Chapter 81 Cleaning up the minions (ask for subscription!) )
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"Third Miss, Steward Cui is asking to see you outside the Broken Rain Courtyard."
Hearing this, Jing Shengwu put down the account book in his hand, nodded and motioned for Xue Yue to invite Steward Cui to enter the door.
In the past, when Jing Shengwu Fang took over the account books of the Hou Mansion, he had already found that the expenses in the house did not match the income and expenditure.
"I've seen Miss Three." Steward Cui entered the house with his head bowed under the leadership of Xueyue, and watched Jing Shengwu bend down respectfully.
"Steward Cui, please get up, don't be polite." Looking at the respectful Cui steward, Jing Shengwu narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Third Miss, this is the population roster of the house, this is the bill of the house, please take a look at the third miss." Steward Cui said, sent the two thick booklets in his hand to Jing Shengwu, and watched Jing Shengwu flip them up casually without care, Steward Cui was a little sure in his heart.
I remembered that someone came to pass the word yesterday, saying that the third lady asked him to come to the east courtyard to reconcile, and what his daughter-in-law said was not unreasonable.
Thinking of this, Steward Cui didn't say so much, and seemed to hang his hands very respectfully, standing there listening to Jing Shengwu's orders.
"Steward Cui, I have a question that I don't understand, I hope you can tell me clearly." Jing Shengwu finished flipping through the booklet, kept the approximate account expenses in mind, and suddenly asked with a smile.
"Don't dare to be, if the third lady has anything to ask, she naturally knows everything and says everything." Steward Cui lowered his hand, his eyes lowered slightly, and he replied honestly and honestly.
"The cost of this house has always been seen first. And then posted by the lady? ”
"Yes, in the past, when the lady was in charge of the house, it has always been like this." Steward Cui didn't know why Jing Shengwu asked this, so he naturally replied honestly. "The servants are in charge of the accounts only, and in the end, they have to let the lady verify them one by one before the silver is approved."
"Then if that's the case, Steward Cui should also have a penny of account books in his hands?" Jing Shengwu drank tea and asked seemingly indifferently.
But that's what I asked. But it made Steward Cui smell a hint of danger, but he had no way to escape now, so he had to explain honestly: "Yes, the slave still has a detailed account, and this is a rough account in the house." ”
"Humph!" When Jing Shengwu heard this, he slammed the teacup in his hand on the table with a "bang", which shocked everyone in the room: "Now my father has asked me to take charge of the house, but you have taken such a rough account to deal with me?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, the third lady is serious." Steward Cui said in fear.
"Don't dare?" Jing Shengwu sneered, and the corners of his lips set off a cold arc. "What else in this world do you dare not do, in the past, when the lady was in charge of the house, you were all low eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes, now I am in charge of the house, but you dare to come and fool at will, I really can't be deceived when I am young!"
Hearing this, Steward Cui was even more trembling, he didn't dare to raise his head, and he cried out in his heart, how could he forget that the ancestor in front of him was arrogant and domineering in the house, and he didn't give anyone face. Wouldn't it be fatal to provoke her now!
Thinking of this, Steward Cui sweated beads on his forehead, but he couldn't think of any way to deal with it. can only honestly stiffen in place like a wooden man, waiting for Jing Shengwu to fall.
"There is a steward of Lao Cui to go back and take the detailed account in his hand, Xueyue, you can take a look."
The implication of the words is self-evident, with Xueyue here, if Steward Cui wants to make any means to steal the sky, it will not work.
"Let's go down first." The words fell. threw the account at the feet of the steward Cui with a "swish", and never looked at him again.
Although Steward Cui secretly hated his carelessness in his heart, he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he quickly picked up the account and was about to retire.
"Steward Cui," seeing that Steward Cui was about to retreat outside the door, Jing Shengwu suddenly shouted, "I read that there are old and young people in Steward Cui's family and remind me that in the past, the house was run by Mrs., and it is reasonable for you to rely on Mrs., but now this house is in charge of me, and there are some things, please think about it clearly before doing it, otherwise, there is no hope for Steward Cui to encounter a catastrophe one day." ”
After speaking, she didn't look at Steward Cui's shocked face anymore, and slowly pinched a yam cake on the table and put it in her mouth, tasting the sweet taste of the yam cake.
Steward Cui looked back at the girl sitting in front of the hardwood table with red sandalwood, and saw that her face was delicate and her lips were moving, but she was so cold and sharp in her conversation, which was even more frightening than the scheming Sun.
Thinking that it is indeed the third lady who is in charge now, and the Sun family has been given authority by the Hou Ye several times, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make a comeback, and Steward Cui slowly withdrew.
What the third lady said is true, there are some things that he has to weigh and weigh before doing it.
"Miss is going to use Steward Cui as a way to clean up Madame's henchmen in the house?" After Steward Cui stepped down, Mama Wang looked at Jing Shengwu and said.
Earlier, Miss was in charge of the house in this mansion, and there were Sun's henchmen and minions who were against her everywhere, and now Hou Ye can trust Miss and give power to Miss, so naturally he will first clean up the most difficult Cui Steward, and where are the remaining little minions afraid that they will not be ambushed?
"The Sun family has been neutral in this mansion for many years, so naturally she has a group of her own minions, and after her father imprisoned her, the servants in Xizhong were all sent to other people's courtyards, so there is no need to worry too much."
Jing Shengwu swallowed the last yam cake in his hand gently, took the handkerchief of the white embroidered gold thread and studded pearls and gently wiped the corners of his mouth, and then continued, "Now the Sun family's Fenglu Pavilion doesn't have to worry, just take this opportunity to clean up her minions, and save me trouble in the future." ”
After a while, Steward Cui trembled and brought his own detailed account to Jing Shengwu to see, and at the same time took the finished population account over, looking at Steward Cui with a good appearance, Jing Shengwu did not embarrass him this time, but just let him step aside and look at the detailed account by himself.
Looking at this book, Jing Shengwu's brows couldn't help frowning, there is no problem with the income of the house, after all, how much grain and how much soft brocade this Zhuangzi handed over are the number of fixed deaths. The converted silver taels are naturally very clear.
But if you look closely at the spending in Nafu, there is a big problem. Although the ladies and aunts in the house are accustomed to using ready-to-wear clothes of high quality, the amount recorded on the top is too large, which makes people have to doubt. Thinking of the luxurious style of the West Courtyard that the Sun family refurbished with money not long ago. The corners of Jing Shengwu's mouth hooked up a sneer.
It seems that she has been in charge of this Hou family for many years, and she has gained a lot of benefits after all.
"Steward Cui, come here." After reading the accounts, she happily called Steward Cui, who was standing aside and trembling from the time she looked at it.
"Ahh The third lady commanded. Suddenly stared at by Jing Shengwu and shouted, Steward Cui's heart jumped suddenly, if these three young ladies saw the accounts made by Mrs., I was afraid that not only Mrs. was not good, but he would not be able to escape by himself.
"How can I see a few inconsistencies between the fine accounts and the rough accounts, and why didn't Mrs. ask you for clarification when she was in charge?" Jing Shengwu said with a light smile.
Looking at Jing Shengwu's lips with a smile, gentle and gentle, Steward Cui only felt a cool breath rushing from the soles of his feet to Tianling Gai, making him shiver. I didn't say a word for a long time.
"Steward Cui is suing me, don't you know?" Jing Shengwu asked again, and seeing the fine beads of sweat on the forehead of the Cui steward, she slowly put the fine account in her hand on the side of the square table.
"This previous deficit must not be made up, otherwise, it will be difficult for me to explain it in front of my father in the future. In this way, starting from the lady, the lady's treasury was opened and poured into the treasury of the house, and in addition. There are only two people in this west courtyard, Mrs. and Miss Six, Mrs. is still eating fasting and reciting Buddha, and Sister Six is a little girl, so there is no need to give these many expenses. ”
said. Jing Shengwu glanced at Steward Cui coldly, and said slowly: "This matter will be handled by Steward Cui himself, in the past, Mrs. Cui used to be in charge of the family, and she was the most able to understand the difficulties of the family, as long as Steward Cui knew the benefits, I was not afraid that Mrs. would not agree." ”
Steward Cui heard this. couldn't help but widen his eyes, if he personally took someone to the west courtyard to force Mrs. to open a small treasury to confiscate, I am afraid that Mrs. will hate him in the future, and it is not an exaggeration to regard it as a thorn in the flesh, it doesn't matter if Mrs. has no real power at the moment, but the fourth lady is Madame's biological daughter, and now she is the side concubine of the Royal Palace, where is she willing to spare him!
"Why, don't the stewards want to go? That's okay, I'll go back to my father now, although my father is generous, but my father has always hated this greedy man the most, and when the time comes, I'm just afraid that Steward Cui will go to the prison of the Criminal Department, and I don't know that Steward Cui's old body will come out of the prison and there will be a few taels of meat left on his body. ”
Steward Cui was shocked, and said respectfully: "Third Miss is serious, the slave just didn't expect that the third miss would let the slave lead people to the West Courtyard, the third miss rest assured, the third miss will explain the matter, the slave must handle it carefully." ”
Looking at the interesting Cui steward, Jing Shengwu really smiled a little, and said slowly: "Well, this is the steward who knows how to advance and retreat the most, and now this mansion is about to change, if you can be interesting, I will naturally treat you better than Mrs." ”
"But if there's one who doesn't know what's interesting, don't blame me for being ruthless." In the end, a cold light flashed in Jing Shengwu's eyes.
"That's it, this lady has already fallen, it is better to go to the third miss!" After Steward Cui went back, he thought about it again and again, so he had to grit his teeth and be ruthless, turn around and take people to the west courtyard.
On this day, there were chickens and dogs jumping in the west courtyard, and there was a lot of commotion, and everyone in the mansion heard the sound of the imprisoned Sun smashing things and scolding angrily.
The servants and maidservants on the periphery of the west courtyard stretched their necks to look, only to see Steward Cui enter the main house alone, and after a while, he turned around and came out.
And that's not all, for the next few days, Sun could only get a bowl of brown rice soup every day, and he didn't even see a single meal. Mama Zhang, who was serving by Sun's side, had a good meal among the subordinates, and she wanted to use it to help Sun, but there was no way at all.
"Damn little slut, you'd better have the ability to keep me in place for the rest of my life, otherwise I won't let you go in the future!" Sun sat down in the middle of the debris on the ground and gritted his teeth.
At this moment, she only wanted to peel Jing Shengwu and cramp to dispel the hatred in her heart.
"Slave maid, I heard that the lady over there in the west courtyard keeps cursing at the young lady every day." was rubbing Jing Shengwu's shoulder, Feng Yue puffed out her mouth and said unhappily.
"That means that Madame's temperament is really too big, and I told the kitchen to put less brown rice in Madame's brown rice soup in the future, so as to put Madame on fire." Jing Shengwu smiled lightly, picked up the fragrant tea on the table and took a sip.
I heard that Sun's henchmen went to Jing Zhengming to complain and wanted to drag her into the water, but Jing Zhengming pondered for a long time, and finally replied, Mrs. Eat some brown rice soup is good for the stomach, and now the Hou Mansion is difficult, and it is good for Mrs. to take some private hiding to make up for it.
In Qingyoutang, Mrs. Tai lazily leaned on the clinical kang, Jing Shengxin kneaded her calves with a smile on her face, and told Mrs. Tai the interesting things she had heard in the past two days.
"Jing Shengwu is not a fuel-efficient lamp." Mrs. Tai pursed her lips and sighed: "If you have half of her wrists, my wife doesn't have to worry about you every day." ”
As he spoke, he shook off the jade rosary in his hand heavily, and said again: "I know you don't like Jing Shengwu, how can my wife love her, now your uncle is precious to her, we can't move her, you walk around with her more on weekdays, after all, you can't suffer a loss." ”
Hearing this, Jing Shengxin raised her eyebrows and said unhappily: "Grandmother, don't forget, Prince Han is still thinking about Jing Shengwu's little fox spirit, I don't want to beg her!" ”
Jing Shengwu and Rong Shizi, Prince Han's matter was spread in Bianjing City, Jing Shengxin naturally heard the rumors, and now everyone says that Miss Jing San is so blessed, not only Rong Shizi treats her with deep regrets, but also the dragon in the person, Prince Han, also misses her.
Jing Shengxin was so angry that he pouted, what he never forgot, it was clearly Jing Shengwu who deliberately seduced [lead]! I don't know where Prince Han fell in love with that Jing Shengwu!
Seeing this, Mrs. Tai's old face sank, and she said with a straight face: "If you still want to please Prince Han, you must not offend Jing Shengwu lightly, otherwise no one can help you." ”
Jing Sheng nodded reluctantly when he heard this. (To be continued.) )