Everyone says that hosting a banquet is a very tedious task. From the menu to the decorations, from the selection of guests to the seats, everything is busy.

But the housekeeper who was selected and promoted by Xie Zhan was a very capable person. Basically, Mingxiu only needed to give an order, and the housekeeper would go down and take care of everything.

What Mingxiu has to do every day is to wait for the housekeeper to bring the purchase bill. After she looks at it, she gives the key and lets him collect the money.

This happened for three to five days in a row, and Mingxiu became depressed.

"What's wrong with the princess?" Xie Zhan was very surprised. He thought that after all, she would still like a leisurely life. Now her life in the palace is very comfortable and no one is bothering her. Why is she still looking sad every day?

Mingxiu held up her chin and sighed, "My life now is almost like that of a bookkeeper."

He didn't expect that this was what she was complaining about, and Xie Zhan was slightly stunned.

He has seen more or less what Mingxiu has done recently. He didn't think it was anything before, but now...

When she said it, it seemed like that was really the case.

Xie Zhan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You're still laughing!" Mingxiu glared.

Although she likes money, she doesn't like looking at the ledger in a daze, okay?

The palace's accounts are very rich, and the amount of money that comes in every month used to shock Mingxiu, but now she feels numb.

In short, there is no place in the palace where Mingxiu needs to shine. She just eats and waits to die every day, just like a rice bug.

Xie Zhan smiled dullly, "Don't be upset, don't be upset, aren't the mistresses of other families like this?" It's just that some worries are mixed in and not obvious, "If you feel bored, then you can take care of it yourself.

How was the party?"

Upon hearing this, Mingxiu immediately shut up.

Although she has some knowledge of what to pay attention to at banquets, she is still far from being a human-like housekeeper.

What's more important is that she has never entered the circle of noble ladies in the capital, so she can't even recognize everyone. Let her take charge, not to choose the emperor's concubines, but to let everyone watch the joke.

Nodding at Mingxiu's nose, Xie Zhan smiled and said, "If you are free, I have some things to organize for you."

"What?" Mingxiu's eyes lit up, her face full of anticipation.

This expression was like that of a dog begging for meat. Xie Zhan patted her head, the affection in his eyes overflowing.

"There is indeed something small going on in your family." Xie Zhan carefully observed her face. Even if Mingxiu was not bitter, he still wanted to inform her, "You must calm down after listening to this."

"you say."

Mingxiu's mind tightened. She understood that although Xie Zhan said it was a trivial matter, it was definitely not a trivial matter if it could pass through his mouth.

Seeing her like this, Xie Zhan also knew that his persuasion was of no use, and nothing big would happen if he was around to watch.

He said rather helplessly: "Your family Mingji has been blocked by your sister-in-law."

"What?!" Mingxiu suddenly stood up in disbelief, "Why would she do this?"

The first time she learned about this incident, Mingxiu did not blame Miao Manman, but was concerned about what happened at home.

Mingji is a hot commodity, and no one in the capital doesn't want it.

Even if Miao Manman is short-sighted, she knows that it is not cost-effective to use Mingji to pay for the silver. No matter how greedy she is, she will not be so stupid.

"It's still her eldest brother. I remembered what you said to me earlier. I didn't embarrass her eldest brother too much. He just made everyone in the Taichang Temple Prison ignore him. Later, for some reason, he got involved in gambling.

Now I owe a lot of money, and I can’t pay it back, so..."

There was a hint of resentment in Xie Zhan's eyes. Considering his relationship with Ye Ziming, it was really not worth it for Ye Ziming to marry such a wife.

"How dare he...?!" Mingxiu couldn't believe it, and then turned to look at Xie Zhan, "Could it be you..." who sent someone to persuade him?

Although Mingxiu didn't say it out loud, that's what her attitude meant.

Even if she looked down on Miao Zhuang, she was just ignoring him.

But she believed that Xie Zhan really had such a method.

Xie Zhan's face darkened, "Who do you think I am?" Just because a Miao Zhuang contacted people in a gambling house? Would he do such a thing that lowers his status?

After calming down a little, Mingxiu also knew that it was unlikely.

She apologized to him, and then said: "Then...do my parents know about this?"

She believed that Miao Manman should not have mortgaged Mingji from the beginning, and that Mrs. Li should have come to Ming's mother.

"Your parents knew that Miao Zhuang was involved in the gambling house, but they didn't know what your sister-in-law did."

Seeing that Mingxiu looked at him without speaking, Xie Zhan simply told her everything he knew.

Mrs. Li did come to visit, but Ming's mother didn't have that much money to help Miao Zhuang wipe his ass.

More importantly, even if she did, Ming's mother no longer had any good impressions of the Miao family, let alone lending such a large sum of money.

Unable to find a breakthrough point with Ming's mother, Mrs. Li approached Miao Manman to find a way.

So Miao Manman and Zi Ming came to visit.

Not only did he want Mingxiu to help him make money, but he also wanted to ask her for money.

After all, Ye Ziming wanted to lose face and felt sorry for his sister, but he was too embarrassed to explain this and took Miao Manman away, so Mingxiu remained in the dark.

Miao Manman secretly stole the land deed from Ming's mother and mortgaged it to Cui's mistress.

After listening to Xie Zhan's narration, Mingxiu frowned.

"When will my useless sister-in-law be able to contact Cui's people?"

"The gambling house where Miao Zhuang hangs out... belongs to the Cui family."

Although the Cui family is an imperial businessman and specializes in wine, there is no way that there are no other industries underground.

Gambling houses have always been gold-selling dens throughout the ages, so they are naturally very profitable.

So even if the gambling den couldn't get on the market, Cui still did it.

This industry was legal at this time.

Mingxiu was immediately furious, "Ms. Cui... you've gone too far to bully others!"

Although she has not dealt with Mr. Cui yet, she has already become enemies with Mr. Cui because of Shu Wenqi's actions.

If anything, it would be to deal with her, in such a roundabout way...

Ming Xiuqi's chest rose and fell, and she fainted due to excitement.

Seeing her like this, Xie Zhan immediately panicked.

He secretly blamed himself for not informing Mingxiu about this matter. Wouldn't it be better if he quietly solved the matter?

But it's useless to think about it now, so I quickly asked Egret to call the doctor.

"Your Majesty... please put the princess on the bed." Lan Shuang appeared at some point and reminded softly.

Xie Zhan seemed to have come back to his senses. He quickly picked up Mingxiu and settled him down gently. He took off Mingxiu's shoes himself and covered her with a quilt.

The princess's matter was naturally a first-class matter. The imperial doctor did not dare to neglect it and came to her without stopping.

Faced with Xie Zhan's murderous gaze, he carefully diagnosed Mingxiu's pulse.

His brows were slightly wrinkled, then relaxed after a while.

Seeing that he let go of Mingxiu's wrist, Xie Zhan couldn't wait for the imperial doctor to speak, so Xie Zhan hurriedly asked: "How is the princess?"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Princess is happy, but..."

Hearing that Mingxiu was pregnant, Xie Zhan was completely devastated by the news, but hearing the hesitant tone of the imperial doctor's tone, he became nervous again.

"how?"

There's nothing wrong with not being Mingxiu's aunt.

His glare was subconscious, but it frightened the doctor's heart.

"The princess did not have a good life when she was young, and she was pregnant at the beginning of her pregnancy, when the fetus was unstable. She also experienced fright and anger, and she fainted after some losses. She needs to take good care of herself in the future."

Otherwise, such a favored princess would not have a long life.
Chapter completed!