When Mama Xu heard that Jiang Shuli was suspicious of the prescription, she was shocked and angry, and she couldn't wait to go out of the house to find out what was going on.

She got up and was about to retreat when she heard the sound of messy footsteps.

"Mama Xu, something is wrong!"

It was the third-class maid from Xilan Garden, called Hongyu, who saw Hongyu's expression flustered, and when she saw Mama Xu and Jiang Shuli, she hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The slave maid has seen the eldest lady, and I have seen Mama Xu." ”

"Why are you flustered?" Mama Xu reprimanded in a low voice, "How do you teach you on weekdays?" Be calm in case of trouble, and don't bump into the master! ”

Hongyu shrank back when she heard this, and fixed her mind, "It's the slave and the maid, the slave won't dare next time." ”

"Tell me, what's making you so flustered?"

"Mama Juan was detained by Mrs. Erfang, saying that she was greedy for money and wanted to send her to Zhuangzi, and now she is still being scolded by the cane." Although Hongyu was scared in her heart, she was still articulate, "Mama Juan shouted that she was wronged, but the second wife didn't listen, so she directly let people pull it down." Mama Xu, how do you think this is good? ”

"Juanzi is not that kind of person!" Mama Xu clenched her fists, turned to Jiang Shuli and said, "Miss, the slave maid went to Shu Zhuyuan to have a look." ”

Hongyu and Mama Xu are talking about Mama Juan, Jiang Shuli also knows. Mama Juan is Ouyang's dowry maid, and not long after Ouyang's gave birth to her, she was married by Ouyang's to Mama Juan's cousin who has been in love since childhood.

After getting married, Mama Juan returned to the Hou Mansion and helped take care of the accounts of the Inner Mansion in the account room.

The head of the accounts of the Hou Mansion in Changning is the old lady's person, named Uncle Zhang, and he is responsible for all the procurement matters in the outer and inner courtyards of the entire Hou Mansion.

Mama Juan is responsible for copying and filing the part of the account books provided by Uncle Zhang every day that belong to the expenses of the inner court, and giving them to the Ouyang family for review.

Jiang Shuli straightened her clothes and said, "Mama, I'll go with you." ”

When I arrived at the gate of Shu Zhuyuan, I heard Mama Juan shouting loudly, "Second wife, the slave is wronged!" This sentence was accompanied by a muffled snort, thinking that the cane had already begun.

Jiang Shuli and Mama Xu glanced at each other and walked in quickly.

In the courtyard of Shu Zhuyuan, a group of servants and women stood full, with a bench in the middle, Mama Juan was being pressed on the bench by two powerful grandmothers, and a grandmother was holding a staff high on the side, seeing that another cane was going down, Jiang Shuli raised his voice and said, "Slow!" ”

When the mother-in-law saw Jiang Shuli coming, she put down her staff with some hesitation and looked at Mama Liu who was standing in front of the main hall.

Mama Liu frowned, but quickly walked towards Jiang Shuli, "The slave has seen the eldest lady." I don't know why the eldest lady came here? Here is punishing the mother-in-law who did something wrong, and it's not good to bump into the eldest lady. The slave and maid will arrange for the mother-in-law to send the eldest lady back? ”

Jiang Shuli shook her head and smiled gently, "Mama Liu is slow, I just came here to ask Mama Juan what she did?" ”

"Mrs. Juan, she is greedy for money," Mama Liu pursed her lips and explained reluctantly, "If it weren't for the second wife's investigation and discovery, this mother-in-law would really think that she could hide from the world!" ”

Jiang Shuli raised her eyebrows and asked softly, "Mama Liu said that Mama Juan was greedy for money, is there any evidence?" ”

"That's nature!" Mama Liu stretched out her hand and stroked her hair, and responded with a smile, "Yesterday, I asked this mother-in-law to hand over the account book, and I found out as soon as I reconciled the accounts, which is impossible to deny." ”

"Nope! I didn't! Mrs. Juan cried, "Miss Mingjian! The slave is absolutely not greedy for ink! ”

"Why are you so noisy?" The second wife, Luo Che, walked out of the inner hall with the support of the maid.

The maid hurriedly put on the armchair and served the second lady to sit down, the second lady looked at Jiang Shuli with a smile, and scolded the maid next to her, "Don't hurry up and show the eldest lady a seat!" ”

Jiang Shuli slowly stepped forward and saluted the second wife, "Shuli has heard from her mother since she was a child that Mama Juan is honest and trustworthy, so she asked her to help manage the accounts. Over the years, I have been doing very well, and today I heard that Mama Juan was greedy for money, so I came to the second aunt here for a moment of curiosity, and asked the second aunt not to be surprised. ”

The second lady grinned, and replied without smiling, "The eldest lady wants to come to the second aunt's Shuzhuyuan, and the second aunt welcomes herself," she lowered her head and fiddled with the jasper wrench on her fingers, "It's just that I'm afraid that these mothers-in-law and slaves will bully the master, one thing on the surface and one thing behind the back, and the eldest lady will be sad when she knows it." ”

Jiang Shuli smiled, "The second aunt is also good for Shuli, and Shuli is very grateful." It's just that Mama Juan shouted injustice, Shuli thought that the second aunt had always been fair and lenient, and if it was passed on, I was afraid that it would hinder the reputation of the second aunt. Why don't you send Mama Juan up and ask clearly, so as to correct the name of the second aunt. ”

The second wife was stunned for a moment, and coughed lightly, "In this way, I will pass on the lady to come up and explain it again." ”

Mama Juan is only twenty-six or seventeen years old, and she looks delicate, but at the moment she has been hit by a board, her face is full of tears, and even the tips of her hair are messy.

However, she spoke very methodically, "Back to the second wife, back to the eldest lady." Yesterday, Mama Liu asked me to hand over the account books in the inner courtyard, and the slave and maid handed them over. How do you know that today Mama Liu brought a group of servants to arrest the slaves and maids to Shu Zhuyuan, saying that the slaves and maids were greedy for ink and silver money, and the slaves and maids couldn't help but refute and scolded the slaves and maids, and the slaves and maids were really wronged! ”

"Oh?" The second wife was idly playing with the red and glamorous Kodan, looked at Mama Liu and asked, "Mama Liu, so you wronged her?" ”

Mama Liu hurriedly knelt down and replied respectfully, "Even if you give the slave a hundred dares, the slave and maid don't dare." The account book handed in by this mother-in-law is different from the one that Uncle Zhang has in hand! ”

Mama Juan would make an excerpt of the account books given by Uncle Zhang every day, and only managed the expenses of the inner courtyard.

Today, Mama Liu took the account book given by Mama Juan to Uncle Zhang's pair, and found that the amount of the account book in Mama Juan's hand was much more than that of Uncle Zhang's original manuscript.

Isn't this a lot of silver lost by greedy ink?

Mama Liu said this, and everyone nodded in unison to look at Mama Juan.

"Impossible!" Mama Juan argued, "The slave has been doing accounts for so many years, and she has never been greedy for a little silver. There will be no inconsistencies between the slave's account books and Zhang Bo's account books. ”

"That's the case, why don't you send Uncle Zhang to come and say?" Jiang Shuli was not in a hurry, and looked at the second wife with a smile.

The second wife pursed her lips, waved her hand and told her mother-in-law to go to the outer courtyard to call someone.

Soon a man in his forties followed his mother-in-law and bowed his head into Shu Zhuyuan, he walked to the second wife and knelt down, "The younger one has seen the second wife, the eldest lady." ”

Uncle Zhang is the old lady's person, and he has always been embarrassed in the Hou Mansion, and the second wife shouted quickly and said, "Yesterday, when we were in the accounts, we found that there was a problem with Mama Juan's account books, and I am afraid that we have embezzled a lot of money from it, so please come and ask Uncle Zhang." ”