"Princess, what are you talking about? How can it be so good to pull it on our fourth lady again. Miss Fourth is still a girl who has not yet come out of the cabinet, how can she be better than those who are cheating and cheating? Didn't you just say it yourself, Princess? You threw things to our fourth lady because you were lazy. Not only did you thank our fourth lady for your help, but you also spewed blood like this, isn't it chilling? It's not that you don't know that Miss Fourth is cautious every day, and she doesn't dare to slack off in the slightest, for fear of being gossiped about if there is a mistake. But in the end, instead of hard work, he had to carry the black pot for others. Is there any reason for this? ”

"Second Madam, how can you talk like that? At that time, you asked the fourth lady to follow our princess and learn housekeeping from the princess. The princess also saw that the fourth lady was clever, so she would hand over such a big matter as the housekeeper to her. Who would have thought that within a few days of the fourth lady's housekeeper, she would be instigated by others, and she would make up her own mind about everything, and she would not come to ask our princess about any matter how big or small. Now that so many things have happened, the second lady will choose the fourth lady first, where is there such an easy thing? Haruka felt that she couldn't listen any longer, so she spoke.

"Chunxiang" Song Yi didn't want Chunxiang to be held by others, and there were some things she said, but Chunxiang couldn't say it. So, he immediately stopped Haruka.

"What a girl with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, they all say that what kind of master has what kind of subordinate. The people around the princess are really different. I'm curious, though. Just now, the princess scolded Aunt Cui in the big house for not opening her mouth, could it be that Chunxiang next to the princess can casually interject when the master is talking? Is this 'only the governor allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps'? In the eyes of the princess, is it true that an aunt in the real palace is not as high as a girl next to the princess? ”

"Second lady, why do you say this? Haruka interjected just now, it really shouldn't be, I'll punish her when I go back. But there is one thing that I hope you all understand. Although Haruka is nominally the girl next to me, I have never treated her as a subordinate. She was only afraid that I would be wronged, so she spoke up. Although those words came out of her mouth, it seemed that they should not be, but what I wanted to say was that what Haruka just said was exactly what I wanted to say. What is the reason for the arrears of workers' wages for so long this time, I think the second lady and the fourth lady know it. If you break things down and talk about it, you don't know who will lose face when the time comes? Song Yi protected Chunxiang first, and then said with a cold face.

When the Cao family heard this, they panicked, couldn't it be that the real princess already knew about her embezzlement of the silver in the public school? But after thinking about it, I have already made up the money, what can I do?

Zhu Shanlei has been pretending to be scared on the sidelines to win the sympathy of others. Until the real princess clicked on her and her mother Cao's names.

Zhu Shanlei had to come out and sell her pity, "Princess, I know, I shouldn't have told you that there was such a situation in the mansion as soon as possible." But this is the first time that you have entrusted me with the management of the True Palace, and I want to do it well, so the more I am afraid of disappointing you, and the more I dare not tell you that something is wrong. That's why I've been delayed for so many days. The second lady was afraid that I wouldn't be able to open it, so she also took out her dowry and patched up the loopholes."

Zhu Shanlei's face was not red and her heart was not beating when she lied. If Song Yi hadn't known the truth from Chunxiang a long time ago, maybe he would have believed Zhu Shanlei's words.

But Song Yi is not stupid, what kind of character is the second lady, who in the house doesn't know? If you want the Cao family to use your own silver to supplement the house, you don't have to think about it, you know that this matter is impossible?

But now Zhu Shanlei has downplayed her and Cao's mistakes in a sentence or two. Where is Song Yi willing to do what she wants?

"Fourth Miss, just because you are afraid that I will say that you are not doing well, are you too scared to tell me? Isn't there anything else? ”

"Princess, what do you mean by that? Could it be that our fourth lady is taking the blame for you, and there is still a problem? Are you trying to frame our fourth lady for enriching her own pockets and making money from the public? "The Cao family thinks that the loopholes in the palace have been filled by themselves, as long as they are killed and do not admit it, no one will be able to catch the handle of themselves and the fourth miss.

How could Song Yi not know Cao's wishful thinking, and said with a sneer: "I heard that the second lady and the fourth lady have been attending banquets in various provinces recently, making clothes and buying jewelry, and spent a lot of silver, right?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Cao's heart was a little weak, and his tone was much softer, but he still stubbornly said, "Those are all small money." It's not that we can't afford to spend on our second room. Does the princess still want to say that we embezzled public funds? ”

"No, the second lady knows it in her heart. The people in the house are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the wages are different, but there is a fixed number every month, and the wages of the people are always reserved first, which is also the tradition of our real palace, and the rules set since the grandfather of Taizu started. ”

"In addition, the cost of each room, the monthly silver of the wife and the lady is also fixed. In addition to the old lady and the princess 100 taels per month, the two ladies are 80 taels each, the young ladies who have not left the cabinet are 20 taels, and the aunts are 30 taels. Although there is not much silver, you don't have to spend money on food and clothing, and it is the money from the public, and the monthly allowance is enough for you to spend. ”

"The second lady and the fourth lady also have 100 taels of silver per month, which is a lot. But I think the jewelry that the second lady has recently purchased is from the largest jewelry workshop in Kyoto, right? Each piece is not a bargain, to say the least, it will cost more than 50 taels. I just don't know, where the second lady and the fourth lady have the silver to buy so many new jewelry, I heard that this month, the second lady has asked someone to cut several clothes for the fourth lady."

"Jokes. I didn't even pay attention to such a little bit of silver. And thanks to the princess, you've been settling accounts. What does the princess want to illustrate when she says this? Don't you just want to say that we are poor in the second house, and we don't even have the silver to make a few clothes and jewelry, so we want to steal the silver from the public? I can tell you, in this family, no one makes as much money as our lord. He is willing to make up for me and Miss Four, can you manage it? Cao Shi looked weak, but he still had to pretend to be calm and said.

"Cao, I don't like to hear this when you say this. You said that you didn't take advantage of the convenience of the fourth lady to manage the accounts and embezzle the money in the public school, why are you saying these things? Don't our lords have a good fortune? Wang shook his head, an expression of disapproval with Cao.

"Big brother, what can you do? The official department of the central government, a first-class official, said it well, but the annual salary is not enough for our lord to invite someone to have a meal. Over the years, if it weren't for our lord sending money home. Can this official book of the eldest brother sit on it so quickly? How much money has you spent on us over the years. Sister-in-law, you don't know, do you? ”

Cao said, looking at the faces of everyone in the room. The expression on his face seemed to say, "If it weren't for Zhu Yuanchuan, how could Zhu Yuanshan sit in the position of the secretary of the ministry, where is there such a scenery in the True Palace?" ”

Wang's face was cold, and the old lady Du also had a bad face. Although what Cao said was true, everyone didn't look good when they said it so nakedly.

Song Yi watched everyone fall silent, only Cao's face was smug.