After settling the accounts, Wang Ruofu came out from behind the screen without even asking any polite questions. She heard everything they said clearly, so there was no need to do anything unnecessary.

Looking at the empty seat next to Qi Yuebin, Wang Ruofu frowned and said bluntly, "Is La Gege sick again? Ran Dong, go and take a look and bring this account book with you."

"Get the account book?" Ran Dong asked.

Gan Shuyi and Qi Yuebin also looked puzzled. Was taking the account book to give Rouze some of his power as the housekeeper? Impossible.

Wang Ruofu glanced at Ran Dong, feeling helpless about this maid who was sometimes smart and sometimes stupid. She patiently explained, "The money I spent on her medical treatment in the past two years is more than what I spend on clothes in a year, and it's far more than her monthly salary."

"Don't worry if she's really sick or just pretending to be sick. Today's incident is bound to cost her another sum of money. Go ask her to hand it over to make up for the loss."

"..."

The audience was silent.

Ran Dong asked hesitantly, "Is this okay?"

Qi Yuebin and Gan Shuyi were also shocked. A princess from the Prince's Mansion had to pay for medical treatment out of her own pocket. Did the concubine disregard her dignity for a few taels of silver?

"What's wrong with it?" Wang Ruofu asked sincerely. Back then, Lin Qinshuang paid for everything with her own money instead of using money from the public account.

Similarly, the Tianshan Snow Lotus, a medicinal herb used by Rouze to relieve headaches, was extremely precious, and the Fourth Prince paid for it out of his own pocket out of selfish motives. Wang Ruofu had nothing to say and could only get angry at the Fourth Prince afterwards.

But the fees for other medicinal materials and medical treatments were paid from public accounts, so there was no reason for Wang Ruofu to continue turning a blind eye.

In the entire palace, only the Fourth Prince and she, the mistress, are the masters. She works hard to manage the harem and endures humiliation to take care of his concubine. At least half of the family property belongs to her, and she cannot afford even a single cent less.

With clear logic and sufficient reasons, Wang Ruofu said confidently: "Just go and talk to her. If she refuses, I will stop her monthly salary and other allowances other than food and clothing from next month until the hole is filled."

Ran Dongma said: "Yes, I will go right away."

Hengqing Garden.

Rouze just woke up from a coma and learned from Zhusi that she was more than two months pregnant. She was so happy that tears welled up in her eyes: "That's great, Silang and I are finally going to have our own child."

Her child will definitely be prettier and smarter than Yixiu's child, and will be loved and valued more by Silang.

Just as Rouze was immersed in her fantasy of the future, Ran Dong arrived in time with the task assigned by Wang Ruofu and threw a large stack of account books in front of her.

"The lady in charge said that all of Nara Gege's medical expenses over the past three years were paid with public funds, which far exceeded Gege's share. Please confirm and repay as soon as possible." Ran Dong pronounced with a cold face.

Rouze, who was content with being pregnant, was not angry as usual. Instead, she calmly and mockingly settled the account book, "Being the prince's wife is still the same as before in the Ulanala Mansion. Does the Beile Mansion still need this little money?"

Ran Dong frowned, feeling that the wife really shouldn't give too much face to the concubine, as her mouth was often faster than her brain.

"How can the Prince's Mansion have nothing to do with a concubine like you? You have been in the mansion for three years and still can't see your own position clearly. You really haven't made any progress at all."

"How dare you! How dare you, a lowly servant, talk to me like that!" Rouze exploded again when she heard the word 'concubine'. She protected her belly and glared at Ran Dong fiercely. There was no trace of the kind and innocent girl she used to be.

Ran Dong: "I am a servant, and you are a concubine. I call you Gege for the sake of Lord Beile's face, but in reality, you are not that noble. You should fill the hole as soon as possible, so that I can go back and report."

Rouze was so angry that her hands were shaking and tears were welling up in her eyes. That was not enough. When she saw the number on the account book, tears fell directly.

"so much?"

Ran Dong sneered and said nothing, but he returned all the sarcasm that Rou Ze had just used on Wang Ruofu about being naive.

Zhu Si took a look at the account book and the amount, and his eyelids jumped. There was something wrong with the account book. The amount in the account was at least ten times higher than what Rouze spent on medicine.

She glanced at Ran Dong secretly without saying anything, then looked at Rou Ze who was looking at the account book with a confused look on his face, also without saying a word.

In the end, Rouze, for the sake of her remaining pride as a legitimate daughter, reluctantly took out the money that Jueluo had given her as a dowry and paid the money. She only cried after Randong left, biting the corner of the quilt.

main courtyard.

Wang Ruofu looked at the banknotes that Ran Dong brought back with a half-smile, which was a bit funny and a bit unbelievable, "She didn't ask anything?"

"No." Ran Dong shook his head. "Is there something wrong with this banknote?"

next second.

"Pfft-hahaha-"

Wang Ruofu covered her face with a handkerchief and burst into laughter, "Hahahahahahahahaha, oh hahaha, I almost laughed myself into a choke."

"There are such stupid people in the world."

After Wang Ruofu finished laughing, she wiped her tears and handed the banknote to Ran Dong, "Put it away. The banknote is not fake, but the account book is fake."

"..." Only then did Ran Dong realize what Zhu Si's indescribable expression meant.

Who could have imagined that a pampered concubine would use this method to cheat a concubine out of her money? Who could have imagined that a legitimate daughter of one of the eight major Manchu surnames would be so stupid that she couldn't even understand an account book.

Wang Ruofu was very quick in calculating accounts and abacus. Suddenly, she patted her head and said, "My brain must have been covered with lard. I never thought of this."

"Why should I work so hard to manage his family wealth and then provide him with concubines?"

On her first day in charge of the accounts, she discovered that all the servants in charge of purchasing goods had deceived their superiors and increased the prices of common dishes such as eggs tenfold. Yet, no one in this huge Prince's Mansion thought that there was something wrong.

It’s not so easy to make money even if you lend money!

Since the people here are so stupid, don't blame her for pocketing the money.

Wang Ruofu felt superior in terms of intelligence and was immediately bewitched by money. She turned to Ran Dong and ordered, "From now on, all the shopping will be arranged by Xiu Xia."

"Also, open a separate account book for Nala Gege's medications. Whenever she is sick, ask the court doctor to prescribe the best medicines. Don't be reluctant to use them."

"..."

The news that Rouze was pregnant soon spread throughout the mansion. Wang Ruofu did not react much. She did not think about having an abortion nor did she think about any special treatment.

When Ran Dong asked whether they should take action, Wang Ruofu vaguely remembered that the original owner Yi Xiu seemed to be an expert in abortion, and she felt inexplicably chilled in her heart.

Wang Ruofu was silent for a moment. "A whore gave birth to a whore. How can her child be compared with my Hui'er? Let her be."

Her attitude of not taking the pregnancy seriously at all inadvertently irritated Rouze's fragile and sensitive nerves, and she imagined that Wang Ruofu was trying to confuse her.

"Sister Qi, you must help me. Yixiu is vicious and will definitely not tolerate my child."

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