I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

Zhao Shiyan glanced at Cheng Yu.

"Don't want to?"

Cheng Yu immediately said, "I am not unwilling. Even if the prince doesn't give me money, I will take good care of the young lady."

What's more, you have to give one hundred taels now.

Cheng Yu raised her head, her eyes sparkling, and she said with a solemn oath: "Please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely protect the young lady with my life. As for the situation around the young lady, I will inform you as soon as I have the chance."

Zhao Shiyan was very satisfied with Cheng Yu's attitude.

"So good."

"Who is your brother?" Zhao Shiyan asked.

Cheng Yu thought, could it be that the prince was going to assign a job to his brother?

But she hesitated, fearing that the prince wanted to use her brother to blackmail her into doing things for him...

But on second thought, she was a slave, her brother was a slave, and her whole family were slaves.

Just threaten me if you want to.

For a slave, there is no difference between threatening and not threatening.

Your master wants you to die tonight, but the longest you can delay is until tomorrow morning.

Death is the same whether you die early or late, there is no point in struggling.

Cheng Yu said: "My brother is Cheng Bin who works in the stable."

Zhao Shiyan frowned, as if trying to remember who Cheng Bin was, but in the end he couldn't figure it out.

To him, Cheng Bin was just a servant who fed the horses in the backyard.

What Zhao Shiyan gave Cheng Yu was a silver note worth one hundred taels.

This thing is easy to store and carry.

If a silver ingot weighs ten taels, it is equivalent to one jin.

One hundred taels requires ten silver ingots, which is ten kilograms.

The ten kilograms of silver were too heavy and difficult to carry, so Cheng Yu took the silver note but was not in a hurry to exchange it.

She took a look at the banknote, which was from the HSBC Bank in Kyoto. This bank was the largest and most established bank in Kyoto, so she didn't have to worry about the bank going bankrupt and losing her money.

The silver notes given to her by the prince can also be traded in the market and used to buy things.

But to be honest, this one hundred taels of silver note was still a bit too big for Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu took the money, thought about it, and went to find the prince again, asking if it could be exchanged for smaller silver notes?

Zhao Shiyan did not refuse. He turned to the cabinet in the study and took out a few spare silver notes, two of which were worth fifty taels, and also gave her some change.

He said that he would carry it with him as he would always need it to do things.

Cheng Yu suddenly felt that the prince was so nice and thoughtful.

If there wasn't such a huge gap between their social statuses, she would have had a crush on the Crown Prince. What a good man! He is the Crown Prince, and he doesn't even put on airs towards her.

The impulsive thought only lasted for a moment.

Cheng Yu knew that Zhao Shiyan was nice to her just to use her, so taking good care of Zhao Rulan was the main thing, and also protecting her.

Give her the money and the words he just said.

Just telling Cheng Yu.

When necessary, take action.

Whenever you need his help, just write to me.

In other words, if someone hurt Zhao Rulan and Zhao Rulan was unwilling to take action, Cheng Yu would do it, and she would just do it, with Zhao Shiyan supporting her from behind.

This hundred taels was her hard-earned money, and Cheng Yu felt that she had to keep it well.

Just when I was wondering where to put it, I suddenly remembered the warehouse that came with the system store.

She didn't dare put the money in her bag, as it was placed under the pillow in the servant's room, and there was no guarantee that someone might take the money away with selfish motives.

She couldn't carry it with her.

She is busy all day long. If someone finds out that she has money on her and slanders her, she will have no way to explain herself.

Hiding is the safest and most secure.

Insurance for the money, safety for her.

***

After receiving the money from the prince, Cheng Yu stayed in the palace for another two nights, then left the palace with Chen San's wife and Mother Wu and went back to the Lu family.

However, the day before leaving, the housekeeper serving the princess-consort specially sent two boxes of nourishing foods.

They are all prepared for big girls.

Cheng Yu, Chen San's family, and Mother Wu did not tell anyone else about the eldest daughter's pregnancy, they only told it in front of the Young Master.

The housekeeper asked Cheng Yu some questions about Zhao Rulan's situation in the Lu family.

Cheng Yu fooled him.

Because Cheng Yu was temporarily sent to Zhao Rulan by the step-consort three months before the eldest daughter's wedding, Zhao Rulan initially thought that she was the step-consort's person.

Cheng Yu has always had a hard time with Zhao Rulan.

And now the housekeeper serving the Princess Consort asked some questions, wanting to find out whether Zhao Rulan was living well in her husband's family.

Only if Zhao Rulan doesn't have a good life in her husband's family can the princess consort be satisfied.

Cheng Yu fooled the matter with a few casual words. She thought that the successor princess could not directly inquire about the affairs of the second wife of the Lu family.

If she really did that, she would be too idle.

A small incident in the middle delayed her for half a day, but fortunately she managed to rush back to the Lu family. Even though the prince knew that she was called away by the step-concubine, he had no time to ask.

Cheng Yu's identity is also somewhat complicated.

She was sent by the princess-consort to the eldest daughter as a dowry, so naturally everyone thought she belonged to the princess-consort.

Now Zhao Shiyan is worried about his sister Zhao Rulan, and he spends money to make Cheng Yu feel that he is taking money from others, so he has to listen to Zhao Shiyan and take care of Zhao Rulan.

Cheng Yu and others got on the carriage and left the palace.

Liuyun went out to check, and after confirming, he returned to the study and reported to his master.

"My Lord, the person has already boarded the carriage and left. If nothing unexpected happens, he will return to the Lu family in two hours."

Zhao Shiyan hummed.

Liuyun is a servant who has been with the master since childhood. He is both a servant and a guard.

"My Lord, if you doubt her, why do you still want to use her?"

"If she is really the princess's person, there is no benefit in staying with the young lady. It is better to let my subordinates deal with her secretly."

Zhao Shiyan asked, "Have you investigated everything I asked you to investigate?"

"I have investigated it clearly. The Cheng family is a very honest family. Cheng Yu's brother Cheng Bin works in the stables, and her grandmother is in charge of menial jobs in the palace. She is not worthy of being on the stage. However, the Cheng family has a maid named Cheng Mei who serves in the second lady's room."

Zhao Shiyan suspected that Cheng Yu was the successor princess's man, but it didn't seem like it.

Since she accepted the money from him, she shouldn't be the kind of person who would try to play both sides. Besides, looking at her cowardly appearance, she doesn't seem like that kind of person.

Zhao Shiyan thought that since his sister could let Cheng Yu go back to the palace for her, she naturally trusted him.

There is no solid evidence to prove that Cheng Yu is the successor to the princess, and Zhao Shiyan is not the kind of person who would kill innocent people.

I hope she is not the successor to the throne.

The carriage bumped around for a while, and Cheng Yu leaned back and fell into a sound sleep.

This time, the things that the prince sent to his sister were carried in two carriages when they returned to the palace, but this time, there were four carriages, and two guards were also there to ensure safety.

Therefore, Cheng Yu slept very peacefully and was not worried about bad guys at all. Even if there were, he had bodyguards.

I planned to go back early in the morning and arrive at the Lu family at noon.

Unfortunately, when I was at the palace in the morning, I was asked some questions by the housekeeper of the Princess Consort, which delayed me for some time.

It was already past noon when I returned to the Lu family.