Pei Tang had a smile on his face, but there was a flash of light in his eyes. Bai Yanran was not annoyed, but got up and said respectfully: "Mr. Pei said with a smile, since the prince trusts you to hand over the accounts of the palace to you, it can be seen that Mr. Pei is a credible person." You are about the same age as my grandfather, and you should teach you two lessons. ”

Pei Tang thought for a while and said, "Your grandfather? Are you talking about Qi Changping's old thing? ”

Su Xin was so shocked that she couldn't even say anything this time, but Bai Yanran replied: "Exactly, Mr. knows my grandfather?" ”

Pei Tang sighed: "It's familiar, but I haven't seen him for many years, and I don't know if that old guy still remembers me." ”

He looked at Bai Yanran again and raised his eyebrows, the action was exactly the same as Ji Lingyun, and he asked, "Is this girl of yours unusual, or has Lingyun already told you?" ”

Bai Yanran shook her head and smiled: "The prince didn't say anything to me, but the prince didn't even worry about the housekeeper Zhu from the Tong family, but he could rest assured that all the accounts in the house would be taken care of by Mr., which shows his reliance on Mr. ”

Pei Tang saw that she was still standing, so he sat down directly, and Bai Yanran also sat down together.

Pei Tang said: "Although Lingyun doesn't look out of tune, he is the most affectionate. I taught Guozijian for two years, and then I was taken off my black yarn hat when I encountered some changes in the officialdom, so I was invited by him to be the bookkeeper of the palace. ”

He said it lightly, but Su Xin listened to it staggeringly. For example, the high-ranking and powerful Yu Taifu was once a doctor of the Guozijian, and the old Taishi Lan also served in the Guozijian back then.

It seems that he really doesn't care about the past anymore, Pei Tang waved his hand and said: "It's all old things, don't mention it again." Today I came to hand over the accounts of the house to you, and I see that you are a responsible person, and I am relieved to hand it over to you.

The old man is tired of living in the capital for so many years, and now he has no worries after handing over this matter to you, and he wants to go out to see the outside world. ”

This matter surprised Bai Yanran, and she asked, "Sir, does the prince know about such a plan?" ”

In her previous life, Bai Yanran knew Pei Tang's identity, so she could be calm and calm when she listened to what he said. And she also knew that Pei Tang did not elaborate on it, and the reason why Ji Lingyun hired him to be the bookkeeper of the palace was because he was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to him.

It's just that in his previous life, Pei Tang didn't mention that he was going to go on a long trip, which caught Bai Yanran off guard.

Pei Tang stroked his beard and glared, and said, "Old man, I am not his student, he can still control me!" ”

"Sir, do you think I can't handle it?"

It was Ji Lingyun who had just gone down to the court to answer, and Bai Yanran looked up and saw the sky outside to realize that it had been this hour. She got up to greet her, but Ji Lingyun took her hand and stood in front of Pei Tang together.

"Where are you going, sir? How to get there? How long will it take to come back? ”

Pei Tang glared at him and didn't speak, Ji Lingyun smiled, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mr. won't just go on the road without thinking about anything, right?" ”

Pei Tang raised his head and snorted coldly: "What? I think I ...... back then."

Ji Lingyun interrupted him without hesitation: "That was back then, Mr. was young and vigorous, so he naturally had no scruples. But now that you have passed the year of destiny, where can you still mess around like this. ”

This was said unceremoniously, and the angry Pei Tang blew his beard and glared, but he couldn't say a word. Ji Lingyun turned his head to look at Bai Yanran, and suddenly slowed down his voice and said to Pei Tang: "Sir, why don't you stay for a few more days, and wait for my son's full moon wine to leave." ”

Hearing this, several people in the hall were stunned, Bai Yanran came back to her senses and said with a red face: "You are also so untrustworthy in front of Mr. ”

Ji Lingyun said: "How does the lady know that there is no child in your womb now?" Even if it's not right now, it's almost over, Mr. will stay for another three months, if Yan'er is not pregnant after three months, I will definitely not stop you if you leave. ”

Pei Tang is alone, and he is used to being free and unconcerned, if he hadn't inadvertently entered the Guozijian as a doctor, he would not have been involved in the dispute between the Tong family and Yu Taifu.

said that his only concern was about Ji Lingyun, a student. The two are also teachers and friends, and they have been friends for many years, Pei Tang was really moved by what he said, and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "Since this is the case, then I will wait for another three months, you kid can't go back on his word." ”

Ji Lingyun immediately said: "This is natural, a gentleman is difficult to chase after a word." ”

Pei Tang nodded staggeringly, stuffed the accounts into Ji Lingyun's arms, and said unhappily: "Since you are here, the accounts will be handed over to you, and I, an old man, will not make a mistake here." ”

After that, he turned around and left, leaving Ji Lingyun crying and laughing.

The two sat down just now, and Zhu Yong, who was struggling, finally came with the key to the warehouse.

As soon as he saw that Ji Lingyun was also there, his face froze at first, then his eyes rolled, and he respectfully put the key on the table in person, and said in his mouth: "The princess is busy with trivial matters in the house, so it's better to leave this little matter to the old slave." ”

Ji Lingyun really asked, "This is the key to the warehouse?" ”

Without waiting for Bai Yanran to speak, Zhu Yong hurriedly replied: "This is the key to the treasury, the princess is diligent, and today she will take the keys to the treasury here for Mr. Pei and the old slave." According to the old slave, it is better to put the key in the old slave, so as not to worry the princess when the old slave uses it. "Listen to the bag

Bai Yanran squinted, but she was not in a hurry to speak, and only looked at Ji Lingyun with a smile. Ji Lingyun naturally could also hear the meaning of Zhu Yong's words, referring to Bai Yanran's excessive ambition and monopoly of power.

He said indifferently: "Since it is the princess's intention, then so be it." It is better for you to come to the princess to get it than for the princess to go to you and get it. ”

Zhu Yong, who was blocked by a sentence, was red-faced and speechless.

Bai Yanran continued: "I still have something to ask Steward Zhu, is everyone in the house on this roster?" ”

At first, Bai Yanran was just suspicious because Xiaoba, so she asked Su Xin to bring the roster from Hui Niang. Later, after thinking about it again, he simply asked Zheng Bo and Zhu Yong to come together, and only a cursory glance saw the clues.

Hui Niang and Zheng Bo have a roster of people under their hands, and Zhu Yong has two rosters, one is also a directory of the little people under his control.

The other is a record of the creation of the deed after the people entered the house, and each person's name was signed and drawn, but there was no Xiaoba in it, and there were even many people missing.

Ignoring Steward Zhu's ugly face, Bai Yanran put the three lists in one place, and picked out Zhu Yong's roster and put it in the other, and said unhurriedly: "These three are the lists of the people in the house, and this one is the deed of the people, but there is a lot of difference in the number of people between the two lists, how can Steward Zhu explain?" ”

Bai Yanran's words even made Ji Lingyun stunned, and then his face sank, and he looked at Zhu Yong with sharp eyes, and a cold sweat broke out on Zhu Yong's forehead instantly, and he hurriedly knelt down and defended: "The prince is angry, the old slave can explain this matter." ”

Bai Yanran still looked as usual on the side, and said with a smile: "Steward Zhu, let's talk about it, I will listen to the prince." ”

Zhu Yong scolded secretly in his heart, and said busily: "This matter is a long story, when the prince went out of the palace to build a mansion, everything in the mansion was in ruins, and the queen mother handed over the power of housekeeping to the old slave, and the old slave was really terrified......

Ji Lingyun knocked on the table with a cold face and said, "Let's talk about the point." ”

Zhu Yong is used to playing official accents on weekdays, and he can't hold back when he speaks. He wiped the sweat from his forehead embarrassedly, and continued: "At that time, there was a shortage of manpower in the house, and I couldn't find a suitable person at this time, so the old slave dared to go back to Tong's house to borrow some manpower.

The old lady loved the prince and said that she didn't have to pay it back, just use it, so she left people to do things in the mansion all the time. The old slave couldn't ask the old lady for the deed again, so he ......"

Bai Yanran said: "It's just so unclear and unclear that people are left behind." ”

Without waiting for Zhu Yong to refute, Bai Yanran said again. "It's just that I have a doubt, these people eat, live and work in the palace every day, and they receive the monthly money of the palace every month, but the deed is in the Tong family, who are these people?"

Whose people? Naturally, it is Zhu Yong's people.

Zhu Yong is not a fool, why did he leave these subordinates in a daze, naturally because these people came out of the Tong family with him, and they followed him to the palace.

Although these people look like everyone else is doing things in the palace, they are not in the palace, and they are not from the palace, but Zhu Yong's people, his henchmen in the palace.

Zhu Yong didn't know if Bai Yanran understood this truth and asked knowingly, but in any case, it was a difficult question to answer. Zhu Yong's mind turned quickly, and he replied: "Since the old lady gave the person to the prince, it is naturally the prince's person." The deed is actually no different from being in the palace in the Tong family, and I believe that the queen also thinks so, so she let the old slave leave the person. ”

Such a big matter is naturally not something that Zhu Yong, a housekeeper, can decide.

It's just that he played a trick at the beginning, and found an excuse for the prince's busy official business to ask the queen mother directly, and the queen mother naturally did not doubt that her mother had it, and even let him leave someone behind.

At this time, Zhu Yong moved the queen out of the queen's mother, and he wanted to rub Bai Yanran's sharp spirit and let her know the backer behind her.

Sure enough, Bai Yanran didn't say much when he heard the name of the queen mother, but he forgot that there was another person here who was not afraid of offending the queen mother.

Ji Lingyun said nonchalantly: "Since the queen mother left people behind, then let's stay." ”

Before Zhu Yong had time to rejoice, he listened to the prince continue: "Since Steward Zhu likes to run to the palace so much, then I will go to the same mother and say a word, and let Steward Zhu enter the palace and go to Fengyi Palace to wait, which will also save you the trouble of running back and forth." ”

Waiting for the master in the palace, except for the palace maid, there was only a clean father-in-law, Zhu Yong's face immediately changed greatly, and he couldn't help but kowtow and bother: "The prince is angry, the prince is angry, the old slave doesn't dare anymore, don't dare anymore." ”

After a while, blood oozed from Zhu Yong's forehead, which showed that he was really scared. Bai Yanran patted the back of Ji Lingyun's hand soothingly, and said lightly: "Steward Zhu, get up, the prince is joking with you." ”

Zhu Yong raised his head and looked at Ji Lingyun nervously, Ji Lingyun didn't say a word, it was a tacit acquiescence, Zhu Yong was busy kowtowing and thanking Bai Yanran.

Bai Yanran took a sip of tea and said lightly: "There are big rules in the palace, and it is not appropriate to employ people in such a muddle." It's just that this is also a piece of the old lady's heart, and it's not good for the prince to send people back directly.

Therefore, I have to bother Steward Zhu to go to the old club's house again, send people back with good words, and then give everyone an extra half a year's monthly money as a reward, but don't teach the old lady and the prince to have a dislike in their hearts. ”

Zhu Yong complained bitterly in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't refuse at the moment, so he could only accept it.