Chapter Twenty-Three: The Need for Money
Xiao Lan locked the firewood room according to her words, and ordered someone to guard the firewood room, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving or walking around.
What Bai Chu wanted was not to destroy the scene, even if the scene didn't seem to have any big flaws.
Bai Churuo took Xiaolan back to the courtyard.
Murong Jiuqing was playing in the mud under the tree, and she asked Peony and Xiaolandao, "Do you know where corpses are usually collected?" ”
"Naturally, it is the Yamen coroner's room, but if it is from the palace, it may be taken to the criminal department, but after the autopsy is completed, it will be sent to Yizhuang, and some will even be burned or thrown into mass graves." Xiaolan said carefully.
"It's not early today, tomorrow you take the peony to the yamen and the criminal department to ask where the corpse is taken today." Bai Churuo said.
Peony and Xiaolan are both yes.
Bai Churuo sorted out some clues he had just found in the firewood room, and then found paper and pen to write them down.
"Bad woman, I'm hungry." Murong Jiuqing complained.
Bai Churuo pursed his lips and smiled, "Then I'll cook, you wait." ”
After speaking, Bai Churuo got up and went to the kitchen, burned a few side dishes and brought them over to eat.
Murong Jiuqing unceremoniously devoured it.
"Can you slow down and have no one to rob you!" Bai Churuo said.
Murong Jiuqing glanced at her, ignored her, and continued to eat happily.
Bai Churuo asked, "Shall we find another housekeeper, now the housekeepers in our house are all dead." ”
"What is a housekeeper? Can you eat it? Murong Jiuqing said vaguely.
"......" Bai Churuo felt that she was mentally retarded, and she actually tried to communicate with a mentally retarded person.
Bai Churuo took out some of the silver and gave it to Peony and Xiaolan, "If there is any situation tomorrow, I will take care of it, so that I can ask questions." ”
"Yes." Peony answered and took the money.
Bai Churuo was also distressed every time he spent money in the palace, thinking about how much to spend and whether it was enough. All this is to blame for these slaves in the palace.
Since Bai Churuo imprisoned the housekeeper Lao Liu, the servants and maids in the house are indeed more diligent than before, but they are still a plate of loose sand, and most of them are still lazy. And now that the housekeeper Lao Liu is dead, she can indeed recruit a housekeeper again.
Again, I took back the control of the palace from the housekeeper Lao Liu before, and the account books of the palace were also invalidated, and the expenses in and out of these days were made in and out of a separate notepad, and there was no summary. But I know how much money it will cost each month.
Murong Jiuqing's monthly dividends plus other incomes are almost more than 1,000 taels of silver, and the expenses of the palace every month are supported and rewarded by the palace, and they still need to spend 500 or 600 taels of silver in the case of fine clothes and food. But it is much, much less than before, not only will there be a balance and will not continue to owe on credit, and no servant dares to use the palace for his own personal gain.
However, Bai Chu still had a headache when she saw that the arrears and credit owed outside were still a headache, and she actually needed a large sum of silver, and she roughly calculated that there were 10,000 or 20,000 silver in arrears last time.
It will take a long time to pay back the money. Now Murong Jiuqing needs a lot of medicinal materials to treat his illness, which makes him even more needy. Moreover, she needs to change the servants in the house and add more minions.
Although Bai Churuo has not yet begun to carefully manage the palace, she has already begun to have preliminary plans, and she needs money.
But how does she go about making money? It's a conundrum!
Bai Churuo took this matter to heart.
After Murong Jiuqing finished eating, the maid waited for him to rinse his mouth and wash.
Bai Churuo also washed up and lay back on the bed, she was really tired today, she wanted to go to bed early.
After Murong Jiuqing finished washing, the maid withdrew and closed the door.
Murong Jiuqing looked at Bai Churuo and smiled, and ran over to get into bed, "Lady, let's sleep." ”
Bai Churuo didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned over and turned his face inside, closed his eyes and wanted to sleep.
Murong Jiuqing was very restless.
"Are you a pig? So fond of arches! Bai Churuo asked angrily.
"Why a pig, not a cow?" Murong Jiuqing asked with a confused expression.
Bai Churuo was almost laughed at by him when he heard this, "Don't you know? There is a saying that the cabbage is arched by pigs! ”
"Do pigs eat cabbage?" Murong Jiuqing still asked confusedly.
"yes." Bai Churuo said, "You honestly go to bed quickly, I don't want to mess with you today." ”
"Yes, yes." Murong Jiuqing reached out and hugged her as he spoke, locked her legs with his legs, and then bit her neck lightly.
"Ahh Murong Jiuqing! What are you doing? Bai Churuo asked in surprise.
"Eat cabbage." Murong Jiuqing said happily, "Didn't the lady just say that I am a pig?" Then you belong to the cabbage, and I will eat the cabbage. ”
"......" Bai Churuo had a feeling of lifting a stone and hitting his own feet, "Murong Jiuqing!" You get out of the way! ”
"I don't!" Murong Jiuqing hugged her and didn't let go, and kept biting and gnawing.
Bai Churuo struggled.
Murong Jiuqing was even happier, he laughed out loud and said, "Don't move, lady." ”
Bai Churuo's eyes narrowed, and he bit his arm with a mouth, she didn't bite and play like Murong Jiuqing, she really bit every time.
Murong Jiuqing screamed miserably and let go, "You are not a cabbage, you are a dog!" You're definitely a dog! ”
"Hmph." Bai Churuo snorted lightly, although she was not a dog, she did not deny it and only said, "If you dare to mess around again, I will bite you to death." ”
Murong Jiuqing had no choice but to give up.
Bai Churuo said, "Sample, I can't cure you anymore?" ”
After speaking, Bai Churuo slept boldly with confidence. But when Bai Churuo woke up the next morning, Murong Jiuqing's palm didn't know when it secretly climbed into her clothes.
Bai Churuo calmly shook his hand out, and she didn't know if it was after last night, this guy didn't stalk her, she was a little unaccustomed to it.
Bai Chu got up quickly, and Murong Jiuqing sat up sleepily, "Lady, what are you doing when you get up so early?" ”
"If you're sleepy, sleep a little longer, I'm going to get up and make breakfast first." Bai Churuo said.
Bai Churuo first went to arrange the medicinal wine in the barrel, and then made breakfast with the effort of burning the hot wine.
Murong Jiuqing was returning to sleep, but was dragged up by Bai Churuo in his sleep, "Get up and have breakfast, and finish soaking the medicinal wine for an hour." ”
Murong Jiuqing was reluctantly dragged to the courtyard, and when he saw the food, he came to his senses, and as soon as he finished eating, he was pressed into the barrel of medicinal wine by Bai Churuo.
The constant heating of the medicinal wine was a moderate temperature, and Bai Churuo also gave him acupuncture and bloodletting if he controlled the temperature, and smoked wormwood everywhere in the courtyard and house.