Chapter 643: The House Thief
"Your Highness, Mama Huang's apprentice stole things from your small treasury and sold them, and warned the slaves and maids not to let them go."
Qingyan, who was kneeling on the ground, said in a low voice.
Murong Hui put down the book and looked at Qing Yan with some surprise, in her impression, Qing Yan was a very timid person, and even a little cowardly.
never thought that she would reveal such a thing to her.
"Does Mama Huang know about this?"
After a moment of silence, Murong Hui asked Qingyan to stand up and ask.
"In recent months, Mama Huang has been helping Her Highness deal with palace things, so she asked her apprentice to count the treasury every few days, and I don't know yet."
After thinking for a while, Qingyan said carefully.
She didn't have Qingyue's guts, so she didn't dare to implicate Mama Huang in this matter.
"Take it and buy some materials, you're a little old."
After calming down, Murong Hui took out two taels of silver from the sachet beside the bed and handed them to Qingyan.
Qing Yan didn't dare to accept it at first, but seeing Murong Hui's resolute attitude, she accepted it.
After she left, Murong Hui continued to look at the book in her hand, and after reading for more than an hour, she got up and walked out of the bedroom.
As soon as she walked to the restaurant, she saw Mama Huang coming over, still holding a plate of fruit in her hand, and hurriedly saluted after seeing Murong Hui.
"I suddenly remembered that during the Chinese New Year, my aunt had rewarded me with two batches of Shu brocade materials, and you went to find them and used them to make winter cotton clothes."
Murong Hui picked up an orange casually, peeled the orange, and said lightly to Mama Huang.
She deliberately paid attention to Mama Huang's reaction when she spoke, and Mama Huang almost didn't think about it, so she responded.
"The old slave will look for it later, those two horses are plain, and they are very suitable for His Highness."
With that, she placed the fruit bowl on the table and walked towards the small storeroom.
Murong Hui sat at the table and calmly watched her leave, just waiting for Mama Huang's reaction next.
With the temperament of these palace maids in the east side hall, they are very likely to steal things.
Therefore, Murong Hui felt that most of what Qingyan said was true.
She is now waiting to see how Mama Huang will react when she finds out about these things.
She didn't wait too long, and as soon as she finished eating an orange, she saw Mama Huang follow
The direction of the storeroom came over.
She was still holding two horses in her hands, and although she was forced to calm down, Murong Hui could still clearly see that she was trembling.
"Your Highness, the old slave will personally send it to the Shangfu Bureau."
After speaking, she glared at the apprentice next to her and asked her to take the goose down and go out with her.
Murong Hui only nodded slightly, but didn't say anything, she knew that Mama Huang was probably trying to find a quiet place to reprimand her apprentice.
lest there be too many people to be mixed and others know about it, and she will not be able to get over her face.
After they left, Murong Hui continued to busy her own business, as if nothing had happened.
An hour later, Mama Huang finally returned, but her face was a little ugly, and the apprentice behind her had red and swollen eyes and tears all over her face.
"Your Highness, have you rested?"
Standing at the door of the bedroom, Mama Huang asked cautiously inside.
"No rest, come in."
Most of the books that Zhao Yu brought to her were travelogues, probably because she felt that she couldn't go anywhere, so she specially brought these books to relieve her boredom.
After hearing this, Mama Huang walked in with her apprentice, and the two of them knelt down when they walked to the bedside.
Mama Huang kowtowed to Murong Hui three times, her voice was very loud, and it was obvious that she had used her strength.
When she looked up again, her head was already red.
"What are you doing here?"
Putting down the book in his hand, Murong Hui asked pretending to be surprised.
"Your Highness is an old slave who has neglected his duties and failed to take care of his apprentices. She was greedy for a moment and took the things from your treasury, and you can punish her as much as you want, but please don't tell the queen about it. ”
Completely ignoring the headache, Mama Huang pleaded nervously.
As she said, if Lin Yingxue knew about this matter, she would definitely be implicated.
Not to mention staying in the East Side Palace, it's already good if you don't get sent to the Huanyi Bureau.
After Murong Hui listened to her words, she raised her head and looked at Mama Huang's apprentice.
Her apprentice had a tense face, there were tears on his face, he seemed to be a little aggrieved, and there was obviously not much fear in her eyes, even if there was fear, this fear was mostly for Mama Huang, not for her.
"Mama Huang, you get up first, you should know that most of the things in my treasury are rewarded by the queen
, If it is less, my aunt will ask me in the future, how do you tell me to answer, do you want me to lie for this slave and aunt? ”
Seeing Mama Huang's apprentice react like this, Murong Hui knew that this person was terrible, and if she gently exposed it this time, she would definitely feel that it was okay to steal her master's things.
It will definitely get worse in the future, and there will come a time when she can't hold it back.
When Mama Huang heard this, she almost didn't fall to the ground, and her apprentice also heard a little bit of Murong Hui's meaning, and immediately raised her head.
"Your Highness, the slave maid just took a few pieces of jade, please spare the slave and maid this time, the slave and maid will definitely serve you with all their heart and soul in the future."
Mama Huang's apprentice is usually articulate and has a lot of eyesight, so she got Mama Huang's blue eyes.
However, it is obvious that after becoming Mama Huang's apprentice, she got a little carried away, and naturally lost her original energy, but was a little more rebellious.
Mama Huang originally wanted to fight for it, but after hearing this, her eyes immediately showed a look of despair.
"This palace only asks you one thing, if you answer to the satisfaction of this palace, you can save your life, otherwise for the sake of the master and servant, this palace will help you prepare a thin-skinned coffin."
When she said these words, Murong Hui kept staring at Mama Huang's apprentice to see her reaction.
She sneered in her heart when she saw a flash of frightened anger on her face.
"Your Highness, the old slave has no merit and hard work, please don't reveal this matter, the old slave will make up for the jade you lost."
Hearing Murong Hui say this, she guessed that Murong Hui had already made a decision about her apprentice.
But now in order to protect herself, she naturally wants to try her best to keep this apprentice, even if she wants to clean her up, she has to pass this level first.
After Murong Hui heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned, she didn't know that being a grandmother could save so much silver.
"Mama Huang has ever thought that Qingyan is just an ordinary palace maid, how did she get the key to the treasury?"
Seeing Mama Huang's reaction like this, Murong Hui had no choice but to make things clear, she didn't care about throwing a few things at all, what she cared about was who was the ghost in the East Side Palace.
Mama Huang's hands couldn't help but shake when she heard this, she was not a fool, so she naturally understood what Murong Hui meant.
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