Chapter 660 Household Affairs


    Yun Shang took a walk in the yard and then walked out of the yard. She walked slowly along the long


    corridor by theke to the garden house. When she passed the garden house, she saw the servant at


    the gate roaring in disgust with a frown, "Go away. This is not a ce for you toe. If you don''t


    leave now, I''ll hit you with the stick... "


    Yun Shang stopped and walked to the door. She asked with doubt, "What''s wrong? Who are you


    talking to?"


    The doorman turned around and saw Yun Shang. He bowed to Yun Shang and said, "She is an old


    beggar. She has been begging at the gate of our mansion these days. Every time when you and Prince


    Rui came back, she avoided you. She always crouched in the corner beside the gate with a broken


    bowl in her hand. I don''t think it''s good to be seen by the people, so I wanted to drive her away, but she


    didn''t leave, and she came back after a short while every time. "


    "Really?" Yun Shang heard him and walked to the door. There was indeed a beggar crouching in the


    corner of the wall. She was a woman. Judging from her grey hair and stoop, she must be in her fifties.


    In rags, she seemed to have not washed her hair for a long time. It was winter today, but she didn''t


    wear shoes.


    As if aware of Yun Shang''s gaze, the beggar turned around and nced at her. Then he shrank back


    and leaned against the corner of the wall.


    Yun Shang kept silent for a while and said, "It''s the New Year. Give her some food and a quilt. Don''t


    need to drive her away. "


    The servant kept nodding and answered with courtesy. Then Yun Shang turned around and walked


    back to the mansion. She was about to go back to the inner yard. The servant standing behind him


    whispered: "you are lucky to meet a good person like her highness."


    "It''s indeed indecent for a beggar to squat at the door. Besides, if others see her, they will say that your


    highnesses are merciless and won''t help a beggar." Qin Yi said gently after looking back at the gate.


    Yun Shang nodded, "I know. But I''m sure I can''t let a strangere into our mansion."


    "It''s indeed not right to take her into our mansion. And it''s suspicious that she begs in front of our


    mansion and doesn''t leave even we drive her away. If we can''t take her into our mansion, we could


    think about other ways. We have several vacant mansions in the suburbs and we could ask the butler


    to send the beggar to one of them. Even if there is something wrong with the beggar, she could not


    make any trouble. " Qin Yi thought for a while and said slowly.


    "That sounds a good idea." Yun Shang smiled and said, "Do it as you said. Tell the butlerter."


    Qin Yi hurriedly responded. The two of them walked through the garden house again. Yun Shang


    looked at the fork in front of her and thought for a while. Then she said: "I seldom go to the right way. I


    heard that the former crown prince and his wife lived in the yard here when it was the crown prince''s


    mansion. The yard where we live now was their guest yard back then. Let''s have a look. The yard they


    live was extreme exquisite."


    Yun Shang was in a rare good mood today. Since Qin Yi thought that it would be better for her to walk


    more often and make it easier for her to give birth to the baby. Thus, she didn''t stop her and followed


    her to the right side.


    Walking through a long corridor and a few pavilions, she saw a three-story building near theke,


    written with a Fengbo Pavilion which meant storm. Yun Shang smiled and said, "This is where the


    former crown prince lived. Fengbo Pavilion, interesting. All the other crown princes want everything to


    go smoothly and be the emperor smoothly, but he named his residence Fengbo Pavilion."


    Yun Shang climbed up the wooden stairs. There was a viewing pavilion on the third floor. Standing on


    the pavilion, she could have a good view of the whole mansion.


    "This''s a good ce," Yun Shang smiled and took a deep breath.


    Qin Yi smiled, "Your Highness, you love it so much. Why don''t we move here?"


    Yun Shang shook her head, "I just want to have a look and won''t move here. It''s ominous to live in a


    ce where a dead person used to live."


    "Your Highness, since when you be a superstitious person?" Qin Yi couldn''t helpughing.


    "Where is it?" Suddenly, Yun Shang pointed at a yard on the right. It was not a small yard, in which


    several servants standing and grimacing as if they were arguing about something. Yun Shang saw


    something white beside their feet.


    Qin Yi looked at the direction Yun Shang pointed. She pondered for a while and said, "If my memory


    serves me right, it was the yard where the former crown prince''s wife used to live."


    "The former crown prince''s wife?" Yun Shang murmured. She looked at them and said, "I guess they


    must be servants in our mansion. But why are they in that yard now?"


    Qin Yi didn''t know, and Yun Shang didn''t seem to want any answer from her either, so she said, "Let''s


    go and have a look."


    Before Qin Yi could say anything, Yun Shang went downstairs in a hurry. Qin Yi caught up with her in a


    hurry, "Slow down, your highness."


    After they walked out of the building, a yard with orchids nted in front of the door was just a few


    steps away. Yun Shang heard someone talking inside the yard. The sound was intense, as if they were


    arguing.


    Standing at the door with Qin Yi, Yun Shang listened carefully.


    "I found this green zed vase first, so it''s mine. Before Prince Rui and the others moved in, you had


    stolen a lot of things from this house and sold them. You had taken all ordinary-looking things expect


    those given by the emperor. After the emperor lived in, you restrained yourself a little, but still have


    stolen a lot of good things. I didn''t tell the butler about this. I saw the green zed vase earlier than


    you. Why did you contend for it with me and deliberately fell it when you lose." The man sounded so


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    angry that his voice was trembling with excitement.


    The other man who sounded lower snorted, "Why? Do I need a reason to do something? I can take it,


    but you can''t. If you find something good and tell me, I can give you some. Otherwise, I will definitely


    make you unable to take anything away."


    Yun Shang raised her eyebrows. Judging from their quarrel, it seemed that they always stole things


    from the mansion to exchange money. They should be the former crown prince''s servants. After she


    and Prince Rui moved in, they didn''t care about these people, but they didn''t expect many people did


    this.


    Yun Shang signaled the secret guards, and the secret guards appeared and rushed into the courtyard.


    Suddenly, a howl was heard in the courtyard. "Who are you? Why do you arrest us?"


    As the noise got closer, Yun Shang gradually saw the faces of the servants in the yard. They were all


    honest servants, who were on the verge of wailing. But when they suddenly saw Yun Shang standing


    at the door, they quieted down.


    Yun Shang rarely appeared in front of others, but servants, they could definitely recognize their


    masters.


    Yun Shang nced at them and said with a sneer, "Leave them to the butler. Tell him to check what


    they have stolen."


    The secret guard answered and went down with those people.


    Yun Shang sighed and said after a long silence, "Did I pay too little attention to the household affairs?"


    Qin Yi went silent.


    Yun Shang knew her answer when she saw her expression. She smiled and said, "You don''t have to


    care about my feelings. I know I haven''t done enough, but I didn''t expect these servants are so bad.


    Indeed nice people are bullied. Later, tell the butler make a list of all the servants and the properties in


    the mansion and then send it to me. There are only you and me two masters in the mansion. We don''t


    need so many servants and maids. Cut down to half. Just keep somepetent ones and dismiss the


    others. Send those who signed the long-time contract to a dealer and give those who had short-time


    contract some many and ask them to leave."


    Qin Yi nodded her head gently. She was silent for a long time before she said gently, "Your Highness,


    you are the master of the mansion. You have to do something by yourself. Before I came to Jin City, I


    heard a lot of rumors that Lady Rui was a jealous woman who doesn''t allow Prince Rui to marry any


    concubine. The backyard of the mansion is indeed empty."


    Yun Shang stopped and turned to Qin Yi, "I always feel that it is excusable if someone elsees to


    persuade me. But you can''t. My mother had been in the cold pce for more than ten years because


    his majesty married someone else. Mother didn''t like father having other concubines, either. I always


    felt that she was always cold to him. Even though my mother is favored by the emperor now, she may


    not feel happy. As a woman, I naturally hope that I am the only one of my husband."


    Yun Shang smiled, "I''m so lucky. His Highness has never thought about having a concubine. And he


    often told me that I''m the only one in his life. In this case, I should keep this promise. I don''t care if


    others think I''m jealous or vicious. How could we get happiness if we can''t even stand firm on our own?


    "


    Qin Yi wanted to say something, but finally she said nothing. She just sighed, "In this way, your


    highness will have to bear the bad reputation. People won''t say anything bad about his highness. They


    only me you... "


    Yun Shang smiled. "It''s our own thing. None of other people''s business. They can say whatever they


    like. I don''t care."


    Since Yun Shang had made up her mind, Qin Yi didn''t say more.


    Yun Shang smiled and said to Qin Yi, "Let''s go back to the yard. It''s time to prepare dinner, but I feel


    we''ve just finished lunch for a while." After a moment''s pause, she continued, "I''ll take more


    responsibility to deal matters in the mansion. As you said, I should take care of the mansion. Although


    I''m not good at it, I can learn it. But luckily I could have your help. Madam Qi and Madam Qiu seem to


    be capable. I''m not worried. "


    Qin Yi nodded, and followed Yun Shang into her room.