Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Master Chu and the others thought that if they had known that their commotion would not have resulted in them gaining the power of stewardship but rather being kicked out of the Prince's Mansion, they would not have made a fuss. After all, now that they were gone, the eldest son's family really benefited.

Consort Cui misjudged Prince Zhou. She thought that if Prince Zhou knew about the Crown Princess's money-making scheme, he would be unhappy and would agree to their proposal.

As a result, when Princess Zhou suggested that they separate their residences so that the Crown Prince's wife wouldn't take advantage of them, Prince Zhou actually thought it made sense and kicked them out of the residence. This left them dumbfounded, and it was all caused by their insatiable greed.

At this point, Master Chu could only move out of the Prince's mansion dejectedly.

While others were happy to move into a new home, they were all dejected. If it weren't for the fear that crying would bring bad luck, Madam Chu and the other women would have wanted to cry. After all, the Zhenguo General's Mansion was only a small place, nothing compared to the wealth and luxury of the Zhou Prince's Mansion. They had no desire to leave at all.

Moreover, the family division money is only two thousand taels. The property of the Prince's Mansion will only be divided after the Prince of Zhou passes away. If you want to live the same life as when you were in the Prince's Mansion, it won't be long before the money is all spent, because there are too many people in the second branch.

Even with the help of Consort Cui from the manor, it wouldn't be enough, because Consort Cui's income wasn't much, and she was very old, so she had no favor from the Prince of Zhou and didn't receive any rewards. As a result, it was a huge loss for them to separate their manor.

But they can't say anything, because they insist that they were taken advantage of and wronged by the eldest son's family while staying in the mansion. Now that they are being asked to leave, if they refuse, then what was the point of all that shouting and clamoring before?

They now regret saying they would suffer a loss, but it's too late.

Actually, they knew beforehand that they hadn't suffered any losses; they were just coveting the power of stewardship and the mansion's wealth, wanting to make money by gaining the power of stewardship, and that's how things ended up like this.

After leaving the Prince's mansion, the second wife was unwilling to lower her living standards, and sure enough, she quickly spent all two thousand taels of silver, after which she began to starve.

I wanted to go to the Zhou Prince's mansion to ask the Zhou Prince for money. The Zhou Prince has so many sons, so he's worthless. He might give some to those he likes, but he can't get any from those he doesn't like. After all, when the mansions were divided, each family gave two thousand taels of silver, which adds up to a considerable sum. The Zhou Prince doesn't have that much money, so he's been subsidizing them all along.

Moreover, King Zhou was also afraid that these people would spend money too extravagantly. If he were to cover their expenses, they would feel unrestrained and spend more and more money. Then, when they ran out of money, they would come to him for more. Naturally, he couldn't open that door. After all, he had too many sons. If he gave money to one family, the others would find out and definitely come to ask for more. How could he afford to pay them then?

Since the King of Zhou didn't help, the second branch of the family naturally suffered. Now that they had no money, they had no choice but to lower their standard of living.

So people don't learn until they're faced with a dire situation. If they had lowered their living standards beforehand, the two thousand taels of silver they had to divide would have lasted a long time and would definitely be much better than their current living standards, which have been reduced to the level of ordinary people.

As a result, they spent all two thousand taels of silver in less than two months, which was truly insane.

At their spending level, 10,000 taels a year wouldn't be enough.

But where will they get so much money? If they don't manage their finances carefully in the future, their lives will definitely be as miserable as they are now.

Seeing the miserable lives of those who had moved out of the mansion, those who hadn't yet been separated from the mansion were terrified, wiping away a cold sweat.

Those who hadn't yet been separated from their families were naturally the younger, unmarried sons of the Zhou King. The idea of ​​forcing married sons to move out frightened those who were about to marry, causing them to hesitate to marry. They decided to wait until everyone else had left to avoid being labeled as married and forced to leave the household.

The younger sons' mothers had previously joined Consort Cui in causing trouble.

Fortunately, their son hadn't gotten married yet, which saved them from disaster. Otherwise, they would have been kicked out like the second wife and others. It gave them a real fright.

Some might say that unless they don't get married, they'll definitely have to be sent away after they do.

Well, with so many families being sent away this time, the Prince's mansion is now much emptier and less crowded. The remaining sons of the Prince of Zhou probably won't need to leave for the time being. After all, the Prince of Zhou won't be concerned about this matter every day. He's already worked very hard to get rid of so many families and fight with the scoundrels among them. So even if the remaining sons get married, he won't kick them out of the mansion for the time being, to avoid another period of fighting and exhaustion for him. This will naturally allow the remaining people to escape a calamity for the time being.

However, those who didn't leave, but those who did leave before, would definitely argue with King Zhou and ask him to approve their move out as well.

Ultimately, these people will probably still move out; at most, they'll just linger in the mansion for a while.

With so much less housing expense, the remaining people not only have more spacious living spaces, but their living standards have also improved. After all, in the past, houses like second homes had a large number of people, and the monthly expenses were unimaginable. Now that such a large group of people have left, a lot of expenses have been reduced, and the remaining people's lives are naturally much better.

The Duke of Chengen's Mansion always talked about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, but the Prince of Zhou's Mansion is the real deal. They sent away so many masters at once, saving a lot of expenses. The Duke of Chengen's Mansion only laid off a lot of servants, but the number of masters is still the same. No, as time goes by, there are more and more masters. After all, the male master will take concubines and then have children. What can laying off those few servants do?

All the commotion in the mansion is basically concentrated among the previous generation, namely the generation of King Zhou.

For Chu Yue and Lin Lang, the conflict centered on the concubines, illegitimate sons and daughters of the Prince of Zhou.

King Zhou had many children, and naturally, he also had quite a few heirs.

More importantly, there is currently one illegitimate son and daughter who needs to get married, and some other illegitimate sons and daughters have reached the age of engagement. The Crown Prince of Zhou is too lazy to manage the marriages of his children, so these matters have fallen on the Crown Princess of Zhou's shoulders, and the Crown Princess of Zhou is quite busy.

Preparing marriages for illegitimate sons and daughters who need to get married, holding banquets for illegitimate sons and daughters who are not yet engaged to meet potential spouses, and managing the household—it was truly a hectic affair.

Therefore, Chu Yue's sister-in-law has been pulled away by the Crown Prince's wife to help, because the Crown Prince's wife really can't manage so many things by herself.

Fortunately, Linlang is still young and doesn't need any help yet, which allows her to enjoy some peace and quiet.

In addition, the recent division of so many households by the King of Zhou has relieved some of the burden on the Crown Princess. Otherwise, with other sons of the King of Zhou also having people getting married, the Crown Princess would have to handle all the wedding arrangements, making things even more complicated. (End of Chapter)