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"Mother, is Aunt Zhang still in charge of the accounts in the mansion?" Ling Yu asked.

Chapter 378 The Unfavored Princess (9)

"Yes." Madam Ling nodded, "You know, after giving birth to Xu'er, mother's body was still recovering..."

Ling Yu felt helpless when she heard her. In order to give birth to her brother, Yang Ruo had indeed suffered a lot. It took her eleven years to give birth to Ling Xu. Before that, Aunt Zhang had already given birth to two sons who were only two or three years younger than her.

Every time she talked about it, Yang Ruo always sighed. Ling Yu felt that her temper had been tempered by the setbacks over the years.

Yang Ruo turned a blind eye to what Aunt Zhang did and just wanted to watch Ling Xu grow up.

Ling Yu took a sip of tea, "In fact, the prince may not come back, I dare not guarantee it."

"Yu'er, didn't you just say that the prince would come?" Madam Ling became anxious again, "If the prince doesn't come, how will you explain to grandma this time?"

Old lady Ling was already dissatisfied with the last incident. This time, it was her birthday banquet. If something went wrong, it would be bad.

"I saw that mother was anxious and worried that you would worry. Just now outside the door, Aunt Zhang spoke so loudly, didn't she want to embarrass me?" Ling Yu lowered her head and threw out a sentence.

"This..." Madam Ling seemed to have not noticed. She just focused on Ling Yu, so she didn't think about these things.

"She can't see me well, but she can speak in front of grandma and father. Now she is in charge of the mansion, and everyone gives her face. If I fall into poverty in the future, she will definitely step on me." Ling Yu said with certainty.

Mrs. Ling's eyes were much darker.

Over the years, she really didn't care about many things.

"Mother always says that it's good for a family to be harmonious. As the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's mansion, why can a concubine have a say? Bastards and legitimate sons enjoy the same treatment. Have you ever thought about it?" Ling Yu's eyes fell on her, "If one day, this prime minister's mansion is handed over to a bastard, do you think it's possible?"

"Your father won't do that." Madam Ling shook her head.

"Madam Ling is very ambitious." Ling Yu met her eyes, her dark eyes were calm, and she said word by word, "Xu'er is still young, and mother has to protect him to grow up."

Mrs. Ling's pupils shrank suddenly.

She naturally knew what Ling Yu was talking about. If something happened to her son, there would be no one to inherit this prime minister's mansion, and it would definitely be in the hands of Madam Zhang and her three sons.

"I can't help Xu'er anymore. If mother continues like this, there will be no place for us in this prime minister's mansion." Ling Yu said something more serious.

At the beginning, when she learned that she was going to marry Ji Yang, Mrs. Ling still gave her a good face and prepared a lot of dowry for her, asking her not to forget the Ling family in both explicit and implicit ways.

Since she was not favored by Ji Yang, Mrs. Ling also changed her face and her attitude towards her was no longer the same as before.

What's more serious is that Yang Ruo also attributed this to her own fault, hiding in her own shell and feeling sorry for her.

"Then mother, what should mother do." Mrs. Ling was a little panicked.

Ling Xu was less than three years old.

"The first step is that mother should be in charge of the family. Except for favoring concubines and killing wives, no family in the city will let concubines be in charge of the family. This Xiangfu will belong to Xu'er in the future." Ling Yu said to her.

"But your grandmother's side..." Mrs. Ling was in a dilemma. How to start?

"What's there to be embarrassed about, mother? After you got better, Aunt Zhang had to take the initiative to give up. Now, it is clear that she puts herself in the position of the main wife."

"She dares!" Mrs. Ling's thoughts in her bones do not allow Aunt Zhang to have such thoughts.

A wife is a wife, and a concubine is a concubine.

How can they be equal?

"Besides a title, you know better than me what she is doing now, the network of relationships she has established, and the ladies she has contacted."

Mrs. Ling's face slowly changed.

In the past few years, Aunt Zhang has indeed done too many things and has made friends with many ladies. Even in the organization of this birthday banquet, she can only intervene in a small part.

The rest is all arranged by Aunt Zhang.

Ling Yu also only mentioned it to the point.

Some things are like boiling a frog in warm water, and it is too late at the end.

She was not favored in the palace before, but her majesty as a princess cannot be violated by anyone. If she retreats and lets a concubine come to step on her, what is the point of being a princess?

"Sister, sister."

A childish voice came, and a small figure ran in, followed by several maids.

"Sister."

Ling Xu ran to Ling Yu and hugged her legs.

"Xu Xu, you have grown taller again." Ling Yu picked him up and looked at the other's innocent face. The smile on the corner of her mouth rose, and it was softer.

Before, Ling Wei was concerned about the two illegitimate sons who might inherit the Xiangfu. Old Lady Ling favored Aunt Zhang and thought that Yang Ruo was a lady with airs and would not flatter.

Yang Ruo had no boys, so they were treated coldly by mother and daughter. Many times, they chose to keep things quiet, not wanting to cause trouble and let Old Lady Ling have a bad impression again.

However, this time when she married into the palace, she completely changed her mind. No matter what, she was the legal wife, married in by the emperor's decree.

She could still teach a concubine a lesson.

Good people are bullied.

To put it another way, she taught Du Jiao'er a lesson that day, so what if Ji Yang was partial to her? She was the princess conferred by the emperor's decree, the legitimate daughter of the Xiangfu, and Ji Yang would not do anything too extreme to her.

"Why did you take so long to come back, three days." Ling Xu didn't finish his words, pouted his lips and stretched out his finger, "I miss you so much."

"Sister misses you too." Ling Yu said with some sadness.

After getting married, this is no longer a home she can come back to whenever she wants.

"Then sister stay here, don't leave." Ling Xu hugged her, "Big bad guys will bully sister."

"Who said big bad guys bully sister?" Ling Yu was curious.