An Opportunity for the Innate Realm

Ever since Bao'er began installing the lighting system, the North Garden Earl's Estate had been in an uproar.

Bao'er was the old North Garden Earl's youngest son. He had been rather willful since childhood. Even after the family property was divided, the old madam, who managed the inner household, still could not stop worrying about him, afraid that he would squander money recklessly and eventually fall into poverty.

The one currently in charge of the inner household's finances was North Garden Earl's wife. She had often found fault with her younger brother-in-law's behavior, believing he did not know how to manage a household. But since he was spending his own money, she could not say much.

The things her younger brother-in-law had bought at such a high price this time were certainly dazzling, but... weren't they far too expensive?

Even Bao'er's wife could hardly bear it. She complained to the countess, "That was two thousand taels of gold. But I had no choice but to give it to him."

Bao'er's wife was complaining, but there was also a hint of showing off in it. The countess generously stated that he was buying things for the household. Men were men—as long as they did not spend their money on those seductresses outside, it was fine.

She seemed to be consoling her, but once she turned around, word spread that Bao'er's actions had driven his sister-in-law to come crying to her.

In short, it was just the usual affairs of the inner household. Women needed something to occupy themselves with, or they would get bored, wouldn't they?

Thus, Bao'er's project drew intense attention from the very beginning. Before the Deng brothers had even left, groups upon groups of people came to watch.

They had no chance to see the monitoring room, but