Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

This is why Prince An and his wife are so angry, because if it is really divided equally, they can accept it a little. However, it is not divided equally at all. As the legitimate son, and the eldest legitimate son, he not only gets the biggest share, but even the smallest share. The biggest share goes to the second wife and the other son of Concubine Cao. How can they be happy about this?

Since Prince Xian'an was so heartless to them, don't blame them for being heartless to the Second Wife as well. Prince Xian'an could say that the money was his and he could distribute it however he wanted. Then they could also say that the current palace was theirs and they could let anyone go if they wanted. So the couple agreed that they would kick the Second Wife out of the house after the funeral was over. Anyway, they had plenty of money and they could live well even if they were kicked out.

The second house's property was indeed not small. The public share included what was given to them openly, as well as what was secretly given to them by Prince Xian'an. Add to that the private property of Concubine Cao, which was a huge sum of money.

When Concubine Cao was alive, she was afraid that her son would suffer in the future, so she took advantage of her favor and got some money from Prince An. After all, if Prince An had no money, he could take it from the public treasury, and what belonged to Prince An was hers, so she naturally saved a lot of money.

When she died, her money naturally belonged to her two sons.

In fact, at this time, Concubine Cao's two sons were equivalent to taking a large sum of money from the public treasury in disguise. After all, Concubine Cao made a lot of money from Prince Xian'an, and all this money was taken from the public treasury.

Now, Prince Xian'an has passed away, and a large sum of money has been given to Concubine Cao's two sons, which was also obtained from public funds.

In a disguised way, almost all the money in the public treasury fell into the hands of the two sons of Concubine Cao, which was equivalent to the Princess of An and the Prince of An's wife, who helped the people of the second house save money.

You have to know that although the two of them also made money as housekeepers, they definitely could not make as much as King Xian'an who took money directly from the public treasury. After all, the public treasury had an annual income of 50,000 to 60,000 taels, but only about 20,000 taels were paid to the backyard, and these 20,000 taels still had to be used for expenses. Compared with what King Xian'an took away, how much they could make as housekeepers was just a drop in the bucket.

So Princess An and Princess An's Crown Prince made a mistake back then. They should not have saved any money but should have spent it all, because they saved it all for Concubine Cao's two sons.

But at that time, neither Princess An nor Princess An's Crown Prince had thought that the late King An would be so heartless as to only give the money to Concubine Cao's two sons, leaving nothing to anyone else. If they had not saved some land in the past and shared it with everyone now, there would have been no money in the public treasury because it was all taken away by the late King An every year.

In fact, not only the Crown Princess of Prince An was angry, but also the wives and sons of other houses were angry when they heard from the late Prince An that apart from the public land, he had no other property. After all, everyone knew that Prince An took all the money from the account every year. How could he not save any? The money he gave to Concubine Cao alone was not a small amount. After all, Concubine Cao had boasted before that the late Prince An had given her so many rewards.

As a result, when he was about to die and divided the family property, he said that he had not saved any money at all, except for the little land saved by Princess An of Gongzhong and Princess An of Prince Shizi. Those were bought bit by bit with the 20,000 taels they saved from the payment to the backyard when they were housekeepers.

This is treating others as fools. There is so much money in the front yard, but not a penny was saved. On the contrary, there are more than 20,000 taels in the backyard, and a little can be saved every year. In 20 or 30 years, he can save up this land.

Seeing that the former Prince An only gave his private property to Concubine Cao's two sons, and thinking about Concubine Cao's huge inheritance, which was also taken from the public treasury in disguise - after all, Concubine Cao was of low birth, and she didn't have much dowry when she married the former Prince An, where did her inheritance come from? It wasn't all from the public treasury of Prince An's mansion - Concubine Cao's two sons were very rich, while they had no money at all, and would only have the salary of the royal family in the future, who would be happy? So not only did the newly appointed Prince An and his wife dislike the people of the second house, but other people also disliked them. When it came to their own interests, no one would be generous.

So the second branch is now hated by everyone. No matter what they say, no one supports them, leaving them with no way to argue and they can only leave in disgrace.

Not to mention that everyone was dissatisfied with the fact that Prince Xian'an gave most of his property only to Concubine Cao's son and not to anyone else, but after the second house was separated and moved out, Concubine Cao's other son stayed in the house because he had not yet married.

The same goes for other illegitimate sons. Those who are young and unmarried can still stay in the mansion because they are nominally the sons of Concubine Dowager An. Now that the late Prince An has passed away, the only one who can arrange their marriages is Concubine Dowager An. So they stay in the mansion and wait for Concubine Dowager An to find marriages for them.

Of course, since I’m in mourning now, there’s no way to talk about marriage. I’ll have to wait three years.

Among them, the other son of Concubine Cao was very aggrieved. You know, his mother had said that she would find a good marriage for him, but his mother died, and he had to observe mourning and could not talk about marriage.

As a result, before he had even finished mourning for his biological mother, his father died and he had to observe mourning again. By the time the three years were up, he would be in his twenties. By then, girls of similar age and good conditions would have been picked up, and younger girls, seeing his age, would probably not be willing to marry him. Wouldn't he then have to lower his standards to marry a wife? Thinking of this, Concubine Cao's youngest son became furious and cursed the man who killed Concubine Cao a thousand times in his heart. After all, if that man hadn't killed his mother, his father wouldn't have been so devastated and would not have passed away like that, and his marriage wouldn't have been delayed again and again.

Needless to say, it is indeed true. In the original world, Concubine Cao was not dead, and she quickly arranged a marriage for her youngest son, and then married her before Prince An died.

Unlike now, the marriage is not arranged, and parents are passing away one after another, so there is no time to get married. After the mourning period is over, it will be several years later than in the original world to get engaged and get married.

Actually, this is still a good deal for him. Otherwise, according to his extravagant lifestyle after leaving the mansion, he would have squandered all his money in a short time. Now he lives in the mansion, just like before, his salary is paid into the public treasury, and his food and drink are also paid from the public treasury. Even if he squanders all his own money, at least he will not starve.

Of course, if he still wanted to continue living an extravagant life and borrowed money from loan sharks like he did in his original world, then no one knew what would happen.

You know, even if the palace provides food and accommodation, if he wants to live a luxurious life, he can still squander all the money that Concubine Cao and Prince Xian'an gave him. After all, as long as he wants, he can squander any money.

If he really borrowed from a loan shark, he could forget about the An Wang couple paying him back. After all, they were not married, and it was fine if they kept him in their house, but if he borrowed from a loan shark, how could they clean up the mess for him? (End of this chapter)