Aunt Xu didn't expect that Chen Hu would dare to confront her in front of so many people. Seeing that he didn't respond to her soft approach, she had to use a hard approach.

"Don't forget who provides you with food and shelter every day. If you don't give me this hundred taels of silver today, don't even think about leaving this door behind you."

As soon as she finished speaking, a light voice came from above her head.

"Of course it's His Majesty the Night King. Do you still provide him with food and shelter?"

Everyone turned their heads and saw Ji Yuntang kicking her legs and jumping down from a sycamore tree beside the courtyard wall. She was wearing a spotless white dress, her face was bare without any makeup, and a very simple crabapple wood hairpin was inserted in her hair.

The left half of her face was still covered with dark spots, but her fox eyes were as bright as stars and as clear as glass, as if they could penetrate people's hearts directly.

Nanny Xu was shocked. With so many of them, how could they not notice Ji Yuntang's existence?

I wonder when she came and how much of their conversation she heard?

When Chen Hu saw Ji Yuntang, he immediately walked over and asked, "Princess, why are you here?"

"There are too many wild dogs here. You'd better go back to Xiyuan quickly to avoid them biting you indiscriminately."

Ji Yuntang stood still with his arms folded across his chest, his eyes slightly cold, "What a coincidence, this princess likes beating dogs the most."

"If a blind dog really bites me, I will not only bite it back, but also bite it a few more times, tearing the flesh off their bodies piece by piece, and then stomping it into pieces. Don't you think it would be fun?"

The two of them were talking as if no one was around. Their voices were neither loud nor soft, but loud enough for everyone present to hear.

Liu Linlang's face turned pale in an instant. She looked pale and hid behind Nanny Xu.

Anyone could tell that the dogs Ji Yuntang was talking about were her and Aunt Xu.

She had just been beaten up by Ji Yuntang this morning. It would be a lie to say that she had no trauma in her heart when she saw her now.

Ji Yuntang ignored them and continued talking to Chen Hu.

"Chen Hu, didn't the princess ask you to go out and do something? Why haven't you left yet?"

"To answer the princess, Madam Xu brought people to stop me and asked me to give her 100 taels of silver to pay off the debt. If I don't give it to her, she won't let me leave this door."

Ji Yuntang stroked his chin, his eyes darkening a little, "There is such a thing?"

"Oh, by the way, I just heard Aunt Xu say that she is the one who supports you and provides you with food and shelter, right?"

Chen Hu is a down-to-earth man, and he immediately told the whole story.

"That's right, Princess. I am very strong and I eat a lot in the Night Palace, but I also do five or six times as much work as others every day. All the dirty, tiring and heavy work in the palace is basically done by me alone."

"Up to now, I haven't received my monthly salary for five years. Not only did Madam Xu secretly deduct my monthly salary, but she also asked me to pay for her food expenses. Now I owe her five hundred taels of silver."

"But I won't accept this money. No matter how incompetent I am, I was brought back by the prince himself. I have worked hard in the Ye Palace, and the palace provides me with food. It's a mutual relationship. Even if you sell me, I can't afford so much money. Aunt Xu is simply eating people without spitting out bones."

When Aunt Xu heard Chen Hu's accusation, she immediately panicked, "Chen Hu, stop talking nonsense. I have paid you two taels of silver every month truthfully, and it is all recorded in the palace's account book. The servants in the palace all know what kind of person I am. Stop slandering me here."

Nanny Xu manages the entire Night Palace. No matter in front of servants or outsiders, she always presents herself as a virtuous, well-respected, and thrifty person.

This is also the reason why the servants in the Night Palace obey her orders and even ignore Luo Junhe's words.

If people knew that she had withheld Chen Hu's monthly salary for five years, would the servants in the mansion still listen to her in the future?

Ji Yuntang knew that Aunt Xu was being stubborn, so she sneered and looked at her with a dim gaze.

"You said you paid Chen Hu a monthly salary, so take out the account book and let's take a look. Then it will be clear who is lying."

Nanny Xu was choked. She had only said it casually and of course she didn't dare to take out the account book. After all, the account books of Prince Ye's Mansion were all made by her.

If it's really investigated and reported to the palace, there might be a big mess.

Seeing that Nanny Xu was standing there without moving, Chen Hu started yelling in a loud voice.

"Do you all have donkey hair stuffed in your ears? Didn't you hear the princess say she wanted to see the account book?"

With Ji Yuntang's arrival, Chen Hu's backbone has arrived.

He is a straightforward and generous person who doesn't care about details, but that doesn't mean he is willing to be slandered and have dirty water thrown on him.

If the account book cannot be checked clearly today, Chen Hu will be accused of frame-up in the future.

Aunt Xu is already so shameless, why should he save face for her?

At this time, Ji Yuntang spoke up, "Madam Xu is reluctant to bring the account book. Is it because there is something wrong with the account book?"

"How is it possible? The account books of the palace were all done under the supervision of this old servant. There will definitely not be any problems." Feeling guilty, Nanny Xu denied it immediately.

She knew that Ji Yuntang would not give up until he looked at the account book today.

Considering that she was a country girl who grew up in the countryside, she didn't believe that she could understand the account book.

Thinking of this, Madam Xu heaved a sigh of relief. She said with a straight face, "Princess, please wait here for a moment. I will go get the account book for you."

Ji Yuntang was sitting in the front yard and had already finished two pots of tea before Nanny Xu reluctantly brought her the account book.

"You're walking so slowly, have you not eaten?"

"You look as fat as a ball, and you don't look like you haven't eaten enough. Next time you make me wait so long, you lie on the ground and roll over to me!"

Nanny Xu's face turned blue and red, but she didn't dare to speak.

After all, it's true that she is fat and looks like a ball.

It was too disrespectful for Ji Yuntang to say it in front of so many people.

Aunt Xu instantly became resentful in her heart. When Ji Yuntang fell into her hands, she would definitely humiliate her!

Ji Yuntang almost laughed out of anger when he opened the first page of the account book.

"Your Highness spent fifty taels on a bed, and your Highness spent three thousand taels on ice a year?"

"If I remember correctly, you haven't even cleaned the prince's bed once. I moved him into the West Garden and lived in the existing yard and bed. How can you say that I spent fifty taels to buy the bed?"

"Also, the ice cellar is something that only the palace has. I guess this ice was also sent from the palace. If I'm not mistaken, it should have been sent by Concubine Li."

"How about we go to Concubine Li and ask her in person to see if she accepted money from her own son for using ice cubes."

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