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Chapter 90 Audit
"You all know perfectly well why I came back. Do I have to spell it out for you now? I will not sign this document."

Liang Wenshi choked: "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences! Wendong, hand the document to your aunt and have her sign it!"

Liang Wendong responded, holding the adoption document in his hand. Butler Qin stepped forward, grabbed Madam Liang's hand, dipped it in ink, and pressed it directly onto the document.

Madam Liang struggled violently, her face flushed with anger: "How dare you! How dare you!"

Just as Madam Liang was about to press the inkpad on the document, a white light suddenly appeared, and the adoption document in Liang Dong's hand instantly turned into powder, which fell to the ground.

Butler Qin was thrown out of the ancestral hall like a tattered rag, landing with a thud as he screamed.

Liang Jiang sheathed her longsword, glanced around, and let out a contemptuous sneer: "This is truly the first time I've seen someone so eager to become someone else's son. In order to seize the Duke's mansion, you've even thrown away your last shred of dignity, haven't you?"

Her chilling aura was more intimidating than the long sword in her hand, which frightened Liang Erye and the others into silence.

Lady Liangwen was startled and scolded her sternly but weakly, "What are you saying? How dare you, a young lady, act so presumptuously in this ancestral hall? Guards, drag the princess out!"

Liang Jiang remained unmoved: "Let's see who dares to do that?!"

Aunt Liang smiled ingratiatingly, "My dear child, it's a good thing that Liang Dong is being adopted by your parents. No one will dare to bully you and your widow in the future."

"Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. You yourselves do not want this son, and you insist on giving him away. We do not care for him."

"you……"

Liang Wen scolded, "They are your elders, how dare you speak so rudely to them."

Liang Jiang, with her long sword slung over her shoulder, said, "I am the Princess Heya, personally bestowed by the Emperor, and my mother is a first-rank imperial consort. What are they anyway?"

"They've rebelled! They've really rebelled!"

Liang Jiang was in a bad mood, and if this continued, she feared she would lose control of her urge to kill.

He grabbed Madam Liang's hand and said, "Mother, let's go!"

He walked straight away.

Yu Ma stepped forward and carefully apologized: "Miss, please forgive us. Just now, the old lady said that no unauthorized people are allowed to enter the ancestral hall of the Liang family. We failed to protect the lady."

Liang Jiang gritted her teeth, her anger palpable: "Send someone to bring Uncle Chen back. It's time for this Duke's mansion to change hands."

We've been hesitant to act, but they've become impatient. It's time to teach them a lesson.

Aunt Yu nodded: "I'll give the order right away."

"Then, have someone tell his wife that Qin Gui is keeping a mistress outside the mansion. The key is to let his wife know that Qin Gui has spent a lot of money on his mistress."

Aunt Yu agreed.

Liang Jiang thought for a moment and said, "Send two more accountants and have Song Lü come to the Duke's mansion tomorrow morning."

"Yes, is there anything else you need, Miss?"

Liang Jiang shook her head: "No more for now."

Lady Liang looked at Liang Jiang, who exuded a murderous aura, and hesitated several times before speaking, as if she was wary of her.

In the end, he just brushed a piece of paper off her shoulder.

Early the next morning.

As dawn broke and Liang Jiang, still aching from days of travel, remained in bed, the mansion was already bustling with activity.

Qin Gui was keeping a mistress in his outer house when his wife stormed into the house with a knife and cornered him in bed.

Qin Gui fled in a panic, wrapped in a quilt. His wife not only humiliated his mistress but also confiscated all the gold and silver jewelry, land, and money that Qin Gui had accumulated for her over the years.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the mansion. Aside from those who gloated over the mistress's miserable state, everyone was astonished by the fortune Qin Gui had provided for her.

Qin Gui was afraid of his wife, and it was common knowledge that his monthly allowance was entirely controlled by her.

So it's easy to imagine where he got the money to support his mistress. Qin Gui's wife ran to the second wife, crying and berating Qin Gui for being heartless.

Master Liang then called Qin Gui over and advised him to quickly apologize to his wife and send the mistress away so that he wouldn't be laughed at.

Liang Jiang slept until the sun was high in the sky before getting up. After eating and drinking her fill amidst the festivities, she found that the accountant and Song Lu had arrived. She then took four maids and went straight to the accountant's office.

Manager Qin was not there, and the accountant, seeing that she had come with ill intentions, hurriedly went to greet her.

Liang Jiang cut to the chase: "Bring out the Duke's mansion's account books for the past two years. This county magistrate wants to audit them."

The accountant, with a forced smile, pointed to the cabinet next to him: "The old account books are all locked up by Steward Qin. If you want to see them, you'll have to go to Steward Qin or Second Master."

Liang Jiang sneered, "Why bother with all that trouble?"

He pulled a dagger from his waist, took two steps forward, and pried open the lock with a "snap".

Turning to Yu Shu and the others behind him, he ordered, "Investigate!"

The accountant hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Princess, you're really putting me in a difficult position. If the Second Master finds out, I'll lose my job."

Liang Jiang didn't waste any words with him and instructed Yu Tan and Yu Qi: "Take him out."

Two delicate maids stepped forward, grabbed the accountant's arms, and tossed him out like a chick.

Then the door to the accounting office was bolted from the inside.

Liang Jiang instructed the two scholars: "Investigate for me, investigate carefully."

The gentleman carried an abacus, took out the account books from the cabinet, categorized them, and then performed the calculations.

The abacus beads clicked and clattered so loudly they almost sparked.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the accountant of the Duke's mansion immediately turned around and ran to Liang Erye's courtyard to complain.

Upon hearing this, Master Liang was immediately taken aback. Only then did he realize what was happening, and Liang Jiang began to make her move.

The exposure of Qin Gui's affair with a mistress was not accidental, but rather a logical starting point for Liang Jiang to investigate the household's accounts.

All the accounts in the manor are locked in the accounting room. Once Liang Jiang gets her hands on all the accounts, then all the income and expenditure of the Duke's manor over the past two years will be revealed to her.

By drawing inferences from one instance, Liang Jiang could also clearly see and roughly understand the profits of the Duke's mansion over the years.

Unexpectedly, she caught me completely off guard.

Master Liang and Steward Qin rushed to the front yard in a hurry, only to find the door of the accounting room tightly closed, with the two maids, Yu Shu and Yu Hua, standing at the door like door gods.

As soon as he moved closer, Yu Shu and Yu Hua blocked his path with their swords held horizontally in front of their chests.

"Second Master, my master is currently reviewing the accounts and has instructed that no one should disturb him. Please discuss this later."

Master Liang shouted angrily, "Where did this wild girl come from, daring to cause trouble in the Duke's mansion? Get out of the way!"

Yu Shu and her companion remained motionless, their sharp swords refusing to yield an inch: "We are servants of Princess Heya, acting on her orders."

Master Liang shouted, "Liang Jiang, stop pretending to be deaf and dumb in there! Open the door! What right do you have to check my accounts?"

Liang Jiang, who was in the accounting room, had naturally heard the argument between the two outside the door: "Qin Gui's huge wealth has an unclear source. I suspect that he embezzled money from the manor. What's wrong with checking the accounts?"

"Qin Gui has been working diligently in the household for the past two years. I trust his character, and I know all the accounts clearly."

Liang Jiang's voice was calm: "Second Uncle really knows everything?"

"of course."

"If I, your niece, find anything wrong, could it mean that your second uncle is protecting him and colluding with him?"

(End of this chapter)