Chapter 462 On the Importance of Your Mother’s Home!
Although she wanted to eat another candied fruit, An Miaoyi suppressed her desire when she thought of her own appearance in the mirror. She closed her eyes and instructed the maids who were serving beside her:

"This plate of candied fruit is given to you as a reward. Take it back and eat it..."

Hearing An Miaoyi's words, the maids beside her immediately showed joy and said:
"Thank you ma'am!"

In this era when production technology was not yet developed, sweets like candied fruits were very expensive and not affordable for little maids like them. They usually drooled in envy when they saw the nobles in the mansion eating them. Now they could finally feast on them and were naturally very happy.

After delivering the things to the maids, An Miaoyi felt a little sleepy. It might be because of her pregnancy that An Miaoyi was particularly sleepy. She slept very well at night, but she was still sleepy during the day. After a while, An Miaoyi took a nap unconsciously while the maids were reading aloud.

An incense stick later, Ye Cheng, the steward of the Governor's Mansion, came to the door of An Miaoyi's room holding a booklet. Seeing Wang Cheng coming, the maid serving in the room immediately went to report. An Miaoyi, who was awakened from her sleep, tidied her appearance and called Ye Cheng into the room to talk.

"Madam, this is the expenditure of our family this month, please take a look!"

Ye Cheng bowed and handed the booklet in his hand to An Miaoyi with both hands. From the name Ye Cheng, one could tell that he was a member of the Ye family. Although he was a little distant from Ye Mingsheng in terms of blood relationship, he was still Ye Mingsheng's cousin in terms of seniority. His father, Ye Renxiao, was responsible for collecting rent from the land and shops of Ye Mingsheng's family in Fengshan County.

Ye Cheng not only had a clean background, but was also very smart and capable. He was also raised in Fengshan County by Ye Cui. He was also very sweet and called "Aunt" all the time, so he was very popular with Ye Cui...

Three months ago, Ye Cheng came to Ye Cui and wanted to ask for a job. Ye Cui was a little troubled by this. Although Ye Mingsheng valued Ye Tie, Ye Dong, Ye Kui and other members of the Ye family, and also used Wang Xuecheng, his relative, these people were all capable and loyal.

In order to prevent this kind of nepotism from influencing the morale of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng had previously told Ye Cui that no one from the Ye family should be asked for an official position, and that they should not agree to it. They should talk to Ye Mingsheng themselves and Ye Mingsheng would take care of them.

Because she came from a prominent family like the Cui family, Ye Cui also understood the seriousness of the matter. Therefore, she rejected all the Ye clan members who came to her to ask for official positions. At most, she took some money from the mansion to help and support these clan members.

However, because Ye Cui liked her nephew Ye Cheng very much, she wanted to help him from the bottom of her heart. However, since Ye Mingsheng had said so before, she didn’t know how to ask Ye Mingsheng. After An Miaoyi knew about this, she came up with a solution, which was that Ye Cheng should come to work in the Governor’s Mansion first and help the Governor deal with some miscellaneous matters...

In this way, Ye Cheng is assigned a task so that he does not have to do nothing all day. If he can make some achievements, Ye Mingsheng in the Governor's Mansion will be able to see it and arrange a better task for him.

Secondly, although Ye Mingsheng worked in the Governor's Mansion to handle government affairs, it was ultimately Ye Mingsheng's private residence, which was different from the government and the army. Letting Ye Cheng come to the Governor's Mansion to do work did not violate Ye Mingsheng's principle of refusing nepotism.

Therefore, as soon as An Miaoyi proposed this idea, it was deeply liked by Ye Cui. After satisfying Ye Cui, An Miaoyi went to talk to Ye Mingsheng. At first, Ye Mingsheng was still a little hesitant about letting Ye Cheng enter the governor's mansion to do work, but after An Miaoyi's persuasion and taking Ye Cui's feelings into consideration, he agreed to let Ye Cheng enter the mansion to do some purchasing work.

After finally getting this job, Ye Cheng cherished it very much. He worked very hard in the past few months and did a great job in purchasing. Because he was very hardworking and had a relationship with Ye Cui, in order to please Ye Cui and because An Miaoyi was pregnant and should not work too much, she promoted Ye Cheng to be the steward of the Governor's Mansion...
Taking the booklet from Ye Cheng, An Miaoyi began to read it carefully. Although she had given Ye Cheng a lot of power in other aspects, An Miaoyi still did not dare to interfere with the most critical financial power in the Governor's Mansion and held it firmly in her hands.

"I heard that the Bai family's expenses are not very high? How come they only spent so little this month?" An Miaoyi asked while looking at the booklet:
According to the rules set by Ye Mingsheng at home, except for his mother Ye Cui, who has no upper limit on daily expenses, everyone else's daily expenses must be moderate. Every month, they will be given a certain amount of money so that they can buy what they like, but if the expenses exceed the limit, the family will not reimburse them.

Ye Cheng nodded upon hearing this, and then introduced:

"When Madam Bai came to the mansion, she only received a small amount of money as a token and then put it all into the mansion's account. I heard that her family would give her money every month!"

An Miaoyi didn't say anything when she heard this, but secretly kept Bai in mind!

This Bai Yuanyuan is not a good person. Since she entered the mansion, she has been very clear about the big and small kings. Not only does she serve Ye Mingsheng well, making Ye Mingsheng linger on her, but she also rushes to please Ye Cui on weekdays, even if it means she will be rejected by the other party.

Although Ye Cuishi disliked Bai Yuanyuan because of her family background, she was kind-hearted after all, and she was not a mean old lady. Therefore, she gradually succumbed to Bai Yuanyuan's enthusiastic offensive and began to ignore her and allowed Bai Yuanyuan to have dinner with her...
In order to please Ye Mingsheng, Bai Yuanyuan would buy a new dress every three to five days, as well as new jewelry and rouge for dressing up. In addition, in daily life, because Ye Mingsheng stipulated that the mansion should be frugal, the meals in the kitchen were limited. Bai was naturally not used to it, so she poached a cook from the big restaurant Guoji Restaurant in Dongning, and had her cook secretly for her in her small courtyard.

An Miaoyi originally thought that the Bai family's allowance would definitely be fully used, but now it seems that they also understand Ye Mingsheng's thoughts, and deliberately do not use the allowance in the mansion to pretend to be frugal and dedicated in order to please Ye Mingsheng!
Although she didn't like Bai's scheming, because she wanted to win Bai over, An Miaoyi planned to turn a blind eye to her affairs as long as Bai didn't cross the line.

Scanning the brochure again, looking at the column for Jinyu, An Miaoyi frowned slightly and asked;
"Why did Jinyu borrow another fifty taels of silver from the account? And gave it to her useless brother Wang Gui?"

Ye Cheng nodded with a wry smile and said, "Yes, ma'am! Her brother Wang Gui lost money in business recently and was being chased for debts. He had no choice but to ask Madam Jinyu for the money. Madam Jinyu gave him all her monthly allowance but it was still not enough, so she advanced his allowance for the next two months..."

Although she was sold to the Ye family as a maid when she was young, Jinyu's family still kept in touch with Jinyu. In the past, because they knew that Jinyu could not earn much money as a maid, they only asked Jinyu for money when the family was in bad times and could not survive.

But ever since Jinyu became Ye Mingsheng's concubine, her family members thought that Jinyu would enjoy endless wealth and glory, and would have as much money as she wanted, as soon as they heard that she had become the commander-in-chief's concubine. So they became even more outrageous. Whenever her brother Wang Gui was short of money, he would come to Jinyu to ask for it every few days.

Little did they know that because of the financial difficulties in Liaoyang, Ye Mingsheng had to save money in order to maintain a brave and skilled army in order to dominate the world. This led to the fact that although Jinyu was Ye Mingsheng's concubine and had no worries about daily food and clothing, she did not have as much money as they thought. On weekdays, she was reluctant to spend the regular money she received from the mansion on food and clothing, and all of it was used to subsidize her natal family.

Bai Yuanyuan might take three to five days to make a new set of clothes, and would buy any jewelry or perfume she liked without even looking at the price. But with Jinyu, she can only rely on the government to distribute clothes and jewelry to her in order to dress up. The treatment they receive is like heaven and earth!
Even before, An Miaoyi felt that this little girl Jinyu was really pitiful, and she wanted to be respectful to her, so she gave Jinyu some jewelry and cloth. However, in order to subsidize her family, Jinyu secretly sold all these things and exchanged the money for her brother Wang Gui...
Even so, Wang Gui still had no sympathy for her sister. He indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He boasted to everyone that he was the governor's brother-in-law. An Miaoyi had planned to deal with Wang Gui before, but she did not do it because she was concerned about Jinyu's face. But now it seems that Jinyu cannot handle this matter well, so she, An Miaoyi, as the eldest lady, has to help!

Looking at Ye Cheng, An Miaoyi said in a deep voice:
"I'll leave Wang Gui's matter to you. The Governor's Mansion cannot support such a parasite! But don't be too harsh and kill Wang Gui!"

Feeling the chill in An Miaoyi's eyes, Ye Cheng's expression suddenly froze, and he immediately nodded and said affirmatively:
"Madam, I have long wanted to deal with Wang Gui. Please leave the matter to me! I promise to do it properly and not bring shame to our Governor's Office!"

After explaining things to Ye Cheng, An Miaoyi saw that there was no problem with the other accounts, so she let Ye Cheng go back. She was going to take a nap. At this moment, Qiqige came back and saw An Miaoyi lying on the bed. She walked over and wanted to close the doors and windows tighter to prevent An Miaoyi from feeling the cold in her sleep.

After Qiqige finished her work, she was ready to leave quietly. Just as she was about to go out, she heard An Miaoyi's calm voice.

“What happened…”

Qiqige hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then pretended to be calm and said:
"Ma'am, it's nothing!"

An Miaoyi slowly sat up from the bed and said to Qiqige:
"Qiqige, you said you would never lie to me!"

Seeing this, Qiqige could only turn around. Under An Miaoyi's gaze, she was silent for a while before she said helplessly:
"I overheard the conversation between Ye Kui and Ye Ju. My Lord left the mansion a few days ago and had a tryst with Murong Qingwu in the Dongting Theater!"

Qiqige overheard the news yesterday. When she first learned the news, she subconsciously wanted to report it to An Miaoyi. However, considering that An Miaoyi was pregnant and her emotions were fluctuating greatly, in order to prevent An Miaoyi from having a miscarriage after hearing the news, Qiqige decided not to tell An Miaoyi for the time being after thinking it over. However, she never thought that she could not hide her thoughts in front of An Miaoyi.

Although she had already realized the possible situation from Qiqige's expression, when she really heard the news, An Miaoyi couldn't help but feel a tightness in her heart. She clenched her fists tightly, and an indescribable grievance surged in her heart.

Seeing An Miaoyi like this, Qiqige asked with some concern:

"Ma'am, are you okay?"

An Miaoyi took a deep breath and regained some calmness, then instructed Qiqige:

"Take my name card and go to Murong Mansion to find her, and tell her that I want to get together with her!"

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Ye Mingsheng, who was unaware of what was happening at home, was currently at the General Staff Headquarters, listening to He Jingyun's latest combat plan for entering the country.

After the unremitting efforts of all colleagues in the Coordination Office yesterday, we were finally able to confirm that Zhao Fuqu, who was in Jinzhong area at the moment, only had a small cut on his hand when assassinated by the assassin from the Supervisory Office and was not seriously injured. The main force of the Yan army in Jinzhong also remained motionless and continued to confront Feng Han in Jinyang, with no signs of withdrawal. After knowing this news, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Originally, the high-walled cities of Youyan were troublesome enough for the Fengwu Army, which lacked experience in attacking strongholds. If the main force of the Yan Army withdrew, leaving these high-walled cities with sufficient manpower, then even if Ye Mingsheng finally took down these cities one by one, he would surely suffer heavy losses and be unable to continue advancing southward.

Although Zhao Fuqu did not disappoint Ye Mingsheng, given the situation in Yunbing, Feng Han had already received reinforcements from Guanzhong, and it would be difficult for Zhao Fuqu to take over Yunbing in the short term. So in order to prevent the situation from changing in an unpredictable direction, Ye Mingsheng decided to strike first and advance the plan to enter the pass!
The advancement of the entry plan is not as simple as moving the date forward. It involves the mobilization of tens of thousands of people. Therefore, dozens of staff members from the Chief of General Staff He Jingyun revised it for a whole night before they came up with the latest revised version of the battle plan. Today, they will report to Ye Mingsheng and several important generals...
(End of this chapter)