() "Concubine Zhu, do you know how much an ordinary family spends in a year?"

Su Liruo asked slowly. Zhu Guifei opened her mouth, how could she know.

"No disease or disaster, ten taels of silver is enough."

Su Liruo answered for her.

He asked again: "Do you know how much a family like me spends a year?" ”

Zhu Guifei still didn't know, so Su Liruo said: "Big fish and meat every day, three dishes and one soup at a meal, four clothes per season, plus the expenses of the next people, it is only two thousand taels of silver a year." ”

Zhu Guifei's face was pale.

Su Liruo continued: "The noble concubine manages the affairs of the six palaces, so she should always know how much the palace spends a year, right? ”

Everyone thought that Zhu Guifei should be able to answer this time, but they didn't expect Zhu Guifei to be silent for a long time, and stammered: "It's about ...... More than 100,000 ......"

Everyone was amazed!

Several low-ranking concubines discussed in a low voice: "Our share is similar to what Princess Yonglu said about her family, we are only a dozen people, and we have more than 50,000 deaths, how can there be so many more?" ”

Su Liruo said: "That lady is very reasonable, she seems to be very good at mathematics. ”

The concubine said in a low voice: "I don't dare to be, but I learned some at home, and I can't get it on the table." ”

Su Liruo took out a few account books from his sleeve and handed them to her: "Okay, then I'll bother you, do a rough calculation, can you do the accounts on it?" ”

The Queen Mother was confused and asked, "Why is it still counted?" ”

Su Liruo looked at Zhu Guifei, "Is the concubine familiar with this account book?" ”

Zhu Guifei was already stunned, of course she knew, it was her account book! How could it run into her hands!

Of course, Su Liruo couldn't say that he found someone to steal it, but said: "Which day I went back to the palace with the concubine to get the silver, maybe the palace maid was confused, and she actually put the account book under the silver ticket and gave it to me together, I didn't know what it was when I got home, I opened it and looked at it, I felt that there was something wrong with the account, and then I looked closely, it turned out to be the concubine's thing." ”

When she finished explaining, the concubine was already crying out in a low voice.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

The concubine looked at the pale Zhu Guifei with a shocked face, and couldn't even speak.

"The account book of the concubine...... Unexpectedly...... There are as many as 80,000 silver taels that can't be counted! ”

Su Li

Ruo said: "Concubine, you are not careful in this account. ”

The Queen Mother sensed that something was wrong and asked sharply: "Show me the account book!" ”

The concubine trembled and handed the account book to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother took a look at it, and it was clearly the accounts in the palace! She looked down, and the more she looked, the more frightened she became.

The annual expenses in the palace are only 40,000 yuan, but she dares to report 120,000 yuan!

The Queen Mother slammed the ledger on Zhu Guifei's face, and Zhu Guifei's white jade-like face immediately turned red. 、

"Zhu! You're so daring! ”

Zhu Guifei trembled, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.

Since she mastered the Six Palaces, she has become more and more fond of profligacy, and the gold and silver rewarded by her family and the emperor are simply not enough, so she moved the idea of accounting.

Concubine Liang covered her mouth and said: "No wonder it is only 10,000 taels as soon as she opens her mouth, we people may not be able to save so much silver in a lifetime, but she can be greedy for nearly 100,000 taels a year, oops, this is all Your Majesty's money, Your Majesty may still think that our people are too extravagant, who would have thought that they all went into this person's pocket!" ”

The Queen Mother's heart hurts, she thought that Zhu Guifei was just a little pampered, but she didn't expect to have such a bad heart.

Su Liruo helped the Queen Mother sit down, personally poured a cup of warm tea for the Queen Mother, and comforted: "Queen Mother, you dissipate your anger, today is your birthday, and it is not worth it to be angry." ”

The Queen Mother slowed down and said coldly: "Zhu, what else do you have to say?" ”

Concubine Zhu looked like she was stupid.

She tried her best to lay it out, thinking that it would be seamless, who would just want Su Liruo to get out easily, but now she even let her reveal her biggest secret!

She didn't believe Su Liruo's nonsense, what palace maid misplaced, this ledger was lying in the dark compartment under her bed, it was well hidden, how could it be misplaced!

She stared at Su Liruo resentfully, and said sharply: "Su Liruo, you can't die well!" ”

"Shut up!" When the Queen Mother saw that she not only did not repent, but also spoke ill of Su Liruo, she became angry.

"Come on, pull this wicked woman down and kill her with a rod!"

Immediately, a guard came in and held her to the ground.

Su Liruo persuaded: "Queen Mother, today is your birthday, I'm afraid it's unlucky to see blood, in my opinion, temporarily imprisoned in the prison, and wait for you to pass your birthday safely, and then dispose of her." ”

The Queen Mother felt that Su Liruo was very intimate, and patted her hand, "Yong."

Lu is reasonable, so he will do as she says. ”

The guards dragged Zhu Guifei, who was like a crazy woman, down, and far away, she could still hear her viciously cursing Su Liruo, cursing the Queen Mother, and cursing the concubines in the palace.

After this trouble, the Queen Mother was not in a very good mood, Princess Changning exchanged glances with Su Liruo, and called Wan'er out.

Just now, because she was afraid of scaring the child, Wan'er was taken away by her mother-in-law after completing the testimony, so Wan'er didn't know what was going on, and ran over in a hurry.

Su Liruo caught her, squatted down to eye level with Wan'er, and whispered in her ear:

"Grandmother Huang is not very happy today, can you go and coax her?"

Wan'er nodded, like a cheerful bird, threw herself into the arms of the Queen Mother, raised her innocent little head, and said in a milky voice: "The imperial grandmother smiled~"

The Queen Mother was troubled by the child, and her bad mood dissipated a little, so she said to everyone: "Okay, let's not care about those who are unhappy, continue to enjoy us!" ”

Su Liruo answered, and raised his voice: "Play music!" ”

The musicians babbled and played music, so lively, and finally passed today's twists and turns of birthday.

After leaving the palace, Princess Changning took Su Liruo's hand at the gate of the palace and said softly: "Thanks to you today, otherwise the Zhu family may not have been encroaching for a long time, and the queen mother may be angry for a long time." ”

Su Liruo liked the gentle and gentle eldest princess very much, and said with a smile: "Where the eldest princess is, it should be." ”

"Why are you still called the eldest princess? Since you have been named Princess Yonglu, you should call me an aunt. ”

Hey? How can you still ...... She thought that she was the same generation as the eldest princess, why was she a generation shorter at this time?

The eldest princess smiled and nodded her nose, "Did you forget?" You are the princess of the emperor's brother, so naturally you call me aunt. ”

Yes......

"Shouldn't that Wan'er call me...... Sister? ”

The eldest princess didn't expect that a person who was calm and calm just now would have such a side at this time, and she couldn't help but like her more.

"That's right, there are so many things in the temple that I have forgotten to correct you."

Wan'er showed a small head from behind her mother, and Su Liruo said: "That's it, my sister is my sister, I still look young." ”

The eldest princess burst out laughing, got into the carriage, said goodbye to her, and went away.