After seeing the prince off, Xie Yao was still looking at the account book when Zhu Qing walked in from outside.

Her face darkened, and her expression was very ugly. "Crown Princess, I have asked someone to investigate. This medicine is colorless and odorless, and it can take a person's life without anyone noticing."

"She has such a cruel heart!"

Zhu Qing was naturally referring to Madam Xie. She felt sorry for Xie Yao from the bottom of her heart, "Even if you, Crown Princess, are not her daughter, you have always respected her over the years."

"If Madam were still alive..." How could the Crown Princess suffer such injustice?

Xie Yao lowered her eyes.

The Xie family came from a poor family. Her mother came from a merchant family. She became ill after giving birth to her and passed away soon after.

Half a year later, Xie's father got engaged to Zhang Xianyin, the concubine's daughter of the current Minister of Revenue, and a year later, Xie Yujiao was born.

She grew up under the care of Mrs. Xie. Her maternal grandfather's family had a good business and sent countless gold and silver to the Xie family every year. When she was young, she was often taken to live with her maternal grandfather.

But after a few years, her maternal grandfather's business moved to the Jiangnan area and they had no time to take care of her, so she was sent back to the Xie family.

Mrs. Xie had always looked down on her, and when she began to develop physically in her teens, Mrs. Xie disliked her even more.

Xie Yujiao bullied her a lot.

"It's okay." Xie Yao didn't care about Mrs. Xie's attitude, so naturally she wouldn't feel sad.

But in her previous life, when she was bullied by Song Wenbo, Zhu Qing risked her life to go to the Xie family to report the news and ask the Xie family to save her.

However, Mrs. Xie ordered someone to send Zhuqing back to the Song family, and said that since she married Song Wenbo, she would be a member of the Song family and would be under the control of Song Wenbo no matter what.

It was also that time that angered Song Wenbo.

This led to Zhu Qing and Zhu Xin's tragic end.

This revenge... must be avenged!

"Zhuqing." Xie Yao picked up a pen and wrote down an address, then handed it to her. "Send someone to check here to see if the mother and her two children are living there."

"Yes." Although Zhu Qing didn't know why the Crown Princess knew so much, he didn't ask any more questions. He wrote down the address and turned away quickly.

Zhuxin led Aunt Xu into the house.

"Crown Princess." Nanny Xu bowed respectfully.

"Madam, please take a seat." Xie Yao did not look down on Madam Xu because of her changed status. "I've been looking at the account books these days and found something wrong..."

Aunt Xu was terrified and immediately knelt down, "Princess, please understand, I have failed in my duty..."

"Madam, please stand up." Xie Yao personally stepped forward to help Madam Xu up. "Of course I trust you. This matter has nothing to do with you."

"It's just that this Prince's Mansion...it's time to clean it up."

Xu Mama naturally had no objection, "I obey your command."

The Crown Princess is finally going to exercise her rights as the mistress of the house, and Aunt Xu is only happy.

"Yuyan, go and invite the accountant and the managers from all over the mansion."

On the second day of the wedding, Xie Yao met all the managers in the Prince's Mansion, so they were no strangers when they met again today.

But her aura today is completely different from that day.

After greeting each other, the stewards waited respectfully in the courtyard, all with their heads bowed.

Xie Yao sat in the hall, with a pile of account books on the table beside her. She swept her eyes over everyone with dignity.

"I have been in the Prince's Mansion for three days and have become familiar with its rules and regulations. From now on, I will be in charge of the household affairs of the Prince's Mansion."

"I have only one request of you: do everything according to the rules and regulations."

Xie Yao spoke in a steady voice, and the stewards immediately said in unison, "Yes, Crown Princess."

"The stewards can go and get busy. The accountants can stay here for now."

After the managers left, Xie Yao brought up the issue of early withdrawal of money with several accountants, stating that such behavior should not occur again in the future.

Although the accountants did not understand, since the Crown Princess had given the order, they did not dare to disobey and agreed one after another.

After Xie Yao finished giving the instructions, she asked Zhu Xin to give the rewards, and then let the accountants leave.

……

Song family.

Last night, Xie Yujiao was called by Song Wenbo's widowed mother, Song Li, to serve her, and she was not allowed to return to the room until the hour of Yin.

Song Wenbo stayed in the study for another night, but Xie Yujiao had no time to care about him.

She went to bed late, so naturally she got up late too.

Just then, a sharp voice came from outside the courtyard, "What time is it? What bride is as lazy as you? The sun is shining on your butt and you're still sleeping!"

The person who spoke was Song Li.

Song Li was wearing a bright red dress and looked very cheerful. She was thin due to years of hard work, and the clothes were a little loose on her.

Her hair was tied up and was decorated with various gold and jade hairpins, and her neck and wrists were covered with jewelry.

A whole walking jewelry rack.

Song Li held her head high with only pride in her heart. She had taken great pains to raise her son for so many years, and now her son had become successful. Not only did he pass the imperial examination, but he also married the daughter of a wealthy family.

Not to mention that the new bride even abandoned the prince to marry her son.

It can be seen that her son is more powerful than the prince!

Seeing that Song Li was about to break into Xie Yujiao's room, Mrs. Zhang, who was placed by Mrs. Xie's daughter's side, quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Old Madam, Madam served you until the hour of Yin last night and she is still resting now."

Mrs. Song Li glanced at Mother Zhang, her face full of disdain and her eyes full of contempt, "Who the hell are you? Go away!"

Even Zhang's mother was speechless.

How could the Second Young Miss marry into such a family? Although this old lady raised her son-in-law to be a successful candidate, she is really... vulgar!

It's really not presentable!

"If this happened in our village, such a lazy wife would be beaten! Hurry up and ask her to get up and serve me dinner. Do you want me to starve to death?"

Mother Zhang said with a forced smile, "Madam, there are servants at home."

"It's only natural for a daughter-in-law to serve her parents-in-law! All the women in our village know this, so why don't you, Miss?"

Mother Zhang's face darkened.

Rich families all care about their reputation. Even when they torture their brides, they usually do it in secret. How could they do it like this old hag in front of them?

The words are so harsh!

"Madam, our young lady is the apple of the Master and Madam's eye, raised with great care..."

"If she marries into our Song family, she must abide by the rules of the Song family." Song Li snorted lightly, "If she doesn't get up to serve me anymore, she can go back to her parents' home!"

"My son is a potential prime minister! Why not rush to snatch his sister's marriage and marry into my family?"

"What good can it be if you rush to get something?"

Mrs. Song Li's voice was not low, and Mother Zhang and others heard it clearly. They never expected that the old lady would be so shameless!

Mother Zhang was so angry that tears came to her eyes. Her daughter was so stupid!

She gave up a good marriage with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and insisted on marrying into the Song family, a filthy place, and now she is being humiliated like this!

The old lady hadn't been like this a few days ago, but when she came back yesterday, she suddenly turned hostile...

The son-in-law is not considerate either. I'm afraid the young lady will suffer in the future.

Mother Zhang wiped away her tears and ordered the maid, "Hurry back to the Xie family and tell the lady what just happened."

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