Hearing this, Lu Yi cried more and more.

She was indeed a little ashamed, the first time she reported the account, she made such a big mistake, and she had no shame to see the old master.

Guo Wan sighed and stepped forward to pull her: "I told you to get up, and you got up, is it true that you want me to help you?" ”

Lu Yi didn't dare to be stubborn anymore, and got up and squatted down to her: "The people's daughter is rude, please forgive Mrs." ”

"Where do you have so many sins for me to forgive?" Guo Wan said, her voice suddenly raised, as if she was annoyed: "Instead of asking me to forgive your sins, it is better for you to do a good job and sort out this account." ”

She returned to the front of the case, picked up the account book, flipped a few pages, and closed it with a "snap", her brows tightened: "More than 7,000 taels of silver, it's gone, I have to take the money to fill it up first, and the expenses for the next year will be reduced by at least half." ”

She seemed to be angry, holding the account book and "banging" the case, and her voice was sharp: "No, I just said that it is less, roughly calculated, the expenses will be reduced by half, and I will be thankful if I can leave thirty percent, how do you tell me to live in this palace?" Isn't this going to force me to die? ”

This was said seriously, Lu Yi cried more and more, but she didn't dare to ask for guilt, and Cui Yuying, who was outside the curtain, instantly darkened her face.

Guo Ruzi's problem is true, but it also has one benefit, that is, he is generous, and the reward is never less than five yuan. In the past few months, she has followed this rich master, and her purse is bulging, and she has received no less than twenty taels of silver, which is her monthly routine for several years.

At this time, Guo Ruzi said that next year's expenses are only 30%?

Cui Yuying suddenly felt that her future was in jeopardy.

In this harem, there is no human affection or reason, only the rich and the poor, the noble and the lowly.

The high is respected, and the low is humbled; Those who are favored are expensive, and those who fall out of favor are cheap. In addition, if you want to live well, you need to have money.

With money, even if you have a low position and are not favored, you can be peaceful; If you fall out of favor and have no money, you can only wait for death.

Although there is a good emperor in this dynasty, and the harem is still clear, how many are the three thousand beauties? There will always be a few unlucky people who live and die aggrieved.

She Cui Yuying doesn't want to work for this kind of master.

“…… Didn't you say that you want to make palace powder and green calyx essential oil? Why is it not on the list reported this year? What's going on here? Guo Wan's words floated from inside the curtain, and her anger was still there.

Cui Yuying was stunned, only to realize that she had just thought about it and missed a lot of news.

She listened intently.

In the curtain, Lu Yi was standing next to Guo Wan, with her back to the curtain, and smiled at Guo Wan.

Although there are still tears on his face, this smile is real and warm.

"Mrs. Hui, because Xiangyunzhai's essential oil is so good, many people are red-eyed, so there is a black-hearted person who secretly makes trouble, and spends a lot of money to buy a few craftsmen, wanting to steal Xiangyunzhai's recipes and drawings." She said softly.

Guo Wan smiled back at her, her eyes were also warm, but her voice was sharp and harsh: "Yo, there is such a thing?" Then our recipes and drawings were stolen? ”

"Mrs. Hongfu, the recipes and drawings have been saved." Lu Yi said, his expression slightly solemn.

This is not apocryphal, the situation at that time was indeed critical, fortunately, there was no danger.

Guo Wan's eyes were faintly grateful, and her voice was happy: "It's okay, it's okay, it really scared me." Then he asked, "What the hell is going on, tell me in detail." ”

Lu Yi said: "This is really thanks to Mrs. Han's tight precautions, the first step to see the signs, so she went to the government, took the official messenger to the craftsmen's residences to search, and immediately found out a few people who hid a large amount of private property, and found out the documents they had set up privately, and they were all drawn on them, and if they couldn't deny it, these people were all sent to the prison cell, and the recipes and drawings were unharmed." ”

She said while staring at Guo Wan, her eyes were gentle and full of care.

Guo Wan gave her a knowing look, but her voice was still resentful: "According to what you said, there will be no new tricks in the second half of this year, and you are just busy catching internal thieves, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, ma'am. Because of this incident, which has been in trouble for two months, Mrs. Han didn't care about the newly made essential oil. Lu Yi said softly, on the side of his footsteps, he opened the account book with his hand, pointed to one of them and said, "The folk girl also wrote down this matter, just behind the account book." Madame, please. ”

Cui Yuying was hearing the benefits, and when she heard the sound, she quietly opened the curtain again, but saw Lu Yi bending over by herself, and it was a coincidence that she would block Guo Wan, and she could only see her back when she looked through the gap.

Cui Yuying sighed and was unlucky, she didn't dare to look more, and the loose curtain stood up.

At this moment, Lu Yi was taking out a note from the mezzanine of the account book and quietly handing it over to Guo Wan.

Guo Wan took it calmly, unfolded it and swept her eyes, her face did not move, and she pinched it in the palm of her hand.

"That's it, this year's business is this year, this account book will be put here for me first, and I will look through it carefully to see if I can find the crux of the problem." She quickly spoke, tilting her head slightly, and motioned for Lu Yi to get out of the way.

Lu Yi smiled at her and took a few steps back, giving up just the right spot for someone to peep.

But it's a sigh that the people outside the curtain are quiet, but they don't know how to come at this time.

Lu Yi lowered his eyes, swept his gaze to the door, and a pair of palace shoes were exposed under the corner of the curtain, standing without eight points, and then looking up, on the soft brocade curtain, there were some ups and downs of the body.

This is eavesdropping, so close, the embroidered curtains are all pasted to the body.

Lu Yi pursed her lips, and when she looked up, she had a humble look on her face, and said timidly: "Yes, madam, the people's daughter is useless, and the teaching lady is tired." ”

"That's it, let's do this first, don't mention it again, I'm annoyed." Guo Wan frowned and waved her hand, looking extremely impatient.

Lu Yi did enough to act, and immediately burst into tears, still lowering his head, not daring to raise his voice: "Yes, madam." ”

Fu raised his head again, and continued the rest of the words: "Then, next year's essential oils will only be made of five kinds of moon, rose, peony, peony, and plain orchid." Mrs. Han said that there are not enough craftsmen, and you can't find those who don't know the roots, so you would rather do less. ”

"That's all there is to it." Guo Wan frowned deeply, put one hand on the account book, and sighed for a long time.

The room was silent, and suddenly no one spoke.

Cui Yuying's heart moved slightly, she wanted to peek at her, but she was afraid of failure, so she had to prick up her ears desperately.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Lu Yi's voice to come again: "Madam, do you remember Mother Jia?" ”

Guo Wan said "oh", and the last note of the upward pick was a little surprised: "Didn't she quit her job last year and didn't do it?" What do you ask her to do? ”

"Mrs. Haojiao knows that Mother Jia also came with the people's daughter this time." Lu Yi said, the laughter can be described as flattery, "Mrs. had to take care of her when she was young, and she also said that she missed Mrs. very much, and when she heard that the folk girl wanted to send an account to Mrs., she asked Mrs. Han for an errand and said that she would come over to give you a gift." Old lady Han remembered that she had been loyal to the house for many years, so she should leave her, and she also came today, waiting outside the village. ”