My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

Chunhua hesitated for a moment, "Will the old lady have any opinions or ideas? Will she feel that you, the old lady, are interfering in her affairs?"

Ever since arriving in Nanyue, I have heard the people below me calling them Master Fu Zhiyi and Madam Lu Zhenzhen.

Lan asked the servants who followed her from the capital to Nanyue to change their address and follow Nanyue's way, calling her Madam Lu Zhenzhen. She and Fu Heyin were then promoted to Old Madam and Old Master.

Although Chunhua knew that her old lady and her wife had a harmonious relationship as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she was still a little worried.

Lan waved her hand and said, "Zhenzhen is a very honest child. She won't think too much about it."

Seeing Chunhua still a little unconvinced, she smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, let's make a bet. Zhenzhen will come and explain it to me today."

When Chunhua heard Lan say this, she agreed half-believingly.

In the main room.

As soon as Nanny Ye came back from the Lan family, she took the initiative to find Lu Zhenzhen and honestly reported to her what she had done yesterday and what Fu Zhiyi and the Lan family had said today.

Even though Lu Zhenzhen thought she was thick-skinned, she couldn't help but blush when she heard what Madam Ye said.

If there was one thing she found most difficult to adapt to in this era, this was it.

It was supposed to be an intimate thing between a couple, but there were a bunch of people outside listening and waiting. How could it not be embarrassing?

However, in this era, the more noble the family, the more common this kind of thing is.

She could only try to ignore it.

I didn't feel comfortable telling Nanny Ye about this before, but now that Nanny Ye brought it up, I might as well talk about it.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhenzhen looked around the room. Only Haitang was at the door. She waved her hand to signal Haitang to take the servants in the room downstairs.

Only she and Nanny Ye were left.

Then he spoke: "Mammy is worried about my health and the baby in my belly. I know that."

In one sentence, Nanny Ye couldn't help but feel a little sad. God bless her, she really had good intentions.

Now that I’m recognized by Lu Zhenzhen, my tense shoulders feel a little more relaxed.

Lu Zhenzhen continued, "Madam, I think you know my background. I've been neglected by my parents since I was little, and I don't have any mature elders to take care of me. Ever since Madam was assigned to me, I've treated you as a half-elder."

"If I didn't trust you, Madam, I wouldn't have handed this entire mansion over to you, wouldn't you agree? I've already told the Fourth Master that once the baby is born, I won't trust anyone else, so I'll have to trouble you, Madam, to look after my child."

"If I had a daughter, and she could learn half of your skills, I wouldn't have to worry about my future!"

"I also know that you have no selfish motives towards me or the Fourth Master. You just want to see that we are all well, so you are being extra cautious—"

Having said this, the little resentment that Nanny Ye had left immediately disappeared.

Being valued so highly by the master's family, they are even thinking of handing their daughter over to her for teaching. For Madam Ye, such trust is no less than the greatest praise.

He interrupted Lu Zhenzhen excitedly and apologized, "Madam, you trust me so much, I am really ashamed. To be honest, I was confused. That is the palace rule, and it only restricts the people in the palace."

"Your Excellency and Madam are not from the palace, so naturally you don't have to abide by these rules."

"Your Excellency has shown me great mercy by not arguing with me! Ultimately, I overstepped my bounds in this matter, and I will take the punishment for it!"

Lu Zhenzhen hesitated for a moment: "Not really, right?"

Madam Ye said firmly, "Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys! Madam has always been gentle with her subordinates. Over time, they will inevitably become lazy and negligent. Apart from others, haven't I also lost my temper?"

"When Madam gets sicker, I'm afraid she'll become even more exhausted. It would be better to use this opportunity to establish my authority and intimidate the subordinates, keeping them under wraps."

"But if that's the case, your dignity—" Lu Zhenzhen still disagreed.

Madam Ye, however, was completely unconcerned: "As long as you, Madam, still trust and rely on me, what does this little bit of respectability mean? Madam, you must not be soft-hearted. You must be in charge of the household affairs and be both lenient and strict!"

Lu Zhenzhen was persuaded by Nanny Ye, so she had to call all the servants in the yard and announced that Nanny Ye's words and actions had offended the master and the mistress, and she would be fined three months' salary as a warning to others.

Nanny Ye accepted the punishment obediently.

Everyone else was stunned for a moment. Nanny Ye was a nanny awarded by the palace. She was punished for doing something wrong, and half of her dignity was gone.

If they made a mistake, the punishment they would receive would probably be even heavier than that of Nanny Ye.

Everyone immediately felt insecure.

Originally, after Lu Zhenzhen led her servants to fight against the rebels, those who felt they had made contributions and received generous rewards from Fu Zhiyi and Lu Zhenzhen all started to behave themselves.

By the evening, the spirits and attentiveness of the servants were much better than before.

Even Lu Zhenzhen had to admire the experienced Nanny Ye. She secretly praised Nanny Ye several times and even secretly rewarded Nanny Ye with a gold bracelet weighing two taels, which was far more than three months' salary. But that was a story for later.

Lu Zhenzhen had a heart-to-heart talk with Madam Ye and punished her in public.

I just came here leisurely to look for Lan.

Lan had someone prepare some snacks, but because Lu Zhenzhen was pregnant, she couldn't drink tea and only had plain water.

After dismissing the servants, Lu Zhenzhen no longer cared about her image.

She coquettishly rubbed against Lan's side, pulled Lan's arm and shook it, then stuck close to her: "Mom really loves me. She is willing to play the bad guy and offend others for me."

Lan poked Lu Zhenzhen's forehead with a smile, "You are still too young. You don't know how hateful these maids and elders are. They rely on their status as the master's right-hand men to deceive their superiors and subordinates. What can't they do by taking advantage of the power of others?"

"The master is the master, and the servant is the servant. No matter how close the relationship is, there must be a limit. You must know that if you are too close, you will be disrespectful, and if you are too close, you will be disrespectful!"

"You only have Madam Ye, an experienced person, by your side. If you trust her too much, I'm afraid she might become disloyal. This is not your fault, it's all because of mother not teaching you before."

"Don't worry, the Queen will teach you slowly from now on. For now, just focus on taking care of your pregnancy. Just one thing, it's time for the four older girls to help share some of the responsibilities around you."

"Madame Ye will wait until you have a child and ask her to help take care of the child. An old maid like this from the palace is attentive and can take care of the child with confidence. If you have a little girl in the future, you can ask Madame Ye to teach her the rules from a young age, which will save you a lot of trouble."

After Lan poked Lu Zhenzhen's forehead, she saw her crying out in pain, and rubbed her forehead with her palm with heartache, while not forgetting to teach Lu Zhenzhen.

"Although the subordinates should delegate power, they cannot give all the power to one person. At least two people should share the power and supervise and restrain each other, so that it can last long."