Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

In fact, the Zhou Prince's Mansion has a large number of people and the complexity of its relationships is no less than that of the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion, which has fewer people. However, Linlang is now the granddaughter-in-law, so she doesn't need to take the lead. She only needs to manage her own little plot of land. The outside world is handled by the Zhou Prince's Crown Princess, or even the Zhou Princess. If all else fails, Chu Yue's elder brother and sister-in-law can also take over. There is really no need for Linlang and her husband to take on these responsibilities.

Chu Yue's small territory is also easy to manage.

Although Chu Yue also had maids and nannies serving him, he was too young before, and the Crown Prince's wife was afraid that if a maid with outstanding looks served Chu Yue, he might become sexually active too early, which would be bad for his health. Therefore, the maids serving Chu Yue were all of average appearance. They were not ugly, but they were not beautiful either; at most, they were considered pretty.

Then, the nanny sent by the Crown Prince's wife will keep an eye on these maids to prevent them from having any improper relationships. So, Chu Yue currently doesn't have any women in his harem, only maids. Therefore, Linlang doesn't have to deal with Chu Yue's concubines or anything like that. She only needs to manage Chu Yue's finances, which is quite easy. Otherwise, if there were women, and she also had to manage the women in Chu Yue's harem, it would be much more troublesome.

Because of her ordinary appearance, she could not become a concubine or even a maidservant, so the maids treated the newly arrived grandmother fairly well.

Otherwise, if some of them were beautiful and thought they could become concubines in the future, or even if they were already in the household, they wouldn't be so kind to Linlang. After all, no matter how ordinary a concubine is, she would feel uncomfortable seeing the man she likes have other women. This is human emotion and desire, and the rule of having three wives and four concubines cannot make those in the household eliminate their dissatisfaction.

In that case, they certainly won't be so kind. Even if they appear kind on the surface, who knows what they might be thinking inside?

Therefore, Chu Yue's clean backyard naturally saved Lin Lang a lot of trouble, and her and Chu Yue's little home was quickly managed.

Before marrying into the Zhou Prince's Mansion, Linlang had done her research on the mansion.

Like all high-ranking members of the royal family, the Prince Zhou's Mansion, a princely residence, also had the problem of having too many offspring.

King Zhou had more than a dozen sons and more than a dozen daughters.

Princess Zhou gave birth to two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was the heir apparent of King Zhou, the father of Chu Yue. The younger son had been granted the title of Prince, but because his parents were still alive, he did not go to his own palace and still lived there.

However, in recent years, due to the large number of people in the Prince's Mansion, it has become increasingly difficult to accommodate them all. Therefore, it has been discussed that some of the sons who have already started their own families should move out to live elsewhere. This includes the youngest son of the Princess Zhou.

Because her husband had many sons, when the Crown Princess of Zhou prepared betrothal gifts for Chu Yue, she lowered the prices of some items. The Crown Princess of Zhou did not say anything, after all, it was all for the benefit of her descendants, so why would she say anything?

Currently, due to her advanced age, Princess Zhou no longer manages the Prince's residence; it is now the Crown Prince's wife who oversees it.

Since her mother-in-law was the housekeeper, Linlang and her husband's life was undoubtedly very comfortable, which goes without saying.

Servants might fawn over unfavored masters, treat them differently based on their status, and cut back on their food, clothing, and lodging, but they would never do that to Linlang and her husband.

Not only will they not get anything good, but the Linlang couple will also get a share, while those who are not favored may not get anything.

With such a large mansion and nearly a thousand people, conflicts naturally arose. For example, the concubines and their children of the Zhou Princess's generation would have conflicts over property, and the same problem existed in the generation of the Zhou Prince's heir.

Although it is said that members of the royal family receive a stipend when the time comes, it is a fixed salary, so everyone naturally wants additional income.

And all of this, everyone's eyes were on the money in the public treasury.

The Zhou royal palace had a considerable amount of money.

This is all thanks to the first Princess Consort of Zhou, who was very good at managing the household. When the fathers of the old Prince Zhou and the Prince of Rongchang were both princes, they separated their families and their wealth was about the same. Since neither of them were the emperor's favorite children, they were not given any extra property. They only received the 20,000 taels of silver that a prince should have when dividing his estate. After that, they had to live off their own salary, which was 20,000 taels a year.

Both families lived for 20,000 years. Rongchang Prince's father didn't save much money, while Old Zhou Prince, thanks to the capable Old Zhou Princess, bought land and shops whenever he had extra money. By the time Old Zhou Prince passed away and Zhou Prince inherited the family business, the family already owned a lot of land and shops, and the family no longer needed to rely solely on their salary.

Of course, while Princess Consort Zhou was capable, she also needed the cooperation of Prince Zhou. After all, if Prince Zhou lived a life of extravagance and spent all his money, Princess Consort Zhou would not be able to buy land and shops.

Although this generation of Zhou kings was not as good as the old Zhou kings, at least they managed to maintain the status quo and even had a slight surplus in some years, which they continued to use to buy land and shops.

As a result, the wealth of the Zhou royal family continued to increase.

But with more wealth comes more conflicts.

Unlike Song Er's maternal family, the Rongchang Prince's Mansion, which didn't have much money and where everyone lived off their stipends, the life there was much quieter.

The reason for this separation was not only because the household was indeed too large and could not accommodate everyone, but also because the other concubines of Prince Zhou always questioned whether the Crown Princess had pocketed too much money from the public funds and demanded that the Crown Princess's sisters-in-law also participate in managing the household. Then, the Crown Princess directly suggested to Prince Zhou that since everyone felt it was a loss to stay in the household, they should separate and move out, so that they would not suffer losses, since the household was already too small to accommodate everyone.

King Zhou listened and thought it made sense. He was also getting a headache from all the arguing, so it would be good to let them move out to live separately.

In fact, the Crown Princess of Zhou did pocket some money from the public funds, but it wasn't much. After all, the amount of money the Prince of Zhou gave to his harem each year was limited. It was impossible for the entire income of the Prince's residence to go to the harem. As a result, the money was not much to begin with, so how much could the Crown Princess of Zhou have pocketed?

However, the Crown Princess did this not to take advantage of others, but to minimize the benefits that others might have from the main branch of the family.

The reason is extremely simple: the Zhou king's illegitimate sons, if they were adults, only received the title of General Who Guards the State, with a salary of only about two thousand taels of silver per year; if they were minors, they received nothing.

What can so much money do? It's simply not enough to support all the families of the Zhou king's illegitimate sons. Any extra money is just taking advantage of the Zhou king's heir and others.

As the heir apparent of the Prince of Zhou, although he has not yet inherited the title, he still receives a stipend, which is lower than that of a prince but higher than that of a duke, amounting to 15,000 taels of silver.

The youngest son of the Queen Consort of Zhou has been granted the title of Prince of the County, with an annual salary of ten thousand taels of silver.

The eldest son of the Zhou king's heir, and the grandson of the Zhou king, was already of age and received a stipend of five thousand taels a year.

This is more than two thousand taels a year for the sons born to other concubines who were granted the title of General of the State.

You should know that those generals who protect the country are only a little younger than the Prince of Zhou. Many of them have had many children, but they are not yet of marriageable age, which means they do not receive a salary. With so many mouths to feed, they only provide the mansion with a salary of two thousand taels.

As for the eldest son, he was a grandson of the Zhou king and received five thousand taels a year. But keep in mind that he had just gotten married and hadn't even had children yet. With just the expenses of the couple and a few concubines, how could he possibly have that much?

In other words, if the family doesn't separate, the eldest son's family will suffer a net loss. (End of Chapter)