Chapter 246: Under House Arrest (3)
Song Yi looked at the stupid and unaware Cao family, and pushed the boat down the river and said, "The second master is willing to subsidize the palace, then we should make every account clear, so that every amount of silver is spent on the blade, and it is not in vain that the second master works hard to make money outside." Second lady, do you say yes? ”
"That's nature," the smile on Cao's face was also a little uncomfortable.
Song Yi pretended not to see it, and continued, "Fourth Miss, you have seen the account books in the mansion, you should know the situation in the mansion. I don't want to do anything like slapping a swollen face and becoming fat, anyway, all the people in the house today are my own family, so I'm not afraid of losing face. I really want to complain to you, this family is really not good. To put it mildly, outsiders seem to see how big the shelves of the True Wangfu are, and how beautiful they look on the outside, but in fact, they are just flower shelves. But ancestral property is limited, and sooner or later there will be a day when it will be empty. Therefore, we should spend every amount of money in the house, even if it is only a penny, clearly."
"The second lady just said so much, just to tell us that the things that you and the fourth lady bought were all given to you by the second master?" Song Yi said so much, and finally got to the point. can't blame Song Yi for making so much trouble, after all, everyone in the True King's Mansion is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so she has to do it.
Cao's words have come to this point, so he can only continue to pretend, "Yes, what's wrong?" Our lord is willing to make money for his wife and children, isn't it okay? Besides, my mother's family is also a big family in Jiangnan, and I am willing to subsidize my daughter who married far away from Kyoto, can't I? Do you have to report these things to the princess? ”
"Of course, the second lady can spend the silver subsidized by her mother's family. But our three rooms have not been separated yet, and the silver will naturally be handed over to the public middle school" Song Yi knew that the Cao family would definitely rebound when he heard this, and sure enough, when he saw the Cao family, he was about to get angry, so he hurriedly stopped the Cao family from opening his mouth, and continued, "However, the second master went out to work hard at a young age, and he has been doing business outside all these years, and he has never relied on his family, and his silver is all earned by himself, so he can naturally decide how to spend his money." The second master is willing to honor the old lady, and we will not stop it, if we are unwilling, we should not blame. I think everyone in the house agrees with me. ”
"That's natural" Cao didn't know what medicine was sold in Song Yi's gourd, so he could only take one step at a time.
Song Yi saw Cao's set, and continued, "But I heard that because the second master is still angry with the second lady, he no longer lets the second lady spend money indiscriminately, in order to show his determination, the second master also strictly controls the monthly cases of the aunts, sons and young ladies in the second room. ”
"Nonsense, who's spreading rumors?" When Cao heard this, he was not happy.
"Second lady, don't be excited. If the second lady denies it, then I will assume that it is all fake. But I happen to have a bill here, and I hope the second lady can see the authenticity for me."
As he spoke, Song Yi instructed Chunxiang to take out a bill, on which was the account voucher of Zhenyifang, the largest clothing shop in Kyoto.
When Cao Shi saw it, she was shocked, she knew that this was the account she had put up when she bought clothes at Zhenyi Fang a few days ago. At that time, she had no silver on her, so she hung directly on the account of the True King's Mansion. It is also stamped with the seal of the True King's Mansion.
And these seals were handed over to Miss Four for safekeeping when Song Yi asked Miss Four to take care of the accounts. The Cao family secretly took it out and took credit everywhere.
But how did this receipt get to the real princess? She obviously asked people to change all the bills like this outside? Cao was puzzled.
The Cao family wanted to take a closer look, but Song Yi pulled it back and handed it to the old lady Du Shi.
When Du Shi saw it, he pointed at Cao Shi and Fourth Miss and scolded, "Okay." Our real king's mansion is a thief."
As he spoke, he threw the bill in the face of the fourth lady.
Zhu Shanlei hurriedly picked up the bill that fell to the ground, and finally saw clearly what kind of evidence the real princess had come up with.
It states the date, the reason and the amount, as well as a clear seal and signature, which cannot be faked.
Zhu Shanlei hated it so much, blaming her mother Cao for not being successful enough and more than ruined. But now is obviously not the time to turn her face, Zhu Shanlei obediently knelt on the ground, cried to the old lady Du Shi and said, "Old lady, you have wronged me." I don't know, I really don't know. This...... It can't be faked, right? No, there is a signature and a seal on it, it must be true. But this is the first time I've seen this, and I can't figure it out."
As she spoke, Zhu Shanlei began to cry.
Zhu Shanlei has always had a good image among outsiders, and her reputation among the people in the palace is also good. Now, the pear blossoms she cries with rain really make people suspect that Zhu Shanlei is an uninformed person.
Song Yi had to sigh that as long as the beauty behaved a little weaker, she would get benefits. And she couldn't learn to cry like that.
"Old lady, the fourth lady may really not know," Wang Shi rolled his eyes and said.
When the old lady Du Shi heard this, she also thought that there was such a possibility, but even if the fourth lady didn't know, she was also at fault.
"Isn't there a mistake if she doesn't know? The black and white letters on the white paper are clear, it is Cao's account for her to buy clothes on credit, and settle the money with the silver in the gongzhong. It is stamped with the seal of the house, can she not know? ”
"Old lady, hasn't the seal in the house been in the hands of the fourth lady all the time, maybe someone else?"
"Second lady, when you say this, don't you suspect this princess? Everyone in the mansion knows that in order to make it convenient for the fourth lady, I handed over the seals of the mansion and the private person to her. And this bill was consumed at the beginning of this month, and there is your signature on it, the second lady? Why don't you explain why I should spend money for you? ”
"Mother, don't quibble, let's just say it" Zhu Shanlei stuck to Cao's side, and kept asking Cao's to tell the truth.
I don't know if Cao suddenly figured it out. Cao Shi no longer looked for reasons to quibble, but said with a look of no big deal, "Okay, what's the big deal, as for this kind of mobilization?" These pieces of silver are not a large amount, no, just from my monthly routine."
"Second lady, don't you think it's too late to say this now? Although the silver on this bill is not much, only a few hundred taels, it is also evidence that you and Miss Fourth are using public and private weapons. Just now you didn't admit that there was an accusation of misappropriation, and now that I have the evidence, you are so light-hearted, don't you feel guilty at all? ”
"Isn't it just a few hundred taels of silver? What's the big deal, isn't it true that the real king's mansion can't even take out this silver? Can I still be imprisoned for these hundreds of taels of silver? ”
"It's true that this bill is a few hundred taels of silver, but this is only one of them, Second Madam, do you think I have no other evidence?" Song Yi said with a sneer.
Cao Shi was frightened by Song Yi and blurted out, "How is it possible, I have already spent money to get back these bills, how can you have anything else?" ”
As soon as Cao Shi exited, he saw Song Yi with a wicked smile on his face, and knew that he had been fooled, "You tricked me?" ”
"Thank you, Second Madame, for saying it yourself. I really don't have any other evidence, and this bill was also picked up in the palace garden a few days ago. I don't know who was so careless and fell in the garden."
Song Yi didn't lie this time, this bill was indeed picked up by her. At that time, she was suspicious, so she kept putting it on her body, but she didn't expect it to come in handy today.
Cao Shi looked at Song Yi viciously, "Good job, real princess, I was played by you today"
Song Yi said with a smile: "Skynet is magnificent, but not leaky. Second lady, you are to blame."