In the evening, in order to celebrate Pei Lanzhi's return, the old lady specially sent someone to invite the chef of the VIP building to cook a table of good dishes.

Originally, when he returned triumphantly, the emperor should set up a banquet in the palace to reward the three armies, but this time, for some reason, there was no movement at all.

Ye Wanran was afraid that Pei Lan would think too much, so she kept saying good things during the banquet to ease his heart.

"The husband is a brave general, the emperor will not forget the merits of our general's mansion, but Princess Ronghua went to the Northern Desert for the peace of the two dynasties, the emperor was sad, and he was afraid that he would not have the interest to set up a banquet for a while, and after the servant of the Ministry returned to Beijing, this matter should be put on the agenda."

Shen Lingyu was sitting beside him, he was originally annoyed, but when he heard the words "Servant of the Ministry of Officials", his eyebrows jumped even harder, and the wine glass in his hand was almost unstable.

Ye Wanran saw her gaffe, and thought that she had seen something, so she couldn't help but grab Pei Lanzhi's wrist.

"Brother and sister, are you alright?"

Shen Lingyu came back to his senses in time, slowly put down the wine glass, and then smiled indifferently.

"It's okay, just looking at the second brother, I suddenly remembered my husband, if he is still alive, he should also sit with us at this moment, waiting for the emperor's edict to add officials to the king......"

These words made the other three people's faces change, but it was only in order that Shen Lingyu would not see the flaw, so they insisted on not revealing it.

happened to be the butler leading a deputy general in, and Pei Lanzhi hurriedly diverted the conversation.

"What's the matter?"

The lieutenant general stepped forward and said: "General, there are countless dead and wounded brothers in this battle, but when I returned to the court today, I didn't hear about the pension issued by the court, and the brothers inevitably felt a little resentful, after all, the big guys haven't gone home for half a year." If they went back empty-handed, it was really inappropriate, so their subordinates came to ask them on their behalf to see when the imperial court's pension would arrive. ”

Originally, it was unorthodox to ask such a question.

It is natural for the court to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, but as a subject, you can't ask the court directly, otherwise where will the court's face go.

If it was in the past, when General Pei and his concubine were still alive, they would have tried to enter the palace to ask the emperor for that money, but Pei Lanzhi did not have the wisdom and courage.

As the youngest son of the General's Mansion, he has been playful since he was a child, and he has not learned and has no skills, if it wasn't for the emperor's order to let Pei's Mansion go to the battlefield when he was fighting before.

This time he entered the palace with the credit of his father and brother, and it was the first time in his life.

really asked him to go to the emperor to ask for a pension, but I am afraid that before his mouth is opened, the whole person will be frightened to the ground first.

So as soon as the deputy general's words came out, Pei Lanzhi was stunned for an instant and didn't know how to answer, and after being stunned for a long time, he turned his head to look at Mrs. Pei.

The old lady has lived for most of her life, so she has some insight, and after a moment of silence, she instructed Ye Wanran.

"I thought that the third daughter-in-law was going to go to the Northern Desert with the princess, so I left all the family affairs to you to take care of, although the pension of the imperial court has not been issued, but our general's mansion as the commander of the Pei family army, we must not let the soldiers chill.

Later, you will go to the treasury to get some silver, and first issue it to the soldiers for emergencies, and then make up the government silver after the pension of the court comes down. ”

When Ye Wanran heard this, her eyes tightened, obviously panicked, but she nodded in agreement.

"My daughter-in-law knows."

She lowered her head, thinking that she had covered it up well, but she didn't know that Shen Lingyu had already taken her reaction into her eyes.

Intuition told Shen Lingyu that there must be something wrong with the books in the house.

Thinking of this, Shen Lingyu smiled, and gradually had an idea in his heart.

After dinner, Shen Lingyu returned to Tingyuxuan, where he lived, and as soon as he entered the room, he asked Zelan to go to the outer courtyard and call a handyman named Chen Shu in.

Chen Shu's background is very poor, but what is rare is that he can read and break words, and he can also settle accounts, and I heard that his father taught him.

His father was originally a showman, but because he failed to succeed in repeated attempts, his father was depressed and angry, so he committed suicide by jumping into the river, and his mother couldn't afford to raise so many children, so she sold him as the eldest son into the general's mansion.

Chen Shu was bullied a lot when he first entered the mansion, and he has always been an existence that is not easy to attract attention.

But Shen Lingyu noticed a difference in him.

The reason is that once when she was sorting the accounts in the account room, she found that when Chen Shu cleaned the account room, she actually placed the account books neatly one by one according to the age, and then she discovered his strengths.

Now, although the affairs of the house are no longer in her charge, Chen Shu can still be used.

When Zelan brought people in, Shen Lingyu raised his eyes to look at his dark face and a bruise at the corner of his eye, knowing that he must have been bullied again in the past few days, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Chen Shu, I'm sorry, now I'm not in charge, I can't protect you."

Chen Shu hurriedly shook his head, "Third lady, don't say that, I was able to get your care before, I was already a little three lives, but the villain has no ability, always makes mistakes, and it has nothing to do with the third lady!" ”

Shen Lingyu said: "How can you not be capable? Looking at all the subordinates in the General's Mansion, you Chen Shu is the only one who can be a great talent, but you just lack a chance. ”

Although Chen Shu is not a shrewd person, he is not stupid, he has suffered in the mansion for many years, and he has long learned to observe words and feelings, so he instantly understood what Shen Lingyu meant.

After only hesitating for a moment, Chen Shu tightened his face and knelt down respectfully towards Shen Lingyu.

"If the third lady can trust the villain, from now on, the villain is willing to go to the soup for the third lady, and he will not hesitate!"

Shen Lingyu nodded with satisfaction and asked directly: "After the second lady takes charge of the house, has she embezzled the money in the public treasury without authorization?" ”

Chen Shuzhi is full of words.

"Since the second lady took charge of the house, Mr. Ledger has been replaced by her, as far as the villain knows, a few days ago, the uncle of the second lady's maiden family had a visit, and after that, the villain found that the order of the ledger was disrupted, and a few pages of it were changed."

In this way, Ye Wanran really hit the idea of the public treasury, and it is no wonder that she was embarrassed at the meeting just now.

There's a good show to watch now.

If you want to be the housewife of this general's mansion, you have to see if you have the ability.

Shen Lingyu squinted and smiled, and after a few words of advice to Chen Shu, he let him go.

After Chen Shu left, Zelan pursed his lips and couldn't help but ask the confusion in his heart.

"Madam, even if the second lady embezzled the public treasury without authorization, but after all, she still has the second master to protect her, and the old lady has always liked her, you want to take back the power of the family, I'm afraid it's not so easy, right?"

Shen Lingyu said: "Zelan, don't take the relationship between people too strongly, once your own vital interests are damaged, people will not hesitate to put aside their personal feelings, and no one will be an exception." ”

In charge of the family, she is going to decide.

Ye Wanran and Pei Lanzhi's good days will start today, and they will be completely over!

In the next two days, the entire General's Mansion was still immersed in the joy of Pei Lanzhi's safe return, and there was no change.

But soon, things get a little wrong.

The reason is that the diet of the people in the house has deteriorated a lot for no reason, and the people will inevitably complain after a few meals of clear soup and lack of water.

"Since the second lady took charge of the house, the life of our subordinates is getting more and more difficult, thinking that when the third lady first entered the house, although she didn't say that the meal was a big fish and big meat every day, but it was a little oily, but now, how can you eat it with gruel and pickles!"

"That is, although the third lady is a businesswoman, her father is a well-known rich gentleman in Yangzhou City, and the third lady has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she is a good hand at doing business, which can be compared to the second lady."

"You say, could it be that the General's Mansion is going to suffer?"