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Of course, it's not entirely accurate to say it's the King of England's money.

Aside from his salary of ten thousand taels, the other estates and profits belong to everyone in the Prince of Ying's mansion. After all, they were passed down from their ancestors and couldn't possibly belong solely to the Prince of Ying.

However, since the King is the head of the royal family and these estates are currently under his management, it can still be said that they are his money.

The money in the Prince of England's mansion, besides the Prince's salary and the income from the estate, also included the salaries of the various noblemen in the mansion. For example, General Li Er and Li Yu, who were generals who protected the country, received about a thousand taels of silver a year. All the men in the mansion who had reached the age of twenty and received noble titles and salaries together amounted to only twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver.

Adding everything together, plus some gray income, such as tributes given to the Prince of England, the Prince of England's annual income was around 100,000 taels.

The expenses requested by the Prince of England amounted to seventy to eighty thousand taels.

With so many people in the Prince's mansion, including so many masters and mistresses, it's quite normal to spend seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver if you look closely. After all, there are more than a hundred masters and mistresses. On average, each person spends seven or eight hundred taels. Is that a lot? Not at all. Clothing, food, housing, and transportation, especially clothing, jewelry, and gourmet food, are all expensive.

Although the expenses were high, the King of England still had 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver for his own use, which was already a considerable sum. After all, a well-off family could live very well with only 20 taels of silver a year. 20,000 to 30,000 taels was a thousand times the annual expenses of an ordinary family. It was only for the King of England's personal use, so there was no reason why it would be insufficient.

Since it was still sufficient, the King of England did not bother to renovate the backyard, allowing the backyard to save the money for him.

After all, the money of the other men in the manor was all put into the public fund. Of all his income, he had 20,000 to 30,000 in private savings, which was already quite enough. Otherwise, if he had put all the money he received into the public fund like the other men, he would have no private savings left.

It was precisely because the King of England had a private fortune of twenty or thirty thousand that his concubines and sons tried to curry favor with him.

But the Princess of England's private funds are comparable to his.

Of the seventy or eighty thousand that went into the backyard, the household expenses were at most twenty or thirty thousand. The remaining forty or fifty thousand was divided between the Princess Consort and the stewards. The Princess Consort would get at least half, which was also twenty or thirty thousand, not much different from the money in the Prince's hands.

Of course, after the Princess of England died, the 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver that year fell into the hands of Consort Zhang and others. Although it was divided among five people, each person still received several thousand taels.

The Crown Princess didn't argue with everyone about this mainly because the Princess Consort of Ying had passed away, leaving behind a huge amount of private wealth she had amassed over the years. Even if her husband had a younger brother to share it with, it would still be a substantial sum. There was really no need to fight with everyone for such a small amount. The key was to maintain good relations with each family while the Prince of Ying was still alive and the other families were still in the Prince's residence. Otherwise, because the Princess Consort of Ying had killed Consort Liu and amassed so much money for her two sons, she might have incurred too much hatred and become the target of resentment from the other families.

Once the King of England passes away, these people will leave. They won't be afraid of their wealth anymore, since they won't live together anyway. But now that the King of England is still alive, there are too many people who hate them. If someone with ill intentions were to target their children, it would be terrible. That's why the Crown Princess sees that her family has more money than she can spend and doesn't need to compete with the other families for it. She wants to let these families manage the household with her and build good relationships.

There was no other way. After the Princess Consort of England passed away, her estate was being liquidated. Because the Princess Consort of England had killed Consort Liu, the mother of the Eighth Prince, the Prince of England demanded a public liquidation of the estate so that he could see how much money he had and take out a portion to compensate Master Li.

Because the asset inventory was conducted publicly, each household naturally had a clear understanding of how much money the Duchess of Cambridge had accumulated.

Seeing how much money the Princess of England has amassed over the years, all of which was deducted from their food, clothing, and housing, it's no wonder they resent their family. After all, with the small dowry the Princess of England received when she married into the family, she couldn't possibly have accumulated this much money over the decades. It's obvious that her steward embezzled it.

In other words, the King of England didn't say anything and gave the money to the Queen's two sons. Otherwise, some men in need of money would definitely have kept the money for themselves and wouldn't have given it to their legitimate sons. Once the money is in the hands of the male head of the household, it's uncertain who he will give it to. After all, he will definitely only give it to his favorite sons, and those he doesn't like won't get it.

If that were to happen, then Princess Elizabeth's life savings would have been wasted.

Thinking of this, the Crown Princess actually felt some resentment towards the Princess Consort, blaming her for not distributing the money to her two sons in advance, but instead keeping it in her own hands.

If she had divided the money among her two sons in advance, no one would have known that she had amassed so much wealth and incurred so much hatred.

Fortunately, the King was a good man and didn't take the money. Otherwise, if it had fallen into the hands of the male head of the household, she would have saved it all for nothing.

So the Crown Princess wasn't complaining about the Princess Consort's recklessness.

It's one thing if you don't give the money to your son in advance, but at least don't suddenly die. It wouldn't be too late to commit suicide after you've divided the property between your two sons.

The outcome was so sudden that her money almost fell into their hands. Although most of it has now ended up in their possession, it has incurred the hatred of the entire household, which is not a good thing.

So for the Crown Princess, who received hundreds of thousands of taels of private money, the little money the steward received was nothing. But for the second branch of the family, the extra few thousand taels Zhang Concubine could receive each year was a large sum of money. This is why Cao Shi said that as long as they pleased Zhang Concubine, she would casually give them some money, and they could live a good life. Because that was indeed the case.

The Cao aunt and niece whispered for a while, but couldn't come up with a plan to make money, so they had no choice but to part ways.

However, Cao Shi, who had not managed to make any money, was certainly not going to give up so easily. Since she had no money to spend, she naturally had to find a way to make money.

Actually, the best way for her to get money was to get Aunt Cao to stop giving money to her family and instead keep it for her to use.

However, she was deeply influenced by the rural idea that one should rely on one's maternal family, and dared not let Aunt Cao do so, lest her aunt have no money to give to her maternal family and say that she had taken it for herself, which would upset her maternal family and make them unhappy if she suffered in her husband's family in the future.

If she doesn't ask Aunt Cao for money, she'll be broke and naturally have to find ways to make money.

In the end, she set her sights on the Zhao family.

Although she felt that Zhao was poor, her aunt was right. Consort Zhang had given the second wife a lot of money, and her father-in-law might have given some to Zhao. In that case, Zhao might also be able to help her two sons. So it was okay for her to keep an eye on Zhao.

It's unreasonable to ask Consort Zhang for money, but it's more reasonable to ask Madam Zhao. After all, if the money Madam Zhao has truly come from her father-in-law, then it's available to everyone in the second branch of the family. Madam Zhao has no right to give it only to her son and not to her illegitimate children. (End of Chapter)