I just want to live a good life

Chapter 401: His Royal Highness's Motives

"My Lady Concubine, I really don't know this!"

Su Nuan couldn't understand why Mu Yunting did this.

They are all shop assistants, why did he only give it to the old people in the store? Was it because they witnessed him taking over the shop?

The Second Prince could do such a thing, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not!

Su Nuan couldn't figure out Mu Yunting's motive for doing this, and she felt a little restless.

She turned her attention back to the waiter in front of her and said, "Since it was the rule set by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why didn't you want to tell me just now?"

"My little lord, I can't remember clearly for the moment."

As soon as the waiter finished speaking, Ye Xiaobai said to Su Nuan, "Miss, he is not honest. Leave him to me. I promise that he will answer whatever you ask honestly."

This is the rhythm of taking action. Su Nuan silently lit a row of candles for the stubborn guy, and then nodded to Ye Xiaobai.

Ye Xiaobai smiled at the guy, then poked him a few times, and the guy immediately screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

"Please spare my life! Please spare my life, sir!"

After shouting for a while, Ye Xiaobai poked the guy a few more times, and the shouting stopped.

"Answer whatever my lady asks you. If you get one wrong word, you'll be damned."

"My Lady Concubine, if you ask, I will tell you everything I know."

This method is not recommended, but it is really useful.

Su Nuan secretly admired him, and then said, "It's the same question as before. What are you hiding?"

The waiter sobbed and replied, "Madam Concubine, in fact, the four of them also received New Year's money, because they replaced the four of Lao Qian, but they were new and didn't know about the New Year's money, so Manager Cao divided their share equally among us."

"What? Cao really swallowed our money."

"No, they swallowed it together."

"Pay back the money."

"Yes, pay back the money!"

The four young men here were filled with righteous indignation, but Su Nuan waved at them, signaling them to shut up.

Then he continued to ask: "What do you mean by them replacing?"

"It's like this. Didn't I just say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has set a rule that only those who have worked here before he took over the shop can get the New Year's money? There was an accident in the shop two years ago. Four people including Lao Qian got drunk and fell into the river and drowned. Shopkeeper Cao found four more people to take Lao Qian's place, because the Crown Prince's Mansion only knew the number of people in the shop, not the people in the shop, so Shopkeeper Cao took advantage of the situation."

After saying that, the waiter begged for mercy: "Madam Concubine, this was all Shopkeeper Cao's idea, it has nothing to do with us!"

They got all the money but they said it had nothing to do with them. What a human nature!

Su Nuan sighed and ignored the guy.

The matter was clear, but not understood. Now I knew the tricks of the owner and the waiters in the restaurant, but I couldn't understand the intention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Miss, can we still have delicious food today?"

Ye Xiaobai's words interrupted Su Nuan's thoughts.

She turned to look at Madam Wang, her eyes sparkling with stars.

Madam Wang is very familiar with this look. The concubine is hungry.

"You can eat it. Today's ingredients are all fresh. I'll go make it for you right away."

Half an hour later, the food was served.

During this period, the cook helped out, and the waiters were sweeping the floor and wiping the table, and all of a sudden they were busy.

Looking at Ye Xiaobai again, he has never taken his eyes off the table since the food was served. He tasted one dish after another and kept smiling while eating.

"Miss, this is so delicious."

"Well, I didn't lie to you, did I? Follow me and you'll have delicious food. Madam Wang's cooking skills are even better than the chef at Tianxianglou. If you like it, come often."

After saying that, he turned to Madam Wang and said, "This is Xiaobai, my new bodyguard. From now on, when he comes to eat, just put it on my account."

Following her, I can have delicious food, so I have achieved this goal.

Ye Xiaobai was very happy, but he did not forget to get some benefits for himself while eating, "Miss, take me to taste the imperial meal in the palace next time."

As soon as these words came out, Su Nuan almost spit out a mouthful of rice.

This kid has very high requirements. She herself has not eaten the imperial meals in the palace many times. It will be very difficult to take him to eat!

But it's not completely impossible, so Su Nuan replied: "You can't enter the palace, wait until I find a way to get the imperial chef out for a day, then we can taste the imperial chef's cooking skills in the prince's mansion."

"My queen, don't forget to call me when the time comes. I want to help the imperial chef."

Madam Wang rushed to speak.

"Okay, I'll send someone to call you then."

A few people ate and chatted, and the meal was lively and comfortable.

After eating, Su Nuan canceled her original plan to go to Piaoxiang Tea House and went straight back to the Prince’s Mansion.

The first thing he did after returning home was to call the accountant of the mansion.

"In a few days, each shop will distribute New Year's money. Please give me a list of the number of people and the amount of money that each shop will distribute."

When Su Nuan saw the accountant, she gave instructions.

"To Concubine Xia, this New Year's money is distributed by Steward Ding himself. I don't know who it is distributed to or how much it is, but there is a total amount. Steward Ding spends one thousand taels from me every year, and the amount has never changed in the past eight years."

It was actually Manager Ding who distributed the money personally.

Manager Ding personally supervised the matter without delegating it to anyone else, which shows that this matter is very important to Mu Yunting, but why is it so important?

Su Nuan didn't get the answer she wanted from the accountant, so she didn't give up and asked Butler Ding to ask indirectly. However, this old fox insisted that this was just a benefit from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to his loyal servants.

Su Nuan didn't believe a word of it, but she couldn't force anyone to tell the truth.

But the more this happened, the more curious she became.

After leaving Duiyueju, Manager Ding went directly to Lanyue Pavilion.

"Your Highness, Concubine Xia somehow found out that you gave New Year's money to those shops, and she came to ask me the reason."

Mu Yunting frowned slightly and asked, "Did you say that?"

Steward Ding quickly shook his head and said, "No, without your Highness's consent, I dare not tell you the origins of those shops."

After saying that, seeing that Mu Yunting remained silent, Manager Ding asked tentatively, "Your Highness, do you think we should take the shop back from Concubine Xia? With Concubine Xia's temperament, she will find out the truth sooner or later."

"Will she not investigate if she takes it back?"

Mu Yunting said lightly.

"But, if Concubine Xia knew where those shops were... would she..."

"Will you be angry?"

Mu Yunting finished what Manager Ding said.

Manager Ding nodded.

Mu Yunting sighed and continued, "Then solve the problem before she finds out the truth."