Bai Ying searched the room for a long time, and finally found that there was a piece of floor in the corner of the bed that was a little loose, so she took a shovel from the kitchen and warped it open.

Lifting the floor, there was a small rusty iron box, and when she opened it, there were not only the two silver ingots that Bai Wei said, but also several silver tickets with a large amount of silver, she walked to the courtyard with the box in her hand and handed it to Shen Jiahe.

The chef in the kitchen, Li Da, saw that things couldn't be contained, so he took advantage of everyone's attention to Zhao's mother and sneaked out from under the wall.

His identity couldn't enter Pei Shu's inner courtyard, so he only asked the housekeeper to go in and say something outside, and after Pei Shu listened to what the housekeeper said, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "What about Concubine Qin?" Hasn't she always taken care of the kitchen? ”

The housekeeper only said: "I'm afraid that the side concubine Niangniang will not help in the past." ”

Pei Shu put down the wolf in his hand and said in a deep voice: "There is no peace in the house all day long. ”

He walked in the direction of the kitchen with a full of anger, and did not notice that Bi Tao, who wanted to come over not far away to deliver sugar water, turned around and returned to Qin Township.

When Pei Shu walked into the backyard of the kitchen, he saw that Shen Jiahe was counting the silver tickets in her hand in front of the sun, she was crooked on the Taishi chair, with a leisurely expression, and looked at the silver tickets carefully, as if there were some obscure words on them.

"What is this doing?" Pei Shu asked coldly.

Shen Jiahe didn't reply: "Count the money!" It's a lot, enough to go to Tianxianglou for a few meals. ”

Pei Shu paused, and said in an aggravated tone: "A princess, running out all day and night, what kind of system!" ”

Shen Jiahe turned his head to look at him, then turned around and put the silver ticket in his hand in a box in his arms, and his tone was flat: "Only the state officials are allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light the lamps, didn't the prince take your good concubine out to eat two days ago?" How? This princess can't go out? ”

Pei Shu sneered: "What does the princess mean, is she jealous?" ”

Shen Jiahe got up and shook the box in front of Pei Shu's eyes: "Jealous? This princess has money to spend. The prince will still have nothing to do in the future. ”

All the people around lowered their heads and didn't dare to make a sound, Pei Shu could only grit his teeth and look at Zhao's mother who collapsed on the ground, and asked, "You need to come to this kitchen backyard to count the money, what's the matter with Zhao's mother?" ”

Shen Jiahe looked down at her, and said casually: "The princess has found out the private grant, the dead duck has a hard mouth, and the princess is preparing to be tortured." ”

"Lord Wang, the old slave is wronged." Mother Zhao saw Pei Shu walk in, and her originally depressed state immediately became much more energetic, she dragged her somewhat uncomfortable legs, and staggered in front of Pei Shu, looking like she had been greatly wronged, "Lord, the old slave has been in this mansion for so many years, how can he do such a foolish thing!" ”

"This palace also wonders why Mother Zhao is confused when she is old!"

Shen Jiahe sneered on the side, "However, it is human nature for people to die for money and birds for food." ”

Mother Zhao's face turned pale, but she still looked at Pei Shu and said: "The princess is wronging the old slave, it must be that the old slave was too busy for a while and forgot to prepare the princess's meal, which made the princess unhappy." But princess, the old slave has already been punished by you, why should you be so aggressive, and you have to wronged the reputation of the old slave. ”

She deliberately showed her wrist that was hot yesterday, but unfortunately Pei Shu saw the red and ugly scars one by one, and turned her head slightly away.

Shen Jiahe glanced at her from the bottom up, and after Zhao's mother couldn't help but shrink back, she smiled softly.

She squatted down and looked directly into Zhao's mother's eyes, her eyes were clear but people didn't dare to look directly: "Did you forget, or did you deliberately do it because you accepted the benefits of some people?" You can forget to cook a concubine's meal, and according to Princess Ben, you don't have to do it anymore! ”

Mother Zhao shouted in panic: "Lord Wang......"

Shen Jiahe interrupted in an impatient cold voice: "Put away your set for this princess." Bai Wei, bring the monthly rules and reward books of everyone in the kitchen! ”

She sat back on the Taishi chair, took the account book lazily, and only read softly: "Mother Zhao, the kitchen manager, has a monthly case of 500 Wen, and the New Year's Festival reward adds up, no more than three taels of silver, even if you are frugal, the money in this box can't be saved so much." ”

"This ...... It's all rewarded from above. ”

Zhao's mother argued.

"Above? That one above? Shen Jiahe asked funny, only raised his head and said to Pei Shu: "The rewards of the masters of the house, whether they are silver money or dead things, must be registered, but the concubines add up all the rewards of Zhao's mother, and they are not as much as a silver ticket here, Lord Wang, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Mother Zhao's cold sweat fell, she raised her eyes and looked at the door of the small courtyard, now the prince has been alarmed so far, but whether it is the master of the piano or Bi Tao, no one has appeared, it seems that she will not be protected.

She raised her eyes to look at the prince again, and saw that his face had darkened, and she knelt at Pei Shu's feet crying, and cried bitterly: "Lord, the old slave was confused for a while, and he accepted the silver that should not be collected, and the old slave is guilty. ”

Zhao's mother is the son of the house and has always been deeply trusted, but she would do such a corrupt and bribery thing.

Pei Shu was not only angry that her hands and feet were not clean, but also disgusted with her for letting herself lose face in front of Shen Jiahe.

When such a thing happened in the house, it must be that he did not take charge of his subordinates, so that the old woman made such a humiliating matter, and he turned around and ordered Alai: "Get out!" ”

Zhao's mother was dragged out, but her mouth kept begging for mercy, and Alai could only take out a handkerchief from her and stuff it in her mouth.

Pei Shu stood in the courtyard and explained to the housekeeper beside him: "Butler, the kitchen needs to be renovated, you personally keep an eye on people to do this, and all the expenses should be given to the king." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Shen Jiahe, but saw that she just pouted, took out two silver tickets from the dilapidated iron box, and then handed the rest to the housekeeper.

Seeing that Pei Shu kept looking at her, he said angrily: "This is the concubine's own silver, which was originally said to be rewarded to everyone in the kitchen, but who knew that it was swallowed by her, and now the concubine naturally wants to take it back." If the prince does not believe it, he can check the account books by himself. ”

Pei Shu found that as long as he was facing Shen Jiahe, he couldn't talk well, he looked over with disdain and said, "This king's palace is not short of those dozens of taels of silver tickets. ”

How can the dignified Prime Minister's Mansion teach you such a noble girl who has never seen money?

Shen Jiahe didn't pay attention to his taunts, and only took the maid to go back, but Pei Shu said behind him: "This king has something to discuss with you." ”

Shen Jiahe stood up curiously, and Pei Shu waved his hand to let everyone retreat and said, "Mother Zhao has been kicked out now, and the kitchen is bound to come up with a steward, what do you suggest?" ”

Shen Jiahe was stunned, but he didn't expect him to ask himself this question: "Shouldn't the prince ask Qin Xiaoshuang about this?" ”

Pei Shu heard Qin Xiaoshuang's name at this time, and he was a little unhappy, he drove her away without interrogating Zhao's mother, naturally he didn't want to involve Qin Xiaoshuang, but he knew in his heart that Qin Xiaoshuang was no longer suitable to be the person in charge of the inner house.

"You can find out the evidence of Zhao's mother's bribery, you must have roughly touched the people in the kitchen, since Zhao's mother was found out by you, then the next one will naturally be arranged by you." Pei Shu said.

Shen Jiahe thought about some of the information she had checked before, pondered for a while and replied: "The little seven people in the kitchen are good, although they are not very old, but they are stable and smart, the prince can think about it." ”

Pei Shu raised his eyes and looked at the housekeeper beside him, and the housekeeper hurriedly replied: "The old slave will go and check the situation of this Xiao Qi now." ”

Shen Jiahe went back to the courtyard to make up for a sleep, and when he woke up, Bai Ying told him that Xiao Qi was outside to ask to see, and Shen Jiahe asked people to come in and talk.

It was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, older than Bai Wei, with a somewhat dark complexion, but a pair of bright eyes and full of energy.

As soon as she entered the room, she knelt down for Shen Jiahe, kowtowed and thanked her: "The housekeeper instructed Xiao Qi to be the kitchen manager, Xiao Qi knew that this was all the cultivation of the princess, so I came to thank the princess." If it weren't for the princess who took action to rectify Mother Zhao, Xiao Qi didn't know how long she would have to be tortured under Mother Zhao. ”

Bai Wei helped Xiao Qi up under Shen Jiahe's signal, and said with a smile: "Thank you but you don't have to, but don't be harsh on the meals in the princess's courtyard in the future." ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Xiao Qi doesn't dare." ”

Shen Jiahe was quite satisfied with Xiao Qi, and after a few words, he ordered Bai Wei to send people out.

After a while, I heard the butler ask to see me outside.

Shen Jiahe looked at the box in the housekeeper's hand, and asked quietly, "What does this mean, Lord Wang?" ”

The housekeeper bowed and said with a smile: "It was the prince who instructed the old slave to hand over the key to the palace and the seal of the master to the princess, and asked the princess to put it away properly." ”

Before separating from Pei Shu, Shen Jiahe only lightly stated the facts to him: "Qin Xiaoshuang regards me as an opponent and uses the power in his hands as a weapon against me, this selfish practice not only damages the interests of the palace, but also damages the prestige of the prince in the long run, and I also hope that the prince will consider whether she is suitable to have so much power." ”

Pei Shu looked at her amusefully and asked, "How much ability does the princess think she is suitable for managing the affairs of the inner house?" ”

Shen Jiahe only looked at him fixedly and said: "The concubine and the prince are grasshoppers on a rope, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, and everything must be done with the palace first, and the prince as the priority." ”

Shen Jiahe took the box in his hand, opened it and looked at the small pure gold token inside, and gently tugged at the corners of his mouth.

After sending Gonggong Lu away, Shen Jiahe put the things in his hand properly, and then went to King Xian's mansion.

And Qinxiang Curie was smashing at this time.

The maids in the house hid in the corners and did not dare to come forward, for fear that they would be used by Qin Xiaoshuang, who was angry, to vent his anger.

In the end, Bi Tao cautiously stepped forward to coax: "Master, you dissipate your anger, there may not be no room for turning around in this matter." ”

"The key and Ling Xin were given to her, what chance can I have," Qin Xiaoshuang's beautiful eyes turned red with anger, "She is the princess who is marrying Ming Media, and she should be the housewife, but now even the prince supports her, what else can I use to fight that slut?" ”

Bi Tao continued to persuade: "The prince's like, that is your biggest reliance." No matter how powerful the princess is, the prince doesn't like her, and it's not a vase decoration, but because of Zhao's mother's affairs, the prince is pretending, maybe three or two days later, the prince will send the key back. ”

Qin Xiaoshuang looked at the mess in the house, and finally realized that Pei Shu was going to come to eat in a while, so he suppressed his anger and said: "Clean up this place, if you let the prince see something, only you ask!" ”