my awesome king

Chapter 5

"There are some problems with the accounts, I will ask Qingzhu to recalculate."

"But Qingzhu is just a maid..." Butler Mo hesitated for a while, and said seriously, "Princess, leave it to the young one."

Mu Shuiqing showed a smile of unknown meaning: "Don't be impatient, housekeeper Mo, wait for the results of Qingzhu to come out."

Half an hour later, Qingzhu finally settled the account, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, and admired Mu Shuiqing: "The result calculated by the servant girl is the same as that of the princess, a total of 720 taels, and there is no deficit."

The palace obviously still has 5000 taels of silver, but Ji Xiaomo once told her with a light smile that the palace was short of money so they could only eat light meals.

Ji Xiaomo has a good temper, he almost doesn't call himself the king, he treats his servants kindly, and never severely punishes them.It is precisely because of this that this group of servants became more and more lawless, and even let the prince eat porridge and side dishes pitifully, while he himself ate big fish and big meat!

The prince is not dead yet!They all climbed onto his head, devoured his money, and occupied his palace!

While feeling sorry for Ji Xiaomo and feeling worthless, Mu Shuiqing felt relieved: That's great!The palace has so much money!She wants to hold the money firmly in her hands!She is going to be a rich woman!After the prince dies, the money will be hers!
At this time, Mu Shuiqing hadn't realized that what he was thinking was actually no different from what those servants were thinking.They all thought that the prince was going to die sooner or later. The doctor said, it was not three months or half a year, so it was a fortune to scrape a sum of money now.

"Obviously there are 720 taels, but you lied about 560 taels!" Mu Shuiqing snorted coldly and said, "Cui Accountant, why don't you quickly recruit me?! Do you want me to ask the accountant from outside the mansion to settle accounts with you?" Did you just admit it!"

Accountant Cui faltered and said: "Yes... I... made a mistake..."

"Even this number is not good, what use does the palace want you for!"

Accountant Cui looked at the ghost painting talisman in Mu Shuiqing's hand in a panic, not understanding how his princess could easily calculate the amount with a few random strokes, he turned his eyes to Steward Mo in fear, but saw him turn his gaze away.

Butler Mo's face darkened in an instant, and without waiting for Accountant Cui to argue, he immediately sternly said: "Accountant Cui, the lord respects you for working in the palace for more than a few years, and treats you as an elder all the time, but you are so clever about the accounts that you are wronged several times. The prince lied about the deficit in the accounts, and thus carried out corruption and confiscated the money of the palace! I was deceived by you!"

Cui Accountant's legs trembled after Mo Butler's make-up knife, he said in a panic, "Princess! That's not the case! It's..."

"Come on, pull him down!"

"Butler Mo, you!" Accountant Cui was gagged and dragged out.

Butler Mo calmed down, and respectfully said to Mo Shuiqing: "You surprised the princess, I will send the princess back to her room..."

Mu Shuiqing asked with a smile: "Are all the accounts calculated by Cui's accountant handed over to Butler Mo to calculate?"

After the play just now, Mu Shuiqing saw that there was something wrong with Butler Mo.Before she opened her mouth, Butler Mo just yelled, and the guards actually stepped forward and dragged away Cui's accountant, without even getting the consent of her princess.I'm afraid that because the prince doesn't care about the family, Butler Mo is simply overshadowing the sky in the palace.When she first came to the palace, it might be difficult to move Steward Mo.

Butler Mo wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Yes, the younger ones were all deceived by Accountant Cui before."

"Recalculating the previous account book, I'm afraid the total amount is more than 5000 taels." Mu Shuiqing looked at Butler Mo with a smile, "It shouldn't be difficult for Butler Mo."

Butler Mo said seriously: "Princess, don't worry, everything is taken care of by the little one."

"By the way, let the other shopkeepers bring the account book, I want to see it." Mu Shuiqing looked at the nervous housekeeper Mo with a half-smile, "Just now I checked the account book and found that there is a teahouse, two pharmacies, and one under the name of the prince. Buzhuang. However, not to mention the year-round loss of pharmacies, teahouses and clothzhuang are also completely unprofitable. I would like to know the specific situation."

"Princess, it seems..."

Mu Shuiqing frowned, and said with a smile: "Now the palace is my home, and the prince is my husband. As a princess, I want to check the property under the prince's name. Logically speaking, there is no reason to refuse..." She approached Butler Mo whispered in his ear, "It's just a notification, and let them see me with the account book. It's not difficult for Butler Mo...or what is Butler Mo afraid of..."

Butler Mo's eyes flashed, and he said respectfully, "Yes, Princess."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the room."

Sending Mu Shuiqing back to Moxiangyuan, Qingzhu blessed Fushen and said: "Princess, it's time for the servants to deliver medicine to the prince. Zhuyue and Lanyue are waiting at the door, you can call them if you have anything to do. The servants leave gone."

"Ah."

After two days in the palace, Mu Shuiqing finally got a clear idea of ​​the maids in Moxiangyuan.Qing Zhu, who is wearing green clothes, is a first-class maid.Mu Shuiqing found that Qingzhu was more inclined to take care of Ji Xiaomo than to take care of her. Qingzhu handed almost everything to Ji Xiaomo, and Qingzhu took care of Ji Xiaomo's difficulty in walking.Obviously Qingzhu is a big servant girl of the shopkeeper, but she just does the job of serving her personally, which makes people think about it. Seeing the intimacy of the two, could it be that Qingzhu is the maid of the housekeeper?

Qing Zhu was born with skin that is better than snow, with clear features and eyes, she is indeed a lovely person, and she is very careful and caring in her work.It's just that this age seems to be older than Ji Xiaomo, it seems that the housemaids are all older, so they know a little bit of knowledge and can teach the master some interesting things about the boudoir... Could it be that Ji Xiaomo likes older than himself?So is she safe? !

The ones in bright yellow clothes are Zhuyue and Lanyue, second-class maids, not in charge of the shopkeeper, serving the master's daily life, eating and cleaning the room.

The ones in orange clothes are Hua Qian and Hua Ning, the third-class maids who do groceries in the yard.

Bookstore.

Qingzhu gently knocked on the door three times slowly, and after hearing the response from the room, she held the medicine bowl and carefully pushed the door in: "My lord, the medicine is here."

"It was so noisy outside just now, what's the matter?" Ji Xiaomo slowly raised his head, and took Qingzhu's bowl.After pursing his lips, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

"The concubine is so amazing, she can calculate the account so quickly, and the money is not bad."

Seeing that Qingzhu praised her quite well, Ji Xiaomo frowned lightly and said: "Isn't it just to settle accounts, why should I be surprised, wouldn't you also..." He knew about the corruption in the mansion, but he just didn't say it.

Qingzhu gently tapped Ji Xiaomo's leg, and said with a faint smile, "Slaves have been learning for several years, and they still use abacus. This thick stack of books will take at least half an hour. Wangfei But in the time of half a stick of incense, you can calculate it with just a pen and a piece of paper, how can this be comparable to Qingzhu..."

"What's more, the concubine is so powerful. With just a few words, she made Accountant Cui and Steward Mo speechless, and eliminated Accountant Cui's cancer from the palace..."

"Butler Mo belongs to the emperor's brother." He tapped the corner of the table lightly with his slender fingers, and his clear voice interrupted Qingzhu's words, "Mu Shuiqing also belongs to the emperor's brother...they may be playing a role together." Playing, let me relax my vigilance, so as to know my real situation...Qingzhu, don't be fooled by her..."

Ji Xiaomo raised his eyes, his ink-colored eyes were as black as night, as if hiding a bottomless depth: "You can figure it out with two random strokes?!" He chuckled, "I'm afraid she already knew In the end, I deliberately pretended to gain your trust..."

Qingzhu panicked, and knelt down: "This servant is careless. It's just that this servant doesn't understand why the princess would do this... Butler Mo has already grasped the overall situation of the palace, so why hand it over to the princess who just arrived... This is not an unnecessary move what..."

"It's to let me let go of my guard and trust her..."

"It's a pity that she made a mistake in her wishful thinking." He lowered his eyes and said softly, "In this life, I will never trust anyone again..."

A private room.

"Butler Mo, why did you call us all here?" A middle-aged man pushed the door open and asked strangely, "You also asked us to bring the ledger, wouldn't we give the ledger in the middle of the month?"

Butler Mo said in a low voice: "The princess wants to check the accounts."

"Princess? Ms. Mu who married the prince two days ago?" One person snorted and said, "If you're not at home playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, what's your business?"

"Cui's accountant was found out by the princess today and kicked out of the palace." Butler Mo looked around the crowd sternly and warned, "We are grasshoppers on the same rope. Be vigilant and keep us safe." Do the math! Don't show suspicion to the concubine!"

Everyone looked at each other, and made a wise move.

"The concubine is just a boudoir lady. Don't worry, housekeeper Mo, the concubine won't be suspicious! It's just that we need time to prepare..."

An hour later.

Seeing that Butler Mo was the only one coming, Mu Shuiqing took a sip of tea slowly, and stared at Butler Mo with lightly smiling eyes: "Butler Mo, where are the shopkeepers? It's because my princess's face is too small, please don't move them." ?"

"No, no, the princess will be wrong. It's just a coincidence that the four shopkeepers have all gone out to buy goods, and I'm afraid they won't return to Beijing until a few days later."

Knowing that it was a lie, Mu Shuiqing still nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, when they come back, please ask Housekeeper Mo to invite them to the mansion."

"Yes, princess."

After staying in the darkroom of the bookstore for a day, Ji Xiaomo pushed open the door of the bookstore at dusk, turned the wheels with both hands, and slid out slowly.

Ji Xiaomo walked slowly towards Moxiangyuan. He might have been used to the fallen leaves and the messy aisles. Now that the mansion is quite neat and clean, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows in surprise.

It stands to reason that on weekdays, you can see servants chatting idlely everywhere in the palace, but now you can see them running around busily, cleaning the windows, cleaning the windows, and even greeting him respectfully.

Ji Xiaomo couldn't help looking suspiciously at Qing Zhu who hurried to help him push the wheelchair, and asked curiously, "What did the princess do?"

"The princess said that the palace is in short supply and cannot afford to support so many people. Those who don't work should pack up and leave. Before that, she drove away Cui's accountant, so everyone took it seriously and started working hard."

When Ji Xiaomo heard this, he chuckled lightly.It just so happened that Mu Shuiqing noticed Ji Xiaomo with a smile on the corner of his mouth. Seeing that he was in a happy mood, she hurriedly moved lightly, walked towards him with a smile, and shouted nastyly: "My lord~"

Mu Shuiqing's smile was a little weird, and Ji Xiaomo couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Mu Shuiqing, who was tough and reprimanded the servants yesterday, suddenly became virtuous and virtuous. She bowed to Ji Xiaomo Yingying, stepped forward delicately, stretched out her hand to support him, and whispered softly: "My lord, be careful on the steps." , my concubine will help you."

Ji Xiaomo immediately shuddered, resisting the hand he wanted to withdraw.

Although he felt that this was the Mu Shuiqing in his impression - gentle and gentle, soft-spoken, and everyone's demeanor, but it was weird...

(End of this chapter)