Chapter 1114: Strong Resentment!

Feeling An Miaoyi's sharp gaze, Nanny Xia also spoke fearfully:
"Madam, this is the Marshal's order. Ye Cheng, who is beside the Marshal, found me the other day and said that the Marshal asked me to reimburse all the expenses of Madam Murong in recent times..."

"Because it was the Marshal's order, I did it first. After I finished, I wanted to report this matter to you, but you were not at home at the time, so I left you a note. You didn't ask me later, which means you knew about this matter!"

After hearing what Nanny Xia said, An Miaoyi's doubts were alleviated. According to the rules of the Ye Mansion, Murong Qingwu's monthly salary was thirty taels.

But last month Murong Qingwu's expenses exceeded three hundred taels of silver, which was ten times the monthly allowance. That was why An Miaoyi asked Nanny Xia, who was in charge of the cashier's expenses in the mansion, to find out the truth!
Although she hadn't seen the note handed over by Nanny Xia, An Miaoyi knew that she didn't have the guts to lie to herself about such a serious matter, so she immediately ordered:

"Madam Xia, you did the right thing. You must complete the Marshal's orders immediately and with guaranteed quality and quantity. Don't delay!"

"But you have to report this kind of thing to me in person in the future, Madam Xia, do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Nanny Xia nodded and said;

“I understand. If something like this happens again in the future, I will report it to you in person…”

An Miaoyi waved her hand when she heard this, and Nanny Xia continued:
"I'll take my leave now. Madam, please call me if you need anything!"

After Nanny Xia left, An Miaoyi looked at the huge expenses in the account book, and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes!
Although Nanny Xia did not say why Ye Mingsheng did this, An Miaoyi could guess that the main reason Ye Mingsheng asked for reimbursement was because Murong Qingwu was pregnant again!

Because the Fengwu Army had been fighting all the time and had always been financially strapped, Ye Mingsheng had always asked the Ye family to set an example and not to be extravagant, but to save money and use it in key areas!
At Ye Mingsheng's request, An Miaoyi, who was in charge of the management of the Ye Mansion, also made many cost-saving measures. Except for Ye Cui's expenses, the expenses of the entire Ye Mansion were basically reduced by 50%. During that difficult period, people like Jinyu and Bai Yuanyuan even received less than ten taels of silver per month!
As a woman, An Miaoyi herself likes gold and silver jewelry very much, and her birthplace as a marquis also provides a financial basis for her hobby, allowing An Miaoyi to buy some gold and silver jewelry and beautiful clothes according to her own wishes!
When she was pregnant with Jingren, although she never stopped taking nutritional supplements, An Miaoyi couldn’t eat or sleep well due to pregnancy reactions and was in great pain··························
At that time, An Miaoyi especially wanted to buy herself two pieces of gold and silver jewelry to cheer herself up and relieve her mood, but as the eldest lady of the Ye Mansion, An Miaoyi restrained her desire and did not buy them in order to establish a good image for herself!
Now, looking at the account book showing the dazzling array of things Murong Qingwu bought, An Miaoyi felt a little uncomfortable. She wondered why she had to restrain herself when she was pregnant, suppressing the idea of ​​buying things in her heart and not even telling anyone about it.

And now that Murong Qingwu is pregnant again, can she use the Ye family's money to go on a shopping spree?
However, compared to Murong Qingwu buying things, An Miaoyi was more jealous of Murong Qingwu being able to conceive a second child!

When she gave birth to Jingren, the process was extremely dangerous. Although both mother and child were safe in the end, she was seriously injured and could no longer have children!

When she was pregnant with Jingren, she had pregnancy reactions and almost lost her life later on. So after Jingren was born, An Miaoyi thought that she never wanted to suffer this again!

However, with the passage of time, this idea of ​​An Miaoyi gradually faded. As she saw Bai Yuanyuan and Pei Zhixiu having sons and daughters one after another and living happily, although An Miaoyi did not say it, she was still a little envious in her heart, and even felt a little self-pitying, thinking that she was unlucky to have only one child in her life...

At that time, An Miaoyi's only consolation was that her old rival Murong Qingwu also had only one child, and Ye Kexin was a girl!
However, what An Miaoyi is disappointed about now is that Murong Qingwu is pregnant again!

Murong Qingwu also said that she became pregnant again not long after she made a wish at the Guanyin Temple, so the child in her belly was blessed by Guanyin. For this reason, she personally went to the Guanyin Temple to fulfill her wish and donated three hundred taels of incense money!

Murong Qingwu's actions also made the old lady Ye Cui look forward to Murong Qingwu's pregnancy this time, hoping that Murong Qingwu could add another boy to the Ye family!
Although An Miaoyi scoffed at Murong Qingwu's claim of being blessed by Guanyin, she was also bitterly envious of Murong Qingwu's pregnancy again!
In addition to the incident itself, An Miaoyi also cares about the political implications behind this incident. You must know that before this, Ye Mingsheng had successively exiled Murong Hui and Murong Yuliang, and his intention to suppress the Murong family was very obvious!

But Ye Mingsheng now wants to reimburse all of Murong Qingwu's expenses during this period. You should know that this is a treatment that the other ladies have not been able to enjoy, and it is very obvious that he favors Murong Qingwu!

So, will my husband's favor towards Murong Qingwu and her unborn child extend to the Murong family and become a political signal for Ye Mingsheng to stop suppressing the Murong family?

To be honest, although she lost Huo San this time, An Miaoyi was still very satisfied after seeing Murong Hui and Murong Yuliang being exiled...
An Miaoyi knew that although Murong Yuliang, Murong Hui and others were hateful, they were all capable ministers. Ye Mingsheng needed the help of people like them if he wanted to realize his wish and create a prosperous era where all nations would come to pay tribute and the world would come to congratulate him!
So even though she really hoped to defeat the Murong family through this incident, An Miaoyi knew very well that this was not realistic!
Therefore, An Miaoyi was basically satisfied with Ye Mingsheng's handling method. The only thing she was dissatisfied with was that Murong Zhengshan, the main culprit, was still at large. She wondered where he was being hidden by the Murong family!
However, based on An Miaoyi's understanding of the man beside her, she felt that since Ye Mingsheng had dealt with two important officials, Murong Hui and Murong Yuliang, he would not let go of the main culprit Murong Zhengshan. It is very likely that the Coordination Office is searching for Murong Zhengshan now!
An Miaoyi hated Murong Zhengshan to the core. If this guy hadn't been so audacious as to plot against her, she, the mistress of the Fengwu Army, wouldn't have fallen to the point of scheming against the Ye Mansion over such trivial matters!
Therefore, as long as Murong Zhengshan is alive, An Miaoyi will find it hard to eliminate the hatred in her heart, and she believes that Murong Zhengshan’s death will be a major blow to the Murong family. This will be very helpful for the Murong family to recognize their position and role in the Yijing court and no longer have some inappropriate thoughts!
At the same time, An Miaoyi was also looking forward to it. She knew how heartbroken Murong Qingwu would be when she heard the news of her cousin's death. It would be best if she had a miscarriage due to excessive grief!

If that were the case, she, An Miaoyi, would definitely go to burn incense to Guanyin and donate some money...
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Ye Mansion, Study

Ye Mingsheng was writing furiously to reply to the memorial of Li Jian, the Minister of Justice. At present, Sun Jing'an had already taken office as the governor of Youyan, so Ye Mingsheng also felt that he could start to round up some of Sun Jing'an's remnants in Qi and Lu. However, in order to investigate the evidence and catch all the corrupt people in one fell swoop, leaving no fish slipping through the net, Ye Mingsheng planned to build a plank road in the open and secretly attack Chencang. On the surface, he would not send anyone to Qi and Lu, but just let the Qi and Lu Anchasi conduct a self-inspection, so that those people in Qi and Lu would relax their vigilance and think that this investigation was just a routine matter.

But secretly Ye Mingsheng asked the Ministry of Justice to send a team to quietly enter Qi and Lu to conduct a secret investigation and collect some evidence!
At first, Li Jian, the Minister of Justice, was somewhat confused about Ye Mingsheng's order. After all, secretly collecting evidence was something that was basically done by the Coordination Office in the past. This kind of work was also the Coordination Office's strong point, and they were very experienced in it!

Although he was somewhat puzzled as to why Ye Mingsheng asked him to do this job instead of letting the Coordination Office continue to do it, Li Jian immediately carried out Ye Mingsheng's order!
Li Jian arranged a five-member team to secretly enter Qilu to conduct an investigation, and the memorial he submitted to Ye Mingsheng now was a report to Ye Mingsheng on the work results of this team······················

Looking at the introduction in Li Jian's memorial, Ye Mingsheng shook his head secretly, although Li Jian had beautified the work results to a certain extent.

However, Ye Mingsheng could see that the five-member team organized by Li Jian had only some clues to investigate the problems in Qilu, and basically had not found any useful clues!

To be honest, Ye Mingsheng was somewhat disappointed with the result, because he not only arranged for the Ministry of Justice to conduct an investigation, but also asked the Coordination Office to conduct a secret investigation, and the Coordination Office made very fast progress and had already dug up some evidence.
But Ye Mingsheng could understand this to some extent. After all, in the past, such work was handed over to the Coordination Office, which were experts in this kind of secret investigation. The Ministry of Justice would file a case and try the case based on the evidence provided by the Coordination Office, and would not directly intervene in the secret investigation process!
So it was the first time doing this kind of work, so there were some unfamiliarity and some problems, and Ye Mingsheng could understand that!

The reason why Ye Mingsheng asked the Ministry of Justice to do this kind of work was that he felt that there was a first time for everything. Although the Coordination Office was convenient to use now, for the stability of the regime, Ye Mingsheng had to dismember the Coordination Office!

And these functions of the Coordination Office must be undertaken by other departments, so Ye Mingsheng wants to start training them now so that they can take over the functions of the Coordination Office at some point in the future...
After hesitating for a while, Ye Mingsheng still did not give Li Jian some guidance based on the investigation of the Coordination Office, nor did he give Li Jian some more investigation clues.

After all, although he can give Li Jian some clues about this matter now, he can't always provide clues for Li Jian's investigation. The Ministry of Justice must learn to be independent and some tuition fees must be paid!
After writing some encouraging words to Li Jian, Ye Mingsheng wanted to continue processing the memorial submitted by Zhao Wanxian from Liaoyang, but at this time Ye Cheng came over and reported with some trepidation:

"Marshal, Madam Shen said she is not feeling well today and cannot sleep with you. She asked you to go and rest with another madam!"

Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng, who was preparing to make some comments, paused and ignored Ye Cheng beside him, saying lightly:
"Get her ready!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng didn't seem to be in a good mood, Ye Cheng immediately left the room. He felt that what happened today was really abnormal. The Marshal always went to the lady's yard to rest, and the lady would be very happy!

Just like Madam Jinyu and Madam Bai before, even if there were relatives coming to visit due to health problems, they would never refuse the Marshal, and would never let the Marshal go to other ladies to rest!

Even if Madam Shen was resentful towards the Marshal because of what happened last time, how could she dare to offend the Marshal...

The Marshal's behavior today was a little abnormal. He had always been very respectful to these ladies before and had never asked anyone to sleep with him!

Therefore, when Ye Cheng conveyed the message to Ye Mingsheng just now, he felt that Ye Mingsheng would definitely not go to Madam Shen's place, and might even banish this rebellious Madam Shen to the cold palace in a fit of rage!

I never thought that Mrs. Shen was acting abnormally, and the Marshal was even more abnormal today. Even if you don't let me go, I will go today!

Although he didn't understand why the Marshal was acting so abnormally today, as an attendant he still had to deliver the message and asked the maids and servants in Madam Shen's yard to prepare to welcome the Marshal!
In the evening, Ye Mingsheng, who had been working in the study for a day, dragged his somewhat tired body to Shen Yutong's yard.

Seeing Ye Mingsheng appear, Shen Yutong and the maids and servants in the yard greeted Ye Mingsheng in unison. Unlike other ladies who liked to wear bright clothes when they saw Ye Mingsheng coming to their rooms to rest, Shen Yutong was dressed very plainly today and did not look dressed up at all.

But it is hard to give up one's natural beauty. In Ye Mingsheng's eyes, Shen Yutong, with her face plain, seems to have a different flavor. In addition, although Shen Yutong looks expressionless and her heart is dead, Ye Mingsheng can clearly feel that there is a strong resentment in the eyes of his wife when she looks at him...
(End of this chapter)