Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

It can be said that the sons born to the other concubines were making a fortune living in the Prince's mansion. Even so, they were not satisfied. They felt that the Crown Princess of Zhou must have made a lot of money, and that they had lost out. So they kept clamoring for the right to manage the household.

So Princess Zhou suggested that if she didn't want to be taken advantage of by the Crown Prince's wife, then they should go live separately. They could then manage their own salaries, and once they were separated, she wouldn't have to worry about being taken advantage of.

—Anyway, her youngest son is a prince, with an annual salary of ten thousand taels of silver. He has already moved out to live in a separate household, so it's not a loss for him.

Upon hearing this, the group of people who were clamoring that the Crown Prince's wife had taken advantage of them fell silent. They knew that they were the ones who actually benefited from following the Prince's household, but human nature is never satisfied, and they wanted more after having what they had, so they started jumping around like that.

But it was too late for the mute man, because King Zhou had agreed to the Queen's proposal and had already told everyone to leave immediately.

When Linlang entered the house, it was the time when each family was about to separate and move out, causing quite a commotion in the mansion.

Some, though angry, obediently left their residences; others, more shameless, changed their tune, saying they had never questioned the Crown Prince's wife's management of the household, so why should they be separated from the household like those who were making a fuss? They said they would stay in the residence if they didn't leave.

But cheating is definitely useless. After all, if one person succeeds in staying in the mansion, others will definitely follow suit and won't leave either.

Now that the number of people in the mansion is increasing and it is gradually becoming too crowded, Prince Zhou originally wanted to relocate some people. It just so happens that these people are making a fuss about Prince Zhou's wife managing the household affairs. He can take this opportunity to relocate people and not let anyone stay.

Actually, this shows that Princess Zhou is good at reading people's expressions. She could tell that Prince Zhou wanted to relocate some people, so she took this opportunity to bring up the matter, saying that everyone was dissatisfied with the Crown Princess's management of the household and felt that they were being taken advantage of. So, she suggested that they relocate their households so that they would not be taken advantage of.

In this way, the innocence of the eldest son's family was proven. After all, if they really wanted to take advantage of those other sons, why would they let the other sons leave? In addition, they helped King Zhou solve his troubles and the problem that had been bothering him was solved. Therefore, King Zhou was very satisfied with the proposal of his wife. He was just worried about not having an excuse, and now that his wife had given him one, why wouldn't he take the opportunity to back down?

However, King Zhou did not let everyone leave empty-handed. After all, their salaries would not be received until the end of the year. If they were to go to their own homes empty-handed, how would they survive without money? So, he gave each family two thousand taels of silver as a settlement allowance.

This is already quite a lot; apart from the youngest son of Princess Zhou, the salaries of everyone else are about the same.

Princess Zhou's youngest son is a prince, so giving him only two thousand taels is naturally a bit too little. But there's no need to worry, Princess Zhou will secretly make up for it for her son, so it's fine that Prince Zhou only gave him two thousand taels.

For those who refused to leave, King Zhou had his guards escort them to their own residences while warning their mothers that if they didn't persuade their sons and their families to leave obediently, he would depose them and make their lives miserable. This was a combination of soft and hard tactics.

These sons and their wives, who had married and had children, were generally quite old, many even old ladies like the Queen Consort of Zhou. Their beauty had faded and their affection had waned, so the King of Zhou was willing to threaten them.

The concubines who were threatened were terrified. After all, those who had sons were at least concubines, and some were secondary concubines. They held a high position in the household. If they were deposed, it would be like being thrown from heaven to hell. They had enjoyed wealth and luxury for too long and could not bear it. They quickly sent their sons out first, saying that they could still make some money for them in the household. If they were deposed, they would definitely not be able to make any money for them. And when they were separated from their own households, they would definitely have to leave. They could not stay by pretending. So it was better to leave as soon as possible before anything happened to them.

When the Zhou king's sons realized their tactlessness was useless, they finally left. This is why Linlang had a large courtyard to live in after marrying into the family.

If those people hadn't left, there would have been too many people in the mansion, and she might not have been able to get a large courtyard of her own. She might have had to share a courtyard with Chu Yue's eldest brother's family.

Of course, these people didn't leave on the same day. After all, they had to choose an auspicious day based on each family's birth date and time before leaving. It was a housewarming celebration, so they couldn't just leave without choosing a date. Therefore, after Linlang entered, she could still see people from each house leaving one after another.

Then, naturally, I also saw the performances in each room and watched quite a few good shows.

For example, this period of time was the time when the second branch of the Zhou Prince's Mansion left the mansion.

This second wife was the eldest half-brother of the Prince of Zhou, who was about the same age as the Prince of Zhou, so naturally they had many children, the eldest of whom was almost of marriageable age.

He originally wanted to arrange a marriage for his son at the Prince's Mansion, where the mansion would pay for it, which would be much more respectable. However, the matter of dividing the mansion was interrupted. His family really didn't want to leave and kept arguing that they would wait until their eldest son got married before leaving.

But King Zhou wouldn't listen to his excuses. Once King Zhou agreed, every other branch of the family would have several children of marriageable age. Even if they weren't of marriageable age, they could still get married at twelve or thirteen. They could use the children's marriage as an excuse to keep them in the mansion indefinitely. After all, once one gets married, another will grow up and be able to get married. How could they stay there forever?

So even though the eldest son of the second branch was indeed about to get married, and Master Chu said he would only leave after his eldest son got married, King Zhou, considering that other families would follow suit, could only refuse and tell them to leave quickly.

Seeing that no matter how much he pleaded, King Zhou wouldn't budge, Master Chu had no choice but to leave reluctantly. Even though he resented King Zhou for being cold-blooded and heartless, he dared not show it, fearing that if he did, King Zhou would be displeased and wouldn't give him a share of the family property in the future.

Because they had the largest family, and the salary they handed over was only two thousand taels, how could they possibly make a living with just two thousand taels a year? Naturally, they left reluctantly.

So even though he was the eldest among the illegitimate sons, he kept dragging his feet and refused to leave, saying that he would only leave on a date that was compatible with his whole family, so as not to interfere with their lives.

But with so many sons and daughters, how long would it take to reunite the whole family? In the end, King Zhou issued an ultimatum, demanding that he move out by a certain date. Master Chu had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

But if only they had known then what they know now, they wouldn't have done it back then. Back then, the second branch of the family had the biggest doubts about the Crown Prince's wife's management of the household, and his mother, Consort Cui, was also jumping around, thinking that she could take advantage of the uproar in the mansion to get control of the household and make money.

Who would have thought that after all the commotion, they would end up being kicked out of the Prince's residence? (End of Chapter)