The foolish king's marriage to the ugly concubine

Chapter 29 The Three Shopkeepers
"Yes." The guard saluted respectfully, then hurried to the palace gate.

Did not leave the palace?Where will that go?Mu Xinran is not familiar with the terrain in the palace, and no matter whether Chu Xuanyu is really stupid or not, it is impossible to walk around the palace at will at this time, but why haven't they left the palace yet?

Chu Xuanjin was deep in thought, and couldn't think of the reason at the moment, so she had to send someone to look for it in the palace.

It wasn't until the middle of the hour that the guards sent by the emperor found the two on the way to the palace gate. As for where the two went before, no one knows except themselves.

After listening to the guard's report with a gloomy face, Chu Xuanjin remained silent. After a long while, he waved his hand to let the guard back down, and the two disappeared for more than an hour, which made the suspicious man fall into deep thought and struggled for a long time. Mu Xinran knew what Chu Xuanjin was thinking, so she might be sarcastic.

Soon, the news that Miss Mu's family was Mu Xinran from a concubine, the most ugly woman in the world, spread quickly in Chujing like wings, teahouses, restaurants, streets and alleys were talking about it, if only It's not a big deal for Miss Mufu's age to change, but if it involves the royal family, it will be very different!

The day before, I was lamenting that the number one beauty in Western Chu married a foolish prince, but today it was reported that Princess Rui is Mu Xinran, a concubine who is also "famous" in Prime Minister Mu's residence, an ugly girl matches a fool, and the prime minister matches a prince , is really a perfect match!
If it was said that people were sympathizing with Miss Mu the moment before, they were sympathizing with Prince Rui at this moment.After all, people are visual animals, especially men, they all love beauties, even though Prince Rui is a fool, there is no guarantee that others will also love beauties!What's more, with his identity, if he wanted a beautiful woman, he would just reach out and ask for it?Now Princess Rui is the ugliest woman in the world, they all feel sorry for Prince Rui.

And what made everyone talk about it even more was the feat of this newly passed Princess Rui in the palace.

Beating and scolding the servants of the palace, nowadays, even the popular man Gao Gonggong in front of the queen mother was beaten up and kicked out of the palace... I don't know who spread the news, but the rumors that were originally just slightly exaggerated became more and more outrageous. It has completely changed. The ghostly and ugly Princess Rui possesses sorcery and controls the entire palace. All those who disobey orders are killed by her and thrown into mass graves to be fed to wild dogs; And it has to be fresh...

For a while, Mu Xin became popular and became the ghostly face and devil concubine in the mouths of the people in Chujing, and this name seems to be spreading rapidly to the surrounding towns at the speed of the plague. I believe that soon the Western Chu Kingdom, and even the entire Celestial Dynasty Everyone knows her name.

These rumors quickly spread to the ears of interested people, and the reactions were mixed. Those who were not at odds with Mu Xinran were naturally gloating, and even secretly bribed people to maliciously spread some rumors, which made Mu Xinran's reputation even worse; Who is interested?He wasn't good enough to clean up the mess for her, but he didn't make trouble. He was just watching the show in the dark and seeing how this surprising woman would deal with it.

As for what Mu Xinran is doing?Ahem, she just returned to Prince Rui's Mansion with Chu Xuanyu, and she heard these rumors before she sat still, but how could a person with a high IQ from modern times be bothered by such rumors?It's just that rumors spread quickly!She had only been in the palace for a few hours, and rumors were already flying all over the sky. She would never believe that there was no one behind it.

"Princess, you..."

Du Ruhai naturally heard the rumors from the outside world, and at the same time knew that the emperor recognized the existence of this princess. He was surprised that the prince and concubine were not convicted, but he was also very fortunate. He was still worried that the two of them would not come out while waiting outside the palace. Fearing that they would be punished by the queen mother, it turned out that he was worrying unnecessarily, but now the uproar outside made him worry that the princess would be angry and do something that would scare people to death, so he was extra cautious at the moment.

"Who leaked what happened in the palace in the morning?"

Just because you don't mind doesn't mean you don't pursue it. Mu Xinran is a master who must report her flaws. A group of ants dare to challenge her majesty. It seems that the deterrence in the morning is not enough, so someone dares to spread rumors when she is not around, hum!Since they are looking for abuse by themselves, she kindly fulfills their 'wish'!
"This—please give the old slave time, the princess, and the old slave will definitely find out who is responsible."

"No need, you bring all the account books of the palace." Sitting in the study, Mu Xinran ordered softly.

This was originally Chu Xuanyu's study, but it would be a waste to use it for a fool, and besides, Chu Xuanyu never came here, so it became Mu Xinran's territory.

However, Chu Xuanyu was in the palace and fell in love with the scene. He was depressed, and he was frightened continuously today. After returning to the palace, he was placed in the room to rest.

"All...all?"

"What do you say?"

"The old slave will go get it now."

Soon, Du Ruhai brought over all the account books. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is, because a large stack of thread-bound books is a foot high, which includes the expenses of the palace, the account books of all the shops belonging to the palace, and some land deeds. The booklets of the land deed to collect rent records, and these are the account books just delivered this year, excluding previous years.

"Princess, this is the account book that was just delivered from various places a few days ago, and this old slave has not yet come to check it."

Du Ruhai wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't think Mu Xinran could understand it. In his perception, no matter how powerful Mu Xinran was, she was a young lady who had just come out of the boudoir. How could she have the opportunity to come into contact with these things? But now she is the Mistress of Prince Rui's Mansion, he dare not refuse to ask to see the account books.

Seeing the towering account books on the table, Mu Xinran raised her eyebrows, her eyes became colder, she took the top one and opened it, looking at ten lines at a glance.

Feeling the cold air around him gradually rising, Du Ruhai couldn't help but shiver. Is there something wrong with the account book?

"Bring over the account books from previous years."

Although doubts arose in his heart, Du Ruhai did not complain, and brought over last year's account books.

Mu Xinran glanced at the account book on the desktop, and a cold light flashed in her eyes. No wonder the huge palace couldn't find anything valuable. She thought it was just the servants in the palace sneaking away. It turned out that the biggest shortfall was the source of these incomes. However, those account books are done very carefully. If you are not an expert, you can't see the problem at all. There are gains and losses, and there are profits and losses. I am afraid that Steward Du was deceived by these seemingly real terms.

"Princess, this is the account book for the second half of last year." Butler Du came in with another stack of account books.

Mu Xinran didn't answer, and motioned him to put the account book on the table, and read it as soon as he pulled it out. This time, the speed of reading was more than twice as fast as before, and his face became more and more gloomy.

"Let the stewards of these three stores and the accountant of the palace come over and take them to the lobby." Mu Xinran threw the three account books to Du Ruhai.

(End of this chapter)