After a polite greeting, Li Qiuchi found an excuse to leave.

Out of the restaurant, she immediately took a carriage back to the East Palace, and went straight to the place where several old bookkeepers lived.

"A few masters are exempt," Li Qiuchi smiled, "Qiu'er came here this time to ask for your help. ”

After several bookkeepers looked at each other suspiciously, a man who had lost weight and was not confused at the time stood up and smiled heartily: "What does the princess command?" ”

Li Qiuchi took out the account book from his sleeve, which was only the size of a palm, handed it to the man, and smiled gently, "Master Lao, help me check if there is anything missing in this account book." ”

Guo Wen originally thought it was an ordinary ledger, but he didn't pay much attention to it, so he took it and flipped through it a few times. Suddenly, his eyes stayed on a certain page, and after staying for a moment, he flipped through it carefully, and the more he looked, his brows became more and more furrowed.

"Guo Wen, what's wrong?" A slightly chubby man next to him noticed Guo Wen's strange appearance, and his heart suddenly became curious about this ledger.

Li Qiuchi obviously also noticed the change in his expression, raised his eyebrows, and had a bottom in his heart.

Guo Wen's face became solemn, and he handed the account book to the man next to him, "Look at it." ”

After the man took it, he looked at it a few times, and his expression was not very good-looking. Soon, several bookkeepers around circulated it, and their expressions were the same.

After reading it, Guo Wen returned the account book to Li Qiuchi, frowned and said: "Crown princess, this account book ...... If we are not mistaken, there is tax evasion. ”

"Tax evasion?" Li Qiuchi's eyes widened in surprise.

Guo Wen turned the page of the account book, pointed to a place circled by a red circle, and patiently explained to her: "Crown Princess, look here, the total monthly income of the restaurant was originally 5,000 taels of silver, deducting 20% of the tax, and 4,000 taels of silver, but the bill here shows that there is no deduction, and there is even an extra 800 taels of silver, which is very obvious tax evasion." ”

"There is also this place, the account book says that it cost three hundred and twenty-eight taels of silver to buy ingredients, and it stands to reason that the net income after deducting these costs should be four thousand six hundred taels of silver, and then subtracting the taxes collected by our Great Zhou Dynasty, it is three thousand six hundred and eighty taels of silver, but what is written here is four thousand taels."

"This place is just obvious to cover up ......"

Guo Wen pointed out a lot of mistakes in this ledger, which can be described as full of loopholes, and Li Qiuchi couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard it.

The Liu family is so rampant, they don't even cover up tax evasion, what is it?

Guo Wen's voice paused, and after thinking of who brought this ledger, he asked cautiously: "Crown princess, whose ledger is it?" ”

Li Qiuchi smiled: "Don't worry, this account book is not mine." ”

Guo Wen and the others were relieved.

After listening to Guo Wen's explanation, Li Qiuchi suddenly felt a sigh of relief. Seeing that the sun was getting hotter and hotter, she thanked Guo Wen and hurriedly walked out, taking the account book and going straight to Shangshu Mansion.

As soon as the people of Shangshu Mansion heard that Li Qiuchi was coming, they all went to the door to greet them, Li Qiuchi looked at the black people at the door of Shangshu lined up neatly, and gave Li Qiuchi a wide road, and his eyes were extremely respectful, which made Li Qiuchi quite feel like he was in the world. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, no wonder people in ancient times always competed for power.

At this time, Chen Shangshu greeted him, and after a deep smile: "The crown princess has come from afar, why don't you go to the side hall to have a cup of tea?" ”

Li Qiuchi bowed slightly, "There is labor." ”

After some politeness, he entered the side hall, and the maidservant next to him helped pour tea and then retreated, leaving only the two of them.

Li Qiuchi took a shallow sip before taking out the account book and handed it to Chen Shangshu, who was sitting beside him stiffly. Chen Shangshu looked up suspiciously after taking it, but saw Li Qiuchi's faint gaze falling on the account book, "Everything I want to say is in this account book, Chen Shangshu can see it at a glance." ”

Chen Shangshu frowned deeply after looking at it, Shaoqing slowly raised his head, looked at Li Qiuchi and asked, "Crown Princess, I don't know where you got this account book?" ”

Li Qiuchi picked up the teacup and covered up the mockery on his lips, "Liu family, Quansheng Restaurant." ”

Chen Shangshu's face changed slightly, and he kept drinking tea to hide the panic in his heart, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, his eyes were slightly drooping, and his emotions were indistinguishable.

The person next to him didn't respond for a long time, Li Qiuchi turned his head to look at him in surprise, but saw that he kept sipping tea with calm eyes. Li Qiuchi's expression also cooled down, is this playing Tai Chi with her?

"Chen Shangshu, you don't want to care, do you?" Her voice was cold, and she glanced at Chen Shangshu coldly, and she was also majestic.

Chen Shangshu saw Li Qiuchi's expression cold, he hurriedly put down the teacup and said with a smile: "No, no, as the head of the household, it is also the duty of the minister to check taxes, and he will not care." The minister must thoroughly investigate the matter and give an explanation to the crown princess, although the princess can rest assured. ”

Li Qiuchi's face was still condensed, and he stood up, "Since this is the case, what to do must be known to Chen Shangshu, so I will wait for Chen Shangshu's news." ”

Chen Shangshu hurriedly smiled and got up to greet him, "Congratulations to the crown princess." ”

Li Qiuchi raised his eyebrows, didn't say anything more, and left the place.

However, two days have passed, and Li Qiuchi still hasn't heard a little rumor about tax evasion in Quansheng Restaurant, and she is wondering, at this time Liu Shi came to the door.

"I heard that Qiu'er asked for the account book of Quansheng Restaurant a few days ago?" Ryu sat at the table, bowing his head and playing with his bracelet.

Li Qiuchi didn't understand her intentions, so he could only answer lightly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see what's wrong with the account book, and it just so happens that I also know about the situation of Quansheng Restaurant, so I'm going to go." ”

Liu Shi chuckled, "That's really a coincidence, you just left the account book that day, and the Hubu Shangshu Mansion invited you to tea." Did Qiu'er happen to be passing by and was thirsty? She paused, her demeanor still the same when the corners of her lips were slightly hooked, "Or do you want to know something from the account books of Quansheng Restaurant?" ”

When Li Qiuchi saw that he was discovered, he deliberately pretended to be stupid, "I did go to Shangshu Mansion, and it was indeed for the account book." But what does my aunt want to know from the ledger, and what does she mean? My aunt specially went to my East Palace for the sake of this account book? ”

Liu covered his mouth and chuckled, "You don't have to follow my words. I'm here today just to tell you that Quansheng Restaurant has no fake accounts. The sun was so big last two days, and you were tired from running up and down, so you should spend more time on your restaurant. ”

After finishing speaking, she got up slowly, her voice lazy, "It's not too early, I'll go back first after such a long delay with you." ”

Hearing Liu's words, Li Qiuchi looked at her departing back and couldn't help but contemplate.

Early the next morning, Li Qiuchi went to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion to inquire about the situation, but was told by the family that he went to the palace to report his work, and she waited for a long time and did not wait for him to go back temporarily. Two days later she went again, and was told that she had gone out hunting and would not return until night, so she had to go back again and wait for news.

Li Qiuchi, who was released twice in a row, was very popular, and when she visited for the third time, she was told that Chen Shangshu's family would go back to mourn in case of funeral. Li Qiuchi looked at the sky speechlessly, and asked Quansheng Restaurant how the investigation of tax evasion and tax evasion was, and the family said that the evidence was insufficient, and what should I do if I couldn't take the Liu family for the time being.

Li Qiuchi immediately sneered. Okay, she can be regarded as understanding, dare to love this is hiding from her!