"You're talking about Madame's dowry shop?" Ling Guogong asked.

"Naturally not. The mother's dowry shop is naturally in charge of a trustworthy person, where is the turn to get a daughter-in-law. Right? Mama Zhao. Chu Yuqin looked at Mama Zhao next to her.

Mama Zhao lowered her head: "Those shops are indeed not doing well. Madame was sick and had no time to take care of them, so the minions were inattentive. Business is usually good. ”

"I have the books of the shops there. Of course, what they sent me was fake accounts, and I asked a few experienced old bookkeepers to pick out the fake accounts in the account book and rearrange them. The ledger that follows is not very real, but at least nine of them are true. I guess the ledger is better than the fake ones they handed in! Which one would my father want to see? ”

"I'm a little curious." Old Madam Ling said: "For so many years, how has my daughter-in-law managed the house? Daughter-in-law Yi, you send someone to bring the account book over for everyone to see, so that we can have a long experience. How exactly does this fake account work? ”

Chu Yuqin looked at Qiu Yin next to him: "You go!" ”

Qiu Yin replied: "Yes." ”

When Qiu Yin went to move the account book, Ling Guogong asked again: "Are there any problems in the days when you are in charge of the inner house?" ”

"There are so many problems! Today, my father is rarely free, and my daughter-in-law will tell you carefully. In addition to the ghosts stealing and selling, there are also people who reveal my husband's whereabouts and sell news. I don't understand, my husband's news is so worth so much money? A piece of news that he has not come back will be sold for ten taels of silver. I knew it was so easy to earn, so I went out and shouted in person. ”

Chu Yuqin's words were full of sarcasm and sarcasm.

"Father, husband often handles some important errands for the emperor. Even you have to keep those errands a secret, let alone anyone else. The subordinates in the palace revealed his whereabouts, and if the husband made a mistake during his errand, the consequences would be unimaginable. Isn't the control in our house too lax? Was it like this before? ”

Ling Guogong looked at Mama Zhao: "Your master is seriously ill. It's up to you to talk about these questions! You've been following her, and she won't hide anything from you. ”

Mama Zhao knelt on the ground.

From just now, he knew that today was the calamity day of the Duchess of Lingguo.

First the treasures that were sold, then the deficit of the shops, and finally the control of the government. These are all related to the Duchess of Ling Guo. If she wasn't seriously ill, she would be the one kneeling here.

"None of this has anything to do with Madame." Mama Zhao lay on the ground and threw herself to the ground. "The old slave relies on the trust of his wife, and the affairs in the house are managed by the old slave. The old slave didn't want his wife to worry about it, and every time his wife asked, the old man reported good news and not bad news. After a long time, Madame didn't know the situation in the house at all. All this was done by the old slave. ”

"You mean to say that for so many years, the housekeeping in our house has been managed by you, an old slave?" Old Madam Ling sneered: "You are an old minion who is more expensive than so many masters?" ”

"The old slave is guilty. Please ask the old lady to spare the old slave's life for the sake of the old slave's loyalty. Mama Zhao choked.

Chu Yuqin knew that Mama Zhao was taking the blame for Duchess Ling Guo.

She didn't poke her.

After all, no one here is a fool, and everyone knows that Mama Zhao is a backbiter.

They can deal with it as they want, anyway, her purpose is not Mama Zhao, but the real power in this mansion.

Since you want to give her rights, let's be refreshed. If she wants to go back after a while, she won't agree.

Qiu Yin brought in the ledger with a few servants.

The old lady and Ling Guogong looked at the account books.

The third aunt looked at Chu Yuqin and smiled at her.

Chu Yuqin ate a snack, picked up the teacup and raised it in the direction of the third aunt.

"What do you want to do?" Jiang Shi said in a low voice.

Chu Yuqin tilted his head, his face full of puzzlement: "Drink tea!" Does sister-in-law drink? This tea is not bad. ”

"I'm not talking about that." Jiang said: "You offended Mama Zhao and your mother like this, how can she spare you?" ”

"Sister-in-law." Chu Yuqin swallowed the snack in his mouth and asked curiously, "Is there no intrigue in the Jiang family?" Otherwise, with your temperament, how did you survive until now? ”

Jiang choked.

Ling Shengzhi said: "Brother and sister have been preparing for a long time for today, right? ”

"I didn't prepare anything. Everything comes naturally. My mother asked me to take care of the house, and I should be mentally prepared for this. After all, I'm not a marionette, they let me do whatever they want. ”

After Chu Yuqin finished speaking, his face suddenly realized: "Oh, I almost forgot." In their eyes, I have climbed your Lingguo Mansion, so I should use this silver to fill this bottomless pit. But for the merchants, the silver is their life. I have to give out all my hard-earned money in order to please them? I promised, and neither did my husband. Right? ”

"My younger siblings are prone to disadvantage. Businessmen are profitable. But the family is face-heavy. If you make a fuss like this and spread everything out, your father will also feel shameless. Do you think he'll like you? ”

"I'm married to your brother, and I really don't care if your father likes me or not. If you hadn't begged us to come back, we would still be living our little life in the other courtyard! Do you really think that we are rare in this Lingguo Mansion? Chu Yuqin looked at Ling Shengzhi. We come back, what's in it for us? Well, the Lingguo Mansion is not as much as mine. Powerful, my husband is valued by the emperor and not because of the Lingguo Mansion. ”

Ling Shengzhi smiled and said no more.

"Over the years, the store has lost so much money?" Old Madam Ling looked at Ling Guogong. "Did you see that?"

Ling Guogong's expression was ugly: "I saw it." ”

"Your daughter-in-law is not a business material, she has to learn from others to do business. Now it's like this. Old Madam Ling said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Ling Guogong looked at Mama Zhao: "This old slave is hateful and betrayed her." ”

"Mama Zhao is your wife's grandmother, you sold her, and you are not afraid of her making trouble?" Old Madam Ling said, "I'm not asking about an old slave. What you do with her, I don't care at all. I'm asking you how you're going to arrange things in the house? ”

"Isn't there a Chu family's arrangement in the mansion? She continues to manage it! Since she said that the previous ledgers were all bad debts, let's figure out the accounts. How to manage it in the future depends on her. Isn't she a businessman? Doing business should be something she is good at. ”

"Father. The daughter-in-law is willing to do it for her. However, the current Lingguo Mansion is an empty shell. If you are angry, I am afraid that you will not even be able to prepare a dowry or dowry. In less than two months, the house will be empty. Otherwise, people wouldn't have thrown the mess at me. ”