4 4. Asking for the monthly expenses

While Su Qingyi's servants mopping about her lifestyle, she contently pats her full stomach. Luckily, she thought she can cooks many good foods. Looks like she enjoys delicacies and she likes to cook it. Walking around the courtyard, Su Qingyi feels sad because this place not good to look at. Too many weeds are scattered in this yard. Old trees are also neglected, although not dead but start withering. Su Qingyi feels impatient to see the trees in her yard, if only the trees raised well, they would provide a shady spot in her yard.

Thinking deeply, Su Qingyi starts planning to renovate her yard. Even though this small house looks old and messy, the building is made of good materials that can still be used to live with. Maybe a little repairing in the few corners of the house is enough, but the yard needs to be repaired massively. She needs to asking around to clean and fix the yard so she can enjoy the view later.

"Wangfei."

Nanny Mo's old voice wakes Su Qingyi from her deep thoughts. Glancing at the servants sent by the head steward, her eyes glint brightly.

"From the four of you, who can help me think how much I need to fix this yard?"

Hearing Wangfei question, one eunuch with plain-looking face moved forward and bow to her.

"I can help to ask around, Wangfei. I used to work for the Wangfu garden."

"What's your name?"

"Xiao yuqi, Wangfei."

"Alright, I will need your help then. I'll give the yard-plan later to you. I don't need a yard that is too luxurious, simple and comfortable is enough."

"Yes, Wangfei."

"Wangfei, you want to fix the yard?" asked Nanny Mo, she looks a little unsettled.

"Yes. I don't like the looks right now. We need to fix it all."

"Well, if you want to fix it, you need money and workers to help. We can't do it ourselves. We are too shorthanded."

"Hmm.. your right. I guess I need to find head steward then."

"Let me go asking him to comes here then." Fu lin starts to go find the head steward Chen to meet her Wangfei.

Waiting for a while, Head Steward Chen comes to Wangfei courtyard with grumble expression. The middle-aged man doesn't want to comes to this old courtyard and meet the replacement wife but his Wangye already said that he can't ignore the young woman because of she still his Wangye's wife in name.

"Wangfei."

Su Qingyi looks at the middle age man bowing in front of her. He bows and stands straight up without even waiting for her permission. From his attitude toward her, she knows that this man dislikes her. He doesn't even give her a good face. Nodding her head, she can accept his actions toward her, after all, she just replacement bride in Wangfu people's mind. As the head steward, this man thinks his Wangye been ashamed by these changes.

"Head steward Chen is really hard to invite by this Wangfei. I need to wait more than two hours just to meet you." Coldly, Su Qingyi speak.

Hearing the sarcasm inside the words, Chen Fuqui feels startled. He never thought the famous timid young woman in the rumours can criticize him like this. Isn't she supposed to be a timid and soft act one?

"Wangfei, must be joking? This old man definitely won't neglect Wangfei's call. This servant just got stuck a little from the busy work."

"I see, this Wangfei thought that Head steward dislike meeting this one."

"That's not true."

"Well, this Wangfei won't hold you here too long. This Wangfei will speak straight forward with you."

"Please speak, Wangfei."

"I want to fix my yard, so give me some workers and my monthly expense."

Stunned, Head steward never though this Wangfei will be so frank asking these things. Although Wangye had told him not to skimp Wangfei's monthly money, he intended to hold it in a little longer and let this young woman suffer a little. But, because Wangfei had asked so clearly like this, this old servant could not carry out his plans to make Wangfei a little miserable without her monthly budget.

If he continued to carry out the plan, the old servant was afraid that the young woman before him would report directly to Wangye. Maybe this old servant needs to reassess this young woman who became Wangye's replacement wife. He felt she was different from the rumours he had heard all this time on the outside. Deciding to stop the plan, the old servant decided to give Wangfei what she was asking for. After all, the things Wangfei ask are easy things to do.

"Yes, Wangfei, this old servant will be sent the workers and your money expense in a while."

Nodding her head, Su Qingyi let the man withdrew. Glancing at the old servant who walked quickly, Su Qingyi thought maybe the servant wasn't too difficult to her. Rubbing her chin, she thinks maybe she can try to rope the servant to make her easily connect with her instant husband, but she can't be too obvious about it.

"Wangye."

Chen Fuqui bow to his Wangye. The young man just got back after meeting with his old friends. The young man looks sharp even when he's not on the battlefield. After so many years working as a soldier the young man body full of killing intent. Even if he reins the intents, sometimes is still seeping out from his body. Luckily, his Wangye not a cruel man too kill people wantonly outside wartime.

"What happens?"

"Wangfei ask for something today."

Yu Fengyao grunts, letting Chen Fuqui talks.

"She asks for workers to fix her yard and her monthly money."

"Heh..after all, you sent her to that old courtyard. The place's yard is so messy. You can do whatever you want."

Saying all that, Yu Fengyao continues walking to his bedroom and left his servant behind without saying more. Chen Fuqui serves the young man for a long time so he knows Wangye let him grant Wangfei's demands.