Tang Meihua was grounded and no one was allowed to visit, so Xue Ying went to Zhen Yue's boudoir instead of her.

"Did you bring anything that your mother wanted?" Zhen Yue couldn't wait to ask this.

Xiao Tang took out a small medicine bag from his arms: "This is a highly poisonous poison comparable to Heding Red, but it is colorless and tasteless, and it will not be discovered, and it will kill you in only half an hour if you are stained with this poison, I spent a hundred taels of silver tickets to buy it from someone else." ”

After saying that, she carefully placed it on the table.

Zhen Yue glanced at it twice, and couldn't help swallowing: "Are you sure this thing is going to be used on Zhen Chutian?"

Although she longed for Zhen Chutian to disappear from the world, she had never done this kind of poisoning and harming people, and she was still a little scared for a while.

Xiao Tang grabbed her hand directly: "Don't be afraid, find an opportunity to put the poison in her food, or in the tea, this poison is difficult to be discovered, even if the poison is found, no one knows that you did it." ”

Hearing this, Zhen Yue frowned tightly, not knowing what to do.

It's hard for her to even get close to the Lotus Pavilion now, and it's really hard to find an opportunity to start.

But...

As long as she thought that the fox girl who made Gu Mo stunned was dead, she was extremely excited.

Xiao Tang reassured: "Your mother specially called me over to help you in this matter, don't be afraid, just do it if you do it, no one dares to do anything to you." ”

"Okay."

Zhen Yue clenched the medicine bag and finally made up her mind.

Lotus Pavilion.

Zhen Chutian didn't know that he was being calculated, and was lying on the table and reading the account book seriously.

"Miss, it's already time, let's rest early." Pell walked into the room and placed the soothing soup on the table.

Zhen Chutian rubbed his dry eyes and said sleepily, "No, I still have to look at the account book again." ”

Thinking of the Tang family today, she suddenly realized that the Tang family was in decline, and Tang Meihua, as the eldest daughter in the family, must try her best to help.

She has been in charge of the finances in the house for so many years, and she must have missed a lot of silver to subsidize her mother's family, and these silver have been smoothed out in the account books, but it is impossible for people to do bad things seamlessly, and she may find out the clues.

Pei'er held the lamp for her beside her, and said distressedly: "Miss fights like this, but the slave can't help anything, and I feel very guilty." ”

"It's okay, you've done a good job with me, you can't understand these for you to help, not to mention that Tang Meihua is very cunning, who knows what she did for all this silver."

Zhen Chutian hurriedly reassured, for fear that she would blame herself too much.

Since coming to the country of clouds, only Pei'er has been accompanied by her, even if she can't do anything by her side, it means a lot to her.

Hearing this, Pei'er couldn't help but sigh: "If the eldest lady leaks money, the slave and maid really can't figure it out, so many shops and properties in the house are under her control, why did she go to touch the silver in the public?"

"What did you say?"

Zhen Chutian got up abruptly and looked at her with sparkling eyes: "Shop?"

"Yes, the prime minister has a lot of shops in his hands, but officials can't do business, this is a rule set by the imperial court, so the lord transferred the shop to the eldest lady, on the surface she is the owner of these shops, but in fact, the silver handed over every year is still an adult's, but it occupies a Tang surname."

Pei'er explained seriously, not understanding how her own young lady became interested in this.

"Shop, shop....."

Zhen Chutian walked around the house, but he couldn't calm down.

She understands the dividends of these shops too well, due to the different degrees of business prosperity every month of the year, the amount of money earned is also somewhat different, if Tang Meihua takes some silver from it, and reports a small amount when she reports it, Zhen Yuanshan will not be able to detect it at all.

If one shop is missed one hundred taels, a dozen or so is a thousand taels!

This Tang Meihua borrows the oil and water from the shop and the silver in the public every year, and I am afraid it is 10,000 taels.

And she carefully recalled that Tang Meihua's food and clothing were not extravagant and wasteful, I am afraid that this silver was sent to the Tang family to subsidize the family, if Zhen Yuanshan knew....

Zhen Chutian slowly smiled: "Pei'er, I'm simply too smart!"

"What did Miss think?" Pell looked at her curiously.

Zhen Chutian thought in his heart, turned around and sat at the table: "Let's go to the shop tomorrow, anyway, my housekeeper, some are excuses to find the past, I don't believe it, the account book in the house can't find anything strange, and the shop can still be hidden seamlessly." ”

After hearing these words, Pei'er's eyes suddenly lit up, and she only felt that she saw hope.

Day 2.

Zhen Chutian got up early in the morning and left the house with the account book.

She followed the records in the ledger to the tea shop, and saw that the shopkeeper was greeting customers who came and went, desperately selling tea.

"This is the largest shop in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ruyi Tea House."

Pell whispered in her ear.

Zhen Chutian nodded, but walked in in no hurry: "You say. Under what circumstances will my dad withdraw Tang Meihua's qualification to take care of the shop?"

"I don't know, it should be because the tea shop is losing a lot of money, or there is something big in the shop that can't be hidden." Pell hesitated to say this.

Zhen Chutian also felt that there were only these possibilities, and decided to check the situation first.

As soon as she stepped into the tea shop, the shopkeeper came over to give her a warm welcome.

The air is filled with all kinds of tea fragrances, the tea leaves in the tea cabinet are neatly arranged, and there are smiling shopkeepers waiting in every corner to pack tea for customers.

This Ruyi Tea Workshop is just like its name as the first tea shop in Beijing, and it is neat and bright everywhere, which makes people feel at ease when they look at it and buy tea here.

But Zhen Chutian looked around and soon found that something was wrong.

"This young lady, what kind of tea do you like to drink on weekdays? The big red robe and the tip of the cloud mountain are our signboards here, you ....."

"Xiao Er, the tea leaves you have here are so fresh, they look the same as the ones just shipped." Zhen Chutian interrupted him, smiled and pinched the dried lotus leaves, and rubbed them in his hands.

After her face recovered, not many people had seen her true face at all, because the shopkeeper didn't notice her identity at all, and thought it was a deep lady from which house.

The shopkeeper chuckled defenselessly: "Miss is right, our tea here is nothing else, it is fresh!" These are all fresh tea leaves that were shipped from the tea merchant on the same day. ”

"If you can't sell out of tea that day, do you have to throw it away? If I buy yesterday's tea, wouldn't it be cheaper?" Zhen Chutian's eyes widened with curiosity.

No matter how good the business is, it is impossible to sell all the goods, not to mention that this is a tea shop, and the tea leaves in the cabinet are enough for people to drink for more than half a month, and they are not sought-after goods that can be sold out at all.

The shopkeeper looked her up and down: "Miss doesn't look like a poor family, what leftover tea leaves to buy, those tea leaves are thrown away"

"Thrown? Why do you throw away the tea that comes in with silver if you can't sell it? As long as the tea leaves are stored properly, a few years of old tea will taste good, and if you just throw it away, won't you lose a lot of money in a month?"

Zhen Chutian frowned and asked, knowing that his words were full of loopholes.

The shopkeeper completely sank his face and waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go, what does the leftover tea in the tea shop have to do with you?" Get out of here now, or I'll call someone!"

"Presumptuous! Standing in front of you is Miss Zhen of the Prime Minister's Mansion! Now that the young lady has been ordered to check the accounts of the tea house, don't do it if you dare to be disrespectful!"

Pei'er scolded fiercely, and the momentum was very sufficient.

Zhen Chutian glanced at her appreciatively.

She had never specifically instructed Pei'er to say this, and at such a time, Pei'er was able to stand up and say such things, which is good!

The shopkeeper's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly looked respectful: "It turned out to be Miss Zhen, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please forgive me!"

"It's okay, I'll just come to the teahouse today to have a look." Zhen Chutian looked around and asked thoughtfully, "Did you really throw away those old tea leaves?" ”

The shopkeeper was embarrassed: "This ...... Although Miss Zhen is the housekeeper, the teahouse was handed over to Mrs. by the Prime Minister alone, so it's not appropriate for you to interfere. ”

Pei'er was angry when she heard this, and just as she was about to step forward to say something, she was stopped by Zhen Chutian.

She smiled and said: "I really can't interfere with the shop that my mother is in charge of, but my mother is grounding, I think you are also clear, the shop has been unattended for so long, and my father sent me to check it out because he was not at ease." ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper looked at her suspiciously, as if he didn't know whether to believe it or not.

"Why, do you think I'm going to trick you? In that case, Miss Ben is waiting here, and you go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for clarification. Zhen Chutian looked at him for a long time.

It seems that Tang Meihua really coaxed Zhen Yuanshan around, Zhen Yuanshan thought that he had found a virtuous helper, but in fact he was just a vampire, stealing silver all the time.

Where did the shopkeeper dare to disturb the prime minister, he immediately nodded and said: "The little one also has to ask things clearly, and he doesn't suspect the eldest lady, please look at it casually." ”

"When I asked you, you haven't answered, did you throw away those old tea leaves?" Zhen Chutian walked around the tea shop and found that there were indeed no traces of old tea leaves around.

This is also the oddity she found when she first came in.

The shopkeeper smiled and said softly: "The little one really didn't coax you, our Prime Minister's Mansion Ruyi Tea Workshop can be the first in the capital, relying on a fresh, after all, it takes five days to transport the fresh tea from the south of the Yangtze River, and then put it aside in the tea shop for a day, this is not the freshest, Mrs. specially explained that no matter how much is left, it must be cleaned up." ”

After hearing these words, Zhen Chutian felt more and more that something was wrong.

Even if you want to maintain the reputation of the tea house, you can't throw away the tea leaves that have been left for seven days every day.

After all, these teas need silver to be transported, and the wages for the shopkeeper plus the sale are not much, so Lin Lin can't make much silver at all.

As the moon wore on, she was sure that the largest teahouse was just looking beautiful, but in fact it didn't make much money.

When Tang Meihua gave Zhen Yuanshan a business trip at the end of the month, what should I do?

"Miss, what else do you have to ask? The little ones will tell the truth. The shopkeeper respectfully bowed his hand.

Zhen Chutian came back to his senses and showed an indifferent smile: "No, the tea shop is running very well, and you are working very hard, I will tell my father and mother when I go back, let them give everyone a salary increase." ”

"Thank you, Miss!"

The shopkeeper thanked her happily and sent her to the door of the tea shop.

Seeing him go in to work, Pei'er was puzzled: "Miss, do you see anything wrong?" The slave felt that there was nothing greasy in the tea shop. ”

If there is, it means that the shopkeeper has been vigilant at the beginning.

"Naturally, something is wrong." Zhen Chutian said this thoughtfully.

If Tang Meihua wants to make money, sell these teas that can't be seen for six or seven days, whether it is to give Zhen Yuanshan more silver, get a good reputation for good management, or keep it for herself, it will be harmless.

With her scheming nature, she will never be so sincere and throw it away.

Pei'er asked curiously, "What's wrong?"