......

Alas, what kind of world is this? ”

This last sigh can be said to express Meng Xinniang's heart.

She thinks that she is no worse than Jian Ying in all aspects, she is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and she also has children, why is she disliked by her husband, excluded by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and respected by her subordinates, but that one is praised by everyone. Pressing her everywhere?

Ziqiang watched coldly. is calmer than Meng Xinniang, knowing that Ming Mei must have ulterior motives for bothering to provoke like this. At this time, I saw that there was obvious anger on my master's face, lest she fall into the trap of Mingmei, and was busy adding tea. stepped forward and persuaded: "The princess." You take a sip of tea to cool off. Because of a few gossips, the body is not worth it. ”

was reminded by her like this, Meng Xinniang was also alert, and immediately gathered her exposed emotions. Took two sips of tea. Suppressing the unevenness in his heart, he raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by suddenly coming to me and telling me this?" ”

Mingmei secretly hated Ziqiang for being troublesome, but she didn't panic. She knows very well where Meng Xinniang's weakness is, she has enough bait in her hands, and she is not afraid that Meng Xinniang will not take the bait.

"The concubine doesn't mean anything, it's just that some words have been held in my heart for too long, like a fish in my throat, and I don't vomit or feel unhappy. In fact, there is one thing that the concubine has never told you......"

"What's the matter?" Meng Xinniang saw her unspeakable appearance, and was aroused by her curiosity.

Mingmei showed a look of shame, "You also know that the concubine was originally the second young master's person. The second young master has a house on Shunjing Street, and the concubine has been taking care of it for the second young master. ”

Meng Xinniang knew that the house on Shunjing Street was said to have been purchased by Zhou Shu to raise male pets. Those young masters who are adults who are used to having fun, which one doesn't have a house in one or two places outside? It's not an unusual thing.

Moreover, at the family banquet, King Ji'an once said that although the house was purchased by Zhou Shu privately, it was with the silver of the public school, and it would be counted when the family was divided in the future, and he would not buy another property for the second room.

So she didn't quite understand, "Is there something wrong with that house?" ”

"There is nothing wrong with the house itself, but there is the second young master's private treasury in the house, which contains the property that the second young master has transferred from the house in the name of spending time and wine over the years, just antiques, calligraphy and paintings, silk fur and other things, converted into silver, there are as many as one or two hundred thousand taels......"

"What?" Meng Xinniang's face changed greatly, "One hundred or twenty thousand taels?!" ”

Ziqiang was also shocked by this number, and couldn't help but interject and ask, "How did Aunt Mei know about this kind of thing?" ”

"I keep the key to the private treasury for the second young master, and I have to enter the warehouse every few days to count it, so I naturally know it." Thinking that as soon as Jian Ying appeared, she took away the key in her hand, and Ming Mei couldn't help but feel hatred in her heart, "That's all the slave knows, presumably the second young master still has a lot of silver in the money bank." After all, many of the shops belonging to the palace are nominally taken care of by the second young master, and it is easy for the second young master to move some of the silver out......"

Meng Xinniang was furious, "The two of them will calculate, one is picking up silver in the house, the other is picking up silver outside the house, and when they divide the family, they will take another share from the house." If this continues, won't the entire royal property go into the pockets of their second room? ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Mingmei sighed repeatedly, "To put it mildly, no matter what contradictions there are between the concubine and the princess, they always belong to the same big house."

Sooner or later, this family will be divided, and the others are all people from both sides of the world, and only the people in our big house are the real family.

Although the status of the concubine is low, it is not the turn of the concubine to worry about the future of the big house, but it is really uncomfortable to see that some people have ill intentions, not to mention the property of the Mo Gongzhong, and they are wantonly squandering and corrupting.

Don't forget, the prince will inherit the title in the future, and when the family is divided, the family property should also take the big head, and most of the money squandered by the people in this house belongs to our big house.

The prince is a man, with a rough heart and affection, so he will definitely not care about this, but you can't care about it. Otherwise, when it is your turn to be the housekeeper, there will only be an empty shell left in this palace, and people will not pick the fault of the princess, nor will they find the fault of the second young lady, they will only laugh at you for not being capable.

Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the little master and the little lady. Which one of these daughters-in-law or daughters can lack silver? If you don't have money, you can't just care about the love of the concubine and wronged the little master and the young lady, right?

You are their own mother, you don't plan for them, who else will plan for them? Princess?

You also said, what a shrewd person the princess is, how could she not know about the second young lady and Mrs. Li's partnership to make money? It's just to leave a way back for yourself, just turn a blind eye. ”

"What's the back road?" Meng Xinniang was angry, and she couldn't taste her meaning for a while.

"Think about it, how old is the princess, how old is the prince? If the prince is gone, how can she live as a woman dragging her three children? You always have to find someone to rely on. You and her have always been at odds, isn't there only a second room left for the person she can count on? ”

Ming Mei saw that Meng Xinniang's expression turned from sudden realization to anger, and knew that the time had come, so he played the last card, "If the second young lady is really the second young lady, it will be just a matter of bullying and hiding it in our house......"

Meng Xinniang was confused by her, "What do you mean by this?" ”

――(To be continued......)