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In the yard on the west side of Yong'an Garden, several quilts and mattresses were drying in the sun.

During this period, Li Qingyun came again, looked at the quilts and mattresses all over the yard, and went back without saying anything.

Wang Guangcheng had already reported Luo Yao's matter and the events in the west yard to Bei Zhenting.

Bei Zhenting was furious and said that he would severely punish Luo Yao, and said that he would not have to take care of Luo Yao's affairs in the future. If Luo Yao could not manage his servants well, he would take care of it himself!

Wang Guangcheng vented his anger and felt that the prince was very wise. If the prince took charge, those two servants would have to suffer! After sending Wang Guangcheng away, he lightly instructed Li Qingyun to check the situation and report back.

Li Qingyun looked confused.

In the afternoon, as the sun set, several people were collecting their quilts and preparing to make the beds when Wang Guangcheng walked into the yard in a high-profile manner.

He bowed perfunctorily to Luo Yao and said, "The maid that the princess brought with her as a dowry offended the master and behaved improperly. She will be fined six months' worth of silver. The princess is not strict with her servants. The prince said that if the princess can't control the servants anymore, he will do it himself!"

"Why are you fining me my monthly salary?" Qing'er was so angry that his teeth were itching. He really wanted to beat this bastard up.

Wang Guangcheng looked at her with disdain, spat, and turned away.

"My brother is unhygienic and spits everywhere!" Luo Xinchen really knows how to grasp the key points.

"People without quality love to spit everywhere. Chenchen, don't learn from him." Luo Yao touched his brother's head.

"Master, I clearly didn't!"

"I know you don't have any. Okay, don't be angry. It's just some money. If I go out, I can help you make a lot of money. Not to mention a few taels of silver, even a thousand taels won't be a problem."

"Young Master can still make money?" Qing'er wondered.

Luo Yao was just thinking about how to make up for it when A Shi spoke.

"Don't you see who our young master is? He's the prince of the Duke's Mansion. Isn't it natural for him to make money?" Ah Shi thought Qing'er was making a fuss out of nothing.

Luo Yao silently gave A Shi a thumbs up. It was indeed a huge bug.

Well done Ash!

The two of them happily went into the house to clean up. Luo Yao was not feeling well, so he sat in the yard to rest.

When they had almost finished cleaning up, a servant came in carrying a lunch box.

"Princess, it's time to take your medicine."

This servant was well-behaved and was probably hired from outside. He had no grudge against Luo Yao, but his attitude wasn't very good either.

Who in the palace dares to be nice to them?

As the son of the enemy who killed the prince's entire family, anyone who treats them well will probably lose his head.

The servant brought out the dishes and ran away with the food box without paying any attention to Luo Yao. Anyone who stayed in the west yard for too long would probably be accused of a crime.

Luo Yao didn't care. After all, the fact that the servant didn't collect the dishes and chopsticks was a good deal for him. All of them belonged to him. He asked Ah Shi and Qing'er to sit down. Luo Yao put the dishes on the two plates together, divided the rice between Ah Shi and Qing'er, and asked them to wash the chopsticks for lunch and eat.

After the four of them finished their meal, Luo Yao went to the firewood pile behind the kitchen. Next to the firewood pile was a potted dwarf camellia plant with lush branches and leaves, which completely filled up one side of the wall. From a distance, it was impossible to tell what was inside.

Luo Yao went over and pulled aside the low branches to see that Aze had actually brought him a bunch of supplies in the past few days.

There were a few large heads of cabbage, a bag of eggs, two pieces of meat, half a bag of rice and half a bag of noodles, a can of lard, all the seasonings, and even seven or eight meat buns.

There were a lot of things, and they fell into the gap behind the firewood pile. Luo Yao was shocked. It seemed that Aze was very smart. He took advantage of Bei Zhenting and him returning home to get a lot of things in!

Luo Yao really didn't know how so many things were brought in. Luo Yao was about to take the supplies when a head suddenly popped up from the low wall.

Luo Yao: ...

Aze: ...

"Your Highness! I'm scared to death!"

"Haha, you scared me too. How did you get in so late?"

"Every day the palace has to transport some of the filthy food from the kitchen and other places out of the palace. The one in charge of transporting it is a fat man who keeps complaining about the dirty and tiring work. I said I switched places with him."

"I've sent some food in batches over the past two days. Does His Royal Highness need anything else?"

As Aze spoke, he handed something inside. Luo Yao took it and saw that it was actually a dozen bright red fruits.

I opened it and saw tomatoes!

"What is this?"

"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen it. The person selling this dish said it's from overseas and it's delicious. I thought it was cheap so I bought it all."

"Are you sure you haven't seen this thing before?"

"I've been in Beijing for a few years and often go to the market to buy vegetables, but I've never seen this before."

"Go back tomorrow and see if there are any left. If there are, buy them all and bring me a set of pens, inkstones, paper, and inkstone. Here's the money."

Luo Yao took a bag of silver and placed it on the top of the low wall.

Aze never mentioned so much silver before, probably around one hundred taels.

"That's too much! I only spent five cents on these dozen red fruits."

"I'm already sorry for letting you take the risk of delivering food, so how can I use your money? Here are 120 taels of silver. This 100 taels is for reimbursement. You can withdraw money from it when you buy things in the future. You will inevitably have to bribe some people and take money from it. 20 taels is for you. If you run out of the 100 taels for reimbursement, come to me for more."

"Also, from now on, please deliver things every two or three days. Don't deliver at a fixed time. It's dangerous. If you need anything, write a note and put it inside the supplies. We'll also leave you a note if we need you to do anything."

Aze was confused when he heard this. What were the reimbursement expenses and supplies? He didn't know what they were. But he roughly understood the meaning.

Without any hesitation, he delivered today's things and said goodbye to Luo Yao before leaving.

After Aze left, Luo Yao asked A Shi to come and move things. Looking at the pile of supplies, A Shi was stunned.

His Highness the Crown Prince is indeed His Highness the Crown Prince. There is nothing that His Highness the Crown Prince cannot do!

Luo Yao didn't want to tell Qing'er at first, because he wasn't sure if Qing'er was a bug, but when the two of them were putting cabbage and meat into the well, Qing'er walked towards them.

"Your Highness, is this a dish?"

Luo Yao froze.

This girl walks silently! Luo Yao complained in his heart.

"Ah, Qing'er, you're here! Come and help us quickly. These are the rations that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has worked so hard to get for us!"

"You didn't ask me to help, Master. You're sick. Go and rest. Ah Shi and I will handle this together."

Luo Yao looked at Qing'er who had no doubts at all, and suddenly realized: Ah Shi might not be a bug, he seemed to be a virus... Qing'er didn't even ask where this thing came from!

It seemed that the two people did not find it strange. He was already running a fever, feeling dizzy and weak, so he did not force himself to rest now that someone was helping him.

Only A Shi and Qing'er were left in the yard to take care of things.

"Little Stone, why do you think the young master put these vegetables into the well?"

"Master said to keep it fresh."

"Keep fresh? What does that mean?"

"I do not know either."

"...I figured it out. I guess it means to keep it fresh!"

While chatting, the two of them prepared a bunch of supplies and went into Luo Yao's room to report on their work.

"Master, we have packed up all the supplies. To prevent them from being discovered, we divided the ones that can be kept into two halves, one half in the kitchen and the other in the house."

She has such a high level of comprehension. Luo Yao thought that he himself hadn't thought of this. Qing'er is really smart.

He praised the two generously and let them go back to their room to sleep.

Qing'er slept alone in a room, and A'shi slept in the storage room. The sundries had been put away, and all the usable ones had been taken out. The remaining unusable ones were all placed in a corner, clearing out an open space and making a simple bed with a wooden board.

The night was dark and the narrow courtyard fell into sleep. Only the chirping of crickets could be heard in the darkness.

Luo Yao still had a fever and felt very cold. His ears became particularly sensitive in the dark, and he felt that the night was extremely noisy. The sounds of the night were like the crackling of snow on the TV. When he closed his eyes, he felt dizzy...

"Eat noodles..."

The little ball next to him rolled over and crawled into Luo Yao's arms, hugged Luo Yao with his little paws, and murmured to himself.