The Green Tea Lady was reborn as the God of House Fighting
Chapter 120: Butler Trouble
Lady Xuanguogong gradually came to her senses and realized that the troubles faced by the new bride were instigated by her two daughters-in-law.
In this matter, she was also easily influenced and listened to others' instigation, saying, "This girl from the Ruan family is of humble origins, born to a concubine. For her to be able to attract the prince to marry her, she must have some ulterior motives. Madam, you must be on guard."
Now it seems... those two daughters-in-law are the ones who are truly harboring evil in their hearts.
Before Yu Luan left, she heard Lady Xuanguogong sigh softly, and then she said slowly: "You are the wife of the Crown Prince, and Xu'er will inherit the title in the future. As for the matter of managing the household...it is better for you to get familiar with it, so that you will not be completely in the dark in the future."
This meant that she was going to take over the power of housekeeper. The girl's eyebrows twitched slightly. She had learned from Yin Xu earlier that the decision-making power of major affairs in the mansion was now in the hands of the wife of Duke Xuan.
As for the details and specific affairs inside and outside the mansion, they were decided and handled by her two sisters-in-law.
Among them, Yang is very strong and has several times more power than her second sister-in-law Chen.
He wanted to fight for power...his main opponent was his elder sister-in-law who had been entrenched in the mansion for many years.
The girl collected her thoughts, lowered her eyelashes, and murmured "yes".
This reckless fuss today...can be considered a benefit. Not only did it make my mother-in-law stand on my side, but I also won the right to be the housekeeper.
In the afternoon, Mother Lin had no choice but to send the crying Yinzhu to the Qingfeng Courtyard of the Second Young Master.
"This old servant greets the Second Madam. This is Yinzhu," Mother Lin said with a big smile on her face. "The First Madam said that Miss Yinzhu will serve the Second Young Master from now on. The Second Madam will train her and let her learn to serve the Young Master."
Chen was already full of anger with nowhere to vent it. It was obvious that she was sent to the Third Young Master's courtyard, and when that girl from the Ruan family started crying, she made things even more frustrating by having her cry right under her nose!
Looking at the silver bead again, perhaps she was still reluctant, her eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, she was truly a beauty, Xi Shi shed tears.
Her heart was beating fast, and she couldn't help but sneer softly.
"My third sister-in-law is really good at this... Look, she solved a big problem by shedding a few tears!"
These words sounded like she was dissatisfied with the wife of Duke Xuan. Mother Lin stood by with her eyes lowered, not daring to respond.
Chen was reluctant, but she had to accept him. Before Mother Lin turned to leave, Yinzhu quickly stretched out her fingertips to grab the corner of her clothes.
"Mom, save me! Mom... You said at the beginning that you would help me and let me be the concubine of the prince! What is this?"
Mother Lin was helpless. She originally wanted to control others, but unexpectedly, the other person turned around and bit off a piece of her flesh and blood!
She left with a ruthless heart, leaving Yinzhu crying non-stop. Chen was upset and sneered, saying in a cold voice: "You are still crying, so I am the one who should cry!"
As she said this, she winked at the maid, who understood and stepped forward, pulling her and starting to slap her left and right.
"You unlucky thing! You dare to cry in front of the master's wife, do you dare to be unwilling?"
After slapping her more than ten times, Chen ordered calmly: "Take her away and lock her up. Keep her well fed and well-drinked. Don't let her think I can't tolerate you because she's too thin."
"Yes." The two maids agreed and pulled the heartbroken Yinzhu away.
Chunxiayuan, inside the flower hall.
"Pah--" There was a loud crisp sound. When the maid slowly walked into the room holding the teacup, she caught a glimpse of the broken porcelain pieces of the vase on the ground and did not dare to breathe loudly.
He walked forward carefully, handed over the teacup, and secretly glanced at the young woman. He saw that Yang's face was as gloomy as water, her heart was beating fast and her face was full of anger.
"Madam, have some tea to calm down..." the maid persuaded in a low voice. Just as she handed the tea bowl forward, the woman raised her fingertips and waved it away with force, with suppressed anger in her voice.
"Ruan is just a concubine's daughter from a middle-class official family. In my family, she would barely be qualified to be a concubine!" Yang cursed with gnashing teeth, "Now she wants to compete with me for the right to manage the household. She doesn't even look in the mirror to see if she is worthy enough!"
As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something. A gleam of light flashed across her eyes, and she curved them slightly as she gave the order in a cold voice.
"...Call Liu Chen's family over."
The next morning, the girl asked someone to invite the two housekeepers who were in charge of the household appliances and money to come to the flower hall. While she was looking through the registered books of goods and money, she asked the two housekeepers to answer any questions she had on the spot.
Yu Luan just flipped through the booklet that managed gold and silver utensils and found two things wrong.
Her white fingertips touched one of the entries in the booklet and she slowly read aloud: "...In the spring of the thirteenth year, the eldest wife borrowed a sandalwood screen with a carved Eight Immortals and a Ruyi pattern and inlaid with jade, but there has been no record of it being returned."
"...In the summer of the fourteenth year, the eldest wife borrowed a bonsai with a jasper daffodil pattern, a red sandalwood beauty couch with a lotus pattern, and four purple jade vases with ladies' patterns... There is no record of their return either."
The girl couldn't help but frown slightly, raised her eyes to look at the two people, and asked in a calm voice: "These items are not cheap. Did you return them without registering them, or did you not take them back?"
These two mothers in charge, one is from Zhang Bao's family and the other is from Liu Chen's family, are both wives of the person in charge of the front yard.
Hearing this, Zhang Baojia shook her head and answered frankly, "Most of these things were taken away by Madam Yang herself, saying that they were to be displayed to guests to show off their wealth. But they were never brought back, so it's not easy for us servants to ask about it."
This statement made sense. The girl then looked at another person and asked, "Mother Liu, are you afraid to ask?"
"Well," Liu Chen's family smiled, his eyes rolling, "Mrs. Yang is a very famous lady. She came to ask for it, so we can only give her what she wants."
"I don't think it's a big deal," Liu Chen's wife advised with a smile, "Mrs. Yang is also a family member. She put some things in the room to look good in front of the guests. What's the big deal?"
Having said that, if it weren't for Yu Luan's investigation today, the power of the housekeeper was in Yang's hands. Would anyone really check these things? Who knows, one day Yang might quietly make up for it by making false accounts.
Her thoughts were racing in her mind as she slowly and leisurely closed the booklet with her fingertips, rubbed it lightly twice, and then spoke in a brisk voice.
"Thank you for your help today, mothers. There are so many things to do, I just took over and I can't sort them out, so let's leave it alone for now." She seemed to turn a blind eye to this irregularity, and said with a slight smile, "Qiu Xiu, send the two mothers out."
Qiu Xiu walked forward with a smile. The girl noticed that when she said "I won't check anymore", Liu Chen's face flashed with pride, while Zhang Bao's face remained normal.
When Qiu Xiu came back after seeing the two off, the girl held a teacup in her fingertips, took a sip slowly, and asked calmly, "What do you mean?"
"I gave Zhang Bao's wife two taels of silver and asked her to go back and buy some tea. She accepted it and told me that she wanted to thank you." Qiu Xiu told them all their reactions. "Liu Chen's wife... refused to accept it. She said that it was her duty to answer Madam's words and she dared not accept the reward."
Qiu Xiu speculated, "Madam, isn't it that the Liu Chen family is more reliable because they are honest and upright?"
"wrong."
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