The foolish king's marriage to the ugly concubine

Chapter 31 The Perfect Excuse
"Mr. Shui is not willing?"

"Don't dare." Shui Jing hurriedly replied, stepped forward a few steps, and took the account book handed over by Butler Du. The three glows behind his back made him not know what to do. Conceal, will...

This morning, the leader of the guards, Zhen Qin, was beaten to death with sticks, and his servant Zhenshou was bitten to death. If he offended the princess, would he be the next to fall?However, if he did wrong things in the past, if he followed the words of the princess, would he also be punished?
His eyes struggled, and several thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Mr. Shui, do you need an abacus? If you need it, let Butler Du take it to the cashier and bring it for you." Mu Xinran did not miss the hesitation and struggle on Shui Jing's pale face, and asked kindly.

"No, there's no need..." Shui Jing shook his head again and again, "The villain can just watch."

"Mr. Shui, you must know that the person who deceived me has not yet survived, so you have to look carefully." When Shui Jing was staring at the account book, Mu Zhuran suddenly said something cool. , He was so frightened that he panicked and dropped an account book in his hand.

"Why is Mr. Shui so careless? Could it be that he is too old to handle the ledger?"

"Princess, please forgive me! Please forgive me! The villain just has cramps in his hands." Hearing that Mu Xinran wanted to drive him away, Shui Jing knelt down in panic and begged for mercy.

"I just care about Mr. Accountant in the mansion. Why is Mr. Shui so flustered?" Mu Xinran glanced at him casually, and continued, "What do Mr. Shui think of these accounts?"

"This—" Shui Jing was about to get up, and his body froze, as if he was stuck, and he straightened up after a half beat, "Back to Wangfei, there is a problem with these books."

"Old man Shui, what do you mean?"

"That's right, you're not old-eyed, are you?"

"There must be something wrong with your eyes. How could there be a problem with our account book? You have checked the account book in previous years, and it is all right. This year we are still doing it in the same way as before. How could there be a problem?" Wang Xi glared at Shui Jing viciously. At a glance, the threat is obvious.

Several people rushed to ask questions first, implying threats, trying to scare Shui Jing away, but how could Mu Xinran let them succeed.

"Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. If you really didn't tamper with the account book, do you need to be so excited because of Mr. Shui's words?" Mu Xinran looked at them from above, like watching a group of jumping clowns In acting.

"What does the princess mean? Do you think that the villains are greedy for the prince's money?" Zhao Sheng muttered loudly, not afraid of being heard, and seemed to increase the volume, intending to let the servants outside hear it.

"Does the concubine think that we are corrupt just based on the one-sided remarks? We are excited because we have been slandered. You know, the most important thing for businessmen is reputation. There is no place to put the face of a few old men."

The three of them blushed and their necks were thick, as if they were really insulted, and wanted to seek justice from the princess.

Hearing their sophistry, Shui Jing turned blue and red, and pointed at them angrily: "You, do you mean that this old man wronged you? This old man speaks from his conscience, there is indeed a problem with this account! Just by purchasing goods, you spend more than your peers." More than double the amount of silver. Although the old man is working in the palace, he is not blind to the outside world. He knows the price of the goods outside. In addition, there are many problems in the account book. If you feel wronged, you can ask the princess to call again. A few well-known accountants in the capital have a look!"

"Old man Shui, don't slander good people! Our purchase price is a little higher than others, but the difference is not too big. Are you mistaken? I'll see next time, don't let you tamper with it." As he said that, Wang Xi stretched out his hand to grab the account book in Shui Jing's hand.

How could Mu Xinran let them succeed? A drop of water popped out and hit Wang Xi's tiger's mouth, causing him to retract his hand grabbing the account book in pain.

"You don't know the account books you made? Don't wait until you accidentally destroy the account books, and the evidence will be gone by then." Mu Xinran knew their plan, and curled her lips sarcastically.

Wang Xifa blushed, and then snorted: "If you don't show us the account book, who knows if Wang Hao and Old Man Shui are collaborating to frame us."

"The old man is telling the truth." Shui Jingjing suddenly figured it out, turned around and knelt down to Mu Xinran, "Princess, the villain was timid and fearful before, and the prince was ignorant. Although he saw that there was a problem with the account book, he didn't dare Saying it out made me feel uneasy all the time, now that I have you, if the villain continues to deceive me, I will be ashamed of my lord!"

Mu Xinran didn't expect that this gray-haired old man would suddenly "surrender himself", and his original plan to catch him all changed slightly: "If you make a mistake, you will be punished. The reason is that you admit your mistake. I can forgive you. Your life, but the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime cannot escape, you will continue to work in the palace in the future, but the monthly salary will be reduced by half."

Shui Jing was stunned for a moment, and then nodded in surprise: "Thank you, Princess Wang, for your kindness! The villain will definitely do his best to repay the princess." He thought that he would be injured if he didn't die, and was finally kicked out of the palace. Unexpectedly, the princess just cut his monthly salary by half , with no other penalty.

It seems that apart from her poor looks, the princess is a rare good princess!Before, I heard the servants in the mansion gossip about how cruel the princess is, presumably those villains have ghosts in their hearts and deliberately defame her.

The three of Wang Xi watched this scene in astonishment, even forgetting that they were in a dire situation.

Mu Xinran asked Shui Jing to step aside, looked up at the three of them: "What do you have to say?"

Shui Jing only sees them but does not report them, but they are really corrupt. The three thoughtful people don't think that the princess will let them go easily. Wang Xi's eyelids twitched, and said in a deep voice: "The princess wants us to What? If it’s about the ledger, the villain can only say that we have a clear conscience.”

"Well, I have a clear conscience. Since this is the case, I will adopt Mr. Shui's opinion and invite the shopkeepers of the famous shops in the capital to take a look. What do you think?"

"Wangfei doesn't believe us?" The three of them were startled, Zhao Sheng shouted angrily, "We want to find the prince, please ask Prince Rui to make the decision for us."

Mu Xinran drank tea calmly, "You don't need to bother the prince with such a trivial matter."

"Is the princess trying to seize power?"

"Seize power?" Mu Xinran slightly raised her dark eyes, glanced at Wang Xi who said this, and sneered, "This palace is Princess Rui, how can it be said that managing the palace is seizing power? What's more, the housework of Prince Rui's mansion is not up to her." If you are worried, think about how much you have embezzled from the palace's account over the years, and what punishment you will receive."

"Let me do the math, how many taels a month is, how many 10 taels in the past ten years? According to the laws of the country, if you embezzle more than a thousand taels, you will be punished with fifty sticks, and all property will be confiscated. If it is a few hundred thousand taels Two, it seems that your little lives are not enough to punish you!"

(End of this chapter)