The chief steward was anxious, fearing that the Marquis would believe the slander and misunderstand the princess.
He was about to step forward to explain, but without looking at the shopkeeper, he kicked him a few feet away and strode into the house.
Jiayin said with a smile: "Father, you are back. Have you had lunch?"
"No, I came here specially to eat with you." The Marquis smiled and rubbed the fat girl's hair, and discussed with her: "It's been a long time since I've eaten fairy food. The guests are here, do you want to go there for lunch?"
"Okay, uncle is not here, my adoptive father and I will go to support my second brother." Jiayin was so smart that she guessed the intention of the Marquis at once, "My adopted father is the God of War. The bad guys are scared when they see it, so they don't dare to bully the second brother."
The Marquis scratched her little nose and said with a smile: "Ghost spirit, I really can't hide anything from you. Are you tired of checking the account books?
"The emperor rewarded you. A few pieces of new material, you can pick and choose in a while, leave the pattern you like for the embroiderer to make into a dress, and take the rest back to share with your family. "
Okay," Jiayin responded crisply, "Grandma had to prepare gifts earlier, and there was no material in the warehouse. I just left some extra for grandma." "
The two masters spoke happily as if there was no one around, which completely relieved the butler.
But it also shocked all the shopkeepers.
They had heard before that the marquis treated the princess' adopted daughter differently, treating her more than his biological daughter. Love.
But after seeing it with their own eyes today, they realized that she was a daughter more than their own daughter!
The owner of the restaurant held his stomach and lay half in the yard, feeling even more chilled.
He originally wanted to confuse right and wrong, and took the princess' surname from Li Bu, whose surname is Ye, started to try to distance himself and try to "overturn the verdict" for himself.
But now it was obvious that his plan was in vain.
However, he didn't want to be defeated by a little girl just like that, so he struggled to climb up the steps again.
He shouted loudly: "Master Hou, this old slave is Bai Sanxing. He has been managing the restaurant for the Hou Mansion for more than ten years. I have no merit but hard work. Master Hou, just listen to what the old slave has to say."
"Master Hou, this slave is unjust. I can't bear to see Master Hou being robbed of his family property. I won't die in peace!"
Master Hou frowned, turned to look at him, and sneered: "You have been managing the restaurant for the Marquis Mansion for ten years. A few years, but the Marquis Mansion has also paid you more than ten years of wages and shared dividends for more than ten years. Where do you get the credit for your hard work? Isn't this your duty?"
Shopkeeper Bai was stunned for a moment. Then he started crying again, "Master Marquis, my old slave is just dim-sighted and misread the numbers, so that the general ledger can't be reconciled. The princess wrongly accused the old slave of embezzling money!
" And in autumn and winter, eggs and vegetables and other raw materials It was much more expensive. The princess also said that the old slave had done something wrong in the purchase. The old slave was wronged!
"Master Marquis, if the princess wants to kick this old slave out and replace him with the Li family, even though he has made it clear that he should not let this old slave bear such a bad name, he will not be willing to die!"
Jiayin didn't want to speak at first, but now But he had no choice but to speak, "Why are you telling lies? You entered the wrong numbers ten times in an account book. Not to mention, you actually spent three times more than usual to buy eggs in June, and you even said it was autumn and winter. June is considered autumn and winter in your house?!"
Mr. Hou patted the fat girl on the back, like soothing a kitten with fried hair, and finally asked Shopkeeper Bai, "You said that the princess deliberately framed you and arranged for the Li family to rob you. Location?"
"Yes, Lord Marquis." Shopkeeper Bai had no way out and said bravely.
The butler wanted to explain again, but the Marquis nodded and said to shopkeeper Tong Bai, "What you said reminds me that the shop is not under the princess's name. It is indeed unfair for her to take care of it in the future.
" Then, he ordered the butler, "Go to the government office tomorrow and transfer all the shops to the name of the princess."
Everyone gasped when they heard this!
Shopkeeper Bai opened his mouth wide and stared at the sky...
There are more than thirty shops in the Hou Mansion, both inside and outside Kyoto!
Just give it all to the princess? !
Is the Hou Mansion going to have trouble living in the future? ! In particular, several shopkeepers who also had problems with their account books were absolutely devastated.
They had originally hoped that Shopkeeper Bai would come forward and they could take advantage by following behind, but now it seemed that it was completely over...
The four of them looked at each other and knelt down.
One of them took the lead and said: "Master Hou, we are obsessed with tampering with the account books and embezzling money. We are willing to return all the money and only ask Master Hou to spare our lives."
Master Hou glanced at them and said: "Death penalty. You can avoid it, but you cannot escape the crime. After the compensation is paid, each person will receive twenty pieces of money. You are allowed to redeem yourselves and take your whole family out of Xindu!"
These shopkeepers are all slaves of the Hou Mansion. Some have signed death contracts, and some have signed A twenty-year long-term contract, and even a whole family of people were servants of the marquis.
With their backs against a big tree, they could enjoy the shade. As stewards and shopkeepers of the Hou Mansion, they had never been bullied outside.
They only need to think about it. In the future, if they take off the amulet of the Hou Mansion and return to the lives of ordinary people, it will be like walking in the cold winter wind and snow without their cotton-padded clothes...
But the wrong thing has been done, and they can regret it now. That's too late.
The four of them kowtowed to the ground and obediently stepped back to receive their boards.
Shopkeeper Bai felt bad when he heard the screams in the yard!
He still wanted to speak, but the Marquis had already ordered the chief steward, "Call this person's whole family, ask if he has anything else to do, and then deal with it and sell the whole family."
"Yes, Master Marquis!" The chief steward agreed. , waved his hand and called two guards to come forward, grabbed shopkeeper Bai and left.
Shopkeeper Bai struggled desperately and wanted to speak, but he was knocked out of the scabbard and passed out...
The other shopkeepers who had no problem stood aside with their heads lowered, like quails, not daring to take a breath.
The chief steward tentatively asked: "Master Marquis, who is the right person to take charge of these five shops?"
The Marquis looked at Jiayin and said, "Princess, let me decide."
Jiayin tilted her head, kicked her calves, and thought for a while. He said, "For these five shops, let the deputies of the former shopkeepers take over for one month. If they can support the shop, they will be officially promoted. The shopkeepers of the other shops who are loyal and diligent will be rewarded with an extra month's salary."
" Okay, that's it." The Marquis nodded and motioned for everyone to leave.
The shopkeepers quickly bowed respectfully and thanked them, and then left one after another.
Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, the butler couldn't hold it any longer, so he gestured with his thumb and exaggerated the good news, "Princess, you were so powerful just now, and you handled it so well!"
Good news quietly glanced outside the door, and then took a photo He patted his chest and said with a smile: "I was really scared to death just now. It's fine that I didn't make a mistake."
"No, no, the princess handled it very well! These shopkeepers are like donkeys. They can't be led away and they are pushed back. In the future, You have to knock more, otherwise you will make mistakes easily."
The chief steward found a good excuse, climbed up the pole quickly, and begged with a grimace: "Princess, can you come to the Marquis Mansion more times in the future, even twice a month? Okay?! The Marquis is often away from home. Although the old servant is a housekeeper, he is also a servant. The princess often comes and goes, so that the people in the house can stay together..."