Huang Bei Yue looked at the basket, then opened the door fully: "Come in."
Pei Xiang was overjoyed, quickly carrying the basket into the room.
"This is food the cook made for Concubine Qin to eat. I deliberately saved some, Third Miss. Please try and see if you like it."
Pei Xiang set the food out on the table.
Three dishes and one soup. This treatment compared to before is that of a five-star standard considering that cold bread then could be considered their best meal.
Huang Bei Yue held her chopsticks, her hand on her chin, "You stealing food, aren't you afraid of Concubine Qin finding out?"
"Third Miss is joking, you are the master of this house." Pei Xiang quickly kneeled down, kowtowing three times, her white forehead red, "This slave did not see right from wrong in this situation, and offended the young miss, please forgive this slave."
Huang Bei Yue placed the chopstick in her mouth, leisurely eating, her first taste of the ancient dishes, the taste was really good, she is not afraid of Pei Xiang poisoning her, after all she wouldn't dare even if she had ten men's courage.
"Pei Xiang, I will care for you, since yesterday I did not kill you."
"Yes Yes, thanking miss for not killing me!" Pei Xiang said and continue to kowtow.
"Get up," Huang Bei Yue said, raising her hand, "there are a few things, I want to ask you."
"Third Miss whatever the question, this slave will answer without reservation." Pei Xiang declared loyally.
After last night's episode, she thoroughly understood that this Third Miss was not the former cowardly and incompetent Third Miss, and later the princess household will certainly have some great changes!
Concubine Qin and her kind, in the end, were just the concubines of the master, even if in the future she became the legal wife. Third Miss was still the rightful princess, and would be the one calling the shots.
At the time the First Princess was alive, even the master did not have the right to speak, although now First Princess Hui Wen had died, she had still left behind a distinguished identity, her noble royal blood, her title as princess, as well as the the deed for the rich Southern Qinghe fief that was in the north of the main city!
Although First Princess was no longer here, there was still the Empress who kept the Third Miss in mind, allowing her to come visit the palace often, during holidays, the emperor also bestowed a lot of rewards to the First Princess' household.
This wasn't in an effort to give the Xiao Family face, but for the First Princess!
Before, if it wasn't for the young Third Miss being so weak and incompetent, would Concubine Qin dare to be so arrogant?
She was beaten and scolded everyday. She was held back from succeeding and only allowed to be a small maidservant.
Since the lady was no longer cowardly, it was natural that she would regain everything that should belong to her!
Humph! It was better to follow the Third Miss early on, so that when the Third Miss took charge of the Princess' Household, by that time, where else would she go? She was only a useless maidservant!
Those who are looking for a bright and beautiful future, Huang Bei Yue was used to seeing those type of people, so how could she not understand the girl's thoughts?
But she did not comment for the moment, and just asked: "In recent years, mine and the First Princess' property, who is currently managing it?"
Sure enough, the Third Miss has begun to retrieve her things!
Pei Xiang cheekily smiled, before quickly saying everything she knew about the situation.
First Princess Hui Wen was popular among the people, her fief Miyang, was composed of simple folk. Since everyone loved the First Princess, the people were industrious in the farming, so the annual tax revenue was always a large number.
And Huang Bei Yue, was the only Nan Yi country princess that had her own fief. It was the fertile southern Qinghe fief, which since ancient times held a vast land area.
When she was born, the emperor personally decreed, the Qinghe fief that was north of the main city belonged to her. At that time, all the people in the country said that she was the wealthiest child in Nan Yi country, even the crown prince could not compare.
After the death of the First Princess, the Miyang and Qinghe fiefs, the taxes collected from both are owned by Huang Bei Yue, by all accounts she should be very rich, but now all she had were only a few copper and iron coins!
When she was younger, balancing the books and taxes, she would naturally not understand these things, so it handed over to consort Prince Xiao(her father) for remote management.
But Consort Prince Xiao is a warrior, what interest does he have in accounting? At that time the beautiful concubines seduced the master and after some pillow talk, got the master to give the account books to Concubine Xue for management, who then handed the Qinghe fief account books to Concubine Qin.
The two women after receiving the management of such huge taxes, became the most beautiful concubines of Nan Yi country, they gathered many attendants,were regarded as honored guests to many businesses as the spent lavishly, making the first wives of many families endlessly jealous!
"Hmph, holding my money yet being so arrogant!" Huang Bei Yue grit her teeth, she could not afford to buy medicine, while Concubine Qin spent a few thousand coins on jewelry.
"In fact, the Second Miss' talent is not so good, so Concubine Qin has been spending a lot of money to buy elixir, to help the Second Miss build her cultivation base, as elixirs are expensive, it accounts for a large part of the income,so Concubine Xue is usually not too generous towards Concubine Qin.
Pei Xiang kept talking endlessly, who let Concubine Qin not give birth to a son who was eligible to become a Summoner? Even if the young master was skilled in martial arts and became powerful, it was still less powerful that a than Summoner ah!
"Becoming a three star summoner by fifteen years of age is already good enough for the future." To become a master in Nan Yi country, this was the path to follow.
Being fifteen or sixteen years old and becoming a three star summoner, would fare her well later.
Today she encountered that Shen Yan, who also at the age of fifteen broke through to become a three star summoner, now he had become a six star summoner, and was respected wherever he went.
Of course, the premise of levels means nothing to Huang Bei Yue's abnormal strength.
"Second Miss' strength is very good, so master and grand master dote on her, if Third Miss wishes to control the house, I am afraid that Concubine Xue cannot be touched at first" Pei Xiang sincerely said.
"I just asked about the tax situation only, I did not say I wanted to control the house." Huang Bei Yue smiled as she put down her chopsticks.
Pei Xiang's heart burst of disappointment: "Third Miss, but..."
"If I don't control them now, it doesn't mean I won't in the future, since you chose to follow me, then I will not let you suffer later."
"Yes, this slave must be loyal to the Third Miss!"
Huang Bei Yue Nodded, then suddenly remembered something, and asked: "I'm fifteen this month, are the Empress Dowager and Princess Xi not coming back? "
Pei Xiang laughed: "Yes, as long as the Empress Dowager and Princess Xi are back, they will call Third Miss into the palace!"
The Empress and Princess Xi, were the biggest backers of the Third Miss, at that time, even the Xiao family head dare not call her useless!
In fact, her asking for news about the Empress Dowager and Princess Xi's return wasn't because she needed a patron to help her regain control of the family, she just wanted to repay the dead Huang Bei Yue.
Moreover, she felt the death of Princess Hui Wen was also very strange. The first princess' body had been very good, her temperament was gentle, and she was elegant and healthy, but suddenly she got a serious illness and died.
Accounting for the body of Huang Bei Yue that was now hers, it was necessary for her to help the princess find out somethings.
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