My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 265 Both Lines Are Broken
Lord Gu said, "It's okay. There are still two days before the palace is open. The director of the Imperial Hospital will not be free to come for inspection until tomorrow. Let's deal with the affairs of the palace in the next two days. If the emperor is really interested, I will find a way to push it forward."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "That's good."

These two days have indeed been busy. All the smallpox patients in the mansion have recovered, and everyone has nothing to worry about and can walk around the mansion freely.

Suddenly, many people came out of the mansion.

Hongye asked Gu Shiliu to help look at the booklet submitted by Hongmian, and he also checked it himself. After making sure there were no omissions, he handed it to Qin Yuan.

Since it was the first time that he showed up in front of the lady to do his job, Hongmian watched him very closely and asked him questions the next day.

"Sister Hongye, am I doing okay? Did the Madam say anything?"

Hongye said, "Madam didn't say anything, she just said to leave it there. I tell you, don't worry if there are no mistakes. If no one comes to make trouble after Madam announces the rewards and punishments, then it's done. Even if someone comes to make trouble, it may not be your fault. It depends on whether the person in charge of the report made a mistake."

Hongmian felt a little disappointed, but didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Seeing her like that, Hongye suddenly remembered something and said, "I've been busy with the accounts these days. When I have some free time in a couple of days, I plan to teach a few people how to do the accounts. Can you help me ask if there are any people who are willing to learn?"

Hongmian was stunned for a moment, then responded with a smile.

Hongye naturally told not only her, but also others.

Several maids discussed privately, wondering whether they should follow suit and learn.

Hong Mian said, "I don't know what we can do after learning to read account books. Do we girls have to be account keepers?"

Some people were a little hesitant.

Someone who was close to Hongye said, "Since Sister Hongye is willing to teach, it is always good to have many skills. I will learn from you. Even if I am released from the mansion in the future, I can still use it."

Hongmian remained silent.

Cui Ming told Hong Ye after she found out. Hong Ye sighed and said, "I only saw her as a bold and capable person, but I didn't expect she had so many little tricks."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "Which smart person doesn't have a lot of thoughts? But you are half smart and half confused. You use all your intelligence to get things done. It's rare."

Hongye forced a smile and said, "Then Miss, please love me more."

Qin Yuan said, "Of course, if I don't love my people, who will? You followed me before, and I didn't have many people to command you. You will understand after a while and more experience. These are nothing, but you still need to open your eyes and be more discerning. You don't have to be afraid of people just because they are smart and thoughtful. Different people have different uses. How to use people is a science. You should learn it slowly first."

As soon as these words were spoken, Hongye immediately became much happier.

Cui Ming sighed, "It's just that the young lady knows how to comfort you. If I had advised you, you wouldn't have gotten better so quickly."

Hongye ignored him and just took out the list she had copied a few days ago and asked Qin Yuan, "Miss, there is a lag of several dozen days between the transfer of the monthly allowance from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard and the payment of the allowance to the inner courtyard. The shortest is more than 20 days, and the longest is almost two months. All the records of the past few years are recorded here."

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "Take a look at the public property of the manor and the shops. When did they pay the money and when did they enter the accounts? Who handled it?"

After hearing this, Cuiming and Hongye's expressions became serious. Facing their serious and inquiring gazes, Qin Yuan said calmly: "Even if there are some mistakes in Sun's account, they are not too obvious. In fact, the most hidden and serious problems of wealthy families are in these aspects. I am just preventing them from happening."

Cui Ming frowned and asked, "Miss, now that you know what the Xu family did, you suspect this?"

Qin Yuan nodded, "It's about the same. We'll have to wait and see how it turns out."

The red leaves, which had been somewhat slack, were suddenly full of fighting spirit again.

Qin Yuan added, "The items of the inner courtyard over the years have been extracted. If anyone comes to ask for help, we can just add or subtract from the old rules. The outer courtyard doesn't have these yet. You have to teach people to read the accounts anyway, so why not help sort them out?"

Hongye couldn't help but whine: "You really know how to assign me work. If this goes on, I don't know when I can return the account book to Accountant Sun."

Qin Yuan laughed, "The later you pay it back, the happier he will be. He must think we are incompetent and are just pretending, but he doesn't know that Hongye has exposed all his secrets."

Hongye said, "There's no need to wait a few days. Let's do it now. I'll go teach them how to read the accounts and help me transcribe them."

After saying that, he called people to look at the account book together in the ear room.

Qin Yuan instructed Cui Ming again, "Go and ask Madam Li how the clothes of Doctor Li and Xiaodong are prepared. They will leave tomorrow and will go through the small door they use for daily shopping. You should prepare everything in advance to avoid any trouble."

Cui Ming responded and went to the sewing room.

Qin Yuan only ordered two maids to serve her. She spread out paper and ink, and lowered her head to write and draw. Before she knew it, it was dinner time. When Gu Jinghui came, he asked, "Aren't we going to hold a farewell banquet for Doctor Li and Xiaodong today? What are your plans?"

"My mother said she would come, so I didn't interfere."

Lord Gu responded and sat down next to her.

Qin Yuan put down her brush, tilted her head and looked at him. Seeing that he looked unhappy, she knew something else was going on. She quickly asked the maid to pour tea, and she picked up the round fan beside her and slowly fanned herself twice.

Lord Gu picked up the words she wrote, glanced at them randomly, put them aside, and said, "The woman in the dungeon had her poison sac removed, and she refused to speak no matter how much she was tortured or bribed. Lieutenant General Jin checked a number of Jizhou soldiers who had close contacts with Pang Hai, and most of them have retired, and those who are left don't remember them very clearly, after all, Pang Hai has been dead for some years. It is only said that Pang Hai is very familiar with the customs and people of Jizhou, and it seems that he has contacts with the local big families in his conversations."

Qin Yuan didn't say anything, waiting for Lord Gu's next words.

Lord Gu continued, "Mrs. Jin and the ladies who were in close contact with Zhao did remember that Zhao occasionally mentioned that there was a younger sister at home, who seemed to have married a bank owner, but no one knew where he came from."

This means both lines are broken.

Lord Gu said in frustration, "Cheng Ge'er and his family can't say they have any relatives to go to, so we can only find a family to foster them after we open the mansion. I have asked Lieutenant General Jin to see if he can find an old soldier in the city who has no children. He must be loyal, honest and reliable, but it is difficult to find one in a hurry."

The maid brought the tea, but Lord Gu just glanced at it and was not in the mood to drink it.

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we do as we said before and set up a courtyard facing the street for them to live in. Let them choose their own servants and the fake Mrs. Yang will naturally go with them. We just need to find an adult to supervise the two children, which is almost the same as fostering them in someone else's care. Let's ask mother tonight if she has anyone available."

There are people from the Gu family's side branches, so why give them to the old soldier to raise? Since Zhao threw the two old women back, one reason was that she wanted to take advantage of the smallpox outbreak in the mansion, and the other was probably for the two children.

In this case, it is better to keep a close eye on it.