After rebirth, the abstinent prince wants to marry me every day

"Princess, the Marquis went to Qu Garden..." Fu Guang replied.

Zhu Qing'an was flipping through the household account books at the time, and her expression remained unchanged upon hearing this. She didn't want her father to fall in love with Concubine Qu, but simply wanted to distract him and hope that he would pay more attention to his second and third sisters.

After just a few casual glances, Zhu Qing'an saw the problem with the account book.

The monthly expenditure of the mansion does not match the accounts, especially Jingyuan, which is already luxurious and spends money like water every month, but it does not cost so much.

If it weren't for the fact that Marquis Wen'an had a lot of private property, the expenses at Jingyuan would have been in deficit long ago.

"Send the housekeeper over!" Zhu Qing'an's voice gradually became colder. She had lived in the palace in the past and had never asked about anything in the mansion. She had never found that the accounts in the mansion were so messy.

Butler Mai came over quickly and knelt down before Zhu Qing'an could speak.

"Butler Mai, please stand up. I didn't send you here to blame you!" Zhu Qing'an's expression softened, and Wangshu helped Butler Mai up.

Zhu Qing'an had never doubted Butler Mai. Butler Mai was so loyal to his father that he wouldn't be corrupt. Furthermore, Butler Mai wouldn't be so foolish as to mess up the accounts.

"The accounts don't match. I want to know where my mother spent all this money?" Zhu Qing'an asked.

"Yes..." Butler Mai hesitated, feeling very embarrassed.

"Does the housekeeper want me to ask my mother in person?" Zhu Qing'an tapped the account book lightly, his expression instantly turning cold.

"Princess, please calm down. Madam... Madam has given all the money to the Yang family!" said the housekeeper with his eyes closed.

Hearing this, Zhu Qingan pondered what the so-called Yang Mansion was. After all, his mother's family was the Shui family, so who was the Yang family?

Perhaps sensing Zhu Qing'an's doubts, Butler Mai steeled himself and lowered his voice, "The Yang family... is the family Madam had previously arranged a marriage with!"

When these words came out, Zhu Qingan just felt it was ridiculous.

"Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!" Zhu Qingan angrily slapped the tabletop repeatedly, his face flushed red.

If her mother had embezzled money from the mansion to support her maternal grandparents, she would have been indignant but also sympathetic to her mother's filial piety. But her mother was so foolish as to use money from the Wen'an Marquis's mansion to support her former fiancé's family? Could anything be more absurd than this?

"Does father know about this?" Zhu Qing'an tried to calm down.

After hearing this, Butler Mai looked even more embarrassed. Even though he didn't answer, Zhu Qing'an already knew the answer.

Housekeeper Mai would certainly not dare to conceal such a huge hole, but because of his father's indulgence and love for his mother, he must have known about it for a long time, but deliberately pretended not to know.

"Confused!" Zhu Qing'an sighed.

Her father is excellent in everything, but when it comes to things related to her mother, he becomes blinded by them, as if he has been cursed.

Zhu Qingan even doubted whether love could really make a person so foolish. Even his usually wise father could be so cowardly.

"Princess, please don't be angry. The Marquis has his reasons for this!" Butler Mai couldn't help but defend Marquis Wen'an. "When Madam was pregnant with you, she learned that the Yang family had been devastated by the loss of their only son and was in decline. Madam insisted on embezzling public funds to support the Yang family. The Marquis tried to stop her at that time, but Madam used the child in her belly to threaten the Marquis..."

Before the butler finished speaking, Zhu Qing'an guessed what would happen next.

I guess the father was happy that the two had a child, so he chose to compromise for his own sake. In the following years, he turned a blind eye to what the mother did.

"Butler Mai, send someone to the Yang family secretly to return all the money that the Yang family has received from my Wen'an Marquis Mansion over the years!" Zhu Qing'an closed the account book with a smile on his face.

"This matter...from the Marquis's side..." Butler Mai asked. Privately, he felt that what the princess did was more satisfying. The Marquis was really confused these years because of his wife.

"There's no need to tell my father about this. I believe you, Butler Mai, can distinguish between the important and the unimportant!" Zhu Qing'an said, exuding indifference and ruthlessness.

In a trance, Butler Mai seemed to see the eldest daughter who was not yet the empress dowager at that time, and was also so decisive and vindictive.

"I understand!" Butler Mai bowed and walked out.

"Fu Guang, go check all the contact between the Yang family and my mother over the years!" Zhu Qing'an ordered.

"Could it be that Princess suspects that Madam still has some connection with the one from the Yang family? Although the one from the Yang family is not dead, Madam is already the Marquis' wife..." Wangshu was making tea for Zhu Qing'an and felt it was absurd.

"I can't guarantee that my mother won't!" Zhu Qing'an had doubts about his mother.

Her mother's ex-fiancé had originally died in an accident, but somehow he miraculously survived and returned home. She didn't think much of it before, but now seeing that all the money from the Hou Mansion was flowing into the Yang Mansion, Zhu Qing'an couldn't help but be suspicious.

"What is the princess's plan? Even if the lady really did something wrong, the marquis is deeply in love with her. If the princess really does something, there is no guarantee that the lady and the marquis will not have a dispute!" Wangshu frowned, feeling sorry for his own princess.

Which children would worry about their parents' affairs? But my wife is always so confused.

"Oh! No matter how deep our love is, it can never compare to the quarrels over the years!" Zhu Qing'an's eyes flashed with deep thought.

She did not deny that her father loved her mother deeply, but she also knew that deep love could fade, not to mention that her mother never had her father in her heart.

The entanglement between the two is a torture for both the mother and the father.

"Princess, don't worry too much. The Shen Mansion will hold a banquet in a few days, and you can go there to relax! This time, Young Master Shen is in great glory!" Wangshu said happily.

Zhu Qingan pinched his brows and felt better when he mentioned Shen Shixin.

"I heard that the emperor has issued an order to appoint Mr. Shen as the imperial envoy to build the river?" Zhu Qing'an asked. She had always been paying attention to Shen Shixin.

"Indeed, I heard that many people are congratulating Master Shen! But I heard that it will take some time before he leaves!" Wangshu smiled. "This is all thanks to you, Princess. I think Master Shen must thank you very much!"

"You're the only one who talks too much!" Zhu Qing'an smiled slightly, but she had to admit that her originally bad mood seemed to really get better when she mentioned Shen Shixin.

"Princess, you can't stop smiling!" Wangshu laughed too. These days, she saw that the princess was always depressed. Only when Master Shen was mentioned did the princess feel a little better.

"Go and prepare the birthday gifts for the old lady of the Zhongyi Palace!" Zhu Qing'an sent Wangshu away. Although no powerful family in Ancheng was invited to the birthday party of the old lady of the Zhongyi Palace, Zhu Qing'an still made proper preparations.

After Wangshu left, Zhu Qing'an lowered his head and smiled again.

In this life, Shen Shixin will do what he wants, contribute to the people, and no longer be depressed. And she will definitely protect Shen Shixin.