Chapter 287 You are my god (18)
After An You left, the general's mansion became quiet, and the hot and scorching atmosphere also subsided and gradually cooled down.
It was as if it had returned to the peace and tranquility of the past. After experiencing the hysterical madness, Ning Shu suddenly felt so peaceful. She finally understood what the original owner Wei Lingxian longed for.
It was this kind of peace.
The appearance of Princess Mingzhu was like a typhoon hole, destroying everything around.
After An Lingyun recovered from her illness, Ning Shu asked her to take care of the entire general's mansion. An Lingyun's temperament was obviously much duller. Sometimes, no one knew what she was thinking. She looked less lively than before.
Some things can only be felt if you have personal pain. Ning Shu just made an analogy and An Lingyun's attitude changed. Recently, she has not mentioned Princess Mingzhu for a while.
Although the old lady's illness has recovered, her spirit is not good.
But Ning Shu doesn't think this matter will end. It is not known whether the lewdness in the plot will happen again. You have to know that Princess Mingzhu is now in a heavily guarded palace.
When Princess Mingzhu in the palace heard that An You had gone to the battlefield, she was stunned. Why, why did An You go to the battlefield?
Why didn't he come to save her? Princess Mingzhu was very sad. She knelt on the futon, her body curled up in tears, looking pitiful.
The maid next to her ignored Princess Mingzhu, with contempt on her face.
Mingzhu cried and cried, and her heart was very firm. She made up her mind.
That was to go to the battlefield to find An You. She couldn't stand such a separation. Even if she died, she would die by An You's side.
Ning Shu in the general's mansion got a message that Princess Mingzhu in the palace secretly ran out of the palace, and she bribed a eunuch and ran out disguised as a little eunuch.
In this regard, Ning Shu didn't know how to complain. How could she get out of the palace so easily? Everything was for the plot, and anything that didn't make sense could be ignored.
In addition, Princess Mingzhu left a letter, saying that she was going to find An You and ask the queen mother to atone for her sins.
When the old lady learned about this, she almost fainted. It was simply ridiculous. She had asked her son to give up Princess Mingzhu, but this woman was like a leech sucking on her son.
Ning Shu took advantage of the Queen Mother not to make trouble and went to the palace first. In front of the Queen Mother, she said that she was willing to ask for a divorce to help Anyou and Princess Mingzhu.
Ning Shu also explained that she never thought that Princess Mingzhu would do this.
The Queen Mother was angry at first. Princess Mingzhu actually slipped away from her nose and ran thousands of miles to find a general. There was no entanglement. Did she think she was blind? Moreover, she had said that she would arrange a marriage for Mingzhu when she was out of mourning. Now she ran away with a man. It was simply a slap in the face of the Queen Mother.
When she saw Ning Shu, she was still very angry, but the other party asked for a divorce as soon as he came, which really stunned the Queen Mother.
This is undoubtedly a good idea. Princess Mingzhu ran away with a man and has no reputation. However, it is impossible to let a princess of the royal family be a concubine. General Zhenwei's wife now asks to be divorced, which is undoubtedly a perfect solution to the problem.
The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "You are General An's original wife. How can you be divorced just like that?"
Ning Shu hummed. She was not surprised by this result, because the Queen Mother did not dare to do so. If this precedent was set, how would the Queen Mother face the court ladies and imperial ladies?
Moreover, if General An's original wife was divorced, it would seem that the royal family was forcing people to be divorced, and Wei Lingxian was a woman who did nothing wrong.
In this matter, Princess Mingzhu was not right at all.
Ning Shu returned to the general's mansion and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it would not endanger the general's mansion. This was entirely the personal behavior of Princess Mingzhu.
The news that An You was defeated reached the capital. The old lady fainted completely. The general's mansion began to be inexplicably chaotic again, making people feel impetuous and desperate, with a suffocating atmosphere. And An Lingyun was in trouble too, because she had been spending money lavishly with Princess Mingzhu before, and now there was basically no money in the account book, and she couldn't even maintain the basic operation of the General's Mansion.
The things that Princess Mingzhu liked were exquisite and expensive. An Lingyun and Princess Mingzhu had no concept of money, and they would buy whatever they liked. They spent
money like water.
The old lady wanted to take out her own private money to make up for it, but Ning Shu didn't let her, and directly reduced the number of slaves in the General
's Mansion. Ning Shu asked An Lingyun to choose which slaves to let leave the General's Mansion.
All the slaves knelt in front of An Lingyun, begging An Lingyun not to sell them out.
An Lingyun had never experienced such a thing before. Every slave cried miserably and knelt in front of her, looking extremely pitiful.
An Lingyun looked at Ning Shu and said hesitantly, "Mother, are you really going to sell them?"
Ning Shu said indifferently, "Yes, because the general's mansion is not enough to support them now. Your father's salary is not much, and the income from the shop is only enough to cover the expenses of the general's mansion. You have been the housekeeper for so long, haven't you noticed these?"
An Lingyun said, "Many of these things were bought for Princess Mingzhu."
"I know, but you were the one who paid at the time." Ning Shu said, "Choose which ones, these slaves can't serve in the general's mansion, but can go to other mansions to serve the new master."
An Lingyun struggled. She had never experienced such a thing. An Lingyun was so scared that she started crying and looked at Ning Shu for help. Ning Shu just shook her head at her.
An Lingyun finally chose a few slaves and sold them to the matchmaker. An Lingyun took the silver given by the matchmaker, just two small pieces of silver. The slaves
who were sold immediately showed a look of resentment towards An Lingyun. If it weren't for their status, I'm afraid they would have cursed An Lingyun.
An Lingyun didn't expect that the servant who usually respected her and called her the second lady would show such a ferocious look to her, as if he wanted to eat her.
An Lingyun took a step back in fear. Ning Shu pushed her behind him and asked the matchmaker to take the person away.
"Mother." An Lingyun said to Ning Shu aggrievedly.
Ning Shu said, "Don't be afraid. From now on, our general's mansion will increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Lingyun, you have to learn to do these things."
"I know." An Lingyun was depressed and not in a very good mood.
After that, Ning Shu, the old lady and An Lingyun discussed how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. The old lady cancelled the daily bird's nest, and Ning Shu also cancelled the bird's nest once every two days, which could save a lot of money.
An Lingyun bit her lip and said, "There are a lot of things in Princess Mingzhu's yard. Should we sell the things in her yard?"
Ning Shu smiled and looked at An Lingyun. At this time, An Lingyun began to learn to plan.
"Don't move. Princess Mingzhu will come back in the future." Ning Shu said affirmatively.
The old lady's face suddenly turned bad.