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Only then did Zhe Zhi realize what she was talking about. She was so angry that she threw the empty bowl directly at Grandma Zhou and said sternly: "You can't use defective milk for this drink! As long as it's not fresh milk, just beat it." If you don’t produce cream, you are afraid that something will go wrong, it is not a conscience discovery at all!”

The more she spoke, the angrier she became: "You, a gentle woman who has been stabbed a thousand times, dare to use your master's body for personal gain. You were sold as a slave. A bad guy like you should be beaten to death as a warning to others." They all learn from each other, but they are all full of mischief!"

Zhezhi was so angry that when he saw her kneeling there submissively with her head lowered, he just wanted to step forward and kick her.

Xie Fengyue listened silently.

It wasn't until he saw her moving that he signaled Huarui to hold her.

Since Zhe Zhi played the red face, Xie Fengyue was naturally the one who played the bad side, "I have always been tolerant towards my servants, and now you have told me honestly, I will not do that kind of thing of killing people at will, but if you If you want to be punished and meritorious service, then honestly explain what other people around you have done."

She paused and sighed: "I am giving you preferential treatment because you are an old man in the house."

Aunt Zhou had nothing to hide. She wished she could open her mouth three times and shake out everything she knew or heard.

When she stopped talking, Xie Fengyue asked with a smile: "Is there more?"

She grabbed her hair and tried to remember it for a long time before dryly spitting out two words: "No more."

"Then go back and don't tell anyone what happened today." Xie Fengyue said in a kind and even playful tone.

Waiting for Aunt Zhou to stand up tremblingly, rolling and crawling out of the back room.

Only then did Zhe Zhi speak dissatisfied: "Girl, why do you want this troublesome slave to go back so safely? She deducted the master's expenses and enriched her own pockets with inferior goods. At the very least, she should be beaten ten times!"

Xie Fengyue looked at her pouted cheeks and pointed her out, then turned to ask Xiang Huarui: "What should we do now?"

A stern look flashed in Huarui's eyes: "Send someone to arrest all the people that Grandma Zhou confessed to, and then slap them all without asking about right or wrong."

Xie Fengyue nodded: "Then."

A trace of doubt appeared on Hua Rui's face: "Then. Then"

"Then, we should reward Grandma Zhou with ten taels of silver in a big way." Xie Fengyue added calmly.

After seeing varying degrees of confusion on the faces of Zhi Zhi and Hua Rui Chun Han.

Xie Fengyue explained: "Today she came to the master's house for a while, and then someone was punished for corruption. However, she is still a clean person, so naturally people will think that this is the news of her betrayal, and everyone in the house will She acted based on what she said, and today she exposed her corruption. Not only was she not punished, but she was rewarded, and they will follow suit."

Several people suddenly understood, and Zhe Zhi even added: "Then can all the moths be removed from the house?"

"No" Xie Fengyue shook her head, "Everything is not black and white. It is destined to have gray in such a huge mansion. As long as it does not affect the interests of the master, he will turn a blind eye. Eyes."

Xie Fengyue taught by analogy: "As the female envoys of the inner court, don't underestimate anyone in the mansion. Take the handymen who stand by the well every day to fetch water. They only need to stand there every day." Just fetch water, but if one day they fetch every bucket of water a few breaths slower than usual, then cooking in the kitchen and sweeping the garden will take a quarter of an hour slower than usual, all of which will affect the house. A perfect day in this huge mansion is inseparable from the servant girls." After hearing this, Huarui thought for a long time and said: "Is that why the girl let the people below handle it by themselves? Just like the one who fetched water. If the handyman is passive and slows down in his work, affecting the progress of the affairs of the house, but as the master, the girl will naturally not find fault with the handyman. The girl only needs to reprimand the person in charge, and someone will naturally take action. "

Xie Fengyue nodded: "Like this time when Aunt Zhou embezzled more than ten taels of silver, I will naturally not take action, but I need to beat those moths so that they can fight on their own in the nest."

Now even Zhe Zhi understood. She slapped her forehead and said happily: "Then Grandma Zhou will be dealt with by others, and the girl will not have to bear the responsibility of killing the servant. Isn't that right?"

Xie Fengyue didn't expect Zhezhi to understand, but she didn't expect that her little head suddenly had an idea today. She couldn't help but feel happy and praised: "Yes, yes, little girl Zhezhi is the smartest!"

While a few people were talking, a little girl outside reported that Manager Bai was here.

Only then did Xie Fengyue remember the reason why she asked Chunhan and Aunt Zhou to come here. She could read the account books to make sure they were correct, but she didn't know how to deal with general affairs. She didn't even know what prices were in Shengjing nowadays. She originally wanted Chunhan and Aunt Zhou to come here. Auntie Shengjing must know this aspect, but now that Auntie Zhou is missing, she has no choice but to pin her hopes on Chunhan.

"Do you know how much prices are in Shengjing in summer?" she asked Xiang Chunhan.

Chunhan nodded sharply: "My slave knows this. The three girls in the Guards School were upset when they saw my ugly appearance, so they transferred my slave to take care of the shopping in the yard for a while. I know the prices of most things in summer."

Xie Fengyue then put her heart back in her stomach and signaled Huarui to invite the people in.

As soon as Bai Rongan entered the room, he bowed politely and then presented the account book with both hands.

After Xie Fengyue took it, he lowered his head and started reading without letting anyone get up.

Her purpose today was not to read all the accounts. The main thing was to look for the expenses of the ice cellar. She read them ten lines at a time, and finally wrote a few vague records on the records at the beginning of the year.

In March of the fourteenth year of Qian'an, it cost one thousand taels to buy saltpeter.

Xie Fengyue then looked through the beginning of each year and found records of the purchase of saltpeter, and there was no such thing as ice in the summer expenses.

Shengjing belongs to the south. Although the temperature in winter is not as low as that in the north, it can still freeze and snow. Even if there was no snow in Shengjing last year and there was no ice material to store, it would cost thousands of taels. It is not difficult to make a cellar of ice with the purchased saltpeter, but the white steward said that there is no ice left in the princess's mansion.

Haha, what a fool.

She already knew in her heart that it seemed that Manager Bai had taken the ice materials from the princess's mansion and sold them privately.

"If you can't make up for the shortfall of money, just hand over half of it." Xie Fengyue's words were astonishing.

Manager Bai was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed decisively and said, "Your Majesty, I have been working diligently in the palace for several years. My behavior is known to all the servants in the Princess's Palace. How dare you embezzle money from Gong Mo's family?" Woolen cloth!"

She had wanted to blow him up, so she wasn't surprised when he said this.

She threw the account book aside casually and said nonchalantly: "You know where I come from, right?"