As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 23 The Power of Steward
"Me?" Xie Zhaozhao nodded, "I did say that we could set up the prison so that he could eat and clothe himself well and suffer less punishment. I didn't say that I could go to the Minister of Dali Temple and bribe him with 5 taels!"

It is normal for those who are in jail to have jailers.

As long as it's their duty, Chao Zhong has always turned a blind eye.

But paying bribes and going to jail are two different things.

Xie Zhaozhao looked at Mr. Dou, "Second Aunt is very brave, please don't throw dirty water on me."

Mrs. Dou quibbled: "You, if you hadn't said you could take care of it, I wouldn't have thought of contacting Mrs. Dai, the Minister of Dali Temple."

"So the second aunt did this and caused the emperor to accuse dad of not being strict in running the family. Is it all my fault? I asked the second aunt to find Mrs. Dai and took 5 taels as a bribe?"

"..." Dou was speechless.

"Although it didn't cause a big disaster, the emperor is very angry." Xie Wei turned to Dou and said seriously: "Brother and sister, you will stay in Yilan Garden during this time, take good care of Xingchen's body, and then copy Sutra, wait for the wind to subside a little before you go out and walk again."

"Is this a way to restrain me?" Mrs. Dou's face changed slightly, "How could this be possible! I am doing this for the good of my family! For Zhao Zhao's marriage!"

"I begged the emperor for a long time before he was given a lenient sentence." Xie Wei sighed: "Originally, the emperor wanted to cut off both hands and still have to be punished."

"What?" Mrs. Dou's face changed drastically and turned pale.

"What does Second Aunt think inferior ordnance is related to?" Xie Zhaozhao said with a smile: "It is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of border soldiers, and it is not a child's play."

"Being grounded is already the lightest punishment. Second Aunt should burn more incense when she goes back to thank the Bodhisattva for his blessing."

"Or would the second sister-in-law rather have her hands cut off and be sent to a bitter cold place than be grounded?"

Dou's face was blue and white, and he asked with difficulty: "How long will the ban be?"

"It's hard to say." Xie Wei said, "We have to wait until this matter is completely resolved."

"What about the family? I have been in charge of all matters in the family these years. If I can't leave, won't the family be in chaos?"

Xie Zhaozhao said: "I won't bother my second aunt to worry about it. After all, there are so many people in the family, and you can't just let you take care of all the trivial matters, right?"

Mrs. Dou tightened the handkerchief in her hand, and the look in her eyes was unpredictable.

"Okay!" Xie Wei said with finality, "That's it. I'll ask Madam to take care of all the trivial matters at home recently."

Yu's face was cold and silent from beginning to end, and then he snorted, "Of course."

After leaving the main hall, Yu walked very fast, leaving Xie Wei far behind.

Xie Wei left with the air of an old god, looking like a Duke of Qin and the head of a family.

When he turned into a dark corner of the corridor, where the guards could not see him, Xie Wei hurriedly caught up to hold Yu, and said with a smile: "Madam, madam, walk slower, I can't even catch up with you."

"Why don't you feel sorry for your second wife for a while?" Yu shook off Xie Wei's hand, "Why are you chasing me!"

"Why do I feel bad? It's because her crying is annoying, and besides, she is also the orphan of the second brother, so she can't turn against her and kill her on the spot, right?"

Xie Wei sighed, "When I left home early to make a living, my second brother took care of my father and mother."

Later, the two elders of the Xie family were killed by the rebels. The second oldest, Xie Qing, had no choice but to become a bandit and suffered a lot.

Xie Wei feels responsible for these things.

Therefore, it has been very good to second-home buyers over the years.

"Then let them do whatever they want?" Yu cursed angrily: "Look at what they are doing, and how she, the second aunt, cares about Zhaozhao's marriage, Zhaozhao's fiance, and her own daughter. I still care about my marriage."

"Do you believe this? I think she took advantage of the opportunity to conspire with that Mrs. Dai to transfer the family property!"

Mrs. Yu's face turned ugly, "She has done a lot of tricks in recent years. Her family in the south of the Yangtze River donates a large amount of money every year. Did I say anything? I also share the good things I got with them." "But now she has such an appetite. Da, if this continues, will we have to evacuate our property to her?"

She has seven children, five of whom are not married yet. She must not leave a little for all her children in the future, so what’s the point of leaving the second house empty!

"Yes, yes, Madam is right!" Xie Wei quickly comforted her with a gentle voice: "So, doesn't this give me the housekeeper's rights back? From now on, I will have to trouble Madam to take care of the affairs of this big family."

Yu was not good at housekeeping, and her forehead buzzed as soon as she heard this.

But in order to prevent her property from being ruined like this, she had to bite the bullet.

"You don't need to say such nonsense." Mrs. Yu waved her sleeves and walked forward, "I'll ask her to send over the account book tomorrow. I want to see how much money she has taken out of the Xie family over the years!"

Xie Wei hurriedly followed, "Madam is wise, as a husband, I will wait for you to straighten out the family... But please don't be too harsh, madam. If those old accounts are not too much, forget it."

There is a rockery not far from the corner of the corridor.

At this time, Xie Zhaozhao stopped in the gap of the rockery and listened to his parents' conversation without any surprise.

Because of the filial piety of Xie Qing, the second brother, in taking care of his parents, his father has been taking good care of the second brother in these years. Unfortunately, the second brother only regarded the first brother as his mortal enemy from the beginning to the end.

Don't worry, she will soon show her father how ambitious her second wife is.

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On the second day, Yu sent someone to Yilanyuan to ask for keys, cards and account books.

Mr. Yu was merciless when he got angry, especially after Xie Xingchen tarnished Xie Zhaozhao's reputation and Mr. Dou tried to "transfer property".

Dou could still cry and fuss in front of Xie Wei, but in front of Yu, this method was useless.

Perhaps knowing this, Mrs. Dou had prepared everything early. As soon as Aunt Zhao beside Ms. Yu left, Mrs. Dou handed the things to her and asked her to take them back.

In Chunhe Building, Mrs. Yu looked at the account book, frowning and feeling very uncomfortable.

She has not liked red clothes and weapons since she was a child. Although Yu Zhennan hired a wife for her, she was only literate. It was really difficult for her to settle accounts.

And looking at the ledger is not an easy task.

After Yu Shi flipped through it for most of an hour, she recognized the account book, but she didn't recognize the account book at all.

Just when the Yu family was about to collapse, Xie Zhaozhao came.

"Mom." Xie Zhaozhao took the cinnamon and put the freshly made pastries on the table. He tilted his head and smiled: "Are you busy?"

"Zhao Zhao."

Yu put down the pen.

No matter how upset and angry she was, she always smiled brightly at her daughter: "No, the second bedroom gave me the account book, and my mother is looking at it."

"Oh." Xie Zhaozhao nodded, "How do you like it?"

Mrs. Yu frowned. She couldn't say she couldn't understand, so she glanced at the pastries brought by Xie Zhaozhao and said, "Mom is hungry, let's eat some together."

"it is good."

Xie Zhaozhao's lips curled up slightly, and he ate cakes and drank tea with Mrs. Yu.

Without those annoying accounts hanging around Yu Shi's eyes, the lines on her face had relaxed a lot.

At this moment, Xie Zhaozhao suddenly said: "Mom, can I see those account books?"

(End of this chapter)