The rebirth of the first daughter is not easy to mess with

Chapter 35
"Back to Miss, the old slave is in charge of management!"

Although Madam Hou is over 30 years old, she looks a bit older than Madam Jin because of her unsmiling and extremely stable temperament. She has her head lowered at the moment, and a plain silver hairpin is inserted very neatly in her hair.

"Mommy, have you kept the key to your mother's makeup box properly?"

"The old slave always carries the key with him. Except for sorting out cosmetics every five days, the old slave will not open the box!"

"Oh? Makeup every five days? But the items in the mother's box?"

"Not only the jewelry in the lady's dressing box, but also the items in the small warehouse in the courtyard. The old slave has to count every five days!"

"Then is the counting work done on weekdays by Mammy herself, or is there someone else to assist?"

Shangguan Ning knew who the black hand was, so the questions she asked seemed normal, but she was actually pushing the maid who stole the jade pendant out step by step.

"The items in Madam's makeup box are okay, but the items in the small warehouse are messy and there are a lot of items. On weekdays, the old slave will temporarily borrow Zhucui girl from Madam's yard to count them with the old slave!"

Very good, we will get to the core soon.

"Isn't Zhucui in charge of the small kitchen? Why doesn't Mammy look for the big maids in the rooms of Camellia, Mallow, and Xiangming, but this third-class girl instead?"

"Zhucui is a family-born child, and she can read and write. At first, it was recommended by the wife to the old slave. The old slave and the Zhucui girl cooperated very well, and they have been using it all the time."

"Aside from Zhucui, is there anyone else who can touch the makeup box and the small storeroom?"

Madam Hou guessed eighty-nine points from her heart when she heard it. It seemed that something was missing in the madam's yard. She managed the warehouse by herself all the time carefully and meticulously. The key never left her body. Only those who could get close to these items were My wife is me and Zhucui... I suddenly remembered that in addition to me and Zhucui, the tortoiseshell girl also helped to count last time!
"Back to Miss, the tortoiseshell girl also came to check the warehouse with the old slave yesterday!"

Shangguan narrowed her lips and smiled, Madam Hou is really transparent!

"Tortoise shell? But the girl in the sewing room who specializes in sewing?"

"Exactly!"

"Why would Mammy second this girl to check the warehouse? As far as I know, this girl doesn't know how to write, and she doesn't seem to have been in the mansion for long!"

Madam Hou's face was flushed red, she was so regretful that she wished she could slap her face twice, she clearly suspected that the tortoise shell's hands and feet were not clean after listening to the young lady's questioning just now, and she was also an old nanny who had been in charge of personnel affairs for ten years. How could he let her participate in such an important matter as Dianku after listening to a few good words from that girl!

Thinking of kneeling in a hurry, expressing his attitude.The Jiang family on the side couldn't bear it any longer. This Madam Hou had been by her side for 20 years. When she was in Jiang's mansion, she used to serve her close to her. Like sisters, after arriving at the Shangguan Mansion, she was not good at fighting in the inner house. Mother Hou blocked a lot of framing for herself, and she was even almost killed in the first two years.At this moment, seeing the usually stable nanny kneeling in the house like this, I felt sore in my heart, but I also knew that I couldn't speak out to stop it.

"Miss, forgive me, this tortoise shell was not seconded by the old slave, but she asked for help on her own initiative. The old slave knows that such an important matter as inventorying the warehouse cannot be randomly assigned, but that day was really special, and the old slave could not Don't do it."

"Oh? What does Mammy mean by that?"

Shangguan Ning knew that this matter had nothing to do with Hou Momo, but she had to do a full set of acting. Except for herself and that Li Zhi, no one present knew that it was the hands of the tortoise, so she had to slowly peel off the cocoon, and there was A very good atmosphere, just like Hou Momo who is kneeling on the ground now.

"Yesterday, in the middle of the warehouse ordering process, Zhucui's girl suddenly suffered from diarrhea and ran to the hut several times intermittently, so that she was exhausted and had to go back to the room to rest. After all, the old slave is old, and she usually guides Zhucui's girl All kinds of things are Zhucui moving around, the Zhucui girl went back to rest and the old slave found it difficult for a while, the tortoiseshell girl happened to pass by and saw the old slave preparing to order the warehouse, so she took the initiative to help the old slave."

Mother Hou explained the reason of the matter clearly, but she was very fair and did not add a word of suspicion. She really liked this mother, Shangguan Ning, from the bottom of her heart.

"Then besides Dianku, has the tortoise shell touched the makeup box?"

"Well, on weekdays, I usually count the items in my wife's house first, but yesterday just happened to have some new porcelain in the small warehouse, and the old servant thought about putting it first to avoid scratches when I went back and counted it, so I checked the warehouse first. .”

What kind of answer did she really want, and what kind of answer did Madam Hou give? Shangguan Ning couldn't help but wonder if she had communicated with Madam Hou in private.

"If that's the case, then let's call the tortoise to testify. We go to the government and never do those bullying things. Even as a servant, we have to pay attention to evidence. Grandma, don't you think so?"

Ning choked for a moment. The implication was that she was not fair enough in dealing with Jiang, and that she used her identity to suppress Jiang with insufficient evidence. Everyone could understand the meaning of Shangguan Ning's words, but she wanted to reprimand him without any reason. He couldn't help holding back the smoldering anger, but he couldn't attack it, so he could only nod with a sullen face in agreement with Shangguan Ning's words.

"By the way, call Zhucui over here too!"

(End of this chapter)