Looking at the stack of copied accounts in front of her, Mrs. Peng's eyes flickered but she didn't have a little bit of emptiness, she took the tea she served, took a sip with a full attitude, and glanced at a few stewards and servants who were named by Chungui, and sneered again and again in her heart: These servants and maids who saw the wind and steered the rudder, I was afraid that they thought that the back house of the Taishi Mansion was about to change, and they couldn't wait to flatter the Gu family, which shows that the loyalty in the past was not a word from sincerity, and it was just at this time to test people's hearts and minds clearly, and drastically replace these positions with henchmen, The old lady saw the Gu family's true intentions clearly, and she would not really entrust the power of the inner house to the long house, and she was only in favor of personnel changes.

She put down the tea bowl and condensed her face: "Even Mrs. Yi said that Brother Ting's daughter-in-law is good at making plans, and her ability to read and keep accounts is stronger than ordinary people, I don't have anything to advise on the accounts, in the blink of an eye, it will be the Winter Clothes Festival, the turn of autumn and winter, how many things must be prepared, I still have a lot of affairs to take care of, I really have to teach the two of you today, what do you don't understand, first ask Mama Jiang and Mama Su." ”

and made a gesture to get up.

"My nephew and daughter-in-law have checked the accounts these days, and there is nothing I can't understand, but because I understand them, I am extremely confused, and I hope that the second uncle and mother can relieve my nephew and daughter-in-law." The return of spring is also straight to the point, so naturally Mrs. Peng will not let Mrs. Peng go away with a bit of self-talk.

She was never allowed to sit in front of Mrs. Peng, and she stood aside at this time, but there was no humility in her expression, and her words were more direct: "Because of these accounts, there are too many clever and false records, so as to withdraw money from the account office, but they are not used at all. ”

When he returned to check the accounts in the spring, he didn't pull the leaves together, but the eldest girl's son listened to her sister-in-law's words, and her expression turned solemn, and she couldn't help but look at those accounts.

"For example, before the Chung Yeung Festival, the second uncle and mother withdrew a hundred taels of silver from the account office of Gongzhong to purchase various furnishings and sacrificial necessities, and the accounts recorded that many precious utensils were purchased, but according to the warehousing account book provided by the steward of the reward office, only two utensils were added, with a total value of thirty taels of silver, plus the rest of the goods, a total of sixty taels of silver were not used for festival consumption; For example, the fat powder money required by the servant woman in the inner house for a month, after being verified by the nephew and daughter-in-law, did not consume the amount recorded in the accounts of the second uncle and mother, and so on, and the nephew and daughter-in-law did not count it completely, but in the past six months, there were more than four hundred silver dollars in empty accounts. ”

This means that the money that Mrs. Peng asked for from the public school under various names was actually not spent on the family at all, and the whereabouts of the money and the accounts did not match the facts at all, and of course it was intercepted by Mrs. Peng.

The evidence is conclusive, but Mrs. Peng is not in a hurry: "Brother Ting's daughter-in-law is just honing her knowledge, and she doesn't have the right to interfere in the housekeeping of the family, right?" And who gave you the guts to question your relatives? ”

"If the second uncle and mother refuse to let go of their doubts, then the nephew and daughter-in-law have to ask the old lady for advice." Spring return seems to be confident.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Peng was not only not threatened, but sneered: "These accounts, the old lady has already seen them, Brother Ting's daughter-in-law questioned me for embezzling money from the public, which is tantamount to questioning the old lady's protection and connivance, and even questioning the old lady is the mastermind, since you are so arrogant, then be bold and provocative." ”

If you refuse to return to the spring and waste your lips and tongues, in the end, you will go away.

But he said that the daughter-in-law Jane at the reward place

The family guard, because of gratitude for the eldest grandmother's justice, kept the messenger, and originally cooperated with the eldest grandmother to check the accounts, but he didn't expect the eldest grandmother to directly question Mrs. Peng, so she secretly revealed the secret she knew to Chungui: "The eldest grandmother doesn't know, the reason why the second lady dares to blatantly embezzle public funds must be because of Mrs. Tai's acquiescence, but in fact, Mrs. Tai ...... It is necessary to subsidize the consumption of the Anluhou Mansion. ”

This was originally an open secret in the Taishi Mansion, otherwise with Lan Ting's alertness, of course, he would not be completely unaware, but he had never checked the accounts of the inner house, so he naturally did not care about Mrs. Peng's uncle.

Chungui actually didn't think of the inside story, but seeing that Jian Bao's family dared to say it so directly, he thought that this person was really usable, and said with a smile: "I have something I want to entrust you to Zhang Luo, I don't know if you dare to do it?" ”

"There are many slaves and maids who have to be protected by the grandmother to keep the messenger, and in the future, they will naturally follow the orders of the grandmother." Jian Baojia hurriedly showed sincerity.

She is not Mrs. Peng's confidant, because Jian Bao and the big housekeeper still have some friendship, so she found a light and decent messenger for her, that is to say, if Jian Bao's family is seriously calculated, she is in the camp of the head of the family, Uncle Zhao, then her loyalty to the eldest grandmother has become a matter of course, not to mention that she is still protected by the eldest grandmother, and she should be grateful for her kindness.

"It's not a private matter, it's just to publicize the words and deeds of the second lady today." Spring Returns.

So in just one day, many servants in the Taishi Mansion were whispering and discussing-

"I heard that the eldest grandmother inspected the accounts and found a lot of emptiness, and confronted the second lady on the spot."

"I also heard about it, and I also heard that the second lady admitted that the accounts were untrue, but she was not afraid of being held accountable at all."

"The second lady's words seem to be instructed by the lady, of course the second lady has nothing to fear."

"But how could Mrs. Tai embezzle so much money from the princess?"

"It should be to subsidize An Luhou's mansion, speaking of which, the first An Luhou was punished by the imperial court, and his family property was confiscated, leaving only the ancestral house and clan land, inherited by the current Anlu Hou, how can the Hou Mansion be overstretched? Not to mention that Concubine Hui is in the palace, and there are a lot of dots to consume. ”

Of course, these rumors soon reached the ears of the old lady.

She was so angry that she roared: "Gu's family spirit, let her learn to manage some family affairs, and dare to use chicken feathers as an arrow to check the accounts, who gave her such courage?!" ”

Mama Su inevitably complained: "In the end, she was born in a small family, she only has this idea of money in her eyes, and she can't wait to check the accounts, just to prevent the second lady from embezzling public funds, maybe she thinks that she will be a clan woman in the future, and all the money in the Taishi Mansion should belong to her, where can she think of long-term benefits?" As long as His Royal Highness the Ten Princes inherit the throne one day, no amount of money can be exchanged for the power of Xuan Zhutang. ”

Both the master and servant felt that this resentment was really unbearable, so they immediately called Chun Gui to reprimand.

Chungui felt very "innocent": "The granddaughter-in-law just saw the obvious loopholes in the accounts, thinking that the second uncle and aunt were deceived by the subordinate Diao Nu, and she couldn't pretend not to notice it, because the whereabouts of so much money were unknown, how did she know that as soon as she was reminded, the second uncle and aunt actually admitted it in front of the subordinates...... The granddaughter-in-law was also extremely annoyed, and after thinking about it carefully, it was big

The lord has never pursued the accounts of the inner house, and he should know the whereabouts of this money, but ...... The second uncle and aunt should not have made the accounts so false, and there were nearly 1,000 taels of silver in a year. ”

"Nearly a thousand taels?!" Mama Su accurately captured this key.

The face is very ugly.

Because the money that Mrs. Peng gave to the old lady was not such a large amount.

The old lady also had no intention of scolding Chungui, and after sending her away, she discussed with Mama Su again, and the master and servant changed their words to complain about Peng's family-

"The second lady is indeed too imprudent, as the eldest grandmother said, the void of the accounts is so obvious, wouldn't so many stewards have long been suspicious?"

"This foolish thing, in front of the servants and maids, directly claimed that it was acquiesced by me, no wonder so many people are talking about it that I took my husband's money to fund my mother's family!"

"And the second lady didn't pay so much money to Mrs. Tai, so she must have deducted a lot of money from the Peng family."

So the old lady's anger was finally vented on Mrs. Peng's head.

Of course, these things are expected in the spring return.

Mrs. Peng dared to blatantly set up a project to embezzle public funds, naturally there was the acquiescence of the old lady behind her, but how could Mrs. Peng's temperament only work and not seek personal gain? I will definitely deduct some of it to benefit myself. The old lady secretly financed Concubine Hui and the Jiang family, but she must not tolerate her daughter-in-law following her example to fund the money of the Taishi Mansion to the "foreign surname", the typical only state officials are allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light the lamps.

And immediately after the return of spring, he invited the second uncle and grandmother to come forward and attack the old lady.

Although the Taishi Mansion is the head of the great sect of Xuan Zhutang, but at the same time, it is in the hands of the public wealth of the clan, and it is rumored that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have cleverly set up accounts to embezzle public funds for his own use, it is not a private matter of the big clan behind closed doors, of course, the elders of the tribes have reason to question it, although the old lady denied it in every possible way, and refused the proposal of the second old lady to check the accounts of the house in the Taishi Mansion, and the second old lady of course refused to retreat.

"I really don't have conclusive evidence to confirm these rumors, for the sake of the discussion of the servants and maids, but there is no reason to gather the elders of the clan to convene a clan meeting to agree, but the second daughter-in-law is still in charge of the internal affairs of the clan alone, and she will not be able to serve the public in the future, just to put an end to rumors and slander, the sister-in-law should also allow the third daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law to cooperate with the second daughter-in-law to manage the house, if you even refuse this, is it possible that the sister-in-law really embezzled the public funds in the clan privately to help the Anluhou Mansion?"

The old lady was speechless, so she had to blame the head of the Lan Ting family.

So when Lan Ting went home that day, he was directly "summoned" to the Heist Garden to participate in the family meeting held by the old lady because of his presence, and although Chun Hui had already greeted him in advance, he was so resolute in just a few days, which still made Zhao Xiu feel a little surprised, but the accident was an accident, when he heard the old lady complain about Chun Gui, Lan Ting naturally wanted to come out.

"The grandson has never checked the accounts of the inner house, but also based on the trust in the second uncle, I didn't expect the second uncle and mother to set up a false project to spend public funds, the amount is so huge, since the lady found out the false accounts, not slandering the second uncle, how can the grandmother blame the lady for acting improperly?"

was asked by her grandson like this, and the old lady opened her mouth.