Chapter 23 It's time to clean up

"Are the people who pawn and sell the things from my aunt's yard, or from the prince consort's people?" the prince asked solemnly.

The attendant replied, "It seems that they are all people around the prince consort."

The salaries of the Prince Consort and Princess Chaoyang are not small, so it stands to reason that the princess's mansion should not be so short of money.

Is it possible
Thinking of the farm and house that Princess Chaoyang was just about to return to, the prince immediately understood what was going on.

It seems that his aunt is not as weak and vulnerable as the rumors say.
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Inside the princess's mansion.

Xu Jinhuai was having someone calculate the accounts over and over again.

"Your Highness, I have calculated it ten times, and it is indeed 720,000 taels." The accountant replied helplessly.

Xu Jinhuai frowned deeply, looking extremely ugly.

Not only did he empty out all of the old lady's savings over the past eighteen years, he also sold out all the valuables in the old lady's yard, and even the pocket money of the four children was squeezed out by him.

As for Yu Yue'er, not only were all the valuable items sold off, but even many of the maids and servants in the house were sold off, leaving only two servants. Two maids and a cook were sold at such low prices, but they only managed to collect 720,000 taels.

He still needed 1.12 million taels of silver. Where could he get the money from?

He was so worried that he was almost dying of worry.

Day two.

When Juxiang was helping Princess Chaoyang get up and wash, she asked worriedly, "Did the princess sleep well last night?"

Princess Chaoyang looked up at her and asked, "Why do you ask that?" Juxiang couldn't help but complain, "I don't know what the prince consort is doing. He was noisy all day yesterday. It sounded like he was carrying something out."

"I thought it would be quiet at night, but who knew it would last most of the night."

Princess Chaoyang knew what was going on, so she smiled and said nothing.

Nanny came out holding Xu Yaoyao and said, "Princess, tomorrow is the winter solstice."

"In previous years, during the winter solstice, the princess would go to the old lady's house to have a reunion dinner with everyone, but now the princess is still in confinement, and I don't know if the old lady and the prince consort will come to our courtyard to have a reunion dinner."

Princess Chaoyang smiled weakly and said faintly, "Maybe he won't come. We can ask the kitchen to prepare our own reunion dinner tomorrow."

Winter Solstice? A flash of panic suddenly flashed across Xu Yaoyao's bright eyes.

[It’s bad, it’s bad, something’s going to happen to my second brother]

Princess Chaoyang held her breath for a moment.

Yingyi has never seen her second biological son in the courtyard of the outer room. Could it be that Yaoyao knows where he is?
What's going to happen to him? Yaoyao, please, you must tell me.
[My second brother is really pitiful. He was raised as a girl by his mistress since he was a child. It was extremely humiliating, but when he was ten years old, he was sent to the Jade Noodle House by his mistress.]

[Alas, my poor second brother]

Jade noodle shop!
Princess Chaoyang's heart suddenly ached. The Jade Noodle House was a place that dealt in sex. Could it be that her own son...
She didn't dare to think too much and could only continue to hold her breath to see if Yaoyao would reveal anything else.

【Why】

Princess Chaoyang:.
My daughter, stop sighing and tell me what’s going to happen to your second brother!
[She was only ten years old, but she had to play the piano at the Jade Noodle House every day to earn money for her mistress. Her fingers were worn out and then healed. Then they were worn out again.]

Princess Chaoyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he was playing the piano to earn money. She almost thought that... [She has become so miserable, and tomorrow she will be sold out by her mistress and her scumbag father! ]

[Just sell it, but you actually sold it to an old man who likes homosexuality.]

[It's just because the old man gave more money.]

[I am so angry, so angry!] [Tomorrow my poor second brother will be carried in a sedan chair to the mountain villa in the north of the city, and after being eaten dry by that old man in the hot spring, he will be carried back to the mansion to be my bedfellow]

[What should I do? How can I save my poor second brother?]

[I was so anxious that I couldn't even eat milk! ]

Princess Chaoyang was instantly shocked and terrified.

This Xu Jinhuai is not worthy of being a father, let alone a human being. He even sells his own son for money!

She clutched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, trying to calm herself down.

She must think of a plan to rescue her child without alerting the enemy.

"Princess, the wet nurse is here again to ask if we need her to feed the second young lady today?" Qiulan suddenly came in to report.

Ever since the wet nurse was sent back by Xu Jinhuai, she has been looking for opportunities to get close to Xu Yaoyao, wanting to complete the task assigned to her by the mistress.

The concubine promised her that she would give her another fifty taels of silver after the affair was completed. Fifty taels of silver was a sum of money that an ordinary family could not earn in half a lifetime.

Princess Chaoyang was already filled with hatred, and when she saw that the wet nurse was still planning to steal her Yaoyao away as a replacement, she decided not to tolerate it any longer.

Besides, with a pair of unclean eyes in the yard, it does make things more troublesome.

"Yuanxiang, Juxiang, come here for a moment."

After Princess Chaoyang whispered a few words into Yuanxiang and Juxiang's ears, Juxiang left the house directly.

Seeing Juxiang disappear, Princess Chaoyang said to Qiulan, "Let the nurse come in."

When the nurse saw that the princess finally let her into the house, she was so happy that she felt that her chance to take the child away had come.

After kneeling down and paying respect to Princess Chaoyang, the nurse said with a flattering face, "Princess, I will take the second young lady down to feed her."

Seeing the nurse was about to pick up Xu Yaoyao, Princess Chaoyang said sternly, "How dare you! Did I allow you to breastfeed?"

The nurse was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Princess, please forgive me, Princess, please forgive me, I am a rough person and I don't know the rules."

Princess Chaoyang ignored the wet nurse who was kneeling down to beg for mercy, but sat in front of the bronze mirror and asked Yuanxiang to help her dress up.

When she was about to finish dressing, Yuan Xiang asked, "Princess, which hairpin will you wear today?"

Princess Chaoyang thought for a moment and said, "I'll wear the turquoise gold hairpin that my mother gave me before."

"Yes, princess."

Yuan Xiangcao agreed and opened her dressing box to look for it, but she couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

She said in a panic, "Princess, it's bad. The turquoise hairpin that the Queen Mother gave you is missing."

Princess Chaoyang's face darkened. "It's gone? But you put it somewhere else?"

Yuan Xiang shook her head and said, "That is your favorite hairpin. You often wear it and it has always been placed in this dressing box."

"Oh? Then why did it disappear?" Princess Chaoyang's face became even gloomier. "Could it be that someone in the courtyard has dishonest hands and feet?"

As soon as Princess Chaoyang said this, the maids in the room immediately knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Princess, please investigate."

Princess Chaoyang stood up angrily and said, "You even dared to steal my things. I need to investigate thoroughly."

(End of this chapter)