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Chapter 1717 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 38
In fact, the King of England still does not intend to remove his eldest son from the position of heir apparent for the time being, because, as mentioned before, the King of England is afraid of trouble and does not want to submit a memorial to the Emperor about this matter.

But the Princess Consort was unaware of this. Hearing the King's unfriendly tone, she assumed he was unwilling and immediately rammed her head against a pillar, weakly pleading, "It's my fault, I've harmed your favorite concubine. I... I'll give my life for her. You... you mustn't hurt my son..."

The King of England was also shocked that the Princess Consort would kill him in this way. After all, he had originally planned to give her a cup of poisoned wine to send her on her way, not to make her look so bloody and mangled. It was quite frightening for him. It took him a while to have the Princess Consort removed from the room.

Perhaps because the death of Princess Ying in front of him was too tragic, the King did not depose his eldest son as heir apparent, nor did he appoint a new consort. After all, with so many people in the household, he no longer had anyone he particularly wanted to appoint as a consort. If Consort Liu had not died, he might have appointed her as a consort, but he would never appoint anyone else.

As for marrying a new concubine, he's already in his fifties or sixties, so he's not going to bother with that anymore.

Since there was no princess, the King of England handed over the management of the household to the Crown Princess.

Although the Crown Prince was not deposed, the King summoned him to discuss the matter and told him to raise his eighth brother properly, since his mother had caused the death of another's mother, and this was something he should do.

He then said that if his wife took over the household and caused trouble for Lao Ba, she shouldn't blame him for being rude to their family.

When the Crown Prince heard that his mother had killed Consort Liu, he naturally obeyed the King's every request. After all, if his mother had killed his father's favorite concubine, and his father were to become increasingly resentful and eventually vent his anger on him, stripping him of his title as Crown Prince, that would be terrible.

With that, how could he dare to bully the Eighth Prince? Heeding the King's instructions, he treated the Eighth Prince obediently and did not make things difficult for him.

To be honest, when the Crown Prince heard that his mother had killed Consort Liu, he was really worried that the King would depose him. Now that the King had handed over the management of the household to his wife, it showed that the King had no intention of deposing him, and he was truly relieved. So, he naturally agreed to the King's small request without hesitation. After all, his mother's belief that the King would support Consort Liu to the throne had not happened—perhaps her guess was right, but at least it hadn't happened yet—but the fact that his mother had killed Consort Liu was real. He was the one who had wronged his eighth brother, not the other way around. If he, like his mother, thought that his eighth brother would become the emperor and therefore treated him badly, then others would definitely say that their family was not only unreasonable but also ruthless, and no one would dare to associate with them, for fear that they would be suspicious and think that someone had wronged them and cause trouble for that person.

Therefore, for the sake of his own reputation, he dared not treat his eighth brother badly. There was nothing he could do, since everyone in the capital knew about his mother killing Consort Liu.

This was also his mother's fault. She listened to her father's advice to turn herself in, thinking that she would not be exposed, and refused to turn herself in. In the end, her father reported it to the three judicial authorities for trial, which led to the news of the murder of Consort Liu spreading and her being investigated.

Although it wasn't announced to the public, all the prominent families in the capital were paying close attention to the matter at the Prince Ying's residence. As soon as they saw that the Princess Ying was dead, even a fool would know that the Princess Ying was the murderer.

Therefore, although the Crown Prince of Ying understood that his mother killed Consort Liu for his sake, he still blamed his mother for not turning herself in when his father said he would. If she had turned herself in, his father would not have reported the matter to the Three Departments, and most families in the capital would not have known. They would have just thought that Consort Liu had accidentally fallen into the water and that his mother had died of illness, and that it would not have brought him such trouble.

It's understandable that the Crown Prince would blame the Queen for not turning herself in, causing trouble for their family. Most people are selfish; they'd rather gain benefits than lose anything. He supported his mother in killing Consort Liu, but he didn't support her not turning herself in, which escalated the situation.

He knew his mother was clinging to a gamble, thinking that no one would find out she was the one who did it, that she could kill Consort Liu and that she could continue to live a good life.

The Crown Prince, however, prioritized his own interests and was unhappy that his mother's wishful thinking ultimately caused him trouble.

Clearly, the genes are quite strong, and both of them are rather selfish.

After the Crown Princess took over the household affairs, she asked three other concubines, including Consort Zhang, to help manage them as well.

The reason for doing this is because the Princess Consort's murder has caused everyone in the Prince's Mansion to avoid the main branch of the family, making their situation in the mansion very awkward.

Although they will be the main branch in the future, even though the Prince of Ying's mansion has been passed down for five generations, and when it reaches him, he will become a prince, he will still be the main branch, which is much better than those side branches.

But no one paid attention to them, and they were very lonely. The thought of going anywhere in the future and having no one to talk to them made the eldest son's family want to repair their relationship with the other sons' families.

Consort Zhang hadn't expected that she would still have such benefits after the deaths of Princess Ying and Consort Liu. But since the Crown Princess had arranged for her to manage some affairs, she naturally accepted. After all, who wouldn't want to do something that could make money?

Even if Consort Zhang wasn't the type to greedily pursue money, given the current situation in the household, the prices for purchases had to remain the same. Otherwise, if she lowered the prices to save money for the household, even though the same amount of money could buy the same things with a large profit margin, the purchasing staff would be unhappy and would definitely buy cheaper goods. Then, if others asked, she would say it was because she was greedy and trying to save money. What if the people in the household were unhappy with her managing the household, causing a decline in the household's standard of living? Therefore, even though Consort Zhang felt that the prices of those items were outrageously high, she dared not lower the prices to avoid offending both the purchasing staff and everyone in the household.

Therefore, although she knew the true price of these items from her confidants, Consort Zhang only kept a general idea and did not make any changes.

Since no changes were made, the servants naturally gave her a share of the profits as per the rules, lest they refuse, fearing that Consort Zhang might replace her with someone else as manager. After all, some consorts had already replaced their managers with their own people, and they were afraid that Consort Zhang would do the same, causing them to lose such a lucrative job.

Because of the profit sharing from the purchasing manager, Consort Zhang naturally made money, making the second branch of the family's life better day by day. As a result, the other concubines who were not consorts began to eye the vacant consort position of Consort Liu, hoping to take the position and have the manager make money.