"No, Your Majesty..." The Marquis was anxious to object, but was interrupted by the Emperor waving his hand, "Cousin, there is no need to say any more, I have made up my mind."
The Marquis sighed, thought for a while and said , "Then when someone asks, the emperor must have said that I was the one who suggested this matter."
The emperor smiled, "My cousin will enter the palace today, and I will recruit the children of the aristocratic family to join the army. I am afraid that if I don't say this, everyone will guess the culprit. The culprit."
The Marquis also laughed, "Yes, I was confused too."
After chatting for a few more words, the Marquis said, "Fu Niu'er is still in the house, I'll go back first."
The emperor remembered that Basket of melons, he immediately said, "Suzhou donated a lot of good materials the day before yesterday. Pick some and bring them back to make dresses for Fu Niuer."
The Marquis was not polite at all and responded, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Mr. Yi Guanji He came in with a wink, smiled and led the Marquis out.
A young eunuch and a palace maid wanted to come forward to serve the emperor for new tea, but the emperor waved them away.
The emperor walked around the room with his hands behind his back, calculating the number of descendants of each family and which family could extract more money.
Although he had many concerns just now, once he decided to do something, he would not regret it.
What's more, he is the emperor and worries about the empty treasury every day, while those wealthy families are extravagant and live in a dream.
Since they enjoy blessings that the common people cannot enjoy, they naturally have to endure the same hardships as the common people!
In the middle of the calculation, he suddenly froze for a moment, then started laughing. He couldn't help but whisper, "Cousin, it's still the same cousin. He really hasn't changed!"
Mr. Hou brought a dozen horses with good materials and went on board. Carriage, all the way back to the Hou Mansion.
In the eyes of the officials waiting to be summoned outside the palace gate, they couldn't help but be envious.
Someone said, "I'm afraid Xintinghou will soon be called Xintinggong. It's really rare for the emperor to have such trust."
"Yes, Xintinghou controls an army of tens of thousands. This time he is victorious and triumphant. Your Majesty ." Naturally, I am even more favored." Another official also echoed.
But some people said sourly, "I heard that there were a lot of casualties in this expedition. We injured a thousand enemies and lost eight hundred. That can be considered a victory! Such a victory achieved with human lives can be achieved by anyone who leads the army." Win!"
These words sounded wrong, and the other two people did not dare to interfere, so they quickly changed their words...
Not to mention that they were talking about it, they only said that the Marquis's carriage left in front of the palace.
Seeing the eaves of the palace disappear from sight, the Marquis slowly closed the car window.
People, only the friendship in childhood is the purest.
As we grow up, this friendship will always change.
That six-year-old prince's cousin would trust him wholeheartedly.
But the emperor's cousin, who is sitting on Tianwu, will be suspicious of him and will be on guard.
So, just leave things like friendship in the past.
At any time, it still depends on the interests.
Just like today, the benefits are enough, even the emperor is willing to be used to help him clean up the Wu family...
In the main courtyard of the Hou Mansion, there are dozens of account books piled up, and the shopkeepers and stewards of each shop are waiting outside the door.
In the room, Jiayin, Shui Ling, Shui Yun, and the housekeeper have been doing calculations for half an hour.
Finally, five account books were selected.
Jiayin said, "Uncle Steward, there is something wrong with these account books. The amounts are wrong. At least one of them is off by more than two hundred taels." The chief butler had just finished a book of calculations, and his expression was really bad at the moment.
He usually beats these stewards and shopkeepers often because he is afraid that they will become greedy. Moreover, the wages paid to them by the Marquis Mansion are very high, and the shop will receive a dividend at the end of the year.
Who would have thought that they would still do such a stupid thing!
With a dark face, he walked to the door and called all the shopkeepers and stewards into the room, and then called out the five shopkeepers whose account books had problems.
The five shopkeepers had something on their minds, so they naturally looked weak, but when they saw a few-year-old girl sitting in the main seat, they emboldened themselves again.
If they confront the Marquis, they will immediately ask for mercy and atonement.
But a little girl... they still have a chance.
One of the shopkeepers smiled dryly and was the first to ask, "Princess, do you have something to tell me?"
"Yes," Jiayin responded simply, took a piece of snacks, and said while eating, "It's in your account book. You are short of three hundred and eighty taels, so you can spit it out. When your adoptive father comes back, I will intercede for you. I will not beat you up, but I will also let you go home and take care of yourself."
The shopkeeper turned dark and retorted in a cold voice, "County The master joked. The old slave had worked for the Hou Mansion for thirteen years, and the shopkeeper had also been working for thirteen years. There had never been any problems in the account books. Why did the princess have problems when she checked the accounts?
"If the princess doesn't like the old slave, If you want someone else to be the shopkeeper, the princess can just say so. As long as the Marquis nodded, the old slave would immediately give up his position. "
"Presumptuous! " When the chief steward heard this, his eyes widened and he scolded the shopkeeper loudly, cursing, "Who gave you the courage to talk to the princess like this?" The Marquis has already given instructions that everything in the Marquis Mansion will be decided by the princess. The princess wants to replace you, so why make such an excuse! "
That's not certain. After all, the princess's surname is not Ye. She probably wants to replace the old slave and find someone named Li to take over." "The shopkeeper is also a tough guy. Perhaps because of his seniority, he speaks harshly.
Everyone originally thought that the princess would get angry or shed tears. After all, she is a child and cannot be as calm as an adult.
But But they all guessed wrong. The princess was still smiling and eating snacks, not angry at all.
She raised her hand, picked up the account book with two fingers, threw it to the shopkeeper, and said, "On page 20, the balance is eighteen taels." Six taels of silver, but when the statistics on the last page turned out to be 12 taels of silver, where did the eight taels of silver go? "
The shopkeeper's expression changed. He took the account book but did not open it. He replied, "Maybe the old slave was blinded and saw something wrong. "
I saw it wrong once, twice. Could it be that I saw it wrong ten times?" Jiayin patted the snack dregs on his hand, looked at him seriously, and said, "Okay, even if you are wrong, it is possible." But you are in charge of a restaurant, and eggs cost three cents each in summer. Why is it five cents each on your purchase bill? It's impossible to buy more, but the price will be more expensive, right? Not only eggs, but also pork, mutton, fresh fish and various vegetables are all much more expensive. How do you explain that? "
The shopkeeper finally realized that he was afraid. He had been doing it for several years by falsely reporting purchase bills and making a profit from it.
He didn't expect that he would be exposed by a child of a few years old.
"This, this..." He was momentarily exposed. She couldn't find an excuse, but Jiayin couldn't bear to waste more words with him.
Since it's shameless to give him face, don't give it up.
"Uncle housekeeper, give this man twenty blows and tie him up until his adoptive father comes back to deal with him. "
Yes, Princess. " "The chief steward was also angry. These people did such a stupid thing and slapped him in the face again.
As he was talking, some guards were called to see him. They pulled the shopkeeper's arm and dragged him out.
The other shopkeepers were frightened . They were all pale.
At this moment, the Marquis came back from the palace.
The shopkeeper seemed to have seen the savior and rushed towards him, "Master Marquis, save this old slave. The princess wants to kill the old slave." ! "