Exiled 3,000 miles away? Don't worry, Madam has space.

Chapter 3: Collect what should be collected

After hearing this, Chen's face turned pale, her body swayed twice, and she tightened her grip on Ye Qinglin's arm, "Ah Lin, are you saying that Si Lang was beaten with fifty sticks by the emperor and is now imprisoned in the Dali Temple? Tomorrow the emperor will order the confiscation of Wuning Marquis's mansion and exile him to Cangzhou, a barbarian land?"

Ye Qinglin nodded heavily: "Yes."

Chen smiled bitterly and murmured to herself, "It is so!"

Hearing this, Ye Qinglin thought Chen would say something, but she didn't expect Chen to change the subject immediately.

"So Ah Lin bought so many things today and asked the servants in the mansion to run around in preparation for exile?"

"Yes." Ye Qinglin did not deny it, and told Chen what she had prepared: "Mom, this is what I can think of. If you think it is not enough, I will prepare more."

Chen shook her head and said, "Alin, if it's not enough, I'll buy more. You've already bought a lot today. If you buy more, it might cause trouble.

And you said that when we get to Cangzhou, we will face snowstorms, wars, and droughts. We will need money to prepare supplies for our settlement and escape."

Having said that, Chen suddenly stood up and pulled Ye Qinglin to her private vault.

"Alin, put these things into the mustard seed space." Chen pointed at the things on the ground with some embarrassment: "I don't have many things in my private storehouse, these are all I have. As for the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion, don't even think about it."

Chen's private storehouse only contained some silks, a few boxes of precious medicinal materials and some jade articles. As for the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion, it had been empty long ago.

When Xie Xu went to war, the Marquis' Mansion had already sold the items in the warehouse in order to subsidize Xie's army.

Ye Qinglin was not surprised by this and looked indifferent.

She found out about this ten days after she married into the Xie family and had a quarrel with Xie Xu about it.

Now thinking about it, she was really stupid for making a scene with Xie Xu because of what an outsider said.

Fortunately, Xie Xu didn't bother with her. After she scratched his face, he bought her favorite fermented rice balls to apologize to her.

Thinking of this, Ye Qinglin's heart ached unconsciously.

In her previous life, she thought that Xie Xu was so good, but he was not as good as those weak scholars. How blind she was!

After putting the things into the mustard seed space, Ye Qinglin heard Nanny Wang outside the door say that the cook had prepared the braised pork and asked her to go over and take a look.

Ye Qinglin responded and looked at Chen with clear eyes: "Mother-in-law, should we tell my third sister-in-law and the children about this?"

Chen lowered her eyes, thought for a while, and said, "It's better to tell them, so that the family can take care of each other. Leave this matter to me."

"Okay." Ye Qinglin smiled faintly and nodded.

She thought that with Chen's help, she wouldn't have to rack her brains to come up with excuses during her exile.

Afterwards, Ye Qinglin came to the kitchen.

Seeing six full cans of braised pork and six full cans of braised spareribs, emitting bursts of aroma, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.

She had not eaten a single bite of meat since the day of her exile. Now, when she smelled the braised pork, she couldn't help but eat two pieces. Then she asked the servants to move the braised pork and braised spareribs to the ear room in her yard and then put them into the mustard seed space.

One can of braised pork can hold five plates, which means thirty plates of braised pork, and one can of braised spare ribs can hold three plates, which means eighteen plates of braised spare ribs in total, enough to last all the way to Cangzhou.

After the braised pork and braised spareribs were prepared, the cook began to stew pig's trotters and make bone soup.

Seeing the cook working in an orderly manner, Ye Qinglin curled the corners of her lips, turned around and walked out of the kitchen. Just as she was about to return to her own yard, her personal maid Cui Yu hurried over and looked at her with an unhappy expression.

"Miss, you haven't forgotten what you promised the master and the mistress today!" Cuiyu's tone was very bad, as if she was the master.

Ye Qinglin half-opened her eyes and said nothing.

"Miss, why aren't you talking? You promised the master and the mistress that you would send one thousand taels of silver notes over today." Cui Yu urged.

Cui Yu didn't regard Ye Qinglin as her master at all.

In her opinion, Ye Qinglin, the real daughter who was found only a year ago, is not even as good as a finger of the fake daughter Miss Yingying. If Miss Yingying did not have someone in her heart, and the Ye family did not dare to refuse the marriage proposal with the Wuning Marquis' Mansion due to face and interests, how could Ye Qinglin, the real daughter adopted by a merchant, marry into the Marquis' Mansion and become the Marquis' wife.

"Cui Yu, do you know who you are talking to?" Ye Qinglin's face was stern as she gently stroked the hair by her ears.

Cui Yu was startled when she saw Ye Qinglin's cold eyes for the first time.

But thinking of Ye Qinglin's usual appearance, Cui Yu snorted lightly, with a look of contempt, not taking Ye Qinglin seriously.

"Of course I am talking to you, young lady. Miss, stop talking nonsense and quickly take one thousand taels of silver notes to the Shangshu Mansion."

Ye Qinglin sneered, stepped forward and slapped Cuiyu: "I am your master, you are just my maid, you have no right to talk to me in such a tone!"

"And go back and tell them that I won't give them any more money!"

After saying this, Ye Qinglin turned and walked towards Chen's yard, ignoring Cui Yu.

In her previous life, she returned to the Shangshu Mansion and presented a silver note of 1,000 taels. The next day, an imperial decree came down to confiscate her property and exile her.

At that time, she only had ten taels of silver left. She thought that her family would come to see her off and give her some silver to prepare for her exile.

But in the end, what she received was a letter of severance of engagement.

At that moment, she realized that her family didn't like her, the real daughter who was found a year ago. They only liked the fake daughter who was well-educated, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. They thought she was extremely rude and money-minded.

Haha, but her family members despised her and at the same time asked her for money, just because she had a pair of adoptive parents who loved her and ran a small business.

In this life, if the Shangshu Mansion wants to get money from her, they can just dream about it!

Cui Yu covered her face and looked at Ye Qinglin's back in disbelief: "Ye Qinglin actually dared to hit me!"

"Bah, do you really think that you will become a superior person just because you marry into the Marquis's Mansion? Humph, the Marquis likes Miss Yingying, not you! No, I have to go back and tell the master and the mistress that Ye Qinglin rebelled and is unwilling to give them money!"

Cuiyu left angrily.

Ye Qinglin returned to the yard and put her jewelry, clothes in the closet, silks and satins, and precious medicinal materials in her private storeroom into the mustard seed space.

Thinking that there were many precious flowers and plants in the Marquis' Mansion, Ye Qinglin immediately put them into the space so that she could sell them for silver later.

In the evening, I heard from the doorman that my third sister-in-law came back from her mother's home with her two nieces, and her two nephews came back from school and were called into the yard by Chen.

The cook called again, and Ye Qinglin asked the servants to move the stewed pig's trotters and big bone soup to the ear room and then put them into the space.

Afterwards, a servant came and said that Chen asked her to go.

When she arrived at Chen's yard, Ye Qinglin saw that she had bought a lot of rice and flour, as well as some buns and cakes.

"Alin, quickly put these things away." Chen waved at Ye Qinglin and put two hundred taels of silver in her hand: "These are all I have, put them away."

Ye Qinglin didn't waste any words and put the supplies and banknotes into the mustard seed space.

Then she saw her eldest nephew Xie Cong coming with a sword and a bundle of military books in his hands, followed by Xie Ming, who had his servants carrying two baskets of books.

After the servants left, Xie Cong and Xie Ming placed the sword, military manual and books in front of Ye Qinglin.

"Aunt Si, please keep it for us."

Ye Qinglin subconsciously turned around and looked at Chen, who nodded at her. She thought her mother-in-law had already told the family about the matter, so she said nothing more.

Adhering to the principle of collecting what should be collected, she waved her hand and collected the things.

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