Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 31: Madam Wang Stands Up
"My son, take your leave. I will come back to pay my respects to mother tomorrow morning." Sheng Hong bowed and walked out.

Dong Rong led the way with a lantern. When they came out of Shou'an Hall, they saw Sheng Hong hadn't said anything. He asked, "Master, are you going to rest at Lin Xiaoniang's place tonight?"

Sheng Hong came back to his senses and said, "Let's go to Wei Rui Xuan."

Upon hearing this, Dong Rong led the way to Weiruixuan, arrived outside Weiruixuan, and knocked on the door.

After a while, the courtyard gate was opened by an old maid and Sheng Hong walked in.

In the inner bedroom, Madam Wang was lying in bed, sitting against the head of the bed, talking to Mama Liu with an excited look on her face.

Several hours had passed, and she was still immersed in the surprise of Sheng Changbai becoming the prince's study companion.

Just as Madam Wang was instructing Mama Liu in detail what to prepare, she heard a noise outside and asked Mama Liu to go and take a look.

Not long after Madam Liu left the inner room, she hurried back and said, "Madam, the master is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Hong walked in.

"Official!"

Mrs. Wang quickly threw back the quilt and was about to get out of bed.

"It's cold now, and you're wearing thin clothes, so don't bother."

Sheng Hong waved his hand and said to Mrs. Liu, "Have someone bring some hot water so I can wash up."

"Yes!"

Mother Liu responded and went to the side room to wake up the maids who had already gone to bed.

Sheng Hong seldom rested at Wei Rui Xuan in recent years. According to the usual time, Madam Wang would have gone to bed long ago.

Because she was too excited today, she couldn't fall asleep after washing up and going to bed. She sent all the maids to rest and left Mother Liu to talk to her.

Sheng Hong came to sit beside the bed and said, "Tomorrow you should remove some of the servants from Linqi Pavilion. There are too many servants there."

"Ok?"

Madam Wang was stunned. When she came to her senses, she did not look happy. Instead, she looked at Sheng Hong in confusion and said, "The master is drunk and talking nonsense."

In Lin Xiaoniang's Linqi Pavilion, there are nearly twenty maids and old women, which is no less than the number of servants in the courtyard of the eldest lady.

Madam Wang was naturally unhappy about this, as she had made a lot of fuss about this matter in the past.

But Sheng Hong said that there was only Rulan in Madam Wang's house, Hualan was with Old Madam Sheng, and Changbai also lived alone.

Lin Xiaoniang has brothers and sisters, so she has more people to arrange for her.

Moreover, their number was two less than that of Madam Wang, and they did not surpass her.

Finally, the matter came to nothing.

Speaking of which, Madam Wang was not a person without tolerance. She did not object to Sheng Hong taking a few concubines. In order to deal with Lin Xiaoniang, she even took the initiative to give Sheng Hong a few concubines.

She never deliberately targeted these concubines.

The reason why he didn't get along with Lin Xiaoniang was that Sheng Hong doted on him too much and basically lived with Lin Xiaoniang all the time.

Secondly, the treatment given to Lin Xiaoniang in all aspects seriously threatened her status.

As the mistress of the house, she should be in control of the household expenses, including the servants' indentures.

However, the servants around Lin Xiaoniang all had their indentures in her hands. Sheng Hong even bought her a lot of farms and shops, and her children were also raised by Lin Xiaoniang.

It can be said that she does not have any of the means that a wife can use to control a concubine.

The only thing that can be controlled is her status as the legal wife.

But Lin Xiaoniang was a good concubine, and Sheng Hong was protecting her, so not only could she not control her, but she also got very angry every time.

Now Sheng Hong suddenly told her to remove some of the servants from Linqi Pavilion, she couldn't believe it.

Sheng Hong glared at him and said, "I'm not drunk. You are the mistress of the house. If you don't go, can I go?"

"How many should we remove?" Madam Wang asked tentatively. "Let's leave ten," Sheng Hong said after a moment's hesitation.

"What if Miss Lin doesn't agree?" asked Madam Wang.

It’s not that she was afraid of Lin Xiaoniang, but she was really confused by Sheng Hong’s words.

"You are the eldest lady and you are in charge of all the affairs in the inner house. She is just a concubine. How can you let her disagree?" Sheng Hong said.

Madam Wang thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why Sheng Hong's attitude suddenly changed so much.

When Mother Liu came back, I wanted to ask her, but it was inconvenient since Sheng Hong was here.

Even after Sheng Hong finished washing up, undressed and went to bed, and the maid turned off the lights, Madam Wang was still dizzy.

That night, Mrs. Wang couldn't sleep.

Even so, perhaps because he was obsessed with dealing with Lin Xiaoniang, he woke up at dawn the next day.

When she woke up, Sheng Hong was gone.

When Mother Liu and her people were helping her wash up, she repeated to Mother Liu what Sheng Hong had said last night.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Madam Liu pondered for a while and said, "Madam, no matter what the master means, since it is the master's order, you can just do it."

When she heard the news, her first thought was that Sheng Changbai had become the prince's tutor.

But if you think about it carefully, it is unlikely. Sheng Hong might spend more nights at Wei Ruixuan because Sheng Changbai becomes the prince's companion, but he will not punish Lin Xiaoniang for this.

"You are right. After paying respects to the old lady, we will take people to Linqi Pavilion. Anyway, it is the master who said so, so we can take this opportunity to deal with those confidants around her." Madam Wang said with a smile.

"Madam, you can't do that!" Madam Liu quickly advised, "We don't know what the master's attitude is yet, so we must not create unnecessary trouble."

In the conflicts with Lin Xiaoniang over the years, it was often Madam Wang who was right.

However, every time Madam Wang got the chance, she wanted to take advantage of it to teach Lin Xiaoniang a lesson, but in the end she got the worst.

In Mother Liu's opinion, one should not act hastily in dealing with Lin Xiaoniang. As long as it is reasonable, Sheng Hong will not be able to say anything.

If some of the servants in Lin Qi Pavilion were to be removed, Lin Xiaoniang would make a fuss regardless of whether the removed people were her close confidants or not.

And it was Sheng Hong who initiated this matter. If Lin Xiaoniang makes a fuss, it will only make Sheng Hong unhappy.

But if Madam Wang were to touch Xiaoniang Lin's confidant, Sheng Hong would definitely be unhappy, as that would be helping Xiaoniang Lin.

"It was the master who asked for it himself. If we don't seize this good opportunity, we may not have it again in the future." Madam Wang retorted.

Mother Liu used both emotional and logical persuasion for a long time before finally getting Madam Wang to agree not to touch Mrs. Lin's confidant.

After everything was packed up, Madam Wang took Rulan to Shou'an Hall to pay her respects to Old Madam Sheng.

After returning to Weiruixuan, Rulan was left to eat breakfast alone. She did not even have time to eat breakfast. She asked Mama Liu to gather a group of servants and they marched straight to Linqi Pavilion in a mighty and aggressive manner.

When Lin Xiaoniang heard the news, she hurried out and saw Madam Wang with a group of people in the yard. She asked, "Madam, what are you trying to do by bringing so many people into my yard so early in the morning?"

"Ah!"

Madam Wang sneered and said, "The master said that there are too many servants in Linqi Pavilion and asked me to remove some of them."

"Impossible, how could the master say such a thing, you are lying!" Lin Xiaoniang said sarcastically.

"As the head wife and mistress of the household, it is my duty to manage the servants in the house. Why would I lie to a concubine like you?"

After Madam Wang finished speaking, she ignored Madam Lin and sat down on the chair that Madam Liu had brought over. She pointed at a maid in Lin Qige and said, "Go and call out all the maids in the yard!"

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