Chapter 260: The Royal Owes Money

The whole room was in chaos, Old Madam Gu was trembling with anger, the maid was so frightened that she didn't dare to make a sound, the shopkeeper hid under the table and didn't even dare to raise her head, tears of fear, and the whole scene seemed to have been controlled by the housekeeper.

The housekeeper is always mature and obedient, and he stands in the house, feeling that he is the master here.

He ignored the old lady's anger, walked to the table and sat down unhurriedly, poured himself a cup of tea, slowly brought it to his mouth, tasted it, and put it down gently, with a leisurely appearance that the old lady Gu had never seen.

He enjoyed enough of this feeling, so he turned his eyes to Old Madam Gu again, and said with a light smile: "Old Madam, you must be very surprised, why am I not afraid of you at all?" ”

"I might as well tell you, thanks to the dowry that you neglected, I can have today, your dowry is not only a few shabby shops, there are also several Zhuangzi in it, I take care of these Zhuangzi with my own hands, and I earn much more silver than you think."

"I've been in the Hou Mansion for so many years, and I'm familiar with those royal relatives and nobles, and they also have access to the money in those Zhuangzi, if you want to punish me, it will be equivalent to punishing those people together."

"They have 'borrowed' a lot of money from Zhuangzi, if the old lady wants the silver so much, then it is better for me to release the news, saying that the court owes the Hou Mansion silver, what do you think the emperor will think? When the time comes, will he blame me or the Hou Mansion? ”

Listening to him finish saying sentence by sentence, Old Madam Gu was already angry, she wanted to scold the housekeeper, but her chest rose and fell violently, and her heartbeat made her breath a little breathless, and she slowed down for a long time, and then a sentence popped out from between her teeth, "Evil animal!" Do you still have no conscience? ”

She trusts the housekeeper so much and puts the property in his hands, and this trust is decades, but the person who lowers her eyebrows in front of her every day has already betrayed her thoughts, and she pretends to be honest and simple on weekdays, but she is actually a sinister and cunning villain!

She actually left such a person by her side for decades, and Old Madam Gu suddenly wavered in her vision of looking at people, she used to think that Mingyuexi was bad and served with her heart, and she thought it was good, but she lost her conscience.

If it weren't for her body, Old Madam Gu still had a lot of things to scold, and the housekeeper waved her hand indifferently: "Is that all the old lady wants to say?" Then why don't I say a few more words to give the old lady a heads-up. ”

"If this matter spreads, the first one who will be blamed by the emperor is your most precious grandson, Gu Xiaohouye, how do you think the emperor will suspect him?"

As soon as Old Madam Gu thought of the scene where Gu Yanbai was reprimanded by the emperor, she was furious, she moved her lower lips, and she was so angry that she closed her eyes and fainted!

"Old lady!" The maid suddenly screamed, hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and shouted outside, "Come on, the old lady has fainted!" Help me! ”

"Hmph, shout something," the butler let out a disdainful snort from his nostrils, treating him coldly without a trace of pity, "It's time to die when you're so old, isn't it?" ”

The maid was suddenly too frightened to speak, someone had already rushed in outside, the housekeeper turned around and wanted to leave, but the old lady woke up leisurely, looked at his back, and stared at him again before he had time to breathe: "Arrest this evil obstacle for me and put him in prison!" ”

The old lady knows better than anyone the importance of the emperor's attitude, no matter how meritorious the Hou Mansion is, if it provokes the suspicion of the saint, it will not be able to keep it.

The housekeeper wants to put the Hou Mansion in an unrighteous place, she must not let him leave here, let alone indulge, it is a matter of the survival of the Hou Mansion, she can't hesitate at all.

The subordinate hesitated, and Old Madam Gu was so angry that she coughed again and again: "What are you still doing in a daze, you hurry up and arrest the housekeeper for me!" ”

Although he was confused, he had to listen to his master's words, and his subordinates rushed up, and soon subdued the butler and sent him to prison.

The housekeeper struggled to no avail, and laughed wildly as he walked: "Old Madam Gu, do you think it's useful to lock me up, let me tell you, I'm not happy, don't think about it!" The Hou Mansion is waiting for the end! Hahahaha......"

His rampant laughter got farther and farther away, but until he couldn't hear it, Old Madam Gu was still trembling with anger, and she couldn't recover from what had just happened.

Mingyuexi didn't know what was going on in the main courtyard, she got up very early and left with the account book, just missing the scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

Mingyuexi found that every expense of the Hou Mansion was clearly written on the private accounts left by Mr. Ledger, and he not only recorded the loopholes, but also clearly marked the whereabouts.

She didn't have to make much effort to see the full truth, and Mr. Bookkeeper had already investigated it privately.

The more he checked, the more Mingyuexi could feel the intentions of Mr. Bookkeeper, although he was silent, he had already planned everywhere. It makes people have mixed feelings.

It's just that this account book is not enough, she still has to find enough evidence, and when she goes out today, she is looking for the land property that the housekeeper used the money of the Hou Mansion to buy privately.

She sat in the carriage and closed her eyes, concentrating on the things in the account book, she shouldn't have been distracted, but someone in the crowd outside said the word "Hou Fu", which suddenly fell into her ears and made her eyes open suddenly.

"Isn't this the carriage of the Hou Mansion, it is really magnificent, and now the Hou Mansion is very powerful!"

Mingyuexi was puzzled in her heart, so she simply put down the account book for the time being, and listened to it in the carriage.

"I didn't expect the Hou Mansion to have such a relationship with the royal family, how rich is the Hou Mansion, and it can actually make the emperor owe silver?"

"Hey, who knows, it's the first time we've heard that Jun asked his ministers for silver, and he didn't pay it back, which is too much."

“……”

She pulled open a gap in the curtain and looked outside, and there were many people on the street who were talking to each other, their eyes on the carriage, whispering.

The emperor owes money? Mingyuexi subconsciously glanced at the account book in her hand, how can there be endless things related to money recently? Could it be that the emperor also has something to do with this account book?

The rumors about the royal family were boiling outside, and it was such a sensitive topic as silver, although the emperor was far away in the deep palace, but under the instigation of someone with a heart, it quickly reached his ears.

"The royal family owes the Hou Mansion the silver and does not pay it back?"

Listening to the words of the people outside, the pen in the emperor's hand was studied, and a large pool of ink was dyed on the rice paper.

He simply put down his pen, put his hands behind his back, and walked out from behind the drawing.