Gu Qingyuan looked at the astonished Jiaorui and nodded: "I remember telling you about this before, what's wrong? Don't you remember?"

Have you said that?
Jiaorui thought about it and realized that she had said it, but she didn't take it seriously at that time. After all, it was just a casual remark. Who would have thought that it would actually come true?
"This... this is not good." Jiaorui frowned, hesitating, but it's not surprising that she was like this. After all, when you become a big shopkeeper, you have to look at the accounts and records, and you can't make a joke. If something goes wrong, If I make a mistake, my wife will have to die to pay for it!

"What? Aren't you willing to help me?" Gu Qingyuan asked.

When Jiaorui heard this, she waved her hands repeatedly: "Of course not. If I can help Madam, I would definitely like it. However, the risk of this matter is too great. If it is wrong, you will have to pay for it."

"I dare to let you go, why are you still afraid? Besides, the shop on West Street is not a big deal. If something goes wrong, it doesn't matter. You won't be able to compensate for much. Besides, do you want to live on the prince for the rest of your life? ?"

Faced with Gu Qingyuan's rhetorical question, Jiaorui frowned subconsciously.

The prince was a person with gambling debts. Among the gamblers she knew, there was no one who could get away with his gambling debts.

After a brief silence, Jiaorui showed an expression like a strong man breaking his wrist: "Okay! It's just madam, if you really leave it to me, I may have to trouble you."

"It doesn't matter, I'll let Wu Yue help you." Gu Qingyuan said.

Jiaorui nodded, and then asked Gu Qingyuan for the book. Since she had to read it when she went back, she might as well start reading it here. If she didn't understand anything, she could ask Gu Qingyuan.

In the afternoon, Mayue and Suihan came back from outside. They looked particularly tired.

Gu Qingyuan saw this and asked strangely: "Why do you look so tired? I was just afraid that one person would be too busy, so I asked another person to go. Why does it feel like it is useless at all? Could it be said that things can be done?" Not smooth?"

Wu Yue nodded and said: "It's done well, but..."

When the words came to an end, Wu Yue started to speak but then stopped. Gu Qingyuan saw this and frowned subconsciously: "What's your expression? What's going on?"

Suihan took a deep breath and said, "Madam, things went well, but there was someone in the middle who helped."

"Help?" Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyuan frowned subconsciously. After a brief silence, she asked, "Isn't Pei Qingci the person you are talking about helping."

Sui Han nodded again: "Madam, Prime Minister Pei really helped us a lot this time. If it weren't for him, this shop wouldn't be back."

"Why can't it be taken back?" Gu Qingyuan frowned: "Didn't the shop on the east side be taken back last time?"

"That's because you are here. When those in charge saw the slave going to the handicraft shop, they brought out the filial piety to suppress the slave. The slave was worried that your reputation, madam, would be damaged, so he didn't dare to say anything. If Prime Minister Pei hadn't appeared in time, this thing would have happened. The shops on the street have to be managed by you personally." May Yue said.

After listening to Wu Yue's words, Jiaorui on the side said: "This Mr. Pei is quite nice. This matter was resolved smoothly only because of Mr. Pei. If we can be good friends with Mr. Pei, Madam, you can also be a good friend in the house in the future." Take it easy.”

Hearing these familiar words, Gu Qingyuan sighed helplessly: "Jiaorui, maybe you have never heard of a saying called seeking the skin of a tiger."

Jiaorui blinked and looked at Gu Qingyuan with a puzzled expression: "Madam, you mean that Prime Minister Pei is unreliable?" "For us, yes, he is too strong, and I still don't understand why this person If you want to help me, we are obviously not that good with each other." Gu Qingyuan said seriously.

Jiaorui was silent for a long time and said seriously: "Maybe you helped Prime Minister Pei before, but you don't remember."

After a brief silence, Gu Qingyuan said: "You should read less of the book in the future."

Later, Gu Qingyuan looked through the accounts brought back by May. She originally thought that since West Street's income was not good, she would not be as afraid of losses as East Street. But when she read the accounts of West Street, her face became dark. Come down.

The business on West Street is so bleak, but the shopkeepers are still able to line their pockets.

After reading the account books, Gu Qingyuan said to Mayue and Suihan: "Suihan, Mayue, you two will give an ultimatum to the shopkeepers of these shops tomorrow. If you pay back the money, you can forget about the past, but if you pay back the money, you can forget about it." If you don’t, then you will have to meet with the officials.”

"Madam, just leave this matter to me. Let Suihan accompany you here." Pu Yue said.

Sui Han nodded in agreement: "It's just an ultimatum, May Yue can do it alone."

Gu Qingyuan thought about it and felt that it made some sense, so she nodded in agreement.

Later, she explained the management of the West Street shop.

On the other side, Mrs. Chen was shocked when she learned that the West Street shop had been taken away.

"How could this happen! That woman actually took away the shop! You...are you trash just watching her take over the shop?"

When the servants heard this, they said with aggrieved expressions: "Old madam, we don't want to do this either, but we don't have the final say in this matter."

"How come it's not your decision!" Mrs. Chen looked at the dozen shopkeepers in the yard and gritted her teeth: "I gave the shop to you because I want you to take good care of the shop, not to give it away!"

"Old madam, we really thought it was good at first, but...but finally Prime Minister Pei came." At this point, the shopkeeper sighed: "We treat people with favors, and we will obey the law, old madam, How can this favor defeat the law?"

As soon as Chen heard this, he didn't know what to say.

After all, she never imagined that there was something about Pei Qingci involved.

"Old madam, what should we do now? The lady who keeps the account books in the shop has to leave. In addition to distributing money to the servants, the rest of the shop's revenue has gone to the Duke's mansion. If the madam asks us, What should we do with this money?"

These shopkeepers gathered together this time for this matter. All the shortfalls in the account books were actually used to fill the big hole in the Duke's Mansion. They were really afraid that Gu Qingyuan would ask them for money, and they would forget it if he lost it. I can’t even afford to lose everything!
"Don't worry, she won't want it." Ms. Chen was very relieved about this. After all, she didn't want the loss of East Street. West Street didn't have much revenue in the first place, so it was even less likely that she would want it.

She just lost such a big source of income, and she was a little worried about the future. After all, the entire Duke's Mansion still needed her to take care of it, which was a big expense... (End of Chapter)

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